I believe one of the great detriments to the body of Christ in this hour is leaders who have not been delivered from an orphan spirit. The orphan spirit will cause you to always reject family no matter how much your heart yearns for it. It will cause you to rely on your gifting instead of the Spirit of God because there will always be a “need” to prove yourself and feel accepted by the majority.
It will partner with a spirit of rejection, and that will be the thorn in your side that will keep you from entering into the greater that God has for you. This spirit will keep you from ever entering true communion and relationship with the father and others because you will always feel unwanted, unloved, and undeserving of family. Everything will always be done in a spirit of competition, and no matter how much you want to celebrate another, in your heart of hearts, you don’t want to see them…
