Yesterday's message on grace seems to have struck a chord with a few people. The goal of the enemy is to keep us at a distance from our God. As long as he can keep us in that cycle of "good intentions - failure - guilt", he is happy because he knows that we will separate ourselves from God because of that guilt. I know that well because I have lived in that cycle for years. Breaking out of that cycle requires us to rest in God's grace and mercy, accepting His forgiveness. Repent of the sin, but do not flog yourself because of it. God HAS forgiven you and does not hold you guilty - His Son has already paid the price. If God does not find us guilty, who are we to hold this guilt? By releasing the guilt we break the cycle and start to live the life He has created for us - one of peace and forgiveness, seeking His will.
Live that life today.
Amazing grace and eternal peace be yours,
Bruce
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for all your love and grace for us.
We ask forgiveness for our shortcoming's and ask your Holy Spirit to help us recognize them without berating our selves.
Help us fix what we can and to seek your wisdom constantly .
Lord we lift those up that ask for prayer and those we meet who need it.
Help us remember when we need to pray .
Lord, thank you for the blessings you give, in Jesus name we pray, Amen
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Hi Bruce,
ReplyDeleteEvery since I found your blog, I find that your heart is really in tune to the spirit. I like reading what is on your heart. I have to agree with you on the this topic that we must pay attention to the reality to what you are saying. We tend to make agreements each day that can protentally hurt us. That is why we must look back in our past(sometimes) or our hearts today and see if we made any agreements that we might of said to ourselves. Renouce and and break the agreement back to Jesus. This could lead to open doors to our hearts, but Jesus is the mighty healer, and this is when we can fully surrender all our guilt, all our shame, or anything else that might come out.
James
http://cdnchristian.blogspot.com/
Thanks, James.
ReplyDeleteIndeed He is the Great Healer. He has exchanged His righteousness for our guilt and shame. How can we not respond in love and obedience?
Blessings,
Bruce