Rejected

March 24

Do Not Mind Read

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SO I TELL YOU THIS, AND INSIST ON IT IN THE LORD, THAT YOU MUST NO LONGER LIVE AS THE GENTILES DO, IN THE FUTILITY OF THEIR THINKING.  THEY ARE DARKENED IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND SEPARATED FROM THE LIFE OF GOD
(Ephesians 4:17-18).

I urge you to be watchful of mind-reading.  Be aware that trying to read another person’s mind could become a very dangerous open door for the father-of-lies to deliver rejection, unworthiness, and shame to your vulnerable heart.  Know that the father-of-lies is an opportunist.  Speculating and taking for granted another person’s reasons for enactment could give access to the darkness of despair.  Assuming another person’s motives could unlock helplessness, powerlessness, and hopelessness.  Know that the father-of-lies will use your mind-reading as an open door to express falsity, to bestow deception—to deliver his lies.

YOU, HOWEVER, DID NOT COME TO KNOW CHRIST THAT WAY. SURELY YOU HEARD OF HIM AND WERE TAUGHT IN HIM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH THAT IS IN JESUS
(Ephesians 4:20-21).

Do not assume that you know why someone did or said something.  Your facts might be correct, but your interpretations most likely are not. Why not? The father-of-lies uses our interpretations as the medium to carry his lies.

Therefore, live in accordance with the Truth that is in Jesus.  This means: Ask Jesus for His interpretations, instead of making up your own. STOP MINDREADING!

THEREFORE, REJECTING ALL FALSITY AND BEING DONE NOW WITH IT, LET EVERYONE EXPRESS THE TRUTH WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, FOR WE ARE ALL PARTS OF ONE BODY AND MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER
(Ephesians 4:25).

Why do you mind-read? What satisfaction are you getting from it? Are the interpretations you are falsely making about others and yourself feeding your hungry emotions, your crooked mind, or your ugly heart?

I urge you to put off your mind-reading. Reject falsity. Know that the father-of-lies is behind your mind-reading, every inch of the way. He enjoys it when you make false interpretations about others and yourself. This is how he lures you into sinful actions. This is how he steals your joy, your love, and your heart.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, make me watchful of mind-reading—making false interpretations about others and myself, whenever I get the chance. Instead, help me to reject falsity and be done with it. Bring me to the place where I will express Your Truth with my neighbors, friends, and family members, and realize that we are all parts of one body and members of one another.

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.

The Two Counsels

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Rejected Worthless

March 23

Be Mindful When the Enemy Knocks

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THE THIEF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY
(John 10:10).

I bless you to be mindful when the father-of-lies knocks on the door of your heart.  Know that your heart is vulnerable…susceptible to attack…easily hurt.

HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, NOT HOLDING TO THE TRUTH, FOR THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM
 (John 8:44).

Therefore, keep the door to your heart shut…locked…bolted and barred, when the murderer knocks.  Know that the accuser only needs a sliver of an opening to push the door wide open and rush in.  When he detects an opening, he loses no time.  He will bombard you with everything he is able to drag in: condemnation, abandonment, shame, and rejection.

BE SELF-CONTROLLED AND ALERT. YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR
(1 Peter 5:8).

Understand that once the door is open, it is extremely hard to close it again, once you have welcomed the enemy with all his lies and deceit.  It is far better to keep the door to your heart shut and sealed from the start, than to try and close it, once you have given the father-of-lies right of entry.  He will not be eager to leave.

SUBMIT YOURSELVES, THEN, TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU
(James 4:7).

May you understand that it is through your thoughts that the roaring lion finds an open door.  Therefore, submit each thought to God for approval, before you start accepting, believing, and obeying it.  Reject each thought that is not from God, keeping the door to your vulnerable heart shut and padlocked.

What do you do with your daily thoughts: do you accept and believe each one, or do you screen them, as they come in?

I urge you to use discernment with your daily thoughts. Distinguish between the thoughts that cause your heart to hurt, and the thoughts that bring your heart joy. Make sure you take the thoughts that hurt your heart to the Lord Jesus, as soon as you get a chance, so that you may shut the door to the roaring lion, as soon as possible.

PRAYER: Most High, make me mindful of my thoughts, so I may know which thoughts to accept and which thoughts to reject. Help me to not hold onto hurtful thoughts, but submit them to You, for Truth, as soon as they enter my heart.

