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Remember it’s Holy Spirit’s job to transform us. When we get to talking about our emotions, I’ll tell you more about what Holy Spirit does. For now, I don’t want to think you can do what I’m about to tell you religiously or in your own strength. Yes, you have a role…but that role is to position yourself to not miss out on what Holy Spirit is doing.
Demolish Argument and Every Pretension - FAITH
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God 2 Corinthians 4:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension with our actions. It’s not just our actions - it’s how we do them and why we do them and if it lines up with our decisions and our feelings. Because when all three align, we’re doing what we’re doing with our whole heart.
By the way, we’re told to love God (Mark 12:30), seek God (Jeremiah 29:13), trust God (Proverbs 3:5), praise God (Psalm 86:12) forgive others (Matthew 18:21-35) and work (Colossians 3:23-24) with our all our heart.
How are we do everything? Everything not done in faith is sin. Romans 14:23
FAITH
F - Freedom
Galatians 5:13-25 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
A - As unto the Lord
Colossians 3:15-17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
I - In Love
1 Corinthians 16:14 Do everything in love.
T - Thankfulness
1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
H - Hope
Romans 12:11-12 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
When you do what you do this way, you show the world the truth.
The greatest miracle the world can see is the evidence of a renewed mind.
“God healed my back ache!” “Oh”
“God healed my cancer!” “Did he?” “God raised me from the dead!” “Really?”
But they saw the freedom, and the thankfulness, and the love and the hope that you had through the process…and they knew you before you had any of that. And what they see in you shuts down any argument and pretension.
A renewed mind is that miracle they see that allows them to see your good works and give glory to your Father in Heaven.
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Maybe it’s a daily occurrence - you could be a 7-year-old staying at Grandma’s during summer holidays - but more than likely it’s been a minute. “Adulting” was a word that was in vogue a few years ago. When kids moved out of the house and had to do the things that were always done for them before, they’d explain they were “adulting”. It wasn’t a bad use of the word.
But freedom isn’t freedom from responsibility, to freedom to be who God created us to be. In our freedom we’re to serve one another in love. Those who the Son sets free are free indeed. We are not to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Through His great promises He has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through our knowledge of Him.
May this Negativity Fast Reflection - I Am Set Free And Am Free Indeed remind you of the freedom you have because of Him.
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I am set free and am free indeed! I strip off every weight that entangles and the sin that so easily trips me up. And I run with endurance the race God has set before me. I am under no condemnation in Christ. I have been saved by grace, through faith. It is a gift of God not a reward for anything I’ve done. I am free!
Have I been living free lately?
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In the west we have a lot of talk about freedom, but when you meet someone living with real freedom, you know all you’ve done is only talk about freedom. We have not been called to be a homogenous blob of sticky statements poised against a group that has learned to shout louder.
We’ve been set free and have been called to freedom and we’ve been called to freedom to serve one another in love.
What would it look like if the church in North America learned to use their freedom—not to demand their rights—but to serve one another in love?
I imagine the world would be a better place. We’ve be less offended and less offendable. People may start to know we are christians by our love. Maybe we’d learn to Live LIGHT.
I can only control what Holy Spirit empowers me to control and right now that is my own actions. I can learn to walk in freedom and use my freedom to serve others in love.
May this Negativity Fast Reflection - I am set free encourage you today.
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I am set free and called to freedom. I use my freedom to serve others in love. Since God is for me, who can be against me? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for me, won’t he also give me everything else? Who can accuse? Who can condemn? He fights my battle. He is the mighty warrior. I walk in his victory.
Have I been walking in his victory lately?
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Read the transcript of Negativity Fast Tips - 4 tips to forgive
You were created to walk with God in the garden of the cool of the day. And sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. And Jesus came and took your place and offered you his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light.
You are a living light. You're a child of God. Creation longs to be revealed. Don't conform but be transformed so you can have peace and hope and joy at all times and in every situation.
There's so much to say about forgiveness. The verse from Ephesians 4:32, "Instead be kind to each other, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as in God, Christ has forgiven you."
I have learned forgiveness because I've had to walk people through the process of forgiveness. I've had to forgive myself. I've had to be forgiven myself. I don't want to make this really long. I'm just going to give you the highlights. But I do think it's very important that we forgive with our whole heart.
Parable of the unforgiving servant
That comes from the parable Jesus told, the unmerciful servant. When the one servant gets forgiven, basically, it's a hundred denarii would be a third of a year's salary. A denarius was what you got for one day's work. So a third of a year's salary, he was... No, that was what the other one? He wasn't forgiven, actually. It was a significant amount, but he wasn't forgiven.
The first servant had just an astronomical amount that he could never pay back, and the King forgave him. He went to the next servant who had a significant amount. It was painful. I think that gets lost over too much, where people think that, oh, it's only like 100 as opposed to thousands. But no, it's a third of a year's salary. I mean, how do you pay that back?
The man threw him in prison, right? His friends found out about it, went to the king. The king said, "I'm going to hand you over to the torturers until you can pay what you owe." And then Jesus sums up, "and this is how my father will treat each of you if you don't forgive each other from your heart."
Now, the breakthrough for me came when I understood what the Hebrew understanding of heart was and is. It's understanding that we understand heart as our emotions, but it is... The Hebrew understanding is, yes, it's our emotions, but it's also the seat of our decision and the seat of our action.
Tip 1 - Know what it means to forgive with your whole heart
So here are the tips to forgive with your whole heart, and yes, I'm glossing over this very quickly. Tip one is you need to know what it means to forgive with your whole heart. What it means to forgive with your whole heart means that you feel like you've forgiven them. Oh, really? That's possible? Yes, it is possible.
