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0:00 Welcome to my channel. My name is Dorothy Chang and if you're tired of being stuck, you are in the right place because I help you address and heal emotional wounds all from the root. And so in this video, I'll be sharing with you the most common misconceptions that is keeping you stuck and I'll be sharing a little bit of my own testimony and practical tips on how you can step into deeper freedom and joy as well. So before I dive in, remember to like, comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel. Also follow me on Spotify listening there. It will massively help me. Okay, let's dive in. >> [snorts] >> What if I tell you most of the time when you experience quote-unquote spiritual attack, it's not actually a spiritual attack and it's might just be a sign
0:47 that God is trying to review something inside of you that needs addressing and needs healing. Now, you may ask, "What do you mean? You know, I I am experiencing a lot of a lot of resistance and a lot of a lot of tension as well." But here's the thing, when we think when every single thing that is causing us discomfort or inconvenience, we just instantly think it's from the devil. And this is the reason why you are still stuck because as I've mentioned before in my previous videos, God heals your emotional wounds by resurfacing it so that he can actually heal it and bind it up with his love. You may be wondering why why does God have to resurface something in order to
1:33 bind it up? Well, it's not because he doesn't have the power to just reach into the deepest parts of you and then just bind it up and call it a day like this. But no, he has given us free will and so he can't just heal the most hidden parts of you because what is emotional wounds? It's usually something that is very vulnerable to us and sometimes very often we even ourselves were unwilling to address it and look at it. This is why all of these years of past pain all of these years of emotional wounds it's just sitting here. You maybe even subconsciously suppressing it. And this is why when you do these prayers of God heal me, then God start surfacing these wounds. And
2:19 what does that look like? How does he reach to the deepest most vulnerable part of you that you've been shying away from God? It is that he strips off your self-reliance. He strips off your exterior layer by layer. And this is why when God wants to heal you, he place something in front of you. It can be an event, it can be a person, just something that will trigger that past wound in you. But here's the thing, people just stop at that. They just mistakenly think, "Oh, it's because I'm feeling fear, it's because I'm feeling this heaviness, it has to be from the devil, so I'm just going to keep on rebuking it, rebuking it." But time and time again, it keeps
3:05 on coming back, the same fear, the same heaviness, the same trigger. And you wonder to yourself, "Maybe I'm not rebuking enough." Oh, and then you just keep on the cycle repeats. And this is how you miss your window of healing. Now, I'm not trying to tell you that you've missed your window of healing forever. No, no, God always always wants to heal you, okay? But it's just whether you want to partner with God. You want to actually tell God and surrender to God and tell him, "Lord, I give you permission to to to come into the most deepest deepest part of me." You know, ever since I started teaching about healing, the most common questions that I get is, "How do I know whether
3:51 it's from God or whether it's a spiritual attack? And so here's the thing, I noticed churches they don't actually teach this and because most Christians they get their their teaching from churches and not in their own quiet time and I also noticed they don't do the will of God. All they're doing is they're receiving and not actually then doing it, you know, testing these verses out. And this is why your growth in God is actually not as deep as you think and because of this you haven't developed sharp discernment and this is why when God placed something in your life you're not sure whether it's from God or whether it's a spiritual warfare. Now
4:37 I'd like to share my short version of my testimony just to give you an example of how to tell apart whether it's a spiritual attack or whether it's from God. Last year my birthday wish was to actually get off my seven years reliance on antidepressant but God answered in a way that I didn't expect. He placed something in my life out of the blue. The first few weeks I remember I was like surely this has to be a spiritual attack because the amount of fear surrounding that thing and the amount of triggers I was I was sensing as well. I was like this is not normal. You know, I haven't felt like this since I before coming back to God. And so for weeks and weeks all I did was I was like I rebuke
