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âItâs not going to happen for me.â Ever heard that? Or thoughts like: âI'm not going to get the job. I'm not going to find the right guy or girl. My situation is not going to turn around.â Letâs begin thinking that it is going to happen for us. Ready? 1. Expect something good to happen to you today. The Lord has done great things for us! (Psalm 118:24 & Psalm 126:3) 2. Know that God has a good plan for you today! Jeremiah 29:11 says, âI know the plans I have for you, plans for good, to give you a future and a hope.â (Notice those 2 words: âI knowâ. This means that God is certain about it. Itâs definitely going to happen. Take it to the bank! Itâs coming!) 3. Expect doors to open. Psalm 5:12 says, âFavor surrounds the righteous like a shield.â Favor means: God opens doors that no one can close. Expect doors to open today. 4. Believe in God's fairness. (Lifeâs not always fair, but God is! Romans 12:19-21 says He will right every wrong.) Remember, it happened for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; therefore, it will happen for you. The Bible says, "God is no respecter of persons." (Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11) That doesn't mean He doesn't respect you. It means that He won't show partiality â" blessing one person and not another. But you have to believe it and expect it. What He did for Abraham, He has promised He would do for you. Galatians 3:29 says, âFor if you belong to Christ, you are Abrahamâs seed, and heirs of the promise!â 5. Think "solution thoughts". No matter what the problem is, no matter what hasn't seemed to happen for you yet, expect a solution. Expect an answer. James 1:6 says, âIf any man lacks wisdom, ask of God...who gives to ALL men generously." Notice, He gives to all men, not some. You're one of those who He does give it to. You're not just in line. You're in the front of the line! 6. Think about some good that has happened in your life. This shows the past faithfulness of God. Since He never changesâ"expect His faithfulness AGAIN today! (Psalm 23:6) THINK IT & SAY IT: Something good is going to happen for me today. Things are going to work out. God has a good plan for my life today. He is certain that it is good, therefore Iâm certain as well. I expect favor today. Favor surrounds me like a shield. Doors are going to open for me that no one can close. God is going to right every wrong, and show the same help to me as He did for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He gives me wisdom and holds nothing back. Iâm in the front of the line. I remember the good that God has already done, and therefore I expect Him to do it again. Good and right things are going to happen in my life todayâ"goodness and mercy shall FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE!
Folks, the battles of life are won or lost between our ears. Itâs in our heads. Satan understands that the root to everything in our lives is what we think about. Thatâs why he fights so much to fill your mind with wrong thinking. But we have declared war on wrong thinking! âIâm not worthy. I donât deserve to be blessed (after all Iâve done wrong).â I canât be the only who has heard this thought. The below steps take us deeper in our freedom from guilt. 1. Stop focusing on your âwrongs,â and focus on His ârightsâ. Weâve all done enough wrong in life, to send us straight to hell. But God doesnât judge us based on our right or wrong. He judges us based on what Jesus did right. We just need to believe it. 2. He doesnât bless us because we deserve it. He blesses us because He promised He would. This will free you when you know that God is a God of promise. Genesis 17:1 says, âI will bless you and multiply you and make you exceedingly fruitful.â 3. Blessing flows when you believe you are forgiven. Romans 4:7 says, âBlessed are they whose sins are forgiven.â This is amazing! Putting your faith in Godâs forgiveness is the gateway to blessing in your life. Thatâs why Jesus said to the paralytic man, whose friends lowered him through the roof, âSon, your sins are forgiven.â THEN He said, âTake up your pallet and walk.â You see, the blessing of healing was the RESULT of BELIEVING HIS SINS WERE FORGIVEN. (Mark 2) 4. Jesus IS WORTHY of Godâs blessing, and you are IN HIM. Galatians 3:29 says, âIf we belong to Christ, we are Abrahamâs seed and heirs according to promise.