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BREAKING THE POWER OF INTIMIDATION By Omorovie M. Ikeke Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord, your God among you is a great and awesome God. Deuteronomy 7:21. The New International Webster's Pocket Dictionary defines the word "intimidation" as: To frighten. To pressure by threatening.
All human persons have suffered intimation in one way or the other in life. Our duty is to destroy all kinds of intimidation from our lives. Why many people may have succeeded in breaking the power of intimidation out of their lives, some people are still leveled by the power of intimidation. Intimidation kills and destroys your capacity to enter into your future. Intimidation invests you with fears and worries. Intimidation slows you down in life. Intimidation makes you to desire to go back into your past. Intimidation is a demonic power. It cripples you to the extent that you think the night is day and the day is night. You can break the power of intimidation out of your life. A closer look at some biblical stories reveals how intimidation works and how to conquer it. Stories of Intimidation The people of Israel felt intimidated before the Red Sea and the pursuing Egyptians and wanted to go back to Egypt. The 10 spies felt intimidated at the giants in the Promised Land and discouraged the people from making any attempt to conquer. The people of Israel felt intimated before Goliath. The disciples of Jesus initially felt intimidated and hid in locked rooms. The Nature of Intimidation Intimidation, though a demonic power that imprisons, it is also a mindset and an emotional feeling. Two persons may face the same situation, why one may be intimidated the other may not. David was not intimidated before Goliath. Moses was not intimidated by the Red Sea. The giants in the land did not intimidate Joshua and Caleb. After Pentecost the Sahedrin did not intimidate the disciples. The power of intimidation works in two directions. There is the intimidator that may be a person or place that tries to consciously or unconsciously intimidate you. Then there is the person who feels intimidated. Many people are intimidated by the problems of life. A persecuting and cruel authority intimidates some. Some are intimidated by their own limitations. Some are intimidated by their past and failures. Some are intimidated by the future, which looks mysterious and unknown. Some are intimidated by the fear of death. Some are intimidated by credit cards debts. Some are intimidated by friends who seem to be doing better than them. You Can Have Victory Over Intimidation You can have victory over intimidation. You are not made to live under intimidation. You are not a candidate for fear. Take a pen and list all the sources of your intimidation. When things are written down they become clarified. What you are able to conquer mentally in paper, you can conquer in real life. You have a power that is greater than your intimidation. The Lord God, an awesome and powerful God lives in you. David conquered Goliath by the power of God. The Red Sea divided when Moses stretched his God-given rod over it. Joshua and Caleb said, "We will enter the land because God delights in us." The apostles received power over intimidation at Pentecost. We fail very often in life because we rely on our own power. It makes no sense to depend on yourself when there is the power of God that you can depend upon. The bible says: "the arm of flesh will fail you." `The horses of the Egyptians cannot help you for they are flesh also." If there is anything that you need to learn from this reflection, it is that you need to tap into God's power hidden in you to win the daily battles of life. Positive Affirmations
TAKE MY WORD TO THE WORLD.
OMOROVIE M. IKEKE. Author of more than 25 books. Buy my latest book: "YOU ARE TALLER THAN YOUR PROBLEMS: MOVING AHEAD WITH POTENTIALITY THINKING." click and buy at http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/20784 |
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