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Broken Winged II

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Make sure you have first read Broken Winged Part I

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”  

II Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)

 

Fear can be debilitating, or even paralyzing to a point where it makes you stop and not finish what you started or simply not move forward in a different direction that will be more beneficial in the long run. Even in our minds, and our actions when we desire to move forward it is fear that will stop us cold, so we can’t, or don’t.

Oftentimes we might suffer from procrastination or play the blame game or make excuses and put all of this in front of our situation and in front of the circumstance so that the embarrassing fact that we are afraid never has to be spoken, realized or addressed.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear…”

When we protect fear the enemy continues to win.  God says in 2 Timothy 1:7 He has not given us a spirit that we should be in fear. EVER!  There are no exceptions God makes it clear and it’s boldly stated “For God has not given us a spirit of fear…” this scripture is reminding us that fear is real, but of the many things God has given us to work with, fear was not one of them.

Fear is a trick, a stronghold, a plot by the enemy to stop you from moving forward in what God has decreed that we should be moving forward in.  

Not only can fear be paralyzing, fear is debilitating which means you become weaker, and weaker the more you accept things, and people that are contrary or against God’s will in your life all working against you to perpetuate your fears. When something is debilitating it is impaired and weakened to the point to where whatever the fear is affecting becomes paralyzed and unusable.  The enemy wants us to stay focused on fear, to stay debilitated, weak, and impaired so we will not fight for what is rightfully ours.

When we are weak and full of fear in this way yes, naturally the excuses come, the blame game begins and the self-soothing to compensate for not moving forward turns into justification or worse self-pity.  The effects of fear attacks all of our feelings and causes paralyzation in that area and the next thing we know we are settling, playing it safe, or lying saying “we just didn’t want to do that anyway”. The next phase of justification is making compromises.  Making compromises places you in situations where you keep falling prey to fear and you keep losing. Did you know that you can become so accustomed to losing that you never expect to get ahead or win, or excel to the next level? Now you are falling apart because you have been weakened even more, set back and you don’t even recognize your life or how it got the way it is.

What must I do to not allow fear to get the better of me?

First thing is we must face our fear and address it as what it is.  A plot designed by the adversary to keep you in bondage long enough, so you won’t produce or move forward. Even worse, just give up.

Since fear has entered the mind through the excuses and justification process, the only way to rid yourself of this type of debilitating fear is with action.  When we have attacks in our minds it makes us doubt God’s promises, our purpose, and even if we deserve the good things we can feel deep that are in store for us. In Jeremiah 29:11 the bible says “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (NIV). 

Let me assure you that God’s promises are just as real as His guidance and He will open doors for us during our own internal struggles to show you and remind you that He alone is God.  That He established your pathway and is just waiting for you to let go and follow Him.

"He will open doors for us during our own internal struggles to show you and remind you that He alone is God."

To Have that mustard seed faith spoken of in Luke 17:6. Just a small amount of faith can uproot a huge amount of fear and remove it.  Faith will wash out the mental attacks that are trying to tear you down. It will establish His Kingdom in your mind by blessing you, so you won’t continue to be paralyzed by fear, but you will enter into adoration for God, and praise for who He is, and what He has done.

The Bible says in II Timothy 1:7 that  once this way of thinking is in the forefront of your mind instead of fear you will exhibit the power of having a sound mind understanding that right at the point when you are feeling fearful God is walking with you through the valley of the shadow of death where dreams, and hopes die and He is setting you up at the table to anoint your head with His heavenly oil so you are able to shine with His Glory in your current situation.

Don’t let fear stop you from moving forward always call on the name of Jesus and let the Holy Spirit minister to you and guide you to the direction of strength in your areas of weakness.  God has plans in store for us that yes if He poured them out before us all at once we would become overwhelmed, and resort back to fear and stay there. However, the gentleness of God slowly builds our mind so that as we get stronger in our faith and He can reveal and fill us with more of the blessings from our inheritance from being a child of the King of Kings.  Hold your head up, you are royalty covered in the blood of Jesus. Fear doesn’t live here anymore!

Key Thought:  Fear can become a very real part of our lives trying to hold us back from the very Blessings God has in store for us, don’t let fear win claim your victory with the power of faith through a strong mind.

