The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (and every believer who follows Christ’s example), because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 4:18
Feeling like a downcast?
And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Nothing but “The Truth” can make you free. If you don’t know The Truth, if you’re not intimate with God’s Word, if you’re deceiving yourself thinking you don’t have to do The Truth, you will not be free. God makes it really simple – and all-powerful.
Got up this morning and had coffee time with Annie. While talking, I began to feel wimpy and cornered in my spirit. I began to feel like a failure and like my life must be cursed. Yeah, enemy thoughts can escalate that quickly and send you into a downward spiral. And to think I used to live in those thought patterns all the time. Wow. No wonder I lived such a defeated and bleak existence.
Anyway, I recognized what was happening to me spiritually and began fighting the enemy’s thoughts. I began taking his thoughts captive by being obedient to God, to His Word, to The Truth. Again, I told the enemy to get out of my thoughts and to get out of our home. I began praying in the Spirit and praising God. The air cleared and I felt God’s Spirit rising up in me.
Folks, if you’re tempted to have the awful, persistent, nagging thoughts such as “Why am I even here?,” tell the devil to go to hell and begin taking back your mind in the mighty Name of Jesus. Don’t tolerate any of Satan’s nonsense that tries to steal, kill and destroy you. We’re here to worship and praise God, to renew our minds to His mighty Word, and to not be conformed to this lost world. We’re here to be set free and to proclaim the promises of God, to help set captives free from enemy lies, etc.
Why am I here and why was I born? To worship God, to learn to live free in Jesus and to tell others they can do the same. It’s that simple – and powerful.
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians 1:4
Hallelujah! Praise His mighty Name!
Thanking and praising God in all things,
Mark