Matthew 3:10
10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
A while ago I revisited the need to deal with the root of issues. So often we focus on the fruit. If we were to pick a tree bare the fruit would eventually just grow right back. Mark Chironna use to deal with roots of issues in his early ministry...I had never seen anyone administer deliverance like that. I am sure there were others but his was televised. I am sure that alot of the attacks and temptations that flooded him were all attempts to stop him...excuse me while I trail off...a relative and I were talking about prayer and declarations and I said if we pay attention to the strategies of our enemies we can learn the key to their defeat. When the devil wants to stop you he normally doesn't just hit you with one blow. Its blow after blow until you tap out. Tired and beat up we still have to keep fighting...to keep praying...to keep prophesying and declaring. It is hard to fight wounded but that is the time we need to fight the most.....Back to the root. A ministry that I watch talked about dealing with the root and I was reminded of Mark Chironna. I was also reminded of a time when I reflected on the root of some of my issues. One was my relationship with money. As I thought back I remembered some things from my childhood one was my cussing grandfather (lol) always saying "It's money's mammy around this son __ __ ______." He was from the south with a dirty mouth but still a decent person. What he was saying was there is always something to take your money. I can't count the times I heard that. It impacted the way I thought without me knowing it. I also remembered my glass piggy bank. I had a glass piggy bank when I was growing up that I loved loved loved loved. I got to the point that when the doorbell rang I would take it out and make the people at the door pay a toll for entry (lol). They thought it was cute so soon they brought me dollars instead of change. One day I was showing it off to my cousin and it dropped and shattered. When I told my mom she scolded me and took the money. I think the incedent with the piggy bank affected the relationship that I have with money the most. I know that one day I will be entrusted to steward over alot so it is imperative that I receive deliverance in this area. I have been making declarations about my finances, while writing this I came to the conclusion that I need to add declarations about stewardship of my finances and began praying and studying scriptures about it well. Last night I went to walmart and I saw a piggy bank that was a stuffed animal and I felt it was symbolic of what is going on in that area.
Its super cute!
