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1 Kings 18:24
“Freedom of Releasing”
People from all walks of life and beliefs today are being held captive in or from fear, lack, selfishness, lack of faith or trust, unbelief, unforgiveness, no one else can do it but me, not being loved, anger, regret, bitterness, separation, loss, and more. As they suffer from many of these things they cannot or will not release these things that are in their heart to believe there is hope from them. When this happens the thing in which you hold on to now has you in its grip and draws you into a spiral of sin. Taking you down a slippery slope of hopelessness.
These things that resides in you will cause sickness in the body and the mind. Comes in a variety of forms of anxiety, depression, loss of hair, stress, nerve disorders, various diseases and more. These sicknesses are contagious. For they are seeds that are planted into others.
Releasing - is to set you free from all that has you. To release is to be set free, letting go, allowing it to leave, gives you liberty and you can forgive others and yourself. This is freedom! You must release not only things, situations, people, words, thoughts, and actions of others. You must also release yourself from your own words and actions that has put you in a prison. Lies and deception locks into believing them keeping you from believing the truth. Have you given thought that when you release or let them go of these things, even for God, then he can be freed to do that which he desires to do in you and those people and situations in your life? Yes, he is God, but he wants you to willingly receive his work in you, not to fight against him as you were doing. Matthew 6:33, But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. You can’t go around speaking one thing when it is not what you really believe. For he searches your heart to know the real intent or desire of it. So, don’t think you can fool him! Jeremiah 17:9-10, “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
What are some of the things you need to release to have your freedom? Do you really trust God and his word in your life? For most of us we trust him in our minds and we think we do in our heart, but when it comes to allowing it to being manifested out in us and in our life, do we really believe and trust him to perform it? Can you take a stand believing it to be true, waiting and watching it for him to perform it without doubt? Doubt and unbelief are your worse enemy against faith. The closer we grow in relationship with him, the more we can trust him, knowing that he will do what he says he will do. Do you want to hold onto your feelings or emotions more than releasing them?
Out of the love of God in your heart is where true “freedom of release” comes from. Anything else is not true release, its only temporary. When you let go of any of these things from your heart it will causes a flow of freedom not only within yourself but simultaneously as flowing onto others when you give of your true self. Its like a circle that begins with God,flowing
in you, you giving to others and God flowing back within you a complete circle. Don’t break the circle!There are requirements for you to do for your release to be fulfilled. First, is to be honest and sincere with God. Second, is to really want to be able to let go of whatever has hold of you. Third, is to trust God to work in you, to give you strength to endure so that you can and will overcome this. The release is there for you to receive by the Holy Spirit, doing the will of the Father.
These things that hold you captive are not what God desires for you, nor do they come from God. You either choose to serve God or your own self, Luke 16:13, “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon”. When you cannot release things to Father God you do not trust or believe he is greater than what your going through. You do not have to have the ability on your own to overcome for you cannot but put your trust in God alone to perform it. When God does it, it is done. If you could have done it, you would have done it all ready. Do not allow another day to go by without taking God at his word for he is waiting for you to trust him. Ps. 46:1, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Ps.46:10, Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
As we release these things to God then he provided us to be of help for others and in return we are blessed as well. As we release things it gives us a freedom to be able to provide for others mercy and help. Luke 6:38, Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” When we attain the freedom of release it enables us from our heart to be a giver, the power of letting things go, to trust again, to be able to believe and have hope, to be able to do and be for others, to unlock the prison door of my heart to love others, to be able to detach yourself from the things that bind you, to be freed from death of sin unto everlasting life that God provides, to be filled with joy, and most of all to be able to forgive and ask for forgiveness when needed.
Quickly release those things, situations, people, words, actions, thoughts, and yourself that will hinder your relationship with God and receive your freedom in Christ today! Remember back when you were at your worst and you trusted God to save you from all your mess, and you gave him your life. Let him do for you today what you have need of and do it as often as necessary until you are totally free. He never get tired of helping you because he loves you. Psalm 138:3, “In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength
in my soul.”
“Seeds”
Seeds come in many shapes and sizes and each one contains within it everything needed to produce new life. When we think of seeds we think of flowers, vegetables, and trees. They are all planted into the soil to grow.
But I would like you to think about a different kind of seeds and in a different way. Your body is the soil that these seeds are planted in. All the things you see are seeds planted through your eyes that goes into your mind and into your heart. These seeds help create your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and your actions. What you listen to or hear are seeds that go into your ears. These seeds also help create your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and actions. These seeds have the same affect on all ages, and everyone is included.
What kind of seeds are they? Violence, love, murder, lying, music, sounds of speech, anger, family, abuse, friends, those you hang with, touch, deceit, dishonest, things read, deception, and many more. These are some of the things that affect you in a variety of ways.
These are some of the Variety of Seeds in your soil.
The seeds of Violence when planted in your soil grows up into more violence, anger, hurt, pain, lack of trust, broken heart, and is selfish. Its is ugly and does not care who it hurts.
The seeds of Love when planted in your soil grows up creating patience, is caring, thinks of others, gives love, is kind, good, and generous.
