Finding Freedom From Lies and Cycles of Sin
How do we find freedom from lies and cycles of sin?
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. (Proverbs 18:21)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
In 1968, researchers Rosenthal and Jacobson conducted a study where teachers were led to believe that certain students (randomly chosen) were more gifted than others. Even though there was no actual difference in ability, those students performed better—simply because they were treated differently. There’s something powerful about believing what’s been spoken over you.
But human words are fallible. God’s Word, however, is infallible—and he doesn’t merely “speak potential” over us. God declares truth, and then by the Spirit, God brings it to pass.
Take Gideon. He was hiding in fear when an angel of the Lord appeared and called him a mighty warrior (Judges 6:12). That wasn’t flattery. Gideon didn’t feel brave—and he wasn’t brave. But God wasn’t calling out some hidden strength within him. He was declaring what He would accomplish through Gideon, by His power. That’s how God works. He takes the weak, the fearful, and the broken—and by His grace, He transforms them for His glory.
In the same way, God sees you as you are in Christ. A part of my own story of finding freedom from addiction was learning to believe what God says about me: that I am a new creation, set free, made for good works. As I read the Word and came to trust those promises, I began to speak them out. Not because my words had power, but because God's Word is living and active. I wanted my thoughts and words to line up with what God had already said.
Even now, God is inviting you to come alive to who you already are in Christ.
So how do we walk in that truth?
Read God’s Word: You can’t speak truth if you don’t know it. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.
Repent: Ask God to show you the lies you’ve believed, and turn from them. Repentance is part of real freedom.
Pray: Invite the Holy Spirit to help you walk in your identity as a child of God. Being a new creation means God is doing something new in you. He is creating good things by his Spirit. Pray to see yourself as Jesus sees you.
Remember that the old has passed and the new has come. You don’t need to make it true by speaking it. It already is, so take hold of it. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t make room for the old ways. Walk in what God has already said is true of you.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. (Romans 13:14)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. (Proverbs 18:21)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
In 1968, researchers Rosenthal and Jacobson conducted a study where teachers were led to believe that certain students (randomly chosen) were more gifted than others. Even though there was no actual difference in ability, those students performed better—simply because they were treated differently. There’s something powerful about believing what’s been spoken over you.
But human words are fallible. God’s Word, however, is infallible—and he doesn’t merely “speak potential” over us. God declares truth, and then by the Spirit, God brings it to pass.
Take Gideon. He was hiding in fear when an angel of the Lord appeared and called him a mighty warrior (Judges 6:12). That wasn’t flattery. Gideon didn’t feel brave—and he wasn’t brave. But God wasn’t calling out some hidden strength within him. He was declaring what He would accomplish through Gideon, by His power. That’s how God works. He takes the weak, the fearful, and the broken—and by His grace, He transforms them for His glory.
In the same way, God sees you as you are in Christ. A part of my own story of finding freedom from addiction was learning to believe what God says about me: that I am a new creation, set free, made for good works. As I read the Word and came to trust those promises, I began to speak them out. Not because my words had power, but because God's Word is living and active. I wanted my thoughts and words to line up with what God had already said.
Even now, God is inviting you to come alive to who you already are in Christ.
So how do we walk in that truth?
Read God’s Word: You can’t speak truth if you don’t know it. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.
Repent: Ask God to show you the lies you’ve believed, and turn from them. Repentance is part of real freedom.
Pray: Invite the Holy Spirit to help you walk in your identity as a child of God. Being a new creation means God is doing something new in you. He is creating good things by his Spirit. Pray to see yourself as Jesus sees you.
Remember that the old has passed and the new has come. You don’t need to make it true by speaking it. It already is, so take hold of it. Put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t make room for the old ways. Walk in what God has already said is true of you.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. (Romans 13:14)
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