Breaking Agreement with Negative Labels
- Dr. Sharon Kelley
- Jan 2
- 4 min read
Breaking Labels
The Label I Never Knew I Picked Up
A few years ago, I was cleaning out an old storage bin stuffed with journals, sermon notes, and papers from seasons long gone. Tucked beneath a stack of conference programs was a small card with a word written in faded ink:
“Too Much.”
I remembered exactly who said it and exactly how it felt. They probably thought it was a joke — just a comment tossed carelessly into the air — but I caught it. I didn’t realize I had tucked it into the deepest places of my heart.
Every time I prayed boldly…
Every time I dreamed big…
Every time I spoke with passion…
Every time I stepped into my anointing…
…I heard that whisper:
“You’re too much.”
I had never spoken the agreement out loud, but my behavior revealed it. I shrank. I softened my voice. I dimmed my brilliance. I apologized for taking up space.
Maybe you have a label too — one that didn’t come from God but attached itself to you like emotional Velcro.
Too sensitive.
Too loud.
Not enough.
Difficult.
Lazy.
Broken.
Messy.
Intimidating.
Unworthy.
“Just like your father.”
“Just like your mother.”
“A handful.”
“A failure.”
Some labels were spoken by others.
Some were internalized by experience.
Some were inherited from childhood.
Some were whispered by fear.
But here is the truth:
You will never walk confidently in Christ while agreeing with labels that didn’t come from Him.
It’s time to break the agreement.
It’s time to evict the lie.
It’s time to reclaim the identity God spoke before the world ever had an opinion.
Propelling Point:
You cannot walk in a God-given identity while carrying a man-made label. Breaking agreement with negative labels is one of the greatest acts of spiritual warfare and personal healing you will ever do.
Propel Activation:
1. List 3 labels that have followed you for years.
2. Renounce each one aloud in prayer — heaven responds to sound.
3. Replace each label with a Scripture-based identity truth.
4. Repeat the truth daily until your spirit absorbs it as reality.
5. Declare:
“I will no longer wear what God never named. My identity is restored, my confidence is rising, and I am stepping into the fullness of who God says I am.”
Scripture Meditation:
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
This is not poetic language; it is legal language.
Identity language.
Heaven’s declaration over you.
When you received Christ, you did not receive a spiritual bandage.
You became a new creation. A fresh beginning. A divine redesign.
The old labels no longer have legal permission to define you.
How Negative Labels Become Identity Barriers
Labels become dangerous not just because someone said them, but because at some point we silently agreed with them.
Agreement is powerful.
Agreement gives access.
Agreement gives identity a direction.
When you agree with a label, you begin to shape your behavior around it.
For example:
- If you agree with “I’m not smart enough,” you won’t pursue opportunities where wisdom is required.
- If you agree with “I’m unlovable,” you will sabotage relationships meant to bless you.
- If you agree with “I’m too broken,” you will resist assignments that require emotional strength.
Labels become invisible walls — credited to your emotional bank account — keeping you from the boldness God called you to carry.
But God is calling His people into a season of identity restoration.
He is tearing down the false labels that have built false limits.
He is rewriting the story from the inside out.
Three Steps to Break Agreement with Negative Labels
1. Identify the Label You Agreed With
Every healing journey begins with recognition.
Ask yourself:
“What negative identity statement keeps repeating in my mind?”
“What word do I fear others will say about me?”
“What do I apologize for that God never asked me to shrink?”
Write them down. Be honest before God. This is identity surgery.
2. Renounce the Agreement Out Loud
Hell depends on your silence.
Deliverance demands your declaration.
Say this out loud:
“I break agreement with the label ____________. It is not who I am. It is not who God called me. I release it now in Jesus’ name.”
Heaven moves when earth speaks.
3. Replace the Label with Truth
Jesus never removes without replacing.
He uproots lies and plants identity.
Replace:
“I’m too much” with “I am wonderfully made and intentionally designed.”
“I’m not enough” with “I am complete in Christ.”
“I’m broken” with “I am being restored piece by holy piece.”
“I’m weak” with “God’s strength is made perfect in me.”
Heaven has no shortage of names for you.
Chosen.
Royal.
Redeemed.
Free.
Whole.
Loved.
Called.
Appointed.
Becoming.
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