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June 27

God, I Praise You

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

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praise be to You for being the God of Compassion and the Lord of all Comfort.  You comfort me when I feel lonely.  When I go through the valley of the shadow of death, You assure me of Your Presence.  After everybody has left me, You are still there.

LET THEM PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD, FOR HE COMMANDED AND THEY WERE CREATED
(Psalm 148:5).

Perfect Father, I praise You, for when I am hopeless, You command…and Hope is created.  When I am powerless, You command…and Power is brought to life.  When I am in darkness, You command…and Light shines out of darkness.

FOR AS THE EARTH BRINGS FORTH ITS BUD, AS THE GARDEN CAUSES THE THINGS THAT ARE SOWN IN IT TO SPRING FORTH, SO THE LORD GOD WILL CAUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE TO SPRING FORTH BEFORE ALL THE NATIONS
(Isaiah 61:11).

I praise You, Lord God, for You cause Your Righteousness to spring forth in me, when I do not rely on the righteousness of my own Self.  You fill me with Your Wisdom, when I do not lean on my own understanding.  You give me Peace, all the time, and in every way, when I ask for it.

THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SHIELD; MY HEART TRUSTED IN HIM, AND I AM HELPED; THEREFORE MY HEART GREATLY REJOICES, AND WITH MY SONG I WILL PRAISE HIM
(Psalm 28:7).

God, my heart greatly rejoices, for You are my Strength when I am bent over in my own weakness.  My heart trusts in You and I am helped.

For what can you give thanks to God, today: for His Comfort when you were lonely, for His Power when you were weak, for His Light that shone in your darkness, or for His Righteousness that replaced your sinful habits and patterns of escape?

If you cannot praise God for anything He has personally done for you, you might know Him from your head, but not from your heart. If you want to get to know Him from your heart, invite His Presence and Participation into each and every perturbing perception of your heart.

Then, He will meet you there…in your heart.

Maintain an Awareness

We run…and run…and run. We run towards bad distractions and destructions like alcohol, drugs, or even crime, or we run towards good distractions like entertainment, or our husbands, wives, friends, or counselors.

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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!

Maintain an Awareness

The goal of the father-of-lies is to fill us with a system of beliefs, so that we would fill our Selves with another system of beliefs that would correct the first system of beliefs.

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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.

Maintain an Awareness

Discipline, the training to enter God’s Holiness, cannot be exercised AFTER we have already entered a route of escape to resort to a sinful solution.

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June 06

The Misinterpretations of Childhood

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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).

 You did not know it at the time, but as a child, you founded a permanent emotional position, grounded on your childhood interpretations. You developed fear, because you believed God had abandoned you. You suffered shame, because you believed that you were tainted. You took on guilt, because you believed that you were responsible.  Since then, these childhood beliefs have been influencing your whole world: how you think, how you talk, and how you reason.

As a child, you did not know that many of your childhood conclusions were false, even though your experiences were real. The father-of-lies used these to take you captive and bring you under his control, while leading you further and further away from the Truth.

As an adult, you did not know that the permanent emotional position you founded as a child was going to make you feel as if you have two very different personalities—one child-like…the other, adult-like. You now seesaw between these two states in a matter of minutes, living in a normal logical adult mind, one moment, then thrown into an irrational child mind, the next moment. Because of your false childhood conclusions, you are often involuntarily displaced into the past to relive the fear over and over again, to suffer the shame over and over again, and to experience the guilt over and over again.

I SOUGHT THE LORD, AND HE ANSWERED ME; HE DELIVERED ME FROM ALL MY FEARS
(Psalm 34:4).

How often do you turn into a child, reliving your fear, guilt, and shame over and over again, when you least expect it? Did you know that God has a solution for this behavior?

The Lord Jesus knows how you felt as a child, because He was there. He wants to deliver you from all your fears, but you need to seek Him. When you feel like a child, you need to find the belief from the father-of-lies that is causing you to think, talk, and reason like a child. Then, after you have submitted these beliefs to the Lord Jesus, He will exchange your false childhood conclusions for the Truth.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, remind me, daily, that it is not what happened to me as a child that crushed my spirit, but what I came to believe about myself as a result of my experiences. Call me, moment-by-moment, whenever I am fearful, ashamed, and guilt-ridden, to submit my childhood conclusions to You, my Lord. Deliver me from these false interpretations, so I may become a stable adult, even today.

