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What does it
mean to be an orphan?
One deprived of some protection or
advantage.
I was first told about an orphan spirit
when I read the book Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship by
Jack Frost. I thought I had dealt with all of my junk back then.
Apparently, I still held on to some of
this thinking and behavior.
 
 
How can you tell if you are acting like one?
Well, it’s simple…is God your all
in all?….or do you search for counterfeit affections to
feed your hunger for love?

I definitely showed signs of the
latter.

  • I looked to people for
    attention and affirmation.

  • I hoarded my possessions, what
    little I still had, compared to before I became a missionary.

In the process of God revealing these
things to me, He randomly took me to a free e-book online called
Love Hunger.

This book stated that if you don’t have a certainty about 4 things in your life, things can only be found in
fullness in the Lord, then you will revert to counterfeit
affections to feed the love hunger inside of you. Love hunger WILL
NOT be ignored and MUST be fed.

  • If we don’t encounter
    expressed, unconditional love in our lives, then we go to passion.
    This is where lust comes in, this is where we feel the need to
    sleep around, and why we put sex on a pedestal in our lives. We are
    trying to feed that hunger in us, in all of the wrong, empty places.

  • If we don’t encounter affection
    and affirmation in our lives, then we seek position    . How
    many of us have striven to be the best, or in my case, even used my
    beliefs and position as a missionary to bring attention to myself
    and not to God. ( Father forgive me).

  • If we don’t encounter safety
    and security in our lives, we turn to possessions.     We think that
    having these things will keep us secure (insurance, health benefits,
    retirement). Did we need these things when we walked in the garden
    with God? If He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then He
    is our Provider now as He was back then. I know personally, in my
    own orphan thinking, I didn’t trust Him fully to take care of my
    needs. So I hoarded what I had, thinking that if I didn’t care of
    myself, who would? The Word says, He keeps us as the apple of His
    eye. Psalm 17:8

  • If we don’t encounter a purpose
    for living, then we turn to power.     In our culture, it’s do
    whatever to get to the top. It doesn’t matter who you hurt or step
    all over in the process. Or how many of us have used manipulation or
    control? Our purpose for living is to be loved by God. That is why
    He calls us the BeLoved. We were made to love Him in return
    and to worship Him. That is the reason we exist!

So how did I get rid of this orphan
thinking?

I repented….

then I asked God to heal me of my
wounds.

I asked Him to deeply root in me a
spirit of adoption.
 

We can’t force ourselves to stop
behaving a way that we have our entire lives. It can only be done
by the power of His loving Holy Spirit.

Thank you Jesus!