Author: Renee Faul

January 16

There Is Another Way

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TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.  IN ALL YOUR WAYS, SUBMIT TO HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT
(Proverbs 3:5-6).

Beautiful Child, today I have a special Word for you. Today, I am calling you to a brand new way of living.  In order to live this new way, I am asking you to stop leaning on your own understanding—to stop depending on your own way of thinking by believing your own perturbing perceptions.  I want you to stop relying on your own mind’s logic for a very important reason.  Listen to My Word:

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

Precious One, your daily natural assumptions are not reliable, because your mind’s reasoning is not trustworthy.  Your natural way of perceiving yourself, others, and Me is not in line with how I perceive you and others.  I know this is a very new way of thinking for you, but I want you to obey.  Start running all your assumptions by Me, instead of blindly believing everything you think.

Not leaning on your own mind, but asking Me for My Perspective, instead, needs to become an everyday, moment-by-moment lifestyle to you. When you allow Me to exchange your perspective for My own, you will hear the Truth about yourself, about your mother, father, and all those around you…and about Me.  Instead of hearing “I am not good enough.  I am not accepted.  I am rejected,” you will hear, “You are a beloved child.  You are accepted.  You are precious to Me.” When your mind is controlled by My Spirit, instead of by your own perturbing perceptions, your daily paths will become straight.

How would YOU like to start living a new way, this year? Do you want your crooked paths to become straight? Then, this message is for you. You can start today. Which perturbing perception in your mind are you willing to submit to God, even now, in exchange for HIS Perspective?

Do this, every day. Keep taking YOUR perturbing perceptions to Him, in faith, and ask Him for HIS Perspective, instead. Then, one perception at a time, your whole life will change…and your crooked paths will become straight.

PRAYER: Father, I bring You my perturbing perceptions, today. Show me the Truth. Show me Your Perspective, so my crooked paths may become straight…even today.

Maintain an Awareness

We did not realize it at the time, but during our childhood we made the most deterministic decisions of our lives.

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January 15

Your Father Is Drawing You

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NO ONE CAN COME TO ME UNLESS THE FATHER WHO SENT ME DRAWS HIM
(John 6:44).

Have you been noticing a deep desire in your heart to come closer to the Lord Jesus: to become good…to be righteous…to be set free from the power of the sinful nature in you?  Know that these desires do not come from your own nature, your own will, or your own emotions.  It is the Holy Father, the Most High, who has been drawing you to His Son, Jesus Christ, so He, the I AM, may have a relationship with you, through Jesus.

NOW IT IS GOD WHO MAKES BOTH US AND YOU STAND FIRM IN CHRIST. HE ANOINTED US, SET HIS SEAL OF OWNERSHIP ON US, AND PUT HIS SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AS A DEPOSIT, GUARANTEEING WHAT IS TO COME
(2 Corinthians 1:21-22).

Be encouraged that I have been drawing you to My Son, Jesus, so I may beautify you through and through—spirit, soul, and body–through Him.  I have been calling you to stand firm in My Son, Christ, so you may be set free from the sinful nature, alive in you through the lies of the father-of-lies. I am doing this, so I may have an intimate, personal relationship with you.

Child, I long to talk to you, daily. Come to Me when I draw you. Do not be afraid. Do not run away from Me. Do not resist Me. Instead, become quiet, turn to your heart…and listen, for it is in your heart that I will meet you. It is there that you will receive Me. It is in your heart that I will anoint you and set My seal of ownership on you. There, I will deposit My Spirit, so I may tell you, through Him, of all the wonderful things I have in store for your life.

THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL DO IT
(1 Thessalonians 5:24).

How have you responded to the Father’s call to come to the Lord Jesus?  What walls have you set up to block His Voice? Why?

I urge you to stop running, to come out of hiding, and to tune in to your heart. Listen to the Father’s Call. He has something very special in mind for you, but you need to stop, turn around, and receive His Son. Through Him, the Father will deposit everything you need.

PRAYER: Call me, Father, to everything I need to be: living in Your Peace…abiding in Your Truth…resting in Your Hope.  Break through the walls I have set up.  Be in charge of my life.  Come fetch me from my hiding places.  Find me behind the masks I sometimes wear when I am scared.  Pull me up from the ground where I sometimes fall face down.  Do in me a complete work through Your Son, achieving Your Purpose, at Your Timing, by Your Love.

