Thursday Writing...10/24/19...."Glorious Finish"

Good Morning,

Today we learn how we are a new creation who are not what people try to mak us think of ourselves. This newness comes from the transforming work of the Holy Spirit causing us to become exactly who we were created to be from all eternity. Here is a quoted from this writing,"Now you are a new person. You are no longer a failure you used to be. Now, you are a priceless masterpiece made by the master crafter."

Walk into this life you have been given by the Holy Spirit.

Never forget who you really are!

Brother Thomas & Jody Ward

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Today's Devotional 

"Glorious Finish" 

Written by
Brother Thomas Ukwute
& Jody Ward

“The latter glory, and the future splendor, of this house will be greater than its past glory,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Even though it started out with a glorious beginning, it will have an even more glorious finish.”

“And in this place, I will give peace and prosperity. I grant wholeness and holiness,” declares the Lord Almighty. It is an affirmation of Jehovah.

Haggai 2:9

Many times we go through events that cause us to demean our view of ourselves. Because of the horrible nature of the things we have gone through, we find it difficult to forgive ourselves and our imaginations are tortured as we keep reliving how it all happened.

or anyone for that matter!

It may not even be something we have done but is what others have done to us, or said to us, that formed the degrading basis of how we see ourselves. This perception devalues the power of the grace of God, made available through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.

And it might be that it is a failure of the family that has shaped the way we live and depreciate ourselves. This opinion neglects the quality of the transformation that the Holy Spirit brought into our lives. As a result, we live in self-condemnation and walk in self-pity, victims and prisoners of our past sin and regret. Here what the Lord said. “The latter glory, and the future splendor, of this house will be greater than its past glory.”

God who saved you, and washed your life in the blood of Jesus Christ, has also fully restored your dignity and self-worth. You can walk with your head lifted high because God has wiped off your old records when He saved you.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, 

the new creation has come:

The old has gone, the new is here! 
(2 Cor. 5:17)

Nothing you think, or anything anyone will say can change that.

Now you are a new person. You are no longer a failure or the good-for-nothing person you used to be. Now, you are a priceless master piece made by the master crafter. 

"For we are God’s handiwork, 

created in Christ Jesus to do good works, 

which God prepared in advance for us to do."

(Eph 2:10)

So, you must begin to walk in the newness of life. Know deep down inside that God is restoring all the things the enemy stole from you when you were under his captivity. Having been redeemed you have a better chance for victory, success and prosperity than ever.

Embrace your new-found life and leave the self-inflicted suffering behind. And, do not let anyone or anything suggest to you that you are less than what God says you are. You are His chosen, anointed and blessed child. 

But you are a chosen people,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession,

that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.  

Once you were not a people,

 but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy but now you have 

received mercy.

1 Peter 2:9-10

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"MASTERPIECE" 

Sung by 

Danny Gokey

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Prayers are lifted up daily for you by the Devotional Writers and the Monthly Writing Staff of Women's Focus Ministries.

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Sandy Billingham, Karen Bennett, 

 Brother Thomas Ukwute, Jody Ward, 

Lynda Kinnard, Bre Miller, Amie Spruiell, 

Debbie Rodriguez, Carol Steficek,

Jan Andersen and Corinne Mustafa