Anger seems to be an ally and a friend. It comes with a handshake in agreement. But anger is a terrorist in disguise. He pretends to help but his mission is to blow up everything in your life. Treat anger as the enemy he is. Don’t open the door when he comes. Genesis 4:7 …sin lies at the door and its desire is for you. But you should rule over it. Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.
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Examine your heart, thoughts, choices, desires, and emotions. If you do not have more Love, more peace, more stillness, more patience, more kindness, more concern for others, more forgiveness for those in your life, more compassion for those who have hurt you, more humility, more love-filled Wisdom, more direction, more of My Presence that is detectable within you, more of My Voice in your thoughts, more purity in your soul today than you had two months ago, two weeks ago, two days ago, then you do not have Me. Galatians 5:16-26 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
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Want all of your sinful ways, thoughts, and desires dead? Want all of Me in its’ place? Make this exchange more and more each day. Take off the old ways. Put on the new. Take off the darkness and chaos. Put on the Light and submitting peace. Take off the pride. Put on child-likeness. Take off independency. Put on happy leaning on Me. New Life with Me is wonderful and wonder-filled! Luke 18:16-17 But Jesus called the little children to him and said to his followers, Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because God’s kingdom belongs to people who are like these little children. 17 The truth is, you must accept God’s kingdom like a little child accepts things, or you will never enter it. Matthew 18:3 Then he said, The truth is, you must change your thinking and become like little children. If you don’t do this, you will never enter God’s kingdom.
Desire, with all your being, for your self, hate-filled thoughts, anger, impatience, blaming others, jealousies, lusts, self-righteousness, religion, me-focused existence to grow smaller and smaller until they die. Desire that I, with My Love for others, My Peace, My cleanness, My clearness, My Light-weightness, My self-control, and My freedom to Be with pure Love of Our Father’s Presence, fill you instead. Joshua 24:14 Now then, Joshua continued, honor the LORD and serve him sincerely and faithfully. Get rid of the gods which your ancestors used to worship in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve only the LORD. But if you don’t want to worship the LORD, then choose here and now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you’re living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you’ll worship their gods. As for my family and me, we will serve the LORD. 1 Samuel 12:14 All will go well with you if you honor the LORD your God, serve him, listen to him, and obey his commands, and if you and your king follow him. Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass Psalm 145:8 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. Ephesians 1:8I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].
Ask Me to make you into your destiny. Ask Me to lead your thoughts into conversation back and forth with Me rather than with your sinful flesh and demons. Ask Me to quiet your soul and give you real rest. My answer to these requests is. “YES! I love you!” Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Habakkuk 2:3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Psalm 138:8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. 1 Corinthians 2:7-9 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— Job 23:14 For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.
Return to Me and I will return to you. Cleanse yourself with My Love-Blood. Ask Me to take over your thoughts. I must have your permission. Ask Me to teach you new ways of thinking. Ask Me to make you brand new. Hate the old. Desire the new. Hate the dirty. Desire the clean. Hate the slavery to sin. Love the freedom to be beautiful. Hate the destruction and chaos. Love the nourishing and simplicity. Hate the out-of-control living. Love the peace. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me. Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Luke 7:47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
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Untrained children try to control others through demands, temper, and drama. They must be disciplined or they will grow to be a partner of the destroyer. They will blindly leave a path of pain and destruction behind them rather than My mercy and grace. They teach fear and pride rather than peace. They demand rather than follow Me. Do not do as they do. Repent and humbly ask Me to show you the way of My Love. I will deliver you from evil and turn you away from the tempter. Repentance begins the process. You will gain peace and real Life. Matthew 6:13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents],Even when he is old he will not depart from it. Psalm 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Hebrews 12:7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. Galatians 5:19-21 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Control over others, demanding, dominating through anger, self-righteous justifications, criticism, and threats is the work of the deceiver. Deceiving spirits cooperate with fear and pride to lie to you and make you think your controlling and demanding is for the good. Do not be fooled. I never work through self-righteous control, fear, and pride. Displays of drama come from your flesh cooperating with evil justifications. Romans 16:17-18 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. Galatians 5:19-21 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. Romans 16:18 Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people. Luke 16:15 He said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. Ephesians 6:16-17 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
The less attachments you have to people and things of earth the more you can soar above the earth with Me on eagle’s wings. The fewer idols in your life, the less you are weighed down by the cares of the world. Let go of all but Me. Then We will soar above the earth and others will see Us. They will come to you for “flying lessons.” Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. 2 Corinthians 4:8 We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don’t know what to do, we never give up. Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things [food, shelter and clothing] shall be added unto you.” Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Let your weakness be your car that drives you deeper into intimacy with Me. Rarely do the rich and strong know Me below surface-level. Rejoice that you are weak. You are more blessed with eternal blessings and fulfillment than the talented, beautiful, educated and earthly powerful. Embrace weakness as you look to Me. It drove you to My Love, as a car drove you to the store. Now you know and have intimacy with me but the strong are satisfied with their strength. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. Luke 13:23-25 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them. Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. Matthew 19:23-24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God
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