Are You Adopted? – It doesn't matter ... You are always God's precious child
The apostle Paul, speaking in ROMANS 8:15-16 speaks of
adoption. He says: “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to
fear again, but you have received a spirit of ADOPTION as sons by which
we cry out, “ABBA”, “FATHER”. The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that
we are CHILDREN OF GOD”
I worked in S.C. prison ministry for 5 years (2002-2007) both at
state and county levels, encountering many inmates who never knew who their
fathers or mothers were.Some were adopted. Many had been abandoned by their fathers and mothers,
many were born out of wedlock causing the curse of the bastard (DEUT 23:2) to fall on
them. The curse of the bastard has many tentacles - it is the "vagabond spirit", wandering, marriage and job hopping, sexual dysfunctions, inability to fit into a church group, unable to fit in some social groups, rebellion against authority and their adopted parents, criminal activity, drug use - a very long list of situations. The expression “kicked to the curb” became
very familiar as many inmates used these words.
In Deliverance ministry we encounter many people who
live under the spirits of abandonment, rejection and non-acceptance. These are
cruel and painful curses. Over the years I have become very interested in
adoptees and their feelings of obvious rejection, fears, abandonment and being “kicked
to the curb”. There are untold numbers of adoptees who are “looking for their
biological birth parents” with the majority simply wanting answers to these legitimate questions:
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Who are my real parents?
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Where was I born?
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Why can’t I have a real birth certificate?
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Why was I “given away”?
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Does anyone really understand or care about the hurts
inside me?
God provides answers and gives hope to any adoptee who
will accept His love and concern for them. I do not know the actual pain
an adoptee must feel but I work with many people who are rejected and have been cast out. Rejection and abandonment are deep wounds and only the Lord Jesus and Father
God can heal those wounds. Here is how it begins:
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As a personal choice FORGIVE both your biological
parents
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Forgive the system for “sealing your records” thus denying access to them
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Forgive your adopted parents and State personnel
who thwart your efforts to find your biological parents & birth
records
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Ask the Lord to forgive ALL the people involved in
your adopted life who have hindered or hurt you in any way
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Seek Deliverance ministry to be set free from the
demonic spirits in your life that came in from the rejection, abandonment,
being “kicked to the curb” and any bitterness you may have
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You must forgive everybody for everything. The Lord will provide answers for
you as He chooses in His timing
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Release all your concerns to the Lord and “let God be
God”. God is sovereign in all things.