ExodusMagMay2020

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W H A T C A N Y O U
T E L L U S A B O U T
F O R G I V E N E S S ,
E S P E C I A L L Y I F O N E
W A N T S T O M O V E P A S T
P A I N E X P E R I E N C E D A S
A C H I L D ?
Matthew 11:28 - Come unto me, all
ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. John 14:1 -
Let not your heart be troubled,
believe in God and believe also in
me
Surrender is an easy word to say
but difficult to practice. True rest is
in Jesus and His offering to every
weary soul. What every troubled
heart needs is believing in God.
When recovering from childhood
trauma for example, the first step
is letting go of the inner vows you
gave yourself when you were in
pain those days. Saying to yourself
"no one will ever do this to me ever
again or I will never let my kids stay
like that ever or no one will take
advantage of me ever again etc."
These are inner vows done in times
of pain, and making these vows is
taking the place of God in those
situations when you said to
yourself, in your heart in
declaration never to ever be
disadvantaged again. You closed
the door for God to be God over
those areas through those inner
vows. In pain we ignorantly speak
to ourselves and take up the place
of God in those situations.
To begin healing, we have to
confess those inner vows made as
an insecure child or even as a
young adult. To every troubled and
weary heart, Jesus' instruction is to
believe. Believe in God and let go
of the inner vows.
M A N Y W O M E N A R E
T R O U B L E D A S A R E S U L T
O F T H E B I T T E R N E S S O F
S O U L D U E T O
R E S E N T M E N T S ,
D I S A P P O I N T M E N T S A N D
M O R E . W H A T I S Y O U R
A D V I C E T O W O M E N
B A T T L I N G W I T H S U C H A
S T R O N G H O L D ?
Your spirit bears witness to the
Spirit of God, of the fruit of the
spirit which is love. Love then
manifests into peace, patience,
kindness, self-control etc. Your
soul on the other hand is not so.
Jeremiah 31:11-12 "for the Lord
hath redeemed Jacob, ransomed
him from the hand of him that was
stronger than he, so that his soul
will be a watered garden and they
shall not sorrow anymore at all"
The body is an earthen vessel
prepared for the spirit and a soul to
dwell in. As God is Trinity, His
likeness is manifested also in our
mechanism. The soul bears the free
will that God gave us, not to be
enslaved to Him but freely accept
His lordship through our individual
will. That is what Jesus said in Matt
12:29, talking of a strong man who
must firstly be bound to get the
spoil.
The spirit is birthed by the Spirit
and can never be possessed. It is
the soul which can be held and
gripped by strongholds when the
free will is taken advantage by a
familiar spirit into emotional
discord. The Spirit is blessed with
all good things, all blessings in
glory, but still the soul can be dry
and weak because of the
stronghold which hinders the
spiritual blessings to come over.
That's why we are daily
encouraged to feed on the word of
God the. It is the double edged
sword which cuts asunder the
spirit and soul. That is the only
weapon against the stronghold of
the soul which delays a person
from forgiving themselves. But
once Jesus sets you free you are
free indeed.
The image and likeness of a
woman's complex soul is of the
Holy spirit, the helper. if the Holy
spirit testifies not of itself but of
Jesus, the helper in the woman
needs to testify of something
bigger than herself. Any void
causes the soul of a woman to
crash to insecurity.
A L O T O F W O M E N
S U F F E R F R O M
S P I R I T U A L
E N S L A V E M E N T . H O W
C A N W O M E N B E
T R A N S F O R M E D F R O M
B E I N G S P I R I T U A L
S L A V E S T O T H E B R I D E S
O F C H R I S T ?
Psalm 107:20 "He sent His Word
and healed them and delivered
them from their destruction"
The highest level of deliverance is
through information. We are put
into captivity because of ignorance
and only knowledge of the word
and utterance thereof brings light
and delivers us.
The story of Ruth's up bringing is
so amazing. The man whom he
married was the channel of her
deliverance. Can you imagine that
the daughters in law of Noah did
not perish by the flood because of
the men they married?
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