There’s something powerful about being aware as well. Being aware of your surroundings, various situations, and even yourself. Self-awareness is an important thing to develop. Do you know who you are? Do you analyze yourself? Do you study life? Do you know what’s going on? Do you recognize patterns?

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

~ Matthew 26:41

You may find yourself wanting to do the right thing, but you can’t. There are all types of temptations, not just sexual or alcohol and drug-related. A person can be tempted to give up, lash out at someone, procrastinate, make hasty decisions, make excuses, gossip, beat yourself up, beat someone else up, spend too much money, withhold when you should give, isolate yourself, work too hard, be lazy, stir up drama, operate in arrogance or pride, lie, etc.

There are numerous ways to be tempted, and we fall short at times. But how can we fall less? Watch and pray. Be mindful of who you are and what you’re dealing with. And pray to the Lord. In your weakness, let his strength become your strength.

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

~ 2 Corinthians 12:9–10

link: https://seantaneous.com/blog/watch-and-pray

You can think of it as you getting taller as you got older; each day you saw no growth, but other people noticed you getting taller. Other people see your spiritual growth. You might be growing drastically and not even know it.

How can you tell? Well, has your decision-making matured? Have you outgrown some things or some people? Have your priorities shifted?

Are any of these attributes increasing in your life? love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control? (Galatians 5:22–23)

If you can say yes to any of these, you are growing spiritually. Sometimes change can happen overnight, but most of the time it is a process. Instead of perfection, think about progression.

Now, I will say there is a certain glow with people who grow spiritually, but we’ll save that for another discussion.

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“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

There are so many things in life that we question. What’s my next move? Is this the right decision? What do they think about me? Do I have what it takes? Will I succeed? Can I ever get past this? How can I do this? What’s happening? The questions seem endless.

God never intended for you to do life alone or by yourself. He didn’t create you to be full of stress, anxiety, depression, sadness, sickness, indecision, or anything of that nature. His nature is peace, joy, calmness, focus, sharpness of mind, health, wholeness, and things like that.

There is a reason why the scriptures say to cast all your anxiety on him. To cast means to throw and place upon, so God is telling us to throw our worries, doubts, and fears on him like we do our clothes after a long day.

I find it interesting that the person who wrote that verse is Peter. Even if you’re not familiar with the bible, we all heard about the story of how Jesus walked on water, but so did Peter. Peter was a follower of Jesus who was in a boat with other followers. When Jesus was on the water, Peter was the only one who had the boldness to get out of the boat.

“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

“Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
Matthew 14:28–31 (NIV)

Peter wrote about the solution to anxiety when he was much older, and many years after this event on the water took place. Even though Peter started to sink, Jesus caught him. Peter was on a path to Jesus, looking at Jesus, then looked at the wind instead of the Lord and started to sink. We do the same thing on our paths; our ultimate goal is to look towards Jesus. What does that mean? It means to make our motives God’s motives, feel how he feels, think how he thinks, have his mindset about life, allow him to mold our character like his, among other things. Follow God and the steps will follow. It’s not that the winds of life aren’t there, but when we focus on the winds, that is when we experience anxiety, fear, and doubt, causing us to sink into depression, confusion, stagnation, indecision, failure, etc.

God will never let us drown when we call on him, that is, to depend on him and trust him with our very lives. We have to trust him and know that he has our whole life already written. We have to believe that he loves us, even when it doesn’t feel like it, or if we know he does but we don’t love ourselves. Know that God cares for you very deeply. Whatever your fear is, whatever your fears are, don’t shoulder them. Don’t carry the load and sink. Give your cares to God by honestly expressing your concerns and praying. Vent to God. Pray to God. Talk to God. Write to God. Have faith. Take that next bold step.

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Forgiving someone does not mean you condone their behavior. Forgiving someone does not mean you accept what they have done to you or said to you. Forgiving someone does not give them a pass for what they did not do. Forgiving someone does not approve of their actions. Forgiving someone does not mean you agree with them.

I was looking at the definition, origin, and root words of “forgive” and I found some interesting tidbits. Depending on which dictionary you are looking in, to forgive means to give up the desire or power to punish. This reminds me of the scriptures where the Lord says:

Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord. (Romans 12:19, NLT)

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly. (Deuteronomy 32:35, ESV)

God is more powerful than we are, but when we are focused on avenging ourselves, we leave no room for God to serve justice way more creatively than we ever could.

