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Beloved, hear My voice and you will not follow another. Paul said, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” How could He say this unless the very goodness and mercy he received by following me then emanated from his life to those who followed him ? unless it left deposits of Me everywhere he went?

Beloved, I am here as always. I am very near to you. You are My dwelling place…My habitation and I delight in you. I send springs of wisdom, help, grace, mercy and revelation into the valleys of your life (Psalms 104:10). Do not be dismayed when you look around and see the troubling times for I am nearer than your foes (Psalms 119:151).

The flecks in my cup looked like ants; therefore, they must be ants. In fact, I almost poured the cream out before I decided to take a closer look. If I had done so, I would have wasted some good cream and delayed my first drink (which is always the best) by having to start the process one more time.

Responding with gentleness, the Lord spoke to my awakened heart, “Yes, just to remind you, though once barren, I took what you had; transforming your life into a watered garden filled with winged abundance. After all, I am Resurrection…I am Truth…and I am Life.

Beloved, I know you struggle in some things and not in others. Often the things you struggle with are connected to or related to your past experiences…connected to areas where you did not find success…areas where you were not loved or approved of and so on. It is in these areas you do not have the wisdom, confidence or sense of hope that you need. It is in these areas where the manifest outworking of who I am in You is not present because what you believe is based on what you have experienced or seen and not on the truth found in My Word.

Yes, His mercies are new every morning…every moment…for every moment in time has its own morning. Selah

In light of the above Scriptures, we must not be conformed to this world or our own negative thoughts. Negative thoughts give way to negative actions. I am not discounting the fact that we all commit acts of sin. It is what we do in reference to His forgiveness when we sin that matters. Do we confess, repent and go on or do we confess, repent and hold on, only to hold ourselves or others in continual guilt and shame over something the Lord has already forgiven us or them for?

Beloved, often it is easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. Therefore, we must practice His principles of forgiveness regardless of who is involved; our selves or others. This enables us to take our thoughts captive in a more effective manner.

In light of the above Scriptures, we must not be conformed to this world or our own negative thoughts. Negative thoughts give way to negative actions. I am not discounting the fact that we all commit acts of sin. It is what we do in reference to His forgiveness when we sin that matters. Do we confess, repent and go on or do we confess, repent and hold on, only to hold ourselves or others in continual guilt and shame over something the Lord has already forgiven us or them for?

Beloved, often it is easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. Therefore, we must practice His principles of forgiveness regardless of who is involved; our selves or others. This enables us to take our thoughts captive in a more effective manner.

In light of the above Scriptures, we must not be conformed to this world or our own negative thoughts. Negative thoughts give way to negative actions. I am not discounting the fact that we all commit acts of sin. It is what we do in reference to His forgiveness when we sin that matters. Do we confess, repent and go on or do we confess, repent and hold on, only to hold ourselves or others in continual guilt and shame over something the Lord has already forgiven us or them for?

Beloved, often it is easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. Therefore, we must practice His principles of forgiveness regardless of who is involved; our selves or others. This enables us to take our thoughts captive in a more effective manner.

In light of the above Scriptures, we must not be conformed to this world or our own negative thoughts. Negative thoughts give way to negative actions. I am not discounting the fact that we all commit acts of sin. It is what we do in reference to His forgiveness when we sin that matters. Do we confess, repent and go on or do we confess, repent and hold on, only to hold ourselves or others in continual guilt and shame over something the Lord has already forgiven us or them for?

Beloved, often it is easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. Therefore, we must practice His principles of forgiveness regardless of who is involved; our selves or others. This enables us to take our thoughts captive in a more effective manner.
In light of the above Scriptures, we must not be conformed to this world or our own negative thoughts. Negative thoughts give way to negative actions. I am not discounting the fact that we all commit acts of sin. It is what we do in reference to His forgiveness when we sin that matters. Do we confess, repent and go on or do we confess, repent and hold on, only to hold ourselves or others in continual guilt and shame over something the Lord has already forgiven us or them for?

Beloved, often it is easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. Therefore, we must practice His principles of forgiveness regardless of who is involved; our selves or others. This enables us to take our thoughts captive in a more effective manner.

At first glance one might automatically say, “Oh, this is just the story of when Peter walked on water with Jesus.” However, if we but take a much closer look we see there is so much more that God is saying here. First Jesus sends his disciples out on the boat while he dismisses the others. Now I believe Jesus wanted some quite time with his father. It was something He was fond of doing on a regular basis…something we could learn from. This is how He could say and do only what He heard and saw Him doing.