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April
April 1: Love One Another Deeply, from the Heart“NOW THAT YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOURSELVES BY OBEYING THE TRUTH SO THAT YOU HAVE SINCERE LOVE FOR YOUR BROTHERS, LOVE ONE ANOTHER DEEPLY, FROM THE HEART” (1 Peter 1:22). I bless you to realize that in order to love one another deeply, you need a purified heart…a heart cleansed from rejection…released from abandonment…freed from condemnation. Understand that as long as your heart is occupied with rejection, you will have a tough time experiencing sincere love for others. Grasp that as long as your heart is diverted by abandonment, you will have a hard time enjoying unfeigned fellowship with others. Recognize that as long as your heart is controlled by the degrading effects of condemnation, you will have a difficult time loving others from the heart. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH; YOUR WORD IS TRUTH (John 17:17). I bless you to allow God to set you free from the power of past rejection…when you were not included in the group…when you had to carry all the blame….when you were pushed aside as not being important. Only His Truth can set you free. I bless you to permit God to set you free from the power of past abandonment…when someone important in your life left…when nobody was there to comfort you…when you had to take care of yourself, because there was nobody else. Understand that it is not the circumstances that are causing the pain, but the conclusions…the interpretations…the beliefs you formed in your mind. I bless you to authorize God to free you from the power of past criticism and disapproval…when you could never please your dad…when you were never good enough for your mother…when you were never accepted for being you. He will bring healing to your heart by replacing your conclusions with His Truth. “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” I bless you |
April 2: Christ Was Crucified in WeaknessI bless you today not to despair during times of weakness, for it is during the times that you are powerless, helpless and hopeless that God has a chance to accomplish His Power in you. “NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLY MORE THAN ALL WE ASK OR IMAGINE, ACCORDING TO HIS POWER THAT IS AT WORK WITHIN US, TO HIM BE GLORY” (EPHESIANS 3:20, 21). I bless you to use your time of weakness to extinguish your own will…..to allow God to conform you to His divine Will in your thoughts, your purpose and your actions. "NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD, LORD,' WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT ONLY HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN” (MATTHEW 7:21). I bless you to use your time of weakness to put an end to reliance on your own wisdom...confidence in your own mind…dependence in your own understanding, for the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. (1 Corinthians 3:19). BUT THE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM HEAVEN IS FIRST OF ALL PURE; THEN PEACE-LOVING, CONSIDERATE, SUBMISSIVE, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUIT, IMPARTIAL AND SINCERE” (JAMES 3:17). I bless you to use your time of weakness as an opportunity to live in God’s Power…to live in your Father’s Will…to live in the Wisdom that comes from Heaven. “FOR THOUGH HE WAS CRUCIFIED IN WEAKNESS, I bless you |
April 3: Your MindWhat is your opinion about your mind…that it is good…that it is trustworthy…that it knows the truth? Do you always rely on your mind to find a solution to your problem…to your unworthiness…to your brokenness? Do you run to your mind when things go wrong…when someone insults you…when someone fails you? Would you like to know what God thinks of your mind? “THE MIND OF SINFUL MAN IS DEATH” (ROMANS 8:6). God does not deem your mind trustworthy. Why not? Your mind is not dependable, because the father-of-lies has access to your mind. You are not the only one sharing your mind. During the circumstances of your life, the father-of-lies helped you make false conclusions…wrong interpretations…inaccurate assumptions in your mind. Therefore, when you pull answers from your mind, you are also drawing answers from the father-of-lies. “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 bless you to know that even after you become a Christian, you must not live in the futility of your thinking, because your understanding is darkened by the father-of-lies. In fact, he uses your own thoughts to separate you from the life of God….from your perfect Father’s Love, Hope and Truth that is available to you. “THE WEAPONS WE FIGHT WITH ARE NOT THE WEAPONS OF THE WORLD. ON THE CONTRARY, THEY HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS. 5WE DEMOLISH ARGUMENTS AND EVERY PRETENSION THAT SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND WE TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST” (2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-5). I bless you to treat your mind as a deathtrap to be used by the enemy, at any given moment in time. Take every thought captive that enters your mind. Question every belief that lives in your mind. Demolish every argument in your mind that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. I bless you
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April 4: May you Walk in the Light of the Truth“THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE HAVE HEARD FROM HIM AND DECLARE TO YOU: GOD IS LIGHT; IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. 6IF WE CLAIM TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM YET WALK IN THE DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT LIVE BY THE TRUTH. 7BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN” (1 John 1:5-7). I bless you today to fathom that to walk in the Light means to live by the Truth. The Light is the Truth. The Truth turns darkness into Light. “BUT WHOEVER LIVES BY THE TRUTH COMES INTO THE LIGHT” (JOHN 3:21). I bless you to expose the darkness in your mind to the Light. Lay open the beliefs that cause you to despair. Bring to light the interpretations you have made about yourself…the assumptions you have made about your enemies…the beliefs you have about your friends. Live by the Truth, so you can walk in the Light. “FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH” (EPHESIANS 5:9). “I am a mistake. I feel abandoned. I am fatally flawed. I have disappointed God. I am a failure. I have no purpose. I am invisible. I am not special. I am a disgrace.” I bless you to bring these beliefs that live in your mind…to the Light…and you will find Truth, for the fruit of the Light…is Truth. “SEND FORTH YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR TRUTH, LET THEM GUIDE ME; LET THEM BRING ME TO YOUR HOLY MOUNTAIN, TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU DWELL” May you walk in the Light of the Truth.
