What’s your stronghold? What lie is holding you hostage? What mistruth keeps you from taking a step of faith? What wrong thought pattern robs you of living a life of freedom and joy?

You cannot defeat what you cannot define. You have to identify the lie that has become a stronghold for you. You must realise the negative impact it’s had on you and others.

Do you see how you have become a prisoner of deception, locked up by a lie you believe is true? If you are going to change your life, you have to change your thinking. Demolish your strongholds. If you want to truly change your life, you cannot just change your behaviour. Even if you change your actions for a while, the original issue will just re-establish itself. That’s why Christianity has never been about behaviour modification; it’s about life transformation.

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