Abandoned

October 09

The New Is Here

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SO GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED HIM; MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM
(Genesis 1:27).

What was man like right after God created him?  What was it like to not only be created in the image of God, but to be living in the image of God and acting in the image of God, as well?  It must have been a life of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

But, something changed. The father-of-lies instilled an OLD MAN in us. This OLD MAN, the body of sin, consists of its own beliefs, its own nature, its own desires, its own emotions, its own will, its own deeds, and its own purpose. The OLD MAN lives in us and through us. He uses our minds as the tool to think his negative, destructive beliefs of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection. He uses our emotions as the catalyst to feel his feelings of disappointment, shame, fear, anxiety, hatred, jealousy, and resentment. He uses our hearts as the vehicle to execute deceitful desires that only benefit him. He uses our personalities as the mechanism through which he lives his nature—the pitiful, pathetic victim-nature, the guilt-ridden, unworthy blame-nature, the negative, lamenting doom-nature, and the fake, alluring show-off nature. He uses our wills as the launcher of his own spiteful, rebellious will. And he uses our bodies as his instruments of unrighteousness—the sinful deeds of the OLD MAN. The image of God in man was forever distorted…maimed…disabled when the OLD MAN body of sin moved in, because when the OLD MAN moved in, God moved out.

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

But then, God sent us a NEW MAN—the Lord Jesus Christ, His Son. Not only is He created in God’s image, but He also lives in God’s image and acts in God’s image, as well. And He came to live His Life in us—His Beliefs with His Emotions, His Nature, His Desires, His Will, His Purpose with His Deeds.

THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, THE NEW CREATION HAS COME: THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW IS HERE!
(2 Corinthians 5:17).

Invite the Lord Jesus to replace the old in you with the new. Then, you will finally be able to live a life of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I desire for everything in me to become new. I desire a new nature, a new will, new desires, new beliefs, new emotions, and a new purpose with new deeds. I know that the only way to change is to be exchanged—the old for the new. Therefore, come and live Your Life in me, Lord Jesus, in the place of the OLD MAN…and make everything new in me.

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.

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October 06

Grace Abounds More

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BUT WHERE SIN INCREASED, GRACE INCREASED ALL THE MORE
(Romans 5:20).

I bless you to understand that God’s Grace covers your past…because it is MORE.  God’s Grace covers the present…because it is MORE.  God’s Grace covers your future…because it is MORE.

Believe that God’s Grace is MORE than any sinful action anyone has ever committed against you and more than any sinful deed you yourself have ever committed against yourself or anyone else.

FOR SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR MASTER, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT UNDER LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE
(Romans 6:14).

I bless you to know that, during your present life, right now, God’s Grace abounds MORE.  Do you wrestle with a sinful habit or defense pattern of distraction or destruction?  God’s Grace abounds MORE.  Do you often become angry, fearful, or jealous?  God’s Grace abounds MORE.  Do you struggle with depression, bitterness, anxiety, or guilt? God’s Grace abounds MORE. Do you have a problem with being prideful, boastful, and self-seeking? God’s Grace abounds MORE. Do you control, criticize, or complain? God’s Grace abounds MORE. Are you confused? God’s Grace abounds MORE.

Understand that sin does not stand alone.  It does not happen by itself.  It sits on a pillar of oppressing beliefs suggested by the father-of-lies: beliefs of abandonment, condemnation, rejection, and shame.  And these beliefs cause anguish…misery…distress.  Not only does the father-of-lies suggest these beliefs to you, but he also offers the solutions to still the pain these beliefs cause—SIN.

Blessed Child, you need to know that you do not have to run to sinful defense habits of escape to dampen the abandonment in your heart, because there is enough Grace to cover the pain and beliefs of abandonment. You do not have to resort to bitterness to spite your enemy, because My Grace is available to you, even now. You do not have to blame others for the shame in your heart, because My Grace is yours, if you want it. But, in order to experience My Grace, you need to stop fighting the beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation in your own strength and in your own way. Instead, you need to surrender these negative, destructive beliefs to Me, Jesus Christ, and ask Me to cover you with My Grace. You will find that My Grace is always sufficient.  It is always available.  It is always MORE.

