#203 // Maybe you've got a person in mind. Someone who hurt you. Someone who drains you. And you're wondering if you're finally allowed to be done.

You've drawn that line before. More than once. And they stepped right over it again. So, now you're asking God the question you've been circling for a while now:

Am I allowed to cut this person off?

Here's where most of us get tangled up:

We've been taught that the point of a boundary is to protect ourselves. Get the toxic people out. Protect your peace. Cut them off and move on.

Sister, that's not the whole truth. And the piece that's missing is the reason your boundaries keep collapsing.

Here's what we're getting into on this episode of the Positioned to Prosper Podcast:

→ AM I ALLOWED TO WALK AWAY? There are two very different things tangled up inside "cutting someone off," and God doesn't answer them the same way. Pulling them apart is what finally makes this question answerable.

→ WHY WON'T MY BOUNDARIES STICK? Every boundary you've ever set got built on top of something. There are only two options for what that something is… and one of them guarantees the line collapses.

→ WHAT DOES A BIBLICAL BOUNDARY EVEN LOOK LIKE? Not what most of us were handed. And once you see what it's actually supposed to be built on, you'll understand why enmeshment, codependency and manipulation could never get a grip on it.

→ IS GOD FOR ME OR FOR THEM? Joshua asked the commander of the Lord's army that exact question, standing outside Jericho. The answer came back in one word… and it wasn't either one.

Your walls and your gates may have been burned down. That doesn't mean they can't be rebuilt. It means you get to build them right this time, in His presence, according to His word.

📖 Scriptures Referenced: Matthew 22:37-39 · Matthew 28:19-20 · John 13:35 · Matthew 5:44 · Psalm 139:23-24 · Joshua 5:13-15 · Nehemiah 2

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