The soul is
our mind, will and emotions, or I like to call it our thoughts, choices and
feelings. When life happens all around us, it registers with our soul.
We analyze
the occurrence with our thoughts, decide how we feel about those thoughts and
then make choices according to our thoughts and feelings.
We tuck away
many of these experiences in our subconscious mind, never even giving them any
conscious thought at all. This happens in a matter of seconds. Yet, these stored
memories affect our choices for the rest of our life.
Our soul
often attempts to draw our attention to these memories through dreams, negative
emotions and bizarre beliefs. We need a resolution for them or to make a
decision about them.
We can continue
to ignore them and allow them to fester like a blister in our soul, or we can
confront them, find God's truth about them and find freedom from the trouble
they cause.
The easiest
and most lasting way to heal our soul is to journal our thoughts and feelings -
uncensored and unorganized; any way they come to mind, just write them down
that way.
Underline
all of the negative thoughts. Which topic is the most prevalent? That is the
biggest lie by which Satan is keeping your soul captive.
Pray about
that negative mindset and ask God to show you where it came from. Is it
attached to a memory, or more than one incident in the past? It may have been a
simple insignificant comment by a significant person in our life.
Ask God to
tell you His truth about this issue. Now, use that truth to help you to change
your focus about the issue. Ask yourself how you feel about that negative
attitude now. It should diminish in intensity.
If it is not
totally gone, then pray about it again and take time to listen to God's truth
about what He shows you. Repeat this process until that emotion no longer
bothers you and then go on to the next negative emotion.
This may
take minutes, hours, days or even months. You may not get resolution during
your prayer time; but it may occur when you wake up some morning, or while
cooking a meal or carpooling the children. God speaks in His own time and way.
Prayer:
Father God,
thank You for caring about soul as well as our body and spirit. You are our
great God and our great King and You rule over every principality and power in
heavenly places. Thank You for teaching us that spiritual warfare is a very
real occurrence in life in this earthly realm, and for giving us Your Spirit to
take authority over Satan and his demons.
You set us free
from the negative world of thoughts and events, which plague us. You capture us
for Your glory and You use us in Your Kingdom all the days of our life in this
world and in the next. Thank You for redeeming us, transforming us and using us
according to Your will.
Thought for
the Day:
The object
of prayer journaling is to persevere in prayer about each negative emotion
until God resolves them for you and you are free from the tyranny of the past;
you will feel lighter, happier and more at peace with God, yourself and with your
personal relationships.
