love you enemies

Love Your Enemies

Jesus was very specific as he spake to the disciples about this topic.  But even as followers of Christ, this area confronts us with much difficulty because we are still wrapped up in this barrier called flesh.  Nonetheless, we have been confronted with the responsibility to take our love to a higher level and show love to our enemies.  Like, actually look out for them.  Think of the example/standard we are setting in the world.  

What are some examples of loving our enemies?  Well, we can not only pray for them, but if they permit, we can pray with them about specific situations that may be weighing them down and genuinely want God to move on their behalf.  We can pay a bill for them, pick up groceries for them when they experience financial challenges, or clean their home when they are physically unable to.  This requires constant examination of our heart and intentions to ensure that we love them as if they were not an enemy, but instead a friend.

Affirmation: I will show unconditional love, even toward my enemies.

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Turn Back To Him. 

If you have fallen away from Christ and you’ve turned to lusts and the things of this world — simply repent and turn back to Him. It’s not too late. Repent means to turn completely. Turn to Him and let God make you new. 

If you’ve turned to other things, and you’re looking to fill your heart with temporary idols — you will never be satisfied. Lust cannot fill a God-sized void. “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James‬ ‭1:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬. 

For the wages of lust is death. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans‬ ‭6:23‬ ‭KJV‬‬. God wants to give you eternal life. Forsake sin and run to Christ.

Say This Simple Prayer:

Father God, in the Name of Jesus, I thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die for my sin. Father, I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. 

I thank You that His Blood purchased me and has made me clean. Father, I thank You that Jesus Christ rose from the grave just for me. 

I believe that Jesus rose so that I might be free. His Blood frees me. His Blood destroys every yoke of bondage. I am free in You and I turn and surrender my body to You. In Jesus Name Amen. 

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You Are Not Your Own. 

“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:19‬ ‭KJV

When you are in Christ, your body does not belong to you — it belongs to God. “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:18‬ ‭KJV.‬‬ 

Fornication is a sin directly against the body, the temple of the Holy Ghost. Not only is fornication a sin against your own body but you also grieve the Holy Spirit when you have sex outside of marriage. Sex is not only a physical act but it’s a spiritual covenant that brings two individuals together as one flesh. 

When sex is performed outside of marriage, it is an illegal spiritual trespass against your body and the Holy Spirit. Paul states, “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:23‬ ‭KJV‬‬. The two may be consenting the act — it may be lawful, but fornication (sex outside of marriage) is a spiritual transgression against the body and against the Holy Ghost. 

Your body belongs to Him.

Dream****Armor of GOD good vs evil

 I had a dream that was really powerful. I have lately been asking God about the world being so evil. So many different things happen in the world that are bad and if we lose focus we can let the evil in with out knowing it. We must remain focused on God and being In his word putting on the whole Armor of God being ready for any attack. 

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Good vs evil 

It was light against dark. So the light who were a handful of people and Dark who were a handful of people roamed the earth. Light bring more should to God and spreading his word and the dark making it more evil. 

I was part of the light feeling that once you are light you cannot become dark in my dream. So evil decided to show me how quick he can turn light into dark. I am trying to sum up the dream so that it is not so long. 

I could not believe how quick light let evil in. 

This is how quickly the enemy moves with one word whispered , one thing seen on TV or music not of God being listen to can quickly enter the mind and you will find yourself out of the will of God that fast. You have to stay fully armored with the word of God. being a Christina is not just on Sundays but everyday living all day long. We have to fight harder to more like God and do what is pleasing to God we must try harder. 

Hoarder-- 1 Samuel 10:22

Google Definition: Hoarder -A person who hoards things, collector or accumulator. 

In order to elevate and go to the next level in life you must let some things go before going into the new season. Sometimes you need to sit down self evaluate your life. We are all sinners and not perfect. I fall short daily and that is were repentance comes in.This is why Jesus died on the cross. 

You can be so full of baggage that you are hoarding that you are missing what God is trying to show you. you may need to let go of the past , or getting rid of toxic people or things that may be in your mind. 

Hoarding for me , when I think about it is very scary for me because I at one time in my life was so weighed down with baggage that I was not going to make it. I was holding on to many things. 

Becoming a young mother at the age 16 

Failed marriages young age 

Failing as a mother losing some of my kids the system

Bad decisions 

Every mistake 

Looking for love in all the wrong places 

Shame 

Guilt 

Habits

Abandonment  

Kicked out at the age 14 ,15

Mommy &Daddy issues 

List can go on and on , but I had to start unpacking. I could not do this on my own unsure how to unpack or how to forgive myself , I couldn't love myself until I fully gave my life back to Jesus. I can only tell you what GOD has done for me and he saved me giving me a second chance to get my life together, many do not get a second chance. 

what are you hoarding today? 