There is a balance of awaiting justice and wishing bad upon someone, however. We must not let our hearts turn dark, but we can be assured that God has our back.

Now, let’s break up the word “forgive” into “for” and “give.” One of the origins of “for” means “thoroughly.” A more contemporary meaning of “for” which we are familiar with is “intended to belong to” like if someone said “this is for you.” This ties into the second part of the word “forgive.” Obviously, we know what to “give” means, but let’s think about it. You are giving something to someone. So with both words together, “for” and “give,” we are intentionally giving something to someone that belongs to them.

Do you see where this is going? There’s a reason why God says “vengeance is mine.” It totally and completely belongs to him, so we need to give it to him. This is what forgiveness is. To forgive means to give the person, the wrong, the situation, and anything else, all to the Lord. The person belongs to God; he created them, not us. This is not a robotic process; God will still help you to heal, process, and bring peace as well as wholeness. God hurts when you hurt.

Everyone who has ever hurt me or intended to hurt me, I’ve seen God avenge me. Everyone.

We cannot live in a state of offense, and this is how many of us live today, so offended at everything at everyone. We’re mad at political leaders, celebrities, artists, everyone. When someone is legally punished, that isn’t enough for us. When someone dies, that still isn’t enough. We want them to pay behind the bars and beyond the grave. It’s sick. It’s holding a lot of us back from the life God has for us. Even a speech from someone or a sentence on social media can offend us these days, and bitterness grows and grows in our hearts like a disease. There is a difference between righteous anger (which leads to pure justice movements) and just bitter anger (which accomplishes nothing.)

When a person is so offended at everything, and holds resentment in their heart, it slows down and can even stop the flow of heaven into their life.

In today’s culture we love to say things like “karma” and “the universe” will work everything out. Do you really believe everything will work out? Often, we don’t live like it by the way we want to force punishment on everyone. I believe these scriptures:

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28, NIV)

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (Galatians 6:7, NIV)

Let the Lord handle revenge. To forgive someone means to let the Lord sit on His throne, not us. If someone has sinned against you, or did something awful in general, we want so bad for the other person to hurt, but they cannot pay for their sin. Not forgiving someone also holds the effects of their sin in your heart, in your mind, in your choices, and maybe even in your body. A human was never built to pay for sin. That’s why God said he will handle sin. That’s why God, in the form of Jesus, died for our sins.

He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. (1 Peter 2:24, NLT)

Yes, our sins, because none of us on our own are innocent.

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Psalm 90:12 (The Passion Translation)
Help us to remember that our days are numbered,
and help us to interpret our lives correctly.
Set your wisdom deeply in our hearts
so that we may accept your correction.

The fact that this verse says we need wisdom from God lets us know that if we live our life separated from his guidance, we are sure to miss the meaning of our own life, and life itself.

It’s very easy to let time pass by, which is why we need to be reminded that the life we live on this earth is on a time clock as soon as we are born.

Since it’s October 1st and officially spooky season, let me remind you that each day of your life you are closer to physical death. Will your life mean something at the end of it all?

Wasted time happens, and God can restore your lost time because he is the one who created time and he is not bound by time, but we need to learn how to make better use of our time.

The enemy loves to steal. One of the things he loves to steal is time. We chase things that don’t matter. We go after goals that add no real value to anyone else’s life but our own, making us feel accomplished in the beginning, but useless in the end. We try to help everyone else but never take care of ourselves, which drains us and lessens our impact. We chase after people who are not designed for our lives, and we keep people around who no longer fit into our destiny. We oversleep, lounge around too long, procrastinate, scroll, click, and binge all day long. These and many more are all time wasters.

We need to learn to balance the things in our lives: family, friends, work, school, entertainment, leisure, fun, relationships, social media, video games, etc.

Most importantly, we need to make time for God. The more we do this, the more he can reveal what he has put in us and what our life is for. He always wants to show you, but he can’t show you as much if you are too distracted. So when you are focused and balanced, things become clearer. Things that don’t matter won’t matter to you anymore. People who don’t fit into your destiny will no longer be desirable. The right people will come along. The right opportunities will come along. In the midst of trials and tribulations, you will not let anxiety and worry take control; you will be able to see the big picture through the eyes of the Lord and be at peace.

Your days will be more and more meaningful. You will walk into your purpose. At the end of your life, God will say “well done.”

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This little child with horrible vision and weak eyes, barely able to see, eagerly wanted to be my partner. I work with kids, so the physical deficiency didn’t bother me. However, at this point, I figured I would just aim for us to have fun since there was no chance in winning.

This kid could not see, but every time I threw the ball, the kid caught it. The other children missed some of their catches. This kid didn’t miss any.

Then, the sun started shining really bright. This blinded the child even further, making the kid’s vision completely gone. With the sun being so bright, I also could not see now.

My little partner’s confidence did not weaken. As I saw this, I also became confident once more. I could not rely on my vision anymore, but I threw the ball. The child was prepared, hands out, arms fully extended, waiting for the ball. It was perfectly caught.

A few more throws later, we were at the end, ahead of the pack, and all the child had to do was run the ball in for victory. We had won.

The kid’s name was Faith.

“For we live by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7)

“Learn this well: Unless you dramatically change your way of thinking and become teachable, and learn about heaven’s kingdom realm with the wide-eyed wonder of a child, you will never be able to enter in.” (Matthew 18:3, The Passion Translation)

“And Nehemiah continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”

-Nehemiah 8:10 (NLT)

Problems, issues, trials, obstacles, and all sorts of inconveniences will happen and arise in this life. A lot of people overcome and continue to live a great life, a lot of people get crushed and never get up again. A person can be crushed physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, situationally, financially, etc.

What is the key to strength and stability?

The joy of the Lord.

Now, this sounds simple, but what does it actually mean? See, there’s a difference between joy, and happiness. There is a difference between being happy and being joyful. Happiness is situational and conditional. I am happy depending on what is happening at that moment in time. However, I can experience joy even when I am not happy. I can have joy even when I am not happy about a situation or current stage in my life. External factors determine happiness. Internal factors determine joy.

“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

-James 1:2–3 (NLT)

“But he answered me, ‘My grace is always more than enough for you, and my power finds its full expression through your weakness.’ So I will celebrate my weaknesses, for when I’m weak I sense more deeply the mighty power of Christ living in me.”

-2 Corinthians 12:9 (TPT)

Nobody is happy about trouble in their life, but it is an opportunity for joy. It sounds weird, I know. We have to learn the heart of God. He hurts when bad things are happening to you. God hurts when you hurt. He is not happy when you feel bad. The thing is, he thinks so highly of you, and he has so much for you, that he knows he has given you the ability to overcome. He knows what he has for you will not be handled well unless you build strength in the struggle. The human body periodically breaks down muscles and rebuilds them according to the resistance you’ve placed on them. In other words, more work, more muscle, more strength.

Spiritually speaking, this process of trials and troubles coming into our life can produce strength when we find joy in life, no matter what happens. This means if I am going through a tough situation at work or school, I can grow from it. If I’m feeling down with a heavy heart, I know I will come out stronger. If someone is violating my life, I will let God avenge me. This mindset gets rid of jealousy, envy, bitterness, anger, resentment, rejection and any other negative thing trying to take up space in my heart. I know that this is not the end.

How do I know this is not the end? How do I know there’s more for me and more for you?

“There is no such thing as darkness with you.
The night, to you, is as bright as the day;
there’s no difference between the two.

You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside
and my intricate outside,
and wove them all together in my mother’s womb.

I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex!
Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking.
It simply amazes me to think about it!
How thoroughly you know me, Lord!

You even formed every bone in my body
when you created me in the secret place,
carefully, skillfully shaping me from nothing to something.

You saw who you created me to be before I became me!
Before I’d ever seen the light of day,
the number of days you planned for me
were already recorded in your book.

Every single moment you are thinking of me!
How precious and wonderful to consider
that you cherish me constantly in your every thought!
O God, your desires toward me are more
than the grains of sand on every shore!
When I awake each morning, you’re still with me.”

-Psalm 139:12–18 (TPT)

God is always thinking about you, and his thoughts are only good. His plans for your life are only good. In the opening scripture, I find it interesting that it says the joy “of the Lord”, and not just the joy “from the Lord”. With God, there is always deeper. See, it’s one thing to experience joy, but even deeper than that is the joy of God himself and how he feels about you. Your life is already planned out, you just have to walk in that plan. He has a plan for your body and health. He has a plan for your finances. He has a plan for your freedom. He has a plan for your love life. He has a plan for your well-being. He has a plan for all of your gifts and talents. He has a plan for everything about you.

