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June 29

The Light of Life

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YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE; YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE
(Psalm 16:11).

I often hear people say, “Pain is part of life…and needs to be accepted.”  But, the Perfect Father has made known to me His Path of Life: that pain is a part of life…and needs to be exchanged.

Precious One, pain is a result of the OLD MAN beliefs in your heart from the father-of-lies: that you are not needed here on earth…that you have no value…that you are not worthy to be celebrated.  If you react to your pain, you will walk in darkness. This will cause you to stumble and die.

FOR YOU HAVE DELIVERED ME FROM DEATH AND MY FEET FROM STUMBLING, THAT I MAY WALK BEFORE GOD IN THE LIGHT OF LIFE
(Psalm 56:13).

Beloved, I, the Perfect Father, sent the Light of the World to redeem the negative, destructive OLD MAN beliefs of the father-of-lies, and to exchange them for the Truth.

Your path of life is not only filled with pain, but with the Light of Life. But you have an obligation: to find the OLD MAN beliefs that are causing your pain and submit them to My Son, the Light of the World. He will fill you with joy in My Presence.

WHEN JESUS SPOKE AGAIN TO THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, ‘I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WHOEVER FOLLOWS ME WILL NEVER WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE’
(John 8:12).

Child, walk in the Light of My Presence.  Do not accept your pain of abandonment. Do not comply with your pain of shame. Do not submit to your pain of condemnation. Instead, follow the Light of the World into the Light of Life.  He is My Answer to your hopelessness, helplessness, and powerlessness.  He will turn your heart’s belief “I am not worthy to be loved” into “I have value.” He will exchange “I am doomed in my darkness” for “I have the Light of Life.” He will deliver you from death and your feet from stumbling.

Do you want to enter a new path?

Realize that if you want to BE someone different, you need to DO something different. Otherwise, you will always end up on the very same path, as before, and be the very same person, as before. Therefore, be ready to try something new, every day, moment-by-moment: find the beliefs that cause your pain, expose them to the Lord Jesus, and let Him take you on a new journey.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I am tired of stumbling along on my path of darkness. Please bring me onto Your Path of Life. Help me to follow You, daily, moment-by-moment, one belief at a time.

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God sent His own Son, Jesus Christ, to become the NEW MAN Truth in the place of the OLD MAN deception in us.

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June 28

The Presence of God

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YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE;
YOU WILL FILL ME WITH JOY IN YOUR PRESENCE
(Psalm 16:11).

Precious Child, why do you feel hopeless? Do you not know that I am mighty to save? Invite My Presence into the circumstances that have filled you with dread, doom, and despair. I will show you the Path of Life.

Beloved, why is your heart trembling with sadness and loneliness? Do you not know that I am with you? Come to Me. I long to fill you with Joy in My Presence.

THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU,
HE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE.
HE WILL TAKE GREAT DELIGHT IN YOU,
HE WILL QUIET YOU WITH HIS LOVE,
HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH SINGING
(Zephaniah 3:17).

Beautiful One, why is your heart filled with rejection and condemnation? Do you not know that I rejoice over you with singing? Come, let Me quiet you with My Love.

My Child, why is your heart sizzling with shame? Do you not know that I take great delight in you? Let Me fill you with My Joy when you come into My Presence.

JOY IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF TROUBLE,
BUT THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST
(William Vander Haven).

What do you usually do with your heart when it feels abandoned, hopeless, or condemned?

Are you willing to try something (or Someone) new, today? Would you pause before succumbing to your usual remedy, and invite the Presence of God into that empty place in your heart, instead? The only words you need to use are: “Help me, Lord Jesus.” Do this often…and you will notice a remarkable difference in your heart.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, please help me. Please help my empty heart. Please remove the shame, the rejection, the loneliness, the sadness, the hopelessness, and the doom and dread, and fill me with Your Presence.

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Accompanying the original childhood conclusions were the original childhood emotions. These emotions were inextricably locked together with the childhood conclusions, so that one could not be evoked without the other.

