Fall into the Fertile Soil…and Grow

Posted by Renee Faul

AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN, SAYING, ‘OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN YOU MAY FREELY EAT; BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE’
(Genesis 2:16-17).

Have you noticed that God’s relationship with man in the beginning of time was based on obedience? But, man chose to obey the father-of-lies…and became naked.

SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE. THEN THE EYES OF BOTH OF THEM WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NAKED
(Genesis 3:6-7).

There was a time in my life when I followed the father-of-lies…and became naked. My disobedience delivered me to the government of the father-of-lies, who used his deception to render me abandoned, rejected, shamed, and condemned. All I had to cover myself were my own defense mechanisms. But, the covering my habits and patterns of defense offered was hard and brittle. Since I was always on the look-out to attack or to be attacked, it rendered me irritable, sensitive, and belligerent. Like the hard shell of a little seed, the outer covering of my defense mechanisms kept my heart from falling into fertile soil to yield a crop of Righteousness.

MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS INTO THE GROUND AND DIES, IT REMAINS ALONE; BUT IF IT DIES, IT PRODUCES MUCH GRAIN
(John 12:24).

Then, God called me to come under the reign of a new government. But first, I had to let go of my covering—my own defense mechanisms that rendered me naked. Thus, I allowed Him to strip me of my outer shell that was always ready to attack or be attacked, so I may fall into the soft, fertile soil of his Presence…and grow.

BUT OTHER SEED FELL ON GOOD GROUND AND YIELDED A CROP THAT SPRANG UP, INCREASED AND PRODUCED: SOME THIRTYFOLD, SOME SIXTY, AND SOME A HUNDRED
(Mark 4:8).

What about you? Under which government do you live, day-by-day? How do your defense mechanisms serve you? Do they render you naked? What is keeping you from giving up your hard, outer covering, so you may fall into the fertile soil of God’s Presence…and grow?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I am tired of living a naked life—always ready to attack and be attacked. Strip me of my hard, brittle defense covering, so I may fall into the fertile soil of Your Presence and yield a crop of Righteousness.

Maintain an Awareness

We do not understand what is going on within us and we are too afraid to find out. We are too afraid to live…and even more afraid to die.

The Two Counsels

June 13

Your Steps Are Directed by God

Posted by Renee Faul

A MAN’S STEPS ARE DIRECTED BY THE LORD. HOW THEN CAN ANYONE UNDERSTAND HIS OWN WAY?
(Proverbs 20:24).

I ask God many questions, every day, so I might understand the way I should go. God does not necessarily tell me the whole plan for my life, but many of those questions He answers! I have filled many pages with the moment-by-moment instructions I have received from God…with His directions for my life…with His guidelines that show me the way I should go.

But, it was not always like this in my life. First, I had to learn to recognize God’s Voice when He speaks to me, personally. I had to develop an ear to listen. I had to learn to sift through all the thoughts in my mind and find the ones that are from God. I had to remember to come to Him when I felt all dried up inside to ask for a drink of water.

THE LORD WILL GUIDE YOU CONTINUALLY, GIVING YOU WATER WHEN YOU ARE DRY AND RESTORING YOUR STRENGTH. YOU WILL BE LIKE A WELL-WATERED GARDEN, LIKE AN EVER-FLOWING SPRING
(Isaiah 58:11).

God might not tell you everything He is doing with your life, but know that the Perfect Father guides you with His eye, continuously. He wants to give you water when you are dry and restore your strength when you are weak. But, you need to develop an ear to listen and hear His Voice. You need to learn to analyze your thoughts and seek the ones that are from God. You need to remember to come to Him when you are dried up to ask for a drink of water.

I WILL INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO; I WILL GUIDE YOU WITH MY EYE
(Psalm 32:8).

Did you know that your steps are directed by the Perfect Father, who instructs you and teaches you, daily, in the way you should go? Do you have a close enough relationship with Him to hear His moment-by-moment instructions? Are you tuned in enough to receive the water He offers you when you are dry?

