KB: Do you or a loved
one ever feel trapped in a cycle of defeat? Have you ever come out of
bondage just to feel like you're in the same
place all over again? Today we're going to talk
about how to break demonic cycles and tear down the
strongholds of the enemy. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back on
"Life More Abundantly." [Music] [Music] KB: Welcome to
"Life More Abundantly," beloved. I'm so
glad to be with you today, and I'm talking about
something today that is very, very,
very important. Millions of people all
over the world are bound by addictions,
compulsions, bound by things that they
can't seem to break free of. Maybe you're one of them,
or maybe you know someone in this
particular situation. Have you ever told God,
"I'll never do it again," just to go right back
to something that you promised you
would never do again? Have you ever felt like
you were trapped in a cycle going around and
around year after year, the same old same old. Today I want to share
with you some keys that I believe will help liberate
you from this demonic cycle in your life and
help release you into the plan and purpose of
God for you life, and particularly address
the issue of addictions. You see, the Bible
says over there, in John chapter
eight verse 32, it says, "And you
shall know the truth, and the truth
will make you free." Notice the writer of
the text did not say, "It will set you free." I know people split
hairs about this and interpretations and
etc., but I believe it's important to understand
that there is a very specific difference
between being set free and being made free. You see, I can let a
person out of jail. Person serves 30
years in prison, I can let them
out of jail. I can release him,
but more than likely, if he doesn't change on
the inside he'll be back in jail. And this is the truth. We see this all the time. People are reincarcerated
time and time and time again because you can
get a person out of jail, but you've got to get the
jail out of the person. And until you do that,
that person is not made free. Jesus said, "You
will know the truth, and the truth
will make you free." In other words, when
you are made free, the Devil can't bring
you back into bondage. You know, I believe that
we need a revelation of the truth. Contrary to
popular belief, the truth is
not a concept. People think that the
truth is mental ascent. Oh, I know the truth. I know that. Have you ever heard
anybody say that? Yeah, I know that, man. You quote a
scripture to them. I know that
scripture already. I know that. I know that. Do you? There's a difference
between mentally ascending and knowing. The word know comes from
the Greek word ginosko, which means to have
experiential knowledge. It is a Jewish
idiom for intimacy. And Adam knew Eve,
and she conceived. You see, the
truth is a person, not just a concept. And until you know the
person of Jesus Christ and know that he loves you and
has an awesome plan for your life, you don't
yet know the truth. I believe that so many
people are frustrated because they
feel like God, why is that I
know I love you ... I mean, let's be honest,
have you ever said that? God, I know I love you, so
why am I still struggling with this? I know I love you. I know I want
to serve you, but why is this an
issue in my life? And it continues to
perpetuate itself time and time and time again. I said earlier, and I've
said many times before, Hosea 4:6 tells us that
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. What you don't
know can hurt you. The first thing we have to
understand when it comes to cycles of
defeat, addictive cycles, is that the underlying
issue to any area of bondage is sin. Sin is the underlying
force behind every demonic cycle in a person's life. Whether it be
generational sin, whether it be willful sin,
or sometimes people sin unwillfully or
unknowingly. In their ignorance
they sin against God. They don't
know any better. For example, maybe there
is something in a person's bloodline that they
don't know is even there. Maybe their parents opened
the door to the enemy, and they're unaware of it,
and now they're dealing with the proclivity
of something from the bloodline. No matter what it is, we
know without the shadow of doubt that sin is the
underlying culprit behind every compulsion and
addiction in a person's life. I have good news for you. Jesus conquered sin. Now why is this
so good news? Because you
understand the Bible says, in Romans chapter eight,
that the Spirit of Him that raised Jesus from the
dead dwells on the inside of us. What does that mean? It means that the Bible
says and means that you are more than a conqueror. Why are you more
than a conqueror? Because you faced
something that's already been defeated. You faced a defeated foe. Jesus Christ conquered sin
and death on the cross. He was raised
from the dead, which means that the power
of the Holy Spirit that we have received is not just
so that we can speak in tongues. It's not just so that
we can go to church on Sundays, but you have the
same power dwelling in you so that you can
overcome sin. You could ... because Jesus
