Trading for freedom
I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? I believed nothing bad would ever happen to me. Then one day, I found myself in the middle of a really bad situation. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time resulted in a pistol put to my head. A robbery that was a sudden and terrifying scenario for this naive teenage girl. Shaking uncontrollably, I could feel the cold, hard surface of his gun pushing against my pulsating trading. This is it … my life is over. I wanted to run, but saw no way out. By the grace of God, I survived. But although I had no physical wounds, the memories of that experience settled deep within my heart. Like acid, it seeped into the center of my shaken soul and ate away at my once-upon-a-time teenage confidence. At night, my mind replayed the awful scenario. And during the day, I was afraid to go anywhere alone. Or even be left alone. What if I run into him again? Will he recognize me? What if he followed me home that day and knows where I live? What if trading comes looking for me again? Looking back, I realize my abductor abused me momentarily, but fear held me hostage for what seemed like a lifetime. It kept my thoughts in bondage and dictated my daily decisions. Does fear and anxiety hold you hostage today? If so, I understand. Help me to replace my fearful thoughts with Your Word as I begin memorizing Scripture verses today. I believe I can live a life of freedom from fear with Your help. I am going to do something new. It is already happening. REFLECT AND RESPOND You can start today by memorizing a few of the Scripture verses shared above. Speak them aloud or personalize them into prayers. What a wonderful thought for tonight! No matter what we may be a…fraid of, Jesus can free us from whatever we may fear if we simply look to him in prayer. We also need to find the answers to whatever our questions may be by getting into His word at all times, no matter what our situations may be. No matter what I may be going through in my life, God can change my thinking and outlook on whatever I may be enduring if I simply trust that He can make all things possible. How so very powerful! What a wonderful verse tonight! I trading God is truth, no matter what others may attempt to tell me about who He is. His truth can set me free from whatever my circumstances may be. How so incredibly true! Here in Illinois, it is almost midnight. This is such a powerful verse to get ready for bed with. A little over two years ago, my parents attempted to convince my husband and I not to get married. Wat an wesome prayer! What a very powerful freedom for this midnight hour! Instead, He would like us to focus on what He is currently doing in and through us, even what He is about to do in and through us, as we encourage others. This is very true when I was younger my mother was in an abusive relationship, and I was not a sheltered child my mother was on drugs and my dad was in and out of my life. And one day she yelled for me and woke me up out of my sleep to blood and screams like a horror movie I was tired and fed up so I poked him with a grill pitch fork in his chest not even meaning to I just wanted to scare him and get him to stop. I was terrified for years never wanting a house with two doors never wanting to be alone always going to bed in fear. Until one day I told my pastor that my husband would have to stay up late at night to watch over me and make sure that did not happen again. And my pastor gave me that scripture proverbs to meditate on and to hang above my head and told me God never sleeps and to let my husband rest. And today there is nothing man can do to me, my God watches me day and night. And freedom God because my mom is not who she was then she has also found Christ. He is our Mighty Healer. Just now, I need re-assurance. With an auto-immune condition and failing medication having to live with pain and disability is honestly not what I would have liked. However, I believe my biggest problem is FEAR, fear for tomorrow, for my job, my income, etc. Rose, I also have an auto-immune disorder that is not well controlled. My ability to physically function changes from day to day, so making plans or following through on commitments is often hard. My biggest issue is also FEAR, fear of not ever being able to work again, fear of being dependent upon my children ect… I am frozen in fear. I am praying with freedom. I truly believe that as you begin to release those worries and fear to God, you will begin to feel better. Fear can make our bodies suffer in ways we never imagined. Trust and know that God will provide for your needs. Rose, I have family members with autoimmune issues and nutrition has really helped. Praying for you and Donna H. Scripture tells us that perfect love casts out all fear. When I was married to my abuse x husband I was always scared of when he might go nuts again. I could never leave the house to go anywhere without him going nuts. I was married to him for seventeen years. I left him him seven years ago. Last year when I sign up for p31 bible study I began studying the bible everyday with confident heart bible study. I slowly become not scared anymore. I know go places without being scared of him anymore. This was very helpful. C, Reading your comment broke my heart. No one should experience such tragedy. It desks with issues like fear, anxiety, anger, and the list goes on. Erica, thank you for telling us about this app. I so glad to hear this app has been a wonderful tool for you in learning Scripture. Leah Thank for Leah. I needed this today. I am only beginning to see the woman God has made me to be because of fear and control. A violent, fearful daily past as a child, an abusive marriage with a domineering husband continues to take me back instead of trusting in God too often. Praise God you survived such abuse. Rose, Praying for you! My husband also has an autoimmune, neurological disorder and fear is what Satan uses most to steal my joy. Memorizing and reading for helps more than you can ever imagine. A very strong word, Leah. Thank trading for sharing your story and reminding us what the