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June 25

Strength to the Powerless

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I often hear people say, “My SPOUSE attacked me. My COWORKER belittled me. My FRIEND insulted me!”  The truth is it is the FATHER-OF-LIES who assaulted you.  During someone’s offense, the father-of-lies will accuse you of being powerless, helpless, and hopeless, and this is what is really hurting your heart. If someone verbally or emotionally attacks you, it is their problem—their sinful reaction to the pain in their own heart—but if you feel attacked by them, chances are good that you have accepted an oppressing belief from the father-of-lies.

HE GIVES POWER TO THE WEAK AND STRENGTH TO THE POWERLESS
(Isaiah 40:29).

Do not be dismayed about the powerlessness you have been experiencing during verbal and emotional attacks.  Do not be distraught that you have been unable to help yourself feel safe.  Do not be distressed that you feel defenseless…unarmed…open to attack.

BUT HE SAID TO ME, ‘MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS’
(2 Corinthians 12:9).

Instead, be encouraged that it is when you are weak that you might give God’s Power the opportunity to strengthen you.  Realize that God’s Power is the only Power that can stand up against the father-of-lies’ verbal and emotional attacks.

AND IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD IS LIVING IN YOU, HE WHO RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD WILL ALSO GIVE LIFE TO YOUR MORTAL BODIES THROUGH HIS SPIRIT, WHO LIVES IN YOU
(Romans 8:11).

When you receive the Lord Jesus as your Savior, the same Power that raised Jesus from the dead is living in you to give you victory over your beliefs of powerlessness, helplessness, and hopelessness, when you ask for it.

How do you deal with your emotions and their underlying beliefs from the father-of-lies when you feel attacked by someone?

What will it take for you to surrender your feelings and beliefs of powerlessness, helplessness, and hopelessness to GOD’S POWER, during an attack from the father-of-lies…and receive victory?

PRAYER: Lord God, please remind me, when I am under verbal and emotional attack, that the attack that hurts the most is that from the father-of-lies. Always remind me not to focus on the PERSON who is doing the attacking, but to focus on my own heart…and on YOUR POWER. Remind me to submit the beliefs of helplessness, powerlessness, and hopelessness to You, so I may live in the strength of Your Power.

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.

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June 22

More of His Wholeness

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IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(1 John 1:9).

Realize that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, but this is only the first part of what Jesus came to do for us.  There is MORE.

Capture that the Lord Jesus did not only come to forgive us our sins, but also to cleanse us…to decontaminate us…to purify us, so that we might stop sinning, in the first place.

 CHRIST, WHO FILLS ALL THINGS EVERYWHERE WITH HIMSELF
(Ephesians 1:23).

“But how does the Lord Jesus purify us?” you might ask.  “Is it even possible?” The answer: It IS possible, because the Lord Jesus did not come to IMPROVE us, but to EXCHANGE us for HIS SELF, who knew no sin.

BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
(2 Corinthians 3:18).

Know that each time you yield a belief from your Self that has caused you to sin to the Lord Jesus, He exchanges it for a part of His Self.  Each time you surrender a belief of unworthiness or abandonment from your Self to Jesus, He exchanges it for a part of His Fullness.  Each time you offer a belief of condemnation or shame from your Self to Jesus, He exchanges it for more of His Wholeness.  Each time you yield your Self to Him counts toward Righteousness, until you are fully transformed into the Image of Him who knew no sin.

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

From what do you need to be forgiven? And from which unrighteousness do you need to be cleansed?

Do you understand the difference between having your own Self improved by God, versus having your Self exchanged for the Image of the Lord Jesus Himself, through His Spirit?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, how encouraged I am that my Righteousness is not a matter of being improved, but being exchanged—to be transformed into the Image of You, who knew no sin.

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God wants you to desire a purpose from Him, because He has a purpose that He has been saving just for you.

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June 19

May Christ Make You Complete

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Have you ever run into a situation where you felt controlled by someone…overpowered by another person…violated by a friend’s lack of respect?  I have!  God showed me there was a reason for this—the gap in my heart.  I was incomplete…deficient…unfinished, and that left my heart susceptible to feelings of control and manipulation, whenever someone exercised directing or restraining influence over me.

CHRIST, WHO FILLS ALL THINGS EVERYWHERE WITH HIMSELF
(Ephesians 1:23).

