Jeremiah 5:25: Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you. |
Blocks that Could Prevent Blessings
In this session, we will address several blocks that were in my life that were key in preventing the blessings of God to fall upon me. It's not that God was not wanting to bless me, it was that I wasn't able to "receive." This whole web-teaching addresses many other areas that could be issues in your life, but the ones listed here were key for me.
The main theme to every block listed is Unforgiveness (absence of love). If forgiveness is not received for yourself, or forgiveness is not given to others, then that is a major issue in your life. You can also look at it this way, if love is not received for yourself, or love is not given out to others, then that is a major issue in your life. Jesus came to show us the Father's love. If that was Jesus' main objective, then what should ours be?
The Bible says that "If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you forgive NOT men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14) In order to have a good relationship with your Father in Heaven, you need to have relationships restored at this level. The Bible says "Whatever you do to the least of these my brethren, you do it unto me." (Matthew 25:40) If we don't forgive others, what does that say about our relationship with God? If we don't love others, what does that say about our relationship with God? The Bible says that people will know us by our love one for another (John 13:35).
Jesus came so that we could have a relationship with our Heavenly Father. He came to cleanse us from all sin. However, if someone does not recognize this and apply the sacrifice Jesus did on the cross for that sin, but keeps it because they think that sin is unpardonable, that person stays in that state of guilt and shame, then that will be a major block from having fellowship with God. And a result of not having fellowship with God is not having healing and blessings come your way. Remember that SIN SEPARATES us from God. We put a BLOCK before God to work in our lives because of our stink in' thin kin'. Isaiah 59:1-2 clearly states this. He can heal and deliver, but He chooses not to because of our sin! Jeremiah 5:25 says, "Your sins and iniquities prevent good things from happening to you."
So keep in mind if there is any unforgiveness or sins that have not been confessed as you go through these blocks at that moment, stop and bring it before the Lord. Don't fear or get condemned because they are there, but rejoice that the Lord has shown you so you can be free! These things are using you as a puppet, you need today to get your life back. II Tim: 2-23-26 says a minister is to help you recover yourself from the snare of the devil… and identify blocks we are exposing the enemy that has a foothold in your life to loose you from those bands that bind you!! (Isaiah 53)
There are many blocks I am sure, but the following are the main blocks I had in my own life. Once recognized, God was able to begin the healing in my heart, which then healed my body, changed circumstances in my life, and brought me peace. So I encourage you to do the same.
Once I dealt with a block, I was no longer tormented by it. I may have had tests along the way but they were no longer preventing me from living my life and being close to God. When we get rid of blocks, they are no longer before us but behind us and so we are able to see clearly. I've been teaching this stuff for many, many years and I myself have been healed in many areas, but I never have to go back over an area to where I'm stuck in it. Believe me, there will be plenty of new areas to cover as the days press on. That's what Jesus meant when he said, "Anyone who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God" (Luke 9:62). It doesn't mean you can look back onto things you haven't dealt with, it means you don't need to keep rehashing over things you have dealt with. If you keep rehashing, then there is unforgiveness or other blocks preventing you from moving forward.
Each day should be a new one with new exciting things. It could be a new direction in your ministry, it could even be a new health issue that presents itself. Regardless of what it is, things should be new all the time. Jesus said He wants to do something "new" in us. But if we are stuck in our junk of yesterday, we are unfit for the "Kingdom of God."
What are blocks? Blocks are emotional, spiritual and/or physical issues that prevent you from:
a. Receiving God's love
b. Having Healthy Relationships
c. Healing
d. Blessings and Promises of God
e. Seeing truth
Identifying blocks will help you find peace within. These things can be emotional, spiritual or physical and can even cause dis-ease in our bodies. It's proven medically that guilt causes mental breakdown, fear causes stress and many disease derive from that, shame causes insecurity and fear., and worshipping idols or statues or symbols can cause bodily injury.
