God’s Love and Presence
“Beauty For Ashes.” To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes… Isaiah 61:3
Multiplied thousands of people have been hurt severely in their lives. They come from broken relationships or abusive backgrounds that are still producing bad fruit in their personalities. God wants to send the wind of the Holy Spirit into our lives (Acts 2:1-4). To blow away the ashes that are left from Satan’s attempt to destroy us, and to replace those ashes with beauty.
The Lord has taught me that consistently bad fruit comes from a bad root. No matter how hard or how much we may try to get rid of bad fruit, unless the root is dealt with, more bad fruit will crop up somewhere else. God created us to be loved. He wants to love us, He wants us to love each other, and he wants us to love and accept ourselves. Without this foundation of love and acceptance, there will be no joy or peace.
Some of us need to be transplanted. If we started out in the wrong soil, Jesus will transplant us so that we can get rooted and grounded in His love, as the Bible teaches. Know that you are valuable, unique, loved, and special. When this is your foundation and your root, you will produce good fruit. Ask God to give you beauty for ashes…
Say this: I was created for love. God loves me and wants me to love Him, love others, and love and accept myself.
What should I do when I’m hurting? … Forgive, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes - 2 Corinthians 2:10,11. Most people know what it is like to hurt emotionally. Emotional wounding comes through various sources. Satan is the originator of our wounds, and he works through situations and people to hurt us for two major reasons.
First, he enjoys destruction, He wants to build a dam in our lives that consists of emotional wounds. Second, he wants to control our “feelings” the devil knows that when we have been hurt emotionally, we usually act emotionally. If he can hurt our feelings and get us to act accordingly, he will be able to keep us separated from many of God’s blessings.
We cannot expect never to get hurt. But we can expect to learn how to stay in control of our reactions to our hurts. We can expect to be the victor, not the victim.
Here are some things God has shown me we should do to overcome the devil’s schemes: First turn to the Holy Spirit, don’t run to people, second, remain stable during hard times. Third, remember that God is our vindicator, he will see that we are repaid for our pain and loss. If you are hurting, I exhort you, don’t fall into Satan’s trap; be the victor, not the victim.
Pray This: “ Father, whenever I am hurting, I will run to you. You are the only one who can comfort me. In Jesus Name Amen.”
In His Service,
____________________________________
First Lady Mrs. Antoinette N. Davis
Multiplied thousands of people have been hurt severely in their lives. They come from broken relationships or abusive backgrounds that are still producing bad fruit in their personalities. God wants to send the wind of the Holy Spirit into our lives (Acts 2:1-4). To blow away the ashes that are left from Satan’s attempt to destroy us, and to replace those ashes with beauty.
The Lord has taught me that consistently bad fruit comes from a bad root. No matter how hard or how much we may try to get rid of bad fruit, unless the root is dealt with, more bad fruit will crop up somewhere else. God created us to be loved. He wants to love us, He wants us to love each other, and he wants us to love and accept ourselves. Without this foundation of love and acceptance, there will be no joy or peace.
Some of us need to be transplanted. If we started out in the wrong soil, Jesus will transplant us so that we can get rooted and grounded in His love, as the Bible teaches. Know that you are valuable, unique, loved, and special. When this is your foundation and your root, you will produce good fruit. Ask God to give you beauty for ashes…
Say this: I was created for love. God loves me and wants me to love Him, love others, and love and accept myself.
What should I do when I’m hurting? … Forgive, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes - 2 Corinthians 2:10,11. Most people know what it is like to hurt emotionally. Emotional wounding comes through various sources. Satan is the originator of our wounds, and he works through situations and people to hurt us for two major reasons.
First, he enjoys destruction, He wants to build a dam in our lives that consists of emotional wounds. Second, he wants to control our “feelings” the devil knows that when we have been hurt emotionally, we usually act emotionally. If he can hurt our feelings and get us to act accordingly, he will be able to keep us separated from many of God’s blessings.
We cannot expect never to get hurt. But we can expect to learn how to stay in control of our reactions to our hurts. We can expect to be the victor, not the victim.
Here are some things God has shown me we should do to overcome the devil’s schemes: First turn to the Holy Spirit, don’t run to people, second, remain stable during hard times. Third, remember that God is our vindicator, he will see that we are repaid for our pain and loss. If you are hurting, I exhort you, don’t fall into Satan’s trap; be the victor, not the victim.
Pray This: “ Father, whenever I am hurting, I will run to you. You are the only one who can comfort me. In Jesus Name Amen.”
In His Service,
____________________________________
First Lady Mrs. Antoinette N. Davis
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