{"id":13229,"date":"2020-09-26T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=13229"},"modified":"2020-09-26T05:34:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T10:34:22","slug":"dont-believe-the-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=13229","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Believe the Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re hearing voices in your head that talk you down \u2013 then this blog is for you. We’ve all heard those smack-talk voices that are sent to undermine our very existence and keep us from all that God has destined for us. \u201cYou\u2019ll never amount to anything.\u201d \u201cYou are too old to do that.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019ve outlasted your expiration date!\u201d \u201cYou are weak.\u201d \u201cYou are afraid.\u201d “Give up. You\u2019re going to fail again.\u201d \u201cQuit now before you make a fool of yourself.\u201d “Give up — there’s no way out!” “You weren’t born into the ‘right’ family.” “You could NEVER be a success — you don’t have the looks for that!” “You’re a loser!” “You’ve tried that before and it didn’t work out — give up!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve heard any one of those statements \u2013 then here\u2019s the truth \u2013 the Gospel truth: They are all lies and they come from the father of lies. Scripture verifies it: \u201cThere is no truth in him (the devil). When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.\u201d (John 28:7). So if you\u2019re hearing any of those words and statements, just know the opposite is true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case in point. This year America\u2019s Got Talent winner, for the first time in the show\u2019s history, was a poet. No acrobatics, no singing voice of a virtuoso, no mouth-dropping dance skills, no stand-up comedian, ventriloquist or magic act. Brandon Leake, an inspired and gifted writer and spoken word poet \u2013 won Season 15 of AGT, claiming the $1 million prize, a new car, and a show in Las Vegas. A little history about Brandon \u2013 raised by a single mom in his neighborhood ghetto with an abusive home life. Imagine the voices he shut out to be a champion today. After the show, he responded to the question: \u201cHow will this help you in your cause against racial injustice?\u201d His response: \u201cFirst and foremost, as a believer in Christ, I’m compelled to stand on frontlines of social and racial injustice.\u201d His performances and very personal poetry, addressed uplifting and serious topical subjects, like his strained relationship with his father and the power of forgiveness, new baby daughter and the joys of parenthood. Not your usual AGT talent. Brandon took the negative voices of his past and used them as a platform to victory. And we can do that, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was a kid and another kid was fibbing, we’d chant “Liar, Liar….pants on fire!\u201d Well, it’s time to start saying that to those voices that are lying to you, because you were born with the seeds of greatness in you! You are destined for greatness — you were designed by the Creator to conquer, to win, and be a champion! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s what is truth for you, too. If you are a believer in Christ, there are no limits to what you can do and be. Nothing \u2013 absolutely nothing \u2013 is impossible with God! (Luke 1:37) Take the limits off. You are a winner and can do all things through Christ Who gives you strength. You are full of courage and boldness and no weapon formed against you will prosper! And, that my friends, is the TRUTH — the GOSPEL TRUTH! And don’t you forget it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re hearing voices in your head that talk you down \u2013 then this blog is for you. We’ve all heard those smack-talk voices that are sent to undermine our very existence and keep us from all that God has destined for us. \u201cYou\u2019ll never amount to anything.\u201d \u201cYou are too old to do that.\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18689,18691,18690,18692],"tags":[18685,4830,18686,1210,18684,9955,18681,18687,14799,15559,18688,18682,18683],"class_list":["post-13229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas-got-talent-3","category-dont-believe-lies","category-poetry","category-voices","tag-1-million","tag-americas-got-talent","tag-believer-in-christ","tag-blog","tag-brandon-leake","tag-father-of-lies","tag-hearing-voices","tag-liar-liar-pants-on-fire","tag-lies","tag-poet","tag-poetry","tag-smack-talk","tag-undermine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13232,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13229\/revisions\/13232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}