January 1, 2024 • 20 mins
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Struggling to meet the expectations set by society, our families, and ourselves can often leave us grappling with guilt and self-doubt. I'm Michelle Remington, and I invite you to join me as I share my journey through these complexities, revealing how a lens of faith can shed light on the path to balance and self-acceptance. In a world where social media often amplifies our insecurities, I discuss how stepping back to view our lives through God's eyes can transform the mental battleground into a place of peace. For anyone who's felt the sting of societal demands, this conversation aims to uplift and empower you to reclaim your inner warrior with God's grace.
This episode is more than a moment to reflect—it's a call to action for anyone seeking healing and spiritual growth. Together, we engage in a collective prayer, asking for the wisdom to recognize the behaviors that hold us back and the courage to pursue a deeper connection with the divine. As we close, I thank you for joining this empowering discussion and invite you to share how our journey together has touched your life. Let's embrace the restoration that faith promises and walk confidently on the path set before us, armed with the strength and clarity that comes from above.
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Michelle (00:00):
You know the feeling you get when you're feeling
overwhelmed and it just feelslike all of these expectations
are pulling at you.
There's all this guilt and theshame that's happening because
you're trying to meet all ofthese expectations but you're
not.
So then you start to beatyourself up, you feel bad, and
(00:21):
all of that snowball effect.
So today, that's what I wannatalk about throughout this whole
process of dealing with mymental health as something that
I've recently gotten a lot ofclarity on, and so I wanted to
share that with you today andhopefully get you some clarity
as well.
So buckle up, get some coffee,do your thing and let's get into
(00:43):
it.
Welcome to Worth it, thepodcast where we answer anxiety,
deflate fear and shut downshame.
You were made to thrive.
My mission is to help you getdeeply rooted with God and
reclaim your weapon that theenemy of God has been using
against you.
After going to battle for myown mind four years ago, I
(01:05):
realized that there is a wargoing on for our minds, a battle
that begins with how we think.
Sis, you have much more controlthan you realize.
With each episode, you'll learnhow to fight back and become
more confident in the truth thatGod already knows you are worth
it.
I'm Michelle Remington, thoughtcaptivator, daughter of the
(01:26):
king and warrior.
Mama.
Grab your sword.
Daughter of the king, it's timeto unleash your inner warrior.
Princess, welcome back warriorhere.
Recently, for myself anyway,I've been praying for clarity so
that I can see myself throughGod's eyes, because the more
(01:47):
clarity I get, I know what I'mdealing with, and then it gives
me a better idea of how to takeaction on it.
At times I can literally say itfeels like I'm being pulled in
all kinds of differentdirections, and that's not even
counting all the differentdirections.
I feel pulled in with my family, with my children, with my work
(02:07):
, managing a house, with all ofthat stuff.
But then there's all of theseother societal, familial,
behavioral patterns, and so Iwanna kinda do a little bit of a
deep dive and then come back inand not get too deep, but deep
enough to give you some answers.
(02:28):
So that's where we're goingtoday.
One thing that I've really cometo understand is that with a lot
of these expectations, theykinda come in these categories
so there's society expectations,so there's a whole set of
society expectations.
If you're a woman, and thenthat's just in general, that's
(02:51):
really enough, right, causeyou've got feminism going on,
you've got secularism going on,you've got the current culture
going on and all of thatrigmarole.
And then if you're a mom, ifyou're a wife, if you're working
in any capacity whatsoever,there's all of those
expectations that are pulling atyou.
(03:12):
You need to be this, you needto be that, but don't be too
much of this, don't be too muchof that.
You know, it's just likethere's no balance.
There's also your familial, orlike your family, expectations
that you have, and maybe it issomething that's part of your
culture, or maybe it's just howyour family does things, and so
(03:33):
there's that kind ofexpectations that you're dealing
with, and that whole thing canget into expectations that have
been set by behaviors of otherpeople and things that are
allowed to happen in your family, whether it be like people
being bossy or if there's likesome kind of abuse going on.
(03:55):
I mean there's, I mean there'sso much into it.