5:25 you in the name of Jesus, you have to get out. You know, I was also just kept on praying to God to remove this thing away because I don't understand why there was so much fear and trigger. Guys, I'm not even kidding. And then weeks gone by that thing was still here. The fears and triggers were still here. And this is where I did things differently. Maybe this is not a spiritual attack because the same fear and triggers I have experienced it even before coming back to God. You know, every so often it will hit me, you know, the the fears and triggers. And I was thinking, maybe I haven't actually addressed it yet then even though I think in some ways my my prideful self was like, surely, you know, I've dealt with this. You know,
6:10 Lord, why am I still struggling with this? Like there's no way I shouldn't I shouldn't be I shouldn't be feeling like this in my in my walk with God. But hey, if you truly want to heal and partner with God in this healing journey, you have to let your pride down. And so I was like, okay, maybe maybe I'm maybe there are some things in me that needs addressing. And so after I realized it wasn't a spiritual attack and actually God wanting to heal this unprocessed pain in me that's been sitting inside my heart for just way way too long. And turns out it was just a wound of rejection. And as I pressed in, which meant practically it looked like just really sitting with all of these uncomfortable emotions that I've been
6:58 subconsciously shying away from, it's all coming back to the top and I I think some part of me I was very scared of dealing with those emotions heads-on because I wasn't sure how sitting with those past emotional pain would affect me. I was asking God, God, I I really want to actually address this and process it with you, but can you please reassure me that if I do go down that route, I'm not going to be severely depressed because I'm so scared of feeling those feelings again. And so I did that surrender prayer and I just start pressing in with God, started sitting with it, asking God a lot of questions actually. Asking God a lot of questions in my quiet time. I'm like, Lord, why is this affecting me so much? Why is
7:46 this triggering me so much? Just a lot of questions of why, why, why. And I told this to you guys just to show you that most of the time what you think is a spiritual attack is actually just God really wanting you to sit with him in the quiet time and to ask him, Lord, why is this still hurting me? Why do I still feel this heaviness? But because most of you are unwilling to sit with your emotions, all you want to do is rebuke it or perhaps you lack sharp discernment. Again, because the church has never told you this is how God does things. And so all you do is rebuke, rebuke, rebuke, rebuke. You over spiritualize everything. You think everything is from the it's from the devil. You think the devil is out to get
8:31 you 24/7, which is I'm sorry, guys, he's not everywhere. He's not God, okay? But you're not under attack 24/7. And so most of the time God just really wants you to just sit with your emotions so that he can tell you things. He can address the most vulnerable vulnerable part of you that you've been shying away for years and years. And if you're in your healing journey or if you have been longing to be set free from these traumas you had in the past, can I just tell you this? Is that God is way more personal than you can ever ever imagine. God cares about your well-being
9:16 in ways that you can never imagine. I think sometimes even I forget that. Yes, he's the creator of the universe, but he's also our our father, you know? And I think sometimes I do have to understand how those two things can come together at once. It's this loving father and the creator of the universe. But I'm telling you, God just really wants to speak to you in an intimate, personal way where it can only happen if you truly let your guard down and let God into the most vulnerable part of you and not be scared of letting yourself get to that state. Because I know a lot of you, I mean, we're just humans, so I understand this. A lot of us, most of
10:03 the time, we're scared to be vulnerable even with God, even if we have a personal relationship. We are scared to be vulnerable because we're so scared of what if what if we feel the same? What if nothing has changed? What if once we sit with our emotions for too long, we're going to somehow transfer back to that old self that we have been trying so hard to to erase and run away from. But the truth is, if you're watching this video, if you've even just clicked this video, it means it shows signs of growth that you want to heal, and God sees that. And so, I just want to encourage you to not be afraid to let your guard down, to not be afraid to let God strip off those layers of you
10:48 till he can speak to you as a lovingly father. Let God be that personal God to you. Let him be that loving father to you and not just a creator of the universe where you think that all he wants you to do is pray and worship him. No, he wants to have a personal relationship with you. And just like any other personal relationship, what How do you actually have a personal, intimate relationship with someone? Is that you let your guard down so that you're not you're not on a shallow service level. No, no, you let your guard down. You let someone see the most ugliest part of you where you may think it's ugly, but to God, it's valuable because