The seeds of Murder when planted in your soil grows up causing one to be hurt, and or angry, leading one wanting to be vindictive and wanting revenge. Makes the heart cold with no feeling. Making it easy to kill. Movies makes it enticing to do and that they will not die.
The seeds of Lying when planted in your soil produces lie after lie after lie. When you hear lies, you start telling lies, spreading them all around especially to all who will listen. A liar knows no truth. A liar does not care who they hurt, but it is their intent to lie, to hurt and destroy others’ lives. The liar does not believe the truth when it is heard.
The seeds of Music when planted depends on the kind of seed it is, has a different affect on you. Whether it is rock, jazz, rap, easy listening, country, r & b, Christian, or whatever is your choice? They each one has a different sound, and words in how it makes you feel. It can make you happy, sad, joyful, angry, peaceful or any variety of ways. This emotion you feel will flow onto those around you as well.
The seeds of Sound of Speech when planted grows into different sounds like that of teaching, revelation, anger, love, knowledge, lying, betrayal, friendly/kind, misunderstanding, threats, fear or more. Each one can cause you to act either good or bad. How do you determine the sound that you hear? What does it mean to you?
The seeds of Anger when planted in your soil grows into more anger and develops into rage if not dealt with. It leads to trouble. It can be caused by lack of impatience, memories, personal problems, not believing the truth, feeling not important or appreciated.
The seeds of Family when they plant in your soil, they can be either good seed or bad seed. A good family is a place to belong, be wanted and be loved. A bad family your unwanted and unloved. Depending on the kind of family you have can an impact on your outlook for your life and your attitude on life.
The seeds of Abuse when planted in your soil increases your chance of being abusive. The seeds of abuse can produce fear, lack of trust, neglect, anxiety, trauma, violence, depression, divorce, mental health, loneliness, and low self-confidence.
The seeds of good Friends when planted in your soil can be one of help and encouragement. They speak into your life, helping to guide you to do the right things. You can lean on them, trust them and they are faithful. If they are bad, they will hurt you and use you.
The seeds of Those You Hang With when planted in your soil you will be known by the people you hang with. Are they troublemakers or are they of high standards? The ones you hang with will lead you to do the things they do. Choose wisely who you hang with.
The seeds of Touch when planted in your soil will reveal the meaning of the touch. When someone touches you when or where they should not, causes you to feel guilty, less than a person, this is a form of sexual abuse, depressed, and fear of trust. Quality of touch like a hug, a kiss, or a pat on the back is welcomed and enjoyed.
The seeds of Deceit when planted in your soil holds back the truth from you. You tell part truth and part lies, you hide the truth, and you cheat. No one will trust you ever again.
The seeds of Dishonest when planted in your soil creates you to be not trustworthy, cheats, is cunning, unfair, illegal, a deceiver, a liar and untrustworthy. You will not be trusted.
The seeds of Things Read when planted in your soil. Things like pornography a playboy magazine, romance books, create sex in the wrong way for your life, not in reality. They put you in bondage to sin. Leaves you to be tormented in your mind with images that are perverted. Causing you to believe things are normal that are not. Expecting things to be a certain way that are not reasonable. Then there are healthy books and magazine to read, like the bible, history books, health books, comic magazine, cooking books, hunting and fishing/ sports magazines, or traveling/adventure books. These add betterment to your life.
The seeds of Deception when planted in your soil will develop into you ways to mislead others, to hide the truth, to promote a belief or idea that is not true, lies, to deceive or create an illusion. Doing this for personal gain.
They enter you without you being aware at the time the effect they are having on you. It may take time before it acts out from you but be assured it will and it will affect those who you are around you. It will come out in your attitude, your speech, and body language. Like a poison spilling out it on all those around you. Even effects those you don’t know yet are planting those seeds in them too. Why and how did it affect you?
These are all real and can have serious consequences for you and all involved if not dealt with correctly and quickly. Think how they make you feel when you see them or ear them. Is this what I want to be or feel? 1 Cor. 10:13, No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
You must understand that anything that enter a person will come out. Matt. 15:18, But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. The word defile means to make dirty or lose purity. This is why it is so important to what you allow to enter you, by choosing certain shows on television to watch, by listening to certain kinds of music, nor listening to foul language or running with people doing mischievous or harmful things. We must not act like or identify with the old man of sin. His blood was enough to remove all sin away. Therefore, we must be different from the world so they can see the Lord in us. We have no excuse to sin, even in the flesh for he has made provision for us. 1 John 3:9, No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. We want the world to desire our heavenly Father, knowing we are his image and likeness.
A seed contains all it needs to develop and grow into what it was created to be. What kind of seed are you? What kind of soil are you? Are you good soil for a seed to grow strong and healthy in? Is your soil corrupt? Do you know what your created for?
You were created by and for God. God knows everything about you, good and bad, and still loves you. He wants the best for you at all time like any parent would. He wants you to be a pure vessel tried and true, not polluted by man’s schemes. It not too late to make changes in your life. As a child of God, he has made you an incorruptible seed in his kingdom. Tap into his way of living letting his life flow out of you, making the lame to walk and the blind to see, open the prison doors setting the captive free, because you have rivers of life flowing out of you
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