YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL!

During the last 3 years I have come to understand what it means to be in a relationship with God. With that however came a lot of questions. Who am I? Why am I here? What am I supposed to do? What is God's purpose for me? Why do the things that happen to me, happen to me? To be honest most of the time I felt completely overwhelmed and thoroughly confused.

I started asking questions like: Why am I not going anywhere? What is it that's holding me back? I read numerous books; watch so many DVD’s, started reading my Bible, discussed life with good friends and started asking God for answers to my questions. Once again God showed His perfect timing and faithfulness.

First through various means He helped me to understand who I am to Him. As a child I was very shy and did not have too much confidence in myself. Coming out of a divorce, I had no confidence at all in myself. Suddenly I was faced with all kinds of very scary situations. I had to do everything and I had to do it all alone. I learnt that I was beautiful and valuable to God, that I was loved and not alone, that I do not have to live in fear and that I was looked after in every possible way. I learnt what my identity is in God. I am a daughter of the King of all kings and therefore I stand in line to inherit all that is His. 

I found peace, but I still had no directions. It still felt like there was more to my life. I just didn't know what. I learnt that I was made for a purpose, but what was that purpose? A while back I read a book Miles Munroe wrote about the purpose of women and I started to understand why I was the way I was. I started to understand what it meant to submit as a women and why it is so important to submit. I realised that to submit did not make me vulnerable or weak. It allows the power God gave me as a woman to come out. It allows me to fulfil the role I was made for by God. It doesn't make me weak, it makes me stronger. The world has twisted what was meant by God as a helper to all men into something that degrades and humiliates women all over the world. We were told that we are the weaker sex and therefore we were entitled to less, but God made men and women equal and together unstoppable. Why do you think satan targets our marriages? He knows that if he can destroy the godly relationship between men and women he can destroy the power God gave men and women to rule on earth and therefore to rule over satan.

Finally after 3 years I understood myself as a woman. Scary when you realise I am almost 50 years old. Now what to do with myself was my next question. I can feel it in myself that there is more to life than just getting up every morning and trying to survive. Again I read a book written by Miles Munroe about our potential and once again a little part of my scrambled brain became unscrambled. I have to tell you the more I dig the clearer things become. I really can start to see why the bible says that what is wise to the world is foolishness to God and vice versa. For the first time in my life I feel like I got to the starting point. Before I was running around like a deranged person not knowing where I am and where I should be. 

I came to the conclusion that first and foremost I am a mother, made to nourish and love my children and for that matter all children. The world told me I should be a business woman and a provider, but God said I am a helper and nourisher. Second the world told me to take, but God said to give. If God tells you to do/give something He will also give you the ability to fulfil it. Thirdly the world told me to advocate human rights, but God told me to advocate the good news about the gospel. 

Jesus came to earth to minister and to serve. I often felt guilty because I never felt comfortable to go out and talk to people about God. So many people don't want to listen when you talk about God. I realised that even if they don't want to listen they will look. People will look at you and what they see will make an impact. If they like what they see they will want to know more about what they see. If I learnt anything it is that people who have the Holy Spirit in them are different. They look different and they respond different to life and its challenges. They have a peace and freedom about them that defies the problems they experience in their everyday life. I wanted what I saw in them and eventually I started asking about God. It gave someone the opportunity to start talking to me about God. If people can see God's reflection in me they will come to me and start to ask about God and then God will give me all I need to tell them about the awesome God I serve. The more I spoke about God and experienced Him in my life the easier it became to talk about Him to others.

So for now I know that I want to show God to the world through the things I do and the person I am. I know that I want to make a difference in the lives of the people I come into contact with, my children, family, friends and acquaintances. I know that I want to teach my children their full potential in God and not what the world tells them their potential are. I want them to understand who they are in God and what that means. I want to help them determine what their purpose is by teaching them to understand who their Source is. I want my children to be spirit people and not soul people. I want them to be led by their spirit attached to the Spirit of God and not to be led by their senses and intellect. 

I also know that I want to serve people and that it means I will have to put my dreams on paper and work out a plan of how to reach it and then get off my butt and do it. I know that whatever God has put in my heart and thoughts, I can achieve through faith and determination. I also know now that God will only give me what I want bad enough to give my life for. I also know that the earth and all that is on it was meant to be a resource and not to become a god and that my potential was meant to be shared. I understand know that life really is not about the material things but truly about how much of God you can allow in yourself. When you seek the things of God He really does give you the rest.

