>> male announcer: This is
"Healing Your Soul with Katie Souza: Real Keys
to the Miraculous." What's weighing you down,
holding you back? What has wounded your soul?
Today with Katie, discover the healing power of God
for your life. Katie was once broken,
oppressed, in bondage to a life of mental and physical pain,
until God gave her a new life and powerful messages of how you
can heal your wounded soul. Now, here is Katie to begin
today's program. >> Katie Souza: Hi, I'm
Katie Souza, and you're watching,
"Healing your Soul: Real Keys to the Miraculous."
We're continuing our series on bitterness.
Now, some of you may be thinking you don't need to watch today's
program because you don't feel like you're bitter, or maybe
you've already repented the bitterness in your life.
But let me ask you this, do you ever catch yourself thinking
a lot about a person you're angry with?
Do you replay hurtful things they said to you over and over
in your mind? Are you constantly remembering
a painful event that you have lived through?
Well, those thoughts can indicate that you may still have
some bitterness hidden in your soul.
If you examine yourself, I'm sure you'll find at least
one area you've allowed bitterness to creep in.
Maybe it's towards your spouse or your children.
Perhaps it's your boss or somebody at work.
Whatever the case, bitterness is dangerous because it wounds
your soul, then it can cause all kinds of pain, disease,
and lack in your life. When I started going after
bitterness in my own life, I had all kinds of physical,
mental, emotional, and even financial problems that were
connected to it. I had unexplained weight gain
that I couldn't get rid of. I suffered with repeated
infections that wouldn't go away.
I had issues in my marriage that kept plaguing us.
I even experienced a time where I unexplainably lost a massive
amount of muscle tissues in my legs.
The degeneration was so bad that I had a layer of loose skin
hanging off my thighs, and I was weak
and extremely tired after doing even the most simple of tasks.
The good news is that I got supernaturally healed of that
horrible condition after I was healed of the bitterness
in my soul. Today, we're going to talk about
how ancient soul wounds can cause you to respond negatively
towards difficult people in trying situations.
The good news is that today, you're going to get free of
those negative character bents towards bitterness.
Let's join the conference now. >> Katie: Bitterness is
poisoning and consuming just countless areas in your life.
'Cause that's what bitterness does, it consumes, it devours.
It brings sickness and disease on you, it breaks up
relationships, it causes marriages to split, it causes
business to sink. Bitterness is a toxic poison
that can pollute every single area of our life.
So, when you get healed of it, you are going to see new life
spring up in every area of your existence, amen?
Bitterness, once it wounds the soul,
that wound controls you. It controls the way you think,
it controls your emotions, it also controls your will.
We've got to make sure we do not let ourselves get embroiled in
bitterness when we have to go through life's events.
If you're a born again believer, Christ is in your spirit.
Christ in you, the hope of glory, do you think he's bitter
about anything? Absolutely not.
So, bitterness lives in the soul.
It is an actual sin that can wound your soul man.
And then, when that wound is in there that was created by
bitterness, it can begin to control every part of your soul. >> Katie: So, there is such
an animal as a generational iniquity of bitterness, amen?
How could you tell if you had it?
Well, one of the ways, one of the ways is how is your natural
response to difficult situations and circumstances?
When somebody tells you something negative, bad,
distressing, something that's a bummer, how do you respond?
Do you naturally respond with, "Oh, what? You're kidding, right?
Oh, I knew they were going to do that.
Yeah, wonder what they're going to do next"?
Do you respond with bitterness as kind of like your
natural response? How many people have that?
See, what happens is these generational iniquities, these
wounds, they live in the soul. And they're so powerful, they
have the ability to bend your character towards a certain
behavior, be it bitterness, fear, anxiousness, depression,
whatever it is. These generational iniquities
have that kind of power to literally bend your character
towards that evil. Do you know the root of the word
"iniquity" is this, to bend, to bend.
That's what a generational iniquity does, it bends your
character towards that particular sin.
It becomes a natural response to you.
And that's one of the many ways you can tell if you have been
born with these generational iniquities, amen?