Be comforted by the knowledge that God is perfect. He does not make mistakes. He finishes what He has started. He has all the steps of your journey under control, from the beginning to the end. What’s more, He wants to show you what He is doing in your life. Will you let Him? Will you listen? Will you obey?

PRAYER: Thank you, Perfect Father, that You guide me with Your eye that sees the past, the present, and the future, at the same time. May I choose to follow You, instead of choosing my own way. May I always obey, while You lead the way.

Maintain an Awareness

Capture that the human mind loves to reason WITHOUT the Holy Spirit.

The Two Counsels

June 12

Life for Death

Posted by Renee Faul

WE ALWAYS CARRY AROUND IN OUR BODY THE DEATH OF JESUS, SO THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS MAY ALSO BE REVEALED IN OUR BODY
(2 Corinthians 4:10).

Beautiful Child, there is something I want you to know, today:

In order for you to be alive—to carry around in your body the Love, the Truth, and the Hope of Jesus, My Son—there are negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies in you that need to be given over to death, first. Sometimes it is the belief that I do not favor you, or that I do not take care of you, or that I do not love you. Sometimes it is the belief that you are not good enough, or that you do not count, or that you are a disappointment. Before you can expect Life, you need to be willing to give these hindrances over to death, first. Why? Because these oppressing beliefs kill your spirit, soul, and body from the inside-out.

FOR WE WHO ARE ALIVE ARE ALWAYS BEING GIVEN OVER TO DEATH FOR JESUS’ SAKE, SO THAT HIS LIFE MAY BE REVEALED IN OUR MORTAL BODY
(2 Corinthians 4:11).

Death precedes life. My Son, Jesus, makes alive what is dead. He does not make something alive that still has a life of its own. Therefore, give the negative, destructive beliefs that live in your heart over to death. The Lord Jesus will exchange them for His Life.

MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS INTO THE GROUND AND DIES, IT REMAINS ALONE; BUT IF IT DIES, IT PRODUCES MUCH GRAIN
(John 12:24).

May you, who are alive, always give over to death every oppressing belief that hinders and hurts, so that the LIFE OF JESUS may be revealed in your bodies, instead.

FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN
(Philippians 1:21).

What negative, destructive beliefs are alive in you, causing you to have fear, jealousy, and animosity? What will it take for you to give these over to death, so that the Lord Jesus could remove them from your spirit, soul, and body and exchange them for His Life?

Remember, the Lord Jesus did not come to change you, but to exchange you for His Life.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I long to give the negative, destructive beliefs that are killing me from the inside-out over to You, so that they may die and I may live. Accomplish Your work of death in me, Lord, to establish Your resurrected Life in me.

Maintain an Awareness

How often do we find ourselves doing “good deeds,” just to find out that our “good deeds” were not really good, but merely a reaction to the OLD MAN belief “You are bad”?

The Two Counsels

June 11

Everything Has Its Time

Posted by Renee Faul

[EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME] TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN
(Ecclesiastes 3:1).

Believe that God has a specific Purpose for you for this segment of time in your life.

Realize that to God time is very important. God is very organized. He is very time-specific. He is very structured. Therefore, God has allocated to everything…A SEASON.

I bless you to accept the season of time in which you are living, right now. Embrace the Purpose God has in mind for THIS season. Do the good works God has chosen for you to do during this section of time. Do not try to exchange this season for a different season of time. Do not run ahead of God into the season that lies ahead. Do not stay behind in the season that is over.

Capture that God is with you during THIS season of time, whether it is a time to sow, or a time to reap, whether it is a time to gather, or a time to let go, whether it is a time to weep, or a time to laugh. God’s Grace is sufficient for this season of time…EVEN IF YOU ARE WEAK.

BUT HE SAID TO ME, ‘MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS’
(2 Corinthians 12:9).

