Rom 8:15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
In a world where so many people are abandoned emotionally or physically, it is so important to know the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As I watch the news and watch our dear little children committing horrendous crimes, I cannot help but wonder, is it because no one ever told them that they were loved. Have they been filled with fear, discouragement and a lack of hope?
Col 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children (do not be hard on them or harass them), lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. (Do not break their spirit.) Amp. Bible
Provoke: to anger
Irritate: provoke to impatience, fret, wear away by gnawing, rubbing, worry,
Harass: to trouble, to torment
Discourage: to deprive of courage, disheartened
Sullen: alone, showing resentment, unusable, sulky, gloomy, slow moving
Morose: gloomy
Have you wondered why your life has not been going in the direction of your vision that God gave you, but in the direction of your nightmares? Maybe the ones who raised you gave you the wrong road map for life. Have you recognized the emotions from the verse above as being your emotions? The word discourage means to deprive one of courage. Have you been afraid to step out and reach for your goals in life? Maybe you were programmed from your youth for failure. Maybe someone wounded your spirit and all the doctors, drugs, geographical changes couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
But I know someone who can! Let me tell you about my Jesus, who met me when I had a doctor’s report in my hand that said I was dying, a joint between my fingers, and a ginger brandy in my pocket. I was ready to give up on life and He met me right where I was and He gave me a new heart and a new spirit that was not wounded and also put His Spirit in me.
Ezk 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
:27 And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them.
God’s Bond Servants Dominic & Nomi
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