God speaks today Monday | September 6, 2021
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
(Isaiah 56:5)For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
(Romans 8:15) What great news: We are accepted in Christ!
The author ministered to a Christian suffering from depression and low self-esteem due to family problems. The author reminded the Christian that they have a new identity in Christ and should never have low self-esteem because they are accepted by God. The Christian should remember their identity and the price God paid on the cross for their freedom. God's love begins with acceptance and empowers us to turn our lament into joy. The Spirit of God allows us to call God our Father.
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Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
(1 Corinthians 2:12)And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
(Hebrews 2:15)For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
(2 Timothy 1:7)Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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