A Life Thru Christ

In the book of James there is a strong emphasis on forgiveness which begins with forgiveness of self.

 

Have you ever felt undeserving regarding the thought of totally forgiving yourself, well the strange truth is that some people feel that they need the negative emotions related to un-forgiveness because they have related to them for so long and a negative thought or feeling is at least something tangible that is thought upon, felt, and reacted to, given that we don’t want or can be totally void of thoughts, feelings or actions certain positive emotions, thoughts, or  feelings can be strange and frightening. We become fearful when seeking positive emotions, thoughts, or  feelings as if we are scared of reaching into the unknown of our own spiritual psyche, you may have been raised not to ever have or express emotions, taught to stuff them deep within and if ever have to suddenly deal with untaught, un-instilled positive regards or feelings then you may subconsciously self sabotage your best efforts to seek a recovered state and you won’t know why, which will lead you straight back and probably even further into any negativity. 

 

Forgiveness is directly related to expectations of others in how they should accept me having little to do with my own expectation of myself. How could God start to forgive me and lead me to a gracious healing if I can’t forgive myself, the expectation regarding forgiveness is a 100% commitment to my relationship with myself, God and others, the behavioral changes needed in learning forgiveness must be given to God so any works that He provides can strengthen my faith, if I hold anything back I disallow God to heal me, I have heard all to often by leading theologians that all one must do is leave the negativity of un-forgiveness in the dirt and move away quickly, forgetting it even existed, the situations involved in un-forgiveness must be known so that you can put on the armor of God and defeat it, battles can only be won if you know your enemy better than they know themselves, in this way you gain an inner wisdom that strengthens your spiritual expectations, knowing when a situation that may lead to un-forgiveness, may become present and then you are more able to quickly understand and empathize thereby already beginning the process of subconsciously forgiving the situation. Conscious forgiveness takes an act of questionable belief that needs reassurance that it is the right course of action; this action is often plagued by reactions of doubt that it is the right course; it is trying to fit in to preconceived social parameters set by worldly standards. Through this work of faith you are demonstrating Christ-like character and values that can only be done by studying for the test, learning from your mistakes, knowing just why any given situation would become so terrible that you could never forgive and then realizing that God can and will remove my shortcomings if I accept complete surrender to His glory.        

 

There are many times that forgiveness is most need when someone misuses their double-edged sword, their tongue, words spoken in haste, anger, quick self-defense, ignorance, discrimination, gossip will always require forgiveness at some point and time, especially when you are a growing Christian, you will undoubtly meet double-minded individuals that will attempt, either with or without meaning to, side track your spiritual growth, this will cause uncertainty at times, within forgiveness we must seek out Gods divine words of correction and encouragement so that we would forgive and even correct their double-mindedness, this is important when you request from God your correctly fitted suit of Armor. Real honest forgiveness leads to God’s Sublime meaning for who we are as the unique individuals He created us to be. Negativity such as guilt, shame, or undeserving thoughts interferes with proper processes of forgiveness, our tithes may be 10% but our offering must be 100%, with any negativity brought on us by us then we will only be able to present 10% at best.

 

This negativity brought upon us by us is due to spiritual irresponsibility when we allow another to offend us we are in fact giving them permission to do so, thus, we have an inner strength given and gifted by God to rebuke any negativity forced upon us whether it be demonic or human in nature, either way it is still Satan’s Interfering Nature (S.I.N.). Forgiveness needs to be meaningful to the one forgiving, ask yourself why am I forgiving instead of why should I forgive, knowing why to the important questions brings about wisdom to faith-works, instills the deeper meaning, a servant must be taught so the will completely know what tasks they are to undertake, a slave just does what they are told for fear of reprisal. If the one being offered forgiveness refuses forgiveness then the one offering forgiveness can be reassured that they have fulfilled their responsibility to God and can leave their offering at the alter to God.

