Agreeing with God

[majestyjo]

Agreeing with God

Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses.

—1 Timothy 6:12

Take a step of faith and no matter how you feel, agree with God that He loves you. You are wonderfully made and have many talents and strengths. You are valuable, and as a believer in Jesus, you are the righteousness of God in Him. You have rightness before God instead of wrongness—be thankful for that amazing gift!

Begin to speak out against feelings of insecurity and say, “I belong to God and He loves me!” (see Ephesians 2:10). We believe more of what we hear ourselves say than what others say, so start saying something good and drown out the other voices that condemn you.

Fight for yourself! Fight the good fight of faith and refuse to live below the level at which Jesus wants you to live. His kingdom is righteousness, peace, and joy (see Romans 14:17). Don’t settle for anything less.

Prayer of Thanks: I thank You, Father, that I can boldly declare in faith who I am in Christ. Thank You that You created me as one of a kind and You love me dearly. Today, I choose to believe that I am Your workmanship.

From the book The Power of Being Thankful by Joyce Meyer

[majestyjo]

This reminds me of the night I did a meditation when I was just over 7 years sober. I laid back in my easy boy chair afterward and I felt like the Hand of God touched me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes. Due to abuse, my body was very rigid with fear and many other hurts and feelings that I had yet to deal with. I didn't go to sexual counselling until I was 15 years sober. I thought I had dealt with everything in my 4th Step, but I needed additional healing. The body remembers and when I got up from that chair, I felt like I had my zig to go with my zag and I was free of all the old body memories that had kept me in check and stopped me from going forward in a lot of areas of my life. Shortly afterward, I ended the relationship I was in. I realized that he saw me as his Higher Power and was looking to me to fill all his needs. God fills our needs, we don't have to go outside of ourselves to be fulfilled.