Denial
๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก. If I donโt own it, God canโt change it.
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๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ช๐๐ข๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ.
Listen, Iโm not surprised when Christian leaders or human beings fall. Why? Because ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, and I know what Iโm capable of without confessing ๐ฎ๐บ sin, repenting and submitting ๐ฎ๐บ life to God and a small circle of Godly friends ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต hold me accountable. And as a mentor said to me in my early 20โs โYouโre only as accountable as you want to be.โ No one can force us to admit our weakness and sin. No one can force us to place it in the light where itโs robbed of its power. Only we can conjure up the grit and bravery to make that phone call, send that text and willingly step out of denial and into confession. Letโs not fool ourselves - thereโs a reason why Jesus came, and we desperately need His saving grace on a daily basis.
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๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ.
Speaking of Grace, denial of our issues stops us from receiving Gods amazing grace to see said issues healed, transformed and changed. Iโm in a Celebrate Recovery group as we speak, and stepping out of denial is the first step towards real change. No one in my group can make me tell the truth or be honest with myself, only I can do that. I have been astounded as I open up my life, how the Grace of God keeps flooding into my weakness. And in that sacred space, His strength is made perfect.
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๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง.
If I donโt lay it on the alter, he canโt resurrect it with His new life and healing. Thereโs a reason why Jesus said, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.โ (Luke 9:23) We canโt have new life without death of the old.
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๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ, H๐ ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ.
Our God is in the business of restoration. He wants to replace our pain, our past, our hopelessness, our lack and so much more with the ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด of who He is. But we have to choose to face our pain ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ Jesus, and walk into our healing and restoration hand in hand with The One who has come to set us free.
About the Author:
Andi Andrew is an author, speaker, as well as cofounder and copastor with her husband, Paul, of Liberty Church, with five locations in New York City, as well as locations in Manzini, Eswatini; San Francisco, California; and St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2015 she launched the She Is Free Conference in order to equip and activate women to walk in freedom, spirit, soul, and body, and see others set free in their sphere of influence. A frequent speaker all over the world, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Paul, and their four children.
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