true path to freedom looks like. On January 2 I had a gun held on my head in front freedom my home as I was robbed and carjacked. But the fear of people and certain situations is still holding me captive. Thank you for these verses. I will definitely hold them tight! MS, I know how those feelings of fear and frightful memories can linger after experiencing something like this. Freedom is available for you. Hold tight to those Bible verses and cast down those fears, Sweet Friend. Leah I have a question for you. This devo was amamzing, thankyou. When I come across scripture, as in Psalm 91, talking of His promise to not let any harm come to me, I am really struggeling with these promises. I was a young believer when I was raped 30 plus years ago. I know He was with me, but why did He allow this to happen when His Word promises His protection? Any insights would be helpful as I am trying to grow through this. Unfortunately, we live in a broken world, filled with broken people who make terrible choices that tragically impact others. Even Jesus suffered at the hands of others. God promises to work everything together for our good even those tragic things that the Enemy means for our harm when we love and trust Him Romans Wendy Blight shares her story of how God restored her after for tragic rape. I believe her book would be a great source of help and encouragement to you. Leah Thanks for sharing your story. I too was a victim of violence domestic 6 years ago in which my ex tried to take my life. I hear you for be at a new school. The best thing for this person to do is contact our intake line Unfortunately, we only have resources to help with custody when there is domestic violence involved. Through the years His word has and prayers helped remove those sleepless nights for me as well so I know exactly how you feel. I will continue praying for calm restful nights for you. God has brought me so far and I am now able to seek opportunities to help others experiencing what I went through myself. Praise Him for Freedom! DM, you have a powerful testimony! Leah I witnessed three accidents in a space of one month. One of them was fatal and the other involved me as a passenger. Since then i am fearful of driving and worry that the unexpected might happen. Occasionally i have problems to sleep at night as i recall the accidents. I will carry on praying and meditating and include the above verses. Thank you so much and may you be blessed. Patricia, seeing these accidents must have been so difficult for you. Replacing those scenes and memories takes time but you are doing the right thing. Leah My 22 yr old son overdosed from drugs a month ago. My beloved firstborn is gone. He struggled for four years. I had to break the news to my 19 ur old daughter while she herself was in rehab. I now live with the fear of her not recovering and dying too. The statistics are not good and her grief is a set back. She calls me and the conversations at times take me back to conversations with my son. They were both dealing with lonliness, depression, battling to fight to stay clean. My son had months sober and I am grateful for each day, but he struggled so hard to make it and then he slipped up and died. I prayed so hard and believed with all I could that my Jesus would for his nightmare into a testimony one day. Now I am left praying the same prayer for freedom daughter. Left fearing the reality of what happened could happen again. Losing one child is a nightmare freedom the fear of losing the other at the same time is harder still. I have not quit testifying of His goodness and his mercy now even when I grieve and I am broken I have the hope of heaven. But I do fear what my daughter is going through. I do know the dangers and the destruction of drugs. I pray, I hope, I weep for what is lost, and I fear losing more. Deborah, your story brings tears to my eyes. That He will place a guard over her heart and her mind. God is freedom to the broken hearted and His ears are attentive to their cries. No one around me understood the fear, they all thought I was over reacting. A gun, threats and being forced to hand over money lingered in my mind for years. When I finally came to know The Lord more deeply, more closely about 3 years ago, it finally brought me to a place of peace. Leah As a woman who was physically, sexually and emotionally abused by numerous people throughout her childhood, then raped again at 19 by strangers more than one I developed a fear without realizing it. I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, PTSD and dissociative disorder — but I His Holy Spirit has helped me not need the medication to treat it. To top it off, the neighborhood I live in has become ridden with crime — people are kicking in doors in the middle of the day and people are outside SEEING these things happen and doing nothing also out of fear or for of concern. When my family leaves the house I worry constantly for their safety due to the things I hear and read…. I KNOW GOD is calling me out of this fear — because I was such a courageous girl for Christ before this! Freedom want to enjoy a quality of life without worry or anxiety — always being suspicious. Thank you so much for sharing this today…I love when God knows what you need and sends it right on time. Ashley, thank you for being so honest and transparent in sharing your story. You have been through so much. You are a very strong person to have survived such tragedy. I tend to be a fearful person and tend to let my emotions in the way, specially at night when lying down to sleep. I want to memorize these verses and through God I know freedom will work set me free sooner or later. I hope God can be really patient with me through Jesus. Fear is like shackles and chains it hinders us and holds down and in certain times it can just be paralyzing. But God has cut those chains and shackles and told us we are free because for Christ we are covered by the blood. What can take away my fear nothing but the blood of Jesus amen. Deidre, thank you for sharing these Scripture verses with us and for your encouraging words of truth! Leah First, may I say I appreciate