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7. Have you neglected your duties in maintaining the house of the Lord and its surrounding?

“Thus says the Lord of the Host: these people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lords house. Then the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai saying: Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Now therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts: consider how you have fared, you have own much and harvested little; you Drink, but you never have enough, you eat but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves but no one is warm, and you that earn wages to put them into a bag with holes. Thus says the Lord of hosts: consider how you fared. Go up to the hills and bring wood and built the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord. You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? Says the Lord of Hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses. Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on human beings and animals, and on all their labors.” (Hagai 1:2-11)

“The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found the people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the moneychangers seated at their Tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coin of the money space changes and over turned their tables. Out of here! Stop making my father’s houses a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, zeal for your house will consume me.” (John 2:13-17)

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6. Have you given more importance to saints and feared them more than God? Have you thought or spoken disrespectfully about them?

“I am the lord your god who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in the heaven above or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them, for I am the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.” (Dueteronomy 5:6-11)

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5. Have you depended on false prophets who prophesy to you with vain hopes and visions of their minds without trusting God or have you encouraged others to do so?

“Thus says the Lord of Hosts; Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you; they are deluding you. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the lord.” (Jeremiah 23:16)

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, “I Have Dreamed, I Have Dreamed”. How long will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back those who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart? They plan to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, just as their ancestors forgot my name for Baal Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word, speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat?” says the lord.” (Jeremiah 23:25-28)

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4. Have you put more faith in the creatures rather than the creator by observing rahu, Palmistry, astrology, new moon, full moon days, etc.

“Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods. Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God. How can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits? How can you want to be enslaved to them again? You are observing special days, and months, and seasons, and years. I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.” (Galatians 4:8-11)

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Have you worn or preserved magic bands, girdles or likewise or encouraged others to do so?

“See, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold. Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; Arabs will not pitch their tents there, shepherds will not make their flocks lie down there. But wild animals will lie down there and its houses will be full of howling creatures; there ostriches will live and there goat demons will dance” (Isaiah 13:17-21)

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2. Doubting God’s eternal protection and love, have you gone behind black magic, occult, sorcery, etc or encouraged others to go for these?

“if you will only heed his every commandment that am commanding that I am commanding you today-loving the lord your god, and serving him with all your heart and with all your soul-then he will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil; and he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat your fill. Take care, or you will be seduced in to turning away, serving other gods and worshiping them, for then the anger of the lord will be kindled against you and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain and the land will yield no fruit; then you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.” (Deuteronomy 11: 13- 17)

“if prophets or those who divine by dreams appear among your and promise you omens or portents, and the omens or the portents declared by them take place, and they says, “let us follow other gods” (whom you have not know) “and let us serve them , ” (Deuteronomy 13:1.2)

“if any turn to mediums and wizards, prostituting themselves to them, I will set my face against them, and will cut them off from the people. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holly; for I am the lord; I sanctify you. ” (Leviticus 20:6-8)

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1. Have I given first place in my heart and life to God or anything else e.g. persons, organizations, ideals, power or position, wealth, beauty, health childern, wife, husband, parents etc?

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; for all that is in the world - the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches - comes not from the father but from the world." (1 John 2:15-16)

"...for my people have commited two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water." (Jermiah 2:13)

Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” Here are some of the most popular Catholic prayers.

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