Becoming Anchored by the Sword Brings True Freedom
Gina Fox • August 28, 2020
My story has been filled with a lot of heartache, guilt, shame and fear. I can say with 100% assurance I am not the only one. When I turned 40 years old last year, I began to feel as though I was finally ready to work with God to fully break all of the chains. I have survived rape, abuse and hurt from a past that ran over 25 years deep. I needed to find true freedom! I have been a Christian since I was 16, but had never fully dealt with everything that happened before and afterwards. I was going down a path where I felt as though I could not continue to find what God called me to do unless every chain was broken and I was finally free. In February of this year, I embarked on my journey towards the freedom I knew was mine. The start of the group was amazing! I was finally really starting to feel as though it was my time, then COVID-19 happened.
During one of the craziest and most confusing times in this world’s history, I heard God speaking
so clearly to me about what my next steps were as a Christian and in creating a ministry that I know is from Him, because it was never in “my plan.” I had finally put my busyness aside to fully listen to His voice. The Sunday after I went through the lesson and exercise of breaking soul ties, He brought the name, Anchored by the Sword to my mind. I had no clue why. The verse in Hebrews 6:19 was one of the verses I clung to during the class.
“We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God himself. Our anchor of hope is fastened to the mercy seat which sits in the heavenly realm beyond the sacred threshold.”
Hebrews 6:19 TPT
So, after talking to a couple of people closest to me, I created the Facebook and Instagram pages for Anchored by the Sword. It reached over 20 people in less than 10 minutes. My website came about in June. God began to open doors for me that I could have never dreamed or imagined! I have learned so much about myself and about how important it is to be anchored to God and to His Word to feel completely free and at peace. Now I want everyone to feel how amazing it feels to be free. It doesn't mean that my life is easy or that I do not struggle; it just means that I have the tools to combat the attacks when they do come.
We do not have to know or understand everything going on around us. We just have to know who to turn to and trust in.
We have to know how to love people who are different from us and remember our job is to love people and share the Gospel with them in a loving, nonjudgmental way. That is when God can truly change a heart and bring about true freedom. That is when chains can finally be broken. He has a real and true plan for you. His love for you will overcome every single thing from your past, no matter how big or how small. Allow God to turn your heart of stone into a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26). Open your mind so that His thoughts can become your thoughts (Romans 12:2). Give it all to Him, walk in relationship with God, and experience the freedom beyond anything you could ever imagine!
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 (CSB).
Read this article for encouragement to grow your relationship with God.
Gina Fox Guest Contributor
Gina Fox is the Founder of Anchored by the Sword, which is a ministry to help women become more anchored to God and His Word and to be truly set free! She is a wife, fur baby mama and aunt to 5 amazing nephews. She loves to be with her people, write, and watch God move!
Check out her ministry: www.anchoredbythesword.org
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