{"id":647,"date":"2018-03-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/are-you-being-captive-audience\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:13:12","slug":"are-you-being-captive-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Are You Being a \u201cCAPTIVE\u201d Audience?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAPTIVE — a person or animal who has been taken prisoner or confined; detained, in captivity, imprisoned, locked up.<\/p>\n

Ever have one of those days, weeks or months, when everything you do seems to be inadequate, at least in your own eyes? Your parenting skills, being a loving and kind spouse, your efficiency at work, being a great friend. You\u2019ve endeavored to be the best you can be, and it just doesn\u2019t seem to measure up. \u201cA good parent would have known their child was sick or on drugs or was missing school.\u201d \u201cA great spouse wouldn\u2019t be so insensitive and unsupportive.\u201d \u201cAn efficient employee wouldn\u2019t be making so many mistakes.\u201d <\/p>\n

I hear those voices, too. \u201cA great friend would stay in better touch.\u201d \u201cYou talk too much.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re too old to do that.\u201d I\u2019m here today to tell you AND me \u201cDon\u2019t listen to the lies of the enemy of our souls because he wants to take us CAPTIVE to those voices!\u201d 2 Corinthians 10:5 says \u201cCasting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into CAPTIVITY to the obedience of Christ.\u201d <\/p>\n

YOU ARE a good parent. You ARE a great wife or husband. You are a wonderful friend and daughter or son. You are an outstanding employee. The enemy of our souls wants us to believe otherwise. Sure, maybe there are areas that we could do better and we can always strive to be the best version of ourselves for others, but don\u2019t, for minute, listen to the lies of the enemy. He has one goal in mind, and that\u2019s to take us, and our thoughts \u2013 CAPTIVE \u2013 always wanting us to think less of ourselves than God does. <\/p>\n

The accuser lies to us all the time. God is always for us and reminds us that even when we feel spent and insignificant and too little and we\u2019ve let the enemy take our hearts CAPTIVE, God will not have it. Through it all \u2013 the ups and the downs, the mistakes we make and the worries we carry \u2013 our messes are not too much for Him. \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (our messes).\u201d 2 Corinthians 12:9<\/p>\n

Maybe you can relate to what I\u2019m sharing today. Are you wrapped in a bunch of lies about your inadequacies that weigh you down and wear you out? Please allow me to encourage you with this thought. Jesus doesn\u2019t sit across the table from you or me saying \u201cYour situation is beyond My pay grade.\u201d In fact, I\u2019m quite sure He leans in close, looks into our eyes, and says, \u201cI will not ever leave you or forsake you and you will NOT be held CAPTIVE any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus is our patient friend. Sometimes He speaks boldly through others and other times, He speaks directly to us with truth from His Word. Either way, when we\u2019re tempted to believe one lie, or maybe three, we charge back with God\u2019s truth instead.<\/p>\n

God bailed us out of Satan\u2019s prison. We are no longer CAPTIVE. Let\u2019s take Satan CAPTIVE and imprison every one of his thoughts, emotions, and lies to listen to God\u2019s voice and His truths. When we do, those negative voices don\u2019t stand a chance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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