What if every time you got upset, got angry, felt hurt, felt unseen, yelled at someone, yelled at yourself, hurt yourself, indulged a bad habit, judged yourself, judged another, looked at something in disgust, ignored someone, planned revenge, gave someone a cold shoulder, ran away, planned a getaway, longed for quiet time, pretended to care, froze.....
What if every time something came up like that....you stopped....you sat down and you just asked the emotion
(also known as the voice of your sweet inner child)....
"Why are you here? What is it that you want to tell me?"
and this time, what if you really really listened?
And after you listened, what if you told it what it had never been told?
What if you said....
"It is okay to be upset. You can feel whatever you want to feel. I will sit here and listen. I am not leaving you."
"I know what it feels like to be angry and I am not going anywhere...you be angry as long as you want to.
"You matter to me so much. Know that I finally see you."
"I am sorry. I am sorry that I never listen to you. I love you."
"You have had it hard. And I want you to know that I hear you this time. And I will keep you safe."
"I get why you have hidden yourself away. It IS scary and it IS not fair. I love you. I love you and I get why you feel this way."
"I know why you can't move forward. I see you. I honestly see you and I am here...no matter what you feel. I am not going to leave you or ignore you again."
"I didn't realize. I didn't mean to hurt you. I did ignore you and I have been so mean to you but I promise I didn't know. Please forgive me and allow me to love you the way you deserve to be loved."
"Oh, and you never have to do anything to get my love anymore. Whether you make a mistake or not. I love you. You are whole to me."
What if that WAS the answer?
What if all this struggle and trying to "do it right" was only keeping you in the cycle of pain?
WHAT IF THE ANSWER ACTUALLY WAS TO LOVE?
What if.....you said it out loud to your little self?
Right now.
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PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS OR SPEAKING LIES?---BY STEVE FINNELL
Are those who teach the doctrine of perseverance of the saints (also know as once saved always saved) proclaiming Biblical truth or are they speaking lies in hypocrisy?
1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit expressly says that is latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrine of demons, 2. speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. (New King James Version)
The Holy Spirit says, men will fall from the faith. Calvinists and most Baptists say it is impossible to fall from grace. Is the Holy Spirit correct or are the followers of John Calvin the accurate teachers of truth?
1 Timothy 4:1 But the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some in the church will turn away from Christ and become eager followers of teachers with devil-inspired ideas.(The Living Bible-Paraphrased)
The Holy Spirit tells us that church members will turn from Christ. The Holy Spirit does not believe in once saved always saved.
Unsaved people cannot apostatize from the faith. Only Christians can fall from grace.
1 Timothy 4:1 But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teaching of demons.(Darby Translation)
The nemesis of Calvinists who advocate perseverance of the saints is the Bible. Without believing the written words of John Calvin and other men, there is no support for the doctrine of once saved always saved.
1 Timothy 4:1 The Spirit says clearly that in later times believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive, and they will believe the teaching of demons. (God's Word Translation)
Are those who believe the doctrine of perseverance of the saints believing the truth taught in the Bible or are they being deceived by the teaching of demons?
1 Timothy 4:1-2 God's Spirit specifically tell us that in later days there will be men who abandon the true faith and allow themselves to be spiritually seduced by teachings of the devil, teaching given by men who are lying hypocrites, whose consciences are dead as seared flesh.(The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips)
Is the Holy Spirit a hypocritical liar when He says men will abandon the true faith? False Christians cannot abandon a faith they never have experienced. Only true Christians can abandon their faith. Can an atheist abandon being a atheist if he never was an atheist? Of course not.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Holy Spirit clearly says that in the later times people will stop believing the faith. They will follow spirits that lie and teaching of demons.(New Century Version)
If the Holy Spirit says Christians will fall from the faith, then who is telling you that Christians are once saved always saved? Who is telling Christians they can never be lost?
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