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November 29

You Need to Persevere to Overcome the Stronghold

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FOR THOUGH WE LIVE IN THE WORLD, WE DO NOT WAGE WAR AS THE WORLD DOES.  THE WEAPONS WE FIGHT WITH ARE NOT THE WEAPONS OF THE WORLD. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS
(2 Corinthians 10:3-4).

I have noticed that sometimes it is easy to overcome the darkness that dwells in my mind. I find the negative, destructive belief from the father-of-lies that causes the darkness. I submit this belief to God’s Presence and Participation. God reveals His Truth to me…and the darkness flees.

However, there are times when I struggle…a lot.  I find an oppressing belief.  I surrender this belief to God, but there is no immediate Truth or deliverance. Something is missing.

You need to know that some oppressing beliefs that live in your mind are different than others.  They are stronger…fortified…unyielding. They have combined with other accusatory beliefs to form a stronghold. Abandonment combines with shame. Condemnation links with rejection. Abandonment connects with condemnation. Shame fuses with rejection. Understand that a stronghold serves as a fortified city for these accusatory beliefs to thrive and reproduce, so they may control your mind, rule your life, and break your heart, according to the purpose of the father-of-lies.

YOU NEED TO PERSEVERE SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD, YOU WILL RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED
(Hebrews 10:36).

I bless you to persevere when you have negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that have fused together to form a stronghold in your heart and mind. Understand that perseverance is not a weapon of the world. On the contrary, it serves as a tool that allows God to come to your rescue and bring the fortified city to ruin—to destroy the purpose of the father-of-lies.

WITH A BLINDING FLASH HE DESTROYS THE STRONGHOLD AND BRINGS THE FORTIFIED CITY TO RUIN
(Amos 5:9).

Precious Child, to persevere means to endure without yielding…to bear patiently…to remain fixed in a state…to continue in My Presence, even when there is no immediate relief. It is about finding and surrendering to Me ALL the stubborn, oppressing beliefs from the father-of-lies that comprise the stronghold, again and again and again, until there is Truth and Light and Deliverance. 

What do you do with the strongholds in your life—the groups of negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that are fortified in your mind?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, may I learn not to wage war as the world does when darkness dwells in my mind, but to fight with the weapon You have given me—Perseverance in Your Presence. May I endure without yielding when I come across a stronghold of beliefs, set up against me by the father-of-lies, until You bring the fortified city to ruin…and deliver me.

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
November 28

Love and Respect

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HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT
(Ephesians 5:25).

I bless you, husband, to love your wife, even as Christ loved you and gave Himself for you.  Christ did not come to condemn you, but to save you.  In the same way, I urge you not to condemn your wife when she makes mistakes or does not live up to your expectations, but to lead her to Christ, to be saved.

FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD; BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED
(John 3:17).

I bless you, husband, to nurture your wife when she feels alone and abandoned, guiding her to Christ, that He might sanctify her from the negative beliefs that are causing her abandonment and loneliness.

I bless you, husband, to cherish your wife when she feels ashamed, bringing her to Christ, that He might cleanse her from the beliefs that are causing her shame, to render her holy and without blemish.

THAT HE MIGHT SANCTIFY AND CLEANSE IT WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD, THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT IT TO HIMSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT, OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING; BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH
(Ephesians 5:26-27).

Wife, I bless you respect your husband by ALLOWING him to nourish you and cherish you—to guide you to Christ to be saved from feeling abandoned, condemned, and shamed.  Know that your husband is not able to cleanse you and heal you from the OLD MAN, the set of lies instilled in you by the father-of-lies.  Understand that your abandonment, condemnation, and shame were not created by your husband, but has been formed in you, since childhood, by the father-of-lies.  Furthermore, know that your husband cannot supply all the Love, Acceptance, and Worthiness that your heart needs, BUT he can take you to the One who can.

AND THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE REVERENCE HER HUSBAND
(Ephesians 5:33).

Husband, do you love your wife, even as Christ loved YOU and gave Himself for YOU?

Wife, do you respect your husband, considering him as worthy and of high regard?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, show me my husband’s real heart, that I may respect him.

Maintain an Awareness

Truth is not something logical we can produce from our own minds; instead, Truth is the supernatural reasoning of the Holy Spirit in our minds.

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November 26

Believe

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AND WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD, BECAUSE ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM MUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS AND THAT HE REWARDS THOSE WHO EARNESTLY SEEK HIM
(Hebrews 11:6).

