Today I am strong in the power of the Lord. Satan has repeatedly attacked me with memories of past sins and present shortcomings, both in my own mind and through the mouths of others, but today I shut him off. Like a faucet. I'd wrench off the knob if I could, but God will require that I press into Him and trust Him to overcome that idiot. God will provide the shield around my heart. Any voice that tells you that you are the sum of all of your sins, shortcomings and failures is NOT the voice of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gently convicts. It is a conviction laced with HOPE, because it carries the promise that He will do the heavy lifting if you'll let him. Discouragement comes in when we begin to listen to what the Father of Lies (Satan), as the scripture specifically depicts him, is saying about ourselves and our situation. If you are in Christ, you are a new creature. The old has gone, the new has come, according to my Bible. I was recently reminded that I need to guard the gates of my heart. I am a news-junkie. I love all of the newsmagazines that feature dramatic who-dun-it crime stories. I have decided that, for me, those stories are now off-limits. They fill my mind with the things Satan is up to in people's lives. If I am bored, I will seek a life-affirming challenge to fulfill my wandering mind (with God's help). I want to overhaul the spiritual atmosphere in my home by playing praise music and speaking the Word over my life and my husband and children's lives. I'll tape scriptures up all over the house if I have to. God's plan for me is good. I will cling to that. I think it's interesting that I started this blog post with the sentence "I am weak in body and spirit today." As I typed on, my cursor went back to the beginning and the negative sentence disappeared. I got the message.
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