Author: Renee Faul

April 25

Child, You Are Fully Known

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WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I TALKED LIKE A CHILD, I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD, I REASONED LIKE A CHILD…NOW WE SEE BUT A POOR REFLECTION AS IN A MIRROR; THEN WE SHALL SEE FACE TO FACE. NOW I KNOW IN PART; THEN I SHALL KNOW FULLY, EVEN AS I AM FULLY KNOWN
(1 Corinthians 13:11-12).

Have you ever wondered how your memories were formed during childhood?  Would you be surprised to know that your mind works like a tape recorder, having recorded every experience since the time of birth very accurately?  During childhood, when something happened to you, your mind recorded the FACTS of that event. But, while that memory was being made, you also made certain INTERPRETATIONS (true or false) about these facts.  These interpretations were recorded permanently into your mind, as well. Along with the facts and the interpretations, certain EMOTIONS cropped up, too, which were also permanently recorded in your mind during the forming of your memories. Know that these emotions were permanently linked with the interpretations you made.

When your mind recorded the facts, interpretations, and emotions during the making of your childhood memories, the father-of-lies was present.  His goal was (and still is) DECEPTION—luring you into false interpretations of your circumstances. Why? The father-of-lies came to destroy your heart by tying his negative, destructive beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation to your childhood facts, emotions, and interpretations. He knew if he could get you to make false interpretations about yourself, others, and God, during childhood, you would be impaired for the rest of your life, since these false interpretations carried over into your adulthood.  And because of these wrong childhood interpretations, you see but a poor reflection of yourself, others, and God, now, as an adult.

GOD FROM THE BEGINNING CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION THROUGH SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND BELIEF IN THE TRUTH
(2 Thessalonians 2:13).

What false interpretations did you make during childhood, when your memories were formed?  How do these affect your life, today, through your feelings?

Even though the father-of-lies lured you into false conclusions as a child, God chose you to believe in the Truth as an adult. Expose your childhood conclusions that are causing you to feel abandoned, shameful, rejected, and condemned to Him, and ask Him for His Truth, today. He will show you who you are, because He knows you fully.

PRAYER: Most High, how encouraged I am that, although I see but a poor reflection of myself, I am fully known by You. Lord, I long to know the real ME: the person who was created in Your image…the person without the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies…the person who lives in the Truth. Help me to find the false childhood conclusions I had made about myself, others, and You, so I could see myself, others, and You in the face of Your Glory.

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Often times, we use the same defense mechanisms we saw our parents or other authority figures use, during our childhood lives. If they hid behind a smile to pretend that everything was OK, we learned to do the same.

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April 24

Focus Your Gaze

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WHY DO YOU LOOK AT THE SPECK OF SAWDUST IN YOUR BROTHER’S EYE AND PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE PLANK IN YOUR OWN EYE?
(Matthew 7:3).

Be wary when jealousy bursts forth in your life, for jealousy is usually a sign that you have a plank in your eye.

HOW CAN YOU SAY TO YOUR BROTHER, ‘LET ME TAKE THE SPECK OUT OF YOUR EYE,’ WHEN ALL THE TIME THERE IS A PLANK IN YOUR OWN EYE?
(Matthew 7:4).

Understand that the plank of jealousy in your eye can come in many forms: feeling that you fall short compared to the other person, that you are not special compared to the other person, that you are bad and not worthy to be loved, that you are not wanted or needed, or that you are an outcast.  Recognize that when you are consumed with jealousy, it is not a good time to focus your gaze on the speck in your brother’s eye.  Looking through your eye’s plank at your brother, you will not have a clear view of the Truth.  His speck will not look like a smidgen anymore, but like an ugly blemish…a stain…a flaw.

YOU HYPOCRITE, FIRST TAKE THE PLANK OUT OF YOUR OWN EYE, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE CLEARLY TO REMOVE THE SPECK FROM YOUR BROTHER’S EYE
(Matthew 7:5).

Therefore, be on the alert during bouts of jealousy.  Know that during your jealousy, your perception of your brother will be indiscernible…obscured…dark.  Be determined to first clear up your own feelings and beliefs of shame, unworthiness, and rejection.  Then you will notice that the speck in your brother’s eye is just that—a speck.

Are you jealous of someone? Why? What is the father-of-lies telling you about yourself in regards to the other person: that you are lesser?

I encourage you to find the oppressing beliefs from the father-of-lies that are sustaining your jealousy, and expose them to God’s Light. Then, He will tell you the Truth about you…and your jealousy will disappear.