For me, I definitely had a bitter bent. Everything for me was negative,
negative, negative. I mean, I would respond with
like an explosion every time anybody told me anything
negative. I mean, I went into Linda Blaire
mode when somebody told me negative.
I spun my head around and then like puked out green pea soup
on everybody, all right? It was--and that was my
natural response. And I realized that,
as a Christian, that was pretty unacceptable, and that I should
try to be positive when these situations would arise
in my life. So, I started practicing, right?
People would tell me something horrible, and I'd go and brace
myself, right? Switch gears and go,
"Oh, well, praise the Lord. Hallelujah."
I would try to make myself act like, you know, the happy praise
the Lord type person, but I was full of bitterness,
full of bitterness. And I was to discover that it
was ancient bitterness too, not only my own in my lifetime,
but it was coming from a generational iniquity that was
literally bending my character towards that response.
I remember when God began to reveal it to me, I had a vision
one time. I had this vision 'cause I was
asking God to show me what to do of this coffee tree.
You know those things that sit on top of your counter, and they
have little arms, and they hold coffee mugs on them?
On this coffee tree, it was sitting on top of my counter.
And as I'm looking at this coffee tree, I knew somehow in
this vision that because that coffee tree was mine, that there
were ancient demonic forces that could attack me because I
owned it. And so, I come out of the--out
of the vision and I'm totally frustrated, right?
It's like I'm really trying to deal with a horrible problem
here, and then God does something like that and shows me
a coffee tree. It's like, "Yeah right, God,
what does that mean, all right?" And so, I look up the word
"coffee," you're not going to--you're not going to believe
what the word "coffee" means. It means, the root of it,
bitter water. And it's like, well, these
coffee trees hold mugs on them, right, on the arms.
And he goes, "Yeah, see, you have so much bitterness that
you're drinking mugs full of it. Your cup overfloweth."
So, I was like, "Wow, oh wow, bummer.
Total bummer. Okay."
So I'm like, "Okay, God, where did I get it?"
And he's like, "It's ancient bitterness in your soul."
And I said, "I need to see that in Scripture.
And what about these demonic things I saw floating around it?
Like what does that mean?" And he showed me the answer
to both those questions. He took me to Hebrews 12,
I'll read it to you now. Starting in verse 14, he says, "Follow peace with all men in
holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Looking diligently lest any men fail the grace of God, lest any
root of bitterness," everybody say, "root of bitterness,"
"springing up trouble you." Say, "Trouble you."
"And thereby many be defiled." Okay, so when you look at that
word "root of bitterness," it's telling us not to have
a root of bitterness. What does that mean?
If you look up the word "root" in the Strongs, it actually is a metaphor for offspring or
prodigy, meaning that bitterness is generational, that it gets
passed down to you through the generations, amen?
Maybe your ancestors start it or whatever, but then it gets
passed down to you. So, when it's talking about
a root of bitterness, it means that we have to go back to
the root in our bloodline to get it out, amen?
Now, it says this. Remember it says, "Be careful
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you."
Everybody say, "Trouble you." Well, I looked up the word
"trouble," and I was shocked and happy at the same time because
it gave me my answer about these demonic spirits I saw floating
around and attached to this coffee tree.
That word "trouble" there, when you look it up in the Strongs,
in the etymology of that word, of that root, it means this.
Listen, to be vexed, molested, and troubled by demons.
Oh bummer. Makes you think about next time
you want to let yourself be controlled by that bitter bent
in your soul and allow yourself to be bitter.
Because when you do, that bitterness is like blood
in the water to sharks. Those demons are right there
to attach themselves to the bitterness that's in your soul.
And then they're ready to vex, molest, and trouble you, amen?
And since they're ancient demons, they're very powerful.
And they could do many different things to you,
including make you sick. In fact, they could make you
so sick with terminal diseases and disorders of every kind,
they could actually kill you before your appointed time.
How many of you know that the Bible says in Hebrews 9 that
we all have an appointed time to die?
How many of you have read that Scripture?
God has actually picked a time for us to go onto glory, amen?