Maintain an Awareness

Blaming others and blaming yourself will not get rid of the accusatory pain in your heart.

The Two Counsels
March 22

Be Mindful When You Open the Door

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BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK; IF ANYONE HEARS AND LISTENS TO AND HEEDS MY VOICE AND OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN TO HIM AND WILL EAT WITH HIM, AND HE [WILL EAT] WITH ME
(Revelation 3:20).

Be mindful to whom you open the door to your heart.  Know that your heart is vulnerable…susceptible to attack…easily hurt.

Therefore, listen carefully who is knocking at your heart’s door. Listen intently to the voice behind the closed door.  Give your full attention. Heed the words…and their intentions. Make sure it is the Lord Jesus, before you unbolt the latch.

BUT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, COMES, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH. HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN; HE WILL SPEAK ONLY WHAT HE HEARS
(John 16:13).

My Beloved, may you discern between the pure Voice of Truth of My Holy Spirit…and the empty voice of the father-of-lies.  Know that when the Spirit of Truth knocks, He will offer you Hope, Peace, and Joy.  He will never knock with a voice of despair.  Understand that when the Holy Spirit knocks, He will propose Light, Power, and Life.  He will never suggest darkness, powerlessness, and death.  When the Spirit knocks, He will set before you Wholeness, Holiness, and Wisdom.  He will never put forward brokenness, unrighteousness, and confusion.  He will not speak on His own, but will only speak what He hears from Jesus…and Jesus will only speak what He hears from Me, the Perfect Father.

HE WILL BRING GLORY TO ME BY TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE AND MAKING IT KNOWN TO YOU.  ALL THAT BELONGS TO THE FATHER IS MINE
(John 16:14-15).

To whom have you decided to open your heart’s door? Who got permission to control YOUR heart, each moment of each day: the father-of-lies…or the Spirit of Truth?

Make a decision, today, from whom your heart is going to receive its counsel. Then, stick to your decision, daily, moment-by-moment, even when hopelessness tempts you to run away, when anger tempts you to blame others for you dilemma, and when fear tempts you to hide.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to discern between Your Voice of Truth and the voice of deception from the father-of-lies. Help me to only take counsel from You, because what belongs to You belongs to the Perfect Father, the Most High God.

Maintain an Awareness

And here lies the root to all our problems: not the FACTS we experienced during our childhood circumstances…but the CONCLUSIONS we made in response to these facts.

The Two Counsels
March 21

Two Opposing Purposes

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FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH; BUT THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE SPIRIT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT
(Romans 8:5).

Discern that your life is based on one of two purposes: the purpose to live according to your natural Self…or the purpose to live in accordance with the Spirit of Jesus. 

HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; FOR THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING
(1 John 3:8).

Know that the goals of these two purposes are opposing…conflicting…incompatible.  The natural Self is obligated to please the father-of-lies, but the Spirit is set to please the Perfect Father.  The natural Self obeys the OLD MAN, the set of negative, destructive conclusions instilled in our minds by the father-of-lies; the Spirit obeys the NEW MAN, Jesus Christ. The natural Self reacts to the negative, destructive OLD MAN conclusions through sinful defense habits and patterns of hiding, running to distraction and destruction, and blaming others. The Spirit contains the Truth of Jesus, and does not have to sin. Therefore, at any given moment in your life, you are living either to please the father-of-lies…or to please the Perfect Father.  There is no middle ground!

FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SON OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL
(1 John 3:8).

Understand that you need to make a choice, whether you are going to live your life according to your natural Self…and sin, or live your life according to the Spirit of Jesus, who was manifested that He might destroy the works of the OLD MAN conclusions in your spirit, soul, and body.

THEREFORE, BROTHERS, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION…IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO DEATH THE MISDEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE
(Romans 8:12-13).

Whose works are being displayed in your life: the works of the father-of-lies…or the works of the Perfect Father?

Know your moment-by-moment choices: to live according to the natural Self and obey the OLD MAN conclusions…or to live according to the Spirit and allow Jesus to put to death these negative, destructive OLD MAN conclusions, instilled in your mind by the father-of-lies.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, how encouraged I am that I do not have to live my life according to the negative, destructive OLD MAN conclusions…and sin. How glad I am that I have a choice. Today, I am making that choice: to allow You to destroy the works of the father-of-lies in my life…to allow Your Spirit to put to death the conclusions that have controlled my spirit, soul, and body, so that I may live.