PRAYER: Lord God, let me realize that jealousy is a choice—my choice! Help me to see that jealousy is the sinful solution that the father-of-lies offers me, in order to deal with the pain of unworthiness in my own heart. Lord, bring me to the place where I would choose to bring this pain of unworthiness to You, together with the oppressing beliefs that are causing it.  Tell me the Truth about myself, so I may be set me free from jealousy.

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April 23

Work out Your Own Salvation

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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).

Beloved Child, work out your own salvation with serious caution, taking ownership and responsibility for your own pain and weaknesses.  Do not fall into anger, jealousy, and hatred, blaming others for your own heartache, for there will come a day that you will have to give account for every one of these careless words you have spoken in anger, jealousy, and hatred.

BUT I TELL YOU THAT MEN WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR EVERY CARELESS WORD THEY HAVE SPOKEN. FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED, AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED
(Matthew 12:36-37).

Work out your own salvation, Child.  I, the Everlasting Father sent My Son, Jesus, to be your Savior, but it is your responsibility to accept My Gift of Grace.  I, the Perfect Father, sent the Spirit of Truth to guide you into all Truth, but it is your obligation to turn in the lies that the father-of-lies planted in your mind.  I, the Most High, sent Jesus to be the Light of the World, but it is your responsibility to invite Him into your darkness.  Christ’s Power is made perfect in weakness, but it is your obligation to recognize and expose your weaknesses to Him, so that Christ’s Power may rest on you.

Are you blaming others for the pain in your heart: for the abuse…for the tongue lashing…for the evil deeds?  Know that it is not what people did to you or said to you that is hurting your heart, but the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies, planted in your mind, during these circumstances.

Therefore, work out your own salvation with respect to God and others. Your perpetrators are responsible for the evil deeds and words against you, but you are responsible to bring the pain these circumstances caused in your own heart, to God.

PRAYER: Most High, help me to understand that You provided, but it is my responsibility to accept Your Gifts, daily, moment-by-moment.

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The defense mechanism of blaming has been with us since the beginning of time.

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April 22

Anger Is Not Only Skin-Deep

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GET RID OF ALL BITTERNESS, RAGE AND ANGER, BRAWLING AND SLANDER, ALONG WITH EVERY FORM OF MALICE
(Ephesians 4:31).

Anger is often only the bandage that covers the wound.  If you were to peel the anger off, you would expose a festering ulcer filled with unworthiness, condemnation, and abandonment. Listen to God’s Words to you:

FOR MAN’S ANGER DOES NOT BRING ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS LIFE THAT GOD DESIRES
(James 1:20).

Precious Child, do not let your anger go unchecked; instead, probe deeper to find out what is concealed underneath it.  Inquire into the understanding of your mind to expose the false beliefs from the father-of-lies.  Scrutinize your heart for clues of unworthiness—conclusions that believe “I do not measure up.”  Probe your mind for clues of shame—beliefs that claim “I am a disgrace.”  Search your spirit for clues of abandonment—thoughts that demand “I am all alone.” Check your heart for clues of rejection—arguments that reason: “I am not wanted.” Remember, anger does not stand alone, but sits on a pillar of negative, destructive beliefs, instilled in your mind by the father-of-lies!

A FOOL GIVES FULL VENT TO HIS ANGER, BUT A WISE MAN KEEPS HIMSELF UNDER CONTROL
(Proverbs 29:11).

Child, no temptation has seized you, except what is common to man.  I understand unworthiness.  I am familiar with condemnation.  I am acquainted with abandonment.  I know what it feels like to be rejected. I want you to know that these “common-to-man” temptations that are hiding beneath your anger are not too powerful for Me to handle.  I know the way out.

AND SHE SHALL BRING FORTH A SON, AND THOU SHALT CALL HIS NAME JESUS: FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS
(Matthew 1:21).

What sits underneath your anger: feelings of being unloved, unworthy, unaccepted or unwanted?

I bless you to embrace the beliefs that sit underneath your anger, expose these to the Lord Jesus, and allow Him to exchange them for His Worth, Acceptance, and Love. Then, your anger will disappear.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I bring my anger to You.  But most of all, since anger is a symptom of negative, destructive beliefs that are lodged in my heart, I bring the beliefs that are hidden UNDERNEATH the anger to You, as well. Thank you, Lord, that You have conquered shame, condemnation, rejection, and abandonment on the cross, so I may be rid of these oppressing beliefs from the father-of-lies to receive Your beliefs of Love, Worth, and Acceptance in their place.