If it is time to be healed, may you succumb to it. If it is time to suffer, may you accept it. If it is time to keep silent, may you surrender to it. If it is time to speak, may you agree to it. If it is time to love, may you submit to it. Embrace…Enjoy…Endure.

HE HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME
(Ecclesiastes 3:11).

It is important that you know what season you are in, right now, and know God’s Purpose for this season. What beauty is He providing for this time? Are you making use of His Power when you are weak? How are you responding to His Purpose for this section of time?

I bless you to accept the Purpose God has for this season of your life. If you do not know His Purpose for this time interval, I encourage you to ask God to show it to you. Then, surrender this season of life, with its Purpose, to God, allowing His Power to work in your weakness.

PRAYER: Precious God, I praise You for the season of time I am living in, right now. Thank you that You have made this period of time beautiful, too. Help me to accept your Purpose for this season, and to see the beauty You have provided for now. Remind me, daily, to make use of Your Power during my weaknesses, in this time.

Maintain an Awareness

Sin is not something mysterious…something unexplainable…something that happens to you. Sin does not stand alone. It does not happen by itself. Sinful solutions have a source—the source of the OLD MAN.

The Two Counsels

June 10

Take Time to Wrestle with God

Posted by Renee Faul

THEN JACOB WAS LEFT ALONE; AND A MAN WRESTLED WITH HIM UNTIL THE BREAKING OF DAY. NOW WHEN HE SAW THAT HE DID NOT PREVAIL AGAINST HIM, HE TOUCHED THE SOCKET OF HIS HIP; AND THE SOCKET OF JACOB’S HIP WAS OUT OF JOINT AS HE WRESTLED WITH HIM. AND HE SAID, ‘LET ME GO, FOR THE DAY BREAKS.’ BUT HE SAID, ‘I WILL NOT LET YOU GO UNLESS YOU BLESS ME!’
(Genesis 32:24-26).

I often wrestle with God and tell Him, “God, I will not let You go until You bless me: until Your Hope penetrates my hopelessness…until Your Truth permeates the accusatory voice in my mind …until Your Presence fills my loneliness.” God has blessed me countless times because of my persistence. I have noticed that the reason I need to wrestle with God is not that He is reluctant to meet my needs, but that the deception of the father-of-lies is so extensive in my life that it stands between God and me. God speaks to me, but I cannot hear Him, because of the negative, destructive beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation in my heart.

THE LORD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON THE SONS OF MEN TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, ANY WHO SEEK GOD
(Psalm 14:2).

Beloved Child, you need to realize that I am looking down from Heaven to see if anyone is seeking Me. I am always checking to see if you need My Comfort, My Power, or My Light.

Child, I encourage you to wrestle with Me about anything and everything that bothers you, so you can get past the lies of the father-of-lies. Take time to engage in deep fellowship with Me. Stay with Me until the voice of the father-of-lies is silenced and you can hear My Truth and experience My Presence. I long to reward you for seeking Me, but you need to pursue Me until I bless you. I want to set you free from your belief of feeling like a disappointment. I want to help you come to grips with your fear of death. I want to show you that you are special. But you need to wrestle with Me and not let Me go…until I answer you.

HE REWARDS THOSE WHO EARNESTLY SEEK HIM
(Hebrews 11:6).

What has been bothering you lately? What is on your heart, weighing it down? What heavy burden are you carrying on your shoulders?

I bless you to seek God with all your heart. Know that the real burden is not the circumstances, but the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies in your own heart. Engage your feelings. They will lead you to the beliefs in your heart. Then, wrestle with God about this burden, until it lifts.

PRAYER: Lord God, I want to see You. I want to hear Your Voice. I want to experience Your Love, Your Hope, and Your Truth. Help me to look past the circumstances, as I connect with the real burden in my heart. Help me, Lord, to understand what You want me to know. I will not let You go, until You bless me and release me from this burden.