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April 5: What is Sin?I have talked to God a lot about what sin is. I am not a murderer. I am not a liar. I do not steal. I do not even kill a spider. So, I asked God, “When do I sin?” “DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU OFFER YOURSELVES TO SOMEONE TO OBEY HIM AS SLAVES, YOU ARE SLAVES TO THE ONE WHOM YOU OBEY—WHETHER YOU ARE SLAVES TO SIN, WHICH LEADS TO DEATH, OR TO OBEDIENCE, WHICH LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS?” (ROMANS 6:16). I became aware that sin is the opposite of obedience…I am not talking about obedience to the ten commandments, but obedience to the guidance and counsel of my perfect Father through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. God requires of me to stay in His Presence when the pain of shame, condemnation or abandonment comes, instead of falling into my own sinful behavior patterns of hiding, running and blaming. “AND EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT COME FROM FAITH IS SIN” (ROMANS 14:23). I have learned that I can go one of two ways when I feel that I do not matter…that I do not count…that I am not worthy to be loved. I can turn to my own ways of saving myself from the pain of these lies…and consequently sin----or I can turn to Jesus to save me from these belittling lies of the father-of-lies. God does not expect me to save myself. God expects me to follow His counsel and guidance into the Truth. That is obedience…the opposite of sin. Obedience is always done in faith. Obedience is trusting and believing what Jesus has done to save me from the pain the father-of-lies causes me. Obedience is not trusting in myself. “MANY TIMES HE DELIVERED THEM, BUT THEY WERE BENT ON REBELLION AND THEY WASTED AWAY IN THEIR SIN” (PSALM 106:43). I realized that the perfect Father wants me to come to Jesus to be saved from the deception of the father-of-lies that results in shame, abandonment and condemnation…instead of being bent on remaining in my old habits and behavior patterns, and waste away in my own solutions. That is obedience…the opposite of sin. I bless you |
April 6: When You Go through the Valley of the Shadow of DeathFOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART HAS BECOME CALLOUSED; THEY HARDLY HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES. OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM” (Matthew 13:15). I remember when I went through the valley of the shadow of death. I felt so alone. I felt so unloved. I felt so unlovable. I did not know what to do with myself. I did not even understand what was going on…just that there was something wrong with me…and that I needed help. I needed a way out. But then I heard it…my everlasting Father’s Comfort through the Holy Spirit. He asked me to listen. When I had finally calmed down and was listening, He said, “My child, you are not alone. I am right here with you. Can you see Me? Can you hear Me? Do you understand with your heart that I AM very close? I want to heal you!” “EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME” (PSALM 23:4). I bless you to look around you when you are going through the valley of the shadow of death. Listen carefully and you will hear your everlasting Father tell you that you are not alone… that He already knows what you need…that He has already planned a way to provide for you. “FOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART HAS BECOME CALLOUSED” May your heart not become calloused when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death and turn against your perfect Father. May you hear with your ears the Hope He has for you. May you see with your eyes the Love He has for you. May you understand with your heart the Truth He has for you…that He wants to heal you. I bless you |
April 7: Forgive Them, for They Do Not Know What They Are Doing“WHEN THEY CAME TO THE PLACE CALLED THE SKULL, THERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM, ALONG WITH THE CRIMINALS—ONE ON HIS RIGHT, THE OTHER ON HIS LEFT. JESUS SAID, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING." AND THEY DIVIDED UP HIS CLOTHES BY CASTING LOTS” (Luke 23:33-34). I bless you today with a special anointing to forgive as Jesus did. May you be able to say, “I forgive you, because you did not know what you were doing.” Understand that an offender does not know the extent of the hurt he is causing you when he lashes out at you or someone else. He is only focused on his own pain and reacting to his own heartache. He does not get the full scope of the result of his offense. He does not know what he is doing. "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING." Understand that when someone rejects you, the father-of-lies uses it as an open door to hurl all the rejection at you that has ever occurred during your life. You do not just perceive the pain of the one offense, but the pain of a lifetime. The father-of-lies is responsible for this…not your offender. It is not what someone said or did to you that is causing all the pain…but what you came to believe about yourself. The father-of-lies is responsible for this…not your offender. "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING." Sometimes somebody did what he thought best because he did not understand the whole situation….and that caused hurt feelings or deep resentment. He did not know what he was doing. I bless you to let go and forgive as Jesus did. Do not let the father-of-lies have his way with you. Surrender your beliefs that resulted from the offenses, to Jesus. You will see that your heart will then be healed and you will be able to say, “Father, forgive them, for they did not know what they were doing.” I bless you |
April 8: Forgiveness Is not Only a Decision“IN ANGER HIS MASTER TURNED HIM OVER TO THE JAILERS TO BE TORTURED, UNTIL HE SHOULD PAY BACK ALL HE OWED. THIS IS HOW MY HEAVENLY FATHER WILL TREAT EACH OF YOU UNLESS YOU FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER FROM YOUR HEART" (Matthew 18:34). People often tell me, “Forgiveness is not a feeling. It is a decision! Just disregard your feelings. Then it is easy to forgive.” I have tried that. It does not work. Deep inside, my heart still remembers the pain. “FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER FROM YOUR HEART” I found out that the only way I can forgive from the heart…is to not disregard my feelings…to not ignore my heart…to not make forgiveness just a cold decision. I discovered that I had to do the exact opposite. I had to focus on my heart. I had to find out what it believed. I had to face the pain. How do you forgive your brother from your heart, if your heart is hurting? Don’t you see? You cannot! You need a healed heart…and Jesus was broken so you can be healed! I bless you to not be afraid of the pain that is seated in your heart. The pain will not destroy you if you find it and bring it to Jesus. The opposite is true. If you leave the pain in your heart, it will fester and destroy you a little bit at a time…and you will not be able to forgive from the heart. “FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER FROM YOUR HEART” I bless you to forgive from your heart, because your perfect Father expects that of you…and He sent His Son, Jesus, to heal your heart and make it possible. I bless you
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April 9: Forgive from the Heart“IN ANGER HIS MASTER TURNED HIM OVER TO THE JAILERS TO BE TORTURED, UNTIL HE SHOULD PAY BACK ALL HE OWED. THIS IS HOW MY HEAVENLY FATHER WILL TREAT EACH OF YOU UNLESS YOU FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER FROM YOUR HEART" (Matthew 18:34). I have had many accusers and I have had many accusations hurled at me…and it hurt a lot. On one of these occasions, the accusations hurt so much that I did not think I would ever be able to walk upright again from the burden on my shoulders. To make matters worse, Jesus whispered to me, “Renee, I want you to forgive…forgive from your heart.” I answered, “God, you are asking the impossible. My heart is broken. How can you expect me to forgive from a broken heart?” “Exactly”, the Holy Spirit answered, “You can’t. You can only forgive from your heart if it is healed. So let Me heal it first.” To have my heart healed by Jesus, I had to focus on the pain in my heart…the pain the accusations caused me. Do you know what? When I examined my heart, I discovered that the pain that really broke my heart was not the condemning accusing words hurled at me, but that I felt so alone during the tongue-lashing and so exposed and unprotected. I brought the real pain to Jesus…and He brought me His Truth. Jesus showed me that He had been right there with me during the tongue-lashing. He was not next to me, but between me and the perpetrators…receiving the lashes for me. I had not been left alone. I had not been unprotected. In fact, Jesus showed me that the lashing was really meant against Him, who lives in me. I was suffering with Christ. I wept as this brought healing to the deepest places of my heart. Only then was I able to forgive my perpetrators from my heart. “FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER FROM YOUR HEART” Are you able to forgive from your heart? If not, I bless you to focus on the real pain in your heart and find out why not. What is really hindering you from forgiving? What is the belief in your heart that is hurting so much? I bless you to find that belief and expose it to Jesus…so you will be able to forgive your accuser from your heart. I bless you
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April 10: Bitterness…the Heart of Stone“MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL MEN AND TO BE HOLY; WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD. 15SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE MISSES THE GRACE OF GOD AND THAT NO BITTER ROOT GROWS UP TO CAUSE TROUBLE AND DEFILE MANY” (HEBREWS 12:14,15). Do you have a heart of stone…a heart filled with resentment…a heart filled with bitterness? A few years ago, I went through an experience where someone affronted and vexed me and caused a lot of injury to my heart. I became bitter…very bitter. I bristled with resentment and animosity. I became hostile, harsh and sour. I was going to keep this behavior up for the rest of my life, but one day the everlasting Father spoke to me through His Holy Spirit and said, “Renee, if you don’t look out, this bitterness of yours is going to destroy everything you have---your marriage…your friendships…your own life. Is that really what you want?” “I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT A NEW SPIRIT IN YOU; I WILL REMOVE FROM YOU YOUR HEART OF STONE AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH.” The perfect Father added, “Bring your bitterness to Me…and I will remove your heart of stone and give you a new heart and put My Spirit of Love in you. Are you willing?” Well, that did it for me. I recognized that bitterness ruins and tears everything to shreds. I did not want to lose my marriage, my friendships and my own life to bitterness. I confessed my resentment and animosity and allowed my Father to remove my heart of stone and replace it with His own. “SEE TO IT THAT NO…BITTER ROOT GROWS UP TO CAUSE TO…DEFILE MANY” I bless you to understand that it is not the stones someone hurls at you that cause trouble and defile many, but the stones that are in your heart…the stones of bitterness, resentment and animosity. I bless you to allow God to remove your heart of stone and replace it with His Love. I bless you |
April 11: But God Intended It for Good“YOU INTENDED TO HARM ME, BUT GOD INTENDED IT FOR GOOD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT IS NOW BEING DONE, THE SAVING OF MANY LIVES.” (Genesis 50:20). I would like to bless you today by saying that I am sorry if anybody intended to harm you at any point in your life. I am sorry about the evil done against you. I wish I could have protected you against it. I am sorry about any harsh punishment you had to go through as a child. I wish that did not happen. It breaks my heart. I am sorry about your dad’s or mom’s disapproval and condemnation. I wish their hearts had been healed from their own pain, so that they could have treated you differently. I feel your pain. I am sorry for any unjust blame that you had to endure. I wish people could have owned their own stuff instead of blaming it on you. I know how you feel. I am sorry if you were abandoned by a parent or a friend. I wish I were there to comfort you and take their place. It hurts a lot to be left. I am sorry for any shame you had experienced at the hand of a smooth criminal. I am sorry if nakedness was involved. I wish I could have washed off all the unrighteousness and clothed you. Please listen again: “YOU INTENDED TO HARM ME, BUT GOD INTENDED IT FOR GOOD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT IS NOW BEING DONE, THE SAVING OF MANY LIVES.” I bless you to not despair of the evil done against you…the injury…the depravity…the immorality. Believe that they might have meant evil against you; BUT GOD will cancel any evil done against you…any manipulation…any sorrow…..any corruption---if you yield it to His Power and Control. I bless you to yield any evil done against you…to God’s Power, so that He can turn it into good. Yield the abandonment to God’s Love, so that He can turn it into belongingness. Yield the condemnation to God’s Holiness, so that He can turn it into acceptance. Yield the shame to God’s Truth, so that He can turn it into glory. I bless you |