Do you believe that God exists?  Do you believe that God will reward you if you earnestly seek Him?  If you don’t, you need to find the why’s and how’s of your own perturbing perceptions, so you may correctly handle the Word of Truth.

BUT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, COMES, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH
(John 16:13).

What is the understanding of your own mind? Why would God not reward you? Are you too unacceptable—not worthy of reward?  Have you blown it, because you have made too many mistakes?  Are you a disappointment, only worthy of punishment?

THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
(John 8:32).

EMBRACE your perturbing perceptions—the reasoning that argues that God will not reward you at any cost. EXPOSE these irrational interpretations to the Spirit of Truth. Then, ask Him to guide you into all Truth—to EXCHANGE your perturbing perceptions for HIS Perspective.

DO YOUR BEST TO PRESENT YOURSELF TO GOD AS ONE APPROVED, A WORKER WHO DOES NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED AND WHO CORRECTLY HANDLES THE WORD OF TRUTH
(2 Timothy 2:15).

When you know the Truth, you will become someone who feels approved—someone who does not need to be ashamed for who you are and what you have done.  You will believe that you are eligible to seek God with all your heart…and receive His reward.

“You must act on what you have come to know and believe before it will ever become real in your experience, before you realize by personal experience that Jesus is alive not just in heaven but in you, every moment of every day, as the Father was alive in Him. Then, your actions will be the activity of faith.”–Major W. Ian Thomas

PRAYER: Lord God, I admit that I sometimes do not believe that You will reward me if I earnestly seek You. Forgive me, Lord, for my unbelief, as I submit my perturbing perceptions to You. Show me Your Truth, so I may act on what I have come to know—so I may correctly handle Your Word of Truth.

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.

The Two Counsels
November 25

A New Spirit

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Deep inside, our hearts are filled with deceit from the father-of-lies—deceitful beliefs of unworthiness, unrighteousness, and non-acceptance. Therefore, we develop habits and patterns of worthiness, righteousness, and acceptance, on the outside, so we may hide the deceitful beliefs of unworthiness, unrighteousness, and non-acceptance, on the inside. But, these defense patterns of escape on the outside cause their own unworthy, unrighteous, and unacceptable behavior—SIN.

THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS AND BEYOND CURE. WHO CAN UNDERSTAND IT?
(Jeremiah 17:9).

What a revelation when we realize that we cannot polish away the beliefs and feelings of unworthiness, unrighteousness, and non-acceptance that are on the inside with habits and patterns of worthiness, righteousness, and acceptance, on the outside. The deceitful beliefs in our own hearts cannot be cured through our own ways. They will always turn into unworthy, unrighteous, and unacceptable behavior—SIN.

I WILL JUDGE EACH OF YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN WAYS, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD. REPENT! TURN AWAY FROM ALL YOUR OFFENSES; THEN SIN WILL NOT BE YOUR DOWNFALL.  RID YOURSELVES OF ALL THE OFFENSES YOU HAVE COMMITTED, AND GET A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT
(Ezekiel 18:30-31).

There is only one cure—to turn away from our own ways of trying to get rid of our beliefs of unworthiness, unrighteousness, and non-acceptance. If we turn away from all our defense mechanisms of escape, and turn our beliefs of unworthiness, unrighteousness, and non-acceptance over to God, He Himself gives us a new heart and a new spirit. Then, sin stops being our downfall.

A NEW HEART ALSO WILL I GIVE YOU, AND A NEW SPIRIT WILL I PUT WITHIN YOU: AND I WILL TAKE AWAY THE STONY HEART OUT OF YOUR FLESH, AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN HEART OF FLESH
(Ezekiel 36:26).

The Lord Jesus came to exchange your heart for His own—a Heart that is Worthy, Acceptable, and Righteous.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I repent. I admit that I cannot cure my stony heart of deceit. I cannot get rid of the deceitful beliefs and feelings in my heart, which cause my defense mechanisms of escape, which cause the sinful deeds, on the outside. I turn away from all my offenses, to come to You for a new heart and a new spirit—Your Heart and Your Spirit. Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Maintain an Awareness

Truth is not something logical we can produce from our own minds; instead, Truth is the supernatural reasoning of the Holy Spirit in our minds.

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Accused Guilty Worthless

November 17

Your Part and God’s Part

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IF THE SON MAKES YOU FREE, YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED
(John 8:36).

I bless you to believe that it is the Lord Jesus, God’s Son, who sets you free.  However, it is YOUR responsibility to come to Him to be set free.

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).

