Stop Self-Sabotaging
WHAT DID MY LORD GOD SAY TO ME THIS MORNING?
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When the Holy Spirit wakes you up in the 3:00 a.m. hour, that means get up and listen. That’s what happened to me this Saturday morning. And I have to say Saturday because all our days are starting to run together. My kids said it’s like we don’t have weekends anymore Mommy. And that’s true. Every day feels like a weekend day.
But when I got up earlier than my usual 5 a.m. to pray, I felt the need to pray specifically for a person that was laid upon my heart. And while I know I prayed for them, as I kept praying in my heavenly language, I knew others were prayed for as well. I can’t tell yall enough how vital it is to pray in the Spirit. Don’t be afraid to pray in tongues because that’s pretty much the Spirit praying FOR YOU. We don’t know enough of who to pray for. I still don’t know why the person I was praying for required my prayers, so I HAD to pray in the Spirit.
I kept hearing the word self-sabotage as I prayed. I didn’t know if the person was self-sabotaging or not, but I know one thing, I repented if I, myself, had done anything that would self-sabotage. I heard the Holy Spirit say to me later on, “Don’t sabotage yourself with disobedience. But I can forgive THAT TOO!”
One thing I know for sure is that my Lord and Savior is compassionate towards us and even when we mess up our own self, He will forgive us. It doesn’t matter what the mistake or misstep is, He sent Jesus to cover ALL OF IT! Thank you God for your son Jesus who came to cover ALL of my sins, even the self-sabotaging ones.
Now, I got to hit on this for a second because I feel like someone is saying, how can you have a robust prayer life, hear from God daily, and still self-sabotage? Two words. DISOBEDIENCE and DOUBT. The Lord can give you an assignment to do and you half do it…that’s disobedience. You can hear a word from the Lord and doubt that it will come to pass. Both of these are self-sabotaging. Now of course if you’re not praying daily, and hearing from the Lord daily, there are an unlimited amount of ways you can self-sabotage, but they all mostly go right back to your being DISOBEDIENT to God’s Word.
When I did a bit of research on this topic, I found an article by Doug Ponder over at Remnant Resource dot org. It’s a really good article about how to stop self-sabotaging yourself. He said it is a three-fold process. We have to know what’s right (which means read the Word of God), we have to want to do what’s right (which means we have to engage with Holy Spirit and ask Him to change our heart desires, and then we have to practice what is right (which means we have to take actions that keep us DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, like watching sermons, talking about the gospel with friends, and putting yourself in environments that help you grow in the Lord, not hinder you).
Bottom Line: If you really want to live a blessed life, focus on spending time with God and stop doing those habits that you know aren’t helping you AT ALL. And that’s the key, YOU KNOW.
Hearts and Hugs!!
Side Note: I know I have not shared all that the Lord has released this week (a Word He gave me Monday), but stay tuned for next Monday’s blog and podcast where I share the wrap up of what the Lord released all week!!!
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