In today's
society we all experience pain, which causes negative residual effects on our
life. This is due to the fact that our subconscious stores every thought, word
or deed that ever occurs.
Harmful
images and memories fill our subliminal mind and haunt us, especially in our
dreams. Our soul uses dreams to exorcise unwanted memories or unresolved issues
in our past. The people, places and things in our dreams are symbols and clues
to what our soul is attempting to communicate.
To heal from
these issues, we simply need to bring them to God in persevering prayer. So,
set aside an hour or more of time and get in a quiet place with a notebook and
pen.
Take an
inventory of any negative emotions plaguing your soul at this time and write
them down with several lines in between. Then think about each emotion one at a
time. What words or phrases accompany these emotions? Write them down in the
lines next to that emotion.
These are
lies from the devil that you believe as truth, and the keys to your healing.
Now, pray about one emotion at a time. Ask God to speak His truth about each
negative phrase. Write down what He tells you.
This may
take time and some phrases may take longer than others to find the root source
- sometimes several days/months of times of prayer may be necessary to do the
spiritual warfare connected to these negative emotions and phrases.
Have
patience, but You can skip the ones that seem deep rooted, or that cause a
blank in your mind. Some other phrase may reveal the root of this one
eventually. Just moving on to the next phrase may heal a previous one.
Having a
prayer partner may facilitate your healing. Pick a spiritual person whom you
trust to keep your confidences. One person praying can chase a thousand demons,
but two put ten thousand to flight, because the Lord promises to be in their
midst (Deuteronomy 32:30; Matthew 18:20).
God may
reveal a hurtful image from your childhood or adult life. Angry, violent,
fearful, emotional, abusive, intrusive and invasive images, thoughts, words or
deeds may come to mind, but not necessarily.
All you
really need for healing are the phrases connected to your negative emotions. As
you read and concentrate on those phrases, what else comes to your mind? Other
emotions? Other phrases? Write them down and take those to the Lord too.
Ask Jesus to
reveal His truth to you about each one. He may show you a picture of Himself
ministering to you in some way, or He may give you a Bible verse or just tell
you some truth pertaining to this issue.
He is giving
you the opportunity to believe His truth rather than Satan's lie, and to heal
you from the residual effects of Satan's lies. Read the phrases connected to
the negative emotions again. Do they still seem true?
Do you still
feel the negative emotions, which plagued you when you started praying? If so,
remain in prayer and allow God's Spirit to give you freedom from them, until
they all diminish in intensity, and your soul is free from these negative
emotions.
Now, allow
negative emotions in the future to be red flags to warn you that there is a
wound needing healing or an idol, over which you can repent and leave at Jesus
feet. He will change your focus about that issue.
Prayer:
Father God,
thank You for freeing us from the tyranny of sin and Satan's lies. Thank You
for the liberty in which we walk, when all that occupies our mind is Your truth
and Your living words from Your scripture.
We can never
thank You enough for the redemptive work of Christ on the cross, which set us free
from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2). We give You all the praise and
glory for putting a smile on our lips and a song in our heart.
Thought for
the Day:
Take moral,
mental, physical, spiritual and emotional surveys each day to follow the steps
outlined in this post, and gain freedom from tormenting negative emotions until
all that remains are thoughts and emotions which are true, noble, just, pure,
lovely, of a good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy.
-
Philippians 4:8
