Introduction to Breaking The Yoke Of Spiritual Oppression

"Awaking in the early morning hours as daybreak began to extinguish the darkness of night, I glanced at a picture hanging on the wall opposite my bed. A little eight-year-old girl with soft golden-brown curls and laughing bright blue eyes stared back at me. Her cheerful and serene countenance gave the impression that she possessed not only a carefree spirit, but also a passion for life. I pondered whether her spirit still resided within me, if so, I would be anticipating the fulfillment of dreams and visions yet to be experienced in life. Surely, hopelessness could not coexist with her childlike faith. I desperately wanted to connect with the spirit of the little girl in the picture and know who I was at that time and who I would have become if the light of her spirit had not been quenched. Would I ever be reunited with her spirit or was that part of me choked out, never to live again? While still pondering these thoughts, I rose to begin another day, anticipating that this day would be like all the other days in the last six years that were filled with despondency and despair. Life had become a maze, the passages of which gradually but steadily grew darker and more confusing resulting in a groping kind of existence. The further I journeyed, the more isolated I became. Bewilderment, hopelessness and despair were my constant companions. Each night brought only the dread of facing another day. Could there be a way of escape from this emotionally crippled state or would I continue this desolate journey until death?

David of Old had likewise journeyed down a path of desolation and despair. He, however, found a way of escape when he cried unto the Lord:"

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest . . . As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me . . . Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. (Psalm 55:1-8; 16-17; 22)

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? (Psalm 56:8-13)

"This book is my testimony of how God came to me in a place of emotional and spiritual desolation, and taking me by the hand, gently led me out of the darkness into His glorious light. Patiently, He taught me how to live victoriously over the battles raging in my mind and through the storms surrounding my life. My desire is that every person reading this book will receive the healing and deliverance that God will bestow on those who call upon Him. And, secondly, that this book will serve as a resource for those who are ministering to individuals who are in need of spiritual or emotional healing and deliverance."

Current Information About The Author

Dale Anderson has attended Calvary Tabernacle in Indianapolis, Indiana for eight years. She is the mother of four children, two of which are full-time in the ministry. Dale received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Winona Sate University in Winona, Minnesota. Since her conversion, she has endeavored to minister to people with emotional problems. This book is an extension of that ministry