Maintain an Awareness

We need to acknowledge that we cannot free our spirits, souls, and bodies from the entanglement of the OLD MAN’s rebellious will. But, with our free will, we can choose to go to the Person who can—the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to live HIS NEW MAN Life in us, in the place of the OLD MAN.

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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

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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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.

Maintain an Awareness

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

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June 01

Present Your Request to God

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I once had a big desire in my heart. There was something I really wanted. Every day, as I brought my request to God, I wondered why God would even want to answer me. Why would He honor my request? Why would He grant my wish? Why would He care about my desires? I decided to ask Him.

He answered:

DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERY SITUATION, BY PRAYER AND PETITION, WITH THANKSGIVING, PRESENT YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD
(Philippians 4:6).

Precious Child, simply bring your request to Me, just the way you hear it from your heart. Because you are My child and you have a daily, intimate relationship with Me, you do not need to conjure up reasons for Me to answer you.

I am your PERFECT FATHER. I give when you ask, because I know you. I open the doors when you knock, because you are Mine. I let you find what you are looking for, because we have a relationship.

ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND; KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU.  FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; THE ONE WHO SEEKS FINDS; AND TO THE ONE WHO KNOCKS, THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED
(Matthew 7:7-8).

Child of God, stop trying to find reasons for God to answer your prayers. Know that the Perfect Father wants to answer your prayer simply because you are His child and He loves you. He wants you to experience your PERFECT FATHER: someone who is entirely without fault and defect…someone who is pure and complete…someone who corresponds to an ideal standard.

‘BECAUSE HE LOVES ME,’ SAYS THE LORD, ‘I WILL RESCUE HIM; I WILL PROTECT HIM, FOR HE ACKNOWLEDGES MY NAME. HE WILL CALL ON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE, I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM. WITH LONG LIFE I WILL SATISFY HIM AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION’
(Psalm 91:14-16).

Are you anxious about something? Is your heart troubled with concern and disquietude? Is there a specific desire in your heart? Simply bring your request to your Heavenly Father, because He is YOUR Father…and He is perfect.

PRAYER: Perfect Father, I enter Your throne room, and bring my request to You, in the way You taught me. How encouraging to know that I do not have to come up with reasons why You should answer me. You simply value my request, because I am Your child and You love me. You honor our relationship.

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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May 27

Your Father’s Gift to You

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IF YOU THEN, THOUGH YOU ARE EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM
(Luke 11:13)!

Be encouraged by the extraordinary Gift you have received from your Father in Heaven—the Gift of the Holy Spirit.

BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES ON YOU; AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA, AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
(Acts 1:8).

Precious One, take notice that the Holy Spirit gives birth to Power—a Power that can do immeasurably more than you can ever ask or imagine.  But you have an obligation—to stop living by your own human strength; but instead, to invite the Power of the Holy Spirit to live in you and through you.

AND HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US, BECAUSE GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE HAS GIVEN US
(Romans 5:5).

Beloved, know that I, your Everlasting Father, have made My Love available to you through My Gift, the Holy Spirit.  But you have an obligation—to stop living by the limited love that resides in your own self-nature; but instead, to invite the endless Love of the Holy Spirit to love through you.

FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT A MATTER OF EATING AND DRINKING, BUT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Romans 14:17).

Beautiful Child, understand that the Holy Spirit, My Gift to you, can furnish you with Righteousness, Peace, and Joy.  But you have an obligation—to stop harboring doom, dread, and despair in your heart; but instead, allow these abominations to be exchanged for the Righteousness, Peace, and Joy of the Holy Spirit.

YOU STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE, WITH UNCIRCUMCISED HEARTS AND EARS! YOU ARE JUST LIKE YOUR FATHERS: YOU ALWAYS RESIST THE HOLY SPIRIT
(Acts 7:51).

Are you trying to love someone with your own limited love? Are you striving to be the best person you can possibly be? Are you trying to acquire peace for your anxiety? Are you resisting the Holy Spirit?

Realize that the peace that resides in your own self-nature does not measure up.  Your righteousness is not valid.  Your truth is counterfeit.  Your love falls short.  Ask your Father for His Gift—the Holy Spirit—and all these qualities will be poured directly into your heart.

PRAYER: Perfect Father, You said I should ask for Your Gift, the Holy Spirit. So, today, I ask for Him. Please anoint me with Your Gift of Power, Love, Peace, and Joy.

Maintain an Awareness

Discipline, the training to enter God’s Holiness, cannot be exercised AFTER we have already entered a route of escape to resort to a sinful solution.

