Author: Renee Faul

June 04

My Words Are Sharper Than Any Sword

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FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE. SHARPER THAN ANY DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, IT PENETRATES EVEN TO DIVIDING SOUL AND SPIRIT, JOINTS AND MARROW; IT JUDGES THE THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES OF THE HEART
(Hebrews 4:12).

Precious One, how I love to communicate with you through My written and spoken Words, when you invite My Counsel into your own mind. 

My Words are sharper than any sword. They have the ability to penetrate deeply into the many voices of your mind, dividing good from evil. My Words show, sort, and sever the words of the father-of-lies from your heart, before they kill, steal, and destroy.  But, you need to allow My active Words to enter into the negative, destructive thoughts of your mind…and cut them out. You need to invite My living Words to access the abandonment, shame, and rejection in your heart from the father-of-lies…and slice them out.  You need to let My powerful Words infiltrate the sorrow, despair, anger, and jealousy in your emotions…and carve them out.

BUT JESUS ANSWERED HIM, SAYING, ‘IT IS WRITTEN, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD’
(Luke 4:4).

Child, you need to become dependent on My daily Words to you.  Then, the Sword of the Spirit will slice the darkness from your mind, cut the hopelessness from your heart, and sever the brokenness from your life. 

TAKE THE HELMET OF SALVATION AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD
(Ephesians 6:17).

Which place in your heart would you like God’s living and active Words to penetrate? What do you need severed by the Sword of the Spirit?

Know that the living and active Words of God will affect anything with which they come in contact.  They will determine and detect, estimate and evaluate, and sever. They are effective, sufficient, and practical. The Sword of the Spirit will cause a miracle in your heart.

PRAYER: Sword of the Spirit, come and penetrate my heart and my mind. Evaluate my emotions and search them for negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that leave me hopeless, helpless, and powerless. Then, do Your severing work in my heart, so I may be set free to worship You in Truth.

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And here lies the root to all our problems: not the FACTS we experienced during our childhood circumstances…but the CONCLUSIONS we made in response to these facts.

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June 03

Be Still…Listen

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BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD; I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS,
I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH
(Psalm 46:10).

I bless you with absolute stillness before your Father…complete silence
Leave behind the noise of your circumstances
Cast aside all activity from the father-of-lies
Quiet all the voices in your mind.

Become still
Listen
Become acquainted with God’s voice
Be a detective
Perceive His Perspective
Become aware of His choice.

BE STILL BEFORE THE LORD AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM
(Psalm 37:7).

Wait patiently…quietly
After presenting your imaginations to your Perfect Father
After offering Him your emotions
After laying before Him your interpretations
Remain in readiness and expectancy before your Creator.

THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU; YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL
(Exodus 14:14).

And your Perfect Father will fight for you!
His Truth will prevail
His Hope will bring Joy to you
His Love will never fail.

What do you do when all the voices in your head talk to you at the same time?

Sometimes, you need to quiet all the voices you hear. You need to clear your head. You need to start over. After you have done this, you can let them back in, one at a time…but only the ones that are in tune with God’s Perspective—the Voice of Truth.

PRAYER: Speak, Lord God, I am listening. Teach me Your Perspective. Tell me the Truth. Show me Your ways. My heart belongs to You.

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God wants you to desire a purpose from Him, because He has a purpose that He has been saving just for you.

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June 02

Faithful in the Lord

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TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT
(Proverbs 3:5).

I bless you to make “lean not on your own understanding” and “in all your ways acknowledge Him” a lifestyle—a way of living…a way of thinking.  I DID…AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE! 

Every action starts with a THOUGHT—an understanding.  Every emotion starts with a THOUGHT—an understanding. Every purpose starts with a THOUGHT—an understanding. And a THOUGHT—an understanding—comes either from God, or from the father-of-lies.  There is no middle ground.

