I believe at this very moment that you are reading these words; Jesus is calling you to be part of His remnant. He is asking you if you have accepted Him as Savior, made Him Lord OVER your life –
YOUR LIFE IS NO LONGER YOUR OWN, IT BELONGS TO HIM!
I made my profession of faith 36 years ago, and I attest and testify that God has NEVER failed me! I testify to you that there is NO better place than to be in the center of His will! Oh, the SWEET peace and joy that accompanies and fills those of us through even our direst moments because God reigns!
Listen, my faith is NOT found in myself – it is in He Who has called me by name! The Bible says in Psalm 37:23:
“Your steps are ordered BY God”
Jesus IS our Good Shepherd – He directs us and guides us through Holy Spirit in the steps we should go! I am SO thankful that even in what has been my darkest moments I can trust in the guidance of my Shepherd (and so can you)! God is a GOOD, GOOD Father and we can depend upon Him! He knows what is best, His thoughts are HIGHER than our thoughts; His ways are HIGHER than our ways. The God Who did not spare His only begotten Son will not withhold ANYTHING from us. He has proven that! What a glorious thing it is when you come and stand upon the realization that God IS in control! When you lay your worries at the foot of the cross – He takes them! God’s best is even BETTER Than what you can imagine for yourself! And your Father has your BEST interest in mind!
God SEES what you are going through! If you are hurting – your Father sees it! He wants you to allow Him to BE there for you! To take your eyes OFF the situation! Off the way you have been wronged! The hurt that you have experienced!
GOD SEES IT ALL!
Whatever you are going through, your Heavenly Father sees it! He knows! God doesn’t love as people love! There are so many people who have experienced what I call “father wounds” that they see the Father through the wounded eyes of their experience with their earthly Father. I am praying even right now that Holy Spirit helps you to know that Father God is NOT that father that has hurt you. That He wants to love on you and heal your wounds. That He wants you to lay ALL the pain at the foot of the cross trusting in Him to heal you. To fill you with His abundant healing love! Even now the Father is wrapping His arms around you! LET HIM! Open yourself up to receive the Father’s love!
Someone reading these words has allowed the spirits of bitterness and anger from ALL they have experienced in life to take root and harden their heart. Is this you? Holy Spirit has brought you to this post for a reason! If you continue to hold fast to the bitterness and the wrong that has been done to you, you will stay stuck where you are at! Cry out to the Father! You can talk to Him in the SAME way you would if He was right there in the room with you – HE IS! Pour out your heart to Him! Tell me how angry you are! Tell him the pain you are feeling! Even though He knows it already (because He sees ALL things) there is a healing He will do if you just allow your words to pour out! You have been keeping them inside and they have festered there, become a poison to your soul and to your body! In order for a wound to be healed, it has to be cleaned out! And once it has been cleaned it needs to receive a healing balm upon it – let God BE that balm! Trust Him and don’t allow ol’ slewfoot to keep you from telling the Father ALL that you are feeling! He has sent His Holy Spirit to be your Comforter, but you HAVE to ALLOW Him to BE that! Open yourself up in the quiet of your room, or car or WHEVER you are and TELL God what you are feeling!
Someone reading these words is feeling hopeless and lonely and at the point of suicide. Feels like giving up! Is hearing the words of demons whispering in their ears:
“What’s the point, give up, give in. You have no worth! You can stop this pain your feeling!”
DON’T LISTEN! YOU ARE NOT ALONE! YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN ALONE! THE DEVIL JUST WANTS YOU TO THINK THAT BECAUSE HE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW DEEPLY GOD LOVES YOU!
Listen, the God Who loved you enough to leave the glories of Heaven and come down to meet you RIGHT here, RIGHT now where you are at IS WITH YOU EVEN NOW! He sent His only begotten Son to take your sins upon His sin-less life and die on the cross FOR YOU (and for me)! He LOVED you enough to die for you! And EVEN now He is sitting on the RIGHT side of the Father after resurrecting from the dead and is interceding for you RIGHT now!