God gave as all the same potential that is in Him, because He made as according to His likeness, but He also gave us certain conditions to live by. He is the One that made us and He is the one that gave us our potential. He is also the only One that can fix us when we break. Just like a TV cannot work without a power supply we cannot work without Christ in us. We can try but we will end up broken every single time. The world is full of broken people who refuse to read the manual that came with humankind; instead they try the shortcut only to come up short every single time.

Unless you understand what the purpose is of an object you will never know the potential of that object and the potential of an object gets determined by its maker. Do you know your full potential? Do you know who your Maker is? Instead of being a person whose full potential goes with him to his grave the day he dies, why you don’t find out exactly what your purpose are and what you can achieve by reading your manual and getting to know your Maker. I know that for the first time I have a clue as to why I am here. I know that I have just begun to understand my full potential and I know I still have a long way to go before I will start to reach that potential, but at least I have a starting point now. I cannot wait to see what God has planned for me. God really does reveal Himself to those who earnestly seek Him. 

When you start to see and understand who God is, life really starts to make sense and not in the way the world tells us. God's way really is the perfect and only way, but He is a gentleman. You need to choose to read the manual and to follow its instructions before you will be able to operate in the way that you were intended to operate. Only then you can become all you were meant to be.

LOVE SPELLS....

I have written this blog on why affair marriages don’t work. My intention was to warn people against interfering in the relationships and marriages of others. As a result I have been getting numerous comments from people telling me how they got their lovers/husbands back using the services of a spell caster. As a Christian it makes my hair stand on end.

The Bible is very explicit about witchcraft. You only have to read Deut 18:9-12, Deut 17:2-5, 1Chron 10:13-14, Ezek 13:18, Gal 5:19-21, Acts 16:16-19, James 4:2-3, Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15 to see how God feels about witchcraft and what the consequences are for people using witchcraft. These verses tell us that witchcraft:

·         Is detestable to God

·         Leads to physical and spiritual death

·         Brings destruction on yourself and the people you use it on

·         Is lying to and ensnaring the souls of people

·         Is to love a lie – language of deceit

·         Demonically inspired, occultism

·         Is to not inherit the Kingdom of God

·         Is selfish – to seek your own pleasure

·         Is to be fated for the fiery lake of burning sulphur

Now a lot of people do not believe the Word of God, so they will not be worried about what the Word say. So I decided to see what the people that cast these spells have to say. But first let’s see what is the definition of a spell.

·         To cast out an invisible net (the spell) unto a person/s to use the person/s to the spell casters advantage

·         Putting magic on someone so that they will be under your spell and do what you want

·         Oxford – a person or creature with magical powers

·         English – a spell is a situation in which events are controlled by a magical power

·         Longman – a piece of magic someone does, to put a spell on someone = a piece of magic to change someone

Synonyms – allure, bewitch, charm, enrapture, entice, grab, hex, hypnotise, magnetise, to take, voodoo

Antonyms – bother, disenchant, disgust, repel, repulse

So I think it is safe to say that casting a spell on someone involves magick/witchcraft.

Now let’s look at what spell casters say a love spell is:

Love spell:

·         It is closely connected with telepathy.

·         A powerful psychokinetic influence on a person and his thoughts, in order to excite in him the feeling of attraction to another person (subject of love spell/ the bewitched).

·         The object is communicating images, pictures and emotions/memories connected with strong feelings of love to the subject/bewitched.

·         The power and duration of the spell depends on the skills of caster and the will of the subject.

·         Rituals and words, as well as objects belonging to the subject (nail clippings, hair) or drinking menstrual blood from the person who wants spell cast will help concentrate the energy and make the spell more powerful.

·         You get white (not harmful) and black (harmful to family) spells.

What can you expect to feel when a love spell is cast upon you?

·         You feel the influence but can’t do anything about it.

·         Increase heart rate, unable to sleep, feels like everything hurts, more active, have more energy, flashes of light, vivid dreams, sudden unexpected memories, loss of concentration. These symptoms normally disappear never to come back again.

·         Feeling of euphoria in the presence of customer, increased sex drive, a state of altered consciousness.

·         In the case of a white spell – strong affection, adoration, love and sense of intimacy for customer.

·         In the case of a black spell – apathy, recurring colds, hair loss, feelings of wrongness, irritations

Normally when you want to return a loved one the spell increases the available energy channels between people through witchcraft. The longer you were apart the more difficult the spell will be. Some spells even require animal sacrifices.

