Part 4 : Forgives, receives, stands, bows, and perseveres

1) If you have Jesus in you, you have it in you to walk this way: loving, forgiving, and interceding for those who don't get you who have hurt you, and who don't deserve your love.

2) Jesus is that He takes us-rags and all-and makes something of us.

3) FORGIVE

- Mark 11:24-25, "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for your prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

- Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.

- To fight for our "right" not to forgive is a struggle that will only weaken us.

- The fight for us is one for a heart that is willing to hand over our offenses because Jesus asks us to.

- God will defend.

- God will settle the accounts, and when He does, everyone will know that He is a God of righteousness and power. We don't need to instruct Him in the ways of justice.

- Jesus has won the war of unforgiveness by forgiving us.

- Give God your best by giving Him the worst of all that's ever happened to you.

(this make me cry after i read this. It is so hard to forgive at that time, but I forgive because God forgive me.)

Personal experiences sharing, without much love, you will choose ignore, not forgive. With sincere love, you will know how to forgive that will please the Lord.

4) RECEIVE

- What we have received from the battle? the amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ.

- Yes, we've make mistakes in the past but He gives, He gives, and He gives again.

- To move into bigger and the deeper and the more profound things of God, we must continuously and relentlessly hang on to grace and divine love. Daily He's pouring it out; daily we must receive a fresh dose of it. Every morning, He's three. Open your hands and receive it.

5) STAND

- Whatever we allow in our hearts, we allow in our lives, which determines the path we take and the choices we make.

- The fight to stand is the fight to said no to insecurity, fear, defeat, and discouragement.

- Though the enemy tell me I'll surely fail, God says He will not fail me!

6) BOW (TENDERNESS)

- Jesus didn't just act humble; He was humility.

- He did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped. (Philippians 2:7)

- God created the world out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.- Martin Lurther.

- The battlegrounds beneath our feet are the places in our lives where we refuse to humbly bow before the Lord as that He might have His way.

- The fight for us is the fight against our own stubborn willfulness and hardness of heart.

(haih...i know this applied to me...haih..)

- When we grow comfortable in God's presence, we more easily trust Him to deal with our inconsistencies.

- When we believe that He has our best interests at heart, bowing before Him then becomes the most natural thing on earth. Just like breathing.

7) PERSEVERE

- Don't let the enemy convice you that it's too difficult.

- Keep going, keep declaring, keep believing.

- Persevere and do not give up. God have great things ahead for us.

- Over and over again, the Bible tell us that He rewards those who seek after Him.

- He works for those who wait for Him.

- He blesses those who are willing to persevere.

- Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:4

From a book call "the uncommon women : making an ordinary life extraordinary."