Here at the Long household with KIM we have taken it upon ourselves to spend a couple hours in the afternoon in intercession for things that God lays on our hearts in that time during the day. Today, not 15 minutes before I was going in to pray with some wonderful women of God, the Lord put something on my heart…
For the last 12-14 years of my life, I have suffered with body image and weight issues. Not a day goes by that I don’t obsess about what I eat and drink and how much I do or do not work out. In the last couple of months, God has made me more and more aware of this demon living inside me. As I sat in the room preparing to pray, I was overcome with fear, but before I could swallow my personal request for prayer, the Lord spoke out of me on my behalf. There in the room today, my sisters in Christ prayed that God would deliver me from this burden that has weighed me down and kept me from knowing the full love my Lord Jesus Christ has for me. As they prayed this deliverance over me, I felt as though a weight was lifted off my shoulders-I have been delivered. In the name of Jesus this burden will not have power over my life any more. I pray the same for all of my sisters who have struggled with this issue. I pray that we would all be given the eyes the Lord has for us instead of the distorted image of beauty the world impresses upon us. I pray sweet deliverance over more then myself; I pray it over all who face this struggle. To God be all the glory! May HIS power reign in our lives forever more, AMEN!
