The Faith Beyond Trauma Podcast

Establishing Boundaries by Faith- Don't Let the Enemy Use You Against You Pt 2

• Pastor Reggie

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We anchor on spiritual authority, make sense of unseen battles that shape daily life, and show how to guard the heart with truth, prayer, and practical boundaries. We call listeners to pick up old promises, act with courage, and walk by faith with a renewed mind.

• authority in Christ and the role of the Holy Spirit
• the spiritual shaping the natural, not people as enemies
• Psalm 8 and delegated dominion with responsibility
• Ephesians 6 armor as daily practice and protection
• guard your heart and set faith-based boundaries
• prayer, praise, and presence to stop spirals
• take thoughts captive and speak the word over triggers
• keep a prayer journal to hold God’s instructions
• recover the old promise and act on it with courage
• creation groaning for mature sons and daughters


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You have all the authority that Jesus has as you move on this earth. You got the Holy Spirit. So there's no devil in hell that can stop the power of God from moving in your life and on your behalf. That's why I said that. That's why some of us, you know, we've been um, you know, we've grown up in the things of the spirit, and so when I say it kind of was kind of jarring. And I I get that, I give respect to that. I definitely minimized it. I will I will say that. But it still is the same, it still remains the same. The spiritual influences the natural. So some most things of what you see is a byproduct of something spiritual, whether you acknowledge that or not. But thanks be to God, we are a spirit. God's Holy Spirit rests within and upon you, within you for your connection with Christ, upon you for service to other people. You have a soul, your mind, your will, and emotion, your free will. You possess a body. This is your authority to rule and reign on this earth. Psalms 8, put it this way. Oh Lord, our Lord, your name, your majestic name, feels of your glory, is higher than the heavens. You have taught children and infants to tell your strength, silencing your enemy and all who oppose you. Look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers, the moon, the stars, seven place. What are mere mortals that you should think about them? Human beings that you should care for them. Yet you made them a little lower in Hebrew than Elohim, or God, and crowned him with glory and honor. You gave them charge of everything and putting all things under their authority. The flocks, the herds, the wild animals, the birds, the sky, the fish and sea, and everything that swims on the ocean currents. We go back to Gen Z. He tells us this. So David is right and say, Look, you made a little lord in yourself. So you have authority on this, you have authority definitely in your world, in your piece of this world. You have authority there. You have authority, you have authority, you have authority. But the enemy don't want you to know that. So, yes, we're not fleshing, fighting against flesh and blood. We love people. We love people. God loved Judas. We love people, we hate the spirit, we stand against the enemy. Jesus talking to Peter, get behind me, Satan. Why? This is the spirit which Peter was operating. He loved Peter. But too many times we get caught up in knowing people by the flesh, but not by the spirit. And as a result, we treat them here as opposed to based on what he's saying, how to handle this. So put on every piece of God's armor. Ephesians 6.13. You may be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle, you'll be standing firm, standing to your truth, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. For sure, put on the peace that comes from the good news. So you may be fully prepared. In addition, hold up the shield of faith to stop all the fiery darts, arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet and take the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Pray the spirit at all times, on evocation, stay alert, be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. So we have this setup to where look, we have all this armor. You have to armor up. You must protect this house. You must protect here. You must guard your heart. Why? Because out of it flow the issues of life. You must set a boundary.

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Why?

SPEAKER_00:

Because we're not rescued flesh and blood. Yes, those situations those people have names. Those actors have names. Those people, yes, they hurt you. And so you can tell where you're still you are your state of healing because it goes from they hurt me to hold on, talking about, I'm healthy enough to understand hurt people, hurt other people.

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Just saying, it's not step one, don't get me wrong, but you you you do grow that. So we stand against the head of the devil, we stand against the adversary, and most importantly, we allow God to heal our hearts.

SPEAKER_00:

You set the boundary of your heart by faith and not by sight. So, how do I not allow the enemy to use me against me, you against you?

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When you find yourself spiraling, check yourself.

