When we speak of an orphan-spirit we are speaking of a person who lives with sensitive wounds from previous loss. The orphan-spirit is not some kind of demon, but is a person who has a self-concept of worthlessness or inferiority. This orphan-spirit is usually birthed in childhood and is often connected with trauma stemming from rejection, abandonment, abuse or intense criticism. They have not yet found validation and worth so they live with shame, fear, self-loathing and hurt, and typically lives with hyper-sensitivity, overt insecurity, self-defensiveness, anger, self-centeredness, lack of trust or pessimistic defeatism. The person with the orphan-spirit has not yet discovered who they are and look continually to the wrong sources to give them what was not instilled in them in formative years. This message points those living with the orphan-spirit to a Father who paid it all so that they might be adopted as His own children and, consequently, orphans no more.
God and the Orphan-Spirit
Genesis 21:8-21
July 27, 2014 • Jeff Lyle
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