We all know that an orphan is one without parents or family, but did you know that you can actually carry an orphan mentality or orphan spirit that keeps you from your destiny? Has divorce or the hurts from people's responses to your divorce caused you to take on this orphan spirit?
Do you feel you have no hope?
Do you only think of surviving from day to day?
Have you lost a sense of destiny or your dreams for your future?
Do you struggle with feelings of isolation and loneliness, even when with others?
Do you feel you "just don't fit in" at church or other activities?
Are you expecting others to take care of you or judging them when they don't?
Have you gotten comfortable with your life as it is and take no effort or hope in it improving?
The orphan spirit comes about through wounding and rejection or perceived rejection, often by someone in authority. If you have been abandoned by your parents, church or other leaders or husband, it is possible to take on, through feelings of abandonment, an orphan spirit. Sometimes it seems that there is no where left to turn and no one to help. This too, can give one the false conclusions that you are abandoned. This can also lead to depression.
So how do you get free from an orphan spirit? The Bible says that we have received a "spirit of adoption" and we can call God, "Abba" or "Daddy". (Romans 8:14 - 15). God has not abandoned you. He knew you would be where you are today when he created you. He also promises that He will turn it all for good if we allow Him to. An issue with having the orphan spirit is trust in others. If you struggle with this, that is the place where your first steps of faith in action for your healing will begin. You may even struggle with trusting God and feeling abandoned by Him. He understands and is gentle and kind. Be honest with Him.
Father, I feel abandoned by..... I have felt rejected by... I ask you to come and heal my heart and free me from any spirit of abandonment or any orphan spirit. I invite your Spirit to help me to understand that I am adopted by You and You will never leave me or forsake me. You are a Father to the fatherless and a helpmate to the widow. I ask your forgiveness for closing my heart to You and to the dreams You have for me. I ask you to fill me with hope as you are the God of all hope. I ask your forgiveness for looking to others rather than to You with my needs. I thank you that You will set me free now. In Jesus Name, and by His blood and the power of His resurrection, I choose to forgive....for abandoning me (and my children). I forgive ....for abandoning me emotionally, financially, spiritually and physically. I release this person into Your care now. I open my heart to receive what You have prepared for me for I know You, Father, have plans to prosper me and to give me a hope and a future. You are my husband, my Father, my friend and my companion, my savior and my healer. In Jesus Name, Amen!
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