Be encouraged that Jesus came to set you free from the father-of-lies’ arguments in your mind that have set themselves up against God: that He does not love you, that He has abandoned you, and that He has condemned you.

Jesus also came to set you free from the father-of-lies’ arguments in your mind that have set themselves up against your Self: that you are guilty, that you are a disgrace, and that you are a loser.

However, it is YOUR responsibility to demolish these arguments by bringing them to Jesus, so He may tell you the Truth.

[GOD] CONDEMNED SIN IN THE FLESH [SUBDUED, OVERCAME, DEPRIVED IT OF ITS POWER OVER ALL WHO ACCEPT THAT SACRIFICE]
(Romans 8:3).

Know that you have set up certain defense mechanisms of escape to protect your Self from the father-of-lies’ arguments that live in your mind. These methods of defense will cause you to either freeze, flee, or fight when you encounter the lies of the father-of-lies.

The Lord Jesus has deprived the father-of-lies’ arguments of their power over you. However, it is YOUR responsibility to stop running and hiding from the pain these arguments have caused in your mind, and to stop blaming those who have hurt you. Rather, lay your sinful defense patterns down before the Lord Jesus. He will set you free from your Self.

God has done HIS part. Have you done yours?

PRAYER: Perfect Father, I praise You for sending Your Son, Jesus, to set me free.  But, remind me, often, of MY responsibility to come to Him to be set free.

Maintain an Awareness

The father-of-lies opposes God’s Counsel by telling us the exact opposite of what God says. His deception provides the pink slippery world in our minds that do not make sense.

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Accused Guilty Shameful

November 16

Representatives of the Lord Jesus

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AND WHATEVER YOU DO OR SAY, DO IT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS THROUGH HIM TO GOD THE FATHER
(Colossians 3:17).

For a long time, I thought to be a representative of the Lord Jesus meant that I had to copy the Deeds of the Lord Jesus, mimic the Attitude of the Lord Jesus, and duplicate the Nature of the Lord Jesus. I through that in order to be like Jesus, I had to leave my Self behind and come up with a brand new Self, all by myself.  But, it did not work for me. The more I tried to be like Jesus, the more I realized that I was not like Him…because I was not Him. I could fool many people, but I could not fool my Self. While I could get my deeds to change on the outside, I could not get my heart to change, on the inside.

THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THAT NATURE DESIRES
(Romans 8:5).

If your heart still believes you have been defeated, on the inside, you cannot be a good representative of the Lord Jesus, no matter how much you are copying Him, on the outside. Your deeds represent your heart.  If your heart still believes that you have been deprived, on the inside, you will not be a good representative for Jesus, regardless of how much you are mimicking Him, on the outside. Your nature represents your heart.  If your heart still believes that you are guilty and defiled, on the inside, you will not be a good representative for Jesus, no matter how much you are duplicating Him, on the outside. Your attitude represents your heart.

BUT THOSE WHO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES
(Romans 8:5).

I bless you to stop hiding from your own Self. Instead, find your Self; then, offer YOUR broken Self with its oppressing beliefs and unstable emotions to the Lord Jesus, just the way it is. He will take what you offer Him, and exchange it for HIS complete SELF. Thus, He will become a representative of HIMSELF in you and through you.

And when your family sees you, they will not see your attitude, but the Attitude of Jesus.  When your friends observe you, they will not witness your own nature, but the Nature of Jesus.  When your enemies encounter you, they will not see your heart, but the Heart of Jesus.

Present you Self to Jesus, just the way you are, and ask Him to be His SELF in you, in exchange. This calls for complete HONESTY—being fair and truthful about your beliefs, your feelings, your nature, your attitude, your desires, and your will.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to understand that the Christian Life is not a method by which I have decided to live, but a Person living His Life in me and through me. Bring me to the place where I will offer my Self to You, Lord Jesus, in exchange for YOUR SELF in me, so You may become a Representative of YOUR SELF through me.

Maintain an Awareness

We now have a moment-by-moment choice: to live our daily lives the way we always have, under the reign of the OLD MAN, or to allow the Lord Jesus to live His NEW MAN Life is us.

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November 14

No Evil Will Conquer You

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MY PRAYER IS NOT THAT YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD BUT THAT YOU PROTECT THEM FROM THE EVIL ONE
(John 17:15).

The Lord Jesus knew that your problem would not be with the world, but with the evil one.  He knew that your problem would not be with your circumstances, but with what the evil one told you about your circumstances—that they are impossible, unsolvable, and unchangeable. He knew that your problem would not be with what people told you, but with what the evil one told you: “Your mistakes are too numerous.  Your character is too flawed.  Your defect is non-redeemable.”  Therefore, Jesus asked His Father, the Most High, to protect you from the evil one.

