Years ago I volunteered for a hotline that received calls from sexual assault victims, the mentally ill, depressed, the suicidal and most of all, women in their 60s, 70s, 80s who have had abortions.
Alveda King has a powerful testimony! Please view this video!
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
A Distorted Heart - Result of Unforgiveness - Part 1
Why do we blame others for our mistakes and broken hearts? Why do we give ourselves over to hate, unforgiveness, resentment and bitterness? We all experience pain and suffering bought on by people and situations, however in some cases we are the biggest contributor to our brokenness.
How many times have we entered into relationships, whether love or business, where we hear that little voice of warning? That voice is the Holy Spirit revealing a character flaw in that individual or an unethical business practice that will cause us harm somewhere down the road. The warning signs are there, but because of our fleshly desires, we chose to ignore them. The truth is that we have ourselves to blame for the pain. We become bitter, vengeful and hateful. We justify our feelings, demanding to be vindicated for our own foolishness.
I know that there are situations where things are done to us that are not of our doing. However, unforgiveness in these situations result in a distorted heart as well. When I was younger, I was hurt in a way that affected me for a long time. I was filled with anger, hate and thoughts of harming that person. Before I knew it, these thoughts and feelings affected who I was and affected my relationships with people. Over the years, I allowed other injustices to affect my heart. I had become cold, unforgiving, distant; my heart became shadowed, distorted and twisted. Hatred filters into your spirit and soul causing chains of wickedness to bind you.
Sounds evil and it is. You can be so unaware of whats going on inside of you, hidden in the depths of pain. Unaware that you have opened the door for satan to sow evil fruit within you.
So here's the part where I say we are the biggest contributor to our brokenness. It you are a Christian, you know that Jesus came to set the captives free, loose us from that which has bound us, give us abundant life (Luke 4:18, John 10:10). Its a free gift, but we refused to accept it. Instead, in our twisted way of thinking, we see our injustices as an excuse to hold on to the pain. We refuse to let go! Bound in chains, distorted heart, pride, bitterness, vengeful spirit, hatred, unforgiveness, etc., all of this....... FOR WHAT? It's only hurting you! SELAH
How many times have we entered into relationships, whether love or business, where we hear that little voice of warning? That voice is the Holy Spirit revealing a character flaw in that individual or an unethical business practice that will cause us harm somewhere down the road. The warning signs are there, but because of our fleshly desires, we chose to ignore them. The truth is that we have ourselves to blame for the pain. We become bitter, vengeful and hateful. We justify our feelings, demanding to be vindicated for our own foolishness.
I know that there are situations where things are done to us that are not of our doing. However, unforgiveness in these situations result in a distorted heart as well. When I was younger, I was hurt in a way that affected me for a long time. I was filled with anger, hate and thoughts of harming that person. Before I knew it, these thoughts and feelings affected who I was and affected my relationships with people. Over the years, I allowed other injustices to affect my heart. I had become cold, unforgiving, distant; my heart became shadowed, distorted and twisted. Hatred filters into your spirit and soul causing chains of wickedness to bind you.
Sounds evil and it is. You can be so unaware of whats going on inside of you, hidden in the depths of pain. Unaware that you have opened the door for satan to sow evil fruit within you.
So here's the part where I say we are the biggest contributor to our brokenness. It you are a Christian, you know that Jesus came to set the captives free, loose us from that which has bound us, give us abundant life (Luke 4:18, John 10:10). Its a free gift, but we refused to accept it. Instead, in our twisted way of thinking, we see our injustices as an excuse to hold on to the pain. We refuse to let go! Bound in chains, distorted heart, pride, bitterness, vengeful spirit, hatred, unforgiveness, etc., all of this....... FOR WHAT? It's only hurting you! SELAH
Monday, July 15, 2013
A Distorted Heart - Unforgiveness & Revenge: Destroying Them Does Not Heal You - Part 2
I see so many people who spend the majority of their lives in unforgiveness, filled with anger and vengeful. Some are driven by revenge; some are weighed down by it. Some use revenge to obtain success, some as an excuse to wallow in self pity. Whichever way it’s used, it will eventually destroy people - spirit, soul and body.
There is a program on television about a unforgiving, vengeful young lady. I started to watch this program and became intrigued by how the main character went to great lengths to exact revenge on those that had hurt her and caused her father’s death. She is cold hearted, murderous, bitter, resentful, calculating, a liar, cruel, hateful, deceitful, I can go on and on. Week after week this show had me riveted to the television to see what she had planned for each person on her list. Her father made provisions for her financially before his death, she was a wealthy young woman. The father left her with instructions to enjoy life without revenge; he had forgiven those that wronged him and wanted her to do the same. However, she did not heed his advice. As she was plotting and carrying out her revenge, she dismissed every opportunity for happiness, hurting and dragging others into her madness. I was getting frustrated with this chic, so I just stopped watching. Enough was enough. I know, I know ........ its television and "revenge" is what drives the ratings.
Ask yourself these questions: Are you driven by anger and unforgiveness to the point of seeking revenge on those that have hurt you? Do you secretly plot their destruction, want to make them pay or worse - want them dead? Are you willing to carry out revenge at any cost? Cost to family, friends, the innocent? How about your very soul? What has unforgiveness and revenge accomplished? Did destroying them heal you? Jesus came so you can have abundant life, not a dead, cold life weighed down by unforgiveness and revenge.
STOP! You are opening yourself to the Devil. Revenge and unforgiveness are controlling spirits aimed to carry out Satan's agenda - to kill, steal and destroy (John 10:10) - to deceive you, to separate you from God.
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