What sin is there in your past, present, or possibly in your future for which you need the Grace of God to abound?

PRAYER: Lord God, I thank you for Your Grace that abounds MORE than my sinful actions and reactions. Thank you that Your Grace abounds MORE than my jealousy, my animosity, and my anxiety. Thank you that Your Grace abounds MORE than any accusatory belief in my heart that makes me feel ashamed. Thank you that Your Grace abounds MORE than my sinful actions of the past, present, and future. I place all of these under Your Grace…to abound for me.

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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October 05

The Veil is Taken Away

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FOR I AM CONVINCED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NEITHER ANGELS NOR DEMONS, NEITHER THE PRESENT NOR THE FUTURE, NOR ANY POWERS, NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD
(Romans 8:38-39).

Although nothing and nobody can separate me from the Love, Truth, and Hope of God, I have found that I do not always experience those attributes of God in my life.  They exist, but they are not part of my world. It is as if these attributes of God had been taken hostage and hidden behind a veil.  I know about them, but I cannot reach them…and they cannot reach me.

I have discovered something that makes God’s attributes accessible and part of my daily world.  The veil can be lifted by OBEDIENT SURRENDER—laying down my own perturbing perceptions at the feet of the Lord Jesus in exchange for His Perspective.  Whenever I am willing to surrender my own understanding of a situation to Him, the veil is lifted, and God’s Love, Truth, and Hope become accessible to me, to take the place of the bitterness, sadness, jealousy, fear, and confusion in my heart. During this time, beliefs of rejection, shame, condemnation, guilt, abandonment, and unworthiness leave.

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. EVEN TO THIS DAY WHEN MOSES IS READ, A VEIL COVERS THEIR HEARTS. BUT WHENEVER ANYONE TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY
(2 Corinthians 3:14-16).

Beloved, believe that I, the Most High, yearn to reveal My Love, Truth, and Hope to you in the smallest and biggest of your situations, but you need to surrender your own interpretation of your situation to Me, first, in order to experience these attributes.  Know that your FACTS about your situation are most likely correct, but your INTERPRETATIONS of your situation are most likely false. Why? Because the father-of-lies has pulled a veil of deception over your understanding.

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).

Which perturbing perceptions are you willing to lay down at the feet of the Lord Jesus, today, in order to experience His Love, Hope, and Truth?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I yearn to experience Your Presence in my life, today and every day; therefore, I lay my own perturbing perceptions down at Your feet, so I may see You, clearly, without the veil of deception.

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Regardless of which pain you have, the determining question is, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?

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October 01

Treat the Person, NOT the Problem

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Carl Rogers wrote in his book, Becoming a Person: “I have found it of enormous value when I can permit myself to understand the other person. The way in which I have worded this statement may seem strange to you. Is it necessary to permit oneself to understand another? I think it is. Our first reaction to most of the statements which we hear from other people is an evaluation or judgment, rather than an understanding of it. When someone expresses some feeling, attitude or belief, our tendency is almost immediately to feel “that’s right,” or “that’s stupid,” “that’s abnormal,” “that’s unreasonable,” “that’s incorrect,” “that’s not nice.” Very rarely do we permit ourselves to understand precisely what the meaning of the statement is to the other person.”

This has become one of the most important tools of communication in my relationships: permitting myself to understand someone’s heart, instead of reacting to my own conclusions, instantly. Keeping my own interpretations out of the equation when I have a conversation with another person, I have learned to separate the facts (what really happened) from the conclusions (the person’s heart) and treat them as two separate transactions. What really happened? How does she feel about the incident? Why does she feel that way? What is the negative spiritual picture the father-of-lies painted in her mind? How can I help her to understand her own heart and see the Truth? Unless you care about someone’s heart, first, you will not be able to help her see the facts of the situation. Therefore, treat the PERSON, not the PROBLEM!

IF I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND CAN FATHOM ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, AND IF I HAVE A FAITH THAT CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE, I AM NOTHING
(1 Corinthians 13:2).

