Day Eight

Step 8: Shift From Pain Into PURPOSE!

This is where the shift happens.

We've got our hearts and souls on the road to healing and wholeness, now we use that pain/that trauma/that experience we've endured for the glory of God.

This is where we share our story!

When I began to write out my story is where a lot of healing came for me. It wasn't easy to write out because I felt like I was reliving all the pain and trauma again and I didn't want to.

But it is necessary for healing.

Those things we keep hidden and tucked away can't be healed. Now, I'm not saying we have to share every part of our story but we should tell what we can so we can make the most impact for the Kingdom of God.

For me personally, I took a journal and wrote it all out. I wrote it out as I remembered it and just dumped my story out onto paper. It didn't look pretty. It didn't feel good.

But I knew this was vital to my healing. If I wanted to give glory to God, how could I if I wanted to keep my story a secret?

When I wrote out my story it was for me. I was being obedient to the Lord when I felt now was the time to get my story onto paper. I didn't withhold anything that came up. It wasn't easy but as I began to dump it all out onto paper, I began to feel better...lighter. I could sense that healing was happening.

Now when I share my story it looks much different, and I am still taken back but I know my story matters and I know there are so many people who are stuck in their pain and have no hope.

So, for those people I will share my story no matter how hard it is for me. I will still get a shaky cracked voice, and my heart will still race but I do it anyway because If I can help just one person...I've given glory to God.

And that's what matters.

Making an impact.

Nothing is wasted with God. You are not alone, there are others out there who have gone through something similar but have no hope. They are still stuck in that pain.

But not you. I am so proud of you. You have come back every day to do the work! Just know the work you are doing is incredible and you will be blessed because of it, and in turn so will so many others.

For the last seven days you've recognized the pain, you've called the pain by its name, you've surrendered the pain to God, you've forgiven, you've received what's been made available by way of the cross, you've been obedient to the Lord, you have a grateful heart and now...your mindset has shifted over from pain into your PURPOSE!

Satan always tries to wound us in the area that pertains to our purpose.

Allow that pain to showcase who God is in your life.

Allow God to continue to heal you, it is a process. Also, make sure to give Him all the glory for what He has done in you and what He will do through you!

Praise God!

God can't use you like He wants to when you are wounded and not willing to give Him the broken pieces.

God is the master Potter, and we are the clay (Isaiah 64:8). He knows exactly how we were shaped and formed, He knows exactly how to heal and restore us, better than before!

Trust Him.

Allow Him in to heal you from the inside out, so you can be all He has created you to be in Jesus mighty name. Amen.

TODAYS PRACTICE

Write out your testimony. Get a journal or open a word document and dump it all out. Don't worry if it doesn't come out in chronological order or you misspell words. Right now, we are working getting your story out of you and onto paper!

As you begin this step, be prepared to feel all the emotions. It's ok to feel. It's good to feel. Let that pain turn into purpose. These are the people you will minister to.

Make sure to have a time set aside where you can focus and get it out. I feel if you keep having interruptions it can create anxiety. So, having a time set aside for this is crucial.

I also like to have anointed instrumental music playing (I like Kyle Lovett Warfare & Worship Music: I Am Anointed with Fresh Oil), also having an essential oil diffuser going can be helpful. We are setting the environment when we do this.

Pray and ask God to help you get your story out of you, onto paper and into the world so that your story can give God glory!

TODAYS DECLARATION

I am who God says I am. I am allowing God to use the pain for my purpose! The pain I've endured will not go to waste. I am a child of God, and I take my rightful place as His chosen masterpiece! Today I take back what the enemy stole! My testimony brings glory to God and every time I share it people tell me how it's made a wonderful impact on their life! I live in God's supernatural peace. I am healed and made whole in Jesus' mighty name!

PRAYER FOR TRAUMA AND PAIN

Dear Lord,

I boldly come to you as you said we could in your Word as your child. I bind the devil and the spirit of trauma and pain and command them to leave my brother/my sister now in Jesus' name. I plead the precious blood of Jesus over these people, and I say NO MORE! No more will they live in fear, torment and anxiety in Jesus' name. I bind the devil and his plots, plans and schemes for my friends reading this prayer right now and I command you to take your filthy lying hands off of them NOW in Jesus' name. You are a liar and the father of all lies. I silence the accuser and declare you null and void.

I release the spirit of peace over each person reading this prayer and I declare The Blessing of the Lord over you. I declare you are who God says you are! You are not your past, you are not your failures, you are not your sins, you are not what you've done or what's been done to you. You are redeemed and forgiven by the precious and powerful blood of Jesus.

Take your rightful position as a child of God! It's time to know who you are and who's you are in Jesus' name. It's time to allow God to re-write your story. It's time to allow God in to heal you. You still have a purpose! You still have a pulse, so God still has a plan! It's time to rise up and take back what the enemy stole. Lord, I ask you to give my brothers/my sisters double for their trouble just like you did for Job!

Today.

I declare you are healed and made whole from the top of your head to the soles of your feet, inside and out in Jesus' mighty name.

Receive your healing.

Take it.

It belongs to you.

Amen!

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