Helen,

I really like that. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson


At 07:42 AM 10/1/04, you wrote:
>Failure and Success: Paralysis From Past Mistakes
>
>For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward
>those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He
>removed our transgressions from us. --Psalm 103:11-12
>
>Do not let any of the things of the world or past mistakes paralyze your
>hearts. I believe there are Christians who have allowed some of their past
>mistakes to paralyze them. You were so bright and cheerful in your
>spiritual life once, and then you made some tragic mistake or had something
>happen to you. You got out of it somehow, and prayed and wept your way out
>of it. But it did something to you, and now you cannot lick it. Past wrongs
>that have been done to you, past failures, times you thought you were going
>to win and did not, or present sins or discouragement-these things are not
>mental at all. They are deeper than that; they are subconscious, and they
>prevent us from believing.
>
>I most urgently exhort you, and I trust God Almighty to deliver you; to
>sponge that out of your spirit; to sponge that out of your heart so you are
>not hindered by unbelief. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church,
>pp. 162-163
>
>"Lord, I'm surely not the only one who desperately needs this reminder this
>morning. So many of us struggle with past sins, failures, or hurts. I pray
>for all of my fellow-servants who need deliverance, who need to have the
>past sponged out of their spirits and hearts. Amen."