"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth" 3 John 1:2
I remember not too long ago I whispered these words to God "Here my cry Oh Lord” I do not know who you are but someone needs to know giving up is not a scriptural option for you today. You are here for a reason and we are going to figure out what your profound purpose is during your stay here on earth. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" Romans 8:28
The reality is, some Christians have secret addictions, some are battling loneliness, some are feeling unwanted, some are going through some unspeakable stuff and some Christians are pretending everything is okay when their world is falling apart. Sometimes we are negatively affected by what someone did or said to us, it is in those moments we have to breathe in and exhale or count to ten. When we experience acts or demonstrate inappropriate behaviour that is rude or unkind we ask God how could some Christians be so vile. Our behavior as Christians must be Christ like. We are scripturally reminded of what Jesus “taught” us in scripture who stated, “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
I took matters into my hands and I had to speak 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 daily into my life to break every chain of spiritual dysfunction, bitterness, anger, disappointment, hurt, pain as I declare and I decree (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) I had to scripturally learn to be an active participant into the scriptural process of "casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”
I remember not too long ago I whispered these words to God "Here my cry Oh Lord” I do not know who you are but someone needs to know giving up is not a scriptural option for you today. You are here for a reason and we are going to figure out what your profound purpose is during your stay here on earth. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" Romans 8:28
The reality is, some Christians have secret addictions, some are battling loneliness, some are feeling unwanted, some are going through some unspeakable stuff and some Christians are pretending everything is okay when their world is falling apart. Sometimes we are negatively affected by what someone did or said to us, it is in those moments we have to breathe in and exhale or count to ten. When we experience acts or demonstrate inappropriate behaviour that is rude or unkind we ask God how could some Christians be so vile. Our behavior as Christians must be Christ like. We are scripturally reminded of what Jesus “taught” us in scripture who stated, “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
The most difficult thing for me as a Christian is to remember scriptural application during traumatic experiences as it is a process. I know from my own personal experiences, it is hard sometimes trying to do right by scripture, trying to do right by God and trying to understand why some Christians are so unlike Christ and unlike scripture.
Over the years, I was very hurt by one particular Christian who was mean spirited and selfish in nature due to Adam and Eve disobedience to God’s instruction outlined in the book of Genesis; who is a recipient of sin attributes. This person has a profound calling on their life yet their disobedience to God’s scriptural instruction, keeps them in a wilderness cycle because they refuse to 100% submit themselves to God. Most Christians are disconnected from their actions and inaction so I cannot ever hold it against them. However I have to unconditionally forgive them with all my heart, let it go and do right by scripture as outlined in Matthew 5:44.
When Christians do not value God it is impossible for them to value themselves or others, hence the reason why some Christians physically and emotionally hurt those who unconditionally love them. They themselves do not even knew why they do the things they do, who are aware or unaware of how poorly they treat others. For me, when the pain was too much I did consider taking my own life when someone called me "stupid and crazy” and this person almost bullied me to death even though I was an adult bullying happens to adults who are too ashamed to talk about it. My way out, was to jump in front of a train.
Thank God, God spoke to me and this is what He said, “I know things are falling apart right now but if you kill yourself now, you will also kill your son who loves you so much. God showed me an image of my older son in a vision and God told me I need to share my experiences as my experiences will inspire one Christian, which is your goal. Wow, one second, give me a moment please, sometimes it is hard to share because I just realized how far I have come, but that is God not me. God transitioned me from a state of having panic attacks that felt like heart attacks which was triggered by betrayal and I never knew when the next attack was going to happen. I was having difficulty coping with the faithlessness. Looking back now, I cannot believe I am saying this. My own mother does not know this about me, what I have been through, and this is my secret I am finding the courage to share with you. This is my secret I kept but now I can release it as part of the ongoing process of my own healing. I cannot believe I am sharing this but that is God, because someone needs to hear this. When the relationship betrayal happened, I was obsessed with fixing the unfix-able. I was emotionally suppressed and oppressed by the calculated spirit of dishonesty and bullying. Emotionally and physically I felt like Job in the bible. I had to depend on Proverbs 3:5-6 and I had to “trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. I had to acknowledge what I was dealing with was not a physical attack against me as this attack was from a spiritual prospective to destroy and to challenge my relationship with God. Whenever Christians experience struggles, challenges, or addictions we must look to Ephesians 6:12 to understanding what warfare we are dealing with, as we stand in the presence of the physical realm as Christians; For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” What we are dealing with directly or indirectly as Christians are “issues of life” spiritual warfare, sexuality spiritual warfare and spiritual warfare of diverse addictions.