â Genesis 3:9 says, âThose who are of faith are blessed...â 5. Stop condemning yourself. STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE. Romans 14:22 says, âBlessed (happy) is the man who does not condemn himself.â 6. He took the curse so you could take the blessing! He deserves to see you blessed, because of what He went through to take your curse! âChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us...on the cross...that the blessing of Abraham might come on us through Jesus Christ. â (Galatians 3:13) THINK IT & SAY IT: I take my eyes off all that I have done wrong, and put my eyes on all that He has done right for me. He blesses me because He promised that He would, therefore I expect to be blessed coming in and blessed coming out. I choose to believe I am forgiven, and therefore BLESSING FLOWS. I belong to Christ, therefore I am blessed with Abraham. Genesis 24:1 says, Abraham was blessed IN ALL THINGSâ"therefore thatâs what I expect
Ever thought that? Or its cousin thoughts: âYou donât do enough. Youâre not good enough. You donât say the right things. You donât take care of yourself. You donât measure up. You donât do as much for others as you should. You eat too much.â All this line of thinking produces guilt, which leads to self-hatred, anger toward others, bad decisions, harsh words, procrastination and fear. So often, we feel guilt because we THINK we donât do enough for God and for others. Weâre not good and holy enough. This thinking has enslaved people for centuries. Nothing seems to rob us of our true purpose more than thoughts and feelings of guilt. God doesnât motivate by guilt. Thatâs manipulation. God motivates by love. Romans 2:4 says âItâs the love and kindness of God that leads us to change.â Often people put a guilt trip on us, to get us to do something or to give in to them. God isnât like that, and He wants you free. Letâs fast from guilt: 1. Jesus declares you: NOT GUILTY. This doesnât mean that youâve never done wrong. This means, that He washes your wrong with His blood. 2. See what God sees. Accept Colossians1:22 which says through His blood âHe presents you holy and faultless and unblameable in the Fatherâs eyes.â 3. Meditate on Job 10:7a which says âAccording to your knowledge, I AM INDEED NOT GUILTY...â (NASB) 4. When you blow it, donât deny it. Admit it; confess it. 1 John 1:9 says âIf you confess your sin, He is faithful and just to forgive you and to CLEANSE YOU FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.â 5. Itâs already done! Believe that it is already done! Hebrews 1:3 says âHe cleansed us from our sin.â 6. Stop thinking that you have to FEEL GUILTY to be forgiven. Sometimes we think we owe it to people to feel guilty and feel bad for everything. Stop thinking that. You donât owe anyone. Donât think guilt somehow pays for something. The blood of Jesus paid it all. Itâs an insult to His blood, when we feel like we owe God guilt or we owe it to others to wallow in guilt. 7. Stop beating yourself up about what you havenât done. How? Live in the ânowâ. Living in the now, stops your mind from bombarding you about the past and future. Enjoy that moment in the now. When youâre praying, the devil says âyou should be cleaningâ. When youâre cleaning, the devil says, âyou should be reading your Bibleâ. Shut that garbage up. Live in the now. Hebrews 11:1 says âNOW FAITH IS the substance of things hoped for.â And 2 Corinthians 6:2 says âNOW IS THE TIME OF SALVATION.â 8. Rest in the fact that you donât have to be perfect. God is not holding you to a perfect standard. Jesus is your perfection. JUST REST! THINK IT & SAY IT: Jesus has declared me: NOT GUILTY. Even when I feel I donât do enough, or that Iâm not good enough, God says FAITH IN HIM IS ENOUGH. I donât have to feel guilt to be forgiven and I am not going to feel guilty when I blow it. I will receive Godâs forgiveness, since He already cleansed from my sin. I will admit it, receive His mercy and move on. I stop TODAY, beating myself up about all that I havenât done, or have done. I choose to live in the now. I will enjoy the moment that Iâm in and praise God in the midst of it. I rest in the fact that He is my perfection. I donât have to be perfect. He already is, and I put my faith in Him.