• Fear - Lack of God's Love "Perfect love casts out all fear and torment." If we have fear, then we aren’t being made perfect in God’s love. There are hundreds of thousands kinds of fear, but we first need to get rid of the "spirit of fear" in order to be victorious over the fearful thoughts. Fear is a manifestation of something that we experienced, saw, heard, felt, or believed that the spirit of fear plays on. It starts in our thinking! The Bible says that perfect peace comes when our minds are stayed on God BECAUSE we trust him. (Isaiah 26:3). This is the real ticket! Trusting God because in doing that, we stay in peace, and there is no fear because there is no fear in love. (Refer to the in depth teachings on fear).
I discovered that fear was a spirit and I was a puppet on a string to him to do whatever he wanted with me. But after casting it out - yes as a believer - my life began manifesting amazing things - I was no longer controlled by fear, I was now free to keep it off WHEN it tried to return because it will try to “tempt” me to fear again – that’s his “MO” (Method of Operation).
2 Corinthians 10:5 says to cast down all imaginations... this is where the enemy attacks us, in our thoughts. James 1 teaches that we are tempted (to fear, etc.) when we are drawn away by the lust inside of us. So it's important to release the spirit of fear from your life and to begin basking in God's love. For in doing so you will be keeping yourself from the snare of the devil (2 Timothy 2:24). Submit yourself unto God, resist the devil and he will flee (James 4:7)
• Lack of God’s Love. I just spoke on the area of fear, but without God’s love we can never overcome fear. I had to get a deep revelation on God’s love for me because the fear was so engrained in my life. Some people can receive God’s love effortlessly, but I had to fight for it. I was in a fight for my life for so many years just keeping my head above water. But when I realized it’s God’s grace, love and mercy that will hold me up and place me upon high places because of His love, things began changing. My heart was being renewed and I was building a trust toward God because I was finding time to get to know Him. We cannot trust someone we don’t know. As I began understanding His love, the love Jesus gives, and the power the Holy Spirit gives and visited with all three, I was being made whole. I needed to restore my relationship with all three… after all, they are all God. I had a lopsided relationship because I was only talking with Jesus. I didn’t pay much attention to God because I didn’t think He was paying much attention to me. I didn’t even know He really existed!!! So as I began my relationship journey with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, my life began changing. (Read more about this in the love of God teaching session.)
• Doubt and Unbelief (John 6:28-29) We are to believe! Believe on the one who sent Jesus. Do you feel stuck? Do you lack peace and stability? James 1 says that a double-minded man in unstable in all his ways. When we have doubt, believe, doubt, believe, we are double-minded. We need to remain constant in belief no matter what is going on.
For believers Jesus is a stepping stone.
For doubters Jesus is a stumbling block.
Remember, this scripture is talking to the Christians! We need to decide if we are believers or doubters. Recognizing this will help God restore your faith in areas you are stumbling. Do not be ashamed to confess this to God, it's between you and Him.
• Pride is the original sin - it's behind every sin, that's where it started with Lucifer and that's where it starts with us.
Pride is what caused Satan's fall. He was thrown down with such force from heaven that in his wake there was a lightening bolt! (Luke 10:18) That was pretty hard, don't you think? Pride comes before a fall.
So we have to look at our lives and see how many times we have fallen. But the bible says that a righteous man may fall seven times, but he can get back up. (Proverbs 24:6)
Satan fell and he can never get back up! He is trying to keep you down when you fall, it's up to you to get back up. It's not a time to get under guilt about it, it's time to just face it and address it. Then after he fell, love was removed from him leaving him alone which resulted in fear. Now he works day and night to get you to fear so you are separated from the Love of God.
Pride is behind every type of sin imaginable.
Indicators of pride:
• When we do what we want out ahead of God
• Frustrated with others because they don't do it our way
• Irritated by others
• Rebellion
• Control and Manipulation
• Fear
• Needing to be needed
• Needing approval and acceptance
• Get embarrassed easily
• Sensitive and hurt easily
• You say, "I'm a good person" but you don't feel appreciated
• "I can do it better than them"
• Don't they know who I am and what I have to offer?"