 

Become greater than the un-forgiveness, God understands why mankind created the limitation of “can’t” or won’t, it started with the first sin, it was hidden in the fruit of knowledge, that which was forbidden, Satan tempted Eve with can “be like God” and will “have the knowledge of God”, Eve tempted Adam with go ahead and why not, which always leads to social acceptance of should I, would I, could I which is the precursor of a downfall of, shall, will and can taste the temptations. God has never experienced psychosocial limitations; as all human do since the fall of humanity, He empathizes and knows that we only “can” when we become His completely believing in His will. There is no situation this world could ever place upon us that God could not show us how to overcome it, we just need to be more than willing we need faith without words, the meaning must be deeper than the action of any sacrifice. It would be hypocritical and demeaning to any person to offer quick meaningless forgiveness, this is more than mere double-mindedness it is in fact closed-mindedness and could be comparatively known to be a lie to God and the other party, if you say you forgive and still hold any part of it then it has not been a true forgiveness and create further conflict in your relationship with your self, God and others; the lie will remain on your heart and as these un-forgiveness’s are allowed to build up they create a great weight or pressure on your soul allowing other negativity to grow and fester until you become diseased ridden, a true growing Christian will constantly seek open-mindedness, agree to know the truth through tolerance and not bias, they must endure a sometimes severe perseverance where longsuffering may seem an eternity that is unbearable. The Bible which is the direct word of God is given to all of humanity because Gods words are not innate or instinctive in us at our birth it needs to be instilled through a committed lifetime faith, implanted by dedicated life-long works.              

 

So what have you done that is so horrible that you do not deserve to be set free from the guilt of un-forgiveness, or allows you to be unChrist- like and not forgive anything, what sets you so far apart from Gods healing grace that you may believe that even God cannot heal you, has this lie been forced upon you by negative reinforced influence. It would be irresponsible to not forgive yourself totally and not proceed forward towards God’s presence; you don’t have to pay for a perceived failure and face self imposed eternal punishment, you have a God driven, given choice, failure are those lessons that have been abandoned by self sabotaging doubt, alone I may not be able too by with God I am assured that I will without a doubt, we must fight the good fight and just keep patiently trying until the lesson has been learned. Face everything that would hold you back from God as if it was your Goliath, ask yourself and God who or what my enemy is, those outside negative beliefs that are held as negative behaviors, the deceitful language of Satan’s Interfering Nature (S.I.N.). Remember that when you are with God no one or thing can ever be against you.

 

In forgiving others we may be afraid they will not get justice, forgiveness may feel like injustice for the action that offend us, ours is not to be the judge or jury only God can truly do that, we are to pray for those who are lost and try to help lead them to God’s graces. Forgiving those sets them free from their negative reaction placed upon you and therefore means’ they may not get punished, it is however their responsibility to seek forgiveness from God for their actions, when we honestly forgive with no regret then our responsibility is done, we must be guiltless knowing we cannot force another’s pardon, it is their guilt if they refuse forgiveness and we are no longer under judgment, know that if you never forgive then you will not be forgiven and will remain guilty under judgment. You must totally forgive them and be set free with a peace that is already yours; God wants to give you your peace and prosperity. You may go back and forth, back and forth, for what may seem like an eternity, the peace will come and go in direct proportion to your attitude toward those who had hurt you and the amount of spiritual growth through learning you are dedicated too. The way forward is to set such a high value on the peace you get from total forgiveness that you prefer the peace more than both of you being punished.

 

I must further illuminate what the implications are when we totally forgive ourselves. It is not about letting ourselves off the hook, if a fish doesn’t want to be caught then it must learn to avoid the hook. It is about setting us free from any negative behavioral or emotional sense of punishment, by the works of faith any forgiveness implanted is just instinctively done without pre-thought or expectations. This includes accepting ourselves as we are and never looking back only looking forward, who we are is what God has created us as distinct unique individuals to be this distinctness must be continually sought. It is letting any negative part of the past be dead and buried, by digging its grave and giving a eulogy so you will know what it was that caused you so much agony through your own choice of defiance. Overcome the obstacles of negativity, by truly knowing your enemy so that you may embrace it with understanding, compassion and love, forever conquered never feared again. It is being a Biblical realist, the truest optimists that the word of God is more than complete, faith is our honest reality. 

Satan’s Interfering Nature

 

Pay Attention to God's Presence

God is always with you, yet in this busy world it's easy to become so distracted that you aren't aware of it. You can count on God's presence at all times and in all situations, since He pays close attention to you. However, God doesn't force His attentions upon you. He waits patiently, reaching out to you with love, eager for you to discover Him. To find Him, you must learn how to pay attention. Here's how you can discover God's presence in deeper ways by learning how to pay attention: Focus on what God is doing instead of what you're doing for Him. Become aware of what God is up to in your life and seek to cooperate with that work, rather than making your own plans and asking Him to bless them. Pattern your life on Jesus rather than your inner compulsions or outer expectations. Every day, invite God to transform you to become more like Jesus. Pursue what God wants for your life by basing your decisions on His guidance, and you'll discover much more about Him in the process.

