𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

 

𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗢𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 !

Today the Holy Spirit wants to touch a very deep and very important area in many people’s lives…

The way we have been taught to understand 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗧𝗛

The way we have been trained to handle 𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡

The way we have learned to respond when we are deeply 𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗧

Many of us received very powerful but very wounded definitions of what it means to be strong.

We were told (and some of us were even punished for not believing):

Strong people don’t cry

Strong people don’t show weakness

Strong people never let anyone see their pain

The moment you become vulnerable = you have already lost

Real men/women don’t feel pain, they bury it

Peace is for weak people

Revenge is proof of strength

The one who shouts the loudest / hurts back the hardest = is the strongest

These are not God’s definitions.

These are wounded human culture’s definitions… many times passed down through painful generations.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼:

Uproot lies about strength

Tear down toxic strongholds about pain & vulnerability

Heal distorted pictures of what true godly strength looks like

And give us His own heart definition of strength, power, and maturity

Here are the scriptures that will be our anchors today (all KJV)

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆? 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆… 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 1. 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱—𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 “𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻,” “𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸,” 𝗼𝗿 “𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁.” 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂.

→ Romans 12:2 – "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Amen.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 2. 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀.

→ Proverbs 25:28 – "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."

Amen.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 3. 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗯 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀—𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲. 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻.

→ Ephesians 4:31-32 – "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 4. 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁, 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀. 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹.

→ James 1:19-20 – "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."

Amen.

𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 5. 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲—𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵.

→ Galatians 5:22-23 – "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝘂