Victory Over The Past:
Breaking Soul Ties
Breaking Soul Ties
When I answered the
phone, the person on the other end of the line sounded frantic. "Jimmie?"
she asked in a shaky voice. As soon as she said my name, I recognized the
caller as an old friend I hadn't talked to in years.
I confirmed who I was and Gail wasted no time in telling me why she had called.
"Jimmie, I need prayer!" she said
in a tone of desperation. "You know I'm married, and I love my husband,
but I can't stop thinking about Marty," she explained.
Marty was a mutual friend who Gail had dated
years ago but I thought that relationship was a thing of the past. Gail went on
to explain that she was a Christian and she knew it was wrong to think of
another man but she just couldn't seem to get Marty off her mind.
She asked me to come over to her house and
pray with her and I felt led in my spirit to oblige her request. After I
arrived, I sat on the couch and asked her how long this had been going on.
She said this mental battle had occurred at
different times but it seemed to happen more often when she was alone or when she and her husband were
not getting along.
She informed me that her husband was working
out of town and lately she had begun to have these troubling thoughts
again. She pleaded with me to tell her what to do.
First I assured her that God loved her and
her husband and wanted this marriage to work out. Then I told her I was
persuaded that God knew the answer to her problem and I was confident if we
prayed He would reveal what to do.
"Lord," I began. "You know
the situation here and I know you want Gail to have peace in her heart. She
wants to do right so I ask you to reveal to her the source of this problem and
show her what to do to be set free," Amen!
I turned to her and said, "Now Gail, Jesus
said, (Matthew 18:19) 'If two of you on
earth agree concerning anything they ask, It will be done for them by my Father
in Heaven.' Do you agree with me that He will answer this prayer?"
She said she agreed and, though nothing
happened at that moment, I felt assurance that the issue was resolved and that
Gail would get the victory over this struggle.
I said goodbye and had only been home a
couple of hours when my phone rang. It was Gail again, but this woman sounded
totally different than the one I had spoken to earlier.
"Jim!" she said excitedly.
"Right after you left I remembered a box of letters I had hidden up in my
closet.
"They were love letters that Marty wrote to me back when we were
dating," she revealed. "I had kept them all these years and sometimes when my husband and I got into an
argument or I felt lonely, I would take those letters down and read them and I would feel better."
She went on to explain that she felt like
the Lord told her to take the letters and throw them away and, as soon as she
did, the feelings and thoughts she had been struggling with left instantly!
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Sometimes, before we can enjoy all the
blessings God has in store for us in the future, we have to become disconnected
to certain things of the past.
An unhealthy connection to a person,
sometimes referred to as a "soul
tie", can preoccupy our thoughts and emotions and, as in Gail's case, keep
us from living the joyful, productive life God intended.
But God is always there in time of need and
if we call on Him with a sincere desire to please Him, He is faithful to
provide us with the wisdom and strength to do what is necessary to be free and
happy.
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