Good afternoon, God. Thank You for this day. Thank You for all of the blessings You continuously pour out on me and my family. I ask that You fill me with Your Holy Spirit and continue to lead, guide, and direct me. Thank You for what You’ve been teaching and revealing to me. Thank You for teaching me to be desperate for You in a world that has taught me to doubt your existence. Thank You for revealing to me that I can do nothing good apart from You. Thank You for chasing me down and being there as soon as I realized I wanted to turn around and run into Your arms. Bless this day and let everything that happens today be glorifying to You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
In my experience, if one wants more worldly pleasures they have to either be ignorant of their soul or be willing to sacrifice their soul to the prince of this world. The process doesn’t look as drastic as I described because it’s only a little bit at a time. The desensitization over time makes it a little easier to compromise the next time.
If one wants more truth and the gifts of the Holy Spirit they have to sacrifice their illusion of control. The more “control” we give up, the more our eyes can be opened to see God working in our lives.
I am far from perfect, but everything I’ve given Him control of so far has either come back to me or is in the process of coming back to me better than anything I could have asked or imagined when it looked like it was under my control.
I heard a pastor say one time that we all have a God-sized void in our life that we attempt to fill with everything except for God, and while these other things may provide pleasure for a little while they will never fill the void in our life and will continue to leave us empty after the “fix” has worn off.
Many have been hurt by religion. I know our family had been hurt, but we started attending a church in Michigan where the motto was “For people that have given up on church, but not God.” This church and the pastor there helped sustain our family when we felt like we were in the desert.
I have now been taught that a relationship with Jesus Christ is something real and I have heard other testimonies of people who have had an encounter with this Jesus. About 3+ years ago I had my own encounter with the Holy Spirit and while I’m far from perfect, I don’t even recognize the person that was dwelling in darkness for years that looked like me.
Jesus set this captive free. Religion led me to Him, but religion did not set me free. Jesus did. If He could do it for me, He can do it for you! Thank You, Jesus! -A humble warrior in God’s army
“If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!” Psalm 139:8 ESV
“Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil, for Thine is the power and glory forever and ever. Amen.” -The Lord’s prayer
Destroying the kingdom of satan with the Holy Spirit 