Overcoming guilt

Guilt is an awareness of wrong doing accompanied by feelings of shame and regret. It makes you feel unworthy, undeserving, condemned and unfit for use. Guilt is a major opposition that the devil brings against the believer’s soul to attack our faith. Guilt, accusations and condemnations are NEVER from Jesus (we could ask the woman caught in adultery). The truth of the matter is that God forgave you before you sinned; Jesus has already died on the cross so forgiveness is your inheritance. Many people today think that God keeps a record of all past sins; this is a lie of the devil to make you feel guilty and condemned.

 Heb 8:12 says “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and THEIR SINS AND THEIR INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE”

 

God is not some old school principal that keeps a record of all your sins! So when the devil brings condemnation to your spirit; the truth is that those sins don’t even exist in the Father’s presence! He remembers them no more, you’re forgiven already.

Why does the devil bring condemnation to make you feel guilty??? It is so that you can lose your stand as a son in the Father’s presence; so that you’re no longer able to come boldly and say: Father, here am I! The devil brings the memories of the old sins and he tells you “you too, you want to pray, after all you’ve done, you that you still sinned yesterday, bla bla bla ” but you’ve got to understand the fact that God is a direct father to all, including you! So you should be bold before Him and not filled with guilt.

Heb 4:16 says “Let us therefore come BOLDLY unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Don’t come to a place that the devil brings accusations against your spirit and tells you you’ve not prayed enough, you’ve not worshipped enough, you’ve never read your Bible, bla, bla, bla. Accusation, condemnation and guilt are forces of the devil at work and he is after that boldness in the Father’s presence. Guilt makes your faith inactive and it is time to overcome it. You have a right standing with God by the blood of Jesus. That is why Jesus died, that is why He came, that is why He shed His blood, so that we will have access to the Father, the blood of Jesus is a cleansing blood that removes guilt and makes us worthy before the Father’s presence. Lay hold of the blood of Jesus today and let Him cleanse you of all unrighteousness. We are made righteous by the blood of Jesus (Rom 5:19). It is your inheritance, walk in this victory and don’t let the devil steal your joy. JESUS IS LORD. :)

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Beauty for ashes

ISAIAH 61:3

          “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified”.

          Ashes are simple powders that remain after things have been burnt. It is what remains after something substantial has been totally burnt off, leaving nothing to itself, you can’t even hold it, it has no substance to hold up.

          Is there hope again for anyone if something precious has been destroyed or damaged? If the fire of hell razed down the glory of a life, what else could be done?

          If you have been robbed emotionally, virginity taken away from you forcefully or by exploitation… did someone who professed 300% love for you get you pregnant and then treated you like thrash and could care less if you survive his recommended abortion? Have all the loved ones in your life been snuffed off by death …father, mother, siblings… leaving you all alone??? Fear not! Over and again, fear not! Why? God has made a provision of BEAUTY for ASHES.

          Not just restoration, but with decorations of glory and beauty. See Ruth 1-4 (yes, read the four chapters!). A young widow followed her mother-in-law into a future that looks bleak, but because God was involved, she took the divine package of BEAUTY for her ASHES. You don’t have to mourn in ashes, you don’t have to conclude the end is here, you don’t have to die where you have fallen, get up! God has a plan to redeem you, see it in Isaiah 35:1-7.

          How to come about this turn around? Take these simple steps… Ruth took them; Rahab took them and guess what? They were changed for the better.

1.     Don’t run from God. Run to HIM.

Matthew 11:28-29    “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

God will NEVER cast you away! See John 6:37    “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me and he that cometh to me will I in no wise cast out”

2.    Don’t hide in shame, confide in the anointed that is righteous and raised by God to help you. I know someone you can talk to. You can send a mail to oyenikeareogun@yahoo.co.uk

3.    Feed on the diet of redemption from God’s word. Meditate on God’s word about you (Jer 18:1-6, Eph 1:3, John 8:1-11, Isa 60:15-19)

4.    Detach from the relationships of your ‘woes’. If you were sexually abused, emotionally wasted, assaulted, financially exploited or whatever the case may be, separate yourself, yes you can! (II Cor 14:17). Don’t camp with your oppressor, he will terminate your life, flee from him.

5.    Begin a sweet fellowship with the Holy Spirit, worship God, pray in the spirit, wait on God and catch a glimpse of the future God has for you (Jer 29:11).

6.    Don’t forsake the assembly of the saints (Heb 10:25). Hang around Christian folks, I pray God will give you Godly friends in Jesus’ name. stay in church, get involved, don’t stand afar off… let God find you in His presence-public and private.

It is time to come out of shame and flourish in glory, things can be good again! YOUR DESTINY IS STILL POSSIBLE! Jesus is Lord.

Culled from the Anointed Daughters of Destiny Outreach monthly publication,  an outreach arm of the Dream Centre of the Life Oasis Int’l Church.

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