Author: Renee Faul

January 26

Be Restored

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BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.  THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD’S WILL IS—HIS GOOD, PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL
(Romans 12:2).

I suffered from severe shyness, especially as a child; therefore, I became hesitant to commit and apply myself. Distrusting my own ability to act and speak what was expected of me, I was inclined to avoid people, shrinking back from contact with others. But, at some point in my life, I got tired of living my life this way. I surrendered the shy little girl in me to God. Then, He told me the Truth…and the Truth set me free:

Beautiful One, you need to know that shyness is not a feeling, but your reaction to the set of belittling beliefs the father-of-lies planted in your mind: “I do not measure up…I am not good enough…I fall short.”  With these lies, the father-of-lies put you in his box, so you would take on the personality he had in mind for you. His goal was to steal your God-given personality from you—the person you were meant to be, created in My Image.

AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE…WILL HIMSELF RESTORE YOU AND MAKE YOU STRONG, FIRM AND STEADFAST
(1 Peter 5:10).

Precious Child, if you bring your shy box-personality with its belittling beliefs of inadequacy to Me, the God of All Grace, I will restore you to the person you were created to be in My Image. I will make you strong, firm, and steadfast, so you will have all the confidence you need to face any circumstance, any person, or any crowd. I will renew your mind with new beliefs of adequacy and bring you into My Perfect Will, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TO YOU, SO THAT IN ALL THINGS AT ALL TIMES, HAVING ALL THAT YOU NEED, YOU WILL ABOUND IN EVERY GOOD WORK
(2 Corinthians 9:8).

Are you tired of being someone you were NOT meant to be—someone who feels inadequate, unworthy, and shy?

If you want to change and become the person you were created to be, submit these underlying, belittling beliefs in your mind to God, together with the place and time they were born. Then, let His Grace renew your mind, so you could become the person you were always meant to be.

PRAYER: God of All Grace, I bring myself to you—the person I have become under the influence of the father-of-lies. Exchange the person in this box for the real person who was created in Your Image, so that in all things, at all times, I will have all the confidence I need to face any circumstance, any person, or any crowd.  To You be Glory!

Maintain an Awareness

Our relationship with God is not just one-sided—us praying to God. When we pray, God also needs to talk to us…and He WANTS to.

The Two Counsels
January 25

Demolish Arguments

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WE DEMOLISH ARGUMENTS AND EVERY PRETENSION THAT SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND WE TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST
(2 Corinthians 10:5).

Does the following scenario sometimes take place in your mind? An oppressing thought enters your mind. You receive it and start entertaining it.  Before you realize it, a whole debate breaks loose in your mind. As if you were watching a movie, you replay the painful argument that happened that day over and over and over again. Going back and forth between your part and that of the other party, you relive all the accusatory thoughts…all the bad emotions…all the contemplated actions. At some point, you hear the little voice of the Holy Spirit, prompting you to demolish the argument that started in your mind, but you do not listen.  “Just a little while longer,” you insist, “I just want to replay it one more time.  I almost have the whole thing figured out in my mind.”

THE LORD DOES NOT LOOK AT THE THINGS MAN LOOKS AT. MAN LOOKS AT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, BUT THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART
(1 Samuel 16:7).

Beloved One, no matter how many times you replay an argument in your mind, you will never be able to figure it out by yourself. Child, you need to understand that I know you better than you know yourself. I know your thoughts from afar. I am acquainted with all your ways. I know your heart. I can figure things out for you in your own mind. Therefore, let go of the destructive debates that often take place in your mind.  Bring them to a stop. Demolish them.  Instead, hand the whole war-of-words over to Me. I will examine, deduce, and point out the Truth to you.  And My Truth will set you…and your debate partner…free.

O LORD, YOU HAVE SEARCHED ME AND KNOWN ME. YOU KNOW MY SITTING DOWN AND MY RISING UP; YOU UNDERSTAND MY THOUGHT AFAR OFF. YOU COMPREHEND MY PATH AND MY LYING DOWN, AND ARE ACQUAINTED WITH ALL MY WAYS. FOR THERE IS NOT A WORD ON MY TONGUE, BUT BEHOLD, O LORD, YOU KNOW IT ALTOGETHER
(Psalm 139:1-4).

What are your reasons for keeping destructive debates alive in your mind?

What will it take for you to refute the arguments in your mind, and hand the whole war-of-words over to the Lord Jesus, daily, in exchange for His Truth?

