Overcoming Insecurity E-Book

Alice Briggs

• Herausgeber: Alice Arlene, Ltd. Co.
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

Do you often feel unloved or unsafe?
Are you overly self-conscious, afraid that people will not accept you?
Are you holding back on something because of what people will think?

If so, you may need some healing from insecurity.

Insecurity tells you that you will not be safe or secure. It tells you that no one will care about you or like or love you because of who you are or something about you. Insecurity tells you that you need to not try because it won’t work for you.

Insecurity lies.

This book will walk you through emotional and spiritual healing strategies from a Christian worldview so you won’t need to listen to those lies ever again. We’ll cover:

• Generational Issues
• Ungodly Beliefs and Lies
• Emotional Wounds
• Demonic Oppression
• And more!
• Plus strategies to walk out the healing you’ve received.

Are you ready to embrace the freedom and joy that come through security?
Click the button to get your copy of Overcoming Insecurity now.

Note: Each book in this series utilizes the same tools, but is tailored to each topic.

Leseprobe

Copyright © 2019 Alice Briggs

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author except as provided by USA copyright law.

All Scriptures taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.

ISBN-13: 978-1-948666-21-3

Published by Alice Arlene Ltd. Co.

P.O. Box 94825

Lubbock, TX 79493

Following the information in this book does not constitute a guarantee of emotional, spiritual or inner healing. This information does not serve as legal, professional or medical advice. The use of this information does not constitute a doctor-patient relationship. The authors and their assignees will not be held liable for the enclosed material, which is based on our experiences. Use of this material constitutes agreement with the terms of this disclaimer.

Blessings to each of you with

courage to pursue freedom, hope,

joy, and the fulfillment of your destiny.

1

How to Read and Use this Book

This is a toolbox. Just like plumbing or building, you have an end goal in mind, but you can reach that goal via several paths. The chapters are tools, and you can use them in any order you choose. I’ve placed them in the order I’ve found effective for many, but I give you complete freedom to create the order that works best for you. I recommend that you leave the chapter on demonic oppression for last. You will find it easier to complete the other steps first.

Your path to healing is your own. It will not look like anyone else’s. That’s how it should be. The point is to continue to move forward.

Throughout the book, I have included scripted prayers for your use with this praying hands icon by each one in the margin so that you can easily find them. These prayers are suggestions only. Add more to the prayer or deviate from it entirely if you choose. This work is between you and God. Always follow his leading first. If you are familiar with the concepts I discuss, you can skip straight to the prayers.

You will also find sections with this journaling icon. These are perfect opportunities to journal or to listen and write what you hear the Lord saying to you about the topic.

Throughout the book, especially in the prayers, I’ll refer to the enemy. You are probably familiar with this term, but in case it is new to you, I wanted to include a brief explanation here. The Bible often refers to Satan or the devil as our enemy. In Revelation 12:9, he deceives the entire world. In 1 Peter 5:8, he is seeking people to devour. In John 10:10, he is the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. The devil is not omnipresent as God is, so he is probably not personally attacking you. He has an unknown number (believed to be one-third of the angels per Revelation 12:4) of demons who go about doing his will. Thus, the enemy in this context refers to any demons who are working against God’s plans and purposes in our lives.

We don’t know their names, and we don’t need to. We refer to them according to their function: depression, affliction, poverty, etc. This is their primary activity in our lives. In Christ, we have complete authority over all the works of the enemy because of his death on the cross and his resurrection. In Matthew 28:18-19, after Christ was resurrected, he tells his disciples that all authority in heaven and earth had been given to him, and therefore they could go and make disciples. Because of this, some don’t even think that inner healing is necessary.

If we have all authority, then the enemy has none and can’t harass us. In my view and in the view of many others, there is a difference between what we can access and what we actively participate in. Often we aren’t aware of the enemy or of our authority, and so he operates more freely because of our ignorance than he has the right to do. A thief has no right to take my car or wallet, but he can still do so if I leave them unguarded. The spiritual realm functions in the same manner. Once the car or wallet is in his possession, I must take action to retrieve them.

Sometimes we give the enemy rights he would not otherwise have because we come into agreement with what he says about us. When we hear, “You’re stupid,” and we think, “Yes, that’s right, I’m stupid,” we give the enemy the right to keep repeating those lies to us. It’s as if we allow the enemy to use our car or wallet to do whatever he wants. We’ve given him that right. But because Christ gave us all authority, we can take those rights away from the enemy. I’ve designed the prayers in this book to do that for you.

I’ve structured the book in the order I typically find the most useful for gaining victory. But again, please use the book in whatever way works best for you and your journey.

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Insecurity

Insecurity usually comes in a couple different ways. One is a form of self-consciousness—not knowing how people will respond to us or what they will think of us or feeling less than or not good enough. The other is a lack of feeling safe. This can be emotional, but it can also be a lack of physical safety, such as fear of abuse or victimization, but also not knowing if you’ll have what you need to survive: food, shelter, clothing, etc.

You might want to go through the following lists at least twice, thinking of the different manifestations you see in your life each time.

Possible Roots

Trauma plays a significant role in nearly all cases here. But as has been shown through epigenetics, the trauma may not have been yours; your ancestors could have experienced it. For example, The Great Depression, The Holocaust, The Potato Famine, and other similar events have all been shown to leave genetic traces of trauma in the descendants of those who experienced them, even though they weren’t born yet.

Of course, your own personal trauma can leave its mark. People who, as children, grow up in homes where there was never enough food may be compulsive overeaters as they still carry the insecurity of wondering if there will be enough food. People who have been repeatedly or significantly ridiculed may always worry that others will do the same. 

Unusual Presentations

As with many traumas, people tend to react at opposite extremes. Some may be very self-effacing; others may become arrogant. Some may carefully ration their food or clothing while others eat excessively or purchase items to feel safer. The behaviors may differ greatly while the root is still the same.

Father, I come before you this day because I need your help to access the freedom from insecurity. Jesus purchased for me on the cross. I take authority over myself, my space, and my will, and I submit myself to you and agree with you completely wherever you lead me through this process. I remove anything within myself that’s hiding this issue and cut off all enemy access, placing everything into Jesus’s hands. I ask you, Lord Jesus, to gather up and bind all warfare that would seek to hinder me from becoming free from insecurity or any other issue. Please send the angelic support I need.

I repent of all enemy rights and agreements and suspend them from all areas of access he has. I place them into Jesus’s hands to keep during my work. Thank you, Father, for your provision and protection. 

I ask you, Holy Spirit, for any blessings I need as I do this work. I ask for an anointing of power and authority as I address this issue. Please give me clarity of thought and intention and a breakthrough in healing. In Jesus’s name. Amen.