Dr. Kimberly LeHew (00:49)
Hello, we are talking about from fear to victory. This is your identity in Christ that can change everything for you. This is one of my favorite topics because I love, love, love helping you create a deeper relationship with Christ because when you know Him, your identity changes. This is so powerful for changing your life and you're the only one that can do it.
Your true identity in Christ is what carries you through every storm and silences every fear. This is life changing and when you can start to do this automatically, when this becomes your default, when fear rises up and you're aware of it, it can change your life. So it's not about relying on yourself or relying on a outsider.
but it's about standing on the word of God and the finished work of Jesus. And when we can do this without, you know, without much thought, so it becomes our second nature, you will start to see your life change because how you think and the things that come out of your mouth and how you talk to yourself is creating your life.
when we root our life and emotions, your health and your future in Him, you no longer have to be ruled by the fear, but you're ruled by His word. And then you can walk in confidence. Do you know how freeing it was for me when I learned I don't have to sit there and keep saying these affirmations? I am confident, I am confident. Now I rely on the Lord in me. And that's where that strength and confidence
just flows through you because the Holy Spirit is inside of you and you get that confidence. You get that authority. You get the peace and you become more of who he created you to be so you can live out your purpose so you can be healthier so you can be a better parent and a better business owner and a better wife.
and a better, if you're a brother in Christ here, you could be a better husband, a better father, a better brother. It is all about your identity and who you're listening to in your head and what you're speaking. I mean, do you ever feel like, like fear is the loudest voice in your life? Like you wake up and you feel this fear, whether it's based on something going on in your business, your
something going on with your children, something going on with your health. And maybe, maybe you're thinking, is this as good as it gets? Have I missed my chance? Am I too old? I never feel vibrant. How am I going to gain my health?
Or maybe you fear it's about tomorrow. What if my health fails me? What if my body can't recover? What if it's all downhill from here? And fear can whisper these lies to you. Fear can start to sound like your voice. That is what the enemy does and he is so good at it. He disguises himself as you, having fear.
but God's faithfulness always speaks louder. And what it is my intention â today is to help you understand how much authority you have and how to take control of your mind and start speaking the word of God over your life because that is what helped change me from talking.
you know, fearful thoughts, even though I was looking at reality, it was what was happening. There were circumstances that were scarier, fearful. But once I started speaking the word of God over my life and, started prophesying over myself, then my, my mood changed, my attitude changed. And the next thoughts that followed were of more
God's view and his purpose and and who I was in him and not in by myself. So today I want to show you how you can start to overcome the spirit of fear because it is a spirit and not just manage it but overcome it once and for all and train yourself to really listen to the voice of God so it becomes you and your identity in Christ becomes bigger and louder and stronger within you.
We'll look at people in scripture who pushed past fear and found healing. And we'll talk about the authority that you have that Jesus gave us over fear. And we'll look at how fear actually harms your body because I think once you start to understand at a cellular level what's happening, it's even more, â even more of a desire to get this under control. This fear.
this fearful voice and you just overtake it with the word of God. And before we finish, we're going to declare together some declarations that I think are powerful. We can say them together. I'll put them below in the description and the show notes because you are healthy and victorious in Christ. And when you start to believe that every cell in your body starts to listen, it really can be life changing. And
Not only that, but when you start to speak it every day, your mood rises, your light shines brighter and you impact the people around you even at a deeper level without saying a word. So when we look and start reading in the Bible, we know the woman and the issue of blood, right? This is in Mark 5, 25 through 34. There was a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years.
12 years of pain, 12 years of being called unclean, given dirty looks, was pushed out of the community, 12 years of isolation. And she had spent every dollar she had on doctors and nothing was working. And maybe that's you right now, you are in a health crisis and things are not.
working for you. They're telling you there's no answer. We don't know what it is. Let's run some more tests. Let's take some more pills. Let's do this. But you're not getting results. Let me tell you, there is a way toward health that you can start to support your body. I'm kind of getting off track here, but your body is designed to heal. is designed to get to that next level of health, but we have to provide the right environment. We have to live right.
And this is the, the, think one of the biggest missing parts in healthcare is this, this mine, which is a battlefield. And when we start controlling our mouths and speaking and activating the Lord's words and we get our heart right, then this fear that comes upon us doesn't grip us and hold us in captive of the enemy. So.