PRAYER: Jesus, I invite Your Presence and Participation into my daily arguments.  You understand my heart and the pain these debates cause.  Inhabit my mind, Lord Jesus. Cast down all arguments that form in my mind. May I be a bearer of Your Truth.

Maintain an Awareness

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

The Two Counsels
January 24

Put aside the Darkness

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THIS IS THE VERDICT: LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, BUT MEN LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT
(John 3:19).

For some reason, it is hard for us to choose Light.  Sometimes, we walk in circles for days or weeks to avoid the Light.  We focus on the other person’s darkness, knowing very well that the darkness that fills our own hearts is far worse. We reason that if we could stay focused on the other person’s darkness, our own darkness could stay hidden just a little longer.  But, darkness is like quicksand—it pulls you in slowly…until you suffocate and drown.

SO LET US PUT ASIDE THE DEEDS OF DARKNESS AND PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
(Romans 13:12).

Precious Child, you need to know that your enemy, the father-of-lies, will try to persuade you to stay in darkness, because from this painful place of abandonment, condemnation, rejection, and shame he can manipulate you…control you…manage you. However, these negative, destructive beliefs will become irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you, wherever you are, whatever you do. Therefore, put aside the deeds of darkness and put on My Armor of Light. This will put ME in control of your heart and life…and drive the darkness out.

BUT IF YOU DO NOT DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND FROM BEFORE YOU, THEN IT SHALL BE THAT THOSE WHOM YOU LET REMAIN SHALL BE IRRITANTS IN YOUR EYES AND THORNS IN YOUR SIDES, AND THEY SHALL HARASS YOU IN THE LAND WHERE YOU DWELL
(Numbers 33:55).

This is how you might put aside your deeds of darkness and put on the Armor of Light: 

Stop playing mind games.  Be honest with yourself by looking at your own heart and calling a spade a spade.  Why are you really so upset?  Is it because you feel betrayed?  Is it because you feel overlooked?  Is it because you feel unloved?  Invite the Lord Jesus into the perturbing perceptions that comprise your darkness, and allow Him to show you His Perspective. His Light will drive your darkness out.

PRAYER:  Lord Jesus, thank you that You have come so I may see.  I invite You to shine Your Light into the dark beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation that dwell in my heart.  Break through the darkness, Lord, and bring me clarity, as I expose these beliefs to you.  Clothe me with Your Armor of Light, so You may be in control of my heart and life.

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
January 23

Broken Cisterns That Cannot Hold Water

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JESUS ANSWERED HER, ‘IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD…YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU LIVING WATER’
(John 4:10).

Have you ever caught yourself pretending to be happy when you are not—pretending that nothing is wrong when your heart is sad, mad, or bad?  Do you play games with yourself and others when your heart hurts, because you are afraid that people would condemn you when they find out that you carry pain in your heart?  Or do you even believe the Perfect Father does not love you when you are sad, mad, or bad?

FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT TO SAVE THE WORLD THROUGH HIM
(John 3:17).

Precious Child, you need to understand that it is the world’s way to condemn, but I, the Perfect Father, did not send My Son into the world to CONDEMN you…BUT TO SAVE YOU!  I sent My Son, Jesus, to give you a drink of Living Water when you are hurting–when you feel sad, mad, or bad.

MY PEOPLE HAVE COMMITTED TWO SINS: THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME, THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER, AND HAVE DUG THEIR OWN CISTERNS, BROKEN CISTERNS THAT CANNOT HOLD WATER
(Jeremiah 2:13).

But, in order to receive the Living Water, you need to admit that your heart is hurting, first.  Stop pretending that you have what it takes.  Stop pretending that everything is OK when it is not.  Stop digging your own cisterns, trying to fill your heart with your own joy, goodness, and love.  Do not be fooled. These are broken cisterns that cannot hold water. These are your own defense mechanisms that have no power. Only the Living Water, which My Son gives freely to those who come to Him, will quench your thirsty heart. The Living Water will fill you with His Joy, His Goodness, and His Love.

What problems have you discovered when you dig your own cisterns, trying to fill your heart with your own joy, goodness, and love?

What would it take for you to stop pretending that everything is OK, and ask the Lord Jesus for a drink of Living Water when you feel sad, mad, or bad?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I leave my broken cisterns behind and come to drink from Your Spring of Living Water that never runs dry.  Thank you that You did not come to CONDEMN me, but to SAVE my heart from being sad, mad, and bad.  Your Greatness is unmatched!

