Read George's story of how Jesus set him free from deep rooted fatigue...........
If I were asked to name the greatest physical struggle in my life I would have no hesitation in naming FATIGUE. From as far back as I can remember there were regular, almost daily bouts of fatigue that left me struggling with poor energy levels and tiredness , at only 11am ! Often I experienced a very deep seated exhaustion - a frustrating feeling when there’s work to be done.
Most of my life I have worked in education and students’ needs are naturally demanding on a teacher’s energy. I loved my job but found that the lack of energy limited promotion and study opportunities.
The question often came up - WHY am I so tired? I had no medical conditions and took no medications. Health has always been good and until recently I had never had to visit a hospital. So why the tiredness?
No doctor visits brought any light as to my constantly low energy levels. I had the usual blood tests, etc done but everything was all good. Great to have ''all good "results, but the exhaustion was still there, alive and well!
I meet up with the Freedom and Fire prayer team in February’24 and as they prayed I immediately began to see a pattern of behaviour in my life. I had allowed a heavy false guilt, super conscientiousness and condemnation to ‘speak’ to me constantly. This caused a perfectionism and a drivenness that made me feel seriously guilty whenever I relaxed. I knew that some relaxation time was important but any time I took to relax was attacked by a guilt and condemnation.
This tormenting voice of guilt, fear and condemnation was a key target of prayer for the Freedom and Fire team. They lead me in prayer to renounce this voice, to break any agreement that I had made with it, even subconsciously made with it , and then to tell it to depart from me forever. That voice , a tormenting spirit, left quickly .
The result of my freedom from that tormenting spirit was noticed immediately. To have a peace from that constant nagging, negative voice is just amazing, and I am still getting used to living WITHOUT IT!
Other great results have followed :
* Beating guilt and condemnation - I can now easily identify false guilt and will shut it down immediately. This also causes condemnation to silence. My constant confession is “He has made me worthy “.
* Beating fear. Fear of not doing enough and not doing it well enough had resulted in super conscientiousness. That’s gone. That’s a weight I will continue to refuse to carry. Again, “He has made me worthy.”
* Walking with God without interference - just a great peace in my times with the Lord where i can relax and know that Jesus is not requiring some massive performance from me. I’m ok just as I am because “He has made me worthy “
* ENERGY. How amazing to have energy all throughout my day. The deep-seated exhaustion is gone. The running out of gas at 11am is gone. I no longer have to budget my energy because I have energy! It’s honestly quite strange getting used to this new fuel in my system. Decades of experiencing fatigue have come to an end!
Thank God for His power, His wisdom and His team of wonderful people at Freedom and Fire. So appreciate you guys!