 I {Toi} was at the grocery store a while back looking over a fresh crop of strawberries. These strawberries were plumped and blemished free. As I went to place a carton in the shopping cart, I noticed they weren't grown in Florida. "Oh, no! They're not Florida Strawberries." I said to my girls. Observing my hesitation to place them in the cart, my oldest spoke up "Why do they have to be Florida strawberries to taste good? These look delicious." I had to laugh at myself because I didn't have a good reason for my belief. For as long as I could remember, I always sought out Florida strawberries and held them in higher esteem. (It sounds crazy now, I know. I totally blame the field trip to a Florida Strawberry farm when I was 4 years old for this belief!) I had turned my wrong belief into a "doctrine" in my life, by doing so I ignored truth of God's Word found in Acts 10:15 " But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” NLT This past Sunday my pastor shared about how " Revelation often confronts our wrong beliefs." Revelation is defined as something revealed or disclosed, especially a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized. Unfortunately, many have wrong beliefs about God, wrong beliefs about how Grace works, and wrong beliefs on how much God loves you and that He has only good intentions for you. Some have some wrong beliefs about the Lord's heart and will for you as a woman, and it's holding you back from pursuing Him with all that is in you. How do we get revelation so that our wrong beliefs may be confronted? Pray. Ask the Lord reveal to you through the Holy Spirit the wrong beliefs holding you back. Dig into the scriptures letting the Holy Spirit guide you. Don't be afraid to see guidance from the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is here to be our Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby. How awesome is that?! John 14:26 " But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. " AMP |
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