April 12: Jesus Did Not Come to be Served….but to Serve“…..THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR MANY” (Matthew 20:28). I bless you today to celebrate that Jesus has been raised from the dead…to become your Life. Jesus wants you to know that first and foremost He did not come to be served by you, but to serve you…..to care for you…..to minister to you. Know that in the first place it is not about what you do for Him…..but what Jesus does for you. It is not about how useful you are to Him, but how valuable He is to you. Believe that Jesus gives His life for you so you can be unchained from sorrow…..discharged from guilt…..unyoked from the slavery of shameful habits. “SO IT IS WRITTEN: "THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME A LIVING BEING"; THE LAST ADAM, A LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT” (1 Corinthians 15:45). Understand also that it is not about what you have done in the past that was wrong….but about what Jesus has done in the past…..that was right. He died for you…and became alive for you…to offer you Himself, a life-giving Spirit. “THEN JESUS DECLARED, "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. HE WHO COMES TO ME WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL NEVER BE THIRSTY” Jesus wants you to receive Him, the Bread of Life, so your hunger for Hope can be stilled….so your longing for Righteousness can be satisfied…..so your yearning for Wholeness can be fulfilled. Accept that it is only after you have received from Him, that you can give back to Him, because without Him, you are nothing and you have nothing. “IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN” (John 1:4). I bless you to allow Jesus to serve you…to become your Life and your Light. I bless you |
April 13: Sometimes, You Have to Walk through the Mud“LET US FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH, WHO FOR THE JOY SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, SCORNING ITS SHAME, AND SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF GOD. 3CONSIDER HIM WHO ENDURED SUCH OPPOSITION FROM SINFUL MEN, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT GROW WEARY AND LOSE HEART” (HEBREWS 12:2, 3). I take a two-mile walk every day here in the mountains where I live. This time of the year, the snow melts and sometimes there is a lot of mud on the dirt road. Yesterday, I came to a patch of mud that stretched across the whole width of the road. I stopped short and stared at it in disgust. There was no way around it. I did not feel like trudging through the mud and getting my shoes, my pants and my white dog soiled with mud, but suddenly God nudged me, “Renee, sometimes you have to walk through the mud to get to the other side.” “But it is unpleasant, and I am going to get dirty,” I retaliated. This is a very important message to those of you who have “mud” in your life…things like rape, abuse, injustice and shame. You might say that you do not want to walk through the mud, because it will contaminate you…corrupt and stain you. This is a lie from the father-of-lies. These beliefs are already contaminating your mind. Remember, it is not the circumstances that are causing the shame and pain, but what you came to believe about yourself. Therefore, I bless you to walk through the mud. Face the childhood abuse. Look the sexual offenses in the eye. Confront the shame…the mistreatment …the foulness. Do not be afraid. If you stay on this side, you are losing out. Your Father wants to accomplish many things in your life, but these are all on the other side of the mud patch. I encourage you to not face these injustices by yourself, but to find somebody to help you take them to God. “YOU ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE OF THE WORD I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU.” I bless you to believe that you have already been spoken clean by the words of Jesus “It is Finished.” I bless you |
April 14: Let Patience Have Its Perfect Work“MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS, 3 KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE. 4 BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING” (JAMES 1:2-4). I bless you to count it pure joy whenever you encounter trials or fall into various temptations. Understand that temptations give you the opportunity to become patient and stay in the presence of the Perfect Father, instead of running off to hide somewhere. Temptations give you the opportunity to endure and stand firm in God’s Love, instead of blaming someone else for your own pain. Temptations give you the opportunity to be steadfast and abide in God’s Hope, instead of hiding behind sinful habits and behavior patterns. “BE JOYFUL IN HOPE, PATIENT IN AFFLICTION, FAITHFUL IN PRAYER” I bless you to understand that patience is something intrinsically valuable to the perfect Father. It is while you are calmly bearing the temptation that God has an opportunity to renew your mind with His Truth. It is while you are bearing and facing your pain that you have the opportunity to change and share in God’s Holiness. Change happens during patience! “ENDURE HARDSHIP AS DISCIPLINE…” (HEBREWS 12:7). I bless you to believe that God uses the same temptations that the enemy uses to harm you…to heal you. When you fix your eyes on Jesus during your temptations, God uses the moment to turn the darkness into Light. When you endure hardship and face the shame, condemnation and abandonment, God uses that point in time to heal your heart and set you free. “NO DISCIPLINE SEEMS PLEASANT AT THE TIME, BUT PAINFUL. LATER ON, HOWEVER, IT PRODUCES A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT” (HEBREWS 12:11). I bless you |
April 15: May You Forgive Yourself“GODLY SORROW BRINGS REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION AND LEAVES NO REGRET, BUT WORLDLY SORROW BRINGS DEATH” (2 Corinthians 7:10). Today I bless you with a special anointing to forgive yourself. Discern that there is a difference between conviction (convincing someone of an error) and condemnation (declaring someone as doomed). Accept that when God convicts you, He provides a way out…..repentance. Understand that your repentance will turn you around to lead you back to the path of salvation. It delivers from evil. It harvests Hope. It results in Holiness. It never brings regret. On the other hand, when the accuser condemns, he provides no way out. Know that he will not provide anything to contribute to any kind of deliverance. His goal is to steal, kill and destroy. His intention is to deem you fatally flawed…unacceptable…unworthy to be loved, even by God. His aim is to drive you away from your everlasting Father and His Love, Hope and Truth…and dump you into hopelessness, where there is no way out. Therefore, I bless you to be alert and distinguish between conviction that comes from God and condemnation that comes from the accuser. “THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT. FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH” (Romans 8:1-2) Furthermore, know that God also provides an escape from the enemy’s condemnation. If you cannot forgive yourself for something you have done, ask yourself why and find the belief the father-of-lies had planted in your mind. What is the reason you are not allowed to forgive yourself? For what do you have to keep on paying? Find that belief and ask God to exchange it for His Truth. I bless you |
April 16: You Cannot Out Reason the Lies of the EnemyI bless you to be able to let go of a situation where someone blamed you…..where someone offended you…..where someone wounded you. May you be released from replaying the incident over and over again in your mind, trying in vain to logically understand what had transpired. “NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE CRAFTY THAN ANY OF THE WILD ANIMALS THE LORD GOD HAD MADE” (GENESIS 3:1). I bless you to accept that you cannot logically out reason the deception of the accuser with your mind. He is the father of lies and he has a lot more experience with lies than you will ever have. Know that he will fill you with lies about your offender, AND he will fill your offender with lies about you…and your mind is not capable to out reason the deception of the enemy. “SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH…..” (JOHN 17:17). I bless you to celebrate that Jesus provided a way out of your dilemma…to live by the Truth. Understand that the Truth comes from God. It is not an invention of the mind. It is not something you can create yourself. It is a gift from God, if you yield your situation and your beliefs to Him. “YOU WERE TAUGHT, WITH REGARD TO YOUR FORMER WAY OF LIFE, TO PUT OFF YOUR OLD SELF, WHICH IS BEING CORRUPTED BY ITS DECEITFUL DESIRES; TO BE MADE NEW IN THE ATTITUDE OF YOUR MINDS, AND TO PUT ON THE NEW SELF, CREATED TO BE LIKE GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS” I bless you to put off the old self, whose mind is being corrupted by the lies of the evil one, and exchange it for the new self, whose mind is made new by God’s Truth and who is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. I bless you to not rely on your mind, but to rely on the Truth…and the Truth will set you free from feeling blamed, offended and wounded. I bless you |
April 17: It Is All about the Relationship“YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY THE SCRIPTURES BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT BY THEM YOU POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE. THESE ARE THE SCRIPTURES THAT TESTIFY ABOUT ME, 40YET YOU REFUSE TO COME TO ME TO HAVE LIFE” (John 5:39,40). Your everlasting Father wants you to know that it is important for you to study the Scriptures diligently, because they testify about Him. But, above all, it is through your personal intimate relationship with God that you will come to know Him…and enjoy the abundant Life He offers you. “SO IT IS WRITTEN: "THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME A LIVING BEING; THE LAST ADAM, A LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT” (1 Corinthians 15:45). Today I bless you with a special anointing to embrace that God made you for Himself. He delights in the relationship…the connectedness….the closeness. He became a life-giving Spirit to you, in whom lives the God of Hope, the Spirit of Truth, the Lord of Peace, the Light of the World and the God of all Comfort. “HOWEVER, AS IT IS WRITTEN: "NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND HAS CONCEIVED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM" 10BUT GOD HAS REVEALED IT TO US BY HIS SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL THINGS, EVEN THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD. 11FOR WHO AMONG MEN KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN EXCEPT THE MAN'S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? IN THE SAME WAY NO ONE KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. 12WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD BUT THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD HAS FREELY GIVEN US. (1 Corinthians 2:9-12). Capture that no one knows the thoughts of God, except the Spirit of God, who searches all things…even the deep things of God. Capture that God wants to reveal to you through His Spirit…how much He loves you… and what He has prepared for you, because you love Him. I bless you to recognize that apart from the scriptures that testify about God, you have received the Spirit who is from God so you may have a relationship with your everlasting Father. I bless you to come to Him through His Spirit…so you may have Life. I bless you |
April 18: Psalm 91…A Lifestyle by which to Live1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High I bless you today to live in the shelter of your perfect Father, His faithful promises are your armor and protection. I bless you to not be dismayed when abandonment attacks at night 9 If you make the Lord your refuge, If you surrender all your pain and weaknesses to your everlasting Father. I bless you