I have discovered that if I follow the thought or understanding that comes from the father-of-lies, I end up in anger, hatred, jealousy, fear, and despair.  However, if I follow the thought or understanding that comes from God, I end up in Hope, Truth, and Love.  This is the moment-by-moment way of life in Christ Jesus.

FOR THIS REASON I AM SENDING TO YOU TIMOTHY, MY SON WHOM I LOVE, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN THE LORD. HE WILL REMIND YOU OF MY WAY OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHICH AGREES WITH WHAT I TEACH EVERYWHERE IN EVERY CHURCH
(1 Corinthians 4:17).

Do you know the thought that precedes your daily depression? Do you know the thought that triggers your frequent anger? Do you know the thought that often makes you jealous? Do you know the thought that sometimes causes you to want to give up?

Acknowledge the Lord Jesus in everything you think, everywhere you go, every moment of your life.  Present that thought to Him, just the way it is, and ask Him whether that thought is from Him—the Truth—or from the father-of-lies. Then listen to His Perspective. It will change your life, one thought at a time!

PRAYER: Most High, I live to honor You, every moment, in everything I do, in everything I think, and in every purpose I pursue. Thank you for Your Way of Life in Christ Jesus. Remind me, daily, of my obligation to trust You from the bottom of my heart, to follow Your Voice of Truth, and to stop trying to figure things out on my own. Lead me to make “lean not on your own understanding” and “in all your ways acknowledge Him” my daily lifestyle.

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Therefore, do not despair of the evil done against you: the insincerity…the depravity…the immorality.  They might have meant evil against you; BUT GOD will cancel the effects of any evil done against you, in the past, in the present, and in the future, if you submit to His discipline.

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June 01

Present Your Request to God

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I once had a big desire in my heart. There was something I really wanted. Every day, as I brought my request to God, I wondered why God would even want to answer me. Why would He honor my request? Why would He grant my wish? Why would He care about my desires? I decided to ask Him.

He answered:

DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERY SITUATION, BY PRAYER AND PETITION, WITH THANKSGIVING, PRESENT YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD
(Philippians 4:6).

Precious Child, simply bring your request to Me, just the way you hear it from your heart. Because you are My child and you have a daily, intimate relationship with Me, you do not need to conjure up reasons for Me to answer you.

I am your PERFECT FATHER. I give when you ask, because I know you. I open the doors when you knock, because you are Mine. I let you find what you are looking for, because we have a relationship.

ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND; KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU.  FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; THE ONE WHO SEEKS FINDS; AND TO THE ONE WHO KNOCKS, THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED
(Matthew 7:7-8).

Child of God, stop trying to find reasons for God to answer your prayers. Know that the Perfect Father wants to answer your prayer simply because you are His child and He loves you. He wants you to experience your PERFECT FATHER: someone who is entirely without fault and defect…someone who is pure and complete…someone who corresponds to an ideal standard.

‘BECAUSE HE LOVES ME,’ SAYS THE LORD, ‘I WILL RESCUE HIM; I WILL PROTECT HIM, FOR HE ACKNOWLEDGES MY NAME. HE WILL CALL ON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE, I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM. WITH LONG LIFE I WILL SATISFY HIM AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION’
(Psalm 91:14-16).

Are you anxious about something? Is your heart troubled with concern and disquietude? Is there a specific desire in your heart? Simply bring your request to your Heavenly Father, because He is YOUR Father…and He is perfect.

PRAYER: Perfect Father, I enter Your throne room, and bring my request to You, in the way You taught me. How encouraging to know that I do not have to come up with reasons why You should answer me. You simply value my request, because I am Your child and You love me. You honor our relationship.

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God wants you to desire to be important to Him, because you ARE important to Him…and He wants to tell you so, Himself.

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May 31

The Father’s Blessing of Acceptance

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Did you fail to obtain your mother’s or father’s blessing of acceptance, as a child?  Did these circumstances leave you with a feeling of being overlooked, disregarded, and passed over, even as an adult?  Do you now feel there is an empty spot in your heart that can never be filled?