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May 12

Light in Your Darkness

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Over the years, I have experienced intense darkness in my life: severe sadness…deep despair…piercing pain.  During times like these, I would try to shine some light onto my darkness and strive to get rid of the fear…the rejection…the unworthiness, but to no avail.  The darkness prevailed.  No amount of light I shone on it would make a difference.

WHOSE MINDS THE GOD OF THIS AGE HAS BLINDED, WHO DO NOT BELIEVE, LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE ON THEM
(2 Corinthians 4:4).

For the longest time, I never knew there was a different Light available for my darkness. You see, the father-of-lies had blinded our minds for fear that we would find out about the Glory of Christ that is able to shine on our darkness…and turn on the Light inside us.

BUT THE MINISTRY JESUS HAS RECEIVED IS AS SUPERIOR TO THEIRS AS THE COVENANT OF WHICH HE IS MEDIATOR IS SUPERIOR TO THE OLD ONE, AND IT IS FOUNDED ON BETTER PROMISES
(Hebrews 8:6).

The ministry of the Glory of Jesus is superior to anything you and I will ever come across.  It is the only ministry that has the Power to remove my and your darkness…and replace it with Light.

THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY
(Colossians 1:26-27).

Finally, the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages was disclosed to my heart—“Christ in you, the Hope of Glory.” The Light of Christ’s Glory has canceled the darkness of depression and despair in my mind and in my heart, in exchange for His Light of Love, Truth, and Hope, in me.  This is still an ongoing process, every day.  Whenever darkness enters my mind and heart, I surrender it to the Light of Christ’s Glory…and watch the darkness driven out by His Light.

What name would you give the darkness that prevails in your life: depression…despair…doom?

I bless you to stop striving to drive out your own darkness. Instead, turn to Jesus—your Hope of Glory! Ask Him to turn His Light on in your darkness. You will experience a miracle.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, You are my Hope of Glory. Your ministry of Glory is superior to everything and everyone. I invite You to shine Your Glory on the darkness in my heart, so the Light may turn on. Hallowed be Your Name!

Maintain an Awareness

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

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May 10

To Love Jesus Is to Obey Him

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WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME
(John 14:21).

Know that to love Jesus is to obey Him.  One way to obey Jesus is NOT to surrender to your childhood pain…but to surrender your childhood pain to Him.

 ‘BECAUSE HE LOVES ME,’ SAYS THE LORD, ‘I WILL RESCUE HIM; I WILL PROTECT HIM, FOR HE ACKNOWLEDGES MY NAME.  HE WILL CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE, I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM’
(Psalm 91:14-15).

Do you sometimes feel like a little six-year-old orphan: someone who is in the way…someone who is lost…someone who does not belong?

Do you sometimes feel like a shameful little eight-your-old criminal: someone who is evil from the inside out…someone who is irredeemable…someone who is not going to make it?

Do you sometimes feel like a twelve-year-old outcast: someone who is just a worthless bum…someone who is not accepted as part of the in-crowd…someone who does not matter?

I bless you to bring the little abandoned orphan, who still lives in your heart, to the Lord Jesus. Allow Him to heal the abandonment, fix the neediness, and get rid of the loneliness. Because you love the Lord Jesus, He will rescue you from the childhood conclusions that have been keeping you captive.  I encourage you to introduce the shameful little eight-year-old criminal to the Lord Jesus, your Savior. Allow Him to redeem it…forever. When you call upon Him, He will answer you.  I urge you to bring the twelve-year-old outcast, who still hides in your heart, to the Lord Jesus. Invite Him to heal the rejection, fix the unworthiness, and remove the depravity. He will protect you from the control of the father-of-lies, because you acknowledge His Name.

JESUS SAID, ‘IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING, YOU ARE REALLY MY DISCIPLES. THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE’
(John 8:31, 32).

What six-year old pain is still stuck in your heart? What eight-year-old conclusions still dwell in your spirit? Which twelve-year old interpretations still inhabit your mind?

Do not avoid the burden.  Do not deny the problem.  Do not simply endure the emotions.  Embrace the little child in you…and expose it to Jesus. He will exchange it for a mature adult.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I expose the child in my heart to You. Rescue me from the false childhood conclusions. Protect me from the evil one. Deliver me from the past.

Maintain an Awareness

Know that your struggle is not against the people or the circumstances in your life, but against the spiritual forces of evil—against the OLD MAN beliefs of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection.

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