The evil one sets you up with his purpose, from the start. He introduces you to his lies. These lies become your purpose from the evil one. Through them, he supplies everything you need, in order to make sure you serve him with your soul, your spirit, and your body. He furnishes you with his will, his desires, and his nature, so you may carry out the deeds he commissioned you to do, in obedience to these lies. Then, he sits back and watches you fulfill his purpose for your life.

IF YOU MAKE THE LORD YOUR REFUGE,
IF YOU MAKE THE MOST HIGH YOUR SHELTER,
NO EVIL WILL CONQUER YOU
(Psalm 91:9-10).

Don’t run from the evil one’s lies. Don’t hide from them, either. Don’t blame others for the evil one’s words in your mind.  Instead, push through your fear, your disappointment, your confusion, your anger, your jealousy, and your resentment, and bring your sadness, your badness, and your madness to the Perfect Father. Make the Lord your Refuge; then, no evil will conquer you.

Expose the evil one’s lies about you to God—that your mistakes are too numerous, your character is too flawed, and your defect is non-redeemable. Tell God what the evil one said about your circumstances—that they are impossible, unsolvable, and unchangeable. You will find that His arm is not too short to deliver you from the evil one.

WAS MY ARM TOO SHORT TO DELIVER YOU? DO I LACK THE STRENGTH TO RESCUE YOU? BY A MERE REBUKE I DRY UP THE SEA, I TURN RIVERS INTO A DESERT; THEIR FISH ROT FOR LACK OF WATER AND DIE OF THIRST
(Isaiah 50:2-3).

What has been keeping you from making the Most High your shelter against the evil one?

PRAYER: Most High, protect me from the evil one, so he would not be able to fulfill his purpose for my life.  Deliver me from his deceitful desires in me, from his spiteful will in me, from his negative, destructive beliefs in me, from his sinful nature in me. Deliver me from the evil one, so I may belong to You.

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.

The Two Counsels
November 13

Your Father’s Unlimited Resources

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WHEN I THINK OF ALL THIS, I FALL TO MY KNEES AND PRAY TO THE FATHER, THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH.  I PRAY THAT FROM HIS GLORIOUS, UNLIMITED RESOURCES HE WILL EMPOWER YOU WITH INNER STRENGTH THROUGH HIS SPIRIT
(Ephesians 3:14-16 NLT).

Did you know that your Perfect Father, the Creator of everything in Heaven and on earth, has unlimited Resources from which He is able to supply what you need, even today?  Maybe you believe that there is no answer for your problem.  Maybe you believe that there is no solution for your unacceptable character.  Maybe you believe that there is no remedy for your sinful habits and patterns of escape.

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

Blessed Child, I am the Perfect Father, the Creator of everything in Heaven and on earth. I am of great Power…and I created YOU, too. Now, from My glorious, unlimited resources, I am able to empower you with inner strength through My Spirit, so you may have sufficiency in all things, from the inside out. All you need to do is DRAW from Me.

Fall to your knees and pray to Me, your Father in Heaven. My glorious Recourses are unlimited to supply everything you need for life and godliness, despite the ungodliness in your nature, the instability in your emotions, and the spitefulness in your will.

Look up, Child. I am able to make all My Grace abound toward you, so you may have what it takes to be gentle, good, gracious, faithful, patient, forgiving, and filled with self-control. My Grace is enough to cover your past failures and mistakes, to deal with your present guilt and shame, and to ensure a hopeful future.  

AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TOWARD YOU; THAT YE, ALWAYS HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS, MAY ABOUND TO EVERY GOOD WORK
(2 Corinthians 9:8).

Regardless of your need, shortcoming, or defect, God is able to make all Grace abound toward you, so that you may have sufficiency in all things—in your will, your nature, your thoughts, your emotions, your desires…and your deeds.

For what problem in your life do you need to draw from the Perfect Father’s unlimited resources?

PRAYER: Lord God, how great You are! I pray that from Your glorious, unlimited resources You empower me with inner strength through Your Spirit, so I may have sufficiency in all things.

Maintain an Awareness

If you surrender your pain to the father-of-lies, he will coax you into sinful solutions of hiding, blaming, and running. He will take you down that broad road of destruction where he will kill you from the inside out.