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
January 22

The Big LIE of Unworthiness

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For a big part of my life, I lived deceived, enslaved by the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies that labeled me “despicable.” Because of the pain this label caused in my heart, I harbored malice and envy in my heart, hating those who seemed so worthy compared to me. I continued living according to these oppressing beliefs, until the Lord God called me to a different way of life.

AT ONE TIME WE TOO WERE FOOLISH, DISOBEDIENT, DECEIVED AND ENSLAVED BY ALL KINDS OF PASSIONS AND PLEASURES. WE LIVED IN MALICE AND ENVY, BEING HATED AND HATING ONE ANOTHER
(Titus 3:3).

Beloved Child, you have been living your life under the Big Lie of Unworthiness. During various circumstances in your childhood, you allowed the father-of-lies to tell you that you are despicable: that you are not enough…that you do not measure up…that you are fatally flawed. As a result, these negative, destructive beliefs grouped together to form the Big Lie of Unworthiness in you.

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).

Do not despair, Precious One, I care about you. Therefore, I sent you My Gift, the Holy Spirit, to live and reign in your mind in the place of the Big Lie of Unworthiness that operates under the management of the father-of-lies. Know with certainty that you do not have to live the rest of your life under this lie. You can be free…if you invite My Holy Spirit of Truth into your mind and heart to replace the Big Lie of Unworthiness in you. Then, your sinful behavior patterns of escape will leave and you will stop living your life in malice and envy.

Are you tired of living in the Big Lie of Unworthiness? Find the negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that have grouped together to form this lie in you. Then, bring them before God and ask the Holy Spirit of Truth to reign in your mind.

PRAYER: Holy Father, how great is Your Love, to send me the Holy Spirit of Truth to reign in my mind in the place of the Big Lie of Unworthiness. I expose the beliefs that comprise this lie, to You, Lord God. Exchange them for Your Truth, so I may live under Your Management, instead, and be free from my sinful behavior of envy and hatred toward others.

Maintain an Awareness

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.

The Two Counsels
January 21

Become Willing

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Precious One, today, I want you to know that I, your Perfect Father, will purify you all the way through—spirit, soul, and body, from the inside out…BUT, YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING.

How often have I, the God of Peace, wanted to instill My Peace into your heart…but you were not willing?  How often have I, the Perfect Father, offered to exchange your understanding for My Perspective…but you were not willing?  How often have I, the Most High God, proposed to change your rejection into acceptance, your abandonment into belonging, your condemnation into approval, and your shame into excellence…BUT YOU WERE NOT WILLING?

O JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, YOU WHO KILL THE PROPHETS AND STONE THOSE SENT TO YOU, HOW OFTEN I HAVE LONGED TO GATHER YOUR CHILDREN TOGETHER, AS A HEN GATHERS HER CHICKS UNDER HER WINGS, BUT YOU WERE NOT WILLING
(Matthew 23:37).

Child, you need to understand that the father-of-lies does not want you to come to Me. He will fill you with many negative, destructive beliefs that will make your heart unwilling to receive My Perspective for your situation. He will lie to you, so you would not submit your pain to Me, lest you received My Peace, Hope, and Love. The father-of-lies already has a broad road of destruction laid out for you. As long as you are unwilling to heed My Counsel, but receive, believe, and obey his beliefs of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection, he will make sure your life is destroyed. Therefore, Child…ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW GATE OF WILLINGNESS.

ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW GATE. FOR WIDE IS THE GATE AND BROAD IS THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND MANY ENTER THROUGH IT
(Matthew 7:13).

Has God perhaps sent someone into your life to help you deal with the pain of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection in your heart? Were you willing to receive him or her, or did you send the person away?

If you are not willing to let God into your heart to deal with the pain that is there, I urge you to find out why. What are the negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lie that are causing your unwillingness? Once you have found them, lay them in front of the Lord Jesus and ask Him for His Truth. His Truth will set you free…and make you willing.

PRAYER: Whom have I, but You, O Lord.  Most High God, bring me to the place where I will be willing to allow You to take the pain of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection out of my heart and fill me with Your Peace, Hope, and Love.

