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July 06

The Man Who Loves His Life Will Lose It

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Self—the sinful nature in us—seems to act as its own person who runs its own life in us.  Self has its own will, its own esteem, and its own defense mechanism of criticism, complaint, and control.  The only one Self cares about is itself.  It always makes sure it comes out at the top, even if it has to step on others to accomplish this.

THE ONE WHO SOWS TO PLEASE HIS SINFUL NATURE, FROM THAT NATURE WILL REAP DESTRUCTION; THE ONE WHO SOWS TO PLEASE THE SPIRIT, FROM THE SPIRIT WILL REAP ETERNAL LIFE
(Galatians 6:8).

Capture that you cannot please Self AND the Spirit.  If you allow Self to sow criticism, complaint, and control, you will reap destruction, but if you submit to the control of the Spirit, from the Spirit you will reap Life.

AND HE DIED FOR ALL, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE SHOULD LIVE NO LONGER FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR HIM WHO DIED FOR THEM AND ROSE AGAIN
(2 Corinthians 5:15).

I bless you to consider letting go of your faultfinding, not holding onto it as something praiseworthy—a means to bring someone down, so Self may raise itself up.  May you become someone who allows the Holy Spirit to live His Life in you and through you, so you may understand others’ weaknesses through His Peace, His Power, and His Patience.

THE MAN WHO LOVES HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, WHILE THE MAN WHO HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD WILL KEEP IT FOR ETERNAL LIFE
(John 12:25).

I bless you to lose your defense mechanism of disapproval, disagreement, and disaccord—the controlling actions of complaint that serve to please Self.  Know that criticism, control, and complaint are poor methods of dealing with someone’s heart, for faultfinding does not portray the heart of your Perfect Father. The only thing these methods of Self-defense accomplish is steal your joy and the joy of your friends.

THEN JESUS ANSWERED, ‘WILL YOU REALLY LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR ME’
(John 13:38).

Whom do you live to please, Self…or the Spirit? Know that you are not able to lay Self down in your own strength. But, if you are willing, you can ask the Holy Spirit to come and exchange your Self for His Self.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, bring me to the place where I will stop trying to please my Self-nature, but will be determined to allow Your Spirit to live in me and through me. Establish Your Holy Spirit in me, so I would stop criticizing, complaining, and controlling, but instead, understand the hearts of the people you have put in my life.

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July 05

Will You Lay Down Your Life for Me?

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I was having a discussion with someone the other day about the anti-Christ.  We were wondering who the anti-Christ was, and from where he would come.  Is it a person?  Is it a force?  Is it already here or is it still to come?

Then I thought to myself, I don’t know who the anti-Christ really is, but I know that I have an anti-Christ already living inside of me.  It is very powerful.  It is very selfish.  And it is very anti Christ.  Its name is Self.

BUT EVERY SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS IS NOT FROM GOD. THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST, WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD IS COMING AND EVEN NOW IS ALREADY IN THE WORLD
(1 John 4:3).

Self is its own entity that runs its own life in me.  Self has its own will, its own desires, its own ambitions, its own defense, its own esteem, and its own righteousness.  Self does not acknowledge or obey Jesus as Lord.  In fact, Self serves as an agent for the father-of-lies to rival Jesus Christ as Lord. Self is anti Christ.

THEN JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, ‘IF ANYONE WOULD COME AFTER ME, HE MUST DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR ME WILL FIND IT’
(Matthew 16:24-25).

I bless you to understand that the Lord Jesus is the Anti-Self.  He has His own Righteousness He would like to establish in your life.  He has His own Will for your life.  He has His own Defense against the father-of-lies.

THEN JESUS ANSWERED, ‘WILL YOU REALLY LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR ME’
(John 13:38).

Are you satisfied with the way Self rules your life?

If you are not happy with what Self has done with your life, consider appointing the Lord Jesus as ruler of your life. Then, you will not need your Self-esteem, your Self-righteousness, and your Self defense mechanisms, because you will have Christ.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I invite You to reign in my heart, my thoughts, and the purpose of my life. Disable my Self-righteousness to plant YOUR Righteousness in me. Disqualify my Self-esteem to create YOUR Worthiness in my heart. Disengage my Self-defense to bring about Your Truth, Hope, and Love in my being. Bring me to the place where I will deny the anti-Christ in me, so Your Anti-Self might be formed in me.

Maintain an Awareness

I found out that I had an enemy. You do, too. We have had him from the beginning of our lives. His name is the father-of-lies. His native language is…lying!

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June 30

His Blessing of Truth

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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).

