{"id":1199,"date":"2012-09-22T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T23:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2012-08-18T02:21:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T01:21:22","slug":"filter-connections-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2012\/09\/22\/filter-connections-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Filter Connections II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>\u2018\u2026Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I\u2019ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I\u2019ll go to the left.\u201d<\/em> <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/gen13.9.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Gen.13:9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was after Jacob confronted Laban that he was able to access the next step of the toxic relationship [<a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/gen30.25.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Gen.30:25<\/a>]. In some cases, the next step might be to <em>can<\/em> the relationship. To can simply means to restrict influence or access. So after you have confronted the person and you have discerned that the <!--more-->relationship cannot continue on the level that it operated previously. For instance, when you confront someone with their manipulations, the next step would be to restrict their access. That is if it is a relationship you cannot do without. You need to <em>can<\/em> the influence of that relationship because it is toxic. If you cannot get clarity in your spirit about the person, then you to need <em>can<\/em> the person\u2019s access. Sometimes after confrontation, we move straight to <em>cut-off<\/em>. There are some relationships that you have to <em>cut-off<\/em> immediately to avoid prolonged conflict <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis13:5-9&amp;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\">[Gen.13:5-9].<\/a> \u2018\u2026Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate\u2026\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/gen13.9.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Gen.13:9.<\/a> \u2018Don\u2019t be fooled by those who say such things, for bad company corrupts good character\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/bible.us\/1cor15.33.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">1Cor.15:33.<\/a> Such relationships are like a cancer; if you do not cut it off it will spread and infect other areas of your life and might lead to a major loss. For example, you had a relationship with a lady friend before you got married. And now you are married but you keep communicating with that lady friend. That is an unhealthy baggage that you need to cut off dispassionately. If you still are excusing it then something is wrong with you. Cut off that communication line immediately. Particularly if you had been emotionally involved with that person, you need to <em>cut-off<\/em>. Some of these connections become like a leach to an animal; slow and steady killers. <em>Can<\/em> the access they have and move ahead to <em>cut-off<\/em> immediately. What are the relationships in your life, you need to filter the connections. Discern whether you need to confront, can, or cut-off where necessary. Who do you need to confront? Which relationships do you need to can? And which relationships do you need to cut-off? God will help us all in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Let every relationship in my life not planted by my Heavenly Father is uprooted today, in the Name of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018\u2026Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I\u2019ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I\u2019ll go to the left.\u201d Gen.13:9 &nbsp; It was after Jacob confronted Laban that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}