Good morning! Today, I want to build upon what I shared with you yesterdayâ"we all feel at times like when we donât measure up, that perhaps God is mad at us. And we replaced that wrong thinking with the thought that âGod is not mad at me, He is mad about me.â âGod is judging me.â âWhy is God doing this to me?â âWhy is this happening to me?â When something goes wrong, itâs easy to think, âmaybe God is letting this happen because of what I did or what I didnât do.â This kind of thinking distorts the true view of our Heavenly Father. We need to stop seeing God as a vengeful and judgmental God. He is just. But His justice is satisfied, through the shed blood of Jesus. All thatâs left is His mercy and grace. Weâre going to blast this âjudgment mentalityâ out of our heads! 1. It is impossible for God to give anything that is not good. Psalm 84:11 says âNo good thing does He withhold from the righteous.â(And donât forget: you are righteous through the blood of Jesus, not through you own works.) 2. Godâs judgment âpassed overâ the children of Israel through the blood of lambs. In Exodus 12:12-13 God said, âOn that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstbornâ"both men and animalsâ"and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.â Therefore, Godâs judgment passes over us more powerfully through the blood of Jesus. 3. Every good and perfect gift comes from above, from the Father of lights! James 1:17â"God doesnât change. He is GOOD, and the author of good. Never doubt that again. 4. EMBRACE HIS MERCY. Lamentations 3:22 says His mercy is new EVERY MORNING. I love what Paul says in Hebrews 4:15, âany evil in our life, is NOT FROM GOD.â HE IS NOT JUDGING YOU! 5. Meditate on what mercy is. A woman approached Napoleon to ask for mercy for her son and let him go free. He was to be hanged for crimes against Napoleon and France. âDo you know what he has done, madam? He doesnât deserve mercy!â She responded: âIf he deserved it, it wouldnât be mercy, sirâ. Napoleon released him. The next time you think, âwhy is this happening to me,â EXPECT GOD TO TURN IT INTO SOMETHING GOOD, rather than thinking God is judging you. THINK IT & SAY IT: God is NOT judging me. He is my Father, and He is madly in love with me. I deserve judgment, but He gives me mercy. When things donât go right, I will not believe itâs Godâs judgment. I will not believe that I have lost favor with Him. His favor SURROUNDS ME like a shield. His judgment passed over the children of Israel, therefore His judgment passes over me. I expect GOOD to happen to me. EVERY DAY, something good is going to happen. I embrace His mercy. It follows me all the days of my life. No matter what happens in my life, I expect God to turn into something good!
Many people think that God is mad at them, or the reason bad things are happening is because God is against me. Or, perhaps you donât think Heâs overtly against you, but Heâs just not aggressively helping you. Wrong thoughts are designed by the devil and our flesh to undermine our faith. If you think God is mad at you, you wonât be EXPECTANT toward God to bless you. Letâs take this thought captive (the word âcaptiveâ means: âto conquer with a sword.â We conquer wrong thinking with the sword of Godâs Word!) 1. God is not mad AT you. He is mad ABOUT you! And I will never stop believing it! When you accept this thought, you will have confidence, expectation and peace. Who couldnât use that! How do I know this is true? Romans 8:37 says âNothing can separate you from the love of God...â You are forgiven (1 John 1:9) and you are LOVED (John 5:8). 2. Think this new thought: God loves me as much as He loves Jesus! In John 17:23 Jesus says to the Father: âI in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, that the world may know that You sent Me, and LOVED THEM, AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME!â What an amazing truth. God loves you as much as He loves Jesus. And there is no way God can be mad at Jesus. 3. He thinks precious thoughts about me ALL THE TIME! Psalm 139:17-18 says âHow precious are Your thoughts toward me, O God...If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with you!â 4. What God said to Jesus, is the SAME to you: âYou are My beloved Son. In You, I am well-pleased.â (Mark 1:11) Hallelujah! He doesnât sound mad at Jesus! He sounds âmad about Himâ! Well, 1 John 4:16 says, âAs He is, so are we.â Look, there is no getting around this marvelous truth: God doesnât love Jesus half-hearted, therefore He doesnât love you half-hearted either. 5. There is nothing God is holding back from you! Romans 8:32 says âHe who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him, freely give us all things!â 6. YOU ARE NOT CONDEMNED! Romans 8:1 says âThere is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus...â Condemnation is an expression of strong disapproval. God approves of you, because of your faith in Jesus, not because you have done everything right. Godâs love for you is non-negotiable. Deuteronomy 7:8 says He loves you with an everlasting love. It cannot be stopped, quenched or compromised. THINK IT & SAY IT: God is not mad at me, He is mad about me. He loves me as much as Jesus. He thinks precious thoughts about me all the time! I am His beloved, and He is mine! There is nothing God is holding back from me. He didnât hold back His best, therefore He wonât hold back the rest! I refuse to be condemned. I am forgiven. I reject the thought that He is mad at me or against me. God is for me, and not against me. His love toward me cannot be stopped.