the trigger warning at the beginning. I wish more sites would do that when the article addresses trauma. I also echo the question that Karen asked, as the promises of safety in the scriptures cannot refer to physical safety. How do we reconcile this with a God who does love us for pursue us while living in a world of violence and cruelty? I pray that Almighty God heals all our broken hearts, takes away our fears and brings us to a place of freedom from bondage and fear. I have spent my life in the church,and it was in that place that I experienced years of abuse that resulted in PTSD and dissociative issues. Ashley for having the courage to share that. Very few people are willing to admit for. Things only got worse. It was when I quit running and DID for back at the past, and with the help of Jesus and a wonderful counselor began to face the hard stuff, that I then began to move forward in my life. God is walking me through the long process of facing my reality, trusting that He is with me in the middle of the pain and fears. He is walking me back into my past, revealing His truth in the middle of those memories, replacing the lies I have believed, and as a result I am slowly healing, shedding the shame, and finding my voice. All this to say, sometimes we have to look back. Sometimes we have to remember, and experience the buried emotions, so that God can then step into that darkness with us, shining His Light into our pain and healing our wounds. Char, thank you for sharing your testimony with us. I truly believe it will bring hope, encouragement and great insights to other readers who are leaving comments. I love what you wrote about looking back, remembering, and allowing God to step into those dark places with us to heal our painful wounds. Leah About 6 years ago the bank I was working at was robbed. He actually threw open the doors and put our customers on the floor and jumped for the counter. As the supervisor I stood while he out the rest of my tellers on the ground. He walk the length of the line with his gun pointed at me. When he got where I was he just stood there with the gun on trading. All I could say was Lord please not today! I know He protected all of us that day. I just signed up for your devotion yesterday because of a friend sharing. I gave up and nearly took my own life, and have struggled with suicidal thoughts since. There is no way He was walking with me because no matter how much I prayed or asked for help, it just kept getting worse. I spent 2 months in a military PTSD program and another 3 trading outpatient just trying to learn to live day to day again. I have struggled terrably with this and dealing with both a mental crisis and a spiritual one is making recovery twice as difficult I could use any help, advice or resources for others can lend. It makes me so sad to read your post, that you believe God abandoned you. Take courage, He has not abandoned or forsaken you, HE DIED FOR YOU! Consider that when you felt you needed help, there was a program you could enroll in. Consider that when you had a near-miss at work, your life was spared. Consider that when you tried suicide, your hand way staid. Consider that you read this P31 post today and it spoke right to you and you asked for help. And maybe someone will say something that might get your attention. Might you consider that God is in each of those things? You are worth so much…. Let me see your presence in my life right now! And then believe he can redeem those dark parts. Lastly, try to seek a Christian counselor. SD, May I first say I understand the PTSD, although mine is for a different reason. I absolutely believe once you accept Christ, he is there, no matter what your feelings or thoughts say. I also believe Satan is a very real force in this world and tries to tear us down at every turn, to discourage us and make us think we are trading. You are not worthless, you are precious and honored in his sight, loved with an everlasting love, he rises to show you compassion, and sings over you. It is hard to reconcile the promise that God loves us with what we see every day. Please be gentle to yourself, acknowledge the trauma you have seen and experienced, and give yourself time to heal. I would also suggest Dr. After reading your post I had to respond, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I want to share with you that over 20 years ago Freedom lost my sister to suicide. Her death affected everyone who knew her, she touched so many lives, just as we all do on a daily basis. When we lost my sister I talked with a lot of people, some did not know what to say, others walked away-kind of clueless as to what we were going thru. Hang in there and find someone you can talk to. My prayers are with you. Thank you so much for sharing this with me today. Psalm is exactly what I needed today. I read your post earlier today and have not been able to get you offy mind. I hate that you feel so alone, yet sadly, when dealing with mental health issues that is how the journey seems to go. I really connected with your comment that dealing with a mental and spiritual crisis makes recovery so much harder. With my abuse centered around church, the spiritual aspect of my recovery has at times been the hardest part of it all. I have so much running through my mind that I would like to share, just seems too much to share here. If you would be willing, I would love to connect by email. I may not have any answers, but sometimes just having someone willing to listen and and be there helps to not feel so trading. Feel free to write if you are comfortable with that. I trading praying for you. I am a mother of 2 my oldest is 1yr and my youngest is 3 months. I have recently fully commited myself to walk a life of righteousness of the eyes of The Lord. It would just be a blessing within my life to have these book. Thank you for this devotion!! I am really struggling with fear and anxiety and I know the lord is helping me thru but it seems like it want ever end. I feel angry at myself and finding it hard to pray and want so desperately to be myself again. I know my past is the past but it still haunts me and fear of rejection seems to be my biggest issue. I felt like something must be wrong with me and felt unworthy of love. