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I was thinking about soul ties while in the shower tonight. I don't know if any of you guys doubt whether these are real, but I was thinking, "If relationships and community are so important for us, and represent TRUTH to us, wouldn't the father of lies have some sort of perversion or imitation of this reality? Of course he would. Soul ties are one version of that."
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Facebook...where soul ties are given new life and more power since 2004.
ReplyDeleteJust "de-friended" some strong candidates for soul ties (women from my past) this morning. Felt I was led to do this last night during the lecture.
While they are no longer my "friends" and can't keep up with my often random postings, they have some blessings coming their way. I think they made out in the deal.
bc
Stevie - smart thinking, makes a lot of sense to me.
ReplyDeleteYea Brett!
I agree with what you are saying, Steven.
ReplyDeleteEach time I repent of a soul-tie, I see myself breaking loose from a strand of a spider's web (let's call her Shelob) that has ensnared me for years from being connected to the Body.
Brett, I followed your lead on this one:
I just removed "friends" from my facebook account-- each with a prayer of repentance, "Lord, I repent of my sexual immorality with _______. I release her, and I receive your purity and your love, Lord. Please give her purity in all her relationships. Amen."
There is freedom there. I have been singing of it most of the day.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about these Soul ties and Steven's comment, "...this isn't biblical." Now I am not issuing a blanket statement; but Jesus never talked about the sound barrier, telephones or the asteroid belt. And still we know they exist and are real, although I've never touched an asteroid or been to the belt. So these soul ties, yeah, there is something to them. 4 times in the bible it speaks to a man leaving his family for his wife. 3 of them say, "become one flesh." Now, it says in 1 Corinthians 6:16
ReplyDeleteDo you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
So like the sound barrier, telephones and asteroids. These are real. Whether they are the tip of the iceburg or they are an iceburg unto themselves, I believe they are real.
As for me, I've had a soul tie that was difficult to get over. During the fist 10 years of my marriage, there were times I longed for the intimacy "Shelob" and I shared. She was the first to say, "I love you" where I truely received the freedom associated with love. It was the purest I'd ever known to love to be and I left it.
There were many a time when I longed for that; but when I left it she left, too. After 4 years of dating, we never had sex... we were waiting.
I came to realize years later that what I was holding on to was nothing more than a distraction (dispite the illustion of comfort, love and acceptance) from where Jesus was leading me... into a deeper relationship with the woman he intends to funnel his love for me.
Soul Ties... I will review for the ones that are less obvious that keep me tied in.
Peace to each of you in this journey.
I'm grateful you brought this up, Dave. I believe there is healing for us as we confess our stuff to each other.
ReplyDeleteToday, I was listening to "I Will Give You All My Worship" on a CD in my car, and when I parked, the Lord gave me a glimpse of some of the dirt that has accumulated in my soul over the years.
He was indeed kind about it, and it led me to repentance:
My prayer was something along the lines,
"Lord, I repent of all my false definitions of love:
I repent of any and all sexual fantasies I have played out in my mind that led or didn't lead to masturbation.
I repent of any song or movie or billboard or advertisement that led me to agree with a false definition of love. (Two I named specifically were 2Pac lyrics that involved "alcohol and booty call" and Victoria Secret billboards or ads.)
I repent of any sexual experience (fornication, adultery, sexual immorality) that led me to agree with a false defintion of love.
Lord, please allow a rushing water to come and cleanse my soul from this filth. Let us start over with a true definition of LOVE:
God is love.
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. (1 John 3:16)
Yes, Jesus! Amen.
Shoe, your words are like refreshment on my soul. You are the real deal and I love you.
ReplyDeleteI am up unusually late tonight. I was ready to go to bed and felt for some reason to be on the internet. Not sure why that was. That has lead me to trouble in the past. God had this nugget waiting for me.
His forever and ever Amen.
I love you too, Dave. You're the man!
ReplyDeleteSomething else has come up with the unloving spirit:
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to eating food, I believe the unloving spirit would have us choose grease over fresh food (especially fruits and veggies) every time.
It is after our hearts in all sorts of ways.