SPEAKER_00:

We talked through last video about uh prayer and praise, using that to bring you back to the present moment. Then once you back into this present moment, aware of where you are, most importantly, his presence, inviting him in. Bring up that situation, bring up that thought of that word that caused your emotional response. Take it captive to the word of God. Speak to yourself, speak to your situation, speak to that person that you brought up, whatever what the word of God says, or what God has previously told you about your situation. Because a lot of times that's critical, too. That's why it's so important to have a prayer journal, have somewhere where you can catalog what you're hearing your place of prayer outside of as well. Because typically, God would give you the instructions for the battle before the battle happens. He will give you his word before you even get started and get going. And as a result, you it's incumbent upon us to set a boundary around that, to protect what he told us, to quiet, to steal our hearts, because he sent his word out and it heals, it delivers us. His word does just that. And so we have to remember, because I just told you, march out to four, the enemy comes to get you away from that word. You can almost say that you know the level of attack is meant to distort or to disembark you. Stop right, is to dislodge, yes, the word from you.

SPEAKER_01:

So speak that word of your situation.

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Go back to it, go back to your notes, think about it. What did it say? I'm gonna say this, it's at that. Okay, cool. You began to say that. And as you're saying this, think about see yourself in your mind doing what the word says, see yourself speaking to that mouth and speaking to that situation, see yourself acting on the word of God. What does this do? This helps create divine expectations and it gives God something to work with.

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So hold that thought, that word.

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You gotta bring up that person. Well, Johnny said this. Okay, cool. Hold it the captive to the word of God. What did God say? If you need to go back in your notes, try to remember, because you forgot, you let it slip. Remember what he said. Use that word back. See yourself speaking that. You need to get in front of a mirror, speak that thing, speak that word, see yourself bold, even if you got the fake team, make it. If you have to fake it, make it. See yourself your favorite superhero, your favorite salute, your favorite superhero. See the bold and brave. See yourself that way. Doing what the word of God told you you can do. Go back to once you were younger, you were in the mirror. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Or five, four, three, two, one. Why do we stop doing that? Why do we stop seeing ourselves as bold and courageous, seeing ourselves as the victor. Don't make permanent deletions based on temporary things. Yes, we know you took the shot and failed. Yes, we know. You tried to pursue that and you failed. We know that. Yes, you know. You may have done something by faith, and it ain't happened yet. But the promise still stands. Promise still stands. The word of God. The promise still stands. That word that he gave you still stands. It's October, we're about to get ready for the top of the last, top of the next year. Some of us, you don't need a new word for next year. You need to remember that old word that you buried, that you forgot, that you let slip. That was divinely inspired. Yes, I know it was given to you once you were young. I know that. I understand that. But that was divinely inspired. The enemy wanted to dislodge you from that word so much because we didn't set a boundary around a hedge of protection. We didn't treat it as valuable. We didn't hold on to it. But I'm telling you, go back, pick it back up. Yes, I understand. You may be as far from the east and the west right now. But that means that as you move in that direction, he's gonna allow situations to reconcile things with your past. He's gonna allow it to happen. Jacob and Esau, 21 years over here, gotta come back. You try to, I haven't done this since I was okay, fine, but you haven't fulfilled God's will for you yet. Oh. Come on now. You're looking for step two, God, like, hey, let's finish step one. Let's get after it, let's move. It's time, let's go. We need the sons, and creation is groaning. The U.S. is groaning, the world is groaning for the manifestations of the sons and daughters of God. Believer, we need you.

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We need to see God's people stand up. Need to see you rose up.

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So renew your mind, set boundaries, establish boundaries. If it's established boundaries about to the word of God, what he says about you. Find some people that will nurture that atmosphere with you as well. And give him alone his glory, honor, and praise through your words and your act of obedience. And let it come to pass. Hallelujah. Thank you, Father God. You will manifest your good, please, the perfect word. Thank you for the invitation to walk by faith and not by sight. May you your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In our lives, God, in our lives be glorified, Father God. You be lifted up over what they said, over what they did. You be lifted up, Father God, over what we did not do that the enemy tried to use to bring guilt and shame and regret, Father God. You be glorified, Father God. In Jesus' name. Till we meet again. You manifest God's good. Please be perfect with your spirit solely body. We love you. Amen.