Capture that Christ wants to fill you with His Self, so you may become complete…whole…Christ-contained.  He wants to fill the gap in your heart with His Presence to make you complete in every good work to do His Will. When this fulfillment happens in your heart, you will stop feeling overpowered and domineered by others.

NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE WHO BROUGHT UP OUR LORD JESUS FROM THE DEAD, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT, MAKE YOU COMPLETE IN EVERY GOOD WORK TO DO HIS WILL, WORKING IN YOU WHAT IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER
(Hebrews 13:20-21).

You need to understand that if someone is trying to control you, it is the controller’s problem.  However, if you FEEL controlled and violated by the controller, it is YOUR problem.  The God of Peace wants to make you complete through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant, so you may be entirely fulfilled, lacking nothing.

BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING
(James 1:4).

Do you have a gap in your heart, making you susceptible to feelings of control and manipulation? There might be a part of your heart that is not yet filled with Christ?

Bring your incompetence to God, so He may do His perfect work in you.  You will become complete—filled with Christ—so the next time someone tries to control you, she will not encounter a gap…but Jesus Christ.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, fill me with Your Self, until I am perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Then, there will be no gap in my heart that renders me susceptible to feelings of control and manipulation. Instead, I will be complete in every good work to practice what is well pleasing in Your sight.

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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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June 18

The Many Voices of Accusation

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IF I AM GUILTY—WOE TO ME!  EVEN IF I AM INNOCENT, I CANNOT LIFT MY HEAD, FOR I AM FULL OF SHAME AND DROWNED IN MY AFFLICTION
(Job 10:15).

Be reminded that when someone accuses you, you are not only being charged by a human, but also by the father-of-lies.  When someone accuses you of wrongdoing, on the outside, the father-of-lies uses the opportunity to bring his own charge against you, on the inside.  A person charges you with an offense: “You DID something bad.”  The father-of-lies charges you with a character flaw: “You ARE bad.”  Many divorces start this way and many friendships end this way, because the father-of-lies fills us with shame…even if we are innocent.

NO WEAPON FORGED AGAINST YOU WILL PREVAIL, AND YOU WILL REFUTE EVERY TONGUE THAT ACCUSES YOU. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, AND THIS IS THEIR VINDICATION FROM ME,’ DECLARES THE LORD
(Isaiah 54:17).

Beautiful Child, take into account that the father-of-lies does not have the power to incriminate you.  He does not have the power to make you into an evildoer by simply laying his charge on you.  He does not have the power to make you into a bad person by accusing you.  He can only suggest it, but you can believe it…or refute it. If you believe it, you have accepted his charge, even though you are innocent. But, I have come to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach. Come to Me, Your Savior.

HE MADE US ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED…TO PRESENT YOU HOLY, AND BLAMELESS, AND ABOVE REPROACH IN HIS SIGHT
(Ephesians 1:6) and (Colossians 1:22).

 Are you carrying the heavy charge “I am bad” in your heart? Would you like to be set free from this indictment?

Bring the accusation “I am bad” to the Lord Jesus. Take it to the cross. Simply ask Him, in faith, to remove this charge from your heart, the way someone would remove a splinter from your finger. Then, turn to your heart and feel the difference. You will be vindicated by God’s Truth, for this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord.

PRAYER: You are worthy, Most High, to receive glory and honor and power; for You have made us accepted in the Beloved to present us holy, and blameless, and above reproach in Your sight.

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge You as my Savior and my Redeemer, for I cannot save myself. I need You. I invite You to remove the charge “I am bad” from my heart. Show me where and when the father-of-lies laid this charge on my heart for the first time, so I may submit all the facts and accompanying emotions to You, as well. Vindicate me, Lord Jesus, so no weapon forged against me will prevail.

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Truth comes to us when we speak to God…and when God speaks to us.

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June 17

A Parent Could Reason like a Child

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WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I TALKED LIKE A CHILD, I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD, I REASONED LIKE A CHILD. WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT CHILDISH WAYS BEHIND ME
(1 Corinthians 13:11).

 Know that sometimes a parent still thinks like a child, reasons like a child, and feels like a child.  Sometimes it is hard for a parent to put childish ways behind her.

HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING. HE HAS ALWAYS HATED THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. WHEN HE LIES, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CHARACTER; FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES
(John 8:44).

Understand that your parents were not exempt from the father-of-lies’ deception.  During a parent’s childhood, the father-of-lies attacked with the fierceness of a lion, instilling lies into their minds: “You don’t belong. You are a mistake. You are different and defective.” The accuser’s goal was for your parents to become slaves to these negative, destructive childhood beliefs, so these would carry over into their adulthood…and then to you and your children.

Be released from the belief that everything that went wrong during your childhood was your fault: that you were the bad one…that you were responsible…that you were guilty.  Understand that when your parent condemned you, he could have been reacting from his own wrong interpretations of non-acceptance.  When your parent rejected you, she could have been responding from her own rejected heart.  When your parent overly controlled, she could have been retaliating from a place of fear. Know that when your parent abused you, he was under the control of the father-of-lies.

THEREFORE KNOW THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO KEEPS COVENANT AND MERCY FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS
(Deuteronomy 7:9).

What are you holding against your parent: the shame in your heart, the abandonment in your soul, the condemnation in your spirit, and the rejection in your mind?

I bless you to forgive your parents for living under the management of the father-of-lies, and to surrender them to the Perfect Father, so He could call them to His Truth. Only under His management will they be able to think like an adult, reason like and adult, and talk like an adult. And you will receive healing for your own heart, as well.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, my Savior, help me to believe that it will not do me any good to keep a grudge against my parents for the way they treated me as a child. Help me to understand how the father-of-lies invaded their lives with his lies, so Your Compassion may grow in my heart. Help me to see that it was not what they said or did to me that broke my heart, but the accusatory beliefs of the father-of-lies that were passed down to me. Lord, bless my parents with Your Truth, so they may put childish ways behind them. Then, bless me with Your Truth, so I may grow up, too.

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

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June 16

Forgetting the Past

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NO, DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I HAVE NOT ACHIEVED IT, BUT I FOCUS ON THIS ONE THING: FORGETTING THE PAST AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT LIES AHEAD
(Philippians 3:13).

I had a wonderful childhood.  I grew up on the shores of the Indian Ocean, South Africa, with good parents.  I had everything I needed.  Yet, regardless of my good circumstances, I noticed, at some point, that my heart had retained a lot of pain from my childhood.  As an adult, I often felt rejected, condemned, abandoned, and ashamed.

Maybe you also had a very good childhood with favorable circumstances.  Maybe you had a horrible past.  Maybe you had a good childhood with only one horrible experience.  Maybe some people have told you to put the past behind you…that it is time to move on.  Maybe you would like to let go of your past, BUT YOUR PAST DOES NOT WANT TO LET GO OF YOU.

HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING. HE HAS ALWAYS HATED THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. WHEN HE LIES, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CHARACTER; FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES
(John 8:44).

Grasp that it is not the PAST that is holding on to you, but the painful BELIEFS of the past.  The father-of-lies handed these negative, destructive beliefs out whenever he found an opportunity, regardless whether your childhood circumstances were good or bad.  The circumstances were ALWAYS favorable to him. Always remember that it was not the circumstances during your childhood that caused your pain, but the LIES that came from the father-of-lies during that time: “You are not good enough. You are not loved. You do not have a voice. You are bad. Nobody wants you. Nobody delights in you. Nobody cares about you.”

Therefore, I bless you to know that if you want to forget the past and look forward to what lies ahead, you need to ask the Lord Jesus to exchange the lies of the past for His Truth.

TEACH ME YOUR WAYS, O LORD, THAT I MAY LIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR TRUTH!  GRANT ME PURITY OF HEART, SO THAT I MAY HONOR YOU
(Psalm 86:11).

Which negative, destructive beliefs of the past are holding on to you?

Embrace the pain in your heart. Expose these negative beliefs to the Lord Jesus. And let HIM exchange them for HIS TRUTH. Then, the past will lose its grip on you.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I invite you into my past and into the negative, destructive BELIEFS of my past. As I embrace the pain in my heart and expose these beliefs to You, I ask for You to come and exchange these beliefs for Your Truth, so the past may lose its grip on me and I may live my life in the present.

