If you're breathing then I imagine you struggle with or have struggled with one or more of the following:
-worry
-stress
-fear
-rejection
-self loathing
-feeling of inadequacy
-self blame
The list goes on, but those are just of few of the most common feelings that people have, sometimes on a daily basis.
I know these feelings creep up on me more often than I'd like. When I start to feel any of the above, I remind myself that these feelings are NOT feelings from God. They are evil thoughts creeping their way into my mind and I refuse to agree with them. If I agree with these lies, then I'm denying that my Father is the King.
On Sunday, my husband started doubting himself and he wanted me to make him feel better. I realized almost immediately that he was being attacked by lies not from God (I wish I could say I do this every time lies creep up, but I don't...this was divine intervention). Instead of trying to think of positive, uplifting, and encouraging things to say to him to MAYBE get him to feel better, I told him, "Jarrod, we know the truth - the real truth that God has told us - that HE put us here and we are to do the job HE set us out to do. Whatever you're feeling right now is a lie from Satan and if you come into agreement with it, we are gonna go down a long road of dispair and discouragement." I just LOVE how he responded to this. Instead of fighting me and rationalizing his feelings, he immediately renounced the lies he believed and announced his agreement and alignment with our Heavenly Father.
After that prayer, his feeling of self-doubt was null and void...not even a topic of conversation. It was so easy to get back on track with God with a simple prayer (as opposed to me trying to find encouraging words for him).
It is so important not to come into agreement with thoughts from Satan. It is easy to discern WHICH thoughts are from Satan because they are simply counterproductive. They make you feel sad, discouraged, and depressed. OUR Heavenly Father loves us so much and produces patience, kindness, encouragement, love, peace, joy, goodness, etc.
Don't get me wrong - there ARE times when we need to be corrected by our Father but he does this in a way that makes you glad he pointed out the area of correction. He does it in a way that brings light and truth to your life - to make you see things you never saw. After correction from Him, you feel light, happy, grateful.
I get so excited about showing people the way God makes his children feel. I think it is so important to know our Heavenly Father and how he treats his children. Some people have a skewed perception of Him because they place their earthly father's image onto our Heavenly Father. Our Heavenly Father is a perfect Father - we are so lucky to be His children. Don't make the mistake of denying Him by agreeing with the enemy...make the CHOICE to believe truth.
-worry
-stress
-fear
-rejection
-self loathing
-feeling of inadequacy
-self blame
The list goes on, but those are just of few of the most common feelings that people have, sometimes on a daily basis.
I know these feelings creep up on me more often than I'd like. When I start to feel any of the above, I remind myself that these feelings are NOT feelings from God. They are evil thoughts creeping their way into my mind and I refuse to agree with them. If I agree with these lies, then I'm denying that my Father is the King.
On Sunday, my husband started doubting himself and he wanted me to make him feel better. I realized almost immediately that he was being attacked by lies not from God (I wish I could say I do this every time lies creep up, but I don't...this was divine intervention). Instead of trying to think of positive, uplifting, and encouraging things to say to him to MAYBE get him to feel better, I told him, "Jarrod, we know the truth - the real truth that God has told us - that HE put us here and we are to do the job HE set us out to do. Whatever you're feeling right now is a lie from Satan and if you come into agreement with it, we are gonna go down a long road of dispair and discouragement." I just LOVE how he responded to this. Instead of fighting me and rationalizing his feelings, he immediately renounced the lies he believed and announced his agreement and alignment with our Heavenly Father.
After that prayer, his feeling of self-doubt was null and void...not even a topic of conversation. It was so easy to get back on track with God with a simple prayer (as opposed to me trying to find encouraging words for him).
It is so important not to come into agreement with thoughts from Satan. It is easy to discern WHICH thoughts are from Satan because they are simply counterproductive. They make you feel sad, discouraged, and depressed. OUR Heavenly Father loves us so much and produces patience, kindness, encouragement, love, peace, joy, goodness, etc.
Don't get me wrong - there ARE times when we need to be corrected by our Father but he does this in a way that makes you glad he pointed out the area of correction. He does it in a way that brings light and truth to your life - to make you see things you never saw. After correction from Him, you feel light, happy, grateful.
I get so excited about showing people the way God makes his children feel. I think it is so important to know our Heavenly Father and how he treats his children. Some people have a skewed perception of Him because they place their earthly father's image onto our Heavenly Father. Our Heavenly Father is a perfect Father - we are so lucky to be His children. Don't make the mistake of denying Him by agreeing with the enemy...make the CHOICE to believe truth.
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