Tip 2 - Choose to forgive
Tip number two is that you need to choose to forgive. "Forgive as the Lord forgave you." I've already read that in Ephesians 4. It is a decision. It's a decision of the will to forgive.
Number two, it's an action that needs to happen when we have forgiven. And often it is simply blessing those who curse you. Sometimes we need to forgive people that aren't safe for us. So we can't go back to them and bless them in any tangible way, but we can speak a blessing over them.
And in my time working with people, which is closing in on 30 years now, it started out like I was really confused because some people could just make that decision, and then they would feel like they were forgiven. And other people would... They'd choose to forgive, but they wouldn't feel forgiven.
I'd get them to bless. And as soon as they would bless and not curse, they would feel like they're forgiven. And then there's other people who could bless and say they're forgiven and bless and then never... They couldn't feel that peace that comes when we forgive from our whole heart.
And the thing about it is the level of offence has really nothing to do with it because I can be offended that someone cut me off in traffic and then just be angry the rest of the day, even if I say I forgive them and bless them in the name of Jesus.
Or I could go through some horrific experience like... We're talking rape. We're talking affairs. We're talking just horrific things that I've had to, in tears, tell people, "you need to forgive." God wants you to feel the forgiveness, to feel the peace that comes from forgiving.
Tip 3 - know how to feel like you’ve forgiven
And so that is the third, the fourth tip, is you feel the peace that comes from forgiving. How do you do that? What we've learned is that if people don't feel forgiveness, we need to go to Holy Spirit and ask him what's going on.
When have I ever felt this way before? God, what am I feeling? What am I feeling? Because it has nothing to do with the level of offence. It has everything to do with the lie that I'm believing. If I believe God is going to let them off the hook if I forgive, and trust me, people believe this, it's hard for me to feel forgiveness.
If I believe that I'm not going to be safe, I can't trust God to keep me safe if I forgive, I'm not going to feel forgiveness. If I trust... We can go on forever because there are all kinds of different lies that we believe, right? We believe in all kinds of things.
And it's not for me to say, "Okay, this is the lie that you're believing." It's for me to tell you, "Go let Holy Spirit show you the lie that you're believing." And when, however, he shows you that lie, often it comes down to, "I can't trust God."
How do you trust God?
So how do you trust God? "Cast your cares on him because he cares for you." You need to understand that he cares for you. And not just get it here, but get it here. God doesn't want you to not feel forgiveness. He wants you to be free. He has called you to freedom.
And so when I don't feel that release, I know I'm believing a lie. So I go to God and I say, "God, can you show me what I'm believing?" Sometimes it's a memory that comes up, and I had a similar situation there, or it was the same trigger back there that is getting triggered now.
It's the same lie that I was believing over here, that I'm still believing here now, or I'm believing again now because I thought I dealt with that, but it's back. But I want you to know, you can feel like you've forgiven that person. You can find the freedom that comes from forgiveness.
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation.
I am set free and am free indeed! I strip off every weight that entangles and the sin that so easily trips me up. And I run with endurance the race God has set before me. I am under no condemnation in Christ. I have been saved by grace, through faith. It is a gift of God not a reward for anything I’ve done. I am free!
I help you fast from negativity and move to life-giving positivity. Learn more and sign up to get the 46 Daily Reflections, 46 Daily Devotionals AND the join a life-giving community so that you can move from toxic negativity to life-giving positivity. Get it all at http://revtrev.link/fast #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity
This reflection helps you to remember you’ve been set free and called to freedom. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the devotional at http://revtrev.link/fast. Subscribe to the podcast at https://revtrev.com/radio. #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity #thoughts
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation.
I am set free and called to freedom. I use my freedom to serve others in love. Since God is for me, who can be against me? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for me, won’t he also give me everything else? Who can accuse? Who can condemn? He fights my battle. He is the mighty warrior. I walk in his victory.
I help you fast from negativity and move to life-giving positivity. Learn more and sign up to get the 46 Daily Reflections, 46 Daily Devotionals AND the join a life-giving community so that you can move from toxic negativity to life-giving positivity. Get it all at http://revtrev.link/fast #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity
This reflection helps you to live free indeed. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the devotional at http://revtrev.link/fast. Subscribe to the podcast at https://revtrev.com/radio. #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity #thoughts
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation.
I am set free and am free indeed! I strip off every weight that entangles and the sin that so easily trips me up. And I run with endurance the race God has set before me. I am under no condemnation in Christ. I have been saved by grace, through faith. It is a gift of God not a reward for anything I’ve done. I am free!
I help you fast from negativity and move to life-giving positivity. Learn more and sign up to get the 46 Daily Reflections, 46 Daily Devotionals AND the join a life-giving community so that you can move from toxic negativity to life-giving positivity. Get it all at http://revtrev.link/fast #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity
This reflection helps you to remember you’ve been set free and called to freedom. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the devotional at http://revtrev.link/fast. Subscribe to the podcast at https://revtrev.com/radio. #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity #thoughts
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation.
I am set free and called to freedom. I use my freedom to serve others in love. Since God is for me, who can be against me? Since he did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for me, won’t He also give me everything else? Who can accuse? Who can condemn? He fights my battle. He is the mighty warrior. I walk in His victory.
I help you fast from negativity and move to life-giving positivity. Learn more and sign up to get the 46 Daily Reflections, 46 Daily Devotionals AND the join a life-giving community so that you can move from toxic negativity to life-giving positivity. Get it all at http://revtrev.link/fast #LiveLIGHT #Blessing #Peace #Hope #negativity