Understand that the goal of the father-of-lies during your childhood was to produce in you a distorted mind and a disturbed heart: to promote the beliefs “You don’t belong…You are a failure…You are fatally flawed.”  The father-of-lies knew that if you would accept these accusatory beliefs as a child, you would become a slave to them for the rest of your life.

I WILL REPAY YOU FOR THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN
(Joel 2:25).

However, God has paid for the years the locusts have eaten: He sent His Son, Jesus, to reverse the lies from the father-of-lies in your heart…if you let Him.  You were bought with a price to become a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, that you should proclaim Him who called you out of the dark beliefs of the father-of-lies, into His marvelous Light of Truth.

BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, GOD’S SPECIAL POSSESSION, THAT YOU MAY DECLARE THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT
(1 Peter 2:9).

Receive God’s blessings of Love, Truth, and Hope He is offering you in exchange for the hopelessness, fear, and deception of your childhood years.  Meet Him face to face.  Experience His Love.  Taste His Hope.  Feel His Power.  Encounter His Truth.  Discover His Comfort.  Absorb His Light, so you may be children of God, without blemish, in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation that lives according to the lies of the father-of-lies.

SO THAT YOU MAY BECOME BLAMELESS AND PURE, ‘CHILDREN OF GOD WITHOUT FAULT IN A WARPED AND CROOKED GENERATION.’ THEN YOU WILL SHINE AMONG THEM LIKE STARS IN THE SKY
(Philippians 2:15).

 The Perfect Father sent you a Redeemer. Will you let Him redeem the years the locusts have eaten?

Are you willing to EMBRACE the pain, EXPOSE the lies, and let your Savior EXCHANGE these years for a whole new life?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I acknowledge You as my Savior: the One who is able to redeem…the One who is able to win back the years that have been stolen from me…the One who is able to free me from childhood blame, debt, and the consequences of sin. I lay these years at Your feet, my Lord. Please repair, restore, and reform the years the locusts have eaten.

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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.

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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June 26

More than Conquerors

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I live in Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, with the ocean in my back yard.  This means beauty, awesomeness, and excitement, but it also means sea breezes, gales, and hurricanes, and because of this very reason, there is a story about an apple tree in my back yard that built its own defense.  Because of the exposure to the sea storms, the apple tree had a hard time bearing fruit, so it used most of its limbs on the windy side to build a shield against the storms.  Those limbs did not bear fruit.  Then, it grew a few limbs on the wind-protected side of the tree.  Those limbs blossomed and bore fruit. Year after year, we have watched the crooked old apple tree only bear fruit on one side.

HERE ON EARTH, YOU WILL HAVE MANY TRIALS AND SORROWS
(John 16:33).

Precious Child, here on earth, you will have many trials and sorrows—storms of life that will come against you.  You will be tempted to build your own defense mechanisms: shelters to cover your heart against pain…shields to ward off the accusations from blamers…barricades to keep yourself safe from gossip.  You might be so busy building walls of defense that there is no energy left to bear fruit.

BUT TAKE HEART, BECAUSE I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD
(John 16:33).

Take heart, Child.  I, Jesus, your Savior, have overcome the world.  Do not be sidetracked when you discover a storm raging towards you. Do not hide. Do not run away. Do not blame. Instead, stay where you are and embrace the storm. Expose the beliefs of your pain-filled heart to Me. Submit the trials and sorrows that the gossip and accusations cause, to Me. Accept Me as your defense against abandonment, shame, and rejection, so you may bear fruit…on all sides. 

‘AND I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR SAKES, SO THAT HE WILL NOT DESTROY THE FRUIT OF YOUR GROUND, NOR SHALL THE VINE FAIL TO BEAR FRUIT FOR YOU IN THE FIELD’, SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS
(Malachi 3:11).

What mechanisms of defense have you built against the storms in your life—techniques that have kept you from bearing fruit?

What will it take for you to make the Lord Jesus your method of defense, so that you do not have to use your own energy to create a defense mechanism against your enemies? Know that, if you ask Him, the Lord God will rebuke the devourers for your sake, so they will stop destroying your fruit. 

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, become my Defense…my Protection against the storms…my Safeguard against the father-of-lies. Rebuke the devourers for my sake, so that they would not destroy my fruit. Hallowed be Your blessed Name!

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

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June 20

Rule in the Fear of God

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Are you a ruler—a person in authority or control?  Are you a parent…a teacher…an employer?  Are you a babysitter…a caregiver…an overseer?

THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID, THE ROCK OF ISRAEL SPOKE TO ME: ‘HE WHO RULES OVER MEN MUST BE JUST, RULING IN THE FEAR OF GOD’
(2 Samuel 23:3).

Whenever you rule over someone, God wants you to be just…fair…honorable.  When my children were small, I always explained to them why I required a certain behavior of them.  I always tried to be just to my children and treat them with respect and fairness.  Today, they have become honorable adults, who treat other people with respect and fairness.

NO TEMPTATION HAS SEIZED YOU EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MAN. AND GOD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR. BUT WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED, HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WAY OUT SO THAT YOU CAN STAND UP UNDER IT
(1 Corinthians 10:13).

Did you grow up with unfairness and disrespect, marked by injustice, partiality, or deceit? How did you react to this injustice? How did your heart deal with the partiality? How did you handle the disrespect?

Be reminded that the anger and pain in your heart are not a result of what happened to you, but a result of what you came to believe about yourself under the unfair ruler: “I am a disgrace…I am abandoned…I am condemned.” Know that no temptation has seized you, except what is common to man. But God is faithful.

IT IS A JOY FOR THE JUST TO DO JUSTICE, BUT DESTRUCTION WILL COME TO THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY
(Proverbs 21:15).

If you are a ruler…an overseer…a leader, I bless you to be just, ruling over men in the fear of God, not out of self-centeredness.  Do not be proud.  Do not instigate rebellion.  Do not generate animosity.

Have you rebelled against man and against God, because of the unfairness and disrespect with which you grew up?

Although you were tempted through unfairness and disrespect, God wants to show you His way out of the abandonment, shame, and condemnation that still live in your heart. What will it take for you to lay down your rebellion and allow God to show you HIS WAY OUT?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to understand that the pain of shame, abandonment, and condemnation in my heart is not a result of the unfair treatment of the past, but a result of what I came to believe about myself. But today, I come to You. Show me Your Way out of this pain.

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We need to make sure that we expect Truth from the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Perfect Father, and not try to come up with our own counterfeit truth by logically trying to reason things out for ourselves.

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June 12

Life for Death

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WE ALWAYS CARRY AROUND IN OUR BODY THE DEATH OF JESUS, SO THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS MAY ALSO BE REVEALED IN OUR BODY
(2 Corinthians 4:10).

Beautiful Child, there is something I want you to know, today:

In order for you to be alive—to carry around in your body the Love, the Truth, and the Hope of Jesus, My Son—there are negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies in you that need to be given over to death, first. Sometimes it is the belief that I do not favor you, or that I do not take care of you, or that I do not love you.  Sometimes it is the belief that you are not good enough, or that you do not count, or that you are a disappointment. Before you can expect Life, you need to be willing to give these hindrances over to death, first. Why? Because these oppressing beliefs kill your spirit, soul, and body from the inside-out.

FOR WE WHO ARE ALIVE ARE ALWAYS BEING GIVEN OVER TO DEATH FOR JESUS’ SAKE, SO THAT HIS LIFE MAY BE REVEALED IN OUR MORTAL BODY
(2 Corinthians 4:11).

Death precedes life.  My Son, Jesus, makes alive what is dead.  He does not make something alive that still has a life of its own. Therefore, give the negative, destructive beliefs that live in your heart over to death. The Lord Jesus will exchange them for His Life.

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).

May you, who are alive, always give over to death every oppressing belief that hinders and hurts, so that the LIFE OF JESUS may be revealed in your bodies, instead.

FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN
(Philippians 1:21).

What negative, destructive beliefs are alive in you, causing you to have fear, jealousy, and animosity? What will it take for you to give these over to death, so that the Lord Jesus could remove them from your spirit, soul, and body and exchange them for His Life?

Remember, the Lord Jesus did not come to change you, but to exchange you for His Life.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I long to give the negative, destructive beliefs that are killing me from the inside-out over to You, so that they may die and I may live. Accomplish Your work of death in me, Lord, to establish Your resurrected Life in me.

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What a consolation to discover that God has never left us. He NEVER forsook us, even though we forsook HIM.

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June 03

Be Still…Listen

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BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD; I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS,
I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH
(Psalm 46:10).

I bless you with absolute stillness before your Father…complete silence
Leave behind the noise of your circumstances
Cast aside all activity from the father-of-lies
Quiet all the voices in your mind.

Become still
Listen
Become acquainted with God’s voice
Be a detective
Perceive His Perspective
Become aware of His choice.

BE STILL BEFORE THE LORD AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM
(Psalm 37:7).

