As I prayed this morning I praised God for all that He is. Loving, caring, full of grace and mercy, kind, strong, giving... then I thanked Him for all my blessings that are seen and unseen. As I entered His courts with praise I began to confess areas of my heart and life that I struggle with and He gave me a vision. I saw the effects of previous sins and how they bore bad fruit in my life now as an adult. Choices that I made as a young woman that have caused stains in my life that now have to be dealt with. God showed me that those bad choices need to be pruned off the tree of my soul. I asked the Holy Spirit to track my current struggles back to their roots and with my eyes closed I asked God to saw off those branches, cutting off the flow of my past sins. As I watched the branches fall to the ground I realized that their existence ended and the sin that flowed from them lost its power over my life.
Where in your life do you need to prune? What past choices are still flowing their sin into your life today? Did you at one point harbor a hatred toward someone and you let it stew till it turned to rage? Did you once make the choice to view pornography and that choice has spilled into a secret sin in your heart and life now? Is there a burning contempt that can still be triggered even by the innocent? Does your current impatience cause your loved ones to suffer a life of vexation? Then sit quietly and alone with your God and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal those areas. As they come to your consciousness hand God the saw and tell Him you want Him to cut those branches off. Visualize the flow of sin being cauterized at the root and watch the branches that have held you prisoner lay on the ground and wither. Embrace your new freedom and claim your victory! Freedom is only found in Christ and He is the only One that can set you free. You are what you hold on to.
Isaiah 40:27-31, O Israel, How can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? How can you say God refuses to hear your case? Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of His understanding. He gives power to those who are tired and worn out, He offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
Where in your life do you need to prune? What past choices are still flowing their sin into your life today? Did you at one point harbor a hatred toward someone and you let it stew till it turned to rage? Did you once make the choice to view pornography and that choice has spilled into a secret sin in your heart and life now? Is there a burning contempt that can still be triggered even by the innocent? Does your current impatience cause your loved ones to suffer a life of vexation? Then sit quietly and alone with your God and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal those areas. As they come to your consciousness hand God the saw and tell Him you want Him to cut those branches off. Visualize the flow of sin being cauterized at the root and watch the branches that have held you prisoner lay on the ground and wither. Embrace your new freedom and claim your victory! Freedom is only found in Christ and He is the only One that can set you free. You are what you hold on to.
Isaiah 40:27-31, O Israel, How can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? How can you say God refuses to hear your case? Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of His understanding. He gives power to those who are tired and worn out, He offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
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