Maintain an Awareness

Every given moment of your life, you live either in obedience to the Counsel of the Perfect Father, or in obedience to the counsel of the father-of-lies.

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June 14

Fall into the Fertile Soil…and Grow

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AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN, SAYING, ‘OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN YOU MAY FREELY EAT; BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE’
(Genesis 2:16-17).

 Have you noticed that God’s relationship with man in the beginning of time was based on obedience? But, man chose to obey the father-of-lies…and became naked.

 SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE. THEN THE EYES OF BOTH OF THEM WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NAKED
(Genesis 3:6-7).

There was a time in my life when I followed the father-of-lies…and became naked. My disobedience delivered me to the government of the father-of-lies, who used his deception to render me abandoned, rejected, shamed, and condemned. All I had to cover myself were my own defense mechanisms. But, the covering my habits and patterns of defense offered was hard and brittle. Since I was always on the look-out to attack or to be attacked, it rendered me irritable, sensitive, and belligerent. Like the hard shell of a little seed, the outer covering of my defense mechanisms kept my heart from falling into fertile soil to yield a crop of Righteousness.

MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS INTO THE GROUND AND DIES, IT REMAINS ALONE; BUT IF IT DIES, IT PRODUCES MUCH GRAIN
(John 12:24).

 Then, God called me to come under the reign of a new government. But first, I had to let go of my covering—my own defense mechanisms that rendered me naked. Thus, I allowed Him to strip me of my outer shell that was always ready to attack or be attacked, so I may fall into the soft, fertile soil of his Presence…and grow.

BUT OTHER SEED FELL ON GOOD GROUND AND YIELDED A CROP THAT SPRANG UP, INCREASED AND PRODUCED: SOME THIRTYFOLD, SOME SIXTY, AND SOME A HUNDRED
(Mark 4:8).

 What about you? Under which government do you live, day-by-day? How do your defense mechanisms serve you? Do they render you naked? What is keeping you from giving up your hard, outer covering, so you may fall into the fertile soil of God’s Presence…and grow?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I am tired of living a naked life—always ready to attack and be attacked. Strip me of my hard, brittle defense covering, so I may fall into the fertile soil of Your Presence and yield a crop of Righteousness.

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Truth comes to us when we speak to God…and when God speaks to us.

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June 05

Take Responsibility for Your Life

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THEREFORE, MY BELOVED, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED, NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY, BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING
(Philippians 2:12).

Be watchful, you have an enemy—the father-of-lies. He delights in tempting you to believe his suggestions of abandonment…his thoughts of condemnation…his proposals of shame.

Take responsibility for your life.  Query the beliefs of abandonment in your mind. Dispute the interpretations of condemnation in your heart. Question your conclusions of shame, lest the father-of-lies have deposited these into your mind and heart to make you stumble.

TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM STUMBLING AND TO PRESENT YOU BEFORE HIS GLORIOUS PRESENCE WITHOUT FAULT AND WITH GREAT JOY—TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOR BE GLORY, MAJESTY, POWER AND AUTHORITY, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, BEFORE ALL AGES, NOW AND FOREVERMORE! AMEN
(Jude 1:24-25).

Understand that blaming others for the pain of shame in your heart will not get the job done.  You cannot get rid of your heartache this way.  Running away from the ache of condemnation does not help, either.  Your agony will always catch up with you again.  Do not hide behind walls to escape the sting of abandonment.  The father-of-lies knows how to climb over walls. Instead, confess these negative, destructive beliefs to the Lord Jesus, and allow Him to purify your heart from all unrighteousness.

IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND PURIFY US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
(1 John 1:9).

What do you do with your beliefs of shame, abandonment, and condemnation? Do you hide them, run from them, or blame them on those who have hurt you, or do you confess them before the Lord Jesus, who is able to purify you from them, so you would stop stumbling over them?

I urge you to climb out of the hole where you have been hiding from these beliefs, all your life, and allow the Lord Jesus to have His way with you. Then, He will present you faultless before His glorious Presence…and keep you from stumbling.

PRAYER: Precious Savior, I come before You to confess the negative, destructive beliefs that have caused me to stumble. Forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness, so I may be without fault in Your Presence.

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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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