And then you have, like yourown behavioral patterns that you
have going on, based upon whatyou've experienced in life, but
then also the things that arehave been modeled for you in
life, like your examples of howthings should be done, how you
(04:20):
should be, how you should feel,how you should act.
So, as you can already tell,that's a lot, and what I'm
finding is, the more I inviteGod in to my mind, to my present
, my past, my future, my heart,my soul, my mind, every single
(04:41):
part of me, the more I inviteGod in, the more I'm recognizing
the balance that God is able toprovide.
And for me anyway and I thinkthis is something that's
probably really really relatablefor a lot of women that have to
(05:01):
deal with all these sameexpectations that you have to
deal with in your life beingable to let those things go and
being able to invite God intothat process amplifies it.
(05:22):
Right, because we can only do somuch on our own.
We can only get so far with ourmental health journey, with our
emotional health journey, onour own, but when we invite God
into that process, I mean we'retalking about inviting the God
(05:44):
of redemption, inviting the Godof immense healing into this
process.
Like he sees everything, heknows your past, your present,
your future.
He knows every single thingthat you felt, even the things
that you never expressed toanybody else.
He knows your heart, he knowsyour mind, he knows your soul.
(06:07):
He knows the things that youtamp down and you don't talk
about.
You don't even try to thinkabout them, you just run over
them with the rest of the thingsthat are going on in your life.
He knows all of it.
And when you invite God intothat process to start letting go
(06:28):
of those expectations and justquite frankly be the person that
God created you to be, that'swhen you can see immense
transformation, spiritual,supernatural transformation with
God.
That's the catalyst here.
That's what you need in yourwhole mental health, emotional
(06:52):
health journey.
You need God, no matter whatyou do.
You may start out on your own,but if you're going to finish
and you're going to finish welland keep on healing you need God
.
Now, in my own journey, in myown process of understanding
(07:14):
these expectations and myself, Ihave to get into the meat and
potatoes of it.
Right, I can't just be like, oh, there's expectations and I can
let them go.
No, I have to know wherethey're attached, what the
mechanism is, how they work, howthey've been working in me, how
(07:35):
they've been affecting me, allof that.
I need to understand all ofthat so I can properly let go of
them.
And so, in really diving deepdown into that.
There's a few things that I'mstarting to understand and I
want to share those with you Now.
Just because the expectation isthere whether it be societal,
(07:59):
familial, behavioral, anythinglike that, any expectations just
because the expectation isthere, it doesn't mean that you
have to meet it.
Yes, there have been certainbehaviors and there are certain
behaviors and certain ways ofdoing things that are modeled to
(08:19):
us, and it's especially worsenow because of social media.
We have video just playing infront of our eyes and it's
literally like an example thatis there of how things should be
done.
If you watch any of thosevideos, here's our fridge
restock and all of my containersand my refrigerator match and
(08:45):
I've got everything perfectlylined up and everything looks
like a magazine shoot when I'mdone and this is how I live my
life, that kind of thing, anykind of videos like that,
whether it be social media orYouTube or anything like that.
When you watch those things,sure they can give you ideas,
(09:06):
but just be careful because theycan also set examples in your
mind and it can take anunhealthy turn when you're
trying to meet those things andyou look around your house and
you're like my house does notlook like that one that I just
watched, that I really liked somuch, and then you get
frustrated and stressed over itand it's a vicious cycle.
(09:30):
So that's why I say, justbecause there is an expectation
or an example, there doesn'tmean you have to meet it on
either side.
And I say that because you knowthere's these expectations,
especially for women and andmoms it's.
(09:52):
I mean, you can literally quiteliterally feel like you are the
ping-pong on a ping-pong tableand there's like six players on
either side.
I don't know how else todescribe it.
You know it's like oh, you haveto be feminine, but then you
have to be tough and you have toshow them that you're no
(10:15):
nonsense, but don't be too nononsense, because then they're
going to call you a Karen.
They're just like ping-pong ofall these ideas that you have to
meet, don't be this, don't dothat.
And quite honestly, they'rejust opinions.
It is not anything set in stone.
It's not like if you don't actlike this, you're not going to
be accepted in society oranything like this.