 

This is where my relationship with myself must come first, before my relationship with God, not because I am better than God, because I am different than God, I’m not God, He is whole and I am a broken sinner.  When I begin to develop an honest relationship with myself then you will simultaneously develop a relationship with God that will concurrently lead to relationships with others.    

 

Internal life changes begin with the idea or thought of a probable sinful problem affecting your life. Knowing without a doubt that this sinful situation is having a negative impact on your life, whether it is physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, this is because the physical, emotional, and mental negative situations directly affect the entire spiritual nature. Accepting that the negative thought, feeling, and action exist in our lives is just the beginning, only by accepting can we allow God in to lead us through the healing process.

 

Dedication to seek every God guided, driven, inspired change that will lead to the healing, one day at a time, one moment at a time, learning to fully understand perseverance that it would lead to patience that you may take this time and allow for the change, there is little worth in something given that can be easily taken away, working hard to earn something has an internal priceless value that no one can take away. Change takes time days, weeks, months, even years this is where dedication to patience in accepting that through God will that change become permanent, allow the growth as a child of God to penetrate to it’s fullest in your life, you deserve nothing less, you need to acknowledge this fact, you are meant to be the best you that you could possibly never had imagine, strive to be better today than you were yesterday even if that means that you instill the positive change by overcoming any sin this further desinagrates Satan’s Interfering Nature (SIN).          

 

Develop the qualities of attentiveness. Ask God to help you: be fully present in each moment, study something long enough to learn something new about it, look at something familiar with a fresh perspective, be available, be aware, wait with expectancy, be mindful, and be wakeful. Make it your goal to see God in all things, and all things in God. Learn from your spiritual steppingstones. Make some time in a quiet place to recall any major events or relationships that had a deep spiritual influence on you. Try to recall not just the outward circumstances, but the inner meaning it had for you. Use a piece of paper to draw a circle for each one, and write a few words in each circle to describe what you recall. Thank God for each of the steppingstones. Study them to learn in which areas you need more insight and growth.

 

Devote your first thoughts of each day to God. When you first wake up each day, turn your thoughts immediately toward God and pray simply that during the day to come, God would open your eyes to His presence in new and deeper ways. Then even if you just have a brief amount of time spend some time listening to what the Holy Spirit may have to say to you for each new day. Seek a fresh perspective. Ask God to help you look at life from His perspective at any time not just special times, anywhere not just in certain places and toward anyone not just particular people. Pray whenever you need help looking beyond your own limited view.

 

Abide in Christ. Decide every day that you will listen for Jesus' guidance and respond to it with obedience motivated by love. Make a habit of listening first to Jesus' words rather than your own needs and desires, then responding in the ways that best show your love for Him. Notice those in need around you. Strike a healthy balance between paying attention to God and paying attention to the people in need who He wants you to serve. Be prepared to love God by answering His call to help others whenever He leads you to do so. Pray to be able to see whoever you meet with Jesus' eyes and do whatever work you do as if you had Jesus' hands. Expect that, as you serve, you'll become aware of the realities in which you're immersed but were previously unaware.

 

Stop hurrying. The pressure of being in a hurry prevents you from being able to pay attention to anything well. Make whatever changes you need to make to your schedule so you can slow your life down to a healthy pace. Sort out what's truly important from what's urgent, and focus on important tasks as much as possible to cut down on unnecessary busyness. Do more than just reduce your activities, though refocus your heart. Notice what God is doing through you, and rest assured at the end of each day that if you've done your best for God, that's more than enough.

 

Read Scripture for transformation, not just information. When you read the Bible, invite God to use what you read to change your life. Pay close attention to what you read and carefully consider how you should respond to it. When you read the Bible first, read a passage aloud several times, asking "What does it say?". Then reflect on the text or even just a word or phrase from it to ask "What does it say to me?" Pray your response back to God. Then rest in the presence of God, who stands behind the text.

 

Learn from interruptions. Realize that interruptions are more than mere annoyances; they're often opportunities to learn something valuable. The next time your plans are interrupted, ask God to show you how He wants to use that interruption to change your thinking, and even the direction of your life.

Overcome barriers to attentiveness. Fatigue, apathy, worry, and fears can all prevent you from paying attention. Overcome them by admitting your humanness and brokenness, embracing the grace God offers you, and trusting Him in deeper ways. For example, if you're too tired, it's usually because you've tried to do too much yourself and need to rely on God's strength more. And if you're afraid, it's usually because you haven't trusted God's love enough.

