I am reminded this morning of my heavenly Father's love for me. It occurs to me that He has walked with me through every season of life. He knows the forces that formed my personality and understands how my mind and emotions are wired. He is full of compassion.
He is the only One who HAS walked every single step of life's journey with me. He has healing in His mighty right hand. He can fill every single empty space in my heart. He longs to show compassion to me.
I also rejoice this morning that I have the mind of Christ. It is my spiritual birthright. There have been times in my life, especially when I was an adolescent and teen, when all I could do was pray the name of Jesus. It was enough. "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; /The righteous run to it and are safe."( Proverbs 18:10, NKJV) Demonic forces which gathered to take my joy, steal my future, destroy my life, scattered like so many buzzards. I just kept praying the Name and imagined that my heavenly Father was taking my battered heart, dusting it off, setting all of it to rights. I trusted then, and trust now, that He will align my thoughts and priorities in His perfect will.
I have to repeat my firm conviction when it comes to asking for help with strongholds of sin. God has shown me (and I believe I have finally learned) that he does not do a la carte sin removal. He wants absolutely ALL of us. Lock, stock and barrel. Henceforward, any time I feel I am holding some part of myself back from Him, I will try to remember that I need His total healing and restoration.
Emotional brokenness is more deadly than physical brokenness. "The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness,/But who can bear a broken spirit?" (Proverbs 18:14, NKJV) The good news is that when we come to God with a fully humble spirit, acknowledging that ALL of our strength is in Him and that any good in our hearts will be wrought by the Holy Spirit, He is ready to do the heavy lifting. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." John 15:4
He is the only One who HAS walked every single step of life's journey with me. He has healing in His mighty right hand. He can fill every single empty space in my heart. He longs to show compassion to me.
I also rejoice this morning that I have the mind of Christ. It is my spiritual birthright. There have been times in my life, especially when I was an adolescent and teen, when all I could do was pray the name of Jesus. It was enough. "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; /The righteous run to it and are safe."( Proverbs 18:10, NKJV) Demonic forces which gathered to take my joy, steal my future, destroy my life, scattered like so many buzzards. I just kept praying the Name and imagined that my heavenly Father was taking my battered heart, dusting it off, setting all of it to rights. I trusted then, and trust now, that He will align my thoughts and priorities in His perfect will.
I have to repeat my firm conviction when it comes to asking for help with strongholds of sin. God has shown me (and I believe I have finally learned) that he does not do a la carte sin removal. He wants absolutely ALL of us. Lock, stock and barrel. Henceforward, any time I feel I am holding some part of myself back from Him, I will try to remember that I need His total healing and restoration.
Emotional brokenness is more deadly than physical brokenness. "The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness,/But who can bear a broken spirit?" (Proverbs 18:14, NKJV) The good news is that when we come to God with a fully humble spirit, acknowledging that ALL of our strength is in Him and that any good in our hearts will be wrought by the Holy Spirit, He is ready to do the heavy lifting. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." John 15:4
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