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.

The Two Counsels
March 19

He Makes His Secrets Known to You

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WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME.  HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM
(John 14:21).

Did you know that God longs to reveal His secrets to you…to disclose His mysteries to you…to show His ways to you, even today?

HOW PRICELESS IS YOUR UNFAILING LOVE! BOTH HIGH AND LOW AMONG MEN FIND REFUGE IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS
(Psalm 36:7).

Precious Child, do you need love, today? I, the Perfect Father, understand the secret of Love. Let Me teach you. Come to Me, today, while your heart feels so unloved. I will show you the sheltered places under My wings where you can take refuge. There, you can hide and receive Comfort, while you let your roots grow deep down into My everlasting Love.

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

Beloved, do you feel burdened, today? I, the Most High, know the secret of how to set you free from the accusatory lies of the father-of-lies that are encumbering you. I long to take what is Mine and make it known to you, so that you may taste real freedom from abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection.  Bring your burden to Me, today. Let Me lift it for you.

SINCE THEY DID NOT KNOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD AND SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN, THEY DID NOT SUBMIT TO GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS
(Romans 10:3).

Beautiful One, do you need righteousness in your life? I, the Holy God, understand the secret of Righteousness.  I will teach you My Righteousness that comes through faith in Jesus, My Son, if you turn to My Counsel, today, instead of to the counsel of the evil one.

Do you hunger for God’s secrets: to feel loved…to be free…to be righteous? Then, receive His Counsel when you feel unloved. Accept His Truth when you feel burdened. Welcome His fellowship at all times. Then, He will reveal His undeniable secrets to you. And His Secrets will set you free.

PRAYER: Most High, call me to the place where I will love You enough to become still and listen to Your Counsel, so that I may hear Your secrets.

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.

The Two Counsels
March 16

What Do You Do with Jesus?

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‘WHAT SHALL I DO, THEN, WITH JESUS WHO IS CALLED CHRIST?’ PILATE ASKED. THEY ALL ANSWERED, ‘CRUCIFY HIM!’
(Matthew 27:22).

 What do you do with Jesus, every day?

IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD
(1 Corinthians 1:30).

What do you do with Jesus when you are at wits end and there seems to be no answer to your problem and no way out?  Do you allow Jesus to become your Wisdom from the Perfect Father…or do you reject Him?

JESUS STOOD AND SAID IN A LOUD VOICE, ‘IF ANYONE IS THIRSTY, LET HIM COME TO ME AND DRINK’ (John 7:37).

What do you do with Jesus when you are thirsty: when you feel like an outcast, when you feel like nobody loves you, or when you feel that this life does not make sense?  Do you come to Him for a drink of His Hope, His Love, and His Truth…or do you push Him away?

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).

What do you do with Jesus when the darkness of despair closes in around you—when you feel there is nothing left to live for?  Do you invite Him to shine His Light into your darkness…or do you refuse Him?

FOR IF, BY THE TRESPASS OF THE ONE MAN, DEATH REIGNED THROUGH THAT ONE MAN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL THOSE WHO RECEIVE GOD’S ABUNDANT PROVISION OF GRACE AND OF THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS REIGN IN LIFE THROUGH THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST
(Romans 5:17).

What do YOU do with Jesus?  Do you receive Him as your abundant provision of Grace when your weaknesses threaten to take over?  Do you receive Him as your Gift of Righteousness to reign over your jealousy, animosity, and rage? Do you receive Him as your Savior to reign over your depression…your fear…your confusion?  Or do you crucify Him?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I receive You as my Drink of Living Water. I accept You as my Wisdom from the Perfect Father. I invite You to be my Light in my present darkness. Lord Jesus, be my abundant Provision of Grace when I feel like an outcast.  Be my Gift of Righteousness in my sin.  May I reign in life through You.

Maintain an Awareness

The truth is if we do not follow God in our thoughts, we will not follow Him in our actions, either, and then we will end up with the wrong purpose.

The Two Counsels
March 12

God Cares about Your Heart

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AND HE WHO SEARCHES OUR HEARTS KNOWS THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD’S WILL
(Romans 8:27).