(10:37):
It's literally just opinions.
But oftentimes, on social mediaespecially, those opinions can
be presented as some kind ofauthority like this is the way
it should be.
If you're really going to be awoman, then you need to go to
the salon and get your hair doneevery week and get your nails
(10:57):
done every week and all of thisstuff.
Not knocking on anybody thatdoes that, but like that is not
realistic and you got to dowhat's right for your life.
The way that you know what'sright for your life is by
inviting God into that processand really working with God in
that, asking him to open yourheart, open your mind, open your
(11:20):
eyes, helping you to reallytake an objective look at your
life and how you're doing thingsand looking at it from there
and finding that middle ground,kind of like staying neutral,
not really like oh well, thisperson says this, so I'm going
to do it this way, or thisperson says this, I'm going to
do it this way, just stickingwith Jesus.
(11:41):
Basically just sticking withJesus, staying neutral, thinking
your own thoughts, reasoning inyour own mind.
I mean, after all, in thescriptures God does say come,
let us reason together.
You have to prioritize your ownthoughts and sometimes that
might even take like a detoxfrom social media or any other
(12:05):
thing that you're looking atthat's influencing your ideas
about how you need to be livinglife.
Unless it is the Bible and youare looking at it with God and
really applying to God to findout how it is that you need to
be really looking at your lifeand living your life and really
(12:28):
looking at it through the eyesand through the lenses, rather,
of grace and mercy, then maybeyou just need a break from it,
because a lot of times we watchthose things and expose
ourselves to those things somuch that we forget what God's
word says.
I know I've done that plenty oftimes.
I'm like, oh yeah, that's right, it does say that.
(12:51):
So just don't feel bad if youdo it.
I'm just saying you know,there's a lot of times when we
come full circle and we gottacome back around because there's
so many things that arebombarding us.
That's why it's so important toreason in your own mind and
prioritize your own thoughts.
Jesus wants you to be of onemind with him and it's hard to
(13:17):
do that when we're exposed andinfluenced by so many different
voices and ideas and opinionsthrough social media or books or
the news or shows or anythinglike that.
Now I say that and just fromexperience I know that the
(13:39):
challenging part of that is, isthat a lot of times you can get
so overwhelmed that you kind ofhave to veg out like I need a
timeout, I need to scrollthrough something so I can kind
of process this, because I feellike my wires are overloading
right now.
It's hard to do that and that'swhere we have to ask God to
(14:00):
help us in changing ourbehaviors.
And, trust me, I definitelyknow that as you get older it's
harder to change your behaviors,but it's definitely possible.
I can promise you that Keep youreyes on Jesus, keep your eyes
in his word, to understand whatis in the life that God is
giving you, that you should bedoing things Now, while you're
(14:23):
trying to detach yourself fromthese opinions and belief
systems and things like that.
Outside of you, you may also bedealing with deep-seated
thoughts, beliefs, traditionsand things like that from your
(14:43):
own family and things thatyou've just kind of picked up,
whether in your family or yourfriend group or your community,
your church, anything like that.
It is a challenge to dismantlethose things, but when you
partner with Jesus, it'sbasically like having the master
(15:05):
engineer, like he knows how allthe systems work.
He knows exactly what wires tocut so things don't blow up you
know kind of thing, and he canget right in there and he can
help you out with that.
Now, another thing I will say isthat it's possible to get
impatient.
You're like you know, I've beenstruggling with this.
Why can't I just get over this?
What are we doing?
(15:25):
And then, all of a sudden, youget to a point where you see
where God has been workingthrough your past, through your
thoughts, through your emotions,through all of that intricate
weavings of all of that crazystuff.
God's been working through allof that and then you have a
breakthrough.
You may have not even seen itcoming.
(15:46):
So try to be patient, throughthe process.
I speak from experience.
Partner with God through theprocess and it will be easier, I
promise you.
I mean, it's not going to be acakewalk, but it's definitely
easier to work with God thanagainst God when you're trying
to heal yourself mentally,emotionally and spiritually.
(16:07):
Because when we try to healourselves mentally, emotionally
and spiritually and like, justdo it ourselves, there's so many
things that we don't see andthere's a lot of damage that we
can do.
