This devotion from John Eldridge’s Restoration Year is so important. Don’t miss this…
Don’t sin by letting anger control you. EPH 4:26 NLT
Your strongholds are not always based in sin. Paul says, “In your anger do not sin,” so note, anger does not equal sin.
Anger can be a very appropriate reaction to life’s injustices. However, failure to deal with that anger gives your enemy an opportunity to create places of bondage in your life. If you let the sun go down on these unresolved issues in your life-the wounds, the pain, and the sin that goes with them-it’ll get messy down the road. A genuine pursuit of holiness requires you deal with them now.
If you struggle with something, there are probably agreements like I’ll never get free of this. Those agreements serve as permission for the enemy to keep you in bondage. In addition, there are agreements with the sin itself: I am filled with rage; I am a drunk. Oh friend, don’t make agreements with your sin. You’re dead to sin and alive to God. You’re forgiven and dearly loved.
You must break these agreements. Some will be obvious to you; others require the presence of the Holy Spirit to reveal them. Ask for revelation.
Pause, and ask God to reveal the agreements you have been making with the lies of your enemy. Spirit of God, search me, know me, reveal to me the agreements I have been making. As you become aware of those agreements, take the deliberate step to break them.
I break these agreements in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ. I break agreement with [fill in the personal agreement here; renounce it in Jesus’ name]. Jesus—set me free in this very place.
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