Let it go,it has weighed you down enough give it to GOD and watch how your life changes with the release of the old baggage that has weighed you down. We are not defined by our past or mistakes,or bad decisions GOD loves us anyway. 

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Inside-Out

We live in a world dominated by an orphan spirit. It teaches people to be defensive, self-reliant, self-sufficient. It militates against the vulnerability and dependence called for by Father God as we take on His kingdom values.

We have been trained by an orphan world that says we must prove ourselves capable. This is a religious lie. We are not built for independence. In fact, the moment we decide to kill our independence, admit our own incapability, give up and look to the Father, is the moment of our greatest victory.

Resolutions and commitments to change our behavior won’t work. Allowing God to change our heart – and the subsequent outworking of that change affecting our behavior – will transform us. Striving is the counterfeit of yielding. Religion attempts to transform us from the outside-in and does not work. The kingdom operates from the inside-out, and it does work, bringing about spiritual transformation.

In order to give up our self-reliance and yield to God’s work in our life we need to learn humility. The orphan spirit is rooted in pride and control. It is offended by the prospect of making ourselves vulnerable. Yet, humble people cannot be humiliated or offended, because their self-focus has vanished, swallowed up by their love for God, themselves and others.

Perfectionism and control tend to produce only shame and fear. But when we are justified by Christ’s perfection through faith in the finished work of the cross, He becomes our perfection. Suddenly, we are enough. We measure up. Slowly, our self-criticism and our judgment of others falls away, because we realize that everyone is significant.

Let’s get rid of our pride, because God resists the proud. Let’s choose to go low and God will lift us up. Let’s embrace the inside-out working of the Holy Spirit in our lives and look towards the glory that God desires to bring through His grace.

The teacher is always silent during the test keep going

 God got you , facts keep going 

Keep on going never give up

 Keep going with a smile 

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Believing the Best

The person who is close to God thinks positive, uplifting, edifying thoughts about other people as well as about himself and his own circumstances.

You exhort others with your words only after you have first had kind thoughts about that individual. Remember that whatever is in your heart will come out of your mouth (Matthew 12:34). Thoughts and words are containers or weapons for carrying creative or destructive power (Proverbs 18:21). This is why it is so important to do some “love thinking” on purpose.

I encourage you to send thoughts of love toward other people. Speak words of encouragement. Come alongside others and urge them to press forward in their spiritual life. Speak words that make others feel better and that encourage and strengthen them.

Everyone has enough problems already. We don’t need to add to their troubles by tearing them down. We can build up one another in love (1 Thessalonians 5:11). Love always believes the best of everyone (1 Corinthians 13:7).

We are living in obedience to the Word of God when our thoughts, actions, and attitudes line up with what it says.

God wants us to find our way back to him

There’s Got to Be More

Do you ever have the feeling that you are chasing something in life that won’t fully satisfy you? Pay attention to that feeling. It’s from God.

We’re not just talking about substance abuse issues, although drinking and pursuing other addictions are certainly ways of chasing something futile. But we’ve also known a lot of “good church people” who sit in a service every week—or who preach from a pulpit to those people—who feel themselves to be far from God. They’re “successful” or “put together” or “righteous” on the outside, but they’re missing God on the inside. They keep busy with religious practices and work, school, or family, but it just isn’t enough. They long for God to feel real to them.

That longing is the first spiritual awakening for all of us finding our way back to God: “There’s got to be more.”

When you long for a love that is deep and satisfying, when you want to give yourself to something that will truly make a difference, or when you seek answers to life’s most difficult questions, you are looking for God. You’ve really got two options: you can keep searching to fill these longings on your own, or you can look to the One who gave you those longings in the first place.

Our longing for real love goes all the way back to how the human race was made in the first place. God intended that we experience his love both directly from him and through others we relate to in a healthy way. What we long for, God doesn’t just have but actually God is. He is love and he pursues us with love.

We’ve heard it said that every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is really looking for God. If you are knocking on the door of some self-destructive behavior or relationship, you might actually have arrived at an important point in your journey back to God. Why? Because the disappointment you inevitably feel in cheap substitutes will make you wonder where you can find real love. Will you open yourself up to letting God fill your longing to love and be loved?

What do your activities this week suggest about what you think will satisfy you?