11:34 he value your vulnerability. Now, I would love to share some practical tips on how to differentiate whether something is actually from God just wanting to heal you or whether it is truly a spiritual attack. First, pray consistently. Pray consistently, guys. This is the key. I would suggest ask God. Now, if you're currently facing something that is giving you a lot of fears, that is triggering you as well, disturbing something inside of you, pray to God. God, is this from the devil or is this from you? Can you help me to grow better this sermon so I can tell apart whether it's from you or not. And
12:20 then just keep on praying this thing. Now, if it's truly from the devil, God is going to remove it. But if it's from God, then that thing is just going to be here after weeks and weeks, and then eventually you'll know that it's actually just God wanting you to address your fear. And how else would you be able to address your fear if you don't actually face your fear? So, point two, you have to know, reoccurring fear and triggers is not a spiritual attack. If the same fear keeps coming back, chances are it's just God wanting to highlight this fear inside of you, this wound that is causing this fear, okay? Because most of the time I see a lot of people, they are
13:08 experiencing reoccurring fear and trigger around the same thing. It's just basically a sign that you still have unprocessed pain inside of you, and that past pain is reacting to the present moment. This is why that same fear always always comes back. There's something inside of you that is reacting to that fear. Something inside of you that is still allowing the spiritual attack to play with your emotions. And this is why we always have to address our emotional wounds from the root. And once you uproot that the pain, then the devil cannot play around with you anymore. Point three.
13:54 Now, this is so incredibly crucial. As I mentioned in my own testimony as well, is that you have to sit with your emotions with God. Invite God into your your quiet time. You know what? Just take some time out in your in your day and just ask God, "Why is this thing Why is this person triggering me? Why is this thing still affecting me?" So, just sit with those emotions. You know, sometimes we just love rebuking everything. And we forget that we are humans with actual emotions. And so, don't be afraid to just sit with your emotions, but invite God in. You know, ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Even just a simple activation prayer of Holy Spirit,
14:41 "Fill me up. Come, Holy Spirit." And you just start asking God these questions or even just to yourself as well, "Why am I feeling this way?" And usually, God will start answering these questions by telling you, "Oh, it's because, you know, you haven't addressed this yet. Oh, it's because that thing from years ago, we haven't we haven't unpacked it yet. We haven't processed it yet." And it's only through these moments that God is really able to to speak so deeply to you and to heal [snorts] those wounds that you've been sup- suppressing. So, all All these are great tips that I would definitely encourage you to use in your own quiet time.
15:26 Now, as I mentioned after coming out from my own healing journey with God last year, I noticed that a lot of Christians actually do not understand how God heals your emotional wounds and this is why you you missed out on on the windows of healing and that you always feels like you're running in circles. I wish I had this when I started my healing journey. But that's okay. This is why God has walked me through it so I can help you with this. I've written a 21-days inner healing workbook where I have poured out my experience with God during this healing journey and so you don't have to figure it out by yourself. There is already been a framework that's produced from my experience to ensure
16:14 that from day one, you will be on the right track to your healing. And I promise you this workbook is going to save you so much time from just wandering around whether thinking it's it's you're under attack, you're under spiritual warfare. And what's so unique about this healing workbook is that I don't want you to think it's just another devotional book where you read it and then you just close it. No, no, it's something that would truly require you to sit and to pause and to reflect and to stir something inside of you. And there are journal prompts that acts as a trigger to see what is that unprocessed pain inside of you. So then you can invite God to uproot it because most of the time people wants to
16:59 be healed from their emotional wounds, but they don't actually know what is that hidden pain inside of them. And so those journal prompts are great for that. Now, if you're ready to start your healing journey, you can get your 21-days inner healing workbook in the link below. Now, I've also created a free five-steps healing framework for people who just want to understand more of how God heals your emotional wounds. And you can find that in the link below as well. Now, this is all from me today. I hope you've been encouraged and that you've been blessed by it. Remember, do not be afraid. God bless you and I'll see you next Monday. Bye.
