8/13/17 "Cutting Away At Freedom"

8/13/17

To: My Cutters...I Care.
5 Minutes of Focus
"Cutting Away At Freedom"
Mark 5:1-5 NIV

The text says: NIght and day the man was in the tombs, crying out in the hills and no one was strong enough to subdue him, so he cut himself with stones.

Beloved, Sometimes people are just not strong enough to handle your issues...
Truth be told: They can barely handle their  own issues from day to day.

So, they'd rather bring you under control using physical force, versus taking the time needed  to get to the root of what's really bothering you emotionally.

Night and day,  you cry out, but no one can hear you, no one cares or understands you; at least, that's what you think....So, you cut yourself to escape the reality of your world, to escape  the pressures of your world...You cut yourself as I way of regaining control, as a way of taking control out of the hands of all the ones that hurt you. Not many will understand that place you're coming from.

But Jesus and his nailed scarred hands, he fully understands...
Jesus didn't cut himself or self-harm, but he did allow himself  to be harmed....and he did it just for you. (Isaiah 53, Matt 27)

So you wouldn't have to know the shame of hiding yourself. Hiding in long clothes all summer long, hiding behind dark shades, hiding  behind humor (when nothing is funny), hiding behind sarcasm and/or profanity NOT wanting anyone to see your scars.

Read Mark 5 in full and you will discover the man in the text was referred to as "Demon Possessed"....Why demon possessed?  Because  it's  the devil that wants to take your life or your quality of life by inflicting you with pain.

Still Jesus is a restorer, he's  the restorer of the brokenhearted.  (Psalm 147:3)
He heals bodies and emotions
(Jere 30:17)
He is the lifter of your head. (Psalm 3:3)

Focus Points:

1. Why are you acting and doing the things that you're doing?

2.   Don't you know: For every physical action...There is an emotional reaction.

3. So, What are you reacting to?

4. Cutting yourself is not the answer...It will only complicate matters further.

5. The Self-Harm Hotline....Call: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288)
There is help/hope.

6. To hear this message in full "Cutting Away At Freedom"
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Until Next Sunday.
LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy