What do you do when you listen to someone pour their heart out to you and you cannot reach over and give them a hug? You can only listen to them through the phone even though you wished you were there in person to comfort them. This happened recently to me. In the course of the conversation I was able to feel hurt in their voice, when they hurt you naturally hurt for them. I listened to the story and I sensed that this frustration needed to be dealt with. Not with harsh or angry words or actions but with Godly advice to release the hurt and not give satan the opportunity to come and create havoc in their life all because they allowed a door to be open for him to enter. Be advised that things such as anger, resentment, hurt, strife etc. can all be the very tools satan uses to open the door into your life. Why would you allow that?
This comes into play when you choose to not forgive and let go of the feelings you may have. The feelings you express are real and I am not asking you to act as though they do not exist. They are real and someone out their probably acted in a manner that brought hurt to you. I can share this with you because through out the years things similar to this have happened in my life and it was through learning that I can practice the advice I gave to them myself when needed. Actually, as I gave out the advice I even mentioned that I had to also do that myself and then I did follow through.
This is what you do... when these sort of things occur I want you to visualize a silver platter and you are holding this platter in your hands. On this platter place all of these feelings of anger, hurt, resentment, etc. on this platter and then lift your hands upward and ask Jesus to take them from you. Sometimes the hurt goes very deep and it is too much for you to bear. At times you may just not even feel like forgiving someone but trust me in this, forgive even if you have to ask Jesus in your own words that you just do not have it in you to forgive them but that you choose and will to forgive on that very day to give it to Him and ask Him to help you have the will to forgive. Ask Jesus to take what is on the platter from you and He will. Do not be surprised when you do this and you feel a release of that burden.
Once this is done then you have to close the open door you allotted to the enemy and remind him he has to now leave and will not create havoc in your life anymore. Remind him that the doors have been shut and what tried to enter into your life when the door was opened now has to leave. Remind him that those very things you gave to Jesus and asked Him to cover them with the blood He shed for you when he died at Calvary now covers them. In the eyes of the enemy that really frustrates him because he knows he cannot cross the bloodline of Jesus. Do not be a whimp take authority that has been given to you through Jesus, that is, if you are one of His children and you gave your heart to Him. You acknowledge that He came to earth, died on the cross and rose from the dead three days later and the way you will be in heaven is not through any works that you may have done but it is all because of the work Jesus did for you. Salvation is a gift freely given to you and it is not of works of man so man cannot boast of it. Freely given to you. Did you hear that?
If you have never met Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior let me extend an invitation to you. Acknowledge that you are a sinner, go ahead it is not hard to do. Every person that invited Jesus into their heart did the very same thing. Tell Him you are a sinner and ask Him to forgive your sins. Let Him know that you believe that He came from heaven to enter the earth as a baby that grew up, peformed miracles, and then died on the cross. He shed His blood so you would be able to be with Him in heaven for all eternity and escape the pain, suffering and burning fire of hell forever. Now, invite Him into your heart. Ask Him to come and be the Lord of your life. He will and not only will He do that He will fill your heart with the love He has just for you. Doesn't that amaze you? He died so you could live with Him for all eternity. That is LOVE.
Once you pray that prayer one big suggestion I would have for you is what was suggested to me. Get a New King James Version of the bible and start with the New Testament in the book of Matthew and read one chapter a day all the way through the New Testament. You will get to know Jesus by this simple act of faith. I even found a New King James Version of just the New Testament at a Christian book store which makes it even more targeted for this exercise. I trust that after saying this prayer you feel a burden lifted from your heart. That is the working of Holy Spirit moving in your life. God truly is good all the time and I can truly say that all the time God is good. Congratulations on this great adventure to the good doors that have been opened up in your life and the ugly doors have now been shut. In the name of Jesus I speak peace flood your heart and home this very day/night. Know Jesus loves you and the very moment you prayed that prayer your name was recorded in The Lamb's Book of Life. That is important for when you life is over here on earth and the book is opened up in heaven you will go and stay in heaven if your name is found to be in that book. Can you see why it is referred to as a book of life? Eternal life is the life that matters when you take your last breath here on earth for the next breath will either be in heaven or hell.
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