If someone grabbed a bag of flour and said, “I’m going to sprinkle this white powder all over your food, and you are going to fall asleep for a long time”, you’d probably think they were foolish. If someone said, “This is anthrax that I’m sprinkling on your food, and you are going to fall asleep for a long time”, you’d run out of the house as soon as possible in fear. The difference is obvious: anthrax is a threat, and flour is not.

When the devil encounters Christians that are not walking in the promises of God, he probably thinks they are foolish, and he would be right. Many Christians are powerless. Jesus told the disciples to wait and they would “receive power” when the Holy Spirit came upon them. Jesus was talking about the promise of the Holy Spirit that was made for all believers.

The Holy Spirit brings POWER. He convicts the soul, and draws us closer to the Father. A Christian who is walking in the Spirit, and living by the Spirit, is a dangerous Christian. Dangerous to the devil, and to his world.

So the next time you do something right, and you are attacked, don’t be discouraged. Rejoice when you do the will of the Father! Be glad that it makes the devil angry! His time is short, and he knows it!

How long has it been since you have read your Bible? A few hours, days, weeks, etc? I’m not talking about browsing the internet and finding the occasional scriptures posted. I’m talking about pulling out the Great Book and letting God lead the conversation through His Word!

It had been awhile since I had opened my Bible, before last night. I don’t know why, but I just hadn’t been feeling led to read (not that we should wait for a confirmation to read our Bibles), and every time I did, I would get really tired and I wouldn’t get anything out of my reading. That started to frustrate me because the Bible is usually so exciting to me that I’m either laughing, crying, or turning the pages in suspense.

Be on the look out for this kind of sneaky attack from our enemy. A Christian that is not being fed with the Word is weak and helpless against bigger issues. Last night, I said, “God, I’m starving for Your Word. I need to be fed, and I bind any power or principality that would stop me from hearing You. Please let these words bring revelation to my spirit, and let these things take root in my spirit.”

I opened up and went to where I felt God was leading me, and I was not disappointed. I feasted on the Word of God, and I feel much better now. I’ve gotten a little skinny from starving myself so it’s going to take a few more meals to plump me up again, but the main thing is that we are all on a steady diet!

Occasionally, when the Lord is teaching me something, it is rather obvious. Most of the time however, it is “the still small voice” [1 Kings 19:12] that I must strive to listen to, or I just might miss the lessons He is yearning to teach me.

It has been that small voice that has consistently done big and wonderful things. Sometimes we ignore the voice of God, and listen to our own way of thinking instead. Other times, we might mistakenly label our thoughts as God’s thoughts. I once said that I can tell if it’s God talking if it disagrees with what I want to do. If the voice is justifying what I want to do, then it is probably my flesh speaking. I still believe this to an extent, but the more my mind is renewed with Heavenly things vs. worldly things; I find that I’m not disagreeing as much.

When that happens everything flows better, and I have a sense of peace knowing that I am in the will of God. When you are in the will of God you are traveling with the river’s current.

Traveling against the current isn’t fun. Some days I wake up and I’m really grouchy. I won’t pray, and I won’t listen to any worship music. I just go through the day getting angry at drivers on the road, forgetting stuff, running into doors [I’m such a klutz sometimes], and everything seems like a challenge. Finally, at the end of the day, the still small voice says, “you better talk to Me”. God knows we can’t do anything apart from Him, and sometimes we have to have those bad days to remind us of how much we need Him.

It’s important to connect with Him everyday. It’s important to hear His voice, and have the personal relationship with Him that religion doesn’t offer. You can go to church, have a bible study, sing some worship music, and go to sleep. That still doesn’t mean you have a relationship with God. A relationship involves two or more people. At the end of the day, it’s just you and Him.

He listens to you. Don’t you think it’s time you started listening to Him?

Here’s the scenario:

A Christian man who once identified as a homosexual was delivered and set free by the power of God. He has repented, and has been made fully aware that homosexuality is a dangerous sin. Because of his extreme encounter with the Lord in this situation, he is passionate about warning others of this sin. However, the majority of Christians believe that they are supposed to “love the sinner, and hate the sin”, which basically means that they have to keep their mouth shut and never say anything that would convict the person. Is this being a loving Christian?