But when we have God workingwith us, he sees it all, he
knows how it all works and theremay be things that he can
instantly heal, but there'sthings that have caused a lot of
(16:27):
damage and that healing has totake time because it's healing
multiple areas.
Like that's the healing thatyou just like, really feel, not
like poof, it's gone one day,but like the healing that you
really feel because you've beenliving with it for a while.
I really hope this has helpedyou today.
(16:49):
I've been at this for fiveyears now in really trying to
understand and heal emotionallyand mentally, spiritually, and I
can definitely tell you, if Ihad not had God in the process,
I may not be here today, quitesimply.
So you definitely want God apart of that.
I want to thank you so much forjoining me today.
(17:11):
Hopefully this has blessed you.
Let's go ahead and finish out inprayer.
Lord Jesus, thank you so muchfor this opportunity to flesh
out all of the ins and outs andkind of the mysterious things at
times for us when we're tryingto heal emotionally and mentally
(17:33):
.
Thank you, lord, for helping usto see those different
components so that we can reallysee what's going on and
understand where the healing hasto take place and what kind of
healing has to take place withthese different components that
you're allowing us to see inthis healing process.
God, you are so good and soamazing and so loving.
(17:58):
If anything, through this wholeentire process of healing
emotionally, mentally,spiritually I have seen and
recognized how big your love isfor me, for all of us.
I thank you for that, jesus.
You are truly amazing and youare our loving Father.
(18:22):
Thank you so much.
I pray, lord, that you wouldcontinue to open up our hearts,
our minds, our souls.
Help us, lord, open ourunderstanding, open our eyes,
our ears.
Help us to really see what isgoing on, what the battle plan
(18:44):
is of how we're being attackedand how maybe we're attacking
ourselves and sabotaging our ownhealing.
Lord, you see it all.
You see every aspect of all ofthese things.
I pray, lord, that you wouldopen our eyes and our ears to it
(19:06):
.
Help us, lord, to let go sothat you can heal, lord, so that
you can help us to release anddetox the things that we need to
detox.
And I pray, lord, that youwould give us a hunger and a
thirst for your word and forthat special time with you, god,
(19:28):
in prayer.
Help us to prepare ourselvesand build up our hearts, our
minds and our souls with yourword and with our special time
of counsel and prayer with you,jesus.
I thank you, lord, for the workthat you're doing us and I
thank you for the healing thatis to come.
Jesus, it's in your preciousand holy name we pray.
(19:52):
Amen and amen.
Thank you for joining me onanother episode of Worth.
It Be sure to leave a reviewand subscribe if this podcast
has been a blessing to you.
And to find more tools for yourjourney to deepening your faith
, emotional mastery and thrivingon purpose, visit
michelleremingtoncom.
You know the feeling you get when you're feeling
overwhelmed and it just feelslike all of these expectations
are pulling at you.
There's all this guilt and theshame that's happening because
you're trying to meet all ofthese expectations but you're
not.
So then you start to beatyourself up, you feel bad, and
(00:21):
all of that snowball effect.
So today, that's what I wannatalk about throughout this whole
process of dealing with mymental health as something that
I've recently gotten a lot ofclarity on, and so I wanted to
share that with you today andhopefully get you some clarity
as well.
So buckle up, get some coffee,do your thing and let's get into
(00:43):
it.
Welcome to Worth it, thepodcast where we answer anxiety,
deflate fear and shut downshame.
You were made to thrive.
My mission is to help you getdeeply rooted with God and
reclaim your weapon that theenemy of God has been using
against you.
After going to battle for myown mind four years ago, I
(01:05):
realized that there is a wargoing on for our minds, a battle
that begins with how we think.
Sis, you have much more controlthan you realize.
With each episode, you'll learnhow to fight back and become
more confident in the truth thatGod already knows you are worth
it.
I'm Michelle Remington, thoughtcaptivator, daughter of the
(01:26):
king and warrior.
Mama.
Grab your sword.
Daughter of the king, it's timeto unleash your inner warrior.
