📖 Scripture
John 8:32 (KJV)
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32 (NIV)
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32 (ERV)
“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
✨ Reflection
Yesterday you identified the thoughts, fears, and beliefs that have been shaping your inner world. Today, it’s time to pull them down.
A stronghold doesn’t break just because you recognize it. You have to replace the lie with truth. Every time you expose a lie, you create space for freedom.
Strongholds are built over time; by repeated agreement with untruth.
Freedom is built the same way; by repeated agreement with God’s Word.
The mind is a battleground. You can’t fight thoughts with feelings. You must fight them with truth. When the enemy whispers “You’ll never be enough,” the truth answers, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” When the thought says, “God has forgotten me,” the truth declares, “He will never leave nor forsake me.”
You can’t always control what thoughts appear, but you can decide which ones get to stay. This is how you pull down lies; not with force, but with faith.
💡 Life Skill Tip: Truth Rewriting Exercise
Take out your list from yesterday’s journaling. Next to each lie, write one scripture or truth that replaces it.
Example:
Lie: “I’m always behind.”
Truth: “The Lord makes everything beautiful in His time.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
Say it aloud until it feels more natural than the lie. Your words are the hammer that breaks the wall.
Declaration
I replace every lie with truth. God’s Word defines me. I pull down every thought that opposes His promises and align my mind with freedom.
📝 Definition of a Declaration
A Declaration is a faith statement you speak aloud to align your heart, mind, and actions with God’s truth. Say it boldly. Speak it daily. Let it rewrite your reality.
Prayer
Father, thank You for giving me the power to renew my mind. Reveal every lie I’ve believed and replace it with Your truth. Let Your Word wash over me until my thoughts align with Heaven. Help me to walk in freedom daily. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
✍️ Question
What lie have you believed that God is asking you to surrender today? What truth from Scripture will you replace it with? Share your thoughts in the comments below, or write them in your journal.
💎Today’s jewel is Freedom; the gift that comes when truth replaces deception and light replaces darkness.
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Hallelujah! Faith without works is dead! Book of James
Lie: I can’t trust people; they always disappoint me.
Truth (God’s Word): Trust in the Lord with all your heart. (Proverbs 3:5) Even if my father
and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close. (Psalm 27:10)
Declaration: I release my need to control outcomes. I trust God to send the right people at
the right time.
Lie: I’ve been betrayed and rejected too many times.
Truth (God’s Word): The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
(Psalm 118:22) Even in betrayal, Jesus fulfilled His destiny. (Matthew 26:48-50)
Declaration: Rejection was redirection. God is using every wound to position me for purpose.
Lie: I overthink everything and can’t get it perfect.
Truth (God’s Word): My grace is sufficient for you. (2 Corinthians 12:9) Commit to the Lord
whatever you do. (Proverbs 16:3)
Declaration: Progress over perfection. I take action by faith, trusting God to perfect what
concerns me.
Lie: I am not enough for anyone TRUTH: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”: (Ephesians 2:10)
Lie: Happiness doesn’t exist without him TRUTH: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT
Lie: it’s going to take forever to rebuild my life TRUTH: “But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty, and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.”
Job 8:5-6 NLT
When I feel or think this was I will reread to replace with Gods will and truth