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
January 20

Your Body Is Not Your Own

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A friend once told me, “I wish for GOD to become my REACTION to everything in life.  Instead of reacting out of defense when someone persecutes and accuses me, I wish for God to react through me with His Love and Understanding toward my accusers.”

THEREFORE DO NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY SO THAT YOU OBEY ITS EVIL DESIRES.  DO NOT OFFER THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY TO SIN, AS INSTRUMENTS OF WICKEDNESS, BUT RATHER OFFER YOURSELVES TO GOD
(Romans 6:12-13).

Beloved Child, you need to understand that the father-of-lies has come to reign in your body through your sinful nature—through his negative, destructive beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation that cause your sinful defense patterns of escape. He has come to reign through the sinful reactions of your oppressing beliefs. He has come to claim your spirit, soul, and body for himself, so he can take you down the broad road of destruction. But, I have come to reign in your spirit, in your soul, and in your body through My Son, Jesus, in the place of the father-of-lies.  I have come to bring My Life into your spirit, your soul, and your body. I have come to be your REACTION in the place of your sinful defense patterns of escape.

OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU, WHOM YOU HAVE FROM GOD, AND YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN? FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE; THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD’S
(1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

Child, while you were being led down that broad road of destruction, I bought you at a price. I sent My Son to take your place, so you may belong to Me. Accept My invitation. Stop offering your body to the father-of-lies to react in you and through you through your defense patterns of escape. Instead, receive Me into your spirit, soul, and body. Then, I will become your REACTION.

How might your life change if God were allowed to live His Life in your spirit, soul, and body, every day?

How might the lives of your friends and family change if God were allowed to love them through you, day-by-day?

How might the lives of your enemies change if God were permitted to become your REACTION, whenever you were persecuted and accused?

PRAYER: Who can understand Your, Lord God?  All things are created by You for Your Glory!  You made me for Yourself.  I am not my own.  Delight in me, God—in what You have created. Come and live Your Life in my spirit, soul, and body to become my REACTION in the face of persecution and accusations.

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.

The Two Counsels
January 19

It Is All in Your Mind

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There is a saying that states, “It is all in the mind.”  Well, this happens to be true. Have you ever noticed that you tend to act out the beliefs that reside in your mind?  If your mind contains negative beliefs, you have negative emotions and destructive actions.  If your mind contains positive beliefs, you have positive emotions and constructive actions.  Your mind is a control center that affects your whole life: how you handle yourself, how you handle other people, and how you handle God.

THE MIND OF SINFUL MAN IS DEATH, BUT THE MIND CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT IS LIFE AND PEACE
(Romans 8:6).

Precious Child, think of a control tower at an airport.  It is the job of the air traffic controller to control the incoming and outgoing planes and tell them where to go.  He gives the planes permission to land and the pilots have to obey.  This ensures life and peace.

In the same way, I have sent My Holy Spirit to be the thoughts-and belief-traffic controller of your mind, giving permission to certain thoughts and beliefs to land, and others, to leave.  I, the Father, of whom are all things, want to be in charge of your life—what you believe, how you feel, and what you do. The result in your life will be Life and Peace.

FOR US THERE IS ONE GOD, THE FATHER, OF WHOM ARE ALL THINGS, AND WE FOR HIM; AND ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHOM ARE ALL THINGS, AND THROUGH WHOM WE LIVE
(1 Corinthians 8:6).

The question is: Will you allow Me to be in charge of your mind through the Spirit of My Son, through whom are all things and through whom you will receive Life and Peace?

THOSE WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD ARE SONS OF GOD
(Romans 8:14).

Who is in control of your mind—your own beliefs, or the Father, from whom are all things, and the Spirit of His Son, through whom are all things? Consider praying the following prayer, every morning, giving God’s Spirit authority to exercise restraining and directing influence over your mind and its beliefs.

PRAYER: Lord God, how encouraged I am that You are able to purify me through and through…even my mind.

Lord God, be the belief-controller of my mind.  In the same way an air traffic controller gives permission to planes to take off and land, I authorize Your Spirit to be in control of the beliefs that enter my mind, moment-by-moment.  Give permission to the pure beliefs of Truth to land, and command all negative beliefs to leave, so my life could be filled with Your Life and Peace.

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.

The Two Counsels
January 18

How to Deal with Your Emotions

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MAY GOD HIMSELF, THE GOD OF PEACE, SANCTIFY YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH
(1 Thessalonians 5:23).