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Often times, we use the same defense mechanisms we saw our parents or other authority figures use, during our childhood lives. If they hid behind a smile to pretend that everything was OK, we learned to do the same.

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April 21

God Is Love

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LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS.  LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH.  IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES.  LOVE NEVER FAILS
(1 Corinthians 13:4-7).

GOD IS LOVE
(1 John 4:16).

Precious One, I, the Savior, want you to know that I am patient, even when your pain and weaknesses show…because I am Love.

Ponder that I, the Redeemer, am kind and do not condemn as people do…because I am Love.

Value that I, the Good Shepherd, am not boastful, but came to this earth to serve you and share everything I am, with you…because I am Love.

Embrace that I, the Resurrection and the Life, am not rude, but gentle…because I am Love.

Know that I, the Wonderful Counselor, am not self-seeking, but came to share My own Wholeness and Holiness with you…because I am Love.

Celebrate that I, the Author and Finisher of your faith, am not easily angered, even when you come undone…because I am Love.

Speculate that I, the Bread of Life, keep no records of your wrongs, after you have asked forgiveness…because I am Love.

Capture that I, the God of Light, do not delight in evil done against you or anybody else…because I am Love.

Recognize that I, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, rejoice whenever you are set free by the Truth…because I am Love.

Acknowledge that I, Immanuel, yearn to protect you from the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies…because I am Love.

Understand that I, the Everlasting Father, always trust and hope that you will bring your pain and weaknesses to Me, instead of hiding from them, running away from them, and blaming them on someone or something else…because I am Love. My Love never fails. I will never fail you.

AND SO WE KNOW AND RELY ON THE LOVE GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS LOVE.  WHOEVER LIVES IN LOVE LIVES IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM
(1 John 4:16).

What has the father-of-lies told you about God: that He has forsaken you…that He wants to harm you…that He is not faithful?

If you have been believing these lies, you have been missing out on God’s Love for you. Submit these beliefs to the Way, the Truth, and the Life, just the way you hear them in your mind. Then, experience the Truth…and God’s Love for you.

PRAYER: Lord God, I submit my beliefs about You to the Truth. I realize that I have an enemy—the father-of-lies—who wants me to think that You are phony…that You are cruel…that You are easily angered. But I come to YOU. Show me who You really are, so I may EXPERIENCE Your LOVE…and believe.

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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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April 20

Why Don’t I Hear God’s Voice?

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BUT THEIR MINDS WERE MADE DULL, FOR TO THIS DAY THE SAME VEIL REMAINS WHEN THE OLD COVENANT IS READ. IT HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED, BECAUSE ONLY IN CHRIST IS IT TAKEN AWAY
(2 Corinthians 3:14).

I love the ocean.  One of the things I love the most is the fog.  Often, the fog would lie low on the water, rendering the fishing boats mysterious and undefined.  During times like these, the fish shacks become hazy, as if someone has drawn a veil over them.  I love watching with wonder, as everything around me becomes obscured and hidden in the fog.

The last time I witnessed the obscurity of the fog, I heard myself whisper, “God, sometimes You are like the objects in the fog: out of focus…remote…distant.  Why is that?”

Through the continuous drone of the ocean I heard a palpable answer in my heart, “My Child, if you are not seeing or hearing Me, it is not because I have chosen to be unresponsive…unsociable… unfriendly.  I am not trying to hide Myself from you.  I am not trying to make it hard for you to find me.  You cannot see Me, because I have been obscured by your own understanding…veiled by your own perturbing perceptions…dimmed by your own negative, destructive thoughts.  I am always close to you—just on the other side of the veil.  Nothing will separate you from My Love.”

And then He added, “You can lift the veil and experience My Presence by exchanging your own understanding for Mine.  You can remove the veil by yielding the messages the father-of-lies has delivered to your heart, to Me.  The only thing that is standing between us is the deception of the deceiver: the darkness of your own tormenting thoughts, the murkiness of your own childhood conclusions, the gloominess of your own irrational interpretations. Turn to Me. Then, the veil will be taken away…and you will experience Me.”

BUT WHENEVER ANYONE TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY
(2 Corinthians 3:16).

Do you often hear God’s Voice? Do you regularly experience His Love? Or has God been someone who is hidden from you? Do you want to see His Hope, hear His Truth, and feel His Love in your life?

