Breaking Free - Let HIM uproot the wounded roots...

"Becoming Restored" is a banner under Restored by the Lord LLC. Becoming Restored was birthed out of the Lord's need to show that generational healing is messy yet necessary. Becoming Restored is here to show you those areas that have been hidden for generations yet are now being exposed so that we can truly become who we were created to be... Restored by the Lord. In all transparency, we heal out loud while walking in the promises of God.

The whirlwind of past pain we have faced leaves us asking,

What happens next?

What is God going to do about what He brought up?

How will He restore this?

What will restoration look like when I've lost so much of what I thought was my identity?

"Sometimes we can be so consumed with healing that we don't care about the actual healing; we just want to appear healed so we can escape the vulnerability of being seen in our brokenness in front of other people."

-Kobe Campbell

This Chapter is called "Beauty For Ashes"

Burn up what is beyond the surface that's not like you Lord.

Be authentically real, vulnerable in His safe place, not traditionally fake - so that the generational curses can truly break. -Emily Louise

WE ARE VICTORIOUS

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

-1 Corinthians 15:57 AMP

Confess those deep hurts in your heart that you have been covering up with the finest clothes, name-brand bags, anger, alcohol, drugs, sex, food, work, scripture, money chasing, gambling, people-pleasing, and all other counterfeit comfort. Confess, forsake, while entering His peace, healing, love, and acceptance. Confess to progress in your journey to becoming...Restored.

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.

-Matthew 11:28-30

Father God, I come before you now in the name of Jesus. God, I come to your throne of grace boldly on behalf of me and your people. Thank you for being the one true living God. Thank you for being the one true intentional God. Thank you for leading your son or daughter to this prayer. Whoever is reading this prayer now - it is not by coincidence. I pray for your will Lord Jesus to be done in our lives as it is in heaven. God, I pray that you heal our hearts from all forms of terror, rejection, hate, jealously, envy, mimicking of the world, pride, people-pleasing, and all forms of deception. Lord, your word says that we shall know the truth and the truth shall set us free. God we repent of any and all things we did knowingly or unknowingly that caused stagnation in our true authentic healing. God we pray to be truly healed at the roots for your glory. God Your word says that we shall know a tree by it's fruit. Lord, we don't want to just appear healed or play healed - we want to truly be healed in our roots, in our bloodline, and through our core. Lord Your word says whoever the son sets free is free indeed. We pray that you free us completely to serve you in spirit and in truth. We pray that you give us clarity in every area. We pray that you will clean our hearts from all iniquity, deception, and unrighteousness so that we can truly worship you in spirit and in truth. You are our strength, our deliverer, and the one who rescues us. You are our Lord and our redeemer...

YOUR LOVE SETS US FREE...

Reclaim what trauma took from you - love, joy, peace, truth, justice, belief, boldness, and courage.

Teach me Your way, O Lord, I will walk and live in Your truth; Direct my heart to fear Your name [with awe-inspired reverance and submissive wonder]. Psalm 86:11

"My clients are trying to find their way back to their authentic selves, but often through behavior change and not the restoration and healing of their minds, bodies and souls." - Kobe Campbell

It is time to become truly restored...

Through the Holy Spirit address the thoughts so the negative thought cycle stops repeating itself.

Only time you look back is to see how far you've come.

-Bishop Joel C. Lofton

In the timeframe above in the "before Christ" picture - I see a girl. A girl who had been living in vicious cycles all of her life. A girl who lived in survival mode all of her teenage years. I see a girl who wanted better yet seen no way out. I see a girl who had to fight physically almost every day just to survive. I see a girl who was familiar with anger, full of love, and on her own.

As an innocent little girl

I used to walk around the store

Having thought about everyone I'd see

Knowing that would be me

A nurse, a fireman, a Dr. saving lives from cancer.

Until I dropped out of school

Turned 18 and did things like

Become an exotic dancer

New to it all the money was good

But I didn't care I spent it all in the hood

Knowing I could be doing more than that

Caught in a cycle cause every night I got off

My name-brand wallet was always fat

Drugs turned to love and that love turned to loving a thug

My life story goes on and on

More like a book instead of a song

Introduced to a new game

With different tricks and the money was better

It wasnt the same

So, I did what I had to do and it took years for me to feel ashamed

Realizing I myself had changed

With the pimps up and hoes down, seen a lot and been around

I got fed up and tried to save my innocence before it was too late

I tried to do what was right and walk by faith

Electric off, no car, with only myself to blame

So what did I do?

Get back in the game

I got a little girl now

And I am making sure she will never want for nothing

Yeah, I gotta get this money the only way I know how

Before that landlord starts bugging

Doing whatever I have to do

If you were me, please tell me how would you get through

I have to say it, at this point, it is what it is

I can tell you one thing though no one wants their daughter to live like this

I see the pain in my own moms eyes

And when I do I feel that same pain all the way on the inside

Some people try to ignore the pain they are giving others

Thinking the money, the pain, it will cover

Others are real and cry themselves to sleep at night

Knowin' the life they chose

Just aint right

But like I said it is what it is

When I wrote this poem .... I didn't know God but God knew me.

One day I was so lost in the money making, drugs, abuse, and trying to provide. I cried out one day "God if you are real please come through for me". I was so deep in the game I knew I could not do it myself. I had a little bit of faith...

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13

Whosoever = those caught up in prostitution, addiction, homosexuality, killing.... WHOEVER!

I called on Him and He came through in ways that I could never imagine... I say all that to say... Call on Him.

He will come through for you too. He will get you out of those situations you see no way out of. He will look past your faults and meet your needs. He will teach you a more excellent way. He will comfort you when you mourn. He will separate you from the people you are not supposed to be around while blessing you with a Kingdom family.

On this journey of healing, through the good, the bad, and the ugly... this is your reminder, you are not alone.

The pictures and timeframe above were created to encourage you. It was made to encourage you in all transparency. It was made to show you that Jesus is a real God, with some unmatchable power. He delivers you and then puts you on the potter's wheel after. There were times I fell, went backwards, and had to come back home....He is there waiting for you...to come to Him in Spirit and in truth.

In the timeframe above in the "walking in liberty" picture... I see a woman on the journey of becoming. I see a woman having to let go of everything she knew in order to become who the Lord has destined her to be. I see a woman who is having to surrender people, places, and things to God while leaving them behind... in order to stay in the will of the Lord. I see a woman who is pressing towards the mark of where her Father wants her to be. She is pressing for you sis, and she is pressing for me. I see a mother who is fighting generational demons so that her daughter and her daughter's children will never have to. I see a woman who is overcoming just so she can say with no hypocrisy, girl you can too. I see a woman who is having to let go of the "what ifs" and "could bes" because she realized what she thought it was is not what it will be....

The Journey to becoming...

From prostitution to purpose...

Your mess is not too messy for God.