The Perfect Father cares about your heart.  He cares about the abandonment that lives there, the betrayal that hurts so much, and the rejection that was so unfair.  He knows about the scar of shame—that painful emotion caused by guilt and the feeling that you are fatally flawed.  He cares about the anxiety that lives in your heart—that fearful concern about the future.  Believe that your Father cares so much about your heart that He sent His Light, Jesus Christ, to shine in your heart when the darkness—the guilt, the confusion, the bitterness, the jealousy, and the sadness—threatens to take over

FOR GOD, WHO SAID, ‘LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS,’ MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN OUR HEARTS TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST
(2 Corinthians 4:6).

The Perfect Father knows about your struggle against the father-of-lies…and He did something about it. He sent His Son, Jesus, to overcome the father-of-lies and his lies.  Furthermore, He provided you a Helper, the Holy Spirit, to intercede for your heart, daily—to intervene between your heart and the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies…if you invite Him into these beliefs.

I HAVE TOLD YOU THESE THINGS, SO THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THIS WORLD, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. BUT TAKE HEART! I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD
(John 16:33).

When you pray, allow the Holy Spirit to pray through you, according to God’s Will. If you let Him, He will search your heart and pray to the Father through you, according to what you need. He will address the abandonment, the rejection, the shame, and the condemnation that live in your heart. If you allow Him, He will intercede for you, so Christ’s Light might enter your heart and drive out the dark beliefs of the father-of-lies.

PRAYER: Lord God, I invite You into the troubled spots in my heart.  Teach me how to trust in You: to rely on Your Truth…to lean on Your Love…to abide in Your Hope. Shine Your Light on the darkness in my heart, so it would flee in the Light of Your Glory.

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.

The Two Counsels
March 11

So Have I Loved You

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One of the lies the father-of-lies likes to throw at me is: “God does not love you.”  Sometimes he would make the lie even more real by adding: “God does not love you because you are not worthy to be loved.”  I get these “God does-not-love-you” lies quite often in my life.  They usually come when I need God the most.

HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, NOT HOLDING TO THE TRUTH, FOR THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. WHEN HE LIES, HE SPEAKS HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE, FOR HE IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES.  YET BECAUSE I TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME!
(John 8:44-45).

Sometimes the father-of-lies tells me that the Lord Jesus DOES love me, but only under certain conditions: when I am good, acceptable, or worthy.  Other times, the murderer tells me that as soon as my pain shows, God will stop loving me. Be aware of the murderer’s lies.  There is no truth in him.  Listen to what the Lord Jesus tells you…and BELIEVE. Allow Him to have the last say in your life—Words you will receive and believe.

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

Believe that your pain will not separate you from God’s Love for you, neither will your fear, your anger, your guilt, your sadness, jealousy, confusion, bitterness, or hopelessness, neither will your past mistakes, neither will your unworthiness, shame, rejection, condemnation, or abandonment, neither will the belief “God does not love me.”

What has the father-of-lies told YOU?

Believe that the Perfect Father wants to lavish you with His Father Love.  It is when you feel abandoned that God wants to tell you that He loves you.  It is when you feel ashamed and deformed that the Perfect Father wants to tell you that He accepts you.  It is when you feel rejected and very alone that the Lord Jesus wants to tell you that you are worthy to Him. Will you invite His Presence into your pain?

PRAYER: Thank you, Perfect Father, that nothing separates me from Your Love for me, not even my pain, my past mistakes, or any words the father-of-lies might hurl at me. How great is the Love You lavish on me…that I might be called Your child.

Maintain an Awareness

Understand that HOPE needs to come to you through your heart. Therefore, you need to CONNECT with your heart and find the places of sorrow, despair, fear, disappointment, bitterness, and anger that reside there.

The Two Counsels
March 06

Life Storms Are Opportunities

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BE JOYFUL IN HOPE, PATIENT IN AFFLICTION, FAITHFUL IN PRAYER
(Romans 12:12).

I encourage you to be patient in your current affliction, regarding distress with acceptance and tolerance.  If you are a child of God, do not consider the storms of your life as something bad and harmful, trying to escape them as soon as possible.  Stay. Be patient. Learn.