I love to apply this principle of separating the facts from the conclusions to my own heart, as well. What really happened? How do I feel about the incident? Why do I feel that way? Where is the root of my problem? What is the negative spiritual picture the father-of-lies painted in my mind? How can I receive Truth in my heart, so I may see the facts clearly? But, there are times when I am not able to understand, no matter how many questions I ask myself or anybody else. During these times, I go to the One who has infinite Understanding, the One who is able to separate the facts from the conclusions, the One who always cares about my heart.

GREAT IS OUR LORD, AND OF GREAT POWER: HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE
(Psalm 147:5).

Think back of a specific conversation you had with someone this past week. How might the outcome of the conversation have changed IF you had permitted yourself to UNDERSTAND your conversation partner’s heart, instead of reacting to your own conclusions, instantly? What would it take for you to become willing to separate the facts from the conclusions and UNDERSTAND others during your conversations, instead of using criticism, control, or complaint as your defense mechanisms, before you even know what is going on?

PRAYER: Most High, deposit Your Love in my heart, so I may permit myself to understand others and myself, instead of only reacting to the facts at face value.

Maintain an Awareness

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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September 28

Judge Nothing before the Time

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THEREFORE JUDGE NOTHING BEFORE THE TIME, UNTIL THE LORD COME, WHO BOTH WILL BRING TO LIGHT THE HIDDEN THINGS OF DARKNESS, AND WILL MAKE MANIFEST THE COUNSELS OF THE HEARTS: AND THEN SHALL EVERY MAN HAVE PRAISE OF GOD
(1 Corinthians 4:5).

How often have I judged something or someone at face value, just to find out later that things were not at all what they seemed.  I remember one incident where I deemed a certain person strong, confident, and victorious.  I found out later that this person was actually very weak and deeply unhappy.  Things were not what they seemed.

 I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I AM JUDGED BY YOU OR BY ANY HUMAN COURT; INDEED, I DO NOT EVEN JUDGE MYSELF
(1 Corinthians 4:3).

Child, you need to know that things are not what they seem.  In fact, what you perceive as the truth might be the exact opposite of what I, the Most High, consider as Truth. You might perceive yourself as guilty and bad, but why don’t you ask Me for My Opinion? When I make manifest the counsel of your heart, My Viewpoint might surprise you. You might consider yourself low, lost, and last, but why don’t you receive My Input? When I bring to light the hidden things of darkness, My Perception might blow your mind. You might have concluded, over time, that you have nobody who cares about you, but why don’t you allow Me to give you My Perspective? My Impression about your situation might amaze you and persuade you to judge nothing before the time.

BUT THE LORD SAID TO SAMUEL, ‘DO NOT CONSIDER HIS APPEARANCE OR HIS HEIGHT, FOR I HAVE REJECTED HIM. 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).

The father-of-lies will paint a negative, destructive picture of a certain person in your mind to set you up against that person. This picture will instill fear, hatred, and jealousy in you. This will cause harm to you and the person involved. But, if you bring this picture to the Lord Jesus, He will show you His Perspective, for the Lord does not look at the things we look at. We look at the outward appearance, but He looks at the heart.

So, the next time you want to judge something or someone, including yourself…DON’T!  Things are not what they seem. Only God knows the Truth. Ask him for His Opinion.

Whom have you judged at face value, recently? What has your conclusion been?

Are you willing to submit this conclusion to God and ask Him for His Perspective? If you do, it will change your attitude about the person you judged.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make known the counsels of the heart, because I desire to live by Your Truth.

Maintain an Awareness

The Bible calls it the OLD MAN. It makes us feel like a powerless CHILD. It is the reason we believe we are abandoned, bad, rejected, and shamed. It is the reason we feel mad, bad, and sad. It is the reason neither life, nor death, makes sense.

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September 27

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

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THE LAMP OF THE BODY IS THE EYE. THEREFORE, WHEN YOUR EYE IS GOOD, YOUR WHOLE BODY ALSO IS FULL OF LIGHT. BUT WHEN YOUR EYE IS BAD, YOUR BODY ALSO IS FULL OF DARKNESS
(Luke 11:34).

