What is grief? Grief is sorrow, heavy, grievous, sad; intense suffering caused by emotions due to loss, misfortune, injury, evil, regret or suffering; to be morbid, to suffer calamity, failure, distress or lament.
We grieve over many things: our sins, the results of our sins, rejections, worries, neglect, divorce, abuse, death, failure, children's failures, etc. A spirit of grief is bitter. This bitterness reaches everybody and everything around us (Heb. 12:14-16).
Grief is a normal reaction to loss or pain. It is not normal grief when two, five or ten years later, it is as great or greater then when it happened. Grief becomes rebellion when it controls our action to the point we do not obey God.
In (John 10:10) we find out who wants to kill, steal and destroy us. The Devil never lets up when you have trouble; that's when he pounces the hardest through his demons.
Many thoughts coming into your mind are not your own but are sent to entice you. If we accept them and act on them, we can be led into sins in mind or body.
Many thoughts coming into your mind are not your own but are sent to entice you. If we accept them and act on them, we can be led into sins in mind or body.
A mind can receive more than one thought at a time from more than one source. We hear from God and Satan at the same time. We should examine every thought that comes into our minds. If it does not pass a Biblical inspection, we should reject it. If it lines up with the Bible, we pray for wisdom and act on the wisdom God gives. Many thoughts coming through our minds are not our own but are sent out by evil spirits to snag us. If we accept them and think back with them, we can be led into depression, sins, etc.
Just as we do not let our hands or feet do their own thing, neither do we let our mind accept every thought coming into it.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF GRIEF:
Emotions - Grief causes a breakdown in emotional control. Emotions will fluctuate wildly.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF GRIEF:
Emotions - Grief causes a breakdown in emotional control. Emotions will fluctuate wildly.
Will - You are unable to do what you see you should do or need to do.
Body - Doctors tell us, after many years of study, those who are bitter, in grief or unforgiving create a climate in the body where cancer, arthritis and ulcers thrive. Our body chemistry and functions are out of order due to the stress created by grief, bitterness and unforgiveness.
Mind - The mind should be under control by the person's spirit which should be under the direction of the Holy Spirit. We tend to think of our mind as the supreme part of us but it is not. We are a spirit that has a soul and lives in a body.
(Isaiah 60:1) Arise (from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you; rise to a new life). Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you).
(Isaiah 61:1-4) Jesus came to preach the gospel, bind and heal the broken hearted, proclaim liberty to the physical and spiritual captives, and opening of the prisons and eyes of the blind. To proclaim the year of favor, to grant consolation and joy to those that mourn, to give beauty for ashes, praise for failing spirit and build oaks of righteousness that the Lord be glorified.
Grief does not bring glory to the Lord but joy, praise and righteousness do. Verse 4 says after all this is done, they (the people) will rebuild their ruined lives and cities.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE GRIP OF GRIEF AND BITTERNESS:
Forgiveness (Mark 11:25) - Christians have no choice but to forgive. (Matt. 18:34-35) God will send tormentors on you if you don't forgive.
Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting. It means let it drop, leave it and let it go (Matt.6:6-15). Count the offense unimportant compared to what Jesus did for me, (Matt. 18:34-35).
Submit To God (John 4:23-24) - Face up to the facts; do not use grief as an excuse to disobey God, for bad behavior or to neglect duties. Fantasy is deadly.
Obey - To establish basis for deliverance, you must obey appropriate scriptures.
Honesty - If you love me, you will keep my commandments. God hates lies and lying.
CALL OUT ALL EVIL SPIRITS FROM YOURSELF AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
CALL OUT ALL EVIL SPIRITS FROM YOURSELF AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
Bind up the evil forces working against you.
Loose yourself from them and ask God to send his forces to aid in your release: wisdom, discerning of spirits, power and might (seven-fold Spirit of God).
To Stay Free After Deliverance - Control your thought life (II Cor. 10:5).
Continue To Break Old Habits And Obey God - If lazy - Prov. 6:6; 9; 10:26; 13:4; 20:4; 26:16. If disobedient - I Sam. 15:23; Ezekiel. 20:38; Isaiah 30:1. If lying - Proverbs 6:17; Rev. 21:8.
Whatever your problem, find the instructions for the solution in the Bible and follow them. If you fail, get up and try again: II Cor. 4:7-9, Book of James, I Cor. 10, etc.
Continue To Break Old Habits And Obey God - If lazy - Prov. 6:6; 9; 10:26; 13:4; 20:4; 26:16. If disobedient - I Sam. 15:23; Ezekiel. 20:38; Isaiah 30:1. If lying - Proverbs 6:17; Rev. 21:8.
Whatever your problem, find the instructions for the solution in the Bible and follow them. If you fail, get up and try again: II Cor. 4:7-9, Book of James, I Cor. 10, etc.
PRAYER - Clothed in Your armor, Father, I forgive anyone who has caused me distress, grief, embarrassment and/or financial loss. I choose to forgive in the sight of Christ, in order that Satan might not outwit me. For I am aware of his schemes.
Father, in the name of Jesus, I subject myself to You and resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from me. I let go of all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language). I am ready to be useful and helpful and kind to others, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving others [readily and freely], as You in Christ forgave me.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, I make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy, for I know that without holiness no one will see You, Lord. I purpose to see to it that I do not miss Your grace and that no bitter root grows up within me to cause trouble.
I accept life and make a commitment to be patient and tolerant with others, always ready to forgive if I have a difference with anyone. I forgive as freely as You have forgiven me. And, above everything else, I am truly loving, for love binds all the virtues together in perfection.
~Bits and Pieces of the DELIVERANCE MANUAL by Gene and Irene Moody
Audio Sermon by Win Worley - Forgiveness, Prayers of Deliverance and the Occult
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