 

Be still. Regularly reflect on Psalm 46:10, in which God says, "Be still, and know that I am God." Let this Scripture bring peace to your soul. In a peaceful state, you can do more than just "know" many things partially, as you do when you simply gather information in a busy world. Relying on God's peace to pay attention well, you can know one thing at time -- deeply. Don't mistake the flow of adrenaline for the moving of the Holy Spirit. Remember that what counts isn't what you're doing for God, but what God is doing in and through you. While you're still, you can be moving into the fullness of what God has in mind for you.

Let the darkness help you see the light. Don't try to avoid the suffering and challenges that come your way. Instead, venture into the darkness of the unknown, trusting God to help you every step of the way. Let the mysteries you experience motivate you to pursue God more. Grieve your losses and learn from your mistakes. Remember that hard times can usher in transformation and new life. Write a list of some of the dark times in your life. Then, beside each one you've listed, write something about how God revealed more about Himself and what gifts He gave you through that time. Guard your heart from being weighed down by negative emotions like anger and doubt. When you experience a negative emotion, ask yourself what prompted it. See if you can identify the particular need or longing behind it. Then remind yourself that only God can truly meet that need or longing, and give that emotion over to God, trusting Him to care for you. Then just turn your attention to what He leads you to do next.

 

Rest to find freedom. Rest can be much more than just time for leisure or sleeping. Ask God to help you use your times of rest to experience more of the freedom He wants you to enjoy the freedom to trust, work, create, play, let go, and move on into the dreams God has for you. While you rest, invite God to unburden you of regrets about the past and anxious thoughts about the future. Enjoy resting with God right now. Practice centering prayer to direct your attention toward God with you in the present. Set aside one or two times a day, such as right after waking up and right before going to sleep to wait quietly in God's presence, listening for however He may direct you.

 

Examine your soul. At the end of each day, think about more than just what you did or didn't get done; consider what values you've pursued. Think about what the way you've used your time shows about your relationship with God and the type of person you're becoming. Ask yourself questions like these: "What I am most and least grateful about today?", "Where did I sense God most today?", "Where did I miss Him?", "Where was I most fulfilled?" "Where was I most drained?", "Where was I the happiest?" and "Where was I the saddest?"  As you examine your soul, pay close attention to what God teaches you.

 

[Note: while we are confident that the following is accurate, become aware that it can be overwhelming. This is the "big picture" of how to walk the talk and talk the walk out the goal of recovery. Allow yourself  to encourage you to continually ask the Lord, "What one thing do You want me to do next?" and then do it.]

 

1. Accept that it's not going to be easy. Change that challenges our known comfort zone is difficult and painful. You are changing not just one isolated habit, but a collection of thoughts and behaviors that have made up your relational pattern for a lifetime. An important component of recovery is changing the wrong belief about your identity, that "this is me." This will take an incredible amount of effort, but you don’t have to do it in your own strength: the same power that raised Christ from the dead is available to you.

 

If you are to succeed, you must aggressively engage your will, making deliberate choices to honor God, be self-disciplined, and work with God to form new, and healthy habits of relating. Your will is like a bit in a horses’ mouth or like the rudder on a ship; you decide the direction in which you'll go. James 3:2-4, “3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well. 3:3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. 3:4 Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.”

 

Use the free will God gave you to choose His directions, and He’ll honor those choices.

Some of you today have similar fears; others of you have your own set of fears, rational or irrational, on the surface or deep within. Fear is a fact of human life, and has been since the first man said these words to the Lord God in Genesis 3.10: “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Yes, we all fear something or someone, but the good news is that we do not have to let those fears control or paralyze us. In John 14.27, Jesus makes this promise to everyone who follows him: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”

 

Accept that you must make sacrifices to be free and healthy. Recovery and healing always involve "crucifying the flesh. Galatians 5:24," giving up things that are dear to you but which serve to prop open doors to spiritual bondage and repeated failures. God may ask you to give up friends, social contacts, your career, hobbies, dreams, and desires. There is suffering and sacrifice to get to the joy of holiness and purity, but God lavishes grace on His children when we obey. Whatever you surrender, He will provide an even better replacement, according to God’s definition of “better.”

 

Have you ever been a victim to your thoughts, feelings, or actions?

