Today’s Reading:
Ephesians 4
Ephesians 5
Romans 8
Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.
Ephesians 4:23-24 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Squeeze the lemon dry. I Am turning every sour thing sweet. I Am making every bitter thing sweet. So squeeze those things dry in your life to give Me full access to work through what has come out of them. Give those sour and bitter things so much of a squeezing and wringing that nothing left remains to seep out into your heart or your life or through your mouth. Squeeze it all out as if in a jar for Me. And watch. I Am making the bitter things sweet. But I can only do that when you hand them over to me and stop allowing the bitterness and what is sour to seep into your life, to leak into your heart, mind and soul.
The Holy Spirit of God has sealed you in Jesus Christ until you experience your full salvation. So never grieve the Spirit of God or take for granted his holy influence in your life. Lay aside bitter words, temper tantrums, revenge, profanity, and insults. But instead be kind and affectionate toward one another. Has God graciously forgiven you? Then graciously forgive one another in the depths of Christ’s love.
Ephesians 4:30-32 TPT
Watch as I take that jar of all that you have wrung out and released to Me — all that has clung to your soul and mind — as regret, as hurt, frustration, anger, offense. Watch as those things are turned over to Me fully, and they no longer can operate in your life, mind, heart body or soul. Watch as I pour generously into that jar full of all of that and create something so sweet, so delightful, so unexpected you will say, “I could have never had this sweet moment, had I not experienced those bitter and sour things. I could not be enjoying this full circle moment. I could not be enjoying the goodness of turning my suffering and pain and sorrow and regret over to the Lord if I held onto it for myself. What foolishness it was to think getting even could taste as good as this. What foolishness it was to dream up vindictive plots or to stew and ruminate in the hurt and offense.”
Be imitators of God in everything you do, for then you will represent your Father as his beloved sons and daughters. And continue to walk surrendered to the extravagant love of Christ, for he surrendered his life as a sacrifice for us. His great love for us was pleasing to God, like an aroma of adoration—a sweet healing fragrance.
Ephesians 5:1-2 TPT
You will relish in and enjoy the total full circle sweetness of what I do in your life. You will love the taste of this sweet and even tart drink I make for you of all that you have willingly and fully turned over to Me. It’s time for your joy comes in the morning moment, but it requires you turning all of that bitterness and sour stuff over to Me. I delight to delight you, so let Me. Release all of that baggage and wounding and regret to Me. I Am here, and I Am ready to make every bitter and every sour thing, every moment, every part sweet. Am I not able? Of course I Am, I’m more than able. Release your grip. Turn it all over to Me. And you will not only find full freedom, you will taste the turnaround, