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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"USING THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
USING THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD
DO YOU SOMETIMES FEEL UNWORTHY OF GOD'S LOVE? YOU KNOW YOU HAVE JUST SINNED AND FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT. WELL, IF YOU HAVE, AND WE ALL DO, JUST ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU. WHEN JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SINS, IT WAS FOR THAT SIN YOU JUST COMMITTED AND THAT SIN HAS ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN. HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO SIN AND ASK FORGIVENESS, THAT PUTS YOU BACK UNDER THE UMBRELLA, SO TO SPEAK, OF GOD'S PROTECTION AND TELLS THE DEVIL THAT YOU ARE STILL IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND HE (THE DEVIL) HAS NO POWER OVER YOU.
YOU SEE, GOD IS NOT IN HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN TO SEE IF YOU SIN SO HE CAN STRIKE YOU WITH SOME ILLNESS OR PROBLEMS. THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. HE SEES YOU SINLESS, JUST LIKE JESUS. THE BIBLE EVEN SAYS THAT WE ARE JUST LIKE JESUS, "IN THIS WORLD". (1ST JOHN 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect , that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is , so are we in this world.) I TRY TO MAKE IT A POINT TO ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS DAILY BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY TIMES WE SIN AND DON'T REALIZE IT. IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THINKING SOMETHING BAD ABOUT SOMEONE. I JUST USE 1ST JOHN 1:9 AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE ME AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. (1ST JOHN 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.) I KNOW THAT WHEN I DO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, GOD WILL USE THE FORGIVENESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED BY JESUS AND APPLY IT TO MY SINS.
IF WE WOULD JUST STOP SATAN FROM BROW BEATING US WITH HIS LIES AND START RELYING ON GOD'S WORD TO FILL US WITH HIS LOVE AND JOY, THERE WOULD BE NO STRESS IN OUR LIVES AND WE WOULD HAVE THAT STRENGTH TO GET US THROUGH ANYTHING. WHAT NEHEMIAH TOLD THE ISRAELITES IS AS MUCH FOR US TODAY AS IT WAS FOR THEM BACK THEN AND I WILL QUOTE IT HERE. "NEHEMIAH 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way , eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared : for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the LORD is your strength." YOU SEE, WE DO HAVE THE STRENGTH TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL IF WE WOULD JUST BELIEVE WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS.
SO, IF YOU ARE FEELING UNWORTHY, STRESSED, SICK OR HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS, PUT ON THAT FULL ARMOUR OF GOD AND TAKE THAT SWORD OF THE SPIRIT AND USE THAT STRENGTH FROM THE LORD'S JOY AND GIVE THE DEVIL THE BEATING HE DESERVES FOR TRYING TO PUT THOSE THINGS ON YOU. YOU HAVE THE POWER AND A REALLY GOOD BACK UP SO DON'T BE AFRAID. IF WE WOULD START OUT OUR DAYS LIKE THIS, SATAN WOULD NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO BOTHER US. I AM GOING TO DO IT, HOW ABOUT YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