• You think everything that happens is because of you
• You think everything that happens is about you
• Offended continually
• Feeling guilty
• Self-exaltation - Bragging and exalts own achievements
• False Humility - looking for someone to see their humility
• False sense of responsibility (false burden bearing) - you are not Jesus
A person who is humbled manifests the following:
• Nothing anyone says hurts them, they are never offended and if they are, they repent
• Submits to authority
• Forgive quickly and unconditionally
• Esteem others over own self and desires
• Trust God in every area of their life
• Peace, stability and soundness
• Teachable
• Admits when they are wrong
• Sees the good in everyone
While going through this teaching, and other areas of teaching, you may start to get a bit uncomfortable. You may want to run or question God on what is going on, but the truth is, He may just be cutting away the pride in your life that is attached to your soul. Let Him do the work. Buckle your seatbelt and go for the ride. (For further teaching about pride, be sure to go to that session.
• Shame (I Peter 2:4-7) Closely kinship to pride. Whoever believes that Jesus is the chief cornerstone (and all that it represents) we will never be put to shame. There are several references to "shame" in the Bible so it tells me that there is a real problem here and if not dealt with can lead to other problems. And whoever doesn't believe this truth, that same rock becomes a stumbling stone. And this reference isn't talking to non-believers, but to Christians! How many Christians are stumbling around in their life?
Shame is an inherent feeling that no one can feel for me. Its produced by our own thought process. If I don't know who I am, that I've been chosen by God, that no one else's thoughts about me matters, then I will be shamed (embarrassed) and set up for rejection and abandonment.
• Guilt and Condemnation (produces shame), unworthiness which leads to no courage or boldness.(Be sure to go through the Guilt and Condemnation teaching in depth.) If you continually live under any kind of guilt or condemnation, you have not applied the forgiveness to your sins that Jesus sacrificed His life to give. When you are under guilt, you believe that you have to "pay" for your sins, or that your sins are so bad, they could never be forgiven. That is a lie! Jesus was enough - it's up to you to believe that. You need to understand "repentance". What salvation really means.
List your guilt's and regrets here:
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Take these to God and confess your part in the guilt. You should never be under any guilt, ever! Guilt is an indicator something is not right in your heart. Don't let guilt stay, recognize it, go to God with it and be set free. Conviction is from God, letting you know of something you did wrong. But guilt is put on you when you don't deal with that conviction.
II Peter 1:5-9 Says that whoever lacks these things cannot see and he is blind, and has forgotten that he was purged from his Old Sins!! Remember, we are recognizing things that we struggle with, which is a tell-tale sign we have not "received" the forgiveness of your old sins (or new ones for that matter).
Staying clean before God is our main focus. In every area of our life. We do that by confessing everything we see to God that is not of his nature and character! It's not that we are perfect, we'll never be perfect, but we can stay clean before God in our heart when we take everything to Him in prayer.
• Accusations (blame) One major block! Bitterness and disappointment toward God. Blame and Guilt comes from accusing. Judging is very close to accusing.
Romans 2:15 "accusing or excusing one another"
I Thess 5:23 "preserved blameless"
Rev. 12:10 - Accuser of the brethren is the devil.
Strong's concordance: Against one in the assembly; i.e. a complaint of the law. Satan offered complaint about a believer who was not obeying the law.
Satan's nature is to accuse - he turns the truth into a lie: (Romans 1:25). The following scriptures describes how Satan accuses:
Accused God of withholding good - Gen 3:5-6
Accused Job to God - Job 2:5
Accused Brethren Rev 12:10
Adam and Eve took on the characteristics of accusation - blaming each other Gen 3:12-13
Practical application: Satan actually accuses you - sometimes - of something you actually did!. For example if you were impatient with someone at church, he will continue to remind you all day and make you feel bad that you were impatient. So, how to deal with this is:
• Agree with your adversary - Matthew . This means admit to it. Say, "Hey Devil, yep, you are right. But guess what, I'm forgiven!
• Take your sin and confess it to God.. Don't keep it, come clean before God about it, don't dilly dalley around. Take responsibility and repent and accept forgiveness.
