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Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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God said it, I believe it, that settles it…. or God said it, someone misinterpreted it and I believe it… or God said it, I was hurt and now I misinterpret it… or maybe, just maybe… God said it, and wether or not I agree with it, I will live it because I am a follower of Jesus. 

 

How is your Xy doing? is helping you love others? Do you stay awake praying for others to know, see and love God? Is it a Xy that is built upon your personality and your upbringing.  A Xy that is built on your hurts and unmet expectations?

Does your Xy cause you to hurt for those who hurt you rather than wish hurt on those who hurt you? Do you feel the void in other peoples lives and wish they knew Jesus intimately?

 

One thing I have realized in my life of 57 years here on earth is that much of what I have believed was based on my personality and my upbringing. And in fact some of what I have believed in the past is due to hurts from those I loved and trusted…

 

So I have had to do a lot of study. Really getting in to the word of God. Not what others say about the word of God. Not what my parents said about the word of God… but rather what the word of God actually says and what it actually means.

Again, without trying to manipulate it to fit my narrative. 

I love exercise… I did the 100 squat challenge and threw up and couldn’t walk for a week… but there are tougher ones out there…. 

Here is a good exercise in your own time with God. Read the bible and tell yourself what it said and what it means and without using your own agenda or personality… its a tough exercise.

Just read it and obey it.

I know I know it is actually really hard. I don’t want to love those who hurt me… but God tells me to… and I can’t so it tells me where I need to go to God and ask for his spirit to change my heart.

I don’t want to give up my last dime to that person… but God tells me to so i need his spirit to change me.

I don’t want to be respectful… I would rather lash out and speak with sarcasm and cutting truths that will put that person in their place… but again I need Gods spirit changing my heart… so I call out to him.

The problem lies somewhere between me posturing scripture to fit my needs and knowing enough about me that I know I need God to set me straight and be open to it. Then ask him to change me so that I might truly listen to his word and then know his heart AND FINALLY live it out in the real world. 

 

Its not enough to know scripture

I have to know how God spoke it and what he truly meant by it. Then to actually ask for his strength to live it.