So, when trouble comes your way, the joy that God feels for you will look past the situation as already defeated. The situation is the fact. What God says about it is the truth. And this truth over your life has already been established before you were even born. Many people don’t walk in the truth, though. Don’t be one of those people. When your heart is connected to God’s heart, his joy engulfs you, and gives you strength. It gives you power to persevere. When your heart is connected to the heart of God, you will feel how he feels about you and what’s happening in your life. You will feel his deepest heart’s desires for you. God wants more for you than you even want for yourself. And that is the truth.

Enjoy life, enjoy this Thanksgiving season. Be thankful. The scriptures say to celebrate with rich foods and sweet drinks. I will gladly obey that word.

Now listen. Let me preface this by saying that, in my opinion, a person pursuing God is at their best when they are a part of a church community: actively serving and giving. This is not what this is about.

However, what I have witnessed over the years in person and online from people all over the world, especially in America, is a crippling of the christian. This crippling comes from many people not wanting to spend time with God throughout the week. Sunday morning is like crack to a crippled christian. Spiritually scratching themselves, needing a fix. Lemme just get a hit of the Holy Spirit. Jesus junkies, but not pleasantly so. This also applies to Saturday evening and midweek services. This mindset I’m explaining also applies to people coming together online to commune, but never really spending time with God on their own. This is also crippling.

I want to say that I am specifically talking about those of us who have been walking with God for a while.

So many of us keep going in circles in life and wondering why.

The author of Hebrews puts it bluntly:

“There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.”

~Hebrews 5:11–14, 6:1 (NLT)

This is a big reason why so many of us aren’t advancing in life. We still live in sin, we still won’t trust God in the process. We have to learn the same basic things in church because we don’t learn anything on our own. Basic learning gets you a basic life. We go in circles, that turn into cycles. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, we are lacking in: prayer and meditation of the Word, talking to God, reading/listening to the Word and other resources, studying the Word, learning who God is, spending time with Jesus, letting the Holy Spirit lead, enjoying his creation (nature), creating, thinking about his goodness and being thankful… the only thing we have is Sunday morning.

“THAT WAS A GOOD WORD PASTOR.” And not even by Monday morning, but by Sunday afternoon that same day I see people already defeated. Repeatedly. We have off days, yes, maybe off weeks, but off months? Off years? Repeatedly? Nah yo.

A lot of the time the preacher is saying something deep but we just can’t catch it. Why is that? Read Matthew 13:1–23 for the reason why. It’s a heart issue.

And what blocks the heart? Sin, unbelief, unforgiveness, pride, etc.

I want to talk about Moses and connect this all together.

“Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain. There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence!

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.” So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.

Moses told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you. If anyone has a dispute while I am gone, consult with them.”

Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. And the glory of the Lord settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the Lord appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.”

~Exodus 24:9–18 (NLT)

Do you see what I see? Moses was with a group of great people who all saw God together. They saw God. Think about that. They actually saw God. Yet, God wanted Moses to come up even higher. He wanted Moses to experience an even deeper intimacy with him, an even higher level of life. Moses spent so much time with God that he received instructions to teach the people, similar to the verse in Hebrews. You’ve been a believer so long, you should be teaching. But you’re still on the “I NEED A WORD” level every single week. How about you give a word.

Do you really want to go up higher in God like Moses did? He temporarily left behind people who also experienced God. Moses did not need people as a crutch, he didn’t need a gathering to go deeper in God’s presence. The people helped him get there, but then he had to do it alone. We know about God wanting us to set ourselves apart from people who aren’t living right (the foot of the mountain), but what about when the Lord says okay now set yourself apart from these very great people who have also seen me. Moses experienced the glory of God on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

By the time we get to church, and by the time we get online with other believers, we should already be refreshed. We should be radiant like Moses was from being with God already. Whatever the preacher or person says should be confirmation, not a lifeline every single week. We should not be tumbling into church tore up and on empty every single week. There are souls out here to save. There are people out here dying. We need to get on the ball.

God wants to spend time with you, do you want to spend time with him?

Many of the greatest moments with Christ are when it is just you and him at home.

Go up higher.

It is so.