Princess, welcome back warriorhere.
Recently, for myself anyway,I've been praying for clarity so
that I can see myself throughGod's eyes, because the more
(01:47):
clarity I get, I know what I'mdealing with, and then it gives
me a better idea of how to takeaction on it.
At times I can literally say itfeels like I'm being pulled in
all kinds of differentdirections, and that's not even
counting all the differentdirections.
I feel pulled in with my family, with my children, with my work
(02:07):
, managing a house, with all ofthat stuff.
But then there's all of theseother societal, familial,
behavioral patterns, and so Iwanna kinda do a little bit of a
deep dive and then come back inand not get too deep, but deep
enough to give you some answers.
(02:28):
So that's where we're goingtoday.
One thing that I've really cometo understand is that with a lot
of these expectations, theykinda come in these categories
so there's society expectations,so there's a whole set of
society expectations.
If you're a woman, and thenthat's just in general, that's
(02:51):
really enough, right, causeyou've got feminism going on,
you've got secularism going on,you've got the current culture
going on and all of thatrigmarole.
And then if you're a mom, ifyou're a wife, if you're working
in any capacity whatsoever,there's all of those
expectations that are pulling atyou.
(03:12):
You need to be this, you needto be that, but don't be too
much of this, don't be too muchof that.
You know, it's just likethere's no balance.
There's also your familial, orlike your family, expectations
that you have, and maybe it issomething that's part of your
culture, or maybe it's just howyour family does things, and so
(03:33):
there's that kind ofexpectations that you're dealing
with, and that whole thing canget into expectations that have
been set by behaviors of otherpeople and things that are
allowed to happen in your family, whether it be like people
being bossy or if there's likesome kind of abuse going on.
(03:55):
I mean there's, I mean there'sso much into it.
And then you have, like yourown behavioral patterns that you
have going on, based upon whatyou've experienced in life, but
then also the things that arehave been modeled for you in
life, like your examples of howthings should be done, how you
(04:20):
should be, how you should feel,how you should act.
So, as you can already tell,that's a lot, and what I'm
finding is, the more I inviteGod in to my mind, to my present
, my past, my future, my heart,my soul, my mind, every single
(04:41):
part of me, the more I inviteGod in, the more I'm recognizing
the balance that God is able toprovide.
And for me anyway and I thinkthis is something that's
probably really really relatablefor a lot of women that have to
(05:01):
deal with all these sameexpectations that you have to
deal with in your life beingable to let those things go and
being able to invite God intothat process amplifies it.
(05:22):
Right, because we can only do somuch on our own.
We can only get so far with ourmental health journey, with our
emotional health journey, onour own, but when we invite God
into that process, I mean we'retalking about inviting the God
(05:44):
of redemption, inviting the Godof immense healing into this
process.
Like he sees everything, heknows your past, your present,
your future.
He knows every single thingthat you felt, even the things
that you never expressed toanybody else.
He knows your heart, he knowsyour mind, he knows your soul.
(06:07):
He knows the things that youtamp down and you don't talk
about.
You don't even try to thinkabout them, you just run over
them with the rest of the thingsthat are going on in your life.
He knows all of it.
And when you invite God intothat process to start letting go
(06:28):
of those expectations and justquite frankly be the person that
God created you to be, that'swhen you can see immense
transformation, spiritual,supernatural transformation with
God.
That's the catalyst here.
That's what you need in yourwhole mental health, emotional
(06:52):
health journey.
You need God, no matter whatyou do.
You may start out on your own,but if you're going to finish
and you're going to finish welland keep on healing you need God
.
Now, in my own journey, in myown process of understanding
(07:14):
these expectations and myself, Ihave to get into the meat and
potatoes of it.
Right, I can't just be like, oh, there's expectations and I can
let them go.
No, I have to know wherethey're attached, what the
mechanism is, how they work, howthey've been working in me, how
(07:35):
they've been affecting me, allof that.
I need to understand all ofthat so I can properly let go of
them.
And so, in really diving deepdown into that.
There's a few things that I'mstarting to understand and I
want to share those with you Now.
