Day 22 Reconciliation Fasting

Unconditional Love Applies to You

In Application to Others

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 103 2-5 (NIV)

² Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-

³ who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,

⁴ who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,

⁵ who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Today’s Scripture Message

The greatest gift we receive from God is His unconditional love. When we make an effort to mirror this love for ourselves and then others it provides a benefit of peace that is unparalleled.

Great question, “How can you love another, when you don’t love yourself?” This is not a selfish thought. Love and care for the representation you are in His kingdom is presentation of His kingdom to the world and not only does it speak for itself, it draws nearer to you all that is necessary to move you joyfully along your path to / through your purpose.

Love unconditionally. Live abundantly according to the promises of God.

Thought for the Day:

“You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.”– Unknown

Goal for the Day:

Do your best with what’s best for you in mind. When the focus is loving yourself to the embitterment of you, Love flows freely from your excess and touches everyone around you.

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(From Pastor Gregory Dickow’s – Fast From Wrong Thinking)

Today we’re fasting from the thought that says, “If I can just stop sinning, I’ll be holy and pleasing to God.” While it’s better not to sin (amen!), the thinking that holiness is obtained by our sinlessness, is wrong thinking.

Let's CHANGE IT TODAY:

1. Re-define the correct meaning of ‘holiness’. Holy doesn’t mean ‘detaching’ from all that is bad. It means ‘attaching’ to the LOVE of GOD

2. Remember Adam & Eve. As long as they fellowshipped with God in the garden, they didn’t ‘sin’. It was only when they separated themselves that temptation had its power. (Genesis 3:1-8)

3. Expect to taste God’s goodness. (Psalm 34:8) Once you drink from the cup of His goodness, you’ll no longer hold your cup up to the bitter fancies of sin.

4. Reverse this thinking. When you are pleasing to God, sin loses its power. And God is pleased by your faith. (Hebrews 11:6)

5. Be BELIEVING! The sin that leads to other sins is the sin of ‘not believing what God says or what God has done’. (John 16:9) When you believe Him, you please Him, even with your flaws

6. Accept the gift of righteousness. When you awake to it, that produces power over sin. (1 Cor. 15:34)

THINK IT & SAY IT:

I attach myself to the love of God, and therefore I am walking in true holiness. Attachment to Him repels sin and temptation from me. I expect to taste God’s goodness, and lose my appetite for sin. I believe what God has done and what He says, and that is holy & pleasing to Him. I am the righteousness of God through the blood of Jesus!

Happy 72^nd Day of the New Year!!!

Love Yourself So Much that Your Cup Overflows and Spills Out into the World!!!

Many Blessings!!!