âIt's so hard!â Many people donât even start some things because they have conditioned themselves to think itâs too hard. We defeat ourselves with this thinking, before we even start. Letâs fast from this thought: 1. Realize you are yoked to Him. Many people find the Christian life so difficult because they are trying to do it on their own. The Christian life was not meant to be lived that way. We were meant to be yoked to Jesus. He said, âTake My yoke upon you. For My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.â (Matthew 11:28) 2. Accept that some things are difficult in your own strength, but God wouldnât ask us to do something that He doesnât give us the strength to do. (1 Corinthians 10:12-13) His grace is sufficient for you. (2 Corinthians 12:9) 3. Keep in mind (meditate on) the fact that we are one with Him. 2 Corinthians 13:5 says, âDo you not recognize that Christ Jesus is in you?â He is in you, so whatever you are facing, He is facing with you. Your problem is His problem. Your trial is His trial. Your debt is His debt. 4. Meditate on Godâs nature; His ability. Jeremiah 32:17 says, âAh Lord God, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for Thee.â The Message Translation says, âDear God, my Master, You created earth and sky by Your great power, by merely stretching out Your arm! THERE IS NOTHING YOU CANâT DO!â 5. Matthew 19:26 âWith God all things are possible.â 6. Donât focus on doing things âfor Jesusâ, but FROM Jesus. Galatians 2:20 says âItâs no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered Himself up for me.â You see, what is impossible and too hard for man, is easy for God. The God of the impossible lives in you. THINK IT & SAY IT: I am not alone in the challenges and responsibilities of my life. I am yoked to Jesus. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. The Holy Spirit is my Helper. He lives in me and gives me His strength, encouragement and power. God knows what Iâm going through, and He has given me the grace and ability to make it. I have a covenant with God, therefore my battles are His battles. Nothing is too difficult for Him, and all things are possible for me, because I believe. I live life from the strength that He supplies in me. I can do all things through Christ, who infuses me with His strength!
There are many things we have believed that are almost right. It's "almost right" to believe that if we worship God with all our heart, we can usher ourselves into the presence of God. Many ministers will even say, âletâs press into His presenceâ. But you see, beloved, we are in His presence already, because we have passed through the veil that separated us from the holy of holies. It is through the body and blood of Jesus that we pass through the veil. ( Hebrews 10:19-20) We now stand in His presence unashamed, without guilt, without condemnation, without separation. Building upon the last couple of days, today weâre fasting from the thought that says, âIâm alone in this.â âWhere is God when I need Him most.â When the disciples tried to cross over to the other side of the sea in the boat (Mark 4:36-40), they were overwhelmed by the storm that struck their ship. They thought they would perish. They feared for their life, bailing out water furiously. Have you ever been in a storm? The waters crashing against you; you donât know what to do; you feel helpless. You cry out, âLord where are you? Donât you care?â The disciples forgot one small detail in the midst of their storm...........Jesus was in the boat with them! There was nothing greater than His presence! Letâs overcome the thought that says, âIâm alone in this storm.â âWhere is God when I need Him most?â 1. He is in the boat with you! In Mark 4:36-40, Jesus was asleep in the boat. Someone asked me onceâ"âhow do we wake Jesus up, when He is asleep in our boat, in the middle of a storm?â Well, I said, âYou donât wake Him up. You rest with Him!â If Heâs not worried, donât you worry. HIS PRESENCE calmed the storm then, just as it will do now. 2. The disciples didnât need Jesus to awake. They needed to awake to the fact that God was with them. When you know He is with you, there is nothing to fear; therefore, there was nothing to fear. Psalm 23:4 says, âthough I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear NO EVIL for You are with me!â 3. Great miracle: Jesus calmed the storm. Greater miracle: Jesus slept IN THE MIDST of it. When you realize He is in your boat with you, you will have supernatural peace. Calming the storm is great. Peace in the midst of it is greater! 4. DO NOT MISTAKE FIRE IN YOUR LIFE FOR GODâS ABSENCE. In Daniel 3:22-25, Jesus was the 4th man in the fire with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. His presence was felt in the middle of the fire. Just because you donât feel His presence, doesnât mean He isnât there. BELIEVE HE IS WITH YOU, and eventually, your situation will FEEL HIS PRESENCE! 5. Psalm 91:10 says, âNo evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your tent.â Notice, the next verse says, âfor He will give His angel charge concerning you.â There are many angels involved in our lives, but this is talking about HIS ANGEL. The Old Testament âAngelâ is Jesus Christ. He is Lord, therefore He has charge concerning us! THINK IT & SAY IT: There is nothing greater than Godâs presence, and His presence is with me and in me. As surely as He was with Moses, He is with me. I am not trying to get in Godâs presence. I am already in, through the blood of Jesus. He is in my boat with me. He is not âover there.â He is âhereâ right nowâ"with me and in me! I awake to the fact that He is with me. There is no separation. I can rest with Him, in the midst of any storm. I can walk with Him in the midst of the fire. I am fearless, because He is with me. Therefore, no evil shall befall me, nor shall any plague come near my dwelling placeâ"my church, my home, my body, my lifeâ"in Jesusâ name.