Just because the expectation isthere whether it be societal,
(07:59):
familial, behavioral, anythinglike that, any expectations just
because the expectation isthere, it doesn't mean that you
have to meet it.
Yes, there have been certainbehaviors and there are certain
behaviors and certain ways ofdoing things that are modeled to
(08:19):
us, and it's especially worsenow because of social media.
We have video just playing infront of our eyes and it's
literally like an example thatis there of how things should be
done.
If you watch any of thosevideos, here's our fridge
restock and all of my containersand my refrigerator match and
(08:45):
I've got everything perfectlylined up and everything looks
like a magazine shoot when I'mdone and this is how I live my
life, that kind of thing, anykind of videos like that,
whether it be social media orYouTube or anything like that.
When you watch those things,sure they can give you ideas,
(09:06):
but just be careful because theycan also set examples in your
mind and it can take anunhealthy turn when you're
trying to meet those things andyou look around your house and
you're like my house does notlook like that one that I just
watched, that I really liked somuch, and then you get
frustrated and stressed over itand it's a vicious cycle.
(09:30):
So that's why I say, justbecause there is an expectation
or an example, there doesn'tmean you have to meet it on
either side.
And I say that because you knowthere's these expectations,
especially for women and andmoms it's.
(09:52):
I mean, you can literally quiteliterally feel like you are the
ping-pong on a ping-pong tableand there's like six players on
either side.
I don't know how else todescribe it.
You know it's like oh, you haveto be feminine, but then you
have to be tough and you have toshow them that you're no
(10:15):
nonsense, but don't be too nononsense, because then they're
going to call you a Karen.
They're just like ping-pong ofall these ideas that you have to
meet, don't be this, don't dothat.
And quite honestly, they'rejust opinions.
It is not anything set in stone.
It's not like if you don't actlike this, you're not going to
be accepted in society oranything like this.
(10:37):
It's literally just opinions.
But oftentimes, on social mediaespecially, those opinions can
be presented as some kind ofauthority like this is the way
it should be.
If you're really going to be awoman, then you need to go to
the salon and get your hair doneevery week and get your nails
(10:57):
done every week and all of thisstuff.
Not knocking on anybody thatdoes that, but like that is not
realistic and you got to dowhat's right for your life.
The way that you know what'sright for your life is by
inviting God into that processand really working with God in
that, asking him to open yourheart, open your mind, open your
(11:20):
eyes, helping you to reallytake an objective look at your
life and how you're doing thingsand looking at it from there
and finding that middle ground,kind of like staying neutral,
not really like oh well, thisperson says this, so I'm going
to do it this way, or thisperson says this, I'm going to
do it this way, just stickingwith Jesus.
(11:41):
Basically just sticking withJesus, staying neutral, thinking
your own thoughts, reasoning inyour own mind.
I mean, after all, in thescriptures God does say come,
let us reason together.
You have to prioritize your ownthoughts and sometimes that
might even take like a detoxfrom social media or any other
(12:05):
thing that you're looking atthat's influencing your ideas
about how you need to be livinglife.
Unless it is the Bible and youare looking at it with God and
really applying to God to findout how it is that you need to
be really looking at your lifeand living your life and really
(12:28):
looking at it through the eyesand through the lenses, rather,
of grace and mercy, then maybeyou just need a break from it,
because a lot of times we watchthose things and expose
ourselves to those things somuch that we forget what God's
word says.
I know I've done that plenty oftimes.
I'm like, oh yeah, that's right, it does say that.
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So just don't feel bad if youdo it.
I'm just saying you know,there's a lot of times when we
come full circle and we gottacome back around because there's
so many things that arebombarding us.
That's why it's so important toreason in your own mind and
prioritize your own thoughts.
Jesus wants you to be of onemind with him and it's hard to
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do that when we're exposed andinfluenced by so many different
voices and ideas and opinionsthrough social media or books or
the news or shows or anythinglike that.
Now I say that and just fromexperience I know that the
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challenging part of that is, isthat a lot of times you can get
so overwhelmed that you kind ofhave to veg out like I need a
timeout, I need to scrollthrough something so I can kind
of process this, because I feellike my wires are overloading
right now.