A lie comes into our minds in the form of a picture—a spiritual picture. This picture is painted by the father-of-lies. After he has painted one of his pictures in our minds, he uses it to control us. He controls us, from the outside, through a spiritual mind picture, on the inside. The Bible calls this DECEPTION. When we look at these spiritual mind pictures, in detail, we find out that each one tells a story. These stories are false. They are made up of lies. If we live according to these spiritual pictures the father-of-lies painted in our minds, we become his slaves. We think the thoughts he wants us to think, do the deeds he wants us to do, and become the person he wants us to be.

LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH, AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART, BE ACCEPTABLE IN THY SIGHT, O LORD, MY STRENGTH, AND MY REDEEMER
(Psalm 19:14).

Beloved Child, I want you to know, today, that I, the Most High, DID something about these spiritual mind pictures and the false stories they tell. I sent you the TRUTH. His name is Jesus. Did you know that My Son, Jesus, can do something that nobody else can do…not even you? Jesus can walk into your mind picture and exchange it for a different one. The father-of-lies’ pictures will tell you that you are alone, that you do not have what it takes, that you are the bad guy, and that you are not wanted. If you invite Jesus, who is the Truth, into your mind picture, He will remove it and put His own Picture in its place. He will use this new Picture to tell you how HE feels about you. This new spiritual Picture will set you free. It will show you, in your own mind, that you are NOT alone, that you DO have what it takes, that you are NOT bad, and that you ARE wanted. But, in order for this exchange to take place, you need to invite the Truth into the spiritual mind pictures that the father-of-lies has painted, first.

FOR HIS EYES ARE ON THE WAYS OF MAN, AND HE SEES ALL HIS STEPS. THERE IS NO DARKNESS NOR SHADOW OF DEATH WHERE THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY MAY HIDE THEMSELVES
(Job 34:21-22).

What do you do with the spiritual mind pictures that live in your mind? Do you believe and obey the stories they tell? How does this affect your life? Would you like to change? Then, you need to start living according to different spiritual mind pictures, called the Truth.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I invite You into the spiritual pictures that live in my mind. Come and replace them with Your own Picture—the Truth.

Maintain an Awareness

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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September 26

The Voice in Your Heart

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I have noticed something about my heart.  I have noticed that when I react to something or someone, I do not react to the person or the circumstance, but I react to a VOICE IN MY HEART.  The voice is very subtle…almost hidden, and if I do not deliberately pay attention to it, I will not notice it at all.  To reword, this voice is better described as a thought…a speculation…a judgment.

I have observed that this voice speaks to me during the FRACTION OF TIME in between a happening and my reaction, which makes it very hard to catch.  In fact, if I do not slow things down and focus on that fraction of time, the voice will go unnoticed and it will seem as if I reacted to the circumstance or person, instead.

THE GOOD MAN BRINGS GOOD THINGS OUT OF THE GOOD STORED UP IN HIS HEART, AND THE EVIL MAN BRINGS EVIL THINGS OUT OF THE EVIL STORED UP IN HIS HEART. FOR OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF HIS HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS
(Luke 6:45).

Know that there are many speculations stored up in your heart and that you react to someone or something according to what is stored up in your heart.  For years, I had a lot of abandonment, condemnation, rejection, and shame stored up in my heart.  Whenever I reacted to something or someone, I did not react to the person or the circumstance, but to the subtle voices of abandonment, condemnation, rejection, and shame, stored up in my heart.

However, I have learned to PAUSE the fraction of time between a happening and my reaction…and CATCH the subtle voices of abandonment, condemnation, rejection, and shame that have been stored up in my heart. Then, I have learned to SURRENDER these voices to God, allowing Him to EXCHANGE them for the clear Voice of Truth. During the pause, I listen, and I am able to hear, “THIS IS THE WAY; WALK IN IT.”

WHETHER YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, YOUR EARS WILL HEAR A VOICE BEHIND YOU, SAYING, ‘THIS IS THE WAY; WALK IN IT’
(Isaiah 30:21).

