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Newsletter of Hope - My people perish for the lack of knowledge

 

My people perish for the lack of knowledge 

When we believe something or have been trained and taught in some way it can be difficult to change that thinking.  People can talk to you until they are blue in the face and still you continue to believe what you believed before. What has been instilled into you.  Your mindset about something.

How do we change if something we are doing or thinking is not a benefit to us yet we still continue to do it?

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge, because thou hast rejected 

knowledge ….

Notice in Hosea 4:6 it says they reject knowledge, so are rejecting the Word of God!

When I was a young believer I was struggling with fear in my life.  I had had prayer and knew I had been set free from that hold, yet I was still experiencing those feelings and emotions associated with fear.  At that time I wanted the Lord to take it all away, for I hated fear, I hated feeling weak and not being able to do the things that I wanted to do.  I hated the look on peoples faces when I told them I could not do that or could not go somewhere because of fear. Fear was still speaking to me telling me if I could or couldn’t do something.

How did I get free? It was through the Word of God.  The renewing of my mind.  The pulling down of strongholds in my mind.  At the time brothers and sisters in Christ said for me to go to the Word, to mediate on the Word, confess it, see it - all of that, it just felt so long drawn out, I wanted to be free instantly.  I had lived with fear for so long, from around the age of 10 years old when my father started to abuse me and I was not safe in my home.   

My thoughts would have been negative and I would be worrying about things that could happen even before I stepped out the door.  I had to start to challenge my thoughts.  This takes effort, this takes recognition, this takes repetition, this takes a knowledge of who you are in Christ Jesus and knowing your authority through Jesus Christ. This takes you to stand on the Word, believe it and declare it!

Just like Jesus did and said “It is written…..”

I could not let my thoughts just do what they wanted.  What I mean by this is I had to decide I was not going to think certain ways.  

2 Corinthians 10: 3-6. For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.  For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.  We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.

For instance if I was just going about my day and I started to feel anxious, I had to ask myself  ‘Why’ - why was I feeling this way, what was I just thinking about. If I recognised that I had let myself go to fear about something they I had to challenge those thoughts and replace those thoughts with the Word of God.

John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

These are a couple of the scriptures I would have confessed for fear:-

2 Timothy 1:7. “For God had not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind”…

Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

The Word sheds light onto the darkness.  

The Word brings the truth that sets us free from a lie we are believing. (satan is the father of lies). 

The Word is forever settled in Heaven.  

The Word is our first defence.

You don’t need to know the whole bible word for word, all you need is a Word, a scripture that you can stand upon and believe.  Ask the Lord for that Word for your situation or circumstance, He will bring it to you and teach you the truth that will set you free.

It was the same for me when I was dealing with rejection, it was the same for me when I did not know a fathers love, it was the same for me when I felt worthless.  The Lord revealed the truth of His word to me to set me free from wrong beliefs. 

We need to be taught the truth thats in the Word of God and that truth will set us free, from all aspects of life. I want to encourage you to spend time with the Lord, spend time in the Word of God, ask the Lord questions if you don’t understand, He will bring understanding.  

Let the Word of God be your stronghold.

Love Denise


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