In this story, fear told her, this is your life now, it'll never get better. But she said in her heart, if only I may touch his clothes, if only I may touch Jesus's clothes, I shall be made well. And in this particular story, she's pushing through a crowd that she knows is rejecting her, that is shaming her, that is giving her dirty looks, that is calling her names.
but she's pushing through the crowd even though. So if you have people giving you dirty looks commenting on you and you have fear of other people's opinions of you, this is your call. This is a message to you. You're meant to hear this to push through that because the Lord is bigger. Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. That is exactly what she did. And she touched the hem of his garment.
And immediately the bleeding stopped. And Jesus stopped everything and he turned and he looked at her and he said, daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction.
Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction.
You have to internalize that as Jesus speaking to you. Daughter, your faith has made you well. And this is why I love prophesying over myself and declaring and speaking words over myself because it builds faith. And faith comes by hearing the word of God. You have to get in your Bible in the morning before you grab your phone. You have to start to take
Control of your mind the battlefield where the enemy is ready to go It's go time for him 24 7 and you have to be stronger putting on your armor of God But speaking because it's a voice activated Authority and you start speaking the Word of God. That is exactly what Jesus did in the garden He said it is written and he just started speaking it and the devil flees so fear
told this woman to hide, but faith moved her to Jesus, and his faithfulness made her whole. This is for you, my dear sister, this is for you. He will do the same for you when you push past fear and reach for him. We also saw this in the Cadenite woman, Matthew 15, 21 through 28. She was also an outsider, a mother desperate for her daughter's healing.
And at first Jesus didn't answer. And we don't know why. But even the disciples wanted her sent away. But she pressed forward and she said, yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table. And Jesus said, â woman, great is your faith. Let it be to you as you desire.
That is spoken to you. â woman, great is your faith. Let it be to you as you desire. What do you desire? Where is your level of faith? You can increase your faith daily by, and it's not a noun, it's more of a verb. Your faith is believing and trusting in the Lord. And to do that, I believe you have to silence fear.
You have to stop that voice and go into your faithful voice of declaration. Sophia would tell her, he's not listening to you. He doesn't care about you. You're just a little old woman with a sick daughter. You're nothing. You're nobody. But faith says, keep asking. He's willing. He's listening. He loves you. You are a child of God.
You are more than a conqueror in Christ. Keep asking. Do not give up. And this is the key. Our Lord Jesus is here for us. All of them had access to Jesus and so do you. And the difference was the condition of their heart. That is why the heart is such an important part of even my program, Healthy and Victorious.
because your heart is setting the environment of every cell for you to get healthy. is imperative that your heart is full of the Lord. And of course, fear is going to creep in. And of course, the world is going to come at you with things and voices and pointing and saying things to you. That's the enemy working through people. But once you start declaring and you believe and you strengthen your faith on a daily basis,
So, you know, faith isn't about just, you know, knowing scripture, getting your Bible out and reading it. It's about trusting in it. It's about meditating on it. So you can't just memorize scripture, but or just go to church or just wear a cross around your neck. You have to be a believer and and marinate in the word. So it becomes.
in your heart, it's written in your heart, it comes first in your mind and you start to speak it. And this is what is going to move you out of fear into victory and it becomes so natural, so consistent and so automatic that fear has no place in your life.
You can say, Jesus, I trust your word above what I see. I trust your care above what I feel. I trust your presence above what I fear. One of the things that I know coming out of new age for me, I had to let go of feelings because the, the new age was always like, you know, talking about
your heart and how you feel and what your feelings say and I can do this and I can do that and it's it's coming out of that and having faith and declaring what the king of kings said gives me so much more authority and power within my heart that that is that natural confidence that just comes out it's because of him and not me.
And here's the good news is that the same Jesus who healed then is the same Jesus who heals today. We have authority in Christ and this is why your identity in Christ is critical for your mind and for your heart and for your health, for your body. Jesus didn't leave you powerless. He gave you authority. And in Luke 10, 19, he said,
Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Yes. Can you imagine he's speaking this to you? Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. If that isn't just the best news ever.
So fear is not your master. Anxiety is not your identity weakness. â I'm losing. I failed. â I lost my business. I'm this. No, all of those things you're giving it power. But when you take it back and you start declaring the word of God and you start declaring the scriptures over your life and start prophesying over yourself, your voice is activating.
that authority and things begin to change.