So why is love spells so wrong:

v  It interferes in the free will

v  It is basically love under your compulsion – not true love

v  You create a love that does not exist

v  It will be with you forever – even if the person you put the spell on turns out to be wrong for you. You can end up being stuck in a relationship you do not want or can even turn out to be dangerous to you e.g. stalker, abuser, ectr

v  Even in witchcraft it is a taboo magick

So why is using love spells, to bring a lover back, taboo? Because the intention is to take away/influence another person’s free will. It is a negative spell and only temporary.

Also there are consequences for all parties involved:

Consequences to the bewitched: Because you are invading his mind/free will, the natural reaction will be to try and protect himself. This will lead to nervous stress, emotional exhaustion and lethargy as he tries to fight this invasion. Eventually it will cause his immune system to weaken, causing physical disease and can even put a curse on the person. So tell me again why you would do this to someone you claim to love?

Consequences to the witch/spell caster: It is a negative spell and can go back to the witch spell caster. It is basically a modified curse, and can attack any weakness the witch/spell caster might already have. The witch/spell caster can become the curse.

Consequences to the customer: Can put a curse on the person who wants the spell cast – if the bewitched does not turn out to be Mr/Mrs Right you can be attach to that person or vice versa for the rest of your life. Also your loved ones and your children may end up paying the wages – in the form of curses and even death.

In conclusion: Why would anyone bring back a lover/partner, when that person does not want to be with you? They chose to leave you! Why try and force a person to love you? Surely the reason for your happiness is first and for most because someone is with you because that person chose to be with you. Do you honestly think that you will not always know your partner is only with you because he was deceived into being with you? What do you think that knowledge will eventually do to you? Then there is the fear that he might find out about your deceit. Do you think he will still love you? He might stay because he may not have a choice, but he will hate you for it. Also what about the possible pain/trouble you can bring upon your close family and children. How will you feel if your child has to die or be cursed for what you did?

Is it really worth it in the end? I believe that forcing a person to be with you in this way CAN only end in disaster. At the end of the day nothing about what originally caused the break-up of the relationship have changed. All the problems are still there and neither one of the people involved have changed. It is a quick solution and in the end it will be a short solution that won’t bring about happiness. In principle I refuse to be with someone who does not want to be with me. I will rather be alone than look at someone every day and know that I had to force him to be with me. I might be alone, but I’m NOT DESPERATE!

Not even God interferes with a man’s free will, what then gives you the right to do so? Do you really think you can get away with it? If you do not believe in God, then there is always karma. 

 Ezekiel 13:18 “What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrist and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destructions on yourselves?”

 

                             You are free to choose,

                                but you are not free

                             from the consequences

                                      of your choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAITHFULNESS

 

September 27 it will be exactly 3 years since my divorce. Looking back now I cannot belief I made it. If you had told me 3 years ago that my divorce will turn my life into something so positive and good I would have told you to get loss because you don't know what you are talking about. I can still remember the excruciating pain and betrayal I felt after I found out about my ex's affair. The days after and the months following, seeing any chance of us reconciling disappearing, was in one word awful. Then after I sort of managed to pull myself together again I had to deal with my children's pain and loss. The anger and bitterness I felt was at times all consuming. It was the worse time of my life. So yes I would have told you to mind your own business, but probably in much stronger terms.

Luckily I had help. Beautiful friends, the best family a person can ask for and God. God send help even before I asked. He provided even before I knew how to trust Him for it. He gave peace when I needed it, but was too emotionally drained to ask for it and most of all He gave me hope. In the beginning of my journey with God I heard a often, how faithful God is and boy did I come to know just HOW faithful. Every trial I had to face confirmed His faithfulness.

Just this morning I thought for just a second "How am I going to make it through this month?", but in the next second I remembered who my Source is and the way it made me feel just stunned me again. I cannot describe the sense of peace I felt at that moment. I did not only feel peace at that moment but awe and wonder at the awesomeness of God. It blows my mind and will probably always blow my mind.

I have been praying a lot for my son to develop a passion for God's Word. He wanted to have a relationship with God but at the same time he thought it would take all the fun out of life. He didn't yet realise that having a relationship with God only intensifies the fun in life. So we went to this service where our pastor talked about why bad things happen to us. Something happened in that service, because when we got back he went for his bible. I was stunned to put it mildly. The next day I bought him an easier to understand bible and his been reading it every chance he gets. Already God is showing His faithfulness to him. 

