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Victim Mentality or Kingdom Reality

God's Kindness Quest Series

Contemplated a question while walking home

It inspired the following poem

 

Have I ever viewed myself as a victim

Rather than a child of Father God’s Kingdom

 

Reflected upon a time I adopted a victim mentality

A victim mindset and focus birthed it into reality

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Back then, victim memories livestreamed 24-7 in my mind

It was like watching a video, stuck on play and rewind

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Till one day God intervened and the video ejected

He told me, I've been leaving my mind unprotected

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The path to my future is intricately intertwined

With the images which frequent my mind

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Victim thoughts are convoluting my identity

Detouring me from my Kingdom destiny

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God nudged me to start reading the Bible

I learned if I follow him, all things are possible

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God's truth penetrated deeper with each page I read

Scripture renewed my mind, even while asleep in bed

 

Regarding a victim mindset, or any topic from “A to Z”

I need biblical truth and wisdom to walk in my true identity

 

Believed I was doomed to endure life as a victim

Now I am fully empowered by the King, a child in his Kingdom

Interactive Questions

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV), "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

  • What emotions, memories, thoughts, convictions, or inspirations bubbled up while reading the poem?

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  • Father God, what do you want me to know about my answers to the previous question? 

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  • What victim memories have you been live-streaming recently? ​

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  • Lord, what are your heartfelt insights about the memories?  

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  • How are past victim experiences negatively influencing or intertwined with current day life? 

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  • Lord, how are victim mindsets complicating my decision-making process?

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  • Lord, how are victim mindsets impacting my health? 

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  • Lord, how are victim mindsets affecting my finances?

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  • Lord, how do I shed victim mindsets and bring godly order to my health, finances, and decision-making processes?

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  • Lord, how are my thoughts, speech, and actions convoluting my identity and detouring my destiny? ​

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  • On what current issues do you need biblical truth and wisdom? 

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  • Lord, what truth and wisdom do you want to impart regarding the issues? 

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  • Father God, is there anything else you want to share with me at this moment?

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Prayer

James 5:16 (NLT),  "... The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.​"

Lord, I repent for allowing the challenges of life to instill in me a hopelessness and powerlessness, which have fed a victim mentality. I forgive those who treated me unjustly and ask you to cleanse my heart. I give you old ways of thinking and acting, which keep me bound to a victim mentality. Forgive me for ways I’ve blamed you or others for not protecting me.

 

I’ve focused on negative circumstances, forgetting you are more powerful than life’s challenges. Rescue me from the whirlwind of a victim mentality. I receive your cleansing, blessings, and favor. Light my path forward and help me keep my eyes on you. 

 

Forgive me for looking at Bible reading as a chore or something on a to-do list. I accept your invitation to read the Bible. Holy Spirit, bring to life the biblical stories, adventures, and principles, with the turn of each page. Help me comprehend and apply Scripture to everyday life situations. Ignite an unquenchable fire to spend time in the Word. Give me an understanding of how praying Scripture powerfully affects the spirit realm. Amen.

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  • Lord, what did this prayer activate in accordance with James 5:16?

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  • Tweak the existing prayer as desired or craft a new personalized one.

Scripture

2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT), "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true ..."

Psalm 10:17-18 (NLT)

"Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them."

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Proverbs 13:12 (NLT)

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.”

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  • List meaningful Bible verses which come to mind regarding this poem, the interactive questions, and prayer.

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