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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January 14

To Become Blameless

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Precious One, I want you to know that when I sanctify you, I purify you, through and through—spirit, soul, and body.  I do the job from the inside out, starting with your spirit, continuing to your soul, and finishing with your body.

MAY GOD HIMSELF, THE GOD OF PEACE, SANCTIFY YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH.  MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY BE KEPT BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
(1 Thessalonians 5:23).

 I, the God of Peace, want to sanctify you with the Peace of God, but you need to allow this to happen, and not attempt a job that only I can do.  If you yourself would attempt this job of purifying your heart, it would be a job done on the outside only, because you do not have the power to change yourself on the inside—to bring Peace to your heart.

 IN THE SAME WAY, COUNT YOURSELVES DEAD TO SIN BUT ALIVE TO GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. THEREFORE DO NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY SO THAT YOU OBEY ITS EVIL DESIRES. DO NOT OFFER ANY PART OF YOURSELF TO SIN AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WICKEDNESS, BUT RATHER OFFER YOURSELVES TO GOD AS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM DEATH TO LIFE; AND OFFER EVERY PART OF YOURSELF TO HIM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. FOR SIN SHALL NO LONGER BE YOUR MASTER, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE
(Romans 6:11-14).

Therefore, stop offering your heart to the father-of-lies to reign in you through the sinful nature, but rather offer your heart to ME. I will anoint you, set My seal of ownership on you, and put My Spirit in your heart, because it is in your heart that I, the God of Peace, install the Peace of God. I am the Lord who sanctify you.

I AM THE LORD WHICH SANCTIFY YOU
(Leviticus 20:8).

Are you willing to be sanctified by the God of Peace? Then, stop trying to do this job yourself. Instead, offer you whole spirit, soul, and body to the God of Peace and ask Him to sanctify you with the Peace of God.

PRAYER: Lord God of Peace, how amazing You are…to be able to sanctify me, through and through—spirit, soul, and body.  How encouraged I am when I ponder all the innermost places in my heart that You have already purified with Your Peace.  Release Your Peace into the rest of my heart, Lord God, as I lay before you my sinful nature, ruled by the lies of the father-of-lies.  Spread Your Peace to my spirit, to my soul, and to my body, so I may be purified, through and through, from the inside out.

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”?

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January 13

When You Do Not Feel Loved

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Have you noticed that you are prone to sinful behavior when you do not feel loved? Have you ever identified your sinful behavior patterns during times like these?  When you do not feel loved, do you start wearing a mask, thinking if you were a different person, you might be loved more?  When you do not feel loved, do you run away from situations and hide, because of the oppressing pain in your heart?  Do you place the blame on others when you do not feel loved?

I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE: I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME. MAY THEY BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETE UNITY TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME AND HAVE LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME
(John 17:22-23).

Precious Child, listen to My Word for you, today: It is MY LOVE that you crave the most, not your mother’s, not your father’s, not your sister’s, not your brother’s, not your husband’s. Stop looking for love in all the wrong places. Come to ME, your Father in Heaven, first. I will give you what you are looking for, because I, the Lord God, love you as much as I love My Son, Jesus. After you have received My Love, other people’s lack of love toward you will not matter to you that much, because My Love will fill you. It will shield you from the evil one—from the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies that deem you abandoned, shameful, rejected, and condemned.

I HAVE GIVEN THEM YOUR WORD; AND THE WORLD HAS HATED THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, JUST AS I AM NOT OF THE WORLD. I DO NOT PRAY THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, BUT THAT YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM FROM THE EVIL ONE
(John 17:14-15).

So, the next time you do not feel loved, do not hide your pain, run from your own heart, or blame your state of not being loved on those who do not love you.  Instead, come and sit on My lap. Come into oneness with Me. EMBRACE your pain, EXPOSE your unloved heart to Me, and allow Me to EXCHANGE your sorrow for My Love.

Identify the sinful behavior patterns you have concocted for not feeling loved. Find the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies that manifest in your heart. Then, come to the Father, so He may deposit HIS LOVE into your heart.

PRAYER: How splendid are Your ways, Father in Heaven—to offer me the same Love You have for Your Son, Jesus.  I shall not lack.  Instead of running away from the pain of not feeling loved, I EMBRACE that pain and bring it to You, Lord God. I EXPOSE my unloved heart to You, making it accessible for Your Love.  EXCHANGE the negative, destructive beliefs that make me feel so unloved for Your Love, Lord God, taking what is in my heart…and giving me what is in Yours.

