Real Talk Kim (Kimberly Jones-Pothier) - Shut Hell Up: When the Enemy Brings Up Your Past, Remind Him of Your Future

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SHUT HELL UP by Real Talk Kim

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Copyright 2020 by Real Talk Kim (Kimberly Jones-Pothier)

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International Standard Book Number: 978-1-62999-725-4

E-book ISBN: 978-1-62999-726-1

Contents

FIRST, I WOULD like to say thank you to my family who covers me in prayer daily and keeps me centered in real time as I travel weekly. During our family get-togethers, we just let our hair down and laugh with one another. You bring me back to reality as we meet and eat, yet you support me in every way, even packing and shipping products. We play hard and work hard! I wouldnt have chosen any other family to live life with but you. Mark, Morgan and Lyncoln, Dad and Mom, Rob and Melissayou guys were chosen by God to be an integral part of my life today. Mom, we did it againfinished another book to give God all the glory!

Second, I would like to thank the thousands of social media followers who keep me on my toes as I am seeking God daily for a fresh rhema word for you. I have become a much better person as a result of transparency. I realize honesty is the most important attribute I have, so I want to make sure that I give you tidbits that will assist you in living your best life yet. Thank you for accepting me as I am.

Last but not least, I am so thankful for my dedicated staff who answers hundreds of calls weekly for invitations to preach. Besides working the schedule, you are always thinking ahead on how to make life easier as I travel thousands of miles each week. You are all amazing!

Of course, I give God all the glory. Without His anointing, I could not and would not be doing what I do. My greatest gift is His salvation for me, which set me up to live my best life now.

EVERY ONE OF us deals with chatter in the psychevoices that tear us down and stir up fear. Recognizing the effect of these voices in framing our lives is a game changer. I know, because until I was in my late thirties, I had a choir of inner chatterboxes telling me how insecure, intimidated, and useless I was. They succeeded in ruling my daily life for decades. But the moment I chose to shut them down, I tasted a freedom I never knew I could have.

Why had I allowed aimless conversations in my head to distract my purpose for so long when choosing to change took only a moment? Id fought the battle in my mind from the first grade all the way to age thirty-six. I had no idea that the enemy kept me broken just by stealing my focus.

When I reached my rock bottom, however, I found the answer to my whys and realized why my future had always turned out like my past: it was because I kept bringing my past with me! Thats when I learned to shut up the hell that tormented me day and night.

I am an authority on how the tormented mind leads to failure because I lived it. However, I no longer have to embrace that lifeand neither do you. When you control your thoughts, you control your life. The truth is, you become what you think of most of the time. So becoming free is all about changing the channel in your mind from confusion and doubt to the things God says about you. No, I dont think you can do it alone. But I know with everything in me that, through Christ, you can do all things. I am a living example of how He turns a broken mess into a message. Therefore, I fully believe that Jesus wants to turn your misery into a ministry too.

It will take some cooperation on your part. Its too easy to say we trust God and then try to handle the situation ourselves. God is always working for our good, but He gave us a say in things. If we keep trying to control everything, we limit what Hell do for us. Even when Jesus was with His disciples, in the flesh and working miracles, the people of Nazareth limited Him. They thought they knew who He wasthe son of a carpenter instead of the Son of God. Their unbelief prevented Him from delivering good news and performing miracles in His hometown. So, Jesus just moved on. I think He did it because God respects the free will He gave to humanity. He is a gentleman who never forces us to believe Him.

Unbelief comes in many forms. During the years when my life was breaking apart, I tried to look like a strong Christian, so I seldom revealed my weaknesses. But at rock bottom I discovered that the strongest Christians are quick to admit their frailties and look to God. The more I did this, the more He got involved in my life. Now when Im up against it, I say, Jesus in me can make this happen.

We need to realize that our unbelief limits Gods power and prevents it from doing its work in us. Paul said in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Its not Jesus Christ who limits us. We do it to ourselves. Thats why its so important to discover who God is in our lives. When we do, we find out who we are. Then we can quit struggling with the insecurities and self-promotion that define much of society.

Are you hearing me? You no longer have to measure up or qualify. You are free to be yourself. That doesnt mean being perfect. You have failures in your life, and so do I. Thats why I can totally relate to what Steven Furtick said:

I used to think that the answer to my failures was to fix them, that the solution to my weaknesses was to replace them with strengths. I assumed the secret to success was to appear as perfect, flawless, and superhuman as possible. I concluded that my character and my competency qualified or disqualified me.

I have been there. Now finally, I have allowed Jesus Christ to be Lord of my life. Therefore, I can see myself as He sees me, and I love the me I see. His view of who I am gives me the freedom and self-confidence to speak to thousands of people about the love of God.