What has the father-of-lies told you is the reason you are not experiencing God’s Presence in your life? If you believe these lies, they have been doing exactly that—drawing a veil over your understanding, so your mind becomes dull, unable to connect with God.

Turn to the Lord Jesus. Submit these beliefs to Him. Then, look for Him.

PRAYER: Lord God, I want to see You. I want to hear Your Voice. I want to experience Your Presence. Therefore, I submit these negative, destructive beliefs to You that claim that I am unworthy of Your Presence. Show me the Truth, so the veil can be lifted…and I can come into Your Presence.

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If the way we meet the desire to be important is not through a deep, meaningful relationship with the Desire of All Nations, then wanting to be important becomes a race with no finish line.

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April 19

Secure in Him

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HIS FAITHFUL PROMISES ARE YOUR ARMOR AND PROTECTION. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT, NOR THE ARROW THAT FLIES IN THE DAY. DO NOT DREAD THE DISEASE THAT STALKS IN DARKNESS, NOR THE DISASTER THAT STRIKES AT MIDDAY. THOUGH A THOUSAND FALL AT YOUR SIDE, THOUGH TEN THOUSAND ARE DYING AROUND YOU, THESE EVILS WILL NOT TOUCH YOU
(Psalm 91:4-7).

Beautiful One, do not base your security on the way those around you live their lives.  Instead, keep on uniting with Me, the Perfect Father, through My Son, Jesus Christ.  Let your relationship with Me guard you against doom, despair, and disappointment.  Stand firm. Endure. Overcome.

Persevere when you feel you are the only one standing on My Truth—My personal promises to you.  Be tenacious.  Keep on doing what is right.  Be unyielding in your obedience to My Counsel. Never give up. Never give in. Never say never.

Though a thousand fall at your side, yielding to the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies, be unyielding in your submission to the Truth. Continue to trust Me, the Perfect Father, with all your heart, instead of relying on your own perturbing perceptions and circumstances. Keep on authorizing the Spirit of Truth to direct your life.  Stop at nothing. Run on. Abide.

Though ten thousand are falling around you, walking in the darkness of shame, condemnation, rejection, and abandonment, continue to live as a child of the Light, rejoicing with Hope through the Power of the Holy Spirit, persevering in affliction, and praying without ceasing. Do not be afraid.

Let the Truth be your defense, so that the accuser’s lies do not throw you to the ground.  Then, the father-of-lies will not kill your Peace, steal your Hope, and destroy your Joy.  No, these evils will not touch you.

Are you deriving your truth from those around you: how they act…what they believe…what they say? How does this affect YOUR life?

There are many Truths that God wants to tell you that will not be in line with what others believe, but you need to meet Him in the places where others might not want to go. You need to believe the promises that others might not want to believe. You need to follow Him into the places where others might never have been.

PRAYER: Most High, show me Your ways. May I be willing to follow wherever You lead, even if nobody has ever been there before, lived that way before, or believed that way before.

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The Lord Jesus has always lived His Life for God, the Father. When we invite Him to come live HIS LIFE in us, He will live it for God, the Father, in the same way He has always done.

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April 18

To Live in the Shadow of the Almighty

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Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I trust Him. For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with His feathers. He will shelter you with His wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

Precious One, come and live in My Presence, in the embrace of My Hope, in the safety of My Truth, in the protection of My Light. Then, you will find rest from the hopelessness…the darkness…the fear. Do not lean on the understanding of your own thoughts, and allow your emotions to be carried away. But trust only in Me, always. Then, you will be protected…covered…hidden, for it is I, the Almighty, who will rescue you from every trap of deception.

Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.

My Child, do not be dismayed when abandonment attacks at night, nor when the arrows of blame fly in the day, nor when the memories of shame strike at midday. Know that no evil will touch you, if you submit all of these to Me, Almighty God.

 If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter.

 What will it take for you to make Psalm 91 your lifestyle?

PRAYER: Most High, be my Shelter: my Cover from hopelessness…my Protection from fear…my Light from darkness. Hide me under Your wings, so I would be shielded from shame, abandonment, rejection, and condemnation. I surrender my life to You!

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The Lord Jesus has always lived His Life for God, the Father. When we invite Him to come live HIS LIFE in us, He will live it for God, the Father, in the same way He has always done.

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April 17

It Is All about the Relationship

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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).

The father-of-lies had a perfect plan when he attacked our relationship with God. He led our minds astray through our own childhood misinterpretations. Using them to his advantage, he turned these into his negative, destructive beliefs—deception that is strong enough to kill, steal, and destroy. Thus, the OLD MAN was born—a personality that speaks to us through our very own thoughts, with our very own voices, through our very own childhood conclusions.