The Two Counsels
November 11

Put On Something NEW

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THAT YE PUT OFF…THE OLD MAN, WHICH IS CORRUPT ACCORDING TO THE DECEITFUL LUSTS; AND BE RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND; AND THAT YE PUT ON THE NEW MAN, WHICH AFTER GOD IS CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS
(Ephesians 4:22-24).

The OLD MAN is real. It is the body of sin, instilled in us by God’s enemy, the father-of-lies. The OLD MAN in us is a separate spiritual being with its own negative, destructive beliefs, its own painful feelings, its own sinful nature, its own deceitful desires, and its own rebellious will. This body of sin was firmly planted inside each of us to carry a message of failure, defilement, and unworthiness, leading us down the broad road of destruction…to our death. The OLD MAN is the origin of sin that causes the effect of sin. The OLD MAN is where it all started and where it all ends…unless we are redeemed from it.

FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM
(2 Corinthians 5:21).

My Child, I want you to know that I, Jesus Christ, bought you from the father-of-lies and his ally, the OLD MAN, with My own blood. I nailed the origin of sin to the cross, so that its effect on your life would be annulled…cancelled…dissolved. Through My Death, I abolished the OLD MAN’s will for your life, so that the Father’s Will may operate in your life, in its place. If you believe and accept what I have done for you, the OLD MAN message of failure, defilement, and unworthiness will stop controlling your life. As a result, you will no longer be bound to the OLD MAN’s deceitful desires and their consequent sinful deeds. Instead, you will be free to live your life according to the desires of the Holy Spirit, unto deeds of Righteousness. If you acknowledge Me as the One who bought you from the OLD MAN with its sinful nature, you will be free to practice the good deeds you have failed to do, in the past, and the evil deeds you were obligated to do, before, will have no authority over you anymore.

THEREFORE, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED THROUGH FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHOM WE HAVE GAINED ACCESS BY FAITH INTO THIS GRACE IN WHICH WE NOW STAND
(Romans 5:1-2).

Are you tired of the OLD MAN controlling your life? Then, bring your OLD MAN with its beliefs, its emotions, its nature, its desires, its deeds, and its will to the Lord Jesus. Submit it, as a whole, to His Death and to His Life. Surrender it, in its entirety, to His finished work on the cross. Then, allow Him to redeem you from it, so you may belong to God, entirely.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I acknowledge You as My Redeemer—as the One who bought me from the OLD MAN, so I may be free to live my life for You.

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.

The Two Counsels
November 08

To Participate in the Divine Nature of God

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THROUGH THESE HE HAS GIVEN US HIS VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, SO THAT THROUGH THEM YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE AND ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSED BY EVIL DESIRES
(2 Peter 1:4).

God wants you to participate in His Divine Nature. At the same time, the father-of-lies wants you to participate in his sinful victim nature. The Most High wants you to believe in His Truth; the father-of-lies wants you to believe in his negative, destructive beliefs of abandonment, shame, rejection, and condemnation. The Holy Spirit has certain desires in store for you. At the same time, the father-of-lies wants to control you through his evil desires. God wants His Perfect Will to manage your life, while the father-of-lies wants his spiteful, rebellious will to direct your life. But, you have a will, too—to decide under whose management you want to be.

HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN US EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY HIS OWN GLORY AND GOODNESS
(2 Peter 1:3).

Realize that the Divine Nature of God reigns in you whenever you yield your soul, spirit, and body to Him, and the sinful victim nature of the father-of-lies reigns in you whenever you yield your spirit, soul, and body to him. It all depends on the management that rules your life.

There are many ways to submit your body, soul, and spirit to the Most High. One way is to start praising God for EVERY circumstance in your life, good and bad. When negative thoughts suggest that you have been abandoned, rejected, condemned, or shamed through certain circumstances, thank God for each circumstance these thoughts elicit. By doing this, you are submitting your mind to the Truth, instead of to the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies. This allows the Holy Spirit’s desires to operate in your soul, instead of the evil desires of the father-of-lies. This permits you to participate in God’s Divine Nature, instead of the victim nature of the father-of-lies. This brings you under the direct management of God’s Perfect Will, instead of the rebellious will of the father-of-lies.

Know that you can escape the corruption in the world caused by the evil desires of the father-of-lies. But, you need to stop submitting your spirit, soul, and body to him. You need an exchange of managements.

PRAYER: Lord God, today, I choose Your Divine Nature to operate in my soul, spirit, and body, so I may escape the evil desires, caused by the father-of-lies’ sinful nature and rebellious will.

Maintain an Awareness

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

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