LET THE MORNING BRING ME WORD OF YOUR UNFAILING LOVE, FOR I HAVE PUT MY TRUST IN YOU. SHOW ME THE WAY I SHOULD GO, FOR TO YOU I LIFT UP MY SOUL
(Psalm 143:8).

I bless you to acknowledge the emptiness in your heart: the void…the barrenness…the lack, and offer it to your Perfect Father, to fill with His unfailing Love.

Do not respond to your neediness by sucking others dry, as you try to fill that lack.  No human, or object, or place can make up for the unmet need for acceptance.  You will always end up as you started—disappointed and empty.  You will only drain others of their desire to listen and help, as they try in vain to satisfy your need for acceptance.

THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, SAYS: ‘IN REPENTANCE AND REST IS YOUR SALVATION, IN QUIETNESS AND TRUST IS YOUR STRENGTH, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT’
(Isaiah 30:15).

I bless you to recognize your need for acceptance as genuine and valid.  Do not hide it.  Do not run from it.  Do not blame it on the person who neglected to bless you with acceptance and approval, in the first place.

FORGET THE FORMER THINGS; DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST. SEE, I AM DOING A NEW THING!
(Isaiah 43:18-19).

Then, lift up your soul to the Perfect Father. Allow Him to do a new thing—to fill the non-acceptance in your heart with His Acceptance, Love, and Approval, for He is the only one who can meet the unmet need of acceptance.

What will it take for you to finally face the empty spot in your heart, give it a name, and submit it to the Perfect Father’s Love, Acceptance, and Approval?

PRAYER: Everlasting Father, I admit that my heart feels empty and that I need a blessing from You. Come and do something new in my heart, as I lay my past, filled with non-acceptance, at Your feet. I know that it does not help to merely dwell on the past and have fellowship with the darkness, but to allow You to fill my past with Your Blessings of Love and Acceptance. I cannot overcome the non-acceptance of the past, Lord, but You can, because what is impossible for me is possible for You. Therefore, I lift up my soul to You. Show me the way I should go, for I place my Hope in You.

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We run…and run…and run, but we never run to God.

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May 30

The Blessing!

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This is a blessing for you, if you grew up without a blessing in your life—if you are wishing in vain that your earthly father or mother had blessed you as a child.

Did you grow up without a parent’s blessing, and now you are trying to meet a legitimate need in an illegitimate way? Have you become anxious or depressed over the loss of your earthly father’s or mother’s love and acceptance?  Have you become lonely and protective after losing the blessing of an important person in your life?  Have you become a perfectionist and a workaholic after missing that coveted blessing?

FROM THE FULLNESS OF HIS GRACE WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED ONE BLESSING AFTER ANOTHER
(John 1:16).

Capture that through the fullness of His Grace, your Perfect Father has made all the blessings available to you that you will ever need.  Through His Son, Jesus, and His Gift, the Holy Spirit, you can receive the Blessing of Love, the Blessing of Hope, and the Blessing of Acceptance that you have always desired.

HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE THE FATHER HAS LAVISHED ON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD!
(1 John 3:1).

Receive your Perfect Father’s Blessing:

THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU,
HE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE.
HE WILL TAKE GREAT DELIGHT IN YOU,
HE WILL QUIET YOU WITH HIS LOVE,
HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH SINGING
(Zephaniah 3:17).

What damage has the lack of a blessing during your childhood made to your heart? What are you going to do about this?

It is not too late to receive a blessing from your Perfect Father. Go to Him and ask Him to give you the blessing you never received from the significant people in your life, as a child.

PRAYER: Lord God, I come to You for a blessing—the Blessing of Acceptance.  Let me see Your smile, as You take great delight in me. Let me hear Your song, as You rejoice over me with singing. Fill my heart with the Blessing of Hope through the fullness of Your Grace. Lavish Your Blessing of Love on me, as You call me by my name. You are mighty to save.

Maintain an Awareness

We need to make sure that we expect Truth from the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Perfect Father, and not try to come up with our own counterfeit truth by logically trying to reason things out for ourselves.