Wait patiently…quietly
After presenting your imaginations to your Perfect Father
After offering Him your emotions
After laying before Him your interpretations
Remain in readiness and expectancy before your Creator.

THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU; YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL
(Exodus 14:14).

And your Perfect Father will fight for you!
His Truth will prevail
His Hope will bring Joy to you
His Love will never fail.

What do you do when all the voices in your head talk to you at the same time?

Sometimes, you need to quiet all the voices you hear. You need to clear your head. You need to start over. After you have done this, you can let them back in, one at a time…but only the ones that are in tune with God’s Perspective—the Voice of Truth.

PRAYER: Speak, Lord God, I am listening. Teach me Your Perspective. Tell me the Truth. Show me Your ways. My heart belongs to You.

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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June 02

Faithful in the Lord

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

I bless you to make “lean not on your own understanding” and “in all your ways acknowledge Him” a lifestyle—a way of living…a way of thinking.  I DID…AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE! 

Every action starts with a THOUGHT—an understanding.  Every emotion starts with a THOUGHT—an understanding. Every purpose starts with a THOUGHT—an understanding. And a THOUGHT—an understanding—comes either from God, or from the father-of-lies.  There is no middle ground.

I have discovered that if I follow the thought or understanding that comes from the father-of-lies, I end up in anger, hatred, jealousy, fear, and despair.  However, if I follow the thought or understanding that comes from God, I end up in Hope, Truth, and Love.  This is the moment-by-moment way of life in Christ Jesus.

FOR THIS REASON I AM SENDING TO YOU TIMOTHY, MY SON WHOM I LOVE, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN THE LORD. HE WILL REMIND YOU OF MY WAY OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHICH AGREES WITH WHAT I TEACH EVERYWHERE IN EVERY CHURCH
(1 Corinthians 4:17).

Do you know the thought that precedes your daily depression? Do you know the thought that triggers your frequent anger? Do you know the thought that often makes you jealous? Do you know the thought that sometimes causes you to want to give up?

Acknowledge the Lord Jesus in everything you think, everywhere you go, every moment of your life.  Present that thought to Him, just the way it is, and ask Him whether that thought is from Him—the Truth—or from the father-of-lies. Then listen to His Perspective. It will change your life, one thought at a time!

PRAYER: Most High, I live to honor You, every moment, in everything I do, in everything I think, and in every purpose I pursue. Thank you for Your Way of Life in Christ Jesus. Remind me, daily, of my obligation to trust You from the bottom of my heart, to follow Your Voice of Truth, and to stop trying to figure things out on my own. Lead me to make “lean not on your own understanding” and “in all your ways acknowledge Him” my daily lifestyle.

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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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May 25

Freedom from Being a Scapegoat

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I bless you with consolation today if you had to be a parent to your parent when you were a child, playing the role of a nurturer, while you yourself needed nurturing, and playing the role of caretaker, while you yourself were in need of care.

I bless you with wholeness if you had to be a scapegoat to your parent when you were a child: the recipient of someone’s wrath…the target of someone’s condemnation…the victim of someone’s irrational behavior and sinful insecurities.

IT IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. STAND FIRM, THEN, AND DO NOT LET YOURSELVES BE BURDENED AGAIN BY A YOKE OF SLAVERY
(Galatians 5:1).

Beloved Child, today, I offer you freedom if you, as a child, were punished for a sin that someone else had committed. You did not deserve the harsh punishment.  You deserved to be forgiven, accepted, and comforted.

May you know that a Scapegoat already exists. My name is Jesus Christ.  You are set free to let go of your role as a scapegoat, now.  You do not have to carry the blame for others’ shortcomings anymore. Let Me become your Scapegoat, because it is for freedom that I have set you free: freedom from blame…freedom from guilt…freedom from the responsibility to carry another’s sins.

 Stand firm, then, and do not let yourself be burdened again by this yoke of slavery—the yoke of being a scapegoat.

IN MY ANGUISH I CRIED TO THE LORD, AND HE ANSWERED BY SETTING ME FREE
(Psalm 118:5).

Why do you want to keep your role as a scapegoat? What benefits does this role offer you? Does it diminish your guilt, ease your shame, or remove the condemnation the father-of-lies dumped on you, long ago, as a child?

It is for freedom that Christ came to set you free. But you have an obligation: to surrender the yoke of slavery that has been keeping you in bondage, to the Lord Jesus.  Allow Him to become your only Scapegoat.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I invite You to become my only Scapegoat, as I release my yoke of slavery to You.

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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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