Okay, but did you know that many people are not dying
in God's time? They're dying out of his time.
Now, how do I know? Because if every single person
was dying in God's time, Jesus would've never resurrected
anyone from the dead, okay? He resurrected the widow
of Nain, Jairus' daughter, and Lazarus, okay?
You know, Jesus would never have resurrected anyone that died at
God's appointed time because Jesus said in John 5, "I only do
what I see the Father doing." He would never go against
the Father, and resurrecting somebody who died at God's
appointed time would be rebellion against the Father.
So, in other words, those three people he resurrected, it
must have not been their time. >> Katie: People tend to think
of missions as overseas evangelism in some country
far away, but one of the biggest mission fields is in the prison
near your own home. We are called to minister
to incarcerated men and women all over the world.
Together, we can go into the most critical mission field
of all, the prison near you. >> announcer: Today, with your
support, you are giving hope and healing to a life that may be
in a desperate need of a change. Call now, and when you do, Katie
would like to thank you for your gift by sending you a copy of
her teaching and soaking package "Live Free: Escaping the Trap
of Bitterness of Soul." With your gift of $55 or more,
you will have a part in putting God's Word directly into
the hands of a life that is ready to change.
Call toll-free, 1-800-789-7895. And as a thank you for your
gift, Katie will send you a copy of "Live Free."
>> Katie: Is your mind full of angry thoughts about a person
or a difficult situation? If so, you could have a wound
in your soul from bitterness. Now, are there also sicknesses
in your body, or are you broke in your finances?
Believe me, these things are connected.
Once I got healed of the bitterness in my soul,
I received numerous physical miracles and major financial
breakthroughs. You can too.
>> announcer: Call now with your gift, 1-800-789-7895.
Help Katie reach out to thousands of prisoners with
a powerful message of God's ultimate healing power. >> Katie: Now, we have to
understand something. God has an appointed time,
and believe it or not, when that moment arrives, you are supposed
to be totally well, and strong, and healthy when you go.
Does the Bible say that? Yep, watch.
This is Job 21, this is the will of God for your passing on
to glory. "One dies in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet, breast full of milk, and his
bones are full of marrow and moistening."
That's God's will for your death.
You'd be strong, healthy, running around with the
grandkids, jogging, swimming, everything else right to
the last moment at your appointed time.
Now, the next verse tells us why people are dying out of
God's appointed time, ready? Next verse, "And the other dies
in bitterness of soul." People are dying not at God's
time because they're carrying these ancient wounds of
bitterness, they're not getting them corrected, they're actually
bending their--allowing their character to be bent towards
that bitterness, and getting more and more bitter.
The wounds are getting bigger and bigger until finally, these
ancient demonic spirits activate, they come and they put
cancer, and disease, and disorder of every kind, and then
that person dies out of God's appointed time because they died
of bitterness of soul. We got to get rid of all this
bitterness, man. We got to get rid of the stuff
that's happened in our life. You know, hey, okay, so your ex
burned you, took everything in the divorce, and left you with
nothing. Is it going to do you any good
to be bitter about it? No.
Is it going to hurt him? He's happy as pie,
he don't care. But it's going to make you sick,
it's going to take your business away from you, it's going to
steal your ministry, it's going to cause you to separate from
your kids even more. It's going to cause major
problems in your life. Remember, Romans 1 says
that--Paul said, "I'm not ashamed of the gospel,
which is the power or dunamis unto salvation."
When you were saved, dunamis power came, and it's
what made that happen. It's resurrection power.
It resurrected your dead spirit man unto eternal life,
so now you have a tank full of dunamis power.
That's what the word "power" there means, dunamis.
You have a tank full that never runs out, it lives inside
of you. And it not only resurrected your
dead spirit man unto eternal life, but it does a bunch of
other cool stuff. Because if you look up the word
"dunamis," it means what? Number one, excellence of soul.
It's able to heal every wound that came through you for your
family line that you were born with, every bitter wound that
you develop during your lifetime.
