MY NAME IS PRIDE. I am a CHEATER.

I read this and i was like wooow..this is soo true. I sometimes fail to draw the line between "this is good for me" and "i deserve better than this". Coz i keep wondering if what is right in front of me is IT, or NOT. and when these doubts arise, i give room for pride and everything else unnecessary to take over me. Shame ain't it?

                                                                                                                                MY NAME IS PRIDE. I am a Cheater.

 I cheat you of your God-given destiny…

because YOU demand your own way.

I cheat you of contentment…

because YOU “deserve better than this.”

I cheat you of knowledge…

because YOU already know it all.

I cheat you of healing…

because YOU are too full of you to forgive.

I cheat you of holiness…

because YOU refuse to admit when you are wrong.

I cheat you of vision…

because You’d rather look in the mirror than out a window.

I cheat you of genuine friendship…

because nobody’s going to know THE REAL YOU.

I cheat you of love…

because real romance demands sacrifice.

I cheat you of greatness in heaven…

because YOU refuse to wash another’s feet on earth.

I cheat you of God’s glory…

because I convinced you to seek your own.

My name is Pride. I am a Cheater.

You like me because you think I’m always looking out for you.

UNTRUE.

I’m looking to make a FOOL of you.

God has so much for you, I admit, but don’t worry…

If you stick with me you’ll never know.

~By Beth Moore~

Dealing with guilt

Genesis 3:7-8; Revelation 3:20

How does guilt impact our lives? Mainly in one of the two extremes. Either thinking you could never be good enough or trying so hard to make up for the wrongs. The first makes us depressed and prone to addiction; the second makes us anxious and self-righteous.

The first humans’ reaction to guilt set the pattern for all of us, shame, then cover and hide. That’s what Adam and Eve did and that’s what we all do.

Covering is when you try to cover your bad deeds with good deeds. To God, it’s like spraying perfume on manure. Hiding is when you avoid God and God’s people at all costs.

But God neither hides nor makes a cover for sin. Instead, He comes to you with a trash bag to sweep them up and carry them out Himself. That’s what He did when He sent His own Son to earth to carry out all of our sins.

Jesus is always at the door waiting for you to open so that He can come in and take all the guilt and shame and leave you clean. Will you open the door or ignore Him?

 

Mariam. (Mama Joe)

Grace is the heavenly resource behind all of God's promises.
Faith is the simple means of accessing that grace

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HANGING OUT

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