Many times our circumstances stir our thoughts, feelings, or actions and we respond inappropriately. While our thoughts, feelings, or actions toward our situation are not entirely wrong; they are just not entirely reliable. But God is. God gave us the ability to discover discernment so that we may be able to use the gift of free-will by weighing the options of choice and chose the right path. When you use discernment you are better able to truly see why right is right by God and why wrong is wrong by God, after all He only wants the best for us even though that decision doesn’t get us our desires.  

 

Hardship, testing, and distress are God's blessed gift for growing us spiritually. Nevertheless, our emotions can tell us otherwise, making it hard to trust ourselves for a good outcome. Sometimes when we are in a difficult place in our thoughts, feelings, and actions we forget who our God is, given that we are trying to fix the situation as an autonomous individual. We get focused on what our eyes can see instead of the unseen hand of God at work in our lives, an emotional tunnel vision, we see the problem as the priority, our desires second, all the possible solutions thirdly, God only eliminates the things in my life that don't "look" like Him, but only when prayed for. I can trust God will do it and I'll be better off without it. While my mind may acknowledge this truth, my thoughts, feelings, and actions need God's grace in order for any real solution to be found.

 

God's grace is always sufficient. He is enough for whatever I face. Recalling God's faithfulness in my past helps me trust Him in the present. Remembering our past victories reminds us of just how big and able our God is, and rescues us from any doubt in our present situation. It offers strength, hope, and the faith we need to endure.

 

In our human nature, we fear. But as children of God, we must remember how the righteous live. They live by faith. So I'm learning to say in my circumstances, "God, this is not what I want. It's not what I planned for my life, but though you slay me I'm choosing to trust you." Instead of trusting my feelings, I'm choosing to trust my God. He is enough both now and always for whatever comes my way. While my emotions my trip me up from time to time, still, I will trust Him. Why, because if something needs slaying in my life, I'm better off without it and God is just the one to make the change a success. 

 God requires us too forgive ourselves because our spiritual state is at stake.

This is what many of us have difficulty believing, but it is a sin against God not to forgive ourselves, to not forgive makes us un-forgiven, Ephesians 4:31-32. 4:31 You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk. 4:32 Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you. There is an indivisible relationship between our spiritual mental health and a decent lasting relationship with the Trinity Ephesians 4:30. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Forgiving ourselves helps guarantee that the anointing is on us; not doing so means that we are deprived of a measure of His presence.

There is no such thing as a feeble-minded, inept, or ignorant true follower of Christ that is unable to overcome even themselves all knowledge and wisdom is given by God, all that He deems that we need to grow as His child, I don’t know quantum physics because I don’t need to know it, but I could learn it, given that God has given me a mind that has ample room to learn new things. Remember that the word of God is completely void of our opinion or an intertwined worldly and Heavenly interpretation; it is in judgment or misinterpretation that strife will cause situations of forgiveness, therefore, discernment must be a Christian character trait sought by the word of God alone, whereas, no worldly representation shall be present, thus, void of our social justification.    

 

Romans 12:3. “For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.” A measure of faith is offered equally to all but some will deny the offering and rely upon a false teacher to define belief for them, they fail to distinguish between what is false doctrine and Biblical truth, and they will easily succumb to what is the easiest feel good moment, this in turn sets in motion a conflicting reality between secular and spiritual idealism, thus, thinking highly of themselves refuting discernment leading to any disagreement that would require forgiveness if their belief is found wrong the questionable doubt will create intrapersonal deception, guilt, shame and doubt will increase in unworthy measure. The penitent person will seek forgiveness from guilt, shame and doubt. They will readily accept their offered measure of faith, whereby, they will increase their measure by faith-works, their complete assurance rests with God, His words, His promises their faith will be unwavering and unquestionable by any worldly view of social status, any questions will be appropriate and asked of God and sought in His Holy Scriptures, where through devoted faith forgiveness is instinctive and done without pre or post thought the very act that demonstrates true Christian character denying social selfishness, they have been truly anointed with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit which has been granted to them at their confession of faith.    

2 Corinthians 10:15. “Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,” Luke 6:38. “Give and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”         

 

 

2. Satan does not want us to forgive ourselves.

I believe that one of the ways to know the will of God is to imagine what the devil would want us to do-then do the opposite, Satan needs free willed slaves. Believing in luck, which is a human conception based on chance, which in certain circumstances it is acceptable to not forgive is a demonic influence of ego deformity that will lead to a derailment of your higher purpose, Satan’s Interfering Nature (S.I.N.) will continue its bombardment of deceit and doubt until it succumbs to our unrelenting faith, thus, seeking out other less formative prey. Forgiveness must be a repetitive process where we come to God daily laying or transgressions before the alter, thus, the humble practice of asking for forgiveness and seeking through Gods Holy Scriptures for correctness rebukes and annoys Satan disallowing his Interfering Nature to consume us. 