NOW NO CHASTENING FOR THE PRESENT SEEMETH TO BE JOYOUS, BUT GRIEVOUS: NEVERTHELESS AFTERWARD IT YIELDETH THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO THEM WHICH ARE EXERCISED THEREBY
(Hebrews 12:11).

Precious One, consider your life storms as opportunities to become a partaker of My Holiness: a chance to embrace My Truth, to experience My Love, and to obtain My Hope.  Consider your storms as favorable circumstances to become free from the painful beliefs of unworthiness and non-acceptance that have crippled you, all your life.

WHEREFORE LIFT UP THE HANDS WHICH HANG DOWN, AND THE FEEBLE KNEES; AND MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR YOUR FEET, LEST THAT WHICH IS LAME BE TURNED OUT OF THE WAY; BUT LET IT RATHER BE HEALED
(Hebrews 12:12-13).

Understand, Child, that if you hide from your own heart, run from your own pain, or blame your unfavorable circumstances on something or someone else, you will miss the opportunity to receive the peaceable Fruit of Righteousness, which is given to those who have allowed Me to train them in My Discipline.

Is your heart broken because of what you have been going through? Do you feel like running away from the current storm in your life, and hide where nobody can find you? Or have you taken the route of blaming others for this storm in your life? 

Face the storm…with God. Now is the time to ask questions…to God and demand answers…from God. Now is not the time to run to others, to hide in distraction or destruction, or to blame the circumstances. This will not help you, but God can, and will…if you run to Him.

PRAYER: Abba Father, I invite Your Presence and Participation into this storm in my life.  Work Your Peace and Righteousness in me as I crawl under Your Wings of Protection and Comfort, laying the beliefs of abandonment, shame, condemnation, and rejection at Your feet in exchange for Your Answers of Hope, Love, and Truth.

Maintain an Awareness

Temptations are all about WORDS…and what we DO with these WORDS.

The Two Counsels
March 05

A Prayer to Keep Watch!

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GOING A LITTLE FARTHER, HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND PRAYED THAT IF POSSIBLE THE HOUR MIGHT PASS FROM HIM.  ‘ABBA, FATHER,’ HE SAID, ‘EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU. TAKE THIS CUP FROM ME. YET NOT WHAT I WILL, BUT WHAT YOU WILL’
(Mark 14:35-36).

Lord Jesus, thank you for what You have done for me on the cross. Thank you that You went through with Your Purpose—to die for us. Today, I kneel down at the foot of Your cross and allow You to die for me, too—for the forgiveness of my sins, for the healing of my diseases, for the redemption of my life from the pit, for love and compassion in my heart, and for my life to be made new.

PRAISE THE LORD, MY SOUL, AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS—WHO FORGIVES ALL YOUR SINS AND HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES, WHO REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM THE PIT AND CROWNS YOU WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION, WHO SATISFIES YOUR DESIRES WITH GOOD THINGS SO THAT YOUR YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE’S
(Psalm 103:2-5).

Lord Jesus, teach me how to deal with temptation. Teach me how to keep watch against the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies, for my spirit is willing, but my body is weak. When the father-of-lies tells me that I am an out-cast…a derelict…a good-for-nothing, because of rejection that I suffered as a child, remind me of what You have done for me on the cross. When the father-of-lies tells me that I am a pitiful beggar who is dependent on other people’s love and acceptance, because of a lack of affirmation as a child, remind me to come to the cross, again…and again…and again.

THEN HE RETURNED TO HIS DISCIPLES AND FOUND THEM SLEEPING.  ‘SIMON,’ HE SAID TO PETER, ‘ARE YOU ASLEEP? COULD YOU NOT KEEP WATCH FOR ONE HOUR?  WATCH AND PRAY SO THAT YOU WILL NOT FALL INTO TEMPTATION. THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, BUT THE BODY IS WEAK’
(Mark 14:37-38).

Have you allowed the Lord Jesus to die for YOU, personally, for your childhood abandonment, your childhood rejection, your childhood shame, and your childhood condemnation?

I urge you to go to the cross, often, whenever you feel you cannot keep watch against temptation, any longer. Bring the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies to the cross with you, and allow Him to nail them to the cross, too.

Then, your youth will be renewed like the eagle’s, each time.

Maintain an Awareness

God wants you to desire to be important to Him, because you ARE important to Him…and He wants to tell you so, Himself.

The Two Counsels