Wow it is wonderful to see how God is starting to show Himself to my son and all he had to do was look for God. He already gave his heart to God but he didn't want to give his all to God. I am so excited because I see myself in him 3 years ago. Already in small little things he is starting to experience God's presence. Already on two occasions he asked God's advice and got his answer in a way that proofed to him that God does here his prayers. For the first time he heard God and God confirmed what he heard. Already I am starting to see a subtle change in his behaviour. Small little things for now but massive for his future. He's starting to get God. Starting to enjoy getting to know God and all because God is faithful. Louis Giglio talks about an awakening starting to happen when we get to know God and that is what I am seeing in him. A boy who was asleep and is now starting to wake up to God and His Word.

I asked and God gave. Just this week I received a comment from a lady, going through the hurt of betrayal, who asked God to give her peace and He gave it to her. I can go on and on telling you about God's faithfulness; not only in my life but in all the people I know who trust in God to supply in their needs. The word abundance comes to mind. People who often have nothing and yet have everything. It just makes me realise that no matter how bad things look, God is always in control and He has a plan. He knows what he wants to draw on your canvas and He knows exactly where He wants you on that canvas. All we have to do is to seek Him. He promises that when you seek Him, He will show Himself to you. What a privilege it had been and still is to get to know God and invite Him into my home, my life and the lives of my family. Every day I get up and face life knowing that through Jesus everything is possible, I expect His miracles, small and big and I have found a joy in life that surpasses anything I have ever felt. I have come home!

The WOW Factor!

I was lying in bed the other night checking the Minions Fan site on fb and it occurred to me how easy I laugh these days. It's as if a huge weight had been lift off my shoulders.

Up until 3 years ago, my life was ruled by stress. Stress about money, people, my life and my work. It took the break up of my marriage to change the course of my life so drastically, that I sometimes feel like pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

Oh I have the same problems as before, but it just isn't so big anymore. There is this lightness in me, that makes it possible to face everyday with a smile on my face. No problem seems too big or too impossible anymore. Things I use to fear, don't scare me anymore. The things I use to stress about, no longer worries me anymore. People and the things they did to hurt me, don't bother me anymore. What I want, just isn't so important anymore. I have a new focus and joy in my life. Peace is my constant companion.

It all started to become a reality the day I gave my life to Christ again. Before, I knew of God, but I didn't know Him. This time I was like a sponge soaking it up. Pain, hatred, bitterness, loneliness and desperation forced me to look at my life and I didn't like what I saw. I was on my knees and all I could do was call out to God.

He told me I was loved and beautiful. He promised me I will not be desolate anymore. He promised to heal and provide. All He asked was that I accept what His Son did for me and that I come into His rest. That I allow Him to care for me. It took me a while to fully understand it, but now that I do, I have never before felt so at peace.

I used to in a sarcastic way thank my ex for leaving me and giving me my life back. Little did I know how true those words will be. Only now I am not sarcastic anymore, but so truly thankful for the direction my life went. God really does change every bad situation into something truly beautiful for those who love and obey Him. I have no words to describe God and what He did for me, but awesome, faithful, trustworthy and wow are just some of the words that comes to mind when I think of God.

God truly is the only God that breathes life where there were death, makes new that which were old. I love God and I am not ashamed to say it. I have just finished a parenting course and they left us with what they call the 5 smooth stones to give to our children.

1. To teach our children to suffer well. In an unfair and corrupt world, God is good and still in control.
2. To teach our children that work is sacred and a calling from God.
3. To teach them to manage their lives wisely - God owns everything (money, time) and He will hold you accountable for what you did with what He gave you.
4. To teach them to make wise choices - God's Word is the absolute truth and His laws is for our protection.
5. To teach them to live in God's grace - failure is never final with God.

It hit me afterwards how easy it is to obey God. He MADE us to be obedient to Him. It is all wired into our DNA. All you have to do is choose who you want your master to be. God's grace is so huge, you don't even have to do it alone. He gave us the Holy Spirit to guide and strengthen us. I look at people who have chosen satan (people who chose themselves, money, the world, ectr) to be their master and I see them run from one relationship to another, one job to another, chasing money and people in an effort to find happiness, always coming out looking for more, feeling empty and I feel so sorry for them.

