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40 Days of Faith – Day 14 | Standing in Faith

The Status

On Day 14 of our #40daysoffaith adventure moving from MD to CO on the word of God, I practiced walking out my faith by continuing to stand for the healing God told me is complete. I struggled earlier this morning, but by the afternoon, successfully kept any lingering symptoms of C-PTSD at bay for the rest of the day.

My husband and I are still working out what it means for me to stand for the body-and-brain healing from trauma that God recently told me was complete. Sometimes, it means I have to tell my brain to stop ruminating on stressful memories or what-if scenarios. Sometimes, it means I tell my body to stop reverting to habitual fight-flight-freeze-fawn responses when I experience something that used to trigger me. Sometimes, it means I have to remind myself I’m healed and any emotional experiences of trauma are false. Sometimes, it means my husband and I pray over me to guard me from such spiritual attack.

The Takeaway

For me, it all boils down to Ephesians 6:13–

“Because [our wrestling is against spiritual forces], take-up every-weapon of God so that you-may-have-the-power to stand-against in the day full-of-pain, having each-and-every-thing worked-out to stand.” Ephesians 6:13

When it comes to spiritually standing for healing that I haven’t yet fully tasted (as described in Ephesians 6:13), or guarding healing that I have fully tasted, there is one common thread: taking authority over every part of me: my body, my soul (mind+heart), and my spirit. When I take authority over myself, I get to decide what affects each of my parts: either what God has spoken over me (wholeness), or what the enemy is speaking over me (disease). When I am in charge of myself, I get to say which influence stays and which goes—with the power of Yeshua’s name. It is as if I am standing up to a scary bear threatening to eat me, and declaring it does not have God’s permission to do so (like my little girl did today to this stuffed bear, pictured). I do this because I believe what I have heard from God but not yet seen fully. This is how I walk out my faith.

“When I take authority over myself, I get to decide what affects each of my parts: either what God has spoken over me (wholeness), or what the enemy is speaking over me (disease).”

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The Prayer

God, I heard you and I believe you that I am healed. Help me stand for it until the symptoms of trauma subside. Give me discernment for how to circumvent trauma habits and send away spiritual attack. I believe in your word. So be it—amen.

The Challenge

What is your #40daysoffaith adventure and how did Day 14 go? What is one thing God has spoken over your journey that you need to start believing by faith today?

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