Part 3:
Friday morning started early as Joshua and I got up around 7am to head out to the beach for a bit to make some declarations and pray. As we got to the ocean, Joshua opened us up in prayer and then had me pick up 5 sea shells from the beach. I had written down in my journal 5 lies that I have believed about myself, and then I had written 5 truths to cover those lies. One at a time, Joshua asked me to read the lie out loud, take a shell, walk out into the ocean as far as I could, and throw the shell as far as I could. I did this 5 times. After I finished that, I had a time of declaration, where I went out in the water and shouted truth out loud.
Here are the 5 lies:
1. I am not as much of a man a “normal” men and I never will be good enough.
2. I cannot break thru my struggles in life.
3. I am not able to be a good leader because I always fail at everything.
4. I am insecure, unheard, not important, and I cannot sing.
5. I am not really saved, I don’t have a place in heaven, God does not hear me and I do not hear Him.
These are lies that have gripped me for years. They have had such “power” over my life. I do not write them here to bring them back up, but I do write them to let you know what God has rescued me from. I want to be transparent with whoever is reading this, because thru my pain, I pray that you find freedom like I now have and this will be healing to you as well. Now time for the good stuff…
5 Truths:
1. God says that I am good enough and that I am a man of God!
2. Jesus has already brought me freedom and broken thru my struggle for me while He was on the cross! Now I just have to walk in it!
3. I am a good leader and have huge influence on people lives. I am not a failure, I am still growing.
4. I am secure, courageous, heard, needed, valuable, and have been blessed with an amazing voice.
5. The Holy Spirit peaks to me and I hear His voice! I am a redeemed, forgiven, child of God!
Joshua had me go out into the ocean and SHOUT the truths. It was freeing and felt great! By proclaiming those truths, Satan lost all power and my lies and chains were broken. Because darkness has no place in the light. When light comes around, the darkness flees! I think about how David picked 5 smooth stones from the brooke that day he took Goliath out… I realized in that moment as I picked the 5 smooth shells, the enemy was about to be defeated. Praise God!
After I finished, I walked back to Joshua and he prayed over me. What was crazy was, as I walked back, the ocean tide went out as far as it had the entire time.
Side note: Valsbaai is the Afrikaans word for “False Bay”, which is where we are living this month. Is it ironic that we are in “Valsbaai” aka “False Bay”? Nope, I don’t believe its coincidence for one second. God has been doing some crazy stuff the past few days. He is so good to me. God took those shells (lies) out to False Bay as far as they could go. It’s all very mind blowing and humbling. He just keeps amazing me.
P.S I am sorry I have not been posting pictures on my blogs. The internet here in Africa is not the greatest for uploading, so I apologize. You can check out my pictures on my facebook page 😀