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April 19: Secure in Him“His faithful promises are your armor and protection. I bless you today to persevere when you feel you are the only one standing on the promises of God. Be tenacious. Keep on doing what is right. Be unyielding in your obedience. Though a thousand fall at your side, yielding to the lies and deceit of the evil one……be unyielding in your obedience to the Truth…..leaning not on the understanding of your beliefs, thoughts and circumstances……trusting your Father with all your heart. Keep on authorizing the Spirit of Truth to guide you into all Truth. Stop at nothing. Though ten thousand are dying around you, walking in the darkness of unrighteousness, hopelessness and fear….continue living as a child of the Light…..overflowing with Hope through the power of the Holy Spirit…..remaining in Jesus, who has become your Righteousness. I bless you to not base your security on the way others live their lives. Keep on uniting with your Father. Let His faithful promise of “I have given you everything for life and godliness” be your protection. Stand firm. Therefore, the fiery darts of the evil one will not touch you. The accuser’s lies will not throw you to the ground. The father-of-lies will not kill your Peace….steal your Hope…..destroy your Truth. These evils will not touch you. I bless you |
April 20: Why Don’t I Hear God’s Voice?“BUT THEIR MINDS WERE MADE DULL, FOR TO THIS DAY THE SAME VEIL REMAINS WHEN THE OLD COVENANT IS READ. IT HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED, BECAUSE ONLY IN CHRIST IS IT TAKEN AWAY” I love the ocean. One of the things I love the most…is the fog. I remember how the fog would lie low on the water, rendering the fishing boats mysterious and undefined. The fish shacks would become hazy, as if someone had drawn a veil over them. I would watch with wonder, as everything around me would become obscured and hidden in the fog. The last time I witnessed the obscurity of the fog, I heard myself whisper, God, sometimes You are like the objects in the fog---out of focus…remote…distant. Why is that? Through the continuous drone of the ocean I heard a palpable answer in my heart, “If you are not seeing or hearing Me, it is not because I have chosen to be unresponsive…unsociable…unfriendly. I am not trying to hide Myself from you. I am not trying to make it hard for you to find me. You cannot see Me, because I have been obscured by your own understanding…veiled by your own interpretations…dimmed by your own mind. “I am always close to you…just on the other side of the veil. Nothing will separate you from My Love. You can lift the veil and experience Me, by exchanging your own understanding…for Mine. You can remove the veil by tuning out the messages the father-of-lies had delivered to your heart…that you are not worthy to be loved…that you do not belong here…that you are not capable to survive here.” “BUT WHENEVER ANYONE TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY” I bless you to turn to God, relinquishing your beliefs to Him…and you will be able to see and hear Him again. I bless you |
April 21: God is Love“LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES. LOVE NEVER FAILS” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). GOD IS LOVE (1 John 4:16). Celebrate that God is patient, even when your pain and weakness show and you struggle to surrender…because God is Love. “AND SO WE KNOW AND RELY ON THE LOVE GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS LOVE. WHOEVER LIVES IN LOVE LIVES IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM” (1 John 4:16). I bless you to rely on the Love God has for you….for it will never fail you. I bless you
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April 22: Anger Is Not only Skin-Deep“….FOR MAN'S ANGER DOES NOT BRING ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS LIFE THAT GOD DESIRES” I bless you to understand that anger is often only the bandage that covers the wound. If you were to peel the anger off, you would expose a festering ulcer filled with unworthiness, condemnation and abandonment. “GET RID OF ALL BITTERNESS, RAGE AND ANGER, BRAWLING AND SLANDER, ALONG WITH EVERY FORM OF MALICE” (Ephesians 4:31). I bless you today to not let your anger go unchecked, but to probe deeper to find out what is concealed under your anger. Inquire into the understanding of your mind to reveal false beliefs from the father-of-lies. Scrutinize your heart for clues of unworthiness…feelings of “I do not measure up.” Probe for clues of condemnation…feelings of “I am a disgrace.” Search for clues of abandonment…feelings of “I am all alone.” Anger does not stand alone! “A FOOL GIVES FULL VENT TO HIS ANGER, BUT A WISE MAN KEEPS HIMSELF UNDER CONTROL” (Proverbs 29:11). Jesus wants you to know that “no temptation has seized you except what is common to man”….that He understands your unworthiness…that He is familiar with your condemnation…that He is acquainted with abandonment. He wants you to believe that these “common-to-man” temptations that are hiding beneath the anger, are not too powerful for Him to handle and that He knows the way out. I bless you to allow Jesus to look at the exposed ulcer underneath the anger, and cover it with His bandage of Worth, Acceptance and Closeness…and the anger will disappear. “REFRAIN FROM ANGER AND TURN FROM WRATH; DO NOT FRET—IT LEADS ONLY TO EVIL” I bless you |
April 23: Work out Your Own SalvationTHEREFORE, MY BELOVED, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED, NOT AS IN MY PRESENCE ONLY, BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING” (Philippians 2:12). I bless you today to work out your own salvation with serious caution…taking ownership and responsibility for your own pain and weaknesses. Understand that it is your obligation to submit your own load of shame, abandonment and condemnation to God for deliverance. Be careful not to fall into anger and jealousy, blaming others for your own heartache. Be aware that you will have to give account for every careless word you have spoken in anger, jealousy and hatred. “BUT I TELL YOU THAT MEN WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT FOR EVERY CARELESS WORD THEY HAVE SPOKEN. 37FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED, AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED” (Matthew 12:36). I bless you to work out your own salvation. Grasp that the everlasting Father has sent His son, Jesus, to be your Savior, but it is your responsibility to accept His Grace. Understand that the perfect Father has sent the Spirit of Truth to guide you into all Truth, but it is your obligation to turn in the lies, the father-of-lies had planted in your mind, so you could be set free by the Truth. Celebrate that the Father has sent Jesus to be the Light of the World, but it is your responsibility to bring your darkness to Him. Believe that Christ’s Power is made perfect in weakness, but it is your obligation to recognize and accept your weakness, so that Christ’s Power may rest on you. Therefore, work out your own salvation with respect to God and others. I bless you |
