REBECCA WEISS: HEY, GUYS.
WELCOME TO THE REBECCA WEISS PODCAST.
I'M JOINED WITH ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PEOPLE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT PASTOR KYNAN BRIDGES IS HERE.
KYNAN BRIDGES: THANK YOU.
YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITES, TOO.
REBECCA: HEY.
THANK YOU.
FUN FACT, I SAW YOU LIKE TEN YEARS AGO ONSID ROTH.
KYNAN: WOW. WOW.
REBECCA: AND I REMEMBER TELLING MY NOW LATE FATHER,
I SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS GUY ON.
KYNAN: YEAH.
REBECCA: AND NOW THE REST IS HISTORY.
YOU'RE HERE NOW.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME -
KYNAN: YEAH.
REBECCA: SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT,
BECAUSE I SEE IT'S SO PREVALENT
IN OUR CULTURE TODAY,
IS VICTIMHOOD, VICTIMIZATION.
KYNAN: YEAH, UH-HUH.
REBECCA: YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S KIND OF MAKING THEMSELVES
INTO A VICTIM,
AND IT'S BEING PUSHED ON PEOPLE
TO SEE THEMSELVES THAT WAY,
TO SEE THEMSELVES AS OPPRESSED, OR VICTIMS.
KYNAN: YES.
REBECCA: BUT THAT'S NOT HOW SCRIPTURE
TELLS US TO VIEW OURSELVES.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: SO I WANTED YOU TO GIVE US
YOUR INSIGHT ON VICTIMHOOD,
AND HOW IT'S PREVAILING OUR CULTURE
AND THE EFFECTS IT HAS ON PEOPLE.
KYNAN: YEAH.
VICTIMHOOD HAS BECOME AN IDEOLOGY IN THE CULTURE.
IT'S TAUGHT ON THE HIGHEST LEVELS
AND AT THE LOWEST LEVELS.
SO FROM THE TIME KIDS GO TO SCHOOL,
THEY'RE TAUGHT VICTIMHOOD.
WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL CRITICAL RACE THEORY
AS AN EXAMPLE OF IT,
WHERE YOU, IT'S BASICALLY A CAST SYSTEM,
WHERE YOU'RE TEACHING KIDS
THAT BASED ON THEIR MELANIN,
WHICH IS A CHEMICAL IN YOUR SKIN,
DETERMINES WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO.
WHICH IS BASICALLY, IT'S A SLAVE SYSTEM.
AND SLAVERY IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE ETHNIC GROUP
OVER THE OTHER.
THE DEMONIC ENSLAVES.
SO SATAN IS A SLAVE MASTER.
WHETHER HE ENSLAVES PEOPLE PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY
OR SPIRITUALLY.
SO JESUS CAME TO LIBERATE US.
SO ANY MINDSET THAT MAKES ME A VICTIM IS DEMONIC,
AND IT SHOULD BE SEEN AS SUCH.
AND IT SHOULD NOT BE EMBRACED.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT,
LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE,
SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED LEGITIMATE ABUSE
OR LEGITIMATE TRAUMA, RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
KENNETH HAGIN WOULD ALWAYS SAY
YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE BIRDS THAT FLY OVER YOUR HEAD,
BUT YOU CAN STOP THEM FROM BUILDING A NEST
ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALLOWING THE ENEMY
TO BUILD A NEST ON THEIR HEAD
BY ALLOWING THEIR TRAUMA TO MANIPULATE THEM,
AND CAUSE THEM TO EMBRACE AN IDEOLOGY
THAT MAKES THEM POWERLESS.
ANY IDEOLOGY THAT MAKES US POWERLESS
IS NOT A HEALTHY IDEOLOGY.
SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY EXAMINE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT IS MY BELIEF SYSTEM, YOU KNOW?
AM I EMPOWERED BY THIS?
AM I DISEMPOWERED BY THIS?
AM I BLAME-SHIFTING
OR AM I TAKING RESPONSIBILITY?
AND I KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS A VICTIM OF
A VICTIM MENTALITY,
SO I KNOW HOW IT OPERATES.
REBECCA: CAN YOU SPEAK TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE?
KYNAN: YEAH.
I THINK FOR ME, GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH,
AND JUST HAVING ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE STORIES.
MY GRANDPARENTS WERE ALMOST A HUNDRED WHEN THEY DIED.
AND THEY HAD 14 KIDS IN THE SOUTH.
AND SO MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BIRACIAL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THINGS
THAT HE COULDN'T DO BECAUSE OF RACE
AND BECAUSE OF CULTURE.
HE COULDN'T EAT AT A RESTAURANT.
HE COULDN'T GO TO A PUBLIC BATHROOM.
I MEAN, THESE WERE LAWS THAT WERE THERE.
AND SO THE TRAUMA OF THEIR DISCRIMINATION
WAS PASSED DOWN TO US.