When Christians do not value God it is impossible for them to value themselves or others, hence the reason why some Christians physically and emotionally hurt those who unconditionally love them. They themselves do not even knew why they do the things they do, who are aware or unaware of how poorly they treat others. For me, when the pain was too much I did consider taking my own life when someone called me "stupid and crazy” and this person almost bullied me to death even though I was an adult bullying happens to adults who are too ashamed to talk about it. My way out, was to jump in front of a train.
The good news is cutting, self-harming, thoughts of suicide, self-mutilating, betrayal must be noted as a spiritual attack against YOU, to see how YOU scripturally respond as a Christian regardless of your situation. Scripture is what made a big difference for me and I owe my life to scriptural application. I stopped crying and I had to tell myself I am scripturally worthy which scripturally pushed
me into a state of scriptural wholeness instead of brokenness. I realized God kept me and protected my mind from life storms, when I thought the devil was going to give me a breakdown, God kept me close to Him when I most let go. God hid me “...in the secret place of the most High” called 91:1 Psalm and God kept me. I had to internally believe in God’s sciptural promise which transformed my thoughts and my attitude. "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. I had to own the profound fact I was a soldier of Jesus Christ and I had to “...therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 2 Timothy 1:7 2 Timothy 2:3-4
As a Christian "when your obedience is fulfilled” it means we must unconditionally “submit yourselves therefore to God” When Christians submit themselves to God, we are able to “resist the devil (of self-harming self), and (the devil of various “issues of life” dysfunctions) will flee from you” "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Great is coming! "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome (cutting/self-harming/self-mutilating: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
Cutting is one of many “issues of life” challenges some Christians are facing right now in 2014. Self-harming undercurrent that keeps one destroying self is “issues of life” inability to cope which could be physical, mental, psychological, emotional or traumatic experiences one is unable to manage on their own. Some of these experiences keep one trapped into a cycle of dysfunction against self. The bible explain what “issues of life” is in Proverbs 4:2 as stated; "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”
"Issues of life” will keep one from asking for help, secrecy between self, feelings of not being good enough, abandonment, rejection, being bullied, name calling, verbal abuse, incest, sibbling abuse, rape, sexual orientation identity, out of control anger and promiscuity.
To our worldwide Christian brethren who are struggling with the addictions of cutting, self-harming or self-mutilating, the spirit of God wanted you to know today, you are not forgotten by God as scripture declares "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? “ Numbers 23:19 Being messed up is an opportunity for God to scripturally transition you from "mess to ministry”. Scripture does address cutting, yet some of our churches are unaware and unsupportive. Not surprising, some churches simply sweep “issues of life” under the church rug. The reality is, for some, within our Christian community some Christian men and some Christian women are unable to scripturally cope for whatever reason. As their secret addiction of what they are doing or experiencing at the hand's of self has silenced their voice or their ability to tell someone. In some cases it involves others who are abusing their power and their authority by exercising religious bullying and disrespectful behavior that is anti-scriptural. The one thing I want to be clear on,
"Issues of life” will keep one from asking for help, secrecy between self, feelings of not being good enough, abandonment, rejection, being bullied, name calling, verbal abuse, incest, sibbling abuse, rape, sexual orientation identity, out of control anger and promiscuity.