And there is another verse and I wanted to bring this up. Let's see, Mark 16, 17 through 18. It says, these signs will follow those who believe. They will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. That includes you. It doesn't say that pastors can do this. It says those who believe. In John 14, 12, he says, he who believes in me, the works that I do,
He will do also and greater works greater works than these he will do. That's you. That is you. The same power that healed the sick raised the dead silenced the storms is alive in you through the Holy Spirit. Praise God. Praise God we have the Holy Spirit within us. â There's so much scripture on fear.
And once we grab ahold of this, your identity is going to change your life. Second Timothy 1 7 says, for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a power and love and a sound mind. Imagine walking through life every day with power and love and a sound mind and the things that come up against you just get trampled on because God did not give you any of that fear.
That was probably one of the first things I started to recognize was like, okay, I have fear about this or I have thoughts about this and I'm seeing it in the real time in reality. But I'm saying, no, I'm not going to have fear about that. I have the power and the love and the sound mind spirit of Jesus Christ within me. And we start to declare this, this isn't from God. I have the power, the love and the peace of mind.
Isaiah 41 10 says, fear not for I am with you. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. I will uphold you. And when you feel weak, you start to speak it. God has strengthened me and he's holding me steady right now. Psalm 34 :4 says, I sought the Lord and he heard me and he delivered me from all my fears. So when fear starts to ride up in your mind, you remind yourself.
God hears me and you start speaking to God and you know He delivers me again and again and again.
This is the authority you have sister. This is the authority you have and I want you to embrace it and start to declare it. It is so powerful. And the other thing is I did want to touch on what fear does to your physical body. It is so destructive at a cellular level. It's not just about thoughts. We talked about that. But when it seeps into your heart and you
start to feel it on a daily basis and you go into bouts of it, then that starts to change you, that starts to aid you. And it's not that we don't have some fear as a natural emotion, this response to life, because fight or flight is real and we need that. We need to be able to, at a drop of a dime, to...
stop digestion, get our muscles ready, get the energy geared toward moving your body out of danger. So the fight or flight is fine. It's when we stay there. It's when there's a situation going on in your life that comes to your mind constantly and you and you go into fear and anxiety. This is why I have, I'm kind of going out on a limb here and I'll probably get pushed back from this, but I,
believe in my heart that through Christ and your dedication to his word and speaking, you have such more control over the chemistry in your body and how you are dealing with life. And I know a lot of times people will want to go through medications and things and I think there may be a time for that. Yes, I'm not disagreeing with that. But I think all too often in the secular world,
They immediately go to go see a counselor, go get medicated. And I just think to start at least with, you know, getting in your Bible. And I know pastors who have even said, I'm in the Bible. I preach it every day, but I had to go, you know, on medication, which is fine. It's a case by case. And I'm not saying anything's wrong with it, but I'm saying when we really take the Lord's word and write it on the tablet of our heart and speak it.
and speak it with belief and building our faith that it really does change your chemistry. So when anxiety starts to rise up, you can immediately go into scripture because once you change your thought and you start speaking it, you're going to have a different chemical makeup. Your body on the inside is going to be different. So case by case, like I said, but anyways, I think our,
Our voice is activating chemicals and creating a chemical soup and it is based on are you thinking thoughts of fear or are you thinking thoughts of victory? Because fear does age your body. Every time you're afraid your body releases cortisol and adrenaline and these stress hormones and small doses. And like I said, it's great when you're running from a lion or you're protecting yourself. You've got something really fearful going on that's real and you need to take action. Great.
That's why God designed it. But when fear becomes a lifestyle, when it becomes a habit, when these hormones stay increased, they start damaging your mitochondria, which are the power plants inside every cell of your body. And when you start to drain your mitochondria, your energy fades. This is when the healing process begins to decrease at the rate it should. Skin starts to wrinkle, your body weakens, and you feel older than you are.
Fear literally accelerates your aging and then fear weakens your immune system. Long-term fear tells your white blood cells, your little soldiers. This is why I used to tell my son like if he was eating like sugar or something I'd say you're hurting your army, your little army who's your little fighter, your fighters, your soldiers in your body they're killing those invaders. Well I kind of didn't say like that but kind of I did. I was I did
note his immune system as the army inside that is taking care of his cells and keeps him healthy. But when we are in fear, we are causing inflammation to rise and like a fire inside your body, this inflammation starts to deteriorate your cells. This is how chronic sickness and pain and disease gets, â it gets that partner.
Like you may have physical things going on, but when that you have that fear, it just opens the door for illness to stay there because you are in such a state of white blood cell count going up and your body is in fight mode. Fear also halts digestion and we talked about the repair part of it.