Maintain an Awareness

Truth comes to us when we speak to God…and when God speaks to us.

The Two Counsels

June 09

Your Dead End is God’s Starting Point

Posted by Renee Faul

I WILL REJOICE IN DOING THEM GOOD AND WILL ASSUREDLY PLANT THEM IN THIS LAND WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL
(Jeremiah 32:41).

I often run into situations where circumstances become too hard for me: where too many things have gone wrong, where I have messed up too many times, or where the darkness is too dark or the fear is too severe. In times like these, I tend to think I have come to a dead end. My resources have dried up. I have no more power, nor skills, nor talents. I have nothing to offer. I am at wit’s end.

THE HUMBLE WILL SEE THEIR GOD AT WORK AND BE GLAD. LET ALL WHO SEEK GOD’S HELP BE ENCOURAGED
(Psalm 69:32).

God wants you to know that a dead end to you is a starting point to Him. He wants you to capture that His Goodness is waiting for you at the dead end, to make a way where there is no way. You do not have to bring your own resources, your own power, or your own skills to the table. He will supply His own. You only need to seek His help. You only need to supply yourself, just the way you are. Then, you will see your God at work.

THAT I MAY KNOW HIM AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION
(Philippians 3:10).

Child, a dead end is not an obstacle to Me, but an opportunity to show off My Power, My Love, and especially My Goodness!

SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVE WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE
(Psalm 23:6).

Therefore, come to know Me and the Power of My Resurrection, whenever you feel defeated…whenever you feel trapped…whenever you have come to a dead end.

Are you at a dead end in your life: an end without an exit, or a position, situation, or course of action that seems to lead to nothing further?

I bless you to believe that God’s Goodness and Love are following you wherever you go. His Goodness, Love, and Power are on standby whenever you get to the dead ends of your life, to make a way where there is no way…if you invite Him to do that for you!

PRAYER: Almighty God, I have toiled so hard. I have obeyed everything that You have asked me to do, yet I have come to a dead end in my life, where there is no exit. Open the gates, Lord, and create a way—Your Way. I am watching and waiting in expectancy for You, so I may know the Power of Your Resurrection.

Maintain an Awareness

This must be the hardest of all lessons to learn: to keep our eyes on the Eternal God during difficult circumstances, and trust that His everlasting arms are underneath us, holding us and keeping us safe.

The Two Counsels

June 08

Singleness of Heart and Action

Posted by Renee Faul

[FOR BEING AS HE IS] A MAN OF TWO MINDS (HESITATING, DUBIOUS, IRRESOLUTE), [HE IS] UNSTABLE AND UNRELIABLE AND UNCERTAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING [HE THINKS, FEELS, DECIDES]
(James 1:8 AMP).

Do you struggle with double-mindedness: always hesitating…dubious…irresolute? Do you often start an action, then shrink from the same action, being uncertain about everything?

THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD. I WILL GIVE THEM SINGLENESS OF HEART AND ACTION, SO THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS FEAR ME FOR THEIR OWN GOOD AND THE GOOD OF THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM. I WILL MAKE AN EVERLASTING COVENANT WITH THEM: I WILL NEVER STOP DOING GOOD TO THEM, AND I WILL INSPIRE THEM TO FEAR ME, SO THAT THEY WILL NEVER TURN AWAY FROM ME
(Jeremiah 32:38-40).

Understand that if you have become hesitating…dubious…irresolute, you have become a man of two minds. You have allowed your thoughts to follow God, AS WELL AS the father-of-lies. The Perfect Father will inspire you to honor, love, and obey Him; but, the father-of-lies will steal God’s Words, Promises, and Desires from you by telling you the exact opposite of what God told you, in your own thoughts.

You cannot follow two masters!