PUT OFF…THE OLD MAN, WHICH IS CORRUPT ACCORDING TO THE DECEITFUL LUSTS
(Ephesians 4:22).

Over the years, these childhood misinterpretations—the negative, destructive beliefs in the OLD MAN—grouped together to form a Deserted Child, a Defiled Child, a Defeated Child, and a Deprived Child in us. The Deserted Child consists of the negative, destructive beliefs that deem us forgotten and abandoned by God. The Defiled Child is made up of the group of accusatory beliefs that deem us doomed and damned by God. The Defeated Child, raised by the father-of-lies, functions as the set of shame-infested beliefs that accuse us, daily, of not being good enough for God. And the Deprived Child oppresses us, moment-by-moment, with beliefs that God has rejected us.

Together, these OLD MAN characters keep us from experiencing God’s Presence. We desire to be loved by God, but the Deserted Child, under the management of the father-of-lies, barges in and lies “God does not care about you.” We want to be good, but the Defiled Child, controlled by the father-of-lies, interferes with the words, “You are evil from the inside out and nothing and nobody can change you…not even God.” We long for a purpose that would make us special, but the Defeated Child, formed by the father-of-lies, always reminds us that “You are a disappointment to yourself and God. There is nothing special about you. You do not count and have no purpose.” We long to have a relationship with God, but the Deprived Child intervenes by saying, “God does not want you!” Thus, the father-of-lies achieves his purpose—to oppose God’s Truth, so we might be separated from our relationship with God, to belong to him, instead.

PUT OFF THE OLD MAN…AND…PUT ON THE NEW MAN, WHICH IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE AFTER THE IMAGE OF HIM THAT CREATED HIM
(Colossians 3:9-10).

How have you noticed these OLD MAN personalities interfering with your relationship with God, over the years?

Do you want to experience God’s Presence, daily? Then, you need to stop relying on your Deserted Child interpretations, your Defiled Child conclusions, your Defeated Child assumptions, and your Deprived Child beliefs. Instead, ask God for HIS Truth. Then, He will exchange these beliefs for a Redeemed Child, created in His Image.

PRAYER: Lord God, bring me to the place where I will have a real relationship with You through the NEW MAN.

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April 16

Live by the Truth

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I bless you to be able to let go of a situation where someone blamed you…where someone offended you…where someone wounded you.  May you be released from replaying the incident over and over again in your mind, trying in vain to logically understand what happened and why it happened. Know that it is not what happened that matters, but what the father-of-lies got you to believe about this incident. This is called DECEPTION.

NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE CRAFTY THAN ANY OF THE WILD ANIMALS THE LORD GOD HAD MADE
(Genesis 3:1).

Accept that you cannot logically out-reason the deception of the accuser with your mind.  He is the father-of-lies and he has a lot more experience with deception than you will ever have.  He will fill you with lies about your offender, AND he will fill your offender with lies about you.  Your mind is not capable of out-reasoning the deception of the enemy, because this deception blinds your understanding.

SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH
(John 17:17).

Celebrate that Jesus provides a way out of your dilemma—to live by the Truth.  Understand that the Truth comes from God.  It is not an invention of your understanding. It is not something you can create by yourself.  It is a gift from God, when you yield your understanding—along with the deception—to Him.

HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH! I GAIN UNDERSTANDING FROM YOUR PRECEPTS; THEREFORE I HATE EVERY WRONG PATH
(Psalm 119:103-104).

How have you been dealing with the situations where someone blamed you, offended you, or harmed you in some way or the other? Do you try to logically reason the pain away, trying to fix your heart by yourself? What arguments have you concocted to out-reason the father-of-lies? Have these brought your heart permanent relief?

If not, I have another suggestion—the Truth! The Truth speaks to your heart. The Truth takes the pain away. The Truth will set you free from the situation AND its effects on your heart. But, you need to stop trying to find the answers through your on understanding. They are not there. They are in the Truth. His name is Jesus Christ, God’s Son.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I come to You, the Truth. I bring You the situation that hurt me. I also bring You my perturbing perceptions that derived from this situation—the deception. I seek permanent relief from both the situation and the deception that resulted from the circumstances. May I gain understanding from Your Words, because I hate every wrong path of deception.

Maintain an Awareness

If the way we meet the desire to be important is not through a deep, meaningful relationship with the Desire of All Nations, then wanting to be important becomes a race with no finish line.

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