Hey Gang, I really want to build upon what we dealt with yesterday. Remember, that the serpent was subtle in Genesis 3. Thoughts that can defeat us are often very subtle thoughts. We have to learn to not only discern between right and wrong; but we must discern between ârightâ and âalmost right.â Itâs âalmost rightâ to ask God to come down and help us. It sounds holy. It sounds humble. But you will truly be free when you discover, HE IS ALREADY HERE. Emanuel means âGod with us.â When Jesus came to the earth, He put an end to the separation between God and man. Letâs fast from the thought that says: âGod is far from me.â Not only is God with us. Not only is God for us. But He is also IN US. This is an amazing mystery, and we wonât understand it completely until we are in heaven. Colossians 1:27 says â...this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.â Itâs âalmost rightâ to believe that if we become holier, we can get closer to God. But the separation between us and God is a myth. Itâs an illusion. The devil wants us to believe it to keep us powerless and misinformed concerning our connection with God. Itâs true that in Isaiah 59:2 it says that âyour sins have made a separation between you and your God.â But Jesus TOOK AWAY the sin through His blood. Therefore, THERE IS NO SEPARATION between us and God, if we have been born-again. Itâs our failure to recognize this that keeps us in bondage, feeling distant from God. We feel sometimes, He is so far away. But He is not. He is here. He is there. For us today, letâs replace this âalmost rightâ thinking with ârightâ thinking. 1. Psalm 46:1 says, âHe is an ever-PRESENT help in times of trouble.â WOW! You have to love this thought. Have you ever had times of trouble? (Ya think!) But notice, He is ever-present. THEN, it says, âhelpâ in times of trouble. It is His âever-presenceâ that brings us help in times of trouble. 2. Take Him at His Word. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20, âLo, I am with you always; even to the end of the ageâ. There is no way to misinterpret this verse. âI am with you always.â That has to warm your heart and comfort you. 3. Christianity is not a life of attainment, but a life of recognition. Philemon verse 6 says, âthat your faith might become effective, through the acknowledgement of those things which are already in you, in Christ Jesus.â Many people focus on âattainingâ Godâs presence and Godâs blessing. But the scripture is clear: We must recognize and acknowledge that He is already in us. His gifts are already in us. This produces power that MONEY and RELIGION cannot buy! The first part of the verse saysâ"this is what makes your faith become effective. Acknowledge. Recognize. He is already in you. His gifts are in you. 4. Christianity is not us âfinding God.â Itâs that He came and found us; took us into His arms; spilled His blood to cleanse us from all unrighteousness; and breathed His very Spirit into us. Now He lives in every person that has accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord. Romans 8:11 says, âand if the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you; then He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead, will give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that indwells in you.â 5. Eliminate every thought that says, âGod come down and help meâ or âSend your Spirit.â He has already come. He has already sent His Spirit. Our fight, our battle is to believe this whether we feel His presence or not. He is in you! 6. Itâs not: us living FOR God. Itâs us LIVING FROM GOD. Galatians 2:20 says, âIt is no longer I who lives, but Christ lives in me.â David said in Psalm 139:7-9, âWhere can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go to heave you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even THERE your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.â THINK IT & SAY IT: I decide today to eliminate the thought that I am separated from God in any way. He is an ever-present help in my time of trouble. His ever-presence brings me help! He is in my boat. And I will rest in knowing I am in His presence. I recognize that He is already in me. Thatâs what makes my faith work. He has found me and put His Spirit in me. The very same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, is living on the inside of me. God is not far off. He is right here, right now. I am surrounded by His love and enveloped in His presence. Therefore I am not afraid. He is my shield and refuge. My fortress and my very present help today. I am not trying to live FOR God; I am living FROM Him. His power is in me. His presence is in me. His love is in me. And nothing can ever separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus my Lord!