It also means the power to perform miracles, so it's able
to heal your body when you start getting sick because you have
bitterness in your soul, amen? Over these next two sessions,
I'm going to be telling stories, all kind of embarrassing,
terribly embarrassing stories about myself mostly, and other
friends of mine, and other people that I've known that
have been healed of these generational iniquities of
bitterness that lived in their soul.
And when they did, they got major miracles in
their physical body. >> Katie: So, just pray with me,
say, "Lord Jesus, I realize bitterness is much more
dangerous than I could possibly imagine, so I want to be totally
healed of it. I ask that you would wash away
all the sin of bitterness that I have committed in my own life,
and all the sins of bitterness that my ancestors committed
all the way back to Adam. I repent for getting bitter
towards people, saying judgmental, critical, evil,
angry, hateful words towards them and about them.
I repent for doing that. And I sincerely forgive them.
I know I'll feel it once the wound is healed.
But by faith, right now, I forgive them completely of
every offense that they've ever committed against me,
whether real or perceived. Lord Jesus, I command
the dunamis resurrection power that's in me to flow out of my
spirit into my soul, and go to every single wound in my soul
that came from bitterness. I command those wounds
to be healed by the power that's in me.
I am excellent of soul. I am excellent of soul.
I receive the resurrection power that's in my spirit.
And as it's released into my soul, I know I will be
resurrected just like Lazarus. I will not die before God's
appointed time because of bitterness of soul.
I will pass onto glory, my bones full of marrow and moistening,
my breasts full of milk, and I will be quiet, at ease, full
of strength, full of vitality because I have no bitterness
of soul." Now, just receive that
dunamis power. I command it to go into your
soul right now. I command it to go into your
soul and make your soul excellent in the name of Jesus
right now. I command your body to be filled
with the dunamis power that's inside of you, and cause that
dunamis power to form a miracle in you, to heal your body of
every disease and disorder that is coming from bitterness.
And I command your character not to be bent towards bitterness,
that you would be so healed of these generational iniquities of
bitterness that you would no longer bend in your response
towards the reaction of bitterness, but instead it would
be easy for you to react in peace, in joy, in happiness, in
calmness, that you would possess your soul because your soul was
no longer being controlled by these ancient bitter bents.
In the name of Jesus, I command it for you.
Do you receive it? If you do, shout amen.
Let's just give God a praise, amen? >> female: I met you before.
You healed my eye. >> Katie: I healed your eye?
What happened? >> female: I was born with a
congenital hereditary cataract. >> Katie: This is the woman!
I've been looking for you, girl. Okay, let's hear all
the testimony. So, I was just here when that
happened, didn't it? >> female: Yeah, it was just
at--it's just my right eye. And you can see the grey,
you still see it. You see the--
>> Katie: I do, a little bit of grey, yeah.
Okay, okay, so you're saying that you couldn't see out of
the side of your eye before. >> female: No light.
>> Katie: That there was no light.
>> female: I couldn't see nothing, dark, blacker than me
and you and this shirt. You said it would get better day
by day, and it has. >> Katie: Okay, so did something
happen right away that day? >> female: Oh yeah, when I took
my hand down, I could see out the side.
I mean, colors, like I can do it now.
You got--somebody I ain't seen already, but I can see like all
the blue, all the red. I could see all the way up
to like right here. >> Katie: You could only see
black, but then all of a sudden you can see colors.
>> female: I could see colors, and then it started like
silhouettes, like images. But now I can see--
No, I can see it pretty good. That's pretty good.
>> Katie: Describe. >> female: Oh.
>> Katie: Maybe you better not. >> female: No, no, no.
No, I can--I mean, I see--I see the difference between your
shirt and you. I can see your eyes.
I can see the blue and pink behind.
I can see the light, which I never saw any of that.
I can see a portion of the mic. I can see your hand.
>> Katie: Wow. And you could never see
any of that before? >> female: No.
>> Katie: So, it's getting progressively better and better
every day? >> female: Yes.
>> Katie: That was like what, a couple of months ago?
>> female: About a couple of months ago.
>> Katie: Okay, ready? Stand there.
