Have you
had your JOY JUICE today? Don’t worry
about what happened yesterday or even before that! Start with a new batch of JOY today!
The
wonderful, joyful truth about giving our hearts and lives to Jesus is that we
can start over….We can become like a new person, with a fresh beginning.
Ephesians 4:22-25
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off
your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made
new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be
like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
When
we come before God with a sincere, repentant heart, He hears our prayers of
confession and is willing to forgive us…no matter what ungodly choices we’ve
made in the past! The hard thing for many of us…. is to accept His forgiveness,
to forgive ourselves and move forward to experience that “abundant life” in Him
that He has promised. Satan doesn’t want
us to feel forgiven! Jesus said in John 10:10: "The thief comes only to steal and
kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it more
abundantly!”
As long as we cling to the pain of
our past as an excuse for our problems and a reason for being and staying the
way we are, we will never experience God’s healing. That’s when we allow Satan
to steal our joy!
Today let’s make a choice. Choose to put off that old self! Choose to
put on the new self. Choose to face the
day with JOY!
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