Don’t settle for the least. God doesn’t see the least in you. He sees Jesus in you. Don’t settle for the enemy’s lies. It’s his purpose to destroy you. He only has death for you. God has life and life more abundant for you.
It’s God’s goodness that has drawn you to repentance. Trust His goodness. Jesus died for your sins. They are as far as the east is from the west. He no longer sees all the years that you messed up. Jesus is your identity now.
Jesus didn’t come to condemn you. He chose you to be blameless before God. The greatest exchange took place. Jesus, who had no sin, took yours by laying down His life for you. He took all your sins—past, present, and future, paid for all of them, and imparted to you the righteousness of God. Don’t keep trying to pay for sins you no longer owe. That is a pain that will hurt and condemn your heart. Don’t settle for that voice that won’t let thoughts of sin go. You cannot make yourself feel forgiven. You can't make yourself feel God's love. Jesus will do that as you keep renewing your mind with His Word. Keep drawing upon God’s truth, and let the Holy Spirit reveal Jesus to you. Exercise your senses every day to conform to His truth so you can experience the new person you are in His grace.
Settle only for God’s love.
May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, be able to comprehend what is the width and length and depth and height—that you would know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, and that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:17-19).
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