April 24: Jealousy...the Plank in Your Eye"WHY DO YOU LOOK AT THE SPECK OF SAWDUST IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE AND PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE PLANK IN YOUR OWN EYE? (Matthew 7:3). I bless you today to be wary when jealousy bursts forth in your life. Be on the alert…jealousy is usually a sign that you have a plank in your own eye. HOW CAN YOU SAY TO YOUR BROTHER, 'LET ME TAKE THE SPECK OUT OF YOUR EYE,' WHEN ALL THE TIME THERE IS A PLANK IN YOUR OWN EYE? (Matthew 7:4). Understand that this plank can come in many forms…the plank of feeling that you fall short compared to the other person…the plank of feeling you are not special compared to the other person…the plank of feeling that you are deemed bad. Recognize that when you are consumed with jealousy, it is not a good time to focus your gaze on the speck in your brother’s eye. Looking through your plank at your brother, you will not have a clear view of the truth. His speck will not look like a smidgen anymore, but like an ugly blemish….a stain….a flaw. YOU HYPOCRITE, FIRST TAKE THE PLANK OUT OF YOUR OWN EYE, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE CLEARLY TO REMOVE THE SPECK FROM YOUR BROTHER'S EYE” Therefore, I bless you to be on the alert during bouts of jealousy. Know that during your jealousy your perception of your brother will be obscured…. indiscernible…..and dark. Be determined to first clear up your own feelings of shame…your own feelings of unworthiness….your own feelings of rejection. Then you will notice that the speck in your brother’s eye is just that….a speck. I bless you |
April 25: Live in the PresentI bless you to live in the present…..in the now….today. “FROM THE FULLNESS OF HIS GRACE WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED ONE BLESSING AFTER ANOTHER” (John 1:16). I bless you to live in the abundance of each blessing that is available to you from the fullness of Christ’s Grace here in this place, this very moment. Feast on it. There is enough for you for right now…if you do not invite the past and the future to participate in the present. From the fullness of His Grace, God will provide tomorrow’s blessings when tomorrow comes. “THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITSELF. EACH DAY HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE OF ITS OWN” (Matthew 6:34). I bless you to live in the blessing of Hope that is available to you now, at this moment in time, through Jesus. Take pleasure in the now. Make good use of it. Have a good time. Do not anticipate the hopelessness of tomorrow or waste away in the failures of yesterday. The God of Hope stands ready to fill you with His Joy and Peace now, in the present, as you trust in Him to overflow with Hope through the power of His Holy Spirit. “GIVE US TODAY OUR DAILY BREAD” (Matthew 6:11). I bless you to flourish in the blessing of Peace that is available to you through the Lord of Peace right now, this very hour. Make each moment count. Rejoice in it. Make the most of it. Do not melt away in the anxiety of the past or lose strength in the expectations of the future. The Lord of Peace stands ready to give you His Peace at this moment in time for your immediate circumstances. May you live in the fullness of His Grace I bless you |
April 26: Do This in Order to Have Fellowship with God“THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE HAVE HEARD FROM HIM AND DECLARE TO YOU: GOD IS LIGHT; IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. 6IF WE CLAIM TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM YET WALK IN THE DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT LIVE BY THE TRUTH” The other day my husband and I had a two-hour long argument. He was holding onto his opinions and I was holding onto mine. I desperately wanted him to accept my opinion as the correct one and I was determined not to give up until I win the argument. Just as I thought I was getting somewhere, the perfect Father tugged at my heart and said very clearly, “Renee, you are the one who is wrong. You have a false belief in your mind that tells you that you do not count. That is the reason you are so vehemently defending your point. It is not important to Me that you win the argument. It is important to Me that you walk in the Light…that you surrender this belief to Me, so that you can live by My Truth.” I felt touched that the Father went to all the trouble to tell me what was going on in my heart, but I was also humiliated. I now had to tell my husband that I was wrong…that I was losing the argument…that there was a belief in my mind from the father-of-lies that made me feel that I did not count. I confessed my wrong belief to my husband and to God, because I wanted to live in the Light. It was more important to me to live by the Truth and have fellowship with my Father, than to win the argument. I bless you to refrain from always relying on your own opinion...just to win the argument. May you humble yourself when the Father tugs at your heart and whispers to you that you have a false belief in your mind. May you confess that you were wrong and surrender that belief to Him, because it is more important for you to live by the Truth and have fellowship with your Father, than to win the argument. I bless you to forgive your husband…your wife…your friend…your enemy…..not because they deserve to be forgiven, but because you yearn to walk in the Light and enjoy intimate fellowship with your perfect Father. I bless you