overcame sin. Jesus conquered sin so
that you wouldn't have to be conquered by sin. I like to say this. Listen to this. Jesus paid a price so that
you would be set free from sin, not so that
you could sin freely. You see,
there's a difference. Jesus conquered sin, which
means that I am no longer bound to the confines
of the dictates of sin. We are no longer
slaves of sin anymore. Now you may say,
well, I know that. Do you really know it? You see, the truth is
when you know something it becomes a manifest
reality in your life. I was driving down
the street one day, and the Holy Spirit
asked me a question. And he asked me this ... because this is how the
Holy Spirit deals with me. He said, "Kynan,
what is revelation?" I said, oh, I
know that, God. I'm a theologian. I know what
revelation means. It's from the Greek
word apocalyopsis, it means an unveiling. And the Holy
Spirit entertained me, and he said,
"That's right." He said, "But let
me ask you this, how do you know you
have revelation?" And I couldn't
answer that question. So I paused, and he
answered the question for me. And he said, "You know
you have revelation when everything changes." You see, when you have a
revelation of the truth, it changes you. When you have a
revelation of the truth, it liberates you from
the power of darkness, from the power of
every lie of the enemy. You see, there's somebody
watching me right now and, you're bound. Maybe you're
addicted to pornography. Maybe you're addicted to
the lust of the flesh. Maybe you're addicted
to depression or fear or phobias, and you're
trying to figure out, God, how do I
break out of this? The first thing you
need to understand is that Jesus conquered what
you're wrestling with. Jesus overcame that
thing on the cross, and he set you free of
it on the cross from an ontological standpoint,
and what you and I need to do is to walk in the
revelation of that freedom. You need to realize what
Jesus has already done on the cross for you, and
it is the power of that revelation that will
thrust you into a greater reality. Understand something,
no matter how strong the addiction, God's word has
already broken through. No matter how
strong the addiction, God's word has
already broken through. You know, the
Bible says of it, in second
Corinthians chapter 5:21, that he was made
to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that
we would be made the righteousness
of God in Him. You are the
righteousness of Christ. Before you let the Devil
lie to you and tell you that you're worthless and
that you're nothing and that you'll
never overcome, tell yourself ... Look in the
mirror and say, "I am the righteousness
of God in Christ, and Jesus
overcame my struggle." I want somebody to
say that right now. I am the righteousness
of God in Christ, and Jesus
overcame my struggle. Whatever you're struggling
with has already been overcome by the Risen One. Whatever you're struggling
with has been overcome by the Risen One. You don't have to
struggle anymore. You don't have to be
oppressed by the enemy anymore. I'm telling you,
this simple truth, once applied by faith,
will transform your life, but you have to apply it. You have to believe it. You have to begin to walk
in the reality of what I'm sharing with you today. I'm telling you, beloved,
God wants to set you free. You're never going
to be the same again. Your life will never be
the same again the moment you realize that
Jesus conquered it all. Oh, I have much
to share with you, but I want to go to you
out there and ask you this question, what does it
mean to break a cycle? What does it mean
to break a cycle? Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back on
"Life More Abundantly." Man: To me, breaking a
cycle means changing your routine, changing what you
do and really going into something different. Women: To be aware of what
you are doing that's not healthy and to fix it. Girl: I guess to
change your routine, to do things you
might normally not to, to do the unexpected. Women2: Well, like, what I'm
trying to do is be better to my kids than I
could have been. Yeah. Than my mom was to me, so. Man2: To me, that is doing
things differently, getting out of
your routine, your pattern, trying to
make a difference in your life and other people's
lives by being different, being more involved, helpful,
assistive, etc. Man3: When
you stop doing one thing, and you start
doing something else. That's simple. KB: Those are some
very interesting answers. I'm sure your answers
are interesting as well. Earlier we were talking
about breaking cycles. And I want to share a
little bit about that, but before I do that, I
want to just cut to some of the questions that I
receive on social media all the time. Janice said, "Dr. Kynan, my husband is
struggling with an addiction. Can you please
pray for him?" Yes, I can, Janice. You know, many people
all over the world are struggling with all
kinds of addictions. Not only that, but I have
another person here that says that God
set them free. They were bound, and they
were set free when they got a
revelation of the truth. You know, I believe that
millions of people all over the world need
