Good Morning! Ahh, just one work day (at least for me) and then we can kick back to enjoy the long weekend! I see that at least one of my neighbors has begun the weekend early. They took off last night with their camper.
The Lies We Believe
Where did this negativity, this wrongness, in my heart come from? The lies of the devil! The Bible tells that when we believe we are given a new heart that the Holy Spirit dwells within. Why then do we get up believing that our heart is all of the things that it was before? Lustful, wicked, proud, greedy, and so on? Every morning each of us should remind our own self - use a mirror if you need to - that we are loved by Jesus and that we love our selves, and then start listing what we are no longer. Say it out loud: "I am no longer lustful, proud, rude, irritable, greedy, gluttonous, and any other of the former things you need to add" Later or sooner we can move on to the things that we are now. Loving, kind, gentle, disciplined, earnest, and the other fruits of the Gospel that Jesus brings to our hearts. No more believing the lies of the devil that tell us we are no different than before!
Notice this weekend how a tree grows a strong root system in the earth in order to grow up toward the sun. In our Christian life, let us grow strong roots in Jesus, so that we may grow up toward God the Father. Touch a tree sometime and pledge once more to accept Jesus into your heart and to grow in His love. No more living in defeat when we should be celebrating the victory!
Hallelujah for the new day in Christ!
Bucky
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