He Makes Us New

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8 – New Beginnings

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received! 

Matthew 10:8 NLT

He Makes Us New\n

There is only one way to make a difference in someone\u2019s life: to have compassion on them. The only way to have compassion on someone is to get involved in their world and to see them the way Father God sees them.\n

Take, for instance, the witch I met on my first mission trip to Costa Rica. I was with two local boys who had been saved and baptized the night before we trekked into the jungle to find her.\n

Roseanne was the real deal, and would read your fortune, give you a message from the grave, or pronounce a curse on your enemy.\u00a0 I knew there was going to be a showdown. One of the boys called out to announce our arrival, but Roseanne yelled that she didn\u2019t know him and he had to leave.\n

\u201cShe\u2019s known me all my life,\u201d he said, confused. I told him she didn\u2019t recognize him anymore because the Holy Spirit now lived in him. When we finally met face-to-face, Roseanne was a pitiful creature.\n

She was tormented in a way I couldn\u2019t imagine. She was so lonely and self-hating, she\u2019d voluntarily taken up company with a demonic spirit! I began to see her as the Lord sees her. I was filled with compassion. Suddenly, I felt her pain.\n

I said God loved her. She said, \u201cHe has never seen me.\u201d Out of my Spirit, I said, \u201cThat\u2019s not true. He saw you when you were a little girl, and your father molested you. Jesus cried when you cried.\u201d I told her God was there, but the devil had tricked her into thinking God didn\u2019t love her.\u00a0 She said she knew the devil was a liar. She thought he would kill her if she humbled herself to Jesus. We told her the truth \u2013 the devil is a defeated wimp \u2013 and before long, she was on her knees alongside us, lifting her hands to the Lord as she received Jesus.\n

Knowing Jesus knew her pain touched her heart. Feeling what God feels means feeling something very painful sometimes. Roseanne\u2019s pain was tremendous, but her joy at salvation was tremendous as well.","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">He Makes Us New

There is only one way to make a difference in someone’s life: to have compassion on them. The only way to have compassion on someone is to get involved in their world and to see them the way Father God sees them.

Take, for instance, the witch I met on my first mission trip to Costa Rica. I was with two local boys who had been saved and baptized the night before we trekked into the jungle to find her.

Roseanne was the real deal, and would read your fortune, give you a message from the grave, or pronounce a curse on your enemy.  I knew there was going to be a showdown. One of the boys called out to announce our arrival, but Roseanne yelled that she didn’t know him and he had to leave.

“She’s known me all my life,” he said, confused. I told him she didn’t recognize him anymore because the Holy Spirit now lived in him. When we finally met face-to-face, Roseanne was a pitiful creature.

She was tormented in a way I couldn’t imagine. She was so lonely and self-hating, she’d voluntarily taken up company with a demonic spirit! I began to see her as the Lord sees her. I was filled with compassion. Suddenly, I felt her pain.

I said God loved her. She said, “He has never seen me.” Out of my Spirit, I said, “That’s not true. He saw you when you were a little girl, and your father molested you. Jesus cried when you cried.” I told her God was there, but the devil had tricked her into thinking God didn’t love her.  She said she knew the devil was a liar. She thought he would kill her if she humbled herself to Jesus. We told her the truth – the devil is a defeated wimp – and before long, she was on her knees alongside us, lifting her hands to the Lord as she received Jesus.

Knowing Jesus knew her pain touched her heart. Feeling what God feels means feeling something very painful sometimes. Roseanne’s pain was tremendous, but her joy at salvation was tremendous as well.

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

I am so grateful Jesus saved me and gave me a new beginning. His love, living in me, shows me how He sees others so I can love them, too. The world is full of hurtful situations, and I am so glad my Lord comes to heal and help. I keep my heart open to Holy Spirit’s leading and gladly reach out to hurting people around me.

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