Today, I have noticed that the speculations in my heart have changed.  During a happening, I am now able to respond to the new Voice of Truth, Acceptance, Worthiness, and Belonging that now live in my heart.

To what subtle voices in your heart do you react, daily?

PRAYER: Guide me to pause the fraction of time between a happening and my reaction, Lord God, so You may show me the way, that I may walk in it.

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

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September 25

The Tree of Righteousness

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THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME; BECAUSE THE LORD HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH GOOD TIDINGS UNTO THE MEEK; HE HATH SENT ME TO BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED, TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES, AND THE OPENING OF THE PRISON TO THEM THAT ARE BOUND…TO APPOINT UNTO THEM THAT MOURN IN ZION, TO GIVE UNTO THEM BEAUTY FOR ASHES, THE OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING, THE GARMENT OF PRAISE FOR THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS; THAT THEY MIGHT BE CALLED TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE PLANTING OF THE LORD, THAT HE MIGHT BE GLORIFIED
(Isaiah 61:1,3).

After my daddy died, it felt like I stepped over a line into a different world where I did not belong. I transferred from a world filled with bright, warm sunshine to a cold underground cave, filled with dreary darkness. On the one side of the line, where my daddy used to live, there was light, life, and love. There was color. But, on the other side of the line was the abandoned life, filled with condemnation, shame, and rejection. Here, there was no life…no love…no light. Here, there was only desolate suffering…anguish…death. The ground was barren. Nothing grew here. What could possibly grow in a pitch dark world where the rocky soil was cut off from all light, life, and love?

Then, one day, God showed me His Perspective of my desperate world. How surprised I was when, there, in the barren soil, where nothing ever grew, stood a tree—a beautiful, tall, sturdy, healthy, green tree. It was the Tree of Righteousness. God showed me that this tree only grew under severe conditions of agony and anguish. It did not grow in warm, bright sunshine like all the other trees, where there were Light, Love, and Life. No, this tree grew painstakingly slowly, in dark, desolate places, from a seed of suffering. In order for this seed of suffering to grow into a beautiful tree, it had to be watered with a consistent drop of obedient surrender, moment-by-moment, every day.

I am that seed. For all my obedient surrendering during my suffering, I have received an exchange: Beauty for ashes, the Oil of Joy for my mourning, the Garment of Praise for my spirit of heaviness, that I might become a Tree of Righteousness, the Planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified. What a revelation!

Are you going through a difficult time of doom, dread, and despair? Hang in there. Your seed of suffering is growing into a beautiful Tree of Righteousness through your obedient surrender to God.

PRAYER: Lord my God, thank you that You have not forsaken me. Thank you that You give me Beauty for ashes, the Oil of Joy for my mourning, the Garment of Praise for the spirit of heaviness; that I might be called a Tree of Righteousness, the Planting of the Lord, that You might be glorified.

Maintain an Awareness

When you pray and lay your problem before God, give Him the freedom to answer you in any way He wants to, according to His great Mercy and Grace. Push your own preconceived answers aside. Then, HIS Answer will enter your mind and heart.

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September 24

Strength and Beauty

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‘TO WHOM WILL YOU COMPARE ME?
OR WHO IS MY EQUAL?’ SAYS THE HOLY ONE.
LIFT YOUR EYES AND LOOK TO THE HEAVENS:
WHO CREATED ALL THESE?
HE WHO BRINGS OUT THE STARRY HOST ONE BY ONE,
AND CALLS THEM EACH BY NAME.
BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT POWER AND MIGHTY STRENGTH,
NOT ONE OF THEM IS MISSING
(Isaiah 40:25-26).

I bless you to ponder God’s beauty around you.  Listen.  Observe.  Embrace.

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens.  Notice the stars.  Behold the majestic Milky Way.  Listen, and you will hear, “My Child, I am He who created the stars and called them each by name.  Because of My great Power and mighty Strength, not one of them is missing.  You will not become lost, either.  My Power is sufficient to take care of you, as well. Nobody will snatch you out of My hands.”

THE LORD ON HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS, YEA, THAN THE MIGHTY WAVES OF THE SEA
(Psalm 93:4).