For further reading, look at 1 Corinthians 10 to see the apostle Paul refer to all of the people at the foot of the mountain (mentioned in the Exodus scripture) who had great spiritual experiences and fellowshipped together but eventually most died tragically together because they were comfortable with a mundane life. Going around in circles, that turned into cycles.

Romans 8:1–6

Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

Jesus was, is and will always be perfect. We are not. So to be in Christ, or to say you want to do this life thing with him, means God sees us like he sees Jesus, without blemish.

It comes down to believing it even when we don’t feel it. God sets us free from sin that we did as well as sin that happened to us. God even sets us free from sin that we inherited. That is how good God is. So any lingering doubt about being set free is actually unintended pride on our behalf, causing bondage. Unintended pride says we are the final judge in our life, and not the Lord. Unintended pride is living in the flesh. We subconsciously desire to be in charge, not leaving room for God to be in charge.

When slaves were set free in the 1860’s, there were still slaves because they were being lied to about freedom. Don’t let the devil lie to you, you are free. There were still slaves because they chose to remain slaves, afraid of independence. Don’t remain a slave. There were still slaves by mentality even when they were situationally set free. This is where many of you are. Believe you are free even when you don’t feel it. Take one step at a time and God will order your steps.

You are not your past.

I don’t regret anything from my past. If I could go back, I don’t wish I could do anything different. I’ve done a lot of crazy things and a lot of horrible things have happened to me. I am not proud of my past, but I am who I am today because of what I have been through.

God wants to remove your shame, remove your guilt, remove your condemnation. Conviction is good, but condemnation is not. Live free, be free. You can have a clear mind, a clean heart. You can have total peace in your life and feel joy from the moment you wake up to the moment you fall asleep, even in the midst of less than desirable circumstances.

Living in the Spirit means having a mindset and heart attitude, with actions that follow, that match up with God’s Spirit and what he says about you: you are loved and forgiven. Move forward. Move forward in Christ.

Forgive yourself, forgive others. Forgiving others doesn’t mean you agree or cosign what they did to you. Forgiveness releases your heart from bondage. God will deal with them. I’ve seen it happen for me.

And once again, forgive yourself.

Believe who God says you are.

The key to understanding why you’re here on this earth is to find yourself in me, because I am the one who made you. I tell you the truth, I am the one who made you (Jeremiah 1:5). You want to experience new things, you want to be alive. You want to wake up knowing you love life, you want to be alive. Get to know me, it will be a thrill (2 Corinthians 5:17).

If your car has no engine, will it start? If your phone has no battery, will it work? Life can seem meaningless because I am the power behind it. Without me, are you truly alive? (John 15:5)

Without food, will you live? I am the bread of life. Without me, will you live? (John 6:35).

I was murdered for you.

I chose to get murdered for you. Lock your eyes into my eyes. I thought about you as my life was leaving me, and your face gave me joy in the midst of misery (Hebrews 12:2).

I died for your sins, and I also died for your diseases (Matthew 8:17). Share my authority (Matthew 16:19, Romans 8:17).

Pray to the Father in my name (Romans 10:9–10). He’s way more personable than people think. He can be pretty chill, like myself (John 14:9). Oh, and he loves to laugh. Who do you think gave you your sense of humor? The Father laughs at the devil all the time; satan has power, but he’s puny (Psalm 37:13, Revelation 20:10).

Now what we were talking about? Oh yes, prayer. It’s really simple, but people make it complicated. Prayer is just talking to the Father like you would normally talk to anyone else. And you listening to what he says as well. Between you and me, he doesn’t really hear those redundant religious rhetoric prayers lol (Matthew 6:5–13). We’re not boring up here in heaven, believe that. So you don’t have to be boring. Show me who you are, I’m the one who gave you your personality in the first place. Be yourself. Be free.

Walk with me. The Father’s heart bleeds to give you everything he intended for you to have. His heart burns to fully develop you into who intended you to be. Don’t worry about your condition. I am always accepting, I am always forgiving, I am always here (Mark 2:17).

I am holy. Let us work on your heart (Deuteronomy 10:16), so you can be holy. I want to set you apart. You can’t do it by yourself, which is why The Father sent his Spirit to earth (John 14:15–21).

The Father is not mad at you (Numbers 14:18). I’m sitting next to him right now (Colossians 3:1), and he constantly talks about how much he loves you. And I love you (John 3:16–17).

Love,
The Son