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April 27: The Birth of Sin“WHEN TEMPTED, NO ONE SHOULD SAY, "GOD IS TEMPTING ME." FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED BY EVIL, NOR DOES HE TEMPT ANYONE” (James 1:13). I bless you to believe that God does not tempt you. Believe that your temptations are not coming from God and that the father-of-lies has no hold on God. “BUT EACH ONE IS TEMPTED WHEN, BY HIS OWN EVIL DESIRE, HE IS DRAGGED AWAY AND ENTICED” (James 1:14). I bless you to understand that you are tempted by the shame…I fall short…the father-of-lies had imbedded in your mind long ago. Grasp that you are tempted by the condemnation…I am deemed bad…that the father-of-lies had infused in your mind as a child. Agree that you are tempted by the abandonment…I have been left…that the father-of-lies had lodged in your mind in the past. I bless you to realize that the father-of-lies tempts you with the purpose to lure you away from living in the presence of your perfect Father, where His Love, Hope and Truth abound. His goal is to get you alone, away from the protection of your Father’s Love, Hope and Truth…so you can accept his covering of hiding, running and blaming. “THEN, AFTER DESIRE HAS CONCEIVED, IT GIVES BIRTH TO SIN; AND SIN, WHEN IT IS FULL-GROWN, GIVES BIRTH TO DEATH” (James 1:15). I bless you to capture that if you accept and believe the lies of shame, condemnation and abandonment that the father-of-lies had injected in your mind as a child, you will react to these lies and give birth to sin. You fabricate your own set of sinful behavior patterns to cover the pain of the enemy’s lies. This will lead to death…every day of your life here on earth. “BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO PERSEVERES UNDER TRIAL, BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS STOOD THE TEST, HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM” (James 1:12). Blessed are you, who stay in God’s Truth, Love and Hope, because when you have stood the temptation, you will receive Life…every day here on this earth. I bless you |
April 28: Meditate on These Things“FINALLY, BRETHREN, WHATEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE NOBLE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE JUST, WHATEVER THINGS ARE PURE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, WHATEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT, IF THERE IS ANY VIRTUE AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING PRAISEWORTHY—MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS” I bless you to meditate on thoughts that rejoice with the Truth. Know that the Truth is not a figment of your imagination. Celebrate that the Truth is uncorrupted by the lies and deceit of the evil one. Understand that the unvarnished Truth does not kill, steal or destroy, but is wholesome and beneficial to your spirit, soul and body. “THE LORD DETESTS THE THOUGHTS OF THE WICKED, BUT THOSE OF THE PURE ARE PLEASING TO HIM” (Proverbs 15:26). I bless you to meditate on whatever is pure. Believe that God dislikes thoughts filled with the lies of the father-of-lies. Understand that God is not pleased with thoughts that accept shame and guilt from the evil one. Capture that God detests thoughts of anger and jealousy, because these thoughts testify that you are believing and obeying the father-of-lies. “BUT THE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM HEAVEN IS FIRST OF ALL PURE; THEN PEACE-LOVING, CONSIDERATE, SUBMISSIVE, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUIT, IMPARTIAL AND SINCERE” (James 3:17). Therefore, I bless you to meditate on God’s Love that keeps you whole. Ponder God’s Peace that transcends all understanding. Dwell on God’s Hope that quells all hopelessness. Reflect on God’s Power that is at work within you. Contemplate the Wisdom that comes from Heaven and is pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Celebrate your everlasting Father, with whom all things are possible. Proclaim Jesus, without whom you are nothing. Exalt the Holy Spirit, whom the Father sent to be your Comforter. I bless you |
April 29: Allow Jesus to Forgive through You“JESUS SAID, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING” (Luke 23:34). I bless you today to take hold of the truth that Jesus is the perfect forgiver. Even though His offenders nailed Him to the cross to die, He did not blame them. He did not repay evil with evil. He did not keep a record of their wrongs. Jesus forgave. “GOD SENT THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON INTO OUR HEARTS” (Galatians 4:6). I bless you to capture that the same Jesus who forgives perfectly, resides in your heart… for God sent the spirit of His Son into your heart. So I bless you to surrender the person you are unable to forgive…to Jesus, the perfect forgiver, whose Spirit lives in your heart. Jesus knows how to give up resentment of something done against Him. If the abomination is too big…release it to Jesus, the perfect forgiver, whose Spirit lives in your heart. Jesus knows how to forgive a debt. If the wrongs are too many…release them to Jesus, the perfect forgiver, whose Spirit lives in your heart. Jesus knows how to forgive an enemy. If the judging against you was just too unfair…release it to Jesus, the perfect forgiver, whose Spirit lives in your heart. Jesus knows how to grant forgiveness to an offender. Allow Jesus to do it for you. Then Jesus, the perfect forgiver, who resides in your heart, will do what you are unable to do…He will forgive. I bless you |
April 30: Inherit Your Blessing“FINALLY, ALL OF YOU, LIVE IN HARMONY WITH ONE ANOTHER; BE SYMPATHETIC, LOVE AS BROTHERS, BE COMPASSIONATE AND HUMBLE. 9DO NOT REPAY EVIL WITH EVIL OR INSULT WITH INSULT, BUT WITH BLESSING, BECAUSE TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED SO THAT YOU MAY INHERIT A BLESSING. 11HE MUST TURN FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD” (1 Peter 3:8-11). Today, as we address the subject of forgiveness one more time, I bless you to not look for a blessing from the person you had to forgive…but to expect and inherit your blessing from God. Know that God took notice of your forgivingness. God wants you to know that He paid attention when you did not repay insult for insult, even though you knew your offender was wrong and you had many reasons to pay him back with insult. God wants you to know that He was a witness when you took your offender’s evil upon yourself. Your perfect Father will bless you for not repaying evil with evil, even though you knew the truth and could have gotten yourself off the hook. Therefore, I bless you today to look forward to your Father’s blessing that He has for you because you were sympathetic, compassionate and humble. To this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing from the Father of Compassion and all Comfort. Count on it….hope for it…Expect it. DO NOT REPAY EVIL WITH EVIL OR INSULT WITH INSULT, BUT WITH BLESSING, BECAUSE TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED SO THAT YOU MAY INHERIT A BLESSING. And you will be blessed! I bless you |
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