Beautiful One, I, the God of Peace, yearn to purify you, through and through, all the way to your emotions.  But you need to know that your emotions do not stand alone; they are governed by what you believe—by what you accept as true or real in your own mind.  Have you noticed how often your emotions become hopeless, fearful, and bitter when you lean on your own understanding…when you depend on your own beliefs…when you rely on your own mind?

AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD IS COME, AND HATH GIVEN US AN UNDERSTANDING, THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM THAT IS TRUE, AND WE ARE IN HIM THAT IS TRUE, EVEN IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. THIS IS THE TRUE GOD, AND ETERNAL LIFE
(1 John 5:20).

Child, I want you to start living differently, even today. I want you to learn how to deal with your emotions.  Whenever you have an emotion that perturbs you, I want you to find the belief from the father-of-lies that supports that emotion. Know that the father-of-lies is constantly roaming around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour with his negative, destructive beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation. He likes to plant these in your mind with the hope that you will receive, accept, and believe them.

But, I have sent Jesus, My Son, to bring you understanding, that you may know Him who is the Truth. If you submit the beliefs that support your perturbed emotions to Jesus, He who is the Truth will show you His Perspective. Then, your beliefs will change and your emotions will follow suit. You will receive a spirit of Power, and Love, and of a sound mind…and sound emotions.

FOR GOD HATH NOT GIVEN US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR; BUT OF POWER, AND OF LOVE, AND OF A SOUND MIND
(2 Timothy 1:7).

Do you have a sound mind? If not, how does your mind influence your emotions? Are you willing to receive a sound mind, even today?

Practice, every day, moment-by-moment to submit the perturbing beliefs in your mind to the Lord Jesus. Ask Him to bring His Truth into your mind, daily. Then, you will receive a sound mind…and sound emotions.

PRAYER: Thank you, Lord Jesus, that You have come to give us a sound mind—an understanding, so we may know You, who are the Truth.  Thank you that we may be in You, who are true, and that we may know the Truth for every negative, destructive belief from the father-of-lies that enters our mind. Enlighten my understanding, daily, O Lord, so I may receive a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind, for a sound mind will generate sound emotions.

Maintain an Awareness

Know that your struggle is not against the people or the circumstances in your life, but against the spiritual forces of evil—against the OLD MAN beliefs of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection.

The Two Counsels
January 17

How to Deal with Your Thoughts

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MAY GOD HIMSELF, THE GOD OF PEACE, SANCTIFY YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH
(1 Thessalonians 5:23).

A few years ago I realized that my actions—the things I DO in life—were not so bad.  But on the inside—in my THOUGHT life—it was a different story.  That area looked more like a war zone.  Ugly thoughts “I am a failure…I am worthless…I am a victim” ravaged my mind, all the time.  Negative, belittling thoughts were running loose, everywhere, turning my mind into a battle zone.  The worst thing was…I believed everything I thought. But then, the Lord God had a Word with me:

LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON
(Isaiah 55:7).

Beautiful Child, I can see that you have no peace in your thought life. I wish to change that. I wish to give you My Peace; but first, I need something from you.

Precious One, I want you to forsake your thoughts and return to Me.  Stop receiving, accepting, and believing the negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies. Do not let these belittling commands from the evil one run loose in your mind, allowing them to influence your mind and injure your heart. Instead, take each thought captive and bring it before Me. If you do, I will have mercy upon you and sanctify you, through and through, spirit, soul, and body, with My Peace.

 AND WE TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST
(2 Corinthians 10:5).

What do your day-to-day thoughts look like? How do these thoughts influence your life—your emotions and behavior?

I urge you to keep your thoughts from running loose. Start catching each thought that causes you to feel bad, mad, or sad. Then, submit each one to the Lord Jesus and ask Him to exchange it for His Word of Truth to you.  With which thought do you want to start, today?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, today, I catch this thought that has been running loose in my mind, causing feelings of shame, condemnation, rejection, and abandonment in my heart. I submit it to Your Authority to be submissive to the Perfect Father’s Will.  Remove this thought from my mind and replace it with Your Word of Truth for me. Redeem my spirit, soul, and body from the damage this thought has caused in me, so I may be sanctified, through and through, by Your Peace.

Maintain an Awareness

Each time we hear from God, we are changed…or rather EXCHANGED, for the Words He speaks are Spirit and are Life.

The Two Counsels