Every person alive is affected by
our childhood experiences. The memory of these events are stored in our
subconscious mind. They shaped our opinion of our self and how we react to the
world around us.
They cause many of our current
negative emotions, which affect us in body, soul and spirit. These negative
emotions are driven by lies, which Satan planted in each of our life's
experiences.
The deep hurt, abuse, rejection,
condescension, ridicule, belittlement and deprivation we experienced are etched
into our subconscious mind. We have feelings of being "not enough",
failures, unworthy and unacceptable.
We continue to blame our self for
our negative emotions rather than the woundedness caused by our significant
others, which we carried into our adulthood.
This self-condemnation causes
other deep seated negative emotions to dominate our soul, such as: depression,
stress, anxiety, hopelessness, and feelings of being unlovable.
The negative self-talk
accompanying these feelings actually comes directly from Satan's lies planted
in our soul. God wants to set us free from these lies. As we surrender them to
Him, He reveals to us His Truth about them.
This requires that we reject the
negative attitudes, expressions and clichés, which we collected throughout our
lifetime. God exposes unconscious memories by bringing them into our conscious
mind.
He sets us free from their hidden
power over us and provides us with His love, security, value, sense of
belonging and life's necessities that we were deprived of in our past.
All that is required of us is
that we courageously and willingly accept as our own, His free gifts of
salvation, sanctification, deliverance and redemption (John 3:16-18; Psalm
34:19; 2 Corinthians 4:17).
Prayer:
Father God, continue to set us
free from the negative energy of Satan's lies and help us to respond to Your
love and provision in our life with gratitude and acceptance. When our emotions
are triggered negatively by some current event, help us to trace it back to the
lie, which Satan planted during our past; and then reveal to us Your truth
about the situation in order to liberate us from the negative effects of these
lies ( www.theophostic.com ).
Remind us to give attention to
these nagging, unresolved conflicts, so that You can heal us and free us from
their ability to rob us of the energy and focus we need to accomplish Your will
with our life. Thank You that those, whom the Son sets free, are free indeed
(John 8:36). We are no longer bound to negative emotions, but free to have a
positive outlook on each moment of every day (Philippians 4:8).
Thought for the Day:
The significant others in our
past did the best they could for us from their wounded soul; as we forgive them
for their faults, we set our self free to love and be loved by God and other
people.