• Tell the Devil to take a hike!
Manifestations of accusation:
• Suspicious - always looking for evil intent Num 16:3 Matthew 9:34
• Bitterness - keeps record of wrong done
• Easily Offended
• Envy and Jealousy
• Murder - gossip/slander
• Scrambling thoughts - misunderstandings - this is NOT an accident - Kingdom of Satan wants to separate us and if he can do it by causing misunderstandings, then so be it.
Results of Accusations:
• Makes one feel unworthy, guilty, not pleasing to God
• Works against, self, God and others
• Blames God for evil happenings. "We call evil good when we do this."
• Keeps record of wrong done when God has forgiven
• Co-Dependent, burden bearing, plays holy spirit over another's sin
• Falsely charges others with your own sins (we accuse others of things that we ourselves have done.)
Exercise:
Write down any disappointments, wishes, dreams or desires that have NOT been fulfilled
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If you look at each of these carefully, you will discover that God is at the root of each of these. We are disappointed with God because since He is God, why haven't these things come to pass? Why didn't He stop things from happening. Why, Why, Why?
The truth is, behind every thing listed above, there is blame and disappointment toward God. You don't want to feel that way, but that is the truth.
Now take each one of these to the Lord and tell him how you feel about them. Be honest with Him. Tell Him you blame Him, that you don't think He's been fair, perhaps you feel He's withholding good from you, perhaps you feel He doesn't love you like he loves others, etc.. Repent to Him for blaming Him.
The truth is; God didn't cause any of these things in your life to happen. We are reaping what has been sewn. God is not mocked, whatever you sow, that you shall also reap (Galatians 6:7). I heard someone say once, "This world is a place of reaping and sowing." What we have today is what has been sown in our generations before us or what we ourselves have sown! Sometimes for good, sometimes for bad. It's up to us TODAY to decide what to do with this sowing thing. Choose today to start sowing good seed into your life so you reap a harvest later.
We need to stop blaming God for our circumstances and related issues. We have been given freedom to choose our path, God is not going to tell you what to do but what He does do is that whatever choice you make He is there to help you through it. He does not drive or even lead, he guides and prods, but you still have to make the choice.
God is not evil and by blaming Him, we are calling Him evil. Repent this to him along with any other areas where you accuse Him of not being the God you expected Him to be. (James 1:17).
Sample Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father, I realize that I have been blaming you for not fulfilling my life the way I believed it should be. I realize that you are good and can only give good, so the junk in my life didn't come from you, it came from my own choices. Forgive me for not seeing this and I take responsibility for my life and ask you to cleanse my heart and fill me with your love and peace. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness and restore our relationship. In Jesus name, Amen.
• Abandonment and Rejection - (For more in depth study, go to the on-line teachings) These two areas are most common in people's lives. But I discovered that these two areas would block my relationship with others, God, and myself. If I feel rejection, I will also reject others. I discovered that in order to "feel" rejection, you first have to have been abandoned, physically, emotionally or spiritually.
In order to truly understand abandonment and rejection, you first need to know their definitions.
o Look up the word Abandonment in the dictionary and describe:
o Look up the word Rejection in the dictionary and describe:
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Write down the names of individuals who abandoned you. (Could be physically abandoned you, emotionally or spiritually abandoned you.)
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Take these individuals to God and forgive them. (Refer to the "how to forgive" section). The truth is, people will abandon you and when they do, what are you going to do about it? Remember, no matter who abandons you, God will never abandon you. The reason you may thing He has is because you have a breach in relationship with Him somewhere in your life and you seem to be far away from Him. The truth is, He is as close as a breath, but you have put up a block between you and Him because of possible blame and accusation toward Him. (See "accusations" teaching.)
Receive God's love - for He has not abandoned you - He is your Father. He is not silent to you. He does not ignore you. You need to understand God's relationship with you as Your true Father. He is not like your earthy father at all who is imperfect. God's love and relationship with you is perfect. When we finally get this in our hearts, our whole life will change. We will no longer need the "approval" of others once we "know" we are accepted and loved by God.
