8 – Trauma and Rejection

Bible Verses

Psalms 82:3 – “Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.(NLT)

Isaiah 53:3 – “He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. (NLT)

Matthew 11:28-30 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (NIV)

Romans 8:1 – “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”(NKJV)

Romans 8:15 – “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’ ” (NKJV)

Ephesians 1:5 – “He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.” (NIV)

Discussion

Spiritual bondage comes in through many different ways. The way we are treated by the people around us sow seeds in us. Those seeds take root, and as they grow, they bring forth a harvest. Seeds of love and righteousness bring forth a healthy harvest in our lives and spiritual walk. Trauma, rejection, abandonment, guilt, shame, and condemnation come in through physical, mental, emotional, verbal, and spiritual abuse or neglect, and bring forth a harvest of bondage. Jesus has the power to break you free from these chains of bondage.

Prayer

Father God, I thank you for sending your precious Son, Jesus, to break these chains of bondage off my life. Jesus took my rejection, pain, grief and sorrow on himself so I would be free. I forgive everyone who has hurt me. I repent, renounce, and break every generational curse of trauma, rejection, all forms of abuse, abandonment, guilt, shame, condemnation, and the orphan spirit for my life and my entire bloodline. I break every negative word, label, or false identity that has been spoken over me or that I have believed. I forgive anyone who has abused me or caused bondage in my life. I break off every yoke of bondage off my neck and off of my life. Any burdens that are not mine to carry, I give to You, Jesus. I thank You, Jesus, for making my yoke easy and my burden light. I thank You, Jesus, for a Holy Spirit cleansing and reset of every cell of my body, including down to the cellular memory. I am not an orphan; I am a blood-bought child of the King.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.