Shout Daddy!
Isaiah 46:4 “I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is gray. I made you and will care for you; I will give you help and rescue you.” (GNT)
What overcomes the weapons of self-destruction listed in Romans 7 are the mental habits empowered by the Holy Ghost. And the fourth mental habit that overcomes fear is, Turn Your Thoughts To God Whenever You Are Afraid. Read the rest of this entry
Do This Daily
Romans 8:12-14 “So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!” (MSG)
The first mental habit that demolishes the first weapon of self-destruction shame is, Remind Yourself Daily What Jesus Did For You. The second mental habit that demolishes the second weapon of self-destruction uncontrolled thoughts is Ask The Holy Spirit To Give You Superior Thoughts. Read the rest of this entry
Remember
Colossians 2:13-14 “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.”
God already knew every sin you were going to commit before you were born, and He paid for it. I know Pastors do not want to tell us this and they mean well. But the truth is they cannot be holier than God. Read the rest of this entry
New Power
Romans 8:2 “A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.” (MSG, emphasis added).
The first mental habit that demolishes the first weapon of self-destruction shame, is Remind Yourself Daily What Jesus Did For You. Do you want to get rid of shame? Then you have to remind yourself daily what Jesus did for you. Read the rest of this entry
Done
Romans 7:25 “The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.” (MSG)
Yesterday, we looked at five weapons of self-destruction (W.S.D.) – Shame, Uncontrolled Thoughts, Compulsions, Fear, and Hopelessness.The sixth weapon of self-destruction is Bitterness. Bitterness is so effective against a lot of believers.
Surrender
Galatians 5:17-18 “The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other, so that you don’t do what you really want to do. But if you let the Spirit lead you, you are not under law.” (ERV)
The truth is that once you have given your life to Jesus, you wrestle with a myriad of things. So, we are still focused and learning how to conquer the battles within, the Cure. Your biggest enemy is not satan, your biggest enemy is you. Stand in front of the mirror, Read the rest of this entry
Gain Victory
James 5:16 “Confess and acknowledge how you have offended one another and then pray for one another to be instantly healed, for tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a Godly believer!.” (TPT)
To gain victory over the battles within, first, I Must Deepen My Understanding of Christ. Secondly, I Must Detect, Disarm & Delete The Lie I Have Believed. To gain victory over the battle within, the third thing I must do is I Must Declare My Struggle To Another. Read the rest of this entry
Be True!
Jeremiah 17:9-10 “The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.” (MSG)
Today, we will kick off with our final thought from yesterday which is that we tell ourselves lies sometimes.And one of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is, ‘It is not a problem—no biggie!’
Deepen. Detect. Disarm. Delete
1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]” (AMP)
The answer to the battle raging with you is not in a book, or in a ten-step guide. It is not in the next conference, or in philosophy. I am happy to tell you that the answer, your deliverance is not even therapy. Read the rest of this entry