Absolutely NOT! I’m constantly amazed at how Christians respond to the sin of homosexuality, and a multitude of other common sins. It’s at the point where if you speak against someone who is sinning, you are being “hateful”. They often toss around the phrase, “but God is love.” Yes, He is. He is perfect love, and perfect love doesn’t want you to sin!

Job 15:17-18 says,

God is going to make you uncomfortable sometimes. In fact, He is even going to hit you (smite), and give you wounds when you are doing something wrong. He does this, because He loves you!

Imagine you have a child (maybe you do), and you see that child stealing something in the store. Are you going to keep your mouth closed, and turn your head? NO! You are going to scold him, and hopefully punish him for his unacceptable behavior.

To keep our mouths closed for the sake of not making someone feel uncomfortable is not love. In the New Testament, if someone was guilty of committing the same sin over and over without repenting, they were publicly humiliated in the church! Are we doing this today?

Fornication is a sin that seems to be widely accepted in America. When is someone going to start telling people that this is wrong again? We need some tough love in this world!

Revelations 3:19 says,

What are your thoughts on this?

The Bible says we are changed from “glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18), and I’ve started to really understand what that means lately. Naturally, when God moved in my life last year, and led me to surrender everything to Him, there were quite a few changes. A lot of those changes happened rapidly, but the majority have happened over the course of the year, and continue on to this day. It would be impossible to even describe all of the changes that have been made in my life. You would first have to know what kind of person I used to be! That person is in the past though, and it’s weird to even think about him. I remember when I was first being led to surrender to God. It’s almost as if I knew what was coming. I remember asking my friend Gina, “will I still be me?” I was so worried that I was going to lose myself. In a lot of ways I did. However, when I look back I have to ask what was I really holding on to? Smoking, swearing, drinking, inappropriate jokes, making fun of people, impatience, gossip, etc. These are the things that I thought made me who I was; the things that I thought other people liked me for. Yes, I said goodbye to those things, but it didn’t happen over night!

How does it happen? In my prayers, I always ask God to continue His transformation process. I pray to be conformed to the likeness of Christ. Of course, I’ll never be perfect. Ever since I fell in love with Jesus, I have had the desire to see Him glorified through my actions. I remember once last year when I was getting upset with someone, and unleashing my usual fury, my friend said to me, “you might be the only Bible they ever read.” The phrase has stuck with me ever since. I constantly have to remind myself that the way I appear to people is very important for my testimony. Christians shouldn’t look just like everyone else. We are set apart, and we are supposed to be walking upright and in good standing with God. Of course, I still feel the urge to scream at someone who cuts me off in traffic. Ever since I put that Jesus fish on the back of my car though, I have greatly improved my road rage issues. It’s accountability. If we aren’t held accountable we will all fall down. If someone saw me flip someone off, and then looked at the fish on the back of my car, what would they think? The first word that comes to my mind is, “hypocrite”. That’s a harsh word, and one that I never want to be called! Now there are some who might say, “well, I’ll never see them again, and no one will find out”, but if that’s your attitude, then your not a Christian. You read that correctly. If you are more worried about what people think, you are not a true Christian! Do I need to say it one more time?

I don’t bite my tongue to please others, I do it because I want God to have the glory in everything that I do. We need to be focused on what He would think of our actions, not what others would think. Then, and only then, will we truly start to see the glorious transformations happening!

In Matthew 4:4, Jesus tells the devil that we can’t live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of God’s mouth. Yes, we need bread (food) to live, but what is Jesus really talking about here? What else is there that could possibly sustain our life?

In John 4, the disciples were off buying food. When they returned, they insisted that Jesus eat something. However, He tells them that He has food (nourishment) that they don’t know of (John 4:32). After wondering if someone else had stopped by to feed Him, He responded to them saying, “My food is to do the will of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work.”

Jesus wasn’t hungry. He didn’t eat anything, but He was fulfilling the will of God. This is what satisfied His body! Many of us are hungry a lot. It’s no secret that food isn’t what it used to be, and that most of it is loaded with chemicals to make us even more hungry. What if the problem isn’t with the food though? What if we are hungry because we aren’t fulfilling the will of God in our lives.

