Out of the Cave
Week 2
“Telling Yourself the Truth”

When we believe a LIE it creates the wrong mindset, which leads to wrong actions which cause us to make poor or wrong decisions.

I’m the ONLY ONE serving you! I’m fighting all ALONE.

“What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Our struggle with emotional Issues doesn’t negate our purpose and calling.

His emotional struggle was caused by WHAT HE WAS TELLING HIMSELF ABOUT HIS SITUATION!

The question we need to be asking is, “WHAT AM I TELLING MYSELF about the problem?”

MISBELIEFS appear to us as TRUTH.

Sometimes it FEELS true EMOTIONALLY, BUT IT’S NOT TRUE!

In emotional and mental health WHAT you believe is all important because WHAT you believe determines HOW you feel and what you do.

What will we choose to believe…Truth or Lies?

WHY do I believe this lie? And WHEN did I first start believing this lie?

First, our MISBELIEFS/LIES often come from what we HEARD and LEARNED during childhood.

Second, many of our MISBELIEFS come from PAINFUL EVENTS, TRAUMA, and EXPERIENCES we had or witnessed as children, teens, and adults.

Every LIE we believe produces matching emotions that cripple our life and walk with God.

When we’re faced with difficult situations in our lives UNDEALT WITH PAIN overrides THE TRUTH.

As we allow Jesus to heal, renew, and transform the broken and painful places in our past and present through an ENCOUNTER with Him THEN we will be able to TEST our thoughts (beliefs) and LIVE IN TRUTH rather than LIVING IN A LIE and we will experience TRUE FREEDOM in our lives.

God sends him back with NO CERTAINTY that his situation has changed.

Elijah wasn’t miraculously delivered from his situation in the cave. Instead, God said “GO and TRUST that I will be with you and work out your situation.”

To TELL OURSELVES THE TRUTH which leads to FREEDOM in our lives and emotions we need to identify our MISBELIEFS/LIES, identify the SOURCE of those LIES, and then allow JESUS TO RENEW OUR HEART AND MIND AND HEAL OUR PAIN.