Stand next to the ocean and observe.  Watch the waves swell and plummet, leaving veils of white surf flying on the wings of the wind.  Hear the waves smashing and crashing, exploding on the rocks.  Listen, and you will hear the Most High tell you, “Be still, Child.  Be patient in affliction.  I am mightier than the mighty waves of the sea. I will provide. I will bring you to your purpose, safely. I will lift you out of the pit and take you to the place where you belong.”

THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, AND YOUR DAYS OF SORROW WILL END
(Isaiah 60:1:20).

Watch the full moon take its place in the sky. Feel the moonlight shining on your face like a lamp. See the long shadows cast behind you. Observe how night appears like day.  Listen, and you will hear the Everlasting Father tell you, “My Child, I sent you My Son, Jesus, to be the NEW MAN in your spirit, soul, and body. Let Him become your Everlasting Light, your Resurrected Life, and your Perfect Love, so you would not have to walk in darkness, rejection, and abandonment anymore.  Follow Him as He leads you into Belonging, Acceptance, and Worthiness…and your days of sorrow will end.”

Is your soul troubled? Is your heart filled with sorrow? Is your spirit filled with heaviness? Do you need a life? Go outside and meet God in nature. Let Him show you His Glory…His Power…His Presence.

PRAYER: To whom will I compare You, Lord God? You bring out the stars, one by one. Because of Your great Power, not one of them is missing. Most High, become my Light in my darkness. Show me Belonging, Acceptance, and Worthiness. Let me see Your Presence in my weariness.

Maintain an Awareness

If you would turn to the Desire of All Nations and receive the Love, Righteousness, and Purpose He has stored up for you in His Presence, you will be satisfied.

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September 21

A Full Experience of Salvation

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LIKE NEWBORN BABIES, YOU MUST CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK SO THAT YOU WILL GROW INTO A FULL EXPERIENCE OF SALVATION.  CRY OUT FOR THIS NOURISHMENT, NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A TASTE OF THE LORD’S KINDNESS
(1 Peter 2:2-3 NLT).

After you accept the Lord Jesus as your Savior, you will be like a newborn baby.  Even though you are reconciled to the Father through Jesus, your PAST still plays a big role in your life, because the father-of-lies has buried many beliefs of shame, condemnation, rejection, and abandonment in your childhood heart.  However, you can search and find these negative, destructive childhood beliefs of the past and surrender them to God.  He is faithful. When He exchanges these painful beliefs for His Truth, His glorious Light will enter your soul. Because you have had a taste of the Lord’s Kindness, the PAST will lose its grip on you.

As you grow more and more into a fuller experience of Salvation, the next step is to be on the alert for the father-of-lies’ negative, destructive beliefs during the PRESENT.  Accusatory thoughts enter our minds, daily.  They suggest: “God is disappointed in you; God is tricking you; God is not really in control.”  But, since you have had a taste of what God is able to do with the painful beliefs of the PAST, you can cry out for His nourishment in the PRESENT, also.  Instead of believing every negative thought that enters your mind, submit each one to God, and ask for Truth.  God is faithful. His Truth will light up your soul. When you have a taste of the Lord’s Kindness in your present circumstances, His glorious Light will shine in your heart.

Eventually, you will become so illuminated with God’s glorious Presence, that the darkness from the outside will not be able to enter your soul at all, for God’s Light in you will keep it out. Not only will this glorious Light brighten your soul, but project far into the darkness around you.  THIS IS THE FULLNESS OF YOUR SALVATION.

I bless you to taste of the Lord’s Kindness and grow into a FULL experience of Salvation in your past, as well as your present circumstances.

YOUR SUN SHALL NO LONGER GO DOWN, NOR SHALL YOUR MOON WITHDRAW ITSELF; FOR THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, AND THE DAYS OF YOUR MOURNING SHALL BE ENDED
(Isaiah 60:20).

To what degree have you grown into a full experience of Salvation?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I cry out for Your nourishment. I crave pure spiritual milk, so I may grow into a full experience of Salvation that covers my past, my present, as well as my future.

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.

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