to hear this truth, that Jesus and his
sacrifice is greater than your sin. Jesus and his sacrifice
is greater than your sin. You don't have to
be a slave to sin. Paul posed a question
in the Book of Romans, he says, "Shall we
continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid!" May it never be, in
some translations. In other words, when
you get liberated from something, when you come
into the reality of a new life, you never want
to go back to the old. You never want go
back to the past. You never want to go back
to the thing that had you bound. Can you imagine a man on
death row for 50 years, and on the last day of his
sentence when he's about to be put into
the gas chamber, somebody comes
to him and says, "You know what, we're
going to set you free because one of your
relatives agreed to die in your place." Can you imagine the
emotion that a man would feel after being in sin,
being in slavery for so long, and yet somebody
takes their place. That's what
Jesus did for us. He took your place. He received upon him the
full penalty of your sin. The Bible says, in
first John chapter two, that he is the
propitiation for your sins. That means he is the
one whose substitutionary sacrifice, watch this,
received the wrath of God on your behalf. When you look at
your struggle, when you look at the
things that you're dealing with, I want you to change
your perspective and realize that Jesus gave
his very life to go to war on what is going
to war against you. Jesus paid the
ultimate sacrifice. Hallelujah. So we understand there are
a couple things that we need to do. Number one, we need to
make a decision to be free. Now, you may say
that's just really simple. I mean, I've
already made a decision. No, no, no. Have you? Because there is nothing
more powerful than a made up mind. When you make a decision
that no matter what I'm going to be free, things
begin to move into motion. You know, it's amazing. When were in the world ... Now, some of you
were born saved. You were like
John the Baptist. You were full of the Holy
Ghost from your mother's womb. That wasn't my testimony,
but some of you have that testimony. You were laying hands
on other children in the nursery, in the hospital,
and getting them born again and full of ... That wasn't my testimony. That may be yours. But for most of us
who weren't born saved, we know that when we were
in the world when we made up in our mind to do
something we did it. You know, I
want to go drink. I want to go smoke. I want to go fornicate,
and you just did it because that's what
was in your heart to do, and everything in your
life begins to conform with the desire
of your heart. In the Lord,
it's no different. In fact, it's even
more powerful in the Lord because you have the
Spirit of God inside of you empowering your
decision to do what is right. The Holy Spirit is in
you empowering you to make right decisions. So when you
make a decision, you know what, God, today
is the last day that I'm going to
struggle with this. Today is the last day that
I'm going to deal with this issue. Today is the last day that
I'm going to continue to be bound. Guess what? You set spiritual
forces in motion. All of heaven leverages
its power to move towards your freedom. Oh, this is good, man. I'll tell you, this is --
this is a truth that set me free. Number two, take the
initiative to contend for what God has promised you. Contrary to
popular belief, things done just
fall on our lap, beloved. And too many Christians
are sitting on their blessed assurance waiting
on God to do something when sometimes you have to
be like the woman with the issue of blood who took
the initiative and said, you know what, I hear that
the Messiah is coming by. I hear that Jesus,
the son of David, is coming by. This is my moment. I must touch the
hem of his garment, and if I touch
his garment, even though I've been in
this condition for years, today I will
be made whole. And the Bible says that
Jesus turned around and looked and said,
"Who touched me?" Not because people
touched him physically, but because virtue
flowed out of him. When you make an
initiative that today is your day, something
begins to happen. You have to contend for
the promises of God in your life. You remember over there in
Genesis chapter 15 verse 11, where
Abraham is told ... Abraham at the time
is told to go make a sacrifice, and the Bible
says that fowls begin to eat up his sacrifices. And the scripture tells
us that Abraham drove them away. In other words, Abraham
was willing to fight so that he would be able to
receive what God had for him. Sometimes you
have to fight, beloved. You have to fight. The Bible says, "Fight
the good fight of faith." It says in Ephesians,
chapter six verse 12, "For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood." Some people stop there. All they hear is
we wrestle not, but you have to contend. You have to
take authority. You have to be willing to
press into the promises of God for your life. Write this down. Write this down. You need persistence,
perseverance and diligence. It's not what
you do one day, it's what you
do every day. Can you imagine
