1. Own responsibility (don't blame or make excuses) for feelings and behavior
2. Ask God to reveal the real issues. Why? To deal with the root of the problem.
3. REJECT that lie!
4. Believe the truth and RECEIVE it for yourself (why is this good news for you!? How does it affect your belief system?)
5. Yield (say Yes to Him and no to your self strength)to Christ in order to depend on Christ alone.
6. RISK NEW BEHAVIOR(act like who you are: Complete and righteous in Christ) ! Yep, try it out. Give that truth a chance by actually living and acting like it's true. You will be suprised how quickly it may become a reality. Don't let Satan convince you otherwise.
Other ways to freedom include
-forgiveness (yep, you no longer have to devote energy planning the demise of someone else... that 's GOD's responsibility. Beside, Christ has already payed the debt that you may feel like that person owes you!),
-Identification with Christ in His earthly walk (Jesus was in human form, totally depending on His Father... TOTALLY- read it in the word: "i am my father are one"),
-Relinquishment of rights (if i hang on to rights, i am saying that i still have some control(i can be independent of God, I am my own God), and if i still think I have control i am up for a big disappointment... isn't it GOD who is GOD, and I am not?),
-Acceptance of ourselves (right where we are at... not trying to fix ourselves but keeping our focus totally on Him as He forms Christ in us!).
Remember: God uses people and circumstances(two things that we have no control over) to FREE us to enter into WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST! (When we know who we are, we are free to be naked and unashamed; vulnerable and transparent because we are totally accepted in the beloved.)
FAITH is a CHOICE not a FEELING!!!!! Faith is what God asks of us. OUr responsibility is to choose to resist the devil's temptations and lies by taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ. We can hand it over to Him and the finished work of the Cross- He has given us authority over this because of His power at work inside of us!