The last days will bring famines. Indeed, many are starving now, and don’t even realize it! Jesus is the bread of life, right? Isn’t it funny that in this age of spiritual starvation, most of the popular diets out there are against carbohydrates aka bread?

I’ll tell you right now, the scriptures I mentioned have brought a plethora of revelations to my spirit. “Give us this day our daily bread” has a whole new meaning for me, and I think it’s time we start praying that more. Stop depending on food to fill you up. If you’re going to get plump, may you be plump with the things of God!

…and you gave me something to drink. These words have echoed in my head the past few days. It’s the words of Jesus Christ in Matthew 25:35, and the message is one that we still don’t seem to understand.

Jesus says that the kind works we do to others, we are really doing to Him. Likewise, when we neglect the needs of others, it is also being done to Him. If we looked at our actions today, and really opened our eyes to the way we have treated people, would we weep with regret of how we have treated our Lord?

The answer to that question is probably not something you’d like to admit. This brings me to my next point…

Along with the words Jesus spoke in Matthew 25, I have also felt a deep sorrow for the Body of Christ. I can only imagine what God sees when He looks down on His creation and finds that the ones who have been commanded to love their neighbors, are doing just the opposite. Where have we gone wrong? How did Christianity become so twisted and full of hidden agendas? When did we decide who we are going to welcome, and who we are going to cast out? Why do we think we can be a witness for Christ to the world, when we can’t even get along with eachother?

The Body of Christ needs a wake-up call regarding this very serious issue. If we can’t follow His instructions…well, I’ll let the Word speak for itself:

I’ve always been inspired by the references to fruit in the Bible. It is an easy way to understand how our lives appear to God and to the world. Jesus said that we would be recognized by our fruits (Matthew 7:16), and that a good tree cannot produce bad fruit, just as a bad tree cannot produce good fruit (Luke 6:43).

What are some ways we can produce good fruit? In 1 Thessalonians 5:15-22 we are given some commands that, if followed, will produce good fruit.

We should always try to be kind to everyone and we should seek to do good to one another. As simple as this is, there are a multitude of people who still don’t get it. I think in our culture we are trying to find reasons to condemn people, so that we can be lifted up higher. In the end, those who have this measure of grace, will receive this measure of grace (Luke 6:38).

Have you realized how blessed you are to follow Christ? Do you not see the people who won’t accept the things of God, and their fate is sealed?

Prayer is our first line of defense, but it is also a gift that God has given us to communicate with Him. We shouldn’t just pray when things get rough; we should be praying continually for all things! Throughout the day, we spend a lot of time in our heads thinking about pointless things. Sometimes we confuse ourselves even more, and there is no fruit. I challenge you to stop talking to yourself, and to start talking to God!

This is crucial because it is the Will of God in Christ Jesus. I’m learning to thank Him regardless of how my circumstances look. Read Romans 8:28, and start believing it!

The Holy Spirit is alive in us and ready to help us at all times. However, we usually seem to think that we can do everything ourselves, and therefore we suppress the Holy Spirit. When you yield to Him, and surrender your ways, you will start to see His ways. Psalm 34:8,9 says, “TASTE and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who TRUSTS and takes refuge in Him.” That’s a delicious fruit!

We should not depreciate prophetic revelations or inspired instructions. This was a warning for then as much as it is now. In the last days, men and women will prophesy (Acts 2:16-17), and many will speak harsh words against them. There will also be many false prophets. So how do we know the difference?

In 1 John 4:2 we are told how to test the spirits. “Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.”

Evil comes in many forms, and most people forget that it usually doesn’t jump out and say, “I’m evil, avoid me.” With all the forms of evil, how are we to know what is good? The more time you spend in prayer and in the Word, the more you will start to recognize what is evil and what is good.

I feel like there was a corporate message from God this past week for all of us to read our Bibles more. I spend a lot of time on the internet, reading different Christian websites, so I pick up a lot of Scriptures in that way, but nothing compares to opening up the Book and letting God do the talking.

One of the reasons reading our bible is so important is stated in Ephesians 6:17. We are told that the Word of God is our “sword”, and when you read this passage in its context, you will find that this sword is our only weapon of defense.

Hebrews 4:12 tells us that our sword is sharper than any other sword. I find it interesting that God relates His Word to a sword for many reasons. For instance, a sword in the hands of someone who doesn’t know how to use it, is rendered useless. How many people have the sword of God, but aren’t using it properly?

