Weeds in My Garden: De-FIB-ulator

Ephesians 6:12 (CSB)
¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens. 

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John 8:44 (NIV)
“He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

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2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (CSB)
³ For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, ⁴ since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments ⁵ and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ. 

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IDENTIFY THE LIE.

NAME THE TRUTH THAT DEMOLISHES THAT LIE.

LIE: I AM WHAT I DO

TRUTH: YOU ARE A VALUED CHILD OF THE KING OF KINGS.

LIE: I AM WHAT OTHERS SAY OF ME.

TRUTH: YOU ARE WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE.

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Ephesians 2:10 (CSB)
For we are his workmanship…

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LIE: I AM MY PAST  

TRUTH: GOD DOESN’T GIVE UP ON WHAT HE GAVE HIS SON FOR

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Philippians 1:6 (CSB)
⁶ I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

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LIE: I’M A MISTAKE.  

TRUTH: GOD MADE YOU INTENTIONALLY

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Psalms 139:13-14 (CSB)
For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.

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I AM NOT ENOUGH  

TRUTH: WITH JESUS YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

GOD IS NOT RELUCTANT TO SAVE

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Isaiah 59:1 (NIV)
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save…

Isaiah 65:2 (NIV)
All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people…”

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COMMUNION:

I am loved.

I am cherished.

I am chosen.

I am forgiven.

I am freed.

I am redeemed.

I am restored.

I am more than my past.

I am more than my worst mistake.

I am more than what they said of me.

I am a child of God.

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