I don’t know about you guys, but something that Satan has used against me heavily has been my past. When I had my second interview with Adventures in Missions, I left feeling like there was no way that I would get accepted because the things of my past were too shameful. Satan had those chains wrapped around me so tightly that I truly believed I would be a slave of my past for the rest of my life. I had a conversation with my dad, and he helped me realize that those feelings of entrapment and slavery to my past were ploys of the devil to keep my from being used. Once I realized the power that I was giving Satan, I gave it to God and I am SO thankful that He has the power to break EVERY chain. He is stronger than any fear, any doubt, any trial, and any sin.
thank God for grace
A year ago, I would not have imagined that I would be preparing myself to spend 9 months in ministry overseas. I am so thankful that God has mercy, grace, and forgiveness abounding and that He has washed away every impurity of my past. In HIM I am made new. I am pure, I am beautiful, and I am a new creation. Does this mean that I don’t struggle with sin still? Of course not. But my heart belongs to Jesus. In Him I have found my purpose, I have found my identity, and I have found freedom.
No longer will I be a slave to sin.
No longer will I be a slave to my past.
No longer will I allow the lies of Satan to keep me from the glorious plan God has for me.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I am free!
