Mind control through soul power and fleshly pressures are quite common.
In a well known charismatic group’s national convention, two men were instructed to stand and hold up $1,000 checks and say “I will” when the person in charge said that he felt that there were some there that would give $1,000 each.
This is putting a “guilt trip” on other men who feel they should “keep up” their share.
This is manipulation of the fleshly mind, certainly not the operation of the Holy Spirit.
The use of worldly fund raisers to solicit funds for so called “Godly” purposes is an insult to the Holy Spirit’s ability to work in the hearts of overcomers to put the dynamite under the devil.
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