Release It All

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My child, as you release the old out of your life, I will fill you with the new. A new way of thinking and a new way of doing things. You are coming into a season of living a totally surrendered and wholly devoted life. This has been a process in you, but as it intensifies, the devil will fight you from releasing the last bit of self to Me. Oh, but when you do My child, you will wonder why you ever hung onto it. Come now. Come willing. I will show you great and wonderful things. Things you wouldn’t ever be able to think or imagine on your own. Come and explore the adventure I have set before you. Yes, it takes faith. Yes, it takes courage. Yes, it requires your all. But it’s so worth it. Won’t you trust Me?

Self-Will

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A commonly taught principle relevant to God’s purpose for man is that he is endowed with free will. It is said that man is a free moral agent, meaning he possesses unrestricted power in making moral choices.Indeed, how could God possibly have designed man devoid of the power of choice? He had to give him the ability to choose—not merely between right and wrong, but more importantly choice in regard to the lordship of God over his life.

Yet what appears on the surface to be the ability to choose freely, is in a very real sense something more than merely free will. 

Man’s rejection of God as Lord of his life does not in any way mean that he possesses the ability of free choice in regard to everything else. Rather, in refusing to accept God’s purpose and plan for his life, he inevitably opens himself up to control by some other outside force.  And this force is ultimately Satan. But the tool the devil uses to subjugate mankind is man’s will—a will inherently rooted in self-interest. So we should instead think of this self-serving attribute of man’s nature—what we commonly call free will—as self-will.

Excerpted from: Free from the Power of Sin: The Keys to Growing in God in Spite of Yourself

Lost Sheep

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My child, My sheep hear My voice and as you continue to pray, the lost sheep will hear Me too. Never give up on those you are praying for. I pursue the lost. I go after them and will continue to pursue them with a vengeance. I love them more than you do and desire their salvation. The greatest joy is seeing a lost one found and coming into My Kingdom where they belong. Be patient and keep praying. Believe that My word will not return empty, but will accomplish what I desire. Truly I have spoken, truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it.

Isaiah 55:11    Isaiah 46:11

Trust Me With Your Future

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My child, your life is in My Hands. I know what the future holds, because I hold the future. Submit your plans to Me. Seek Me above all else and I will bring about the plans I have for your life. They are good plans. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Believe Me and know that you are loved completely and unconditionally. Trust Me with your future.

Matt. 6:33 & Jeremiah 29:11

Release It All

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My child, are you ready to trust Me with everything? Are you ready to give Me full reign in your life? Are you willing to release every desire and every fear? I want every bit of your life. I desire to pour out abundant blessings that will overflow your life. But you must make room for them. Release it all so I can come and fill you with MY all.

Obstacles & Trials

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My child, I will give you the ability to accomplish what I have called you to do. Trust Me and know that I go before you to clear your path. The obstacles I do leave are only for your growth. Do not fear them or be embittered against them. Learn to grow from every trial. Rejoice and know that after you have come through you will receive the crown of life which I promise to all who love Me.

James: 1:12

Man’s Heart

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The term self doesn’t appear by itself very often in the Bible. But while the term self is not all that common in Scripture, there is another widely used term that expresses the same idea: the heart. The term heart appears some seven hundred times in the Bible (about a hundred times in the New Testament), where it is always used figuratively meaning the center and seat of human life.

We can look at the heart as being the engine that runs our being. It is who we are: our self. Our heart is the core of our being as well as the umbrella over our entire nature. It all boils down to this: our beliefs, our mind-set, our choices and our behavior are all dictated by what is truly in the heart. Jesus said, “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.”(Luke 6:45)

Now in trying to understand the state of a person’s heart, the only difference between nonbeliever and believer is the condition of his spirit—dead or alive. The heart of a nonbeliever is precisely the same as what we’ve already identified as the flesh: man’s soul interacting with his physical nature through his mind, all unaided by God because his dead spirit is incapable of sharing in His life-flow. On the other hand, the believer’s heart, while still strongly pulled by the flesh, has the advantage of the influence of God’s life coursing through it by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit.

Excerpted from: Free from the Power of Sin: The Keys to Growing in God in Spite of Yourself

Discipline and Self Control

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My child, think of your flesh as a toddler who wants what he wants when he wants it. He throws a tantrum until he either gets what he wants or he is disciplined by loving and caring parents. Your flesh must be brought under discipline and self control or it will rage out of control. Undisciplined flesh leads only to death. Discipline, by the power of My Holy Spirit will bring about self control and the change of fleshly habits. A successful life is a disciplined life. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening – it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

Hebrews 12:11 NLT

Come Clean

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My child, coming clean and repenting of every hidden sin is so freeing. I’m not here to condemn you, but to free you. Don’t let sin ruin our life. Live in the fullness of freedom I have for you. Let your life be lived without jealousy or selfish ambition, but with gentleness, understanding and love. My peace will fill you as you open yourself up to Me completely.

James 3:16-18