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

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January 12

The Relationship that Offers Life

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Did you know that, during His time on earth, the Lord Jesus lived a life of perfect ONENESS with His Father?  To Him it was all about the Glory—His relationship of UNITY with His Father.  And now the Father has made that same relationship of Glory available to you—to be ONE with Him through His Son, Jesus.

AND THE GLORY WHICH THOU GAVEST ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM; THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE ONE
(John 17:22).

Child, I want you to capture that just before Jesus left for Heaven, He prayed the following words for you.  He could have prayed for anything, but He prayed for that which was most important to Him and for that which is most important to you: THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ME, THE FATHER—the Glory of Unity.

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE:  I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME. MAY THEY BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETE UNITY TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME AND HAVE LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME
(John 17:22-23).

You need to know that the father-of-lies will try anything to keep you from the Glory of Unity—a relationship of oneness with Me, the Father, of whom are all things, and with My Son, Jesus, through whom are all things. The enemy knows that if you come into oneness with Me, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THAT I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I LOVED MY SON, JESUS, when He was here on earth. Don’t let the father-of-lies rob you of this Glory!

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).

What negative, destructive beliefs did the father-of-lies instill in your mind that are keeping you from the Glory of Unity—a relationship of oneness with God, the Father, through Jesus, the Son?  Did he tell you that you have no favor with God…that God will not answer you…that God only wants to punish you?

Submit these negative, destructive beliefs to the Lord Jesus and ask Him to bring you into His Glory—ONENESS with Him and the Father.

PRAYER: Father, how encouraged I am that You abound in Love and that You want to give that Love to me. I hunger for an intimate relationship with You, and I hunger for Your Love.  Call me into unity with You, so I may know that You are in this place, right now, waiting to receive me and show me how much You love me.

Maintain an Awareness

We have all eaten from the fruit of deception—believing and accepting negative, destructive beliefs about ourselves, God, and others that are not true.

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January 11

The Father of Compassion

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Hello Precious One, how are you, today? I, the Most High, already know how you are, but I want to hear from you, personally, because I love spending time with you. I love talking to you. I love having a personal relationship with you. Are you doing all right? Are you perhaps feeling sad, or mad, or bad, today?

PRAISE BE TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF COMPASSION AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TROUBLES
(2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

Precious Child, I want you to know that I, the Father of the Lord Jesus, am the Father of Compassion, the God of all Comfort…and I want to comfort YOU, today.  The word COMPASSION means the sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.  Know that I, the Father of Compassion, am aware of your distress and that I have the intense desire to alleviate it…when you come to Me.

 BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN: FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED
(Matthew 5:4).

But you need to understand that your distress does not function on its own.  It sits on oppressing beliefs, instilled in your mind by the father-of-lies: that you are comfortless…that nothing will ever work out for you…that your life is worthless.  Know that I, the God of all Comfort, can comfort you, at ALL times, and in ALL circumstances, by telling you the Truth.  However, you need to come to Me and talk to Me. You need to tell me how you feel and what the father-of-lies told you about your circumstances. During our time together, I will tell you the Truth. Then, you will be comforted.

BUT WHOEVER LIVES BY THE TRUTH COMES INTO THE LIGHT
(John 3:21).

Know that it is not your circumstances, but what you came to believe about your circumstances that are causing the most sorrow in your heart, right now. Therefore, find out what oppressing beliefs the father-of-lies whispered to you, causing you to have so much pain in your heart, today?

Then, come to the God of all Comfort and talk to Him about these beliefs. Tell Him what is on your heart. Spend time with Him. When He talks to you, He will tell you the Truth…and you will be comforted.

PRAYER: How marvelous is Your Compassion, God of all Comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles. Father of Compassion, I am willing to be comforted.  I invite You into the troubled spots in my heart that are filled with sorrow, distress, and anguish. Show me the Truth to these oppressing beliefs that are supporting my sorrow, so I may be comforted.

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.

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January 10

Let His Light Shine in Your Heart

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Have you noticed that you have a sinful nature that is filled with darkness?  This sinful nature is a result of the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies and has a character of its own, either pitiful and pathetic, or domineering and demanding. Because this sinful nature lives its own life in you from and for the father-of-lies, YOU keep on doing the things YOU DO NOT want to do, and the things YOU DO want to do YOU CAN NOT DO.

