If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend. - Psalm 55:12-13
If you don't see it before you see it, then when it manifests you won't recognize it.
Betray means- to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling: to disappoint the hopes or expectations of; be disloyal to: to reveal or disclose in violation of confidence.
Every now and then you will always be attacked in the place of your inheritance (Hmmm).
God has called you to bring people together and to impact other people's lives as a result of the anointing in your life. You must make sure that you seek to maintain righteousness in all of your relationships.
Have you ever experienced a close relationship that ended in betrayal?
Have you ever experienced a close relationship that ended in betrayal?
You can be an individual who with all your heart, mind, and soul tries to be very loyal to friends and those with whom you have covenant relationships. Yet there are times that no matter how righteous you are, when someone means to betray you (If “Judas” was here I would get a witness), s/he will do it.
Loving those who betray you is "graduate-level Christianity." The religious community and one of His closest friends betrayed Jesus. Those who were closest to David betrayed him. Joseph's own family betrayed him.
Loving our enemies cannot be accomplished by mustering it up (Hello somebody). It can only happen when we have come to a death in ourselves so that Christ can love through us. It is truly one of those acts of identifying with the cross.
If you are a leader, you can be sure God will allow you to experience betrayal. It is one of those courses in the Kingdom that may not be required until God has seen that you have successfully passed other tests. It is the most difficult and most gut wrenching of all tests.
If you are a leader, you can be sure God will allow you to experience betrayal. It is one of those courses in the Kingdom that may not be required until God has seen that you have successfully passed other tests. It is the most difficult and most gut wrenching of all tests.
A godly response goes against all that is in us. Our natural response is to protect, retaliate, and retain unforgiveness and bitterness (I know I’m tellin’ the truth…). Our natural response is satan's most powerful weapon (Hmmmmm); to overcome it requires much grace from God. Ask God to build His nature in you now so that when such attacks come, you will be aware that it is a test and you will respond in righteousness.
"Where I am is not where I am, it's just where I am." There is a Word that is spoken over our lives that cannot fail!
Prayer: Gracious God and Father, thank You for being a loving, kind and forgiving Father. Thank You for the precious Blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses me from my sin and my unrighteousness. Father I desire to walk in the unconditional love of Jesus Christ; so I ask for grace to overcome the hurts, pains, and disappointments that I have experienced through the hands of my friends or family, when I tried to love and do good unto them. Your Word commands me to love my enemies, to bless them that curse me, to do good to them that hate me, and to pray for them which despitefully use me, and persecute me. Father, thank You for the assignment of the Holy Spirit in my life Who empowers me to carry out Your Word and experience the fruits of righteousness growing in my life. Whatever it is that You are doing in this season, please don’t do it without me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Be Blessed IN The Word…
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