Spiritual Curses

My Facebook post from September 19, 2014:

Today my devotional is so GOOD! The Holy Spirit revealed a lot of things about myself that I didn't know before and I now understand how my fleshly mind works.

Christ is constantly fighting for our soul, there are spiritual battles we are facing every minute of our day whether we know it or not. Sometimes there are victories, sometimes we are defeated and sometimes we face the same battle that seems to have no end. There are curses we are bound by which comes from sin. It's like karma, you commit a sin, sinful things happen in your life. It's not judgement, this is truth!

So how do I break away from my curses? How can I stop these sinful things that seem to haunt me? First of all, it helps to understand how the fleshly mind works. It is written in the Bible:

"For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God." -Romans 8:6-8

The flesh is sinful, we as physical beings are sinful by nature. It's a curse which Adam and Eve passed down for generations, which we cannot break. My sinful nature is not pleasing to God, my fleshly mind, which lives in material things or our material world, is not pleasing to God. So I'm a cursed, horrible, sinful human being which I cannot break away from, it sounds like a nightmare! And it is without Christ! But here comes the beautiful part!

I am loved for who I am, what I been, where I'm going and where my mind is! I am loved by God! And I am so loved that He gave me His grace and mercy so my soul and spirit can be at peace! I can rest my soul and spirit with peace because I am saved!

Even though I am saved, I'm still facing battles in my daily life and only Christ(and I repeat) ONLY Christ can win victories for my soul! Sometimes it feels like the closer the relationship I have with Christ the harder the battles become. Sometimes it seems easier to give up than to keep fighting. That's my curse which my fleshly mind tends to think. I tend to get comfortable with my material mind and just because I'm not thinking about my battles, doesn't mean there's no battles going on for my soul. In fact ignoring the battles is worse than giving up. I know this because I lost my physical being daughter over spiritual battles I been ignoring. It's my biggest curse!

I'm not trying to judge if you felt something from that statement, I'm stating truth behind my own curses and battles. It may sound dramatic, but I'm revealing what the Holy Spirit is feeding me!

This is why I felt guilt, shame, regret, anger, depressed, devastated and grieved. But I am forgiven! God has forgiven me and I forgive myself! For I nurture myself in the Holy Spirit so I can nurture others, for I love myself in the Holy Spirit so I can love others. For I am at peace with the Holy Spirit.

Thanks fOr REadIng!