It's hard to do that and that'swhere we have to ask God to
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help us in changing ourbehaviors.
And, trust me, I definitelyknow that as you get older it's
harder to change your behaviors,but it's definitely possible.
I can promise you that Keep youreyes on Jesus, keep your eyes
in his word, to understand whatis in the life that God is
giving you, that you should bedoing things Now, while you're
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trying to detach yourself fromthese opinions and belief
systems and things like that.
Outside of you, you may also bedealing with deep-seated
thoughts, beliefs, traditionsand things like that from your
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own family and things thatyou've just kind of picked up,
whether in your family or yourfriend group or your community,
your church, anything like that.
It is a challenge to dismantlethose things, but when you
partner with Jesus, it'sbasically like having the master
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engineer, like he knows how allthe systems work.
He knows exactly what wires tocut so things don't blow up you
know kind of thing, and he canget right in there and he can
help you out with that.
Now, another thing I will say isthat it's possible to get
impatient.
You're like you know, I've beenstruggling with this.
Why can't I just get over this?
What are we doing?
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And then, all of a sudden, youget to a point where you see
where God has been workingthrough your past, through your
thoughts, through your emotions,through all of that intricate
weavings of all of that crazystuff.
God's been working through allof that and then you have a
breakthrough.
You may have not even seen itcoming.
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So try to be patient, throughthe process.
I speak from experience.
Partner with God through theprocess and it will be easier, I
promise you.
I mean, it's not going to be acakewalk, but it's definitely
easier to work with God thanagainst God when you're trying
to heal yourself mentally,emotionally and spiritually.
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Because when we try to healourselves mentally, emotionally
and spiritually and like, justdo it ourselves, there's so many
things that we don't see andthere's a lot of damage that we
can do.
But when we have God workingwith us, he sees it all, he
knows how it all works and theremay be things that he can
instantly heal, but there'sthings that have caused a lot of
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damage and that healing has totake time because it's healing
multiple areas.
Like that's the healing thatyou just like, really feel, not
like poof, it's gone one day,but like the healing that you
really feel because you've beenliving with it for a while.
I really hope this has helpedyou today.
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I've been at this for fiveyears now in really trying to
understand and heal emotionallyand mentally, spiritually, and I
can definitely tell you, if Ihad not had God in the process,
I may not be here today, quitesimply.
So you definitely want God apart of that.
I want to thank you so much forjoining me today.
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Hopefully this has blessed you.
Let's go ahead and finish out inprayer.
Lord Jesus, thank you so muchfor this opportunity to flesh
out all of the ins and outs andkind of the mysterious things at
times for us when we're tryingto heal emotionally and mentally
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.
Thank you, lord, for helping usto see those different
components so that we can reallysee what's going on and
understand where the healing hasto take place and what kind of
healing has to take place withthese different components that
you're allowing us to see inthis healing process.
God, you are so good and soamazing and so loving.
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If anything, through this wholeentire process of healing
emotionally, mentally,spiritually I have seen and
recognized how big your love isfor me, for all of us.
I thank you for that, jesus.
You are truly amazing and youare our loving Father.
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Thank you so much.
I pray, lord, that you wouldcontinue to open up our hearts,
our minds, our souls.
Help us, lord, open ourunderstanding, open our eyes,
our ears.
Help us to really see what isgoing on, what the battle plan
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is of how we're being attackedand how maybe we're attacking
ourselves and sabotaging our ownhealing.
Lord, you see it all.
You see every aspect of all ofthese things.
I pray, lord, that you wouldopen our eyes and our ears to it
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.
Help us, lord, to let go sothat you can heal, lord, so that
you can help us to release anddetox the things that we need to
detox.
And I pray, lord, that youwould give us a hunger and a
thirst for your word and forthat special time with you, god,
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in prayer.
Help us to prepare ourselvesand build up our hearts, our
minds and our souls with yourword and with our special time
of counsel and prayer with you,jesus.
I thank you, lord, for the workthat you're doing us and I
thank you for the healing thatis to come.
Jesus, it's in your preciousand holy name we pray.
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Amen and amen.
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