Romans 8:16 (Amp) says, "The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with our own spirit, assuring us that we are God's children."
Do you remember what your life was like and where it was headed, before being born-again? We don't live in guilt and condemnation over who we once were, but we can compare what that was like with the new life and relationship we have now in Christ Jesus. We have an adversary who hates us and everything we stand for. He hated you before you were saved and he hates you even more now that you're close to God. God's children have a place in God's Kingdom that satan wanted and still wants. As God's children, we've been exalted to a place high above anything satan could imagine.
Satan wanted to be an heir of God and joint-heir with Jesus Himself, at the time iniquity was found in him. We need to understand the fullness of who we've become by the Blood and Power that made us new creations in Christ. Many believers still see themselves as forgiven sinners, while satan sees us as who we truly are in Christ and he's afraid we'll discover who we are. Jesus' death removed sin, so that the Father's Grace and mercy could do what God had intended from the beginning, when He made a family for Himself.
God intended to Bless His family, so we could walk in fellowship with Him at all times. The Father never intended for His family to be without Him or Him Presence. We must understand the fullness of God's unconditional Love for us, in order to understand what He intended for us. Most of us can easily quote John 3:16, but fail to understand the Power of God's Love this scripture speaks about.
1John 4:16 (Amp) says, "And we know, understand (recognize, are conscious of) by observation and by experience, and believe, adhere to and put faith in and rely on the Love God cherishes for us. GOD IS LOVE, and he who dwells in God and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him." John goes on in Verses 16-17 to describe and explain God's great Love. When we don't understand the Love God has for us, we fail to put faith in our prayer life and in our walk with Him. We focus on our failures, instead of God's Love for us, causing us to lose confidence in our ability to receive from Him. 1John 5:14-15 (Amp) says, "And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness), which we have in Him; we are sure that if we ask anything according to His will (make any request of Him, according to His Own Plan), He listens to and hears us. And if since we positively know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know with settles and absolute knowledge that we have granted us as our present possessions the requests made of Him."
If we're walking in God's Love and we love Him, then we can't ask anything outside His will and Plan for our lives. 1John 4:18 (Amp) says, "Perfect Love casts out fear and even dread of punishment." If we're unsure of the greatness of God's Love for us, then we will hold back on our faith in Him. We're heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ Jesus, and God's Love and perfection are His will for us. We've been taught that certain things aren't God's will for our lives, which has held back healing and Blessings in our lives. We're afraid to trust God, in so many areas of our lives.
God's Love gave everything it had to give, when our Heavenly Father gave His Only Begotten Son, Jesus, to Redeem and return us to Him. If Love gave Jesus for us, then what part of His Love was held back from us? We've judged the Love of God, by our own love for one another. We fall in and out of love, instead of having unconditional Love God sees us through. When we see ourselves the way God sees us, then we can understand and have faith and confidence in His Love. We can trust and have faith in His Love for us and will be assured that He will answer our prayers. Our entire relationship with the Father is based on understanding His Love for us. If we don't have faith in His Love for us, then we can't have faith in the Promises God made to us through Jesus. If you think you don't qualify, then your faith isn't active.
We don't qualify of ourselves, but God qualifies us. God made us righteous. It's not something we did or could do for ourselves. Love did that for us. Love made us in right standing with God and has justified us, so what is there that Love would hold back from us? God doesn't remember who we were before receiving Jesus as our Lord and Savior and being made new creations. We are pure in God's eyes and He purposely doesn't want to see us any other way, than through His Love for us.
We must understand the depth of God's Love for us, in order to understand His will for our lives and walk with Him. Does Love want us to "prosper and be in good health, even as our soul prospers?" The Apostle whom Jesus Loved, wrote in 3John 1:2 (Amp), "I pray that you may prosper in every way and that your body may keep well, even as I know your soul keeps well and prospers." This is God's will and Love for us.
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