God wants to give you singleness of heart and action. He wants to make you stable, reliable, and certain about everything you feel, do, and decide. However, you need to allow God to become your only Master in everything you THINK! If you want to be certain, stable, and reliable in your actions and decisions, you first need to be reliable in your THOUGHTS, because your emotions, actions, and decisions are born in your thoughts.

Do you want to become stable, reliable, and certain in everything you think, feel, and decide?

Then, choose to make God the only master of your thoughts. Invite God’s Truth, moment-by-moment, into each accusatory, destructive thought that enters your mind. Then, God will give you singleness of heart and action.

PRAYER: Perfect Father, I choose You. Help me to understand that choosing is a moment-by-moment action. Remind me, each moment of each day, to surrender each thought to You, especially the ones that cause me anxiety, fear, and despair. Thank you for Your everlasting covenant with me—to inspire me to honor You, so I would have singleness of heart and action.

Maintain an Awareness

We now have a moment-by-moment choice: to live our daily lives the way we always have, under the reign of the OLD MAN, or to allow the Lord Jesus to live His NEW MAN Life is us.

The Two Counsels

June 07

Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ

Posted by Renee Faul

For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now, when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard…Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’ And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’ But he answered one of them and said,…I wish to give to this last man the same as to you
(Matthew 20: 2-14—The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard).

I bless you to focus on the job God gave YOU to do. It does not matter HOW BIG or HOW IMPORTANT your job is compared to those of others. It does not matter HOW LONG you have been doing the job God gave you compared to those of others. All that matters is that you DO the job God gave you to do and that YOU DO IT FOR HIM.

God wants you to know that He will give you a complete reward for the job He gave you to do. You will be paid according to what was expected of YOU. The success of your job is not measured by comparing it to those of others. It is not a matter of ratio…correlation…comparative size or extent. It is merely a matter of obedience.

BUT I AM AFRAID THAT JUST AS EVE WAS DECEIVED BY THE SERPENT’S CUNNING, YOUR MINDS MAY SOMEHOW BE LED ASTRAY FROM YOUR SINCERE AND PURE DEVOTION TO CHRIST
(2 Corinthians 11:3).

How do you perceive the job God called YOU to do in His vineyard? Do you feel that your job is inferior to those of the other workers who have been laboring for so much longer and done so much more than you?

I bless you to know that, to God, each job He gives stands alone. It is complete…self-contained…whole. It is not judged on the principles of comparison. It is merely judged on the principles of obedience. Therefore, focus on the job God gave YOU, and DO IT IN SINCERE AND PURE DEVOTION TO CHRIST. Then, you will receive your entire reward, whether you were first or last, whether your job was long or short, whether your job was big or small.

PRAYER: Lord God, thank you for the job You gave me to do in Your vineyard. Thank you for the part I play in Your Purpose…in Your Plan…in Your Projects. Help me to understand that You do not judge my work in relation to other workers, but that You only judge my work in relation to how well I am willing to obey Your instructions, in Your Presence.

Maintain an Awareness

The father-of-lies opposes God’s Counsel by telling us the exact opposite of what God says. His deception provides the pink slippery world in our minds that do not make sense.

The Two Counsels

June 06

The Misinterpretations of Childhood

Posted by Renee Faul

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I TALKED LIKE A CHILD, I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD, I REASONED LIKE A CHILD. WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT CHILDISH WAYS BEHIND ME
(1 Corinthians 13:11).

You did not know it at the time, but as a child, you founded a permanent emotional position, grounded on your childhood interpretations. You developed fear, because you believed God had abandoned you. You suffered shame, because you believed that you were tainted. You took on guilt, because you believed that you were responsible. Since then, these childhood beliefs have been influencing your whole world: how you think, how you talk, and how you reason.

As a child, you did not know that many of your childhood conclusions were false, even though your experiences were real. The father-of-lies used these to take you captive and bring you under his control, while leading you further and further away from the Truth.

