Daily Devotional

YOUR SALVATION EXPERIENCE IS TOTAL AND COMPLETE

February 27

hild of God, guilt is a very powerful and demoralizing thing in the life of the believer. If you suffer guilt continually, you need to really face the problem with the help of the Holy Spirit to pinpoint the reason for your lack of having this problem resolved. People often suffer with the oppression of guilt and condemnation when the devil attacks them with thoughts of temptation and punishment in the areas of past failures and sins. The Evil One is very sly. He knows that if you are already wounded, he can demoralize you and cause you to go to despair by making you think that the thoughts and temptations which he sends you are proof to you that your salvation experience or repentance did not work very well for you. In fact, he loves to leave you with feelings of hopelessness, despair and overwhelming discouragement. It works too, doesn't it? He's good at his job! However, your Father has sent to you the Holy Spirit with specific instructions to help you. He has ordered the Holy Spirit to remind you in the very face of the devil's attacks that you are a "blood-washed" child of the King, and you will not put up with the tricks of the devil. You can say, "Father, I praise you that the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus' blood is enough to release me from all past sin and guilt. I will not listen to the attempts of the devil to tell me “you are still in this sin because you have temptations in that area." Child of God, if you are tempted in an area, and if you are already demoralized and weak because you have swallowed the lie of the devil, you will not be strong enough to overcome this "new" sin in that area. In other words, the wonderful news for you is that the Father has truly forgiven you of all past sin, and if the devil were to tempt you now and you were to give in, it would be a totally new picture, not more of the same old sin. Do you see the importance of this idea? Well, if you think that you are still in bondage because you grow weak and continue to sin, then you will become even more discouraged thinking that nothing lasting happened in the first place when you came to the Lord Jesus for salvation. This is a lie from Satan! You have made wonderful progress in your spiritual life, and are during new challenges and victories in your daily walk in the Holy Spirit. Rejoice child, you did not slide all the way back, you are only temporarily set back “but not destroyed” (II Corinthians 4:9) as the Apostle says it. Praise your Father and go forward child!

Prayer

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Father, you always know that which is best for me. There is lasting, staying power in my confession of all my past sins. I am renewed in your love and grace every day of my life. I will not swallow condemnation, but I will repent when I need to do so. I will confess as I must, and get right back up and go on with my walk with you. I thank you O Lord that you are merciful and longsuffering toward me and my loved ones. I praise you and I love you Lord, in Jesus’ name, amen!