Brenda Zurita @Brenda2222
MY Image
MY Image
I have tried so hard for so long to have a set of rules, a detailed plan to help me overcome myself so I can have a body that reflects self control and discipline. However, tonight as I sit here listening to worship music, and remembering what Rachel Seaton shared with me the other day about the law and the Holy Spirit, I am feeling encouraged to get ever so closer to the Holy Spirit. And yes, there is something I want. I want to look like the temple of the Holy Spirit. I don’t want to resemble the temple of lack of self control. I don’t want to resemble the temple of lust. I don’t want to resemble the temple of self idolatry. I don’t want to resemble the temple of death. I don’t want to resemble the temple of rebellion. I want to resemble the temple of the Holy Spirit.
I am convinced tonight that the only way forward is to have an even closer relationship with the Holy Ghost and welcome him into every area of my life.
I resolve to stay close to the Holy Spirit and allow him to tell me what to do daily. This act of love will yield fruitful results in all areas of my life. My body does not need the law to build itself up, and be fit. My body needs to follow the voice of its master, the Holy Spirit, and when it does it will be the part and therefore look the part.
Therefore, I renounce my addiction to selfish pleasures. I renounce every desire of my flesh to satisfy that “quick fix” that I get each time I eat foods that I know are not helping me remain healthy and fit for the kingdom. I renounce rebellion in every form. Every weapon formed against me falls now. I am made in the image of God and my desire is for him. I refuse to bow down to the sinful nature that only thinks of “I want”. I refuse to succumb to any evil under the sky that attempts to deter me from the purpose of God through my life. I rebuke every demonic operation built against me and strategize to destroy me. I bind the spirit of this era called the antichrist. Anti-Christ spirit I bind you to the cross and I condemn you. You will not have part in my body or the body of my children or husband. I stand against your operation and I decree that you will not have your way with me or my family. I curse you Anti-Christ, rebellion, lust, intemperance, idolatry, greed, and death.
My identity is rooted in Christ. Therefore, I will live to showcase the image of God in my life; in every area of my life. I will not wait. I will not wait till tomorrow to obey. I will put away the old me and welcome the new me. The new work God is doing right now is uprooting all the old things in me and growing all the right things in me. I am the righteousness of Christ. I am who God says I am and nothing less. He says I am fully loved and enveloped by him. He says I am the apple of his eye and he cares for me. He says that I am not abandoned and that he carries me to heights i have never been.
He is fighting for me right now. He is restoring a new image of me according to his love and kindness. He says “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light”- I Peter 2:9
He says “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”-Ephesians 2:10
This is who I am, and I leave behind the old ways and welcome the new ways. I welcome freedom, truth and love. I accept my new life in Christ and reject the old mindset of defeat.
I am free and I will thrive as a result of my new found freedom.
I love you Father, Son, and Holy Spirit