I go to the gym, and I say I want
to lose 40 pounds, and I do three reps. Oh, that was great. And I'm just ... I'm waiting for the weight
to just fall off of me from then on. For the next 6 months,
all the weight should fall off. It doesn't work like that. I believe in
supernatural weight loss, but I don't
believe in being crazy. I believe that you
have to put a persistent, consistent and
diligent effort forth. You might say, where
is that in the Bible? I'm glad you asked me. Hebrews chapter 11 says
that He is a rewarder of them who
diligently seek Him. Christianity is not for
the lazy or the lethargic. It's for those who
are diligent in their passionate pursuit. And I want to -- I want
you to catch this part. The next point,
true repentance. You see, repentance is
something you don't hear about often today, but it
is absolutely necessary. Jesus preached repentance
for the kingdom of God is at hand. John the Baptist preached
repentance for the kingdom of God is at hand. Peter, in Acts chapter
two when they said, what must we
do to be saved? He said, repent. Repent. What is repentance? It's not what
we think it is. A lot of times when people
preach repentance they preach groveling. They preach
begging on an alter, and I believe that we
should be contrite. I believe that we should
be broken before God, but that's not
the Biblical ... That's not along with
the Biblical definition of repentance means. It's from the
Greek word metanoia. And meta, the
prefix, means to change. To change. In other words, you have
to have a change of mind, a change of mind. You see, it is
a supernatural transformation in your
thinking that produces a transformation
in your life. The Bible says, in Romans
chapter 12 verse one, "I beseech you, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service and be not conformed to this world
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Transformation
is the word. Meta more followed, to
have a metamorphosis by the anacoenosis or the the
renovating or the changing of the mind. You see, repentance
means a change in mind. You have to have
a change in mind. You have to make up in
your mind supernaturally that I'm going to
think differently. I'm going to see
things differently. I'm going to begin
to walk differently. It is the change in mind
that produces the change in life. Beloved, today
is your day, but you have to repent. You have to say,
Lord, forgive me, but also change the way I
think about this thing. Change the way
I see myself. Change the way
I see others. You see, the change in
mind will evoke a change in action and your life
will never be the same again. There have been
things in my life, and I said, God,
take it from me. And I cried out to
God, and I repented, and the Lord
took it from me. I had no desire
for it anymore. The blood still works,
and the word is still powerful. Don't go
anywhere, beloved. We're going to talk a
little bit more on "Life More Abundantly." Don't touch that dial. We'll see you in a moment. [Music] VO: We'll be back with
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"Life More Abundantly." KB: Beloved, I believe
it's your time to be restored. You know, the word
restored means to bring something back to its
original condition. Maybe you have
fallen astray. Maybe you have experienced
something traumatic in your life. Maybe sin has crept
in, and you need to be restored. Let me tell you something,
when you embrace the miracle of repentance,
you will experience the miracle of restoration. This is your
moment right now, and I want to
pray for you. There's somebody
watching me right now, you say, Pastor, I
used to serve God. I used to love God, but
I feel like I'm trapped. I keep going around and
around and around in the same cycle of defeat. There's another
young man watching me, you're called to ministry,
but you have an addiction in your life that's
brought shame and embarrassment, and you
believe the lie of the enemy that God
can't use you anymore. The Devil is a liar. I want to pray
with you right now, and I want you to
stretch your hands. Anybody watching that
wants to be free of anything, today you're
going to be free of it. I don't care what
it is, alcoholism, drugs, lust,
pride, self-hatred. I don't care what it is,
right now you're going to be free. Release your faith
as I pray for you. Father, in Jesus' name,
I pray for the person watching me right now, and
I declare that the blood of Jesus liberates them
from the cycle of bondage. I thank you, Lord,
for a supernatural transformation of their
mind set that causes them to see themselves
the way you see them. That from this day forward
they will no longer embrace the lie that
it'll always be this way. Know Jesus still
does jail breaks. Jesus still
liberates the captives. He came and set
the captives free, and if you're
captive today, I declare your freedom in
the mighty name of Jesus. I declare that the
anointing of the Holy Spirit destroys the yolk
of bondage in your life so that you can experience
all that God has for you. Beloved, if
you prayed that, it's your day. We'll see you next time
on "Life More Abundantly."