What does a sword do? It protects, but it is mainly the means to kill an opponent. When our opponent comes, he has a sword too, but it is no match for the one we have been given. If we practice daily, we will become true warriors in the Spirit. Knowing how to use this sword can and will save our lives!

In other words, we need to be reading daily, and whether you realize it at the time or not, it truly is helping you!

I remember awhile back when I got together with a friend to pray, and we just weren’t really feeling anything. We were use to having the presence of God with us, so when we didn’t feel it, the devil put the thought in our minds that maybe God wasn’t there, or maybe He was too busy for us. The Holy Spirit reminded me of the Scripture that says:

This is a promise from the Lord, and the Lord always keeps His promises! Therefor, I was able to cast down the lies of the enemy and stand on the Truth that God was there whether we felt Him or not! This is just one example, of how knowing the Word of God can help us.

I’m curious to know, how has the Word of the God helped you win battles?

This morning, I had the opportunity to meet with a guy from church, and through him, God taught me some valuable lessons. One of the lessons that has stuck with me through the day is his view on the way a lot of people are talking to God. I’m paraphrasing here, but this is the basic idea of what he said:

I realize this might not apply to you, but it did apply to me. When he said this, I was reminded of a lot of my prayers to God, when I was shouting at Him or demanding things from Him. Not all of my communication with Him has been like this, but enough to be convicted for what I have done. I have spent the rest of the day talking “nice” to God. Mainly, I’m just trying to speak to Him as the Heavenly Father that He is. It has made a huge difference in my prayers today, and I have felt a lot different when talking to Him. I almost feel like maybe I’m being heard more. It’s been a revelation, to know that I don’t need to scream and yell like a child to be heard by my Father.

This isn’t a lesson to be forgotten, and I will surely remember it forever! If you’re reading this, thanks again Keith! To God be the Glory!

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I found an interesting poll that was done by onenewsnow.com regarding what shoppers are doing this year to control their Christmas spending.

I started thinking about how out of touch with reality people can get around Christmas time. I guess if you have an abundance of money all year long, then it would be alright to go on a shopping spree. However, the majority of the people I know live paycheck to paycheck all year long, and then somehow justify buying presents for everyone they know at the end of the year. Why?

I think it all boils down to the fact that we know someone is going to buy us something, so we feel obligated to buy something for them in return. Then we have this massive chain reaction of gift buying. Sure, there are people that like to buy gifts because they are a giving person, but is that really the reason we have become delusional at Christmas time?

What if everyone just said, “instead of gifts for everyone this year, I’m going to give myself to Jesus. I’m going to do what He wants me to do. Maybe I’ll go spend some time with the homeless, maybe I’ll help my mom around the house more, maybe I’ll give more of my time to my children, or maybe I’ll donate more time to the church.”

God wants our time, not our gifts. Is it possible that maybe people also appreciate time more than material things? If you don’t have the money to give this year, don’t stress about it. There are many other ways to give besides swiping a credit card for someone.

If you do have the money, and you think you are giving for the right reasons, then I challenge you; give to someone this year that you know will not be getting you a gift back.

Every Sunday since mid July, I have attended church. It has never crossed my mind not to go since my home church, Church in The Son, is so awesome. I look forward to it every week, and even though I can’t get up early the rest of the week, I always seem to pop right out of bed at 7:00 a.m. on Sundays.

Today, something was different. My alarm never went off, but I still woke up. I was in the middle of a dream, and something jolted me at about 7:30 a.m. I was extremely tired as I wondered why my alarm didn’t go off, and I laid there and started rationalizing why I shouldn’t go. “I don’t have anything to wear, there’s no gas in my car, I don’t feel like pumping gas, the message probably isn’t for me this week, I’ll do some extra reading of the scriptures, I’ll watch an older teaching online, etc.”.

My body started to twitch all over, as it sometimes does when I wake up and try to fall back asleep. I thought to myself maybe there were angels poking me, and trying to wake me up. It sure felt like it, and I could hear the Lord saying to my spirit, “get up and get ready for church.” I didn’t want to though, and I decided I was going to fight Him.