Yes, we want the fight or flight. We want that response. We want digestion to stop so we can use that energy to move the body out. But when you're in fear and it's constant, then your nutrients aren't absorbed. Your microbiome gets out of balance. Without proper nutrients, your cells can't rebuild themselves and fear literally starves your cells of what they need to renew and repair. We don't want digestion stop.
during the day all day long. This is one of the things I talk to my my clients and patients about is digestion times. It's really important to be aware of that because if you're waking up and you aren't hungry or your stomach doesn't show signs of getting ready to need fuel, what is your digestion doing?
you just 10 hours of sleep or eight hours of sleep and you probably didn't sleep or you probably didn't eat and go right to bed. So probably 10 hours. What's going on with your digestion? So that's another thing we look at. But nonetheless, fear halts digestion and fear also disrupts you at a I say this with caution, a vibrational level. Now that's a very new age terminology, but I will tell you when I was in new age and I started studying quantum physics,
That is laws. Those are laws of the earth. Like if you're gonna walk off a building, gravity is going to take you down to the ground, regardless whether you're a believer or not. That is just a law. But the science, real science, talks about quantum biology. And every cell in your body is listening to every thought. Every cell has a frequency. Because we are energy and motion. And energy is in constant motion.
and what type of emotion at the rate depends on the level of frequency, vibration, if you will, of your body. And so when you are in fear, you can just count on these little electrical signals lowering your energy. It creates a different environment at a cellular level than when you are in joy or peace or... â
you know, celebrating and happy and glorifying God and worshiping. When you put on worship music, your vibration is at a high. You raise the frequency and you're allowing yourselves to function with harmony. This is why in Proverbs 17 22, it says, a merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Bones are very active and very alive.
So fear isn't just about emotions, but it is chemical, is physical, it's vibrational, it is spiritual, and its goal is to destroy you when you are in fear. But God's peace, it does the exact opposite. When you are focused on Jesus and you are declaring the Lord as the Redeemer of your life and the Lord of lords and you are a daughter of the King of kings, this lowers
Cortisol it strengthens your immune system. It restores your digestion It literally rejuvenates yourselves and when you walk in faith instead of fear, you are just you're not just Protecting your mind, but you are protecting overall health You are you are stopping that premature aging I mean this is one aspect of it and you are doing yourself such a great service to get your identity more in Christ and not
of the flesh. So what I'd like to do is number one give you declarations that you could start to declaring over your life and just a little if you will a little homework assignment a little experiment maybe that you start to take a hold of your mind the battlefield and when
fear starts to rise up, you declare. Just get one of these declarations and just declare it all day long. And let's see if you start to experience something different because those lies, they'll start whispering in your ear, but you have to immediately hold a captive and replace it with God's promise. And you know, it's imperative you start your day this way.
If you end your day even better and if you do it throughout the day, I know your identity in Christ is going to change your life. So let's go through these declarations. I have about 11 of them. I'll leave time so you can say them as well. And then I will also put these below because I think it's important that you have some you can definitely make your own. These are just kind of examples, but they're real. They're from scripture.
and you are going to declare these over yourself. Alright, here we go. Fear has no hold on me.
I am a child of God, am covered, I am protected, and victorious in Christ.
I am not too old or it's not too late or I am not too broken for God to move in my life and heal.
It is written, with God all things are possible.
I believe Jesus's word is enough.
It is written, He sent His word and healed them. He sent His word to me and healed me.
I reach out to him in faith just like the woman who touched his garment.
I am healed by his stripes.
I will not let storms make me forget his power.
I receive the power of the Lord.
It is written, peace be still.
I am strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
I am steady in heart and sound in mind because the Spirit of God lives inside of me.
Today I walk in peace, I walk in courage, and I walk in victory.
For it is written, perfect love cast out all my fear.
And I know, I know that God's word will not return void, but it will accomplish what he pleases.
I want you to know, sisters and brothers in Christ, that your voice will activate your authority. So start renewing your mind every morning so the enemy in your programming does not lead you down a path of self-righteousness or fear. All right, and I hope this was helpful.
you have the power to change your life today and it is through your identity in Christ and taking your authority back, declaring the word of God and really rising up to who God created you to be. Stop premature aging in its tracks that's due to fear because now you have the voice of the Lord in your heart and you start speaking it. And I hope this blesses you.
Please be sure to share it with someone who needs to hear it. I want to tell you, I love you and I will speak to you very soon.