SO WE NOW WENT THROUGH LIFE SAYING,
WELL, MAN, WE'RE INHERENTLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I HAD AN EXPERIENCE,
I REMEMBER, I WAS IN A SITUATION
WHERE I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST,
AND I SAID, GOD, I'M TIRED OF THIS.
I'M TIRED OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WRONG.
AND I SAID, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA TAKE THIS REPROACH AWAY?
AND HE SPOKE TO ME, IN ALMOST AN AUDIBLE VOICE,
AND HE SAID, I ALREADY DID.
I DID IT IN MY SON JESUS CHRIST.
HE SAID, AND YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM.
HE SAID, NO ONE HAS POWER OVER YOU
EXCEPT WHAT YOU GIVE THEM.
AND I WAS LIKE, WOW.
AND THEN HE BEGAN TO TAKE ME DOWN THIS PATH,
AND I CAN SAY HONESTLY,
I WAS DELIVERED FROM A SPIRIT OF VICTIMHOOD.
AND ONCE YOU'RE DELIVERED,
IT'S BASICALLY LIKE LOOKING AT THE WORLD
THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS, RIGHT.
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE THE LENS OF VICTIMHOOD,
YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF EMPOWERMENT.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO MISTREAT ME.
I'M LOOKING FOR THOSE I CAN HELP,
I CAN ASSIST,
I CAN BE A BLESSING TO.
SO IT CHANGES YOUR LENSES,
AND IT CHANGES YOUR WORLD.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE ON THE SAME PLANET
AND LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD.
REBECCA: EXACTLY.
BECAUSE YOUR BELIEF AFFECTS HOW YOU SEE
THE WHOLE WORLD.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND THE FAITH THAT IT TALKS ABOUT
IN THE BIBLE,
IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS UNSEEN.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: THE SPIRITUAL REALM.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND HOW WE BELIEVE,
WHAT OUR FAITH IS,
DETERMINES HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES,
HOW WE SEE THINGS.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND SO ADDRESSING THE BELIEF SYSTEMS
THAT ARE ROOTED IN OUR MIND
AND IN OUR HEARTS, IN OUR SOULS.
KYNAN: THAT'S RIGHT.
REBECCA: BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE BEEN WOUNDED,
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED REAL TRAUMA.
KYNAN: YEP.
REBECCA: THERE CAN BE FALSE BELIEFS
THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THAT.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
IS PARTNER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND ADDRESS THE WOUNDS
AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID,
HE SPOKE THE TRUTH OVER YOU.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: BECAUSE EVEN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU
IN THE PHYSICAL,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T DENY,
YOU DON'T, LIKE, REPRESS YOUR REAL EXPERIENCES.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: BUT YOU HAVE TO PROCESS THEM
AND BRING THEM TO THE LORD.
AND YOU HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK HIS TRUTH OVER YOU.
AS HE HEALS YOU, HE ALSO SPEAKS TRUTH
THAT YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM,
YOU ARE VICTORIOUS IN CHRIST.
BECAUSE WE TAKE OFF THE OLD
AND WE PUT ON THE NEW.
AND WE PUT ON HIS VICTORY.
FOR WE HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
NO LONGER I LIVE, BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES WITHIN ME.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: SO WE ARE NOW, THE MOMENT WE GET BORN AGAIN,
THAT'S WHY IT TALKS ABOUT BEING BORN AGAIN,
THAT'S WHY WE BAPTIZE.
IT'S A SYMBOLIC PICTURE OF ENTERING INTO JESUS' DEATH,
AND THEN RESURRECTING INTO HIS NEW LIFE.
WE'RE BORN AGAIN.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED OUR NEW BODIES YET,
BUT WE'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN IN OUR SPIRIT.
AND ONE DAY WE WILL BE RECEIVING OUR NEW BODIES.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS WE ARE
ON THIS EARTH,
WE HAVE TO GET A FAITH PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE TO SEE THINGS FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE
AND SAY, OKAY, I'VE BEEN PUT ON THIS EARTH
FOR A REASON,
I HAVE A PURPOSE.
AND I NEED TO WALK IN THE FULLNESS
OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME,
WHERE THE DEVIL ENSNARES US,
IS WHEN HE GETS INTO THE WOUNDS OF OUR SOUL,
AND HE TRIES TO, LIKE YOU SAID,
BUILD THAT NEST ON THE HEAD,
AND LET THAT SIT ON YOU.
AND LET THAT AFFECT YOU
SO YOU'RE NOT WALKING IN THE FULL VICTORY
THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND IT WILL AFFECT YOUR DECISIONS,
IT WILL AFFECT YOUR RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU WERE EVEN REFERRING TO SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL,
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA;
GENERATIONAL OFFENSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL THINGS
THAT CAN HAPPEN.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO, FROM A GENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE,
TO GET HEALING,
NOT ONLY FOR YOU,
BUT FOR YOUR CHILDREN WHO WILL GO AFTER YOU.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: I WAS TELLING MY HUSBAND,
I SAID, YOUR FLOOR, YOUR CEILING,
IS OUR SONS' FLOOR.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: THEY STAND ON OUR SHOULDERS.