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May 29

Obedient Surrender

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Would you like the Lord Jesus to show you what you should do about your affliction: about the person who has been persecuting you, about your marriage that is on the rocks, and about the pain in your heart?

WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME. HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM
(John 14:21).

Revelation comes through obedient surrender: submitting your persecutor to the Lord Jesus’ Love…turning your failing relationship over to the Perfect Father’s Power…yielding the pain in your heart to the Most High’s Authority.

COMMIT TO THE LORD WHATEVER YOU DO, AND YOUR PLANS WILL SUCCEED
(Proverbs 16:3).

Does the word SURRENDER baffle you?  Do you wonder what it means, how it works, and what it feels like?

Beloved Child, SURRENDER means to acknowledge your dependency on Me and to admit that you cannot fix your problems by yourself. This attitude will leave Me as your only Provider. It means that what needs to happen is impossible for you, but completely possible for Me, for you are helpless, powerless, and hopeless without My Presence and Participation in your daily circumstances.

SURRENDER means to place your affliction under the Authority of My Son, Jesus Christ, because all Authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Him.

SURRENDER means to allow the Holy Spirit access into the places in your heart that are too hard for you to access and give up on your own.

AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM

And the end-product of obedient surrender? Revelation from God: an answer…a miracle…HOPE!

Do you desire a Revelation from God?  Would you like to receive divine Truth from your Perfect Father for the affliction in your life? 

I bless you to learn obedience through surrender. I did. It changed my heart, my circumstances, and my life.

PRAYER: Teach me how to surrender my afflictions to You, Lord God, so I may receive Your Revelations.

Maintain an Awareness

If the desire to matter is not satisfied through the solid Framework of God’s Presence, from the inside-out, our hearts become a black hole that sucks everyone in, for the sole and soul purpose to receive accolades…praise…glory.

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May 28

The Holy Spirit Is Always Available

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IF YOU THEN, THOUGH YOU ARE EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM
(Luke 11:13).

I bless you to receive the Gift your Father in Heaven wants to give you, today—the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS IN YOU, WHOM YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD? YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN
(1 Corinthians 6:19).

Celebrate that your Father’s Gift, the Holy Spirit, came to reside in you.  The Holy Spirit, the Counselor, who will teach you all things, came to make His home in you, so He may be available, all the time, to supply everything you need for life and holiness!

After you have received God’s Gift to you, you do not need to summon God out of Heaven to come and help you in your state of hopelessness.  You do not need to fetch the Light to come and shine on your darkness.  You do not need to call God into action to bring Truth into your deceptive mind.

All you need to do is enter into the Truth that is in the Spirit of Truth…who abides in you.  All you need to do is expose your darkness to the Light of the Holy Spirit…who is in you.  All you need to do is embrace the Hope that is available through the Holy Spirit…in you. You will never be alone, again, to face life on your own.

AND I WILL ASK THE FATHER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COUNSELOR TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER
(John 14:16).

What is it that you need today: is it Hope…is it Peace…is it Comfort?

Receive what you need from your Father’s Gift—the Holy Spirit.  Then, draw from the Love God pours into your heart through the Holy Spirit.  Embrace the Truth the Holy Spirit provides.  Harvest the Counsel of the Counselor, who comes from God.  Come into the Hope the Holy Spirit supplies…in you.

PRAYER: Thank you, Most High, for Your Gift, the Holy Spirit, who came to provide everything I need for life and godliness, in me. I come to receive Your Gift of Righteousness, Joy, and Peace, today, so I may have a Counselor to be with me forever.

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.

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May 27

Your Father’s Gift to You

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IF YOU THEN, THOUGH YOU ARE EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM
(Luke 11:13)!

Be encouraged by the extraordinary Gift you have received from your Father in Heaven—the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES ON YOU; AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA, AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
(Acts 1:8).