I literally said, “nope, I’m not going. I’m laying right here, and you are just going to have to make me.” Now I know why He is called our Father, and we are His children. He knows me very well though, and He spoke this word (kindly), “Justin, if your enemy is working so hard to keep you from going to church this morning, than you should know how great the thing is that I have prepared for you.” Errr, He knows how much I refuse to let the devil win!

I said, “Fine, fine, fine! I’ll go! May the Glory be Yours!”, and from the moment I got out of bed until right now I have been blessed with the presence of the Lord.

So, why did the devil work so hard to keep me from going today? It was just as God had said. There was an incredible anointing on the Pastor, a heavy anointing on the congregation, and a special word from the Lord, that not only touched my heart, but quite a few others as well.

I even got there and back with my gas light on;)

The moral of the story is… Get your butt up, and go to church. God has something to say!

I was recently reading a blog post titled, Are You Called to be a Missionary? at Guy Muse’s blog, and this caught my eye:

This couldn’t be more true! I have always had an idea of what I wanted my life to be like. I spent a lot of time planning how I wanted things to be in my life, and doing everything I could to make my dreams happen. Even when everything was fighting against me, I still had a voice in my head saying, “keep fighting, you deserve to have everything you want.” This voice was lying.

Shortly after I dedicated my life to Jesus, and after I had the revelation that inspired this blog, I really started to pray for God’s will in my life.

What did I get myself into? I had a preconceived concept of what God’s will was. I was actually thinking that my will was His will. Well, I slowly began losing everything that I thought was important. The more I prayed for His will, the more my life turned in a different direction.

I said I began losing things, but really I gave them up. It was only by surrendering to God that I was able to slowly get in His will. How many people aren’t surrendering? How many people never step out of their comfort zone? How many of us are believing that lying voice that tells us we deserve things that God never told us we could have?

Sometimes it is really hard. Sometimes you literally have to say out loud, “alright God, I don’t want to do this, but I’m going to because you told me to.” God has had me do many things that were not even in my character to do. I know for certain there are going to be even more things that I have to do, that I never thought I could. That’s one of the great things about God and His will for our lives! It turns us upside-down. I completely agree with Guy’s statement about God’s plan being “more glorious”. Obviously! Now all we have to do is trust in that!

I challenge you to do something different today. Maybe it’s something that God has put on your heart for awhile, but you have refused to surrender. I challenge you to get out of the boat, and to get into the will of God. It’s a scary and exciting place to be, and it’s worth it every step of the way!

I’m fairly new to Christianity, but God has brought me up to speed with a lot of things very quickly. I’m quite amazed when I remember a verse, or I hear a sermon about a scripture that I am actually familiar with. I give credit to the Holy Spirit for leading and guiding me at all times.

During my short Christian life, I have noticed three types of Christians. There could be more, but again I’m new to this. These are the ones I have taken note of thus far…

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I’m a little down. There’s a lot going on right now, but instead of talking about the bad, I’m going to share with you what God is teaching me these days.

I have recently come to the realization that life is really not what you thought it was going to be. You can do all the dreaming, all the planning, and all the organizing you want. You can work hard to fulfill your goals, but if those goals aren’t in God’s plan, you can kiss them goodbye!

I have learned that I was a very materialistic person, and that I was full of pride. I thought I deserved all the best things, and that I should be treated like royalty.

God’s taking it all away. I’m quickly learning the meaning of being humble…

I had my priorities wrong. Even after I had become a Christian. Even after I had been filled with the Holy Spirit. Do you think it can not happen to you? Do you think that you are so high and mighty that God can not cause you to fall?

We all fall down. I’m quickly learning the meaning of depending ONLY on God…

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In order to surrender to God for Him to work in us (according to His will and purpose), we must first kill the flesh. In other words, we need to stop being consumed with the ways of the world, and we need to start walking in the spirit.

This quote actually relates to killing the flesh. It’s a process that takes time, and an incredible amount of discipline. It’s easy to know what is wrong and right, but we all have our weak moments. We must learn to deny ourselves things that are not of God, and not of His spirit. For me, the only way I have been able to succeed in doing this is by having a deep love for God. It’s not always easy to say no to my own “fleshy” desires, but the reward is always worth it.

