Monday, August 27, 2012

The Truth


Last fall, I attended a Life Action Ministries revival at church. During the conference, the revival preacher's wife led a ladies' luncheon. There I was given a pamphlet based on Nancy Leigh DeMoss's Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free. I wish all women had this pamphlet stuck in their Bibles like I do. Rereading the statements and verses reminds me what I believe about God as opposed to what Satan wants me to believe when my doubts, fears, and insecurities creep into my mind and heart time and again. 

I pray my sharing these profound truths will bless you wherever you are in your walk with Him.

1. God is good. (Psalm 119:68; 136:1)
2. God loves me. (Romans 8:38-39)
3. I am accepted in Christ. (Ephesians 1:6)
4. God is enough. (Psalm 23:1)
5. God can be trusted. (Isaiah 28:16)
6. God doesn't make any mistakes! Everything that comes into my life has been filtered through His fingers of love. (Isaiah 46:10)
7. God's grace is sufficient for me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
8. The blood of Christ is sufficient to cover all my sin. (1 John 1:7)
9. The cross of Christ is sufficient to conquer my sinful flesh. (Romans 6:6-7) 
I do not have to sin! (Romans 6:14)
10. My past does not have to plague me. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) 
My past failures can become stepping stones to greater victory and fruitfulness. 
If I will let Him, God will cause everything that has happened to me to work together for my good and for His glory. (Romans 8:28)
11. God's Word is sufficient to lead me, teach me, heal me. (Psalm 19:7; 107:20; 119:105)
12. Through the power of His Holy Spirit, God will enable me to do anything He commands me to do. (1 Thessalonians  5:24) 
There is no one I cannot forgive. (Mark 11:25) 
There is no one I cannot love. (Matthew 5:44) 
I can give thanks in all things. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
13. Forgiveness is a choice. I can forgive. (Colossians 3:13)
14. Contentment is a choice. I can be content. (Hebrews 13:5; Philippians 4:11)
15. I am responsible before God for my behavior, responses, and choices. (Ezekiel 18:19-22)
16. I will reap whatever I sow. (Galatians 6:7-8)
17. The pathway to true joy is to relinquish control of my life, of my husband, of my children, of my circumstances. (Luke 1:38; 1 Peter 5:7; Matthew 16:25)
18. The greatest freedom I can experience is found through submission to God-ordained authority. (Ephesians 5:21) 
The husband is the head of the wife. (Ephesians 5:23) 
The wife is to reverence and submit to her husband. (Ephesians 5: 22, 33) 
The heart of the king is in the Lord's hand. (Proverbs 21:1)
19. In the will of God, there is no higher, holier calling than to be a wife and mother. (Titus 2:4-5)
20. It is more important that I be holy than that I be happy. Happiness is not a right. (Ephesians 5:26-27) 
21. God is more concerned about changing me and glorifying Himself than about solving my problems. (Romans 8:29)
22. It is impossible to be holy without suffering. Suffering is a tool in the hand of God to conform me to the image of Jesus. (1 Peter 5:10)
23. My suffering will not last forever. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18; Psalm 30:5)
24. It's not about me; it's about Him! (Colossians 1:16-18)

"If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 (ESV)

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