GOD LOVES YOU SO SO MUCH! HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU! HE BROUGHT YOU TO THIS PAGE TO TELL YOU THAT HE LOVES YOU! THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE! YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN ALONE! HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU EVEN NOW!
The Bible says in Revelations 3:20:
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
Open the door and LET HIM IN! God is NOT a God that He would lie! I testify that to you! Not ONCE has the Father lied to me! He has NEVER failed me, even when I in my walk with Him has failed Him! The Good Shepherd has always directed me back to Him! Why? Because He knows we can do NOTHING in and of ourselves! That is WHY it is so important to trust in HIM.
Whatever you are going through, whatever point you are in life – God IS calling you! Look what Jesus has said in John 10:11-18:
“I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.”
“I am the good Shepherd; I know My sheep and My sheep know Me— just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to My voice, and there shall be one flock and one Shepherd. The reason My Father loves Me is that I lay down My life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”
You’re reading the above words because Holy Spirit speaking to your heart. Do you feel what feels like a “niggling” going on in your soul? It is your own spirit testifying to the truth of these words. Won’t you pray with me?
“Father God, I am hurting! I hurt! The pain within me is screaming as I pray this and I have no one or nowhere else to turn! Father, I NEED You to take away the pain! I need You to show up and to show out! I need You to reveal Yourself to me! I need You to make Yourself REAL to me! Right now! Right at this VERY moment! I need You to be BIGGER than my situation! Bigger than my pain! Bigger than my anger! SHOW me You Father God! Help me to experience Your love in my life in a very real and personal way that can ONLY be recognized between the two of us – You and I! I ask You to come into my life, BE Lord over it! I CHOOSE to make You my Lord, accept You as my Savior! Show me YOU Father! Forgive me for ALL my sins! Wash me in the precious blood of Jesus! I rebuke the spirits of suicide, depression and anger in the name of Jesus! I bind the root of bitterness and I cast it out of me never to return in the name of Jesus! I loose healing over my heart and my mind and my spirit in Jesus’ precious name! Father God – Restore me! Redeem me! Comfort me! Heal me! Whatever I need BE that Father! I thank You and I receive ALL You have for me! I choose to love You Father, come into my heart Holy Spirit! Thank You Jesus for hearing this prayer. I pray it in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!”
I know that life can feel out of control and quite honestly – without Jesus’ guidance and accepting His gift of salvation life spirals. But Jesus has told us that He has OVERCOME the world! Once you allow Him to be your Savior, He takes control!!!! Now this doesn’t mean you won’t still undergo hard things because we live in a fallen world that is full of sin, sickness, illness, disease, problems – but the difference is if you have accepted Him as Savior, made Him Lord OVER your life YOU HAVE THE VICTORY IN CHRIST! He IS with you! He WILL guide you! He WILL be there with you! The fight is HIS! The battle is HIS! And you WILL be victorious in Him! Even now if you prayed that prayer you should begin to feel the Holy Spirit’s flooding of peace and love! The Bible tells us in Luke 15:10:
“There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
They are having a party in Heaven over you! Hallelujah! There has been no greater joy in my life than making a decision for Christ. Allowing Him to walk in when someone told ME He was knocking on the door of my life and allow Him to enter in. He has been there EVERY step of the way through all I have encountered in my life, He is (and has) walked with me and at times even carried me when I didn’t have the strength to walk myself. He has blessed me in ways I would NEVER have imagined and continues to guide my steps. There are times when I haven’t “felt” His presence, but we are not to be led by our feelings, but by faith and in reading His love letter to me (The Bible) I am strengthened. He promises me that He will be with me and will NEVER leave nor forsake me ALL the days of my life, so at the lowest moments in my life I have learned (and am STILL learning) to trust Him and NOT lean to my own understanding but be made constantly aware that I am dependent upon HIM and HIM alone. I can do NOTHING in and of myself and quite honestly, nor do I want to. To experience His love has made me know that I am after God’s heart. And THAT is what He wants for YOU. There is NO GREATER love or joy than knowing the God of Heaven and earth LOVES you with an everlasting love. And you are HIS for ALL eternity. \0/ \0/ \0/
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