Prayer:  “Father God I have allowed fear and being afraid hold me back from walking into the Blessings I believe you have in store for me, but I know your word is true and you did not give me a spirit of fear.  Help me oh Lord overcome my fears by increasing my faith and strengthening my mind, and I will give you all the praise in Jesus name Amen.”

 

Broken Wings

Broken Winged

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We as women can sometimes be our own harshest critics.  We make plans, set goals and get sidetracked, and then the enemy starts shooting arrows and even weakening our way of thinking more to a point where we want to just give up.  Well, I want to remind you what God says in his word:

“And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

In order to get over the brokenness, we must renew our minds daily. Even though it sounds hard to do with practice it becomes easier.  Our minds can be a festering playground for the enemy if we allow it to be. Things we have not let go of, and people who have hurt us all become a part of the plague of remaining in a broken state.  A broken heart that has never been mended from broken promises and broken relationships leads to depression, anger, hate, and rebellion. When we have all these weights in our mind how can we be set free to focus on the goals or plans for our future?  The answer simply is it is impossible. You will always keep reversely going back to the safety net of impure emotions like depression, hate, rage, jealousy, and rebellion when it becomes convenient for you. The only way to truly get rid of these is by making peace with the situation that first lead you to feeling broken.

I usually tell women to make a list and write down the things and or people that trigger certain feelings inside you.  We were not born with a spirit of depression, so what event made you feel depressed? We were not born angry, so you need to search your heart and mind and discover what caused you to be angry and remain angered, and why you haven’t been able to let it go?  This list can go on until we get to the core of that secret place in our hearts and minds where we store the unclaimed baggage that Jesus died on the cross for.

 

When Jesus died for our sins over 2,000 years ago he destroyed anything that could possibly hold us back.  Our problem is that we don’t give it to him. We hold on to the tragedies and use them as barter in our souls to “protect” ourselves from ever feeling that low, or broken again.  Even though that is generally the way we operate, unfortunately, it is not spiritually healthy. When we constantly hold on to situations or people who have hurt us, we leave little to no room for the new blessings that God wants to put in our lives.  This is why it is crucial that we renew our minds daily because everyday people will do things to attempt to discourage us and try to make us feel a way that turns that discouragement into distraction and then we are lost. Beating ourselves up and then usually never getting free from that attack only to be served another one that hits us and we are unable to recover at all so we just stay wounded stuck, and broken.  

 

Once we are in the habit of renewing our mind a part of that means letting IT go. Usually to let things go means we need to learn and practice forgiveness.  Even when you have a problem with someone. In Mark 11:25 the bible clearly tells us that when we Pray, we must forgive everyone so that God will forgive us. If we are going to say to someone that we have forgiven them, then we need to mean it, and then let IT go. If letting IT go is difficult as it sometimes may be, then give IT to Jesus our burden bearer when we think about the person or the situation so he can truly fix IT for you and your forgiveness will be genuine.  Once we are able to get in the practice of forgiving, then renewing our minds daily is easier and we can create an atmosphere of overcoming. We will be able to politely hit the enemy back with whatever he throws your way by telling him “I rebuke you satan in the name of Jesus, you have NO hold over me!” And mean it with the power of the Spirit, and authority given to us by Jesus when he ascended to Heaven.

 

The only way we stay brokenhearted, captive, depressed, oppressed, enraged, angry, or sad is if we want to stay that way.  

 

In Galatians 5:22 the bible refers to the “Fruit of God’s Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. Against these things, there is no law.” Which means we can love, and be joyful, and have patience, and be kind and good, and increase in faithfulness, and be gentle, and exemplify self-control in every situation and do it as much as we want because no one can ever have too much of these Godly characteristics. This is the perfect and acceptable will of God that we manifest the fruit of his Spirit, and remain in nothing contrary to that.  

 

Key Thought:  Focus on those things that are acceptable to God such as an increase in the Fruit of His Spirit in your life.  Turn everything else over to Jesus and let him take away every burden, and pain until it is nothing but peace.

 

Prayer:  “Lord I am heavy in my spirit I have held onto many weights, and burdens for a long time now and I’m afraid to really let these things go.  I want to be free, I want to be healed, and I want to receive my deliverance so that I can be filled more Lord with the fruit of your spirit in my life"

Read : Broken Winged Part II