Why is it so easy to believe for others, more than for ourselves? Listen beloved reader – God has NO favorites. What He has done for others, He will do for you. You simply have to believe. Many of us struggle with receiving, because we have always been givers. God wants you to allow Him to pour His love and affection into you. He wants you to open up your heart, your soul and your arms to receive. Hey, it is okay to receive! Allow God to LOVE you! The Bible says in Mark 12:30-31:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Sometimes we love others MORE than we love ourselves… Think about that for a moment and then ask yourself this question.
HOW ARE YOU LOVING YOURSELF?
I don’t mean that in a narcissistic way… Not at all. But many of us are so busy showing the love of Christ to others that we neglect to allow the love of Christ to minister to our own hearts. Maybe it’s time to go for a walk with the Lord, or to in the privacy of your room (or somewhere where you won’t be interrupted) and have a heart to heart talk with the Father. My talk would go something like this:
“Father God, thank You for always being there for me. Thank You for desiring a personal, one on one relationship with me. I know that while it is a blessing to have people pray FOR me, I can come before You (thanks to Jesus) and talk with You myself about whatever is on my heart… Father, please forgive me for my sins, wash me with the precious blood of Jesus. Lord, I need You to forgive me for the times I have felt as though the desires of my heart are not important to You. I know that goes against Your Word which tells me in Psalms 37:4:
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
“Father, I have struggled with believing that what is important to me, is important to You, especially when I am seeking You first in ALL I do. Forgive me for my disbelief. Forgive me for the times where I have listened to the taunts and lies of the enemy, instead of Your promises. Instead of Your truth. Lord, please heal whatever needs healing within me to believe You MORE. Holy Spirit, please help me to feel my Father’s love in the ways I need to most. Please help me to believe as I believe for others… Jesus paid the ultimate price to enable me to boldly be able to come to the throne of the Father in prayer. So Father, I bring these concerns to You today, the things that have worried me, troubled me… I bring these concerns and request to You, right now in Jesus’ name. (LIST WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING GOD FOR, OR NEEDING TO HEAR FROM HIM ABOUT). Father, there have been times when I’ve tried to figure things out for myself, but you did not create me to do that – I know I am dependent upon You with ALL things. So Father, I pray that You would increase my measure of faith. You tell me in Matthew 17:20:”
“For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
“Father, I want to believe not only for others – but for myself. I pray that today You would give me ears to hear, eyes to see, a nose to smell Your sweet fragrance, a heart to receive ALL You have for me, ALL You want to reveal to me. Help me feel Your love today, Lord. In Jesus’ precious name I thank You and I pray, Amen.”
Sometimes we have to allow God to minister love to us – and we have to believe that He desires to do so, because He does.
LET HOLY SPIRIT FILL YOU TODAY WITH THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS FOUND IN CHRIST JESUS.
And He will – because you can’t OUT LOVE God, you simply have to allow yourself to be in a place to receive. 😉
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