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I don't like talking about my childhood.
I may to a select few if God places it on my heart. However, I feel like God wants me to tell those out there who hear the same lies I heard as a child, that God does NOT want you to remain silent.
If you see injustice, do not be afraid to speak.
If you are afraid, scared, alone, hungry, confused, do not be afraid to pray for His help and guidance.
As a child i used to see demons torturing people around me. i could hear the lies they would whisper to them and i would be terrified.
I was told to go away, don't talk to this person or we will get you. To my shame, I would walk away more often than I would pray and find the words and courage to approach that person.
However, I've learned through God's guidance to not be afraid to speak. I've walked up to strangers and started random conversations and listened to their troubles. Did and said what God placed in my heart to say to them. not because I'm anyone special, but because others who followed God's Holy Spirit walked up to me and spoke His words into my life.
I don't tell most people what I see or hear, because some days I would rather be 'normal" or what the world says is normal.
But then I stop and ask myself do i want to be "normal" in the world's eyes or do I want to my Father's child?
So I'm not afraid to tell you that often I do not see the things others see. i sometimes miss the snide remarks, the mean comments, the jealousies, the fights, the bitterness because I chose to look at the world not as humanity sees it but through the spiritual eyes God has given me.
I'm grounded enough to see the world as it is (with its faults and its sins), but I can also see what it was meant to be.
so someday i don't respond immediately to the student who decides they want a fight with anyone because they are mad at the world, so they want to curse and spew hatred and pain at everyone around them. I take a minute to say a prayer. i try not to speak in anger, so sometimes I don't speak at all. But eventually, I tell them that I'm sorry and sad that they are upset but they are better than this. They can rise above the situation. they can prove those doubter wrong and make something of their lives. I tell them of the person God has shown me they have the potential of becoming.
So sometimes my heart is still scared, I'm learning how not to be afraid to speak.
I'm growing strong enough in faith that I rarely see demons, but I see the damaged souls they leave behind.
i don't know if you believe in the spiritual realm. or if you believe in spiritual gifts. i used to be afraid to speak of them because i thought people would think i'm boasting or prideful. then i realized it doesn't matter because they would be wrong and God knows my heart. He knows how to humble me if i become prideful.
I have seen the power of prayer. I have seen God's angels heal and comfort people even when they can't see them, people can feel God's love and His presence. they can feel His peace and His joy.
So don't be afraid to speak for God did not give us the Spirit to fear.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
[h=3] Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV
[/h] Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
I may to a select few if God places it on my heart. However, I feel like God wants me to tell those out there who hear the same lies I heard as a child, that God does NOT want you to remain silent.
If you see injustice, do not be afraid to speak.
If you are afraid, scared, alone, hungry, confused, do not be afraid to pray for His help and guidance.
As a child i used to see demons torturing people around me. i could hear the lies they would whisper to them and i would be terrified.
I was told to go away, don't talk to this person or we will get you. To my shame, I would walk away more often than I would pray and find the words and courage to approach that person.
However, I've learned through God's guidance to not be afraid to speak. I've walked up to strangers and started random conversations and listened to their troubles. Did and said what God placed in my heart to say to them. not because I'm anyone special, but because others who followed God's Holy Spirit walked up to me and spoke His words into my life.
I don't tell most people what I see or hear, because some days I would rather be 'normal" or what the world says is normal.
But then I stop and ask myself do i want to be "normal" in the world's eyes or do I want to my Father's child?
So I'm not afraid to tell you that often I do not see the things others see. i sometimes miss the snide remarks, the mean comments, the jealousies, the fights, the bitterness because I chose to look at the world not as humanity sees it but through the spiritual eyes God has given me.
I'm grounded enough to see the world as it is (with its faults and its sins), but I can also see what it was meant to be.
so someday i don't respond immediately to the student who decides they want a fight with anyone because they are mad at the world, so they want to curse and spew hatred and pain at everyone around them. I take a minute to say a prayer. i try not to speak in anger, so sometimes I don't speak at all. But eventually, I tell them that I'm sorry and sad that they are upset but they are better than this. They can rise above the situation. they can prove those doubter wrong and make something of their lives. I tell them of the person God has shown me they have the potential of becoming.
So sometimes my heart is still scared, I'm learning how not to be afraid to speak.
I'm growing strong enough in faith that I rarely see demons, but I see the damaged souls they leave behind.
i don't know if you believe in the spiritual realm. or if you believe in spiritual gifts. i used to be afraid to speak of them because i thought people would think i'm boasting or prideful. then i realized it doesn't matter because they would be wrong and God knows my heart. He knows how to humble me if i become prideful.
I have seen the power of prayer. I have seen God's angels heal and comfort people even when they can't see them, people can feel God's love and His presence. they can feel His peace and His joy.
So don't be afraid to speak for God did not give us the Spirit to fear.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
[h=3] Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV
[/h] Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.