What if all your painful memories never… happened? ❤️🩹
As Christians, I don’t think we understand the depth of that statement when we read it in the Bible. That we are BORN AGAIN as new believers and that our minds are to be renewed: made NEW.
What if being reborn doesn’t just mean repenting and leaving our sins behind but also to leave behind the sins of others against us so that we can live without skepticism, fear of what others think, disappointment or always having our guard up.
Remember growing up? Yes, we all have different childhoods, some more difficult than others.
But at one point we were all fearless. We loved without reason and we dreamed remarkable dreams.
And as we grow up, words start to hurt us and aren’t brushed off as easily. Or maybe it was seeing the people we looked up to struggling and we adopted those struggles. Or maybe it was a loss or traumatic experience.
So, if you were to be reborn…
You can start here and now without all those painful words and memories. And not just from our childhoods but even up to this moment.
That’s much easier said than done, I know.
Our minds and bodies are wired for survival so we learn to build up walls to keep us from hurting again. But that is also what we need to be set free from if we are to pursue healing.
Being reborn 🦋
How do we start over?
With the help of the Holy Spirit, when in doubt, always start there.
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Always come to God with a grateful heart, thank the Holy Sprit for being your helper and guiding you, even if it’s hard to believe. A humble heart is open to receiving more.
Repent from any anger or resentment you held onto, maybe it’s yourself, or even God. (Repenting means to express sincere remorse and to not repeat those actions/feelings. But to choose a new path of action moving forward).
Ask Him to help you forgive the people who hurt you and audibly say that you forgive them. If this is difficult, ask the Holy Spirit to help you forgive them.
Ask God to renew your mind and heart about the people who have let you down. Ask Him to show you His love for them.
Now ask Him to help you close those doors and not look back. Pray for revelation of the reborn you. Ask Him to teach you daily about what that looks like.
Moving forward 🌻
Of course you can have disappointments and painful memories return but remember to always come back to the Holy Spirit.
Remember that the Holy Spirit is eager to help you.
He is excited and delighted about the fact that you are becoming more and more like the person God has created you to be.
Ask the Holy Spirit to renew our minds, heal our traumas, and help us move forward to be the person we were as a child with wonder and excitement for the life ahead!
May God bless you and may He give you the peace that surpasses all understanding.
I also pray that He fills you with spontaneous joy in this journey of life on earth.
Sulamita
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We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!
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But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see.
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Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new person. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and new.
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Celebrate with praises the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has shown us his extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has given us a new life—we are reborn to experience a living, energetic hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
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We are reborn into a perfect inheritance that can never perish, never be defiled, and never diminish. It is promised and preserved forever in the heavenly realm for you!
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For through the eternal and living Word of God you have been born again. And this “seed” that he planted within you can never be destroyed but will live and grow inside of you forever.
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Jesus answered, “Nicodemus, listen to this eternal truth: Before a person can even perceive God’s kingdom, they must first experience a rebirth.”
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“You shouldn’t be amazed by my statement, ‘You all must be born from above!’
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Their minds are dull and slow to perceive, their ears are plugged and are hard of hearing, and they have deliberately shut their eyes to the truth. Otherwise they would open their eyes to see, and open their ears to hear, and open their minds to understand. Then they would turn to me and I would instantly heal them.
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Learn this well: Unless you dramatically change your way of thinking and become teachable like a little child , you will never be able to enter in.
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For your hearts are hard and insensitive to me—you must be hard of hearing! For you’ve closed your eyes so that you won’t be troubled by the truth, and you’ve covered your ears so that you won’t have to listen and be pierced by what I say. For then you would have to respond and repent, so that I could heal your hearts.
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No matter how many times in one day your brother sins against you and says, ‘I’m sorry; I am changing; forgive me,’ you need to forgive him each and every time.
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Even though you’ve let us sink down with trials and troubles, I know you will revive us again, lifting us up from the dust of death.
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Revive us again, O God! I know you will! Give us a fresh start! Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness.