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Thank you for giving me that lifeline for next time I am scared when I go to bed, and thank you for having the courage to wrote this. I know this first hand. As an adult, I was hungry for more. This hit me like a ton of bricks today. I have been struggling with constant fear in my life. I know it is Satan attacking. My prayer is that all of us that deal with this can boot Satan to the curb and not let him in our hearts. Prayers to you all! Leah, I found this post today and am so grateful to God for leading me to it and for leading you to write it. I was sexually abused by 3 different people as a tween and early teen. When I married, I realized how frightened physical intimacy made me. I decided I had to tell my new husband about what had happened so that he would understand why I might be reticent sometimes. I divorced him, but, those 10 years of abuse stayed with me too…on top off the original abuse from my childhood. Before I remarried, I made sure my fiance knew about my past. The more I talk it out, the more I realize how it has influenced my decisions and my life: classes I took, guys I dated, the major I chose, the trading I selected, the man if you can call him that I married the first time, the myriad health problems I battle, and the child-shaped freedom in my heart. Psalm a kept me rooted in my faith for years. A couple years ago, I found a Scripture memory app called Remember Me. The more I work through it all, the more people I need to forgive…the ones who jumped to conclusions about my acting out, the ones who made bad decisions about what to do when I told, the ones who told me God was punishing me or that my faith was weak, the ones who trading it was my fault, the ones who turned a blind eye. And, as I read every womans share, I see that a couple of others have had very similarly the amount of multiple abusive traumas as I. Move through uncles attempted molestations 2 of them, separately to babystter of the same sex, molesting me, and we are only to age trading. THANK YOU, for the scriptures, I LOVE the idea of writing them out, and placing them in sight!!! Keep up the Wonderful work! Send Email Notification ONLY If Someone Replies To My Comment s. Send Email Notification Whenever A New Comment Is Posted. Or even be left alone What if I run into him again? I was afraid … most all the time. I struggled … the memories haunted me. Categories Overcoming Would you freedom your picture to show up next to your comment? Click here for instructions. He is our Mighty Healer Reply Rose says July 4, at am Just now, I need re-assurance. Reply Donna H says July 4, at am Rose, I also have an auto-immune disorder that is not well controlled. Trust and know that God will provide for your needs Reply July says July 4, at am Rose, I have family members with autoimmune issues and nutrition has really helped. Thank you Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm C, Reading your comment broke my heart. Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm Erica, thank you for telling us about this app. Leah Reply Laura Wemple says July 4, at am Thank you Leah. Thank you for sharing your story and reminding us what the true path to freedom looks like Reply MS says July 4, at am On January 2 I had a gun held on my head in front of my home as I was robbed and carjacked. Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm MS, I know how those feelings of fear and frightful memories can linger after experiencing something like this. Leah Reply karen says July 4, at am I have a question for you. Leah Reply DM says July 4, at am Thanks for sharing your story. Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at trading DM, you have a powerful testimony! Leah Reply DM says July 4, at am Someshow something else got posted in my response. Please disregard Reply patricia says July 4, at am I witnessed three accidents in a space of one month. Thank you so much and may you be blessed Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm Patricia, seeing these accidents must have been so difficult for you. Leah Reply Deborah Pinnell says July 4, at am My 22 yr old son overdosed from drugs a month ago. I pray, I hope, I weep for what is lost, and I fear losing more Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm Deborah, your story brings tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing this today…I love when God knows what you need and sends it right on time Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm T. What can take away my fear nothing but the blood of Jesus amen Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm Deidre, thank you for sharing these Scripture verses with us and for your encouraging words of truth! Leah Reply healind says July 4, at pm First, may I say I appreciate the trigger warning at the beginning. Sometimes we have to remember, and experience the buried emotions, so that God can then step into that darkness with us, shining His Light into our pain and healing our wounds Reply Leah DiPascal says July 4, at pm Char, thank you for sharing your testimony with us. Leah Reply Donna says July 4, at pm About 6 years ago the bank I was working at was robbed. I know He protected all of us that day Thank you for sharing Reply SD says July 5, at am I just signed up for your devotion yesterday because of a friend sharing. My prayers are with you Reply caryn says July 5, at am Reply trish says July 5, at am Thank you so much for sharing this with me today. Reply Char says July 5, at pm SD. I am praying for you Reply Amanda says July 8, at am I am a freedom of 2 my oldest is 1yr and my youngest is 3 months. It would just be a blessing within my life to have these book Reply Tammy says July 8, at am Thank you for this devotion!! Reply reclaimed says July 10, at am Leah, I found this post today and am so grateful to God for leading me to it and for leading you to write it. Reply KL says October 16, at pm Leah, Wowowow!! 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