The answer is in us, but we have chosen to ignore our spirit man and rather run after our natural man, opting for instant gratification instead of long-term peace and eternal life. Satan has gotten it right to fool people into thinking they are in control of their lives, fooled us into only seeing the here and now and in the process we miss the bigger picture. So many people will die still empty and feeling unfulfilled, not understanding what was the purpose of their lives.

In the end we were made by God, for God and only when we get that, will we understand and live our purpose. You can kick against the truth of that as much as you want, in the end you will still walk away empty and unfulfilled. That hole in your life and your soul can only be filled by God's spirit. Only then will you be complete.

In the end you need to ask yourself what is the WOW factor in your life. What is it that, despite living in a corrupt and unjust world, makes your life absolutely awesome. If you don't have an answer, you need to sit down and ask yourself what it is that other people have, that you don't have. What is it about life that they get and you don't. What is it that makes them suffer well, makes them love what they do no matter what it is and allows them to make choices with a positive return. What is it that makes people who are facing poverty, death and all kinds of hardships, say my life is absolutely awesome. What is it about their lives that makes it awesome, when yours aren't despite all you have.

Divorce as a child sees it.

So often since my ex jumped ship I have had to hear how divorce won't influence the kids as long as we can behave like adults. I far as I am concerned and from personal experience, that is a load of BS. Just an excuse to justify the selfish needs of an adult.

So how does divorce influence the lives of our kids?

Besides the obvious loss of security, financial stability, contact with parents and the devastating emotional ups and downs they have to go through every day, there are a lot of very mundane things we as adults don't ever consider.

For instance just having your life uprooted every second weekend. Packing clothes, unpacking clothes, missing parties, forgetting your favourite toy, sleeping in a bed that isn't yours, having to adapt to different sets of rules, different foods and ways of preparing it, having 2 sets of weekend friends and the list goes on and on. I know of parents expecting their children to travel every second weekend almost 800kms to and fro and why? Because the parent who started a new life without his/her children, wants to see their children. Would you like to travel 800kms every second weekend when you are younger than 10? Is that fair to the children? Who asked the kids whether that is ok? Oh sorry I forgot, the children don't have a say, do they?

Then there are the guilt trips we send our kids on when they try to express their own needs and wants. Don't you want to visit me anymore? Don't you want to spend time with me anymore? Oh well if you would rather be with your friends......., I already see so little of you ...... ectr ectr ectr. As if it was their fault that you left!!!

Let's be totally realistic. The children had no say in the decisions that were made. You as a adult has no right to expect them to constantly adapt to you. What does the law say? That their circumstances should stay as close to what it was before the divorce. Pretty words, but unfortunately not something that has a lot of substance when it comes to enforcing it.

Maintenance for instance. I have heard so often the words "I cannot afford more" or worse "I cannot afford to pay at all". Then there is the issue of when it gets paid. I have been blamed for instance for the fact that my ex had to move away because according to him I insisted that he pays his maintenance in full and on time. (This BTW after he has never ever paid his maintenance in one go, except for the last 3 payments). My question is this? How do you expect the mothers to pay the school fees, buy food, pay petrol, rent, electricity if you do not the pay the maintenance when all those things are due. Is it really fair to expect the mothers to make a plan whenever you are in a bind. What happens to the mother's financial position every time she has to bail you out. Ever consider that????? Or is it a question of you just don't care. Well in essence you are basically saying you don't care that there is no food for the kids, a roof over their heads, having to walk to school in the cold and rain and all the other things they cannot have because you just don't want to make a plan. As a mother I have had to make plans all the time. I have had to put my pride aside and lend money, even accept food from our church and ask for favours just to make sure my kids are sorted out. Then we have to hear so often we just want to get out of the fathers as much as we can. You know what it feels like to walk around with R10 in your purse and there is no bread or milk, because you had to use your food money to pay the rent??????? What is worse - having hungry kids or cold kids??????? Decisions a lot of divorced mothers have to make every single day of their lives.

The same goes for expecting our kids to shape their lives around the decisions you have made, especially if they had no say in it. Is it really fair to expect of them to chop and change their lives just so that it fits into yours. Who left???? Who should actually chop and change???? Shouldn't it be the parents who should do everything in their ability to adapt to the way things were for the kids - to adapt to what was normal for the kids. Isn't that what we are told? Keep  everything as close to normal as possible. So was it then the norm for the kids to have to up and move every second weekend and then 2 days later have to up and move again? No, but unfortunately that is what they have to do just to be able to do the most normal thing that were part of their lives - to see and spend time with their parent. Unfortunately most parents don't really care what their kids wants in the case of a divorce. All they really care about are having their needs met. Sad isn't it! Then we walk around telling people how much we really care about our children! If we cared we would have made sure we didn't end up in a divorce court.

