"I've tried everything to get free but nothing works - I'm stuck under oppression."
How it sounds in your head: Prayer, fasting, deliverance ministry, accountability - I've done it all and I'm still in the same place. Nothing changes. Maybe I'm the one person who can't get free. I'm the exception to every promise.
"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him."
-- Acts 10:38Source: accumulated disappointment from failed religious formulas combined with teaching that freedom requires finding the right method or technique to apply.
The track record of attempted solutions that didn't work seems to prove you're beyond help. Every failed attempt adds to the evidence that you're the exception to God's promises.
She suffered for TWELVE YEARS, spent everything on physicians, tried every treatment, grew WORSE not better. One touch of Jesus' garment and she was IMMEDIATELY healed - not by trying harder but by believing better.
I REFUSE the lie that I'm stuck under oppression because nothing works. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus healed ALL who were oppressed by the devil - and that includes ME. I'm not the exception to God's promises; I'm the REASON for them. IT IS WRITTEN in John 8:36 that whom the Son sets free is free INDEED. Not 'might be free someday' or 'free after you find the right method' - free INDEED, right NOW. My freedom isn't found in a formula - it's found in a FINISHED WORK. I stop striving and start receiving. The BARAK blessing came on Abraham before he did anything right - my blessing isn't earned by trying everything, it's received by trusting JESUS.
The Father isn't waiting for you to find the right technique - He's waiting for you to stop trying and start receiving what Jesus already accomplished. The work is FINISHED; your job is to believe it.