I KNOW THAT NOTHING GOOD LIVES IN ME, THAT IS, IN MY SINFUL NATURE.  FOR I HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD, BUT I CANNOT CARRY IT OUT. FOR WHAT I DO IS NOT THE GOOD I WANT TO DO; NO, THE EVIL I DO NOT WANT TO DO—THIS I KEEP ON DOING
(Romans 7:18-19).

Dear Child, it is no use trying to tame this sinful nature of yours, because this nature does not want to be tamed.  It will not obey you, no matter how hard you try, for it only listens to its master, the father-of-lies.

FOR GOD, WHO SAID, ‘LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS,’ MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN OUR HEARTS…THE LIGHT OF LIFE’
(2 Corinthians 4:6 and John 8:12).

Listen to My Word for you, today, Beloved One:  Jesus, My Son, is the only One who can turn water into wine…let Light shine out of darkness…replace the sinful nature from the father-of-lies with His Nature, BECAUSE ALL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HIM.  If you confess your sinful nature to Him and ask Him to save you from it, He will come into your heart to shine in you as the Light of Life. If you submit to this Light of Life in you, you will stop doing the things you DO NOT want to do, and the things you DO want to do, you will keep on doing.

AND JESUS CAME AND SPAKE UNTO THEM, SAYING, ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH
(Matthew 28:18).

Have you identified your sinful nature? Is it pathetic and pitiful or domineering and demanding? Which beliefs from the father-of-lies control it?

If you are tired of being controlled by the sinful nature, stop trying to fix it.  Instead, show it to the Lord Jesus and ask Him to remove it and put a new nature in you—His Nature that is filled with the Light of Life.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, Son of the Most High, Your Name is exalted above all. Lord Jesus, I am tired of my sinful nature that rules my life, so that I do not do what I want to do and keep on doing what I do not want to do. I confess this nature to You, Lord Jesus. Please remove the negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that are keeping this nature alive in me. Make Your Light shine in my heart to become my Light of Life—a new Nature under Your Authority.

Maintain an Awareness

Woe to us, the rebellious children, when we take counsel from the father-of-lies, and when we cover ourselves with coverings that are not from God. We will add sin to sin.

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January 09

Peace through the Lord of Peace

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NOW MAY THE LORD OF PEACE HIMSELF GIVE YOU PEACE AT ALL TIMES AND IN EVERY WAY
(2 Thessalonians 3:16).

Beloved, I want you to capture this: I, the Lord of Peace, want to give you Peace, at all times, and in every circumstance.  I know what you are thinking, right now:  This is impossible in my circumstances.  My circumstances are much too out of control and too extreme.

Precious One, listen to My Word for you:

JESUS LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID, ‘WITH MAN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE’
(Matthew 19:26).

Child, Peace is possible, at all times, and in all your circumstances, because it is MY Peace I place in your heart…if you want it. My Peace belongs to Me and can be yours through My Spirit…if you believe. Are you going through difficult circumstances, right now? Are you anxious…worried…panicked? Know that your anxiety is your reaction to the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies. But, My Peace does not depend on the circumstances or on what the father-of-lies told you, because it is a Divine Peace, based on Truth that comes from Heaven. It is not a worldly peace fabricated by the sinful human nature.

Will you receive MY Peace in the midst of your extreme circumstances? All you need to do is ask for it and then, receive it, in faith.

FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT MEAT AND DRINK; BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST
(Romans 14:17).

Tune in to your heart, and find the troubled spots of anxiety that are filled with the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies. Then, invite the Lord of Peace to do the impossible in your heart—to fill you with HIS Peace through the Power of His Holy Spirit, despite your circumstances.

PRAYER: Lord of Peace, I marvel that all things are possible to You, even when those same things are not possible to me.  I marvel that YOUR Divine Peace is possible, when my own peace is not. Teach me to turn to You when I have no peace, to seek YOUR Peace that can manifest at all times, in each of my circumstances. Erase and replace the troubled, anxious spots in my heart that are filled with the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies with Your Divine Peace. May Your Kingdom come and Your Will be done in my life.

Maintain an Awareness

We have all eaten from the fruit of deception—believing and accepting negative, destructive beliefs about ourselves, God, and others that are not true.

