A Weopon the devil can't dish..

Raechel here..
Once upon a time a little girl shot an arrow and it hit a tree, the second time she shot an arrow and it hit the fence.. ever feel like that little girl.. aiming at the devil but feel like you just keep missin'?
I do.. we'll I found an arrow that gets him everytime.

Spirit led lovin'! ... what does that mean?
the most powerful times of loving is when someone doesn't deserve it..
the most anointed acts of love is when you feel nothing or anger or hurt...
the most impacting embraces are those you despise giving..

But it must be spirit led... in the flesh is ugh,. horrible.. I once had this girl hug me in a ministry(she was my co-worker) and I felt worse off after than I did before she embraced me..
why is this?
she was motivated by guilt, flesh, and religion...

It was like I needed a shower and I wanted to get away from her as quick as possible.
I would imagine if the Pharisees ever gave hugs they were similar.. all for show. all for them .

I find I do the same thing.. and I have been asking the Lord to teach me deep love.. how to love Him (his body) deeply.
So how has the Lord challenged this request?? showing me the worst of people's side.. hurting, annoying and getting me angry!
Then comes the power of SPIRIT-led love..
Asking the Spirit how to love them and then doing it by Faith.. no fuzzy feelings or desire .. just obedience.
I cannot tell you the times I do this the result I receive.. mind boggling.. it works.. my heart is melted and so is theirs!!
This ticks off satan, he has no idea that the arrow he aimed at us it the same one we will jab into his soul. Ha!
So think of the one who is really driving you nuts or has hurt you and ask the Holy Spirit how to love them.. Only Jesus knows the key to changing us and transforming them by the power of His Love.what a weopon!! - your Rae

Don't hit my kid!

Here's an exercise (if you're willing...):
If you have children
1) I want you to think about them (still as children growing up, for those of you with grown offspring.) Now that you are thinking about your children, I want you to think about somebody else (other than you) raising them.

How do you feel?
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[**my reaction, maybe yours: sad? chest pains? hard to swallow?]

2) Now I want you to imagine that this other person, who is raising your children, abuses them. Hurts them.

Now, how do you feel?
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[**my reflex, maybe yours: outraged? gut wrenching? Unable to focus? sit still?]

I believe this may give us some insight as to how God feels....when he sees us giving in to the spirit of the world. (1 Cor 2:12, Eph 2:2, Gal 4:3) Watching that show we shouldn't. Listening to a conversation we shouldn't. Accepting the world's standards as our own. As we subject ourselves to the spirit of this world I believe that spirit is, in a way, "parenting" us. It is shaping our values, influencing our thoughts, and moulding our hearts.

And it is hurting us.

God, our Creator, our "Father in heaven," he calls us his own. We ARE his children. He made us. He loves us. He wants us. And I believe He must feel like you and I feel at the thought of someone ELSE raising our children... and on top of that, hurting our children.

A jealous God? I would be. And a broken-hearted God, too. No wonder the messiah was prophesied to be a "man of sorrows." (Isa 53:3) I must admit... I cannot think of something more sorrowful than another person raising my children and hurting them. (And my children choosing that!)

O sweet Lord. God of Abraham. I don't want to hurt you by putting myself under this worldly spirit. I want your Holy Spirit. Be my Abba, my daddy. Raise me. Show me your ways....that I might walk in them.

one free man