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Fear cripples

”God is love.  When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us.  This way God has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free from worry on Judgment Day - our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s.  There is no room in love for fear.  Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life - fear of death, fear of judgment - is one not yet fully formed in love.”

1 John 4:17-19 MSG

Simply put:  Fear cripples and destroys our hearts and homes; any fear we have in our lives proves that we are still letting the devil in.  Therefore, we must, must, must, embrace God and His Word, learn everything about love, receive everything about love, believe everything about love; hence, embrace the real Power of love - God, The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - so that we can suffocate and destroy fear from our lives, so we can destroy Satan and all of his darkness from within and around us.  

Friends seek love, learn love, give love... love, love, love... It’s the only thing that will destroy fear from our lives permanently. 

God has set you high above

"He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame, and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has promised."

Deuteronomy 26:19

You are God's child! You are his prized possession! Therefore, it is time to act like it, embrace it, receive it, believe it, and live it;  nothing less and nothing but the best.

Embrace the darkness

“When I sit in darkness the Lord will be a light to me.”

Micah 7:8

Darkness is our opportunity to see the Light of Christ shine through.  Therefore, embrace the darkness, pain, and fear, because the bright light of Jesus is about to burst into your life!

Turn evil upside down

“… do not resist an evil person!  If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.  If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too.  If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles.”

Matthew 5:38-41

Tear an evil person down by doing exact opposite of what they are doing: love them to pieces.  Believe me, it’ll turn their lives upside down.

Dump the trash out!

“... Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant - dog dung!  I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him...”

-Philippians 3:7-9 MSG

What is your main focus in life?  Work, fun, money, wealth, leadership, people... yourself...?  Is God at the top,  middle, or bottom, of your list?  Is God even on your list when you honestly think about it?

Whatever your answer, we all make the mistake of letting worldly-life come first.  Therefore, refocusing, rethinking, and recharging all needs to happen - a dump run is at hand. So, begin to  dump out the trash, dump out the clutter; clean out your heart and mind of all that is blocking you from the light of Jesus. Re-center yourself: make God your first priority - take charge and begin to move forward in faith and power - God’s will for you.  Once you do, your life will clear of life’s unimportant trash and a straight path to Him will be in sight.  Go to Him!! He is waiting for you - He loves you and he has a life of greatness waiting for you to grab hold of... run for it!

Limitations are for the glory of God

“We don’t just put up with our limitations; we celebrate them…”

-2 Corinthians 13:5-9 MSG

Limitations?  You bet!!!  The more we have, the more should praise God and celebrate; he is not only working within each and every one of us, but he’s glorifying himself through us for each and every one!!!

He is amazing!

You can conquer all your fears!

"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?  Did you take God into your mind only, or did you also embrace him with your heart?  Did he get inside you?" - Acts 19:1-2 MSG

How deeply rooted is the Spirit within you?  This is a great question to think about and answer honestly. If God isn't deep-centered in your heart, then healing and wholeness are going to be a constant battle, a constant uphill struggle.  Yes, you might believe with your mind, but until you open your heart to let him in, nothing that you are holding on to right now that has to do with your unhealthy habits, hurts, and hang ups will ever be set truly free from within you.  So really dig down within yourself and see what is at the root of your core:  Is it God, or is it you; your flesh, the world in which you live and try to please, your fears, your upsets, your worry...?  Whatever it, or who, it may be, if it isn't God then it is time to focus on Him with more determination and hope than you ever have before.  Soon, your world will lighten, your lungs will fill with a fresh new air of life, and the road to recovery will be set, ever-so-clear, before you!  

You are God's child! And with him you can face and conquer all of your fears, hurts, habits, darkness's, and upsets!

You are so beautiful

“Abandon these silly god-superstitions and embrace God himself.  We don’t make God; he makes us, and all of this – sky, earth, sea, and everything in them.”  

Acts 14:14-15 MSG

Abandon these silly world-given thoughts and ideas of what perfection is; abandon your-own-self ideas of what perfection is; instead, embrace God and all that he is.  We didn’t make ourselves nor did the world make us, God made us!  We are his perfection and we ought to embrace every part of it.

Remember, God loves us unconditionally, so we should love ourselves in the same way: unconditionally, compassionately, and with reverence and awe of the amazing person we are becoming. Yes, we are God’s beauty.  We are his glory.  We are made in his image.  We are made to be victorious.  And, most of all, we are made to live life!!!

You are good, right, and whole when you are a believer in Jesus

"...But everyone who believes in this raised-up Jesus is declared good and right and whole before God." 