• Lack of Patience - Romans 5:3 "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation works patience, and patience experience, and experience hope. Hope makes us not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
I Peter 2:20-24 - When we suffer patiently for wrong done to us, this is commendable to God! Pay close attention to how we suffer - with patience!!! We are no greater than Jesus and look how he took no offense to wrong done, he didn't even defend Himself, and he was given a place most honorable of God, to sit at His right hand. Jesus endured with patience didn't he???
In order for us to obtain the promises of God, we need to have patience. But patience comes through tribulation, that is why we are to "rejoice" when tribulations come because it creates in us patience. (James 1: 2) Patience is worked in us by experience. Then when we begin to live in patience, we have peace that restores all Hope in God.
Are there any areas in your life where you lack patience? Confess them to the Lord and allow Him to develop patience. Patience is the root of Peace! You have patience, you have peace. And isn't that what you want? Peace also balances out your system so your body works properly. Don't be afraid of asking for patience, it will actually help free you!
• Thanklessness - Be thankful every day. Thank God for His mercy and Grace. Thank Him for your life. Thank Him for your situation. Yes, thank Him IN all things! If you keep asking you are still climbing a mountain. But once you begin thanking Him, you are sliding down the other side of the mountain. You have begun to "Receive."
Psalm 100:4 "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."
Colossian 3:15 "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful."
2 Corinthians 9:12 "For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God." (You want to be supplied and abundantly filled? Then be thankful to God!)
Romans 1:21 "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened." (When we don't thank God, our hearts grow hard and darkened with sin.)
Proverbs 10:28 Hope comes when we are thankful (glad). We need hope to continue to seek and serve and love others, self and God. Our home comes from God. "Hope in God." Nothing else!!! As we focus on God, all the rest will follow that we need to hope in.
• Hopelessness - Hope deferred makes the heart sick. (Proverbs 13:12)
We are saved by Hope (Romans 8:24).
When we Hope, it should only be in God. What are you hoping for?
Are you hoping that someone helps you? Are you hoping the doctors figure out what is wrong with you? Are you hoping that your job offers medical coverage? Are you hoping you get a new car? Are you hoping that the weather cooperates? Are you hoping in things???
If you are relying on God to deliver what you are hoping for, then you are doing wisely. If you are hoping in fear, then you are setting yourself up for more pain and suffering.
• Approval and Acceptance - When we constantly need approval from people, this will block our peace and relationship with God and man. (Psalm 23) The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.. so why do I need approval?
I need to be needed is rooted in pride. A person who feels that no one is paying attention to them is someone who is needy. This very thing will cause people to reject you - the very thing you don't want. The only way to be freed in this area is to confess your self-righeousness and pride and seeking approval from man.
The Bible says we are already accepted, we are already approved of and to seek man's approval is the sin of "people pleasing."
• Ungodly Grief - Having a sense of grieving over a long period of time (years and years) will block your peace and rob you of the present. Self-pity glues us to the past. Regret glues us to the past. Guilt because of someone's death, glues us to the past and opens the door for the enemy to keep you down. If you are suffering long-term due to a loss of a loved one, or even loss of a job or relationship, etc., and it's keeping you from moving forward with your life - this is ungodly grief. Jesus is the only one who carries our pain and grief, but when we keep it, we are trying to take His place. It's time to take off your grave clothes and come out from among the dead and into the living.
Grief can even cause your eyes to have problems. Psalm 6:7 "Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies."
Grief can cause other health issues - Psalm 31:10 "For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed"
Grief can cause us to have anxiety - Jeremiah 45:3 "Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest."
And one of my favorite verses is found in 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 "But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.”
