There are people who lost family.Lost friends.Lost entire support systems.
Not because those people harmed them.Not because of proven wrongdoing.But because someone with a microphone said, “That person is a wizard.”
And just like that — relationships were cut off.
I have listened to stories of siblings who no longer speak.
Parents and children who became strangers.
Marriages that collapsed.
Friendships that were buried — all because a leader labelled someone “dangerous,” “spiritual,” “evil,” or “blocking your destiny.”
No evidence.
No conversation.
No space for discernment.
Just fear.
This is one of the most painful forms of manipulation — spiritual isolation.
Because once you convince someone that everyone around them is a threat, you make yourself the only safe voice.
And that is power.
Some people were told:
• “Your mother is the reason your life is not moving.”
• “Your aunt is using witchcraft against you.”
• “Your friend is sent to delay you.”
• “Cut them off or you will never progress.”
And they obeyed.
Not because they hated their families.
But because they were scared.
Scared of being stuck.
Scared of disobedience.
Scared of losing God’s favour.
What followed was loneliness disguised as holiness.
People left homes.
Blocked numbers.
Refused to attend funerals.
Missed weddings.
Avoided parents.
All in the name of “spiritual protection.”
And years later, many sit with regret they don’t know how to undo.
Here is the truth we need to say out loud:
God does not need you to destroy your family to prove your faith.
Growth does not require paranoia.
Deliverance should not cost you love, safety, and connection.
Yes — boundaries are real.
Yes — discernment matters.
But blanket accusations without evidence are dangerous.
And when a leader tells you to cut off everyone except them — that is not protection.
That is control.
Faith should strengthen your thinking — not replace it.
Spiritual leadership should bring clarity — not confusion and fear.
Some of the deepest wounds I’ve seen are not from witches, demons, or curses.
They are from relationships destroyed by spiritual manipulation.
And healing begins when we name it.
Not to shame anyone.
Not to mock faith.
But to protect people from losing what never needed to be sacrificed.