When I opened up about my deepest & darkest secrets & struggles some of my “friends” drifted away. When I started speaking about being on the sex offender registry because of a charge back in the early 1990's, that was even worse to some people.
I know that some people’s parents & families have a tough time accepting their transparency, and some are rejected by members of the church as well. How can we know, and believe, that GOD accepts us in spite of all?
That is a very easy answer..... GOD Almighty said HE would. HE promised it. And HE keeps HIS Word. We all have self-doubts, fears & anxiety, and we can fear authority figures in the same way as we fear rejection.
A state trooper once followed a man for five miles, all the way to his home. Then he drove in the yard behind the man! “What did I do?”, the man asked himself. Anxiety gripped him until the state trooper got out of his car and said, "Hi! I haven't seen you in ages!" Turns out the state trooper was an old friend from way back and just wanted to say hi and catch up. But the waiting period was rough, all five miles of it.
Let's pray...
Dear FATHER, I am sorry that I have treated YOU like an earthly authority. Thank YOU for accepting me even when I rejected YOU because of my fears. May I be released from fear in order to know YOU, to walk with YOU, to talk with YOU and to Hope in YOU Forever. I Pray to YOU, FATHER and I ask these things in The Mighty, Powerful & Precious Name of YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
Reading Romans 8:14-18 this morning….
I know that some people’s parents & families have a tough time accepting their transparency, and some are rejected by members of the church as well. How can we know, and believe, that GOD accepts us in spite of all?
That is a very easy answer..... GOD Almighty said HE would. HE promised it. And HE keeps HIS Word. We all have self-doubts, fears & anxiety, and we can fear authority figures in the same way as we fear rejection.
A state trooper once followed a man for five miles, all the way to his home. Then he drove in the yard behind the man! “What did I do?”, the man asked himself. Anxiety gripped him until the state trooper got out of his car and said, "Hi! I haven't seen you in ages!" Turns out the state trooper was an old friend from way back and just wanted to say hi and catch up. But the waiting period was rough, all five miles of it.
Let's pray...
Dear FATHER, I am sorry that I have treated YOU like an earthly authority. Thank YOU for accepting me even when I rejected YOU because of my fears. May I be released from fear in order to know YOU, to walk with YOU, to talk with YOU and to Hope in YOU Forever. I Pray to YOU, FATHER and I ask these things in The Mighty, Powerful & Precious Name of YESHUA, JESUS The CHRIST. Amen.
Reading Romans 8:14-18 this morning….