thanks for sharing this!
Rhonda
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From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: Paralysis From Past Mistakes


> 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."
>