For all the parents who are in this position through no fault of their own (I know people make mistakes, but it is an even bigger mistake not to fix your mistakes) and all the fathers who truly do their part when it comes to supporting their children financially, please know this blog was not aimed at you. This blog is aimed at adults who do not consider anybody but themselves and think that the world and every one on it owes them something. (Once again this is not necessarily aimed at my ex - just to clarify that he isn't all bad).

For all the people out there contemplating divorce, think again and then again. You only read about the consequences from a professional person's perspective. You never hear it from the child's perspective. You may think you are doing your child a favour, but trust me you will never hear a child say that "my parents' divorce was for my own good".

UNTEACHABLE SPIRIT.

I have often wondered why some people get through a divorce easier than others. I have seen so many people who abandoned their family, getting stuck in life unable to go anywhere. They are desperately unhappy and yet unable to do anything about it. At the same time those who have been abandoned just can’t seem to move on. I started comparing people with each other and I realised the ones who can’t seem to move on had all one thing in common; An Unteachable Spirit.

I remember when I started going for counselling I was told that the reason I was doing so well was because I had a teachable spirit. So what does a person with a teachable spirit look like?

·         They are open to other people. They built relationships.

·         They accept themselves and has a desire to grow personally and spiritually

·         They are inquisitive people that can sort, process, and integrate information.

·         They have an appreciation of the nature of Scripture and God’s wisdom.

·         They have a desire to pursue valuable goals.

·         They have a desire to learn and change.

·         They are humble people, willing to listen.

·         They can admit their limitations.

·         They are willing to move out of their comfort zone.

·         They don’t give up hope.

·         They take criticism positively.

·         They are willing to look at another point of view.

So what does an unteachable spirit look like?

·         They are full of pride.

·         They consider themselves to know it all.

·         They do not submit to authority, they are rebellious.

·         They are insecure people and do not accept themselves.

·         They are angry people. They are touchy, sensitive people.

·         They are poor listeners.

·         They are unyielding, judgemental, and head-strong.

·         They compromise but only to further their own selfish needs.

·         They are irresponsible people.

·         They possess a spirit of fear.

·         They are envious people – always wanting what others have.

·         They are dishonest people – false humility and stretching/covering the truth.

·         The have a spirit of unbelief. They have no peace and faith in God.

·         They have a lack of concern for others.

·         They are selfish people. They love themselves and money. They want to be comfortable.

·         They won’t do research/read unless it is to support their own views.

·         They don’t except responsibility for their own failures, always blaming someone else.

·         They don’t seek/accept one-to-one guidance.

·         They don’t take criticism without retaliating.

·         They have one view and that is the right view. If they don’t like your viewpoint they will simply discredit you.

What can you expect when you allow an unteachable spirit to operate in your life?

·         There is little or no growth in your live.

·         You refused to be ministered.

·         You will probably isolate yourself from the Christian community.

·         You will surround yourself with people who have lost touch with the true realities of this world.

·         You lose the chance to have a truly meaningful relationship with God.

 Where does an unteachable spirit come from?

Self-Centeredness!

Self-centeredness, as opposed to Christ-centeredness, creates in a person a spirit of pride, from which comes an

·         unteachable spirit,

·         a spirit of control,

·         a judgemental spirit and

·         a rebellious spirit.

Usually if one of these spirits is present the others usually will also be present. When these spirits begins to manifest, it opens up the door for the Jezebel and Ahab spirit, who always bring their idols along with them. And with idols always comes sexual immorality, which brings about an abandonment of oneself to fleshly pleasures, drawing the person even further away from God. This will end in someone hardening their heart.

The truly sad thing about this is that in the end the person only hurts himself. They end up lonely and bitter people. If you recognise any of these signs in your life, go on your knees and ask God to break the chains that’s keeping you in bondage. Remember this is a spiritual attack on you and you can only break it through spiritual means.

In the words of the song Amazing Grace you can also find release and freedom.

Amazing Grace Lyrics

John Newton (1725-1807)
Stanza 6 anon.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

My chains are gone, I’ve been set free.

My God my savior, has ransom me.

And like a flood, His mercy rains.

unending love, amazing grace.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.