To our worldwide Christian brethren who are struggling with the addictions of cutting, self-harming or self-mutilating, the spirit of God wanted you to know today, you are not forgotten by God as scripture declares "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? “ Numbers 23:19 Being messed up is an opportunity for God to scripturally transition you from "mess to ministry”. Scripture does address cutting, yet some of our churches are unaware and unsupportive. Not surprising, some churches simply sweep “issues of life” under the church rug. The reality is, for some, within our Christian community some Christian men and some Christian women are unable to scripturally cope for whatever reason. As their secret addiction of what they are doing or experiencing at the hand's of self has silenced their voice or their ability to tell someone. In some cases it involves others who are abusing their power and their authority by exercising religious bullying and disrespectful behavior that is anti-scriptural. The one thing I want to be clear on,
we are not here to judge anyone. Scritpural directives are clear, "Judge not, that ye be not judged” Matthew 7:1 It is my understanding based on this scripture, if Christians judge anyone, they are spiritually, physically, and scripturally reposition themselves into a state of contempt of scripture. Contempt of scripture is a sin due to non compliance of scripture and non application of God’s scripture. I pick this topic because I felt the spirit of God wanted to reach out to this particular group of Christians who are secretly cutting/self-harming/self-mutilating self. "Just Say No To Sin" wanted to offer a scriptural resolution to various “issues of life” by extending a hand of compassion, God’s unconditional love regardless of one’s choices or decisions. We take pride in respecting one’s rights to choose under the Human Rights Code as our foundational premise is simple "to believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest” Scripture
is assuring you right now as the spirit of God is saying; "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” of you cutting, as it is written is discribed in scripture of the spiritual situation that was at hand; "His hands and feet had often been chained. But he tore the chains apart. And he broke the iron cuffs on his ankles. No one was strong enough to control him. Night and day he screamed among the tombs and in the hills. He cut himself with stones. When he saw Jesus a long way off, he ran to him. He fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? Promise before God that you won’t hurt me!” This was because Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you evil spirit!” Then Jesus asked the demon, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied. “There are many of us.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area. Mark 5:4-10 New International Reader's Version (NIRV) I believe with all my heart Jesus is the answer and scripture is our dispute resolution to codify all named and unnamed “issues of life” to self-decree "I shall not die (from my addiction), but live, and declare the works of the Lord” with scriptural support and professional help. Scriptural restoration means you have the scriptural power and the scriptural authority to take your life back from the spirit of self-harming self as a Christian. The reality is, some churches are unwilling in some cases to talk about real "issues of life” that are currently affecting some of our Christian brethren. Cutting, self-harming or mutilation, I felt, is not easy but it is achievable when you decide you are not going to be slave to the evil spirit self-harming you anymore, that is impeding with your right to scripurally live. Christians need to be careful how you are internally talking to yourself because you are listening by acting out a falsefied truth about you. Speak positive words of life back into you spirit and into your gifted mind to profoundly transform your action you sometimes take against yourself. Self-harming is emotional and physical and it is very complex. It happens in some cultures, worldwide religions, communities, families and it is for some, a 
secret. Some, deal with “issues of life” challenges by self-harm/cutting, drinking, attempting suicide, overdosing, taking drugs, smoking, in and out of bad relationships, making poor choices, making decisions that was not in the best interest of you, being internally angry to unleash external anger on someone, and executing abusive behaviour as these things in question are the symptoms. Self-harming self is a silent cry for help and self-harming self is the physical manifestation of unresolved "issues of life” pain from our yesterday. Some, due to unawareness or lack of knowledge are self sabotaging self because for whatever reason one indirectly does not like who they are as a person. It is not surprising, sometimes we fail to know and to seek out our own individual strength. Our strength will push and drive one into one’s greatness and purpose as you find your own strength. Sometimes the pain of one’s past disables one’s coping mechanisms. One's past will destroy the awesome person you are, if you let it. The fact that you are here today, you are alive today, I am personally thankful you have life. The gift of life as you stand in the presence of NOW, is God’s way to let you know right now, you are worthy, you are important and you are unconditionally loved. God has no religion because He is God all on His own because He is God who is not a man or a woman but an internal light of His unlimited possibility. God has nothing to do with the acts and the actions of anyone hurting you. God is a spirit and it was someone physical that hurt you who is without the spirit of God, the spirit of love and the spirit of integrity within them. God is unconditional love and hurt from someone you care about is independent of God. Where there is life there is great HOPE! Never loose hope because you are a very special gift to to this world. Positive thinking is key to overcome challenges.
Be patient with you, love you, forgive you, and do not be shy about asking for help which is the beginning of loving yourself and taking care of you.
You are an awesome person. The most important thing one is able to do right now is to perpetually speak words of life back into your fragmented life, of who you will become one day. You must now become a visionary and a profound inspiration. Self-harming is an opportunity to transition out of it with unconditional support, when you are ready. Learning and growing is an individual process and one day, you will be a positive mentor to someone. During our stay here on earth you and I are profoundly responsible to positively impact this world one person at a time but first you must believe you can defeat self-harming which starts from the inside out.
We want you to stay healthy, stay strong, focus on the positive because the negative is self-harming you. Please say yes to life, to ensure you do not slip away from us we need you to survive. You are worthy and you are valued. It is up to you to access your full potential by believing in you, to see you through one day at a time.
Remember, you are loved and if you need to talk, email us at restore.u@gmail.com .
