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"Give up to Jesus Please"

even though I was saved in 5/5/00

one day I was struggling to hear from Him and I also I was scared and I thinkwas getting attacked by demons(s) (don't remember the moment too well ) but I do remember hearing clearly "Give up to Jesus please"

The problem is I have had a hard time receiving forgiveness from God,,, and although God has told me the truth of many many times...I still have fear ...only ...please pray that I will give up on my works and receive his free gift through Christ by faith. Also I know I am suppose to train ( being led by the Spirit) but I haven't had the courage to jump in

He said th tI need to come to Him and/or "be" but but its been hard for me to come to him because of sin-consciousness and I haven't tried to be ( I have tried a litle and I know it helped me a understand a bit) so I know that being led by the Spirit is the way ..being...in Christ

I know though that he told me in in a dream that Romans 8:1 an that its by faith only..and the covenant is forever ,

Can anyone on here ask the Lord for about what the truth is that will set me free and how to stop begin scared,doubting his salvation for me? assurance of salvation by faith only Romans 3:28
Thank you. I would appreaciate your prayers too.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Harper on February 13, 2010 at 4:30pm

Hi Mary Ann,

I thought of an answer I could give you and then asked Jesus. What I thought He said was different to what I was thinking! What came to me for you was simply this:

You are a good girl, for a start! Jesus wants to assure you that you are a good girl and that much of what you are ashamed of is not your fault at all!
That was all that came to me. I trust it will be confirmed in other ways.

For me personally these words remind me of the old movie 'My Fair Lady.' Eliza Dolittle moves into the Professor's house to learn 'proper' English. Some of the Professor's friends assume nastily that she has other intentions with the Professor. 'I'm a good girl, I am!' she asserts indignantly, and rightly. Don't submit to what others think, or what you think they think...

What has happened to you is not your fault. So whose fault was it? It is important for you to put the blame where it belongs. Eventually you will want to forgive the wrongdoer, but don't rush into that. Sometimes forgiving too early is really making excuses for people. It is better, in your mind at least, and with Jesus, to pin the blame on them. Tell Jesus how angry you are with them, how badly they behaved. Do that until you can agree with Jesus that it was not your fault. Pray for them, but don't pretend. A prayer, which has been helpful to a few people, comes from the English writer Adrian Plass: 'You love them, Jesus, because I can't.' One woman I remember, whose said her father had been a 'bully', found that prayer liberating. Then, when you are ready, you can go on to ask for grace to forgive, to release them from what they owe you, to say that you don't want them to have to pay for what they did to you. All this usually doesn't happen overnight.

You're a good girl!

With love in Jesus,

Roger