A very subtle thought that will truly set you free: âIf I just pray enough or live holy enough, I will get closer to God and enter into His presence.â I want to bring your attention to the fact that some of the thoughts that we need to fast from and eliminate from our heads, SEEM LIKE RIGHT THOUGHTS. But they are subtle tricks and lies. When the devil approached Adam and Eve, in Genesis 3, it says, âhe was subtleâ"more than any other creature.' It's these subtle thoughts that defeat us. They seem so godly and so right, but they are not right; because they produce a WORKS mentality and a LEGALISTIC approach to our relationship with God. I donât want to create a theological debate, here. But I want to ask you a question: how much closer can God get than to LIVE INSIDE OF YOU? * 2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Do you not recognize that Christ Jesus is in you?" * 1 Corinthians 6:19 says, âDo you not know that you are the temple of God?â This is not a warning to be afraid. This is a promise. It is a fact when a person is born again. It is a picture of how there is no separation between us and God. Paul is saying in essence (and I am praying you will receive this with an open heart): âThe reason your behavior has been sinful and negative, is because you have lacked the knowledge that HE LIVES IN YOU. When you realize that, it will change how you look at yourself, and it will then change how you live.â When we think we have to do more to get closer to Him, the focus gets put on us. But Hebrews 12:1 says to âFix your eyes on Jesus.â When you buy into this thought, you TRY SO HARD TO GET CLOSE TO GOD, and then get discouraged, until you give up or assume that that your relationship with God will always be: Distant. That affects your peace, joy, and of course your confidence in prayer. This is what I call âan illusion of separation." The devil, and even religion has caused us to think God is afar off. âHeâs way up there, and weâre way down here. And if we pray enough, fast enough, do enough, we can close the gap, and get Him to come closer.â Thatâs a lie. He is the friend that sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24) Ok gang. This is a thought that we must deal with--NOW! 1. We donât earn closeness with God. It is a gift. Hebrews 13:5 says âHe will never leave you or forsake you.â 2. YOU ARE ALREADY IN HIS PRESENCE BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. Hebrews 10:19 says, âwe enter into the Holy place by the blood of Jesus.â 3. There is no separation between you and God. When you are born again, you are united with Him, and one with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, "The one who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him." In Acts 17:28, he says, âIn Him we live and move and have our being.â This is the reality that the early Christians had and lived by. There is no separation. (Yes, sin separated us from God, but Jesus removed sin, and re-connected us to Godâ"there is no separation now.) 4. Stop thinking, âHeâs there, and Iâm here.â I donât have to do something to get God into my situation. He is already in it, because Iâm in it. âHe is at work IN me, to bring about His good pleasure.â (Philippians 2:13) 5. I will fear no evil. Psalm 23:4 says, âThough I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for THOU ART WITH ME! 6. Reject the lie that He is out there somewhere. Reject the lie that your answer or blessing is âout thereâ somewhere. Mark 4:20 says, 'he who hears the Word and accepts it, will bear fruit.' You have to accept this truth. There is no separation. Ok, this is too much for me to cover in one day. Iâll talk to you more abot it tomorrow! (to be continued!) But until then, THINK IT & SAY IT: I am not separated from God, anymore. I donât have to earn closeness with Him. It is a gift. He will never leave me or forsake me. I am IN HIS PRESENCE and HE IS IN ME. In Him, I live and move and have my being. I live in this reality. I stop thinking that âHe is there, and I am here.â He is in my life and my situation right now. No matter what I walk through, I am not afraidâ"for God is with me. I reject the lie that He is out there somewhere. I accept that there is no separation between God and me. Romans 8:38-39 says, "Nothing can separate me from the love of God!"
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