Overcoming the Religious Spirit ebook - MorningStar Ministries

wounded, our wounds must be healed first.
Scars may remain, which may continue to be
a little sensitive, but not so sensitive that
no one can get close to us. The sensitivity
of scars is different from that of scabs. Scars
keep us just sensitive enough to help us
discern the wounds in others that have not
yet been healed.
the Way of escape
The first principle to getting out of our
present financial bondage is not to get, but
to give. If you cringed at that statement, it
is the evidence of a wound that must be
healed. Our foe has the wisdom of thousands
of years of ruling over his dark domain, and
he has wisely attacked the most important
issues with his biggest weapons. He has
taken some of the most important words in
Scripture, such as “holiness,” “submission,”
and “giving,” and made them repulsive
even to Christians. Yet these truths will be
recovered by those who overcome.
It is true that the church has been raped.
Rape is the ultimate violation of a person.
Rape is therefore one of the most difficult
traumas for a person to recover from. The
church has been raped repeatedly by hype,
manipulation, and those with a control spirit.
If the Lord could have prevented this, why
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