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January 08

When You Are Weak

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BUT HE SAID TO ME, ‘MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.’ THEREFORE I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE GLADLY ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST’S POWER MAY REST ON ME.
(2 Corinthians 12:9).

What are your weaknesses? What defense mechanisms do you employ when things go wrong in your life? Do you have the weakness of falling into depression when you feel hopeless?  Do you have the weakness of giving up when you feel disappointed?  Do you have the weakness of fiercely defending yourself when you feel attacked?

Precious Child, did you know that I am with you during your weaknesses? Did you know that the Power of My Son, Jesus, rests on you during your weaknesses? Did you know that it is during your weaknesses that I want to show you My Grace? Beloved, My Grace and Power are perfectly enough for you to overcome the lies of the father-of-lies, who is at work in you during your weaknesses.

NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLY MORE THAN ALL WE ASK OR IMAGINE, ACCORDING TO HIS POWER THAT IS AT WORK WITHIN US, TO HIM BE GLORY
(Ephesians 3:20).

My Child, through My Son, I can do immeasurably more in your life than all you can ask or imagine, especially during your weaknesses. However, you need to come to Me. You need to tell Me how you feel and which oppressing beliefs from the father-of-lies are making you weak. Then, you need to listen to My Words for you. Through My Words you will receive My Power to overcome your weakness and to do My Will in your life.

Focus on your heart, and find the weaknesses that live in your character through the lies of the father-of-lies.  Stop hiding your weaknesses. Stop running from them. Stop blaming them on others. Stop trying to fix them.  Instead, claim and name them.

Then, expose these weaknesses to the Lord Jesus Christ. Ask Him to do immeasurably more than what you can do with them—to work His Power in you, so your weaknesses may be overcome.

PRAYER: I praise You, Perfect Father, that You sent Your Son, Jesus, to deal with any weakness I might have.  Lord Jesus, I cannot fix my weaknesses, nor does it help to run from them, or hide them.  They follow me wherever I go.  Therefore, I call them by name and lay them at Your feet. Work Your Power in me, to do immeasurably more than I can ask or imagine.  Cover my weaknesses with Your Grace, so they might be overcome. To You be Glory!

Maintain an Awareness

Do not go to the Scriptures to read them only. Go to them with the intention to seek and experience the Light through them.

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January 07

You Will Be Filled

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IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD—THAT IS, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS AND REDEMPTION
(1 Corinthians 1:30).

Blessed are you, Child, if you thirst for My Righteousness, for you will be filled.  Know that Righteousness is not a human quality, but a Gift that comes from Me. His name is Jesus Christ, My Son. I sent Him to reign in your life in the place of your sinful nature…if you let Him.

BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS: FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED
(Matthew 5:6).

Although I made My Righteousness available to you through My Son, it is your responsibility to decide who is going to reign in you, at each moment of each day. Precious One, you have a choice. When the jealousy, hatred, and pride that live in your sinful nature call you into sinful defense patterns, do not obey. Do not follow. Do not let your sinful nature, ruled by the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies, entice you to serve it. Rather, invite My Son to reign in your heart, instead. He is your Righteousness from Me.

THEREFORE DO NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY, THAT YOU SHOULD OBEY IT IN ITS LUSTS. AND DO NOT PRESENT YOUR MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS TO SIN, BUT PRESENT YOURSELVES TO GOD AS BEING ALIVE FROM THE DEAD, AND YOUR MEMBERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO GOD
(Romans 6:12-13).

Have you noticed that you have a sinful nature? How does your sinful nature manifest in you: through jealousy…through hatred…through pride? Instead of following and obeying the sinful nature in you, invite the Lord Jesus into each of these desires, whenever they show up, and let Him erase and replace them with His Righteousness.

PRAYER: Father, how marvelous is Your Gift of Righteousness—Your Son, Jesus Christ, who became my Righteousness in the place of my sinful nature.  Remind me, daily, to come to You, Lord Jesus, whenever the jealousy, hatred, and pride in my sinful nature call me to follow and obey. Instead of following these desires into sinful defense patterns, call me to turn to You, instead, Lord Jesus, and allow You to be my Righteousness.  Let me make no provision for the sinful nature to reign in and through me, but rather, allow You, moment-by-moment, to reign in me. Then, the sinful nature, ruled by the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies, will have no hold on me.

Maintain an Awareness

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

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