Precious One, take notice that the Holy Spirit gives birth to Power—a Power that can do immeasurably more than you can ever ask or imagine.  But you have an obligation—to stop living by your own human strength; but instead, to invite the Power of the Holy Spirit to live in you and through you.

AND HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US, BECAUSE GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE HAS GIVEN US
(Romans 5:5).

Beloved, know that I, your Everlasting Father, have made My Love available to you through My Gift, the Holy Spirit.  But you have an obligation—to stop living by the limited love that resides in your own self-nature; but instead, to invite the endless Love of the Holy Spirit to love through you.

FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT A MATTER OF EATING AND DRINKING, BUT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Romans 14:17).

Beautiful Child, understand that the Holy Spirit, My Gift to you, can furnish you with Righteousness, Peace, and Joy.  But you have an obligation—to stop harboring doom, dread, and despair in your heart; but instead, allow these abominations to be exchanged for the Righteousness, Peace, and Joy of the Holy Spirit.

YOU STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE, WITH UNCIRCUMCISED HEARTS AND EARS! YOU ARE JUST LIKE YOUR FATHERS: YOU ALWAYS RESIST THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Acts 7:51).

Are you trying to love someone with your own limited love? Are you striving to be the best person you can possibly be? Are you trying to acquire peace for your anxiety? Are you resisting the Holy Spirit?

Realize that the peace that resides in your own self-nature does not measure up.  Your righteousness is not valid.  Your truth is counterfeit.  Your love falls short.  Ask your Father for His Gift—the Holy Spirit—and all these qualities will be poured directly into your heart.

PRAYER: Perfect Father, You said I should ask for Your Gift, the Holy Spirit. So, today, I ask for Him. Please anoint me with Your Gift of Power, Love, Peace, and Joy.

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God wants you to desire to be good, because He wants to fill YOU with His fruits of Righteousness.

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May 26

Joy through the Holy Spirit

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There is something in this life we all desire more than anything.  We all desire JOY!

There is something, or rather Someone in my life that brings me tremendous JOY.  It is TRUTH.  Nothing brings me more JOY than receiving the TRUTH—TRUTH through the SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

BUT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, COMES, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN; HE WILL SPEAK ONLY WHAT HE HEARS, AND HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS YET TO COME
(John 16:13).

Nothing makes me as sad…as miserable…as joyless as living in deception, believing the lies of the father-of-lies—beliefs of doom, dread, and despair. During times like these I feel insignificant, that I do not count, and that I am not special.

FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT A MATTER OF EATING AND DRINKING, BUT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Romans 14:17).

I bless you to know that you are dependent on the SPIRIT OF TRUTH to receive TRUTH…and TRUTH will produce JOY.  TRUTH is not an attribute of human nature.  TRUTH is a Gift from the SPIRIT OF TRUTH.  Without it, you live in deception.  Without it, the father-of-lies reigns in your life.  Without it, there is no JOY.

BUT STEPHEN, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN AND SAW THE GLORY OF GOD, AND JESUS STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
(Acts 7:55).

 Like Stephen, may you be filled with the SPIRIT OF TRUTH, so you may see the glory of God in your life, instead of doom, dread, and despair. May you receive JOY!

The Apostle Paul proclaimed, “I HAVE NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT MY CHILDREN WALK IN TRUTH”
(3 John 1:4).

Are you sad…miserable…joyless?

You need Truth for the beliefs of doom, dread, and despair you are carrying in your heart—Truth that comes from the Holy Spirit.

PRAYER: Father God, thank you for Your GIFT—the Holy Spirit—that leads us out of the negative, destructive beliefs of doom, dread, and despair into all Truth. I desire to walk in the Truth of Your Spirit, so I may have the Joy of the Holy Spirit in my heart.

Maintain an Awareness

So, yes, the deepest urge in human nature seems to be the desire to be important–to matter. But, it is not the PRINCIPLE of wanting to be important that is wrong; instead, it is the way we adapt or the means we adopt to meet this most urgent desire of our hearts.

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