Have you ever felt like so much was happening in your life and you didn’t know if it was ever going to end? You hope and pray and hope some more and don’t see anything changing?
This is how my 2018 was and the beginning of my 2019. So much was happening with my family and me and I was wondering ‘when will it end’?
I was dealing with so much spiritual warfare last year with everything that was going on. The devil seemed like he was really coming for my family and me. Even my 9-year-old daughter was dealing with some serious issues that I had to go into deep prayer about, and I literally had to kick the devil out of my home.
I was experiencing some health challenges and visited the hospital frequently last year due to sickle cell anemia crisis and needing blood transfusions.
I also had to give up things that I loved doing because of what I was dealing with physically in my body.
I was tired and just wanted for it all to be over. I knew it was coming… I just didn’t know when and I was becoming frustrated and physically drained and tired.
I was so glad to see 2018 end, although I had some highs, I had a lot of lows during that year, and 2019 didn’t start off so great either. It honestly felt like sickness was trying to take over my body and the enemy was coming for all of us mentally.
The great thing about it all is that I was able to recognize it and even in my weakness I went to war for my family and me.
I knew I didn’t have to take anything that the devil was trying to throw at me. My life doesn’t belong to him; it belongs to God. Although my body was experiencing so much pain, I knew that I was healed, I knew who I still belonged to.
Don’t get me wrong some days were tough but I had to continue to fight, mentally and spiritually. The devil wanted to knock me down, but he found out real quick that I wasn’t going just to let him win this, but I was going to fight him with every ounce of my being.
There may have been moments where he may have felt like he was winning, but I came back even stronger.
I read books on spiritual warfare, and I prayed in circles around every situation that we were dealing with. I wasn’t going to just let things happen without putting up a fight.
Now here we are in the 2nd quarter of 2019, and I can confidently say that we are doing better than ever. Because I know who my God is and what He can do I went to Him for everything I needed. Even down to my health and what I should be eating, when should I rest and when I should do a little extra.
I realized that what the devil was trying to throw at me didn’t belong to me. I didn’t have to take anything he tried to put on me or my family. I saw myself for who I truly was, and that was God’s Daughter. I saw myself as Blessed, Healed, Whole, and walking in Divine Health, Mentally, Spiritually and Physically. I knew that what Jesus had died for I was delivered from.
I started seeing myself full of energy, pain-free, sickle cell-free and thinking only God thoughts for me. I let go of the lies that the enemy was trying to feed me and filled my mind/thoughts with God’s truth.
You see the enemy is a punk and bully (as my husband would say). He has no power over you unless you give it to him. You don’t have to take anything that he tries to give you. If it’s sickness…know that you don’t have to take it. If it’s lack…know that you don’t have to take it. If it’s depression…know that you don’t have to take it. If it’s anything that is not from God…know that you don’t have to take it. You can simply say “No, return to sender.”
You must see the promises that God has promised you. Know that your life has purpose and meaning and that the enemy will try to distract you from that. That’s what he tried to do to my family and me. But we have to remember to keep on eyes on God and His purpose for our lives. Your purpose is worth it, and the enemy will try to send as many distractions as he can but you have to realize that you don’t have to take any of it and if it takes you fighting for what belongs to you, then fight. Fight like you never fought before. Know that the devil was defeated years ago and the outcome will always be in your favor. You have already WON the fight because God won it for us.
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