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Today’s exhortation – Christ our Brother

There are many many many things imparted to us from the resurrection of The Lord Jesus and one is, we passed from friendship into sonship. Before He was crucified, He called His disciples friends and when He rose, He called them brothers. He said, No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. (‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭15‬). When He was risen, He said to the woman whom He first appeared to, “Do not hold on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ” (‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭17‬)

Now as brothers, that made them children of God even as we are now. Being a friend is one thing and being a child is another. The privileges of a friend and a child are different. Eg, as children we walked into our parents house without any fear or worry. We asked for things and expected to get them because they are our parents. We ate what we wanted, drank whatever was in the fridge and were carefree. On the contrary, our friends didn’t have the same liberty. Paul the apostle wrote, The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ… (‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭16-17‬). This is amazing grace. Thank You Jesus. Amen

Francis Hans-Jorie

Today’s exhortation – inner healing needed

Have you ever left garbage in the kitchen too long ? How can you tell? When you enter the house the whole place smells rotten right? With that kind of smell, no food or meal will be appetising in the house. In the same way, not resolving our bitterness, unforgiveness, shameful acts before or after receiving Jesus, broken or failed marriages, disappointments, past hurts, embarrassing circumstances etc can make us continually feel bad about ourselves just as the garbage in the kitchen can make the whole house smell. Although the Inner Healing process involves work on our part to get all resolved, it is well worth the effort to feel good about ourselves and fully understand who we are in Christ. So far, the areas of inner healing we’ve covered are generational curses, soul hurts, ungodly beliefs, soul ties, vows and inner vows.

The next areas we’ll be looking at are, forgiveness, sins towards others and shame, bitterroot judgements, bitterroot expectancy and then finally finishing off with breaking demonic oppression. I believe that the key to receiving inner healing is forgiveness and repentance. After The Lord Jesus taught us to pray in The Lord’s Prayer, He said, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew‬ ‭6:14-15‬). So, it’s not an option, but a must! Nevertheless we thank God for The Holy Spirit who is our Helper and He will help us deal with this difficult area of our lives. God willing, we’ll go in depth on forgiveness tomorrow.

Francis Hans-Jorie
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