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Using Past Hurts

It is said that an oysters tears produce a pearl.  Can you imagine?  Something that is sad creates something so beautiful.  This is how it should be with our lives.  We have all been hurt in this life.  We all have hurts we may not talk about. 

God has a plan for those hurts.  He wants us to produce pearls.  We need to use those past hurts to help others.  Imagine if someone had come along and helped you through your hurts?  We need to use our hurts to help others. 

When we use our past hurts we don't just help someone stay away from bondage but we also help ourselves stay away from bondage.  When we start talking about our past hurts they lose their power to enslave us.  We can free ourselves and help others through the same problems.

Don't you want to be free from bondage?  Pray about what God wants you to let go of, pray that God will help you use that to build others up.  You can use those past hurts in your life to produce pearls in the lives of others.

Smashing Strongholds

It never ceases to amaze me how we as humans get ourselves into so many predicaments.  We have the answer to our many problems in front of us and we can not see it.  We become so consumed with our current troubles that we can not see that we have already been set free. 

I was reading Matthew 8 recently.  As I read this chapter I thought to myself, the disciples were with Jesus, they didn't have anything to worry about.  The storm started up and they were afraid, how could they be afraid, Jesus was with them.  As I continued to read it occurred to me that God is with me, what do I have to fear.  Many times I am no different than the disciples.  I am afraid and give I in to strongholds when Jesus is right there with me. 

A couple of years ago I memorized Psalm 27.  It has been a great thing to have in my mind.  I am constantly reminded that God is my stronghold, who or what could I possibly be afraid of?  There is nothing to be afraid of, yet we fear.  We would live a very different life if we could just realize that God is with us.  We can not be taken down by anything, God is bigger than any problem we may have. 

Live today in the light of Psalm 27.  God is the stronghold of our life, whom shall we fear?  Smash the stronghold in your life, with this truth.  Live free today.