  

 

3. Forgiving yourself will lead to inner peace and freedom from the bondage of guilt; this is directly related to your usefulness regarding your higher purpose. There is nothing that compares to the measure of your faith then the peace and freedom that comes from total forgiveness. If you are burdened by guilt over the past then it does not need to last, by your choice and your choice alone to seek Gods intervention in desiring the knowledge and wisdom necessary to become better than the sin, however, it is the very same choice that can deceive you into staying in the guilt, shame and despair that will fortify un-forgiveness. Without forgiveness you are useless for God’s purpose in your life, it is the deafening roar of un-forgiveness that keeps us from hearing Gods voice. I can honestly say that totally forgiving myself and forgiving others has been a lifeline to the anointing of the Trinity. Totally forgiving yourself will help you empathize with others. People who do not totally forgive those who hurt them often do not like themselves, because they cannot forgive themselves, it is the underlining subconscious that allows for further demonic influence. It is not surprising when you are un-forgiving you will seek out other un-forgivers in order to bring false comfort to your suffering this in turn allows false justification and a greater chance for demonic influence into all other areas of your spirit. Your emotional, mental and physical health is at stake. The main problem all counselors face-whether their clients have religious backgrounds or not-is that of guilt, negative emotions lead to a negative spirit, God yearns for His children to have good mental spiritual health. Forgiving ourselves is a good place to start. It has been proven by medical research that holding intense negative emotions can injure your health. Totally forgiving ourselves is not merely a choice; we have a command from God to do away with any negativity that separates us from Him. With this command accepted by us, God can use us to exceed all we ever dreamed of.

 

4. Fellow followers will embrace you more closely when you have forgiven yourself, unbelievers may find you unbearable.

Not forgiving yourself is a demonstration of the wrong kind of self-love. Self-love is fixation with your personal desires; loving yourself is respecting yourself as God intends. Fellow follower will sense a kinder, gentler spirit within you and desire to get to know you, whereas unbelievers will sense nothing at all and perceive you as a arrogant hypocrite (holier than thou), this may be arrogant envy on their part, wanting what you have but so unfamiliar that they know only to attack what is good in order to maintain comfortable negativity. As a fellow follower you must not fear nor run from these people. God desires that you persist patiently with a silent witnessing, you don’t have to be best buddies with them just preserver when the opportunity presents its self, grow stronger from that experience. When you have totally forgiven yourself then you have true faith, you are forgiven and it shows. People will want what you have.

 

Living a relationship Centered Life, the Other-Centered Life is where my relationship with myself must come first, before my relationship with God, not because I am better than God, because I am different than God, I’m not God, He is whole and I am a broken sinner.  When I begin to develop an honest relationship with myself then you will simultaneously develop a relationship with God that will concurrently lead to relationships with others. iving a relationship Centered Life, the Other-Centered Life is where my relationship with myself must come first, before my relationship with God, not because I am better than God, because I am different than God, I’m not God, He is whole and I am a broken sinner.  When I begin to develop an honest relationship with myself then you will simultaneously develop a relationship with God that will concurrently lead to relationships with others.   

 

Internal life changes begin with the idea or thought of a probable sinful problem affecting your life. Knowing, without a doubt that this sinful situation is having a negative impact on your life, whether, it is physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, given that the physical, emotional, and mental negative situations directly affect the entire spiritual nature. Accepting that the negative thought, feeling, and action exist in our lives is just the beginning, only by accepting can we allow God in to lead us through the healing process. Dedication to seek every God guided, driven, inspired change that will lead to the healing, one day at a time, one moment at a time, learning to fully understand perseverance that it would lead to patience that you may take this time and allow for the change, there is little worth in something given that can be easily taken away, working hard to earn something has an internal priceless value that no one can take away. Change takes time days, weeks, months, even years this is where dedication to patience in accepting that through God will that change become permanent, allow the growth as a child of God to penetrate to it’s fullest in your life, you deserve nothing less, you need to acknowledge this fact, you are meant to be the best you that you could possibly never had imagine, strive to be better today than you were yesterday even if that means that you instill the positive change by overcoming any sin this further de-sin-agrates Satan’s Interfering Nature (SIN).