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One of the most valuable revelations that God has given me is the call for obedience. I use to go through most of my life doing whatever I wanted to do. I usually expected everything to go my way, and I was sometimes upset when it didn’t. It was a very selfish behavior. I realize that most people might not take it to the level that I once did, but I do know that we are all guilty of atleast one thing: Disobedience to God.

Pastor Alex, from Church in the Son, had an excellent teaching today, and one of the things he mentioned was listening for God’s voice. He mentioned in his own experiences, it could be as simple as putting the shopping cart back where it belongs when you are done shopping. Sometimes we get that little voice that tells us to do something. It’s usually something we don’t want to do, but we hear the voice, and we make the choice to obey or disobey.

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I had a word from God last night, and I’m going to share it here because I think there might be some other people who can relate.

I was having a conversation with Paul at our bible study, and I could feel God’s anointing take over. Paul started to prophesy to me, and his words really hit me deep (as usual). I won’t go into detail about everything, but one of the things he said was that sometimes I pray to God, and don’t listen for a response.

I started to tear up. Not because I was sad, but because I knew this was from God. Only God knows how I pray. I often find myself offering thanks to God, listing my troubles, giving more thanks and appreciation, asking him questions, and then I end my prayer and continue on with my day. Well, that’s alright sometimes, but at some point, God’s going to say, “Alright, if you just listen to me for one second, you won’t have to keep asking the same question, or praying the same thing.”

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Let me start off by saying I feel so blessed right now. I have just been listening to some teachings online, and letting God come down and move within me. It’s just so amazing to me how much he has already changed me. It’s awesome that we serve a God that can change us, and help us in the world. It’s something that should be happening everyday in our lives. Everyday we should be seeking our Father in heaven, and looking to Him for guidance and support. We shouldn’t pray after we have tried everything else to succeed. We should pray first, and let God make it right!

With that said…

Number Two on My List:

Complete surrendering of myself, for God to work in me according to His purpose!

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On Wednesday night, Gina invited me over for a little spiritual gathering with Eric, Patricia, and her friend Paul. Paul is a minister, and this was the first time I had the opportunity to meet him. It was such an awesome time! God’s mighty presence was there from the moment I walked in, and the anointing that Paul has from God is just a blessing to be around! He has a strong gift of prophecy, and we got to see it in action on an individual basis. I love when God uses His servants to deliver His will!

At the end of the meeting, he asked us to do an assignment for next Wednesday. The assignment is to list five ways that I can glorify God.

Number One on My List:

Demonstrate love and compassion at the hardest times. When my flesh wants the glory, let my spirit prevail!

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I watched an excellent movie on Sunday night called “The Visitation”. It is based on the novel by Frank Peretti.

The movie is about a false prophet that comes to the town of Antioch. Everyone believes that he is Jesus, because of the miracles that are happening. However, they soon realize that these miracles are not from God. The movie is disguised as a horror movie, but it is not your typical Hollywood thriller. In fact, there is no obsene language, or sexual activity, which is quite refreshing, considering all of the trash that is out there now.

After the movie, Patricia, Gina, Eric (my spiritual siblings), and myself had a discussion about the movie and false prophets. This is something we have to be increasingly aware of in these last days. (See Matthew 24:24)

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I’ve learned another lesson recently, and I must share it with you. God has warned me about having spiritual pride. What exactly does that mean?

In my case, I honestly can say I’ve had a huge revelation from God. He has come into my life, and moved in my life in the most miraculous ways. I’ve been a sponge, and I’ve tried to soak up everything about God that I possibly can. These are all great things, but I caught myself feeling some emotions that God instantly told me were not from Him. What I was feeling is that if I could suddenly understand everything that was so complicated before why couldn’t other people. That’s how it starts.

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I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in the spring of 2005. It was the beginning of my surrendering. The sad thing is that I always knew in my heart what the truth was. The details of my past aren’t important in this moment, but I will say that I never felt like I was good enough to be a Christian. I had this feeling that I couldn’t change my whole life, and a part of me didn’t want to change. I was right and I was wrong.

I was right in the fact that I couldn’t change my whole life. I was wrong in the fact that I didn’t think or know that God would be doing the changing in me. Now I understand that God meets you where you are. He wants you just the way you are. You don’t fix yourself and then come to God. You come to God, and let Him fix you!

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