~ Acts 13:36-39 MSG

What the world says about you, what you think about yourself, what the, so-called- professionals have labeled you as, what you have done in the past, and what you will do in the future, etc., are all things that come from the outside.  Those words mean nothing - they are merely descriptions of what is happening, has happened, or may happen, in your life.  You are Christ's sweet child dealing with life struggles, tribulations, hang-ups, and heartaches - you are not broken!  Just the opposite!  As a believer you are exactly what the Word says.

You are GOOD, RIGHT, AND WHOLE.
 
Therefore, embrace what the world claims to be your flaws, for in God's eyes they are perfect; he knows you are human, and he's just walking you through life, allowing you to fall and allowing you to grow.  And, when all is said and done, your life will be a shining example and legacy to the world in which you lived.

Is your door open to God?

Although you may be a long time believer in Christ, are you sure you haven't closed the door toward Him to come into certain areas of your life?  Think for a moment, what are you trying to do on your own because either you don't think God is doing it fast enough, or because you know it isn't the right thing to be doing?  Answer honestly.  Whatever it is, back off, open your arms wide, and allow the Spirit of Christ to come and take care of it; let the Spirit of Christ work through your life.  Until you do, your plans will never go as you'd like, nor will they ever be successful for any length of time.

My friend, answer the door and let God take of whatever it is you've been trying to take care of on your own.  







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Jesus is the driver.

"...Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead.  You're not in the driver's seat; I am.  Don't run from suffering; embrace it.  Follow me and I'll show you how.  Self-help is no help at all.  Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self."  Matthew 16:24-26 MSG

If anything, remember this:

Honey, you ain't all it - Jesus is!  So, let Him drive your life, and he will give you it in full, until it overflows (John 10:10)!

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Healed! In the name of Jesus!

"...Impressed by their bold belief, Jesus said to the paraplegic, "Son, I forgive your sins... Get up.  Pick up your stretcher and go home." And the man did it - got up, grabbed his stretcher, and walked out..."  Mark 2:1:12 MSG

I dare you to BOLDLY believe and receive:

In the name of Jesus and the Word of God, YOU ARE HEALED!!!!!!

AMEN AND AMEN!!!  IT IS DONE!

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Believe God and triumph!

“But Jesus was matter-of-fact: ‘Yes – and if you embrace this kingdom life and don’t doubt God, you’ll not only do minor feats like I did… but also triumph over huge obstacles… Absolutely everything, ranging from small to large, as you make it part of your believing prayer, gets included as you lay hold of God.’”  Matthew 21:21-22 MSG

Doubt God and fail.

Believe God and triumph!

His Word says so, and His Word changes not!

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"... Tell the truth, the whole truth, when you speak. Do the right thing by one another, both personally and in your courts.  Don't cook up plans to take unfair advantage of others.  Don't do or say what isn't so... Keep your lives simple and honest." 

"EMBRACE TRUTH! LOVE PEACE!"

Zechariah 8:14-17, 18-19 MSG

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Disasters and hard times

Disasters and hard times are new opportunities for us to arrange our lives in and to accordance with God:  Remove sin; embrace love, God's wisdom, and seek His righteousness.

Jen Caudle 4/13/17

Perfection

“… Why, even the moon has its flaws,

Even the stars aren’t perfect in God’s eyes…”

Job 25:5

God is the All-Perfect and Almighty, so it is only a waste of time for you to be killing yourself trying to be.

My friend, accept, love, and embrace who you are, as-is!  You are exactly who and how God wants you to be; you are His creation, which is perfection in the highest!

Good days - bad days

"... We take the good days from God - why not also the bad days?"  Job, MSG

Why do we embrace the good days God gives us, and then act like unloved victims and loathe in our misery when we have the bad days? Simply, because we are human and we are selfish.  However, what we need to focus on during the bad days is that God has reasons for every moment in our lives.  So, instead of looking outward and pointing the finger on everyone else for our problems, our bad days, let's begin to point the finger internally and seeking God to figure out what steps we need to take in order to turn our bad days into blessed days.  

Let's embrace the good days along with the bad days, seek God, stay out of the victim mentality, and wait for the blessings that God has in store for us.

This is your day!

"... This was the very day that the enemies of the Jews had planned to overpower them, but the tables were now turned: the Jews overpowered those who hated them!..."  Esther 9:1-4, MSG

Today is the day that you rise: embrace God, put your past behind you, lift your head up high, and walk right into the battles that are before you.  God is with you, and no matter how over powered you may be in the natural, God is the Overpower in the supernatural and He will see to it that your biggest battles become your most amazing victories.  

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