strongholds
I watched a movie three weeks ago that I shouldn’t have watched.
I watched it with friends and I didn’t think much of it. During the movie there were some disturbing images, including a monster/human/being thing that was the most grotesque I have ever seen. I didn’t think much of it at the time.
But after watching it, the image moved into my brain and would hover on the back of my consciousness. I would feel my hair rising on my neck each time I thought of it -
two days later I spent the evening with two dear friends. We always end our times together with prayer. I felt convicted to tell them about the image that was haunting me - whenever it was dark.
We prayed and it faded, but I still felt the image lurking. I couldn’t figure out why.
Last night I spoke with my friend about diff. spirits and about the power we have in Christ to bind things on earth and to break strongholds the enemy may have on our lives or on the lives of others.
She said something about how by unconfessing sin or by leaving things in our own hearts unresolved - we are giving the enemy a doorway into ourselves and how the enemy can come in - create a thought pattern in us and then leave -
but we continue to be stuck in this destructive thought pattern.
After hanging up, I thought about the monster and I prayed for God to reveal it’s power to me - why was it sticking around?
I allowed my mind to bring up the full image of it and God revealed to me that it’s only power was in my fear - and my mistrust of God and His power.
This image and the power it carried over me was rooted in my fear.
I prayed.
I can’t describe what happened next - but I played a scenario in my head where I was faced with the monster and then I asked God to show me His truth…
God is so much bigger and powerful!!
I realized that even if this creature did exist - and evil does exist… that God is MORE powerful and GOOD and would look out for me. This image and all the spirits of this world have NO POWER over me.
Anyways - you might think I’m crazy - but now all the power/fear that image would conjure is gone. It is empty and stupid to even spend time thinking of it…
so yeah -
that was my breakthrough last night.
I’m so glad God meets us and reveals His truth to us!!