Father, now we know you're going to complete the work.
We decree it right now. And she's already seeing hands,
mics, colors, hair, different silhouettes, differences, and we
know you're going to make it sharp like she's watching HD TV. And everybody shout amen. >> Katie: Let me ask you
a question. Do you naturally respond to
difficult situations and trying people by getting defensive,
angry, or even critical? If so, it may be because you
were born with a bent in your character towards bitterness.
Now, ask yourself, are you also physically, mentally, or
emotionally suffering in any kind of way?
Well, the two can be connected. Let's get it all healed
right now. Just pray along with me.
Just say, "Lord Jesus, I believe you can do anything, including
healing me of any dangerous or destructive character bents.
So, right now, I ask that you straighten out that bent in my
soul towards bitterness. Cleanse my bloodline of that
behavior all the way back to Adam, in Jesus' name.
Change the way I respond to difficult situations by
healing me. I repent for being bitter.
Thank you for your blood that's cleansing me of that bitter bent
in Jesus' name." Okay, keep praying with me.
Say, "I thank you, Lord, that you are also healing me of
the wounds caused by my sins. With your resurrection dunamis
power, that power lives in my spirit man.
I release that dunamis right now to do what dunamis means,
make me excellent of soul. I believe you're healing my soul
of every bitter root so that I will no longer have a bent
towards bitterness and negativity.
In Jesus' name, amen." I want you to continue praying
these prayers so that you can get to the root of all
the bitterness in your soul. It took me a few months to get
healed of every bitter bent that was controlling me because bents
in our character can run far back to our family line.
So, it may take a little bit to get totally healed, but the good
news is that Jesus died for every single character bent
in you. And the Bible says that you
carry around in your body the power of his cross
and his resurrection. So, you already have everything
you need to get healed. When I got healed of my
bitter bent, it changed my life. I was so angry about everything
all the time, but as soon as my healing came, I felt so much
peace and I felt so relieved. I encourage you to fiercely go
after your healing by just spending a few minutes every day
praying these simple prayers and using your faith to release
what you already have. When you do, you'll start to see
your life is going to dramatically change. >> Katie: People tend to think
of missions as overseas evangelism in some country far
away, but one of the biggest mission fields is in the prison
near your own home. We are called to minister
to incarcerated men and women all over the world.
Together, we can go into the most critical mission field
of all, the prison near you. >> announcer: Today, with your
support, you are giving hope and healing to a life that may be in
a desperate need of a change. Call now, and when you do, Katie
would like to thank you for your gift by sending you a copy of
her teaching and soaking package "Live Free: Escaping the Trap
of Bitterness of Soul." With your gift of $55 or more,
you will have a part in putting God's Word directly into
the hands of a life that is ready to change.
Call toll-free, 1-800-789-7895. And as a thank you for your
gift, Katie will send you a copy of "Live Free."
>> Katie: Is your mind full of angry thoughts about a person
or a difficult situation? If so, you could have a wound in
your soul from bitterness. Now, are there also sicknesses
in your body, or are you broke in your finances?
Believe me, these things are connected.
Once I got healed of the bitterness in my soul,
I received numerous physical miracles and major
financial breakthroughs. You can too.
>> announcer: Call now with your gift, 1-800-789-7895.
Help Katie reach out to thousands of prisoners with
a powerful message of God's ultimate healing power. >> Katie: Like I said, I was so
filled with bitterness, it took many months for it to all
come out. And just to let you know, it got
worse during the process. There were days that I would
feel an uncontrollable anger rising up in me over
the littlest things, and I would think, "What is going on?
I'm supposed to be getting better, not worse."
Then God told me what it was. He said there are ancient
demonic spirits attached to bitterness, and the closer you
get to the root, the more they rise up and try to drive you to
get angry and bitter. So, your job is to keep
believing and decreeing until you get to the source in your
soul, then that spirit will have to leave.
So, don't give up. You'll know when the
breakthrough happens because you'll feel a shift towards
peace in here. Be encouraged.
Jesus is making it happen right now.
See you next week. [music] ...