As an adult, you did not know that the permanent emotional position you founded as a child was going to make you feel as if you have two very different personalities—one child-like…the other, adult-like. You now seesaw between these two states in a matter of minutes, living in a normal logical adult mind, one moment, then thrown into an irrational child mind, the next moment. Because of your false childhood conclusions, you are often involuntarily displaced into the past to relive the fear over and over again, to suffer the shame over and over again, and to experience the guilt over and over again.

I SOUGHT THE LORD, AND HE ANSWERED ME; HE DELIVERED ME FROM ALL MY FEARS
(Psalm 34:4).

How often do you turn into a child, reliving your fear, guilt, and shame over and over again, when you least expect it? Did you know that God has a solution for this behavior?

The Lord Jesus knows how you felt as a child, because He was there. He wants to deliver you from all your fears, but you need to seek Him. When you feel like a child, you need to find the belief from the father-of-lies that is causing you to think, talk, and reason like a child. Then, after you have submitted these beliefs to the Lord Jesus, He will exchange your false childhood conclusions for the Truth.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, remind me, daily, that it is not what happened to me as a child that crushed my spirit, but what I came to believe about myself as a result of my experiences. Call me, moment-by-moment, whenever I am fearful, ashamed, and guilt-ridden, to submit my childhood conclusions to You, my Lord. Deliver me from these false interpretations, so I may become a stable adult, even today.

Maintain an Awareness

When your heart hurts, both the Lord Jesus and the father-of-lies stand ready to lead you out of that pain to a solution.

The Two Counsels

June 05

Take Responsibility for Your Life

Posted by Renee Faul

THEREFORE, MY BELOVED, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED, NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY, BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING
(Philippians 2:12).

Be watchful, you have an enemy—the father-of-lies. He delights in tempting you to believe his suggestions of abandonment…his thoughts of condemnation…his proposals of shame.

Take responsibility for your life. Query the beliefs of abandonment in your mind. Dispute the interpretations of condemnation in your heart. Question your conclusions of shame, lest the father-of-lies have deposited these into your mind and heart to make you stumble.

TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM STUMBLING AND TO PRESENT YOU BEFORE HIS GLORIOUS PRESENCE WITHOUT FAULT AND WITH GREAT JOY—TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOR BE GLORY, MAJESTY, POWER AND AUTHORITY, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, BEFORE ALL AGES, NOW AND FOREVERMORE! AMEN
(Jude 1:24-25).

Understand that blaming others for the pain of shame in your heart will not get the job done. You cannot get rid of your heartache this way. Running away from the ache of condemnation does not help, either. Your agony will always catch up with you again. Do not hide behind walls to escape the sting of abandonment. The father-of-lies knows how to climb over walls. Instead, confess these negative, destructive beliefs to the Lord Jesus, and allow Him to purify your heart from all unrighteousness.

IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND PURIFY US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(1 John 1:9).

What do you do with your beliefs of shame, abandonment, and condemnation? Do you hide them, run from them, or blame them on those who have hurt you, or do you confess them before the Lord Jesus, who is able to purify you from them, so you would stop stumbling over them?

I urge you to climb out of the hole where you have been hiding from these beliefs, all your life, and allow the Lord Jesus to have His way with you. Then, He will present you faultless before His glorious Presence…and keep you from stumbling.

PRAYER: Precious Savior, I come before You to confess the negative, destructive beliefs that have caused me to stumble. Forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness, so I may be without fault in Your Presence.

Maintain an Awareness

Blaming others and blaming yourself will not get rid of the accusatory pain in your heart.

The Two Counsels

Seeds in The Desert

— by Renee Olivier Faul

Author: Renee Faul

Fall into the Fertile Soil…and Grow

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Your Steps Are Directed by God

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Life for Death

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Everything Has Its Time

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Take Time to Wrestle with God

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Your Dead End is God’s Starting Point

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Singleness of Heart and Action

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Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ

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The Misinterpretations of Childhood

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Take Responsibility for Your Life

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