There may be someone in your life, a neighbor, friend, or relative that causes you so much grief! According to this verse, that person who causes grief are they themselves full of pain. They are filled with sorrow, and aren't being comforted. To forgive the person of causing you unnecessary grief and discomfort because as Christ forgives, so we must also, so that Satan won't get an advantage over us! So we not only help that person who is perpetrating our problems, but if we don't forgive them, it opens the door for the enemy to come and make things worse! So if you have been grieving over a loss, or if someone is causing you grief, in both cases forgiveness has to be administered. Confess where your grief is because when we keep on grieving about it, we are trying to get back something that was lost, and only God can replace it or heal your broken heart. But He can't unless you go to Him with it. And for those causing you grief, forgive them and go the extra mile to comfort them.
• Judging (I Corinthians 4:5) "Therefore judge nothing before the time (which is when Jesus comes back to judge the World on the last day) until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God." Paul said that he didn't even judge himself! 1 Corinthians 4:3 "But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self." Paul didn't listen to what others said about him, and he didn't even judge himself! We are not to judge others or even ourselves. With judgment comes sentencing. But Jesus pad for our sins and took on our sentencing so why are we continuing to do it to each other? We need to realize that when we judge, we always judge in an area where we "think" we've arrived! We have to understand that when we do something "good" it's not us doing it but God. (John 15:5) And when we do something "bad" it's not us doing it either, it's sin within us. (Romans 7:17). We are a vessel that holds something, we are ALL vessels holding something. How can we think ourselves so highly that we can even judge another?
1 Corinthians 5:13 "But them that are without God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person." Hmmmm.... Selah
But judgment is the manifestation of pride and fear. If you want to be free from judging others, criticizing or complaining, then confess your pride, impatience, anger, frustration, self-righteousness and fear to the Lord. This isn't to cause you guilt or condemn you, it's to help you see the truth within yourself so you can come clean before the Lord. As long as we hide from these issues, we will remain in
bondage to them. But once they are exposed, freedom is just around the corner.
• Communion - "For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep." There are several things to see here. The main issue is that if you drink the cup and don't believe in the sacrifice for sins or if you eat the bread and don't believe in healing, then you causing your own health issues. Then to go once step further, before taking communion we are to examine our own hearts and confess any sins. If we have to lay the cup down so that you can reconcile to someone, then do so. It's better to not take the cup than to take it unworthily - that is why so many among "us" are sick unto death.
• Idolatry - Sometimes we don't even realize we are committing idolatry. So instead of me telling you what it is or if you have it, let's take a look at what scriptures say.
1 Samuel 15:23 " For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king."
Not only was Saul rebellious and stubborn, but was into himself - which is idolatry. And what is the result of this? Causes us to reject the word of the Lord and if we reject the Word (without you even knowing it because of idolatry) this will block your blessings. He desired power and leadership and was against David because he felt he was a threat to his throne. But the truth was, God made Saul king, not a man and God can remove the king, like He Did with Saul.
Colossians 3:5 says what Idolatry is: "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:"
Again, it's all about "us!" Our pleasures, our satisfaction, our needs being met, our desire for more, wanting what others have, etc. It's all idolatry. It's not just setting up an image and bowing to it, yes, that is part of if and some do that. But it's the hidden idolatry in the heart that can trip us up and we don't even know it.
If you find yourself in this category as I did, confess this to the Lord and receive forgiveness. Make a stand today to not allow even yourself to get in the way of God's will in your life. When we make that kind of proclamation, things will start to happen. But you will be tested to see if you have fled from idolatry or if you still need to be purged. Keep on keeping on because I found that the hardest issue is to remove self out of the equation of life. We want to be comfortable and enjoy ourselves, but sometimes it's at other people's expense. Keep your heart pure toward God by checking your motives when you do this or that. Is it for the glory of God or for your glory? Simply repent...
Closing Comment
There are many "blocks" preventing healing, health and blessings, I have come to the conclusion that when we walk in "Love and Truth" with God, ourselves and our fellow man, there will be NO blocks! Matthew 22:37-40 sums it up: "Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself, upon these hang all the laws and the prophets." If we did this one scripture, we would be a whole lot happier and freer. This whole web site teaches you how to apply this verse to your life so you see good come your way.
Be not weary in well doing, for in due season you shall reap if you don't faint. (Galatians 6:9)The Truth surely makes you free. (John 8:32)
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