SO WE CAN DO BETTER SO THAT THEY CAN GO FARTHER.
KYNAN: YEAH.
REBECCA: BUT ALL OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS SO IMPORTANT.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING,
HOW DO THEY ADDRESS THE LIES
SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE TRUE FREEDOM
AND EXPERIENCE THE VICTORY THEY HAVE IN CHRIST?
KYNAN: YEAH.
EVERY AREA OF BONDAGE IN A BELIEVER'S LIFE
IS ROOTED IN A LIE THEY'VE BELIEVED.
SO JOHN 8:32 GIVES US THE FORMULA.
HE SAYS IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD,
THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
WHATEVER IS YOUR STIMULUS HAS TO CHANGE.
WHATEVER IS COMING INTO YOUR EYE GATE,
YOUR EAR GATE,
THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
BECAUSE IF YOU ARE FEEDING ON VICTIMHOOD,
YOU WILL BECOME A VICTIM.
BUT IF YOU'RE FEEDING ON THE WORD OF GOD,
YOU'LL WALK IN VICTORY.
SO JESUS SAYS YOU'LL KNOW THE TRUTH
AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE.
THEN PAUL TELLS US IN ROMANS CHAPTER 12,
VERSE 1,
WE HAVE TO BE TRANSFORMED
BY THE RENEWING OF OUR MIND.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE RENOVATION PROCESS
AND ALLOW GOD TO DESTROY
OR TO DEMOLISH -
THAT'S 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 10,
TO DEMOLISH THE STRONGHOLDS.
FEAR, INFERIORITY, BITTERNESS,
RESENTMENT, REJECTION.
THESE ARE BRICKS IN THE STRONGHOLD
IN A BELIEVER'S LIFE.
AND THEY HAVE TO BE TORN DOWN.
AND ONCE THEY'RE TORN DOWN,
THE ENEMY LOSES HIS POWER.
BECAUSE DEMONIC STRONGHOLDS
OCCUPY STRUCTURES.
AND ONCE WE DEMOLISH THOSE STRUCTURES,
THOSE DEMONIC POWERS BECOME HOMELESS.
REBECCA: THEY HAVE NOTHING TO STAND ON.
KYNAN: THEY HAVE NOTHING TO STAND ON,
NOTHING TO LIVE IN.
AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING,
IS KNOWING OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST.
THAT'S SUCH A POWERFUL THING.
IF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHO THEY WERE,
BECAUSE THE TRAUMA IS DESIGNED
TO GIVE YOU A FALSE IDENTITY.
YOU BEGIN TO EMBRACE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
VERSUS WHO YOU ARE.
NOW YOU BEGIN TO FUNCTION AS THE ABUSED
INSTEAD OF FUNCTIONING AS SOMEBODY WHO'S IN POWER.
SO THE ENEMY USES THESE THINGS
TO MANIPULATE US.
SO ONCE WE RECOGNIZE THEM,
WE CAN NOW RENOUNCE THEM,
AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A VICTIM.
YES, I MAY HAVE BEEN MOLESTED,
YES, I MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSED,
YES, I WENT THROUGH SPIRITUAL ABUSE,
BUT THAT'S NOT WHO I AM.
AND THAT'S NOT MY DESTINY.
REBECCA: EXACTLY.
BECAUSE WHO YOU ARE IS WHO GOD CREATED YOU TO BE.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: AND HE CAN FREE YOU
FROM WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU.
HE CAN HEAL YOU.
YOU CAN START AGAIN.
KYNAN: ABSOLUTELY.
REBECCA: CAN YOU SAY A PRAYER
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING
TO EXPERIENCE THAT FREEDOM?
KYNAN: YEAH.
FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING.
RIGHT NOW WE JUST TAKE AUTHORITY
OVER EVERY LIE,
EVERY LIE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BELIEVED.
EVERY DECEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD
SHINE YOUR LIGHT OF TRUTH, HOLY SPIRIT.
WE WELCOME YOU TO COME AS THE HELPER.
AND TO HELP YOUR PEOPLE
TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
WE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH MAKES US FREE.
I THANK YOU FOR SUPERNATURAL DELIVERANCE
AND HEALING AND FREEDOM RIGHT NOW,
THAT, LORD, IN THIS MOMENT,
YOU WILL DO IN THIS MOMENT
WHAT WOULD TAKE US 20 YEARS TO DO ON OUR OWN.
SO WE GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO WORK.
HOLY SPIRIT, HAVE YOUR WAY.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
REBECCA: AMEN.
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.
YOU ARE NOT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
YOU ARE WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE,
WHO HE PREDESTINED YOU TO BE IN CHRIST
BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD,
LIKE IT SAYS IN EPHESIANS 1.
BE ENCOURAGED BY THIS WORD TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. BRIDGES,
FOR BEING HERE.
KYNAN: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
REBECCA: COME BACK WHEN WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME.
KYNAN: YES, MA'AM.
REBECCA: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
KYNAN: GOD BLESS.