"Oh yes girl that's a battle wound"

How many times have you caught yourself saying "Why do I do that?"

I did so many times.

What's something you are not warned about when you turn Christian?

Strongholds....

I have so many times that I questioned the things I'd do. Oh course due to so much trauma I do things that are just not normal, but outside of that I've met people who also ask that same question.

Many of the things we do are due to strongholds...AKA Battle wounds.. Say again?

Battle wounds you know. The stuff that happens to us as children or adults that cause us to hurt or make us do things that we do not want to do.

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A stronghold of the mind is a lie that Satan has established in our thinking that we count as true but is actually a false belief. When we embrace these lies, they affect our attitudes, emotions, and behaviors. ... Identifying thinking patterns that can become strongholds.

A lot of it is patterns we end up doing. We repetitively end up doing the same thing until we realize it's no longer healthy. A thought, a habit, a way of being.

Due to much of the time I've taken to heal inner wounds I've had to dive deeper to recognize and understand myself on a deeper level.

Strongholds are things that we all have. From the poor to the rich each and every person has them.

But what do you do once you recognize them is the question.

A lot of Christians have the belief that you just surrender it at the cross, that you can pray and it will go away. And truth be told mostly it requires more than that.

Someone might need deep therapy, some might need deliverance, some might need something as simple as writing down the lies and repeating the truth until the thought pattern, belief is gone.

For everyone it's different and some might need them all.

But why would you want to do such a thing as deal with your stronghold? Simply because it's a choice to become a better person.

To choose a better life, to get rid of thoughts that are not healthy.

For example. I used to think that I was horrible saving money. After sitting down with a friend she helped me to write down all my monthly payments and to only spend on necessary things.

Of course I prayed that god would help me not over spend and change the way I saw money.

It took practice and daily having to tell myself that I was good at saving money.

I remember when I saved my first $200.00 yes I know you're probably laughing but that was a huge amount for someone that has never been able to save.

Now I actively know that I can save, and I'm constantly wanting to change and help myself to be better.

Having a healthy way of being is so important for me.

As a simple exercise take a sheet of paper and write down lies you believe.

On the other side write down what would be your truth.

Repeat your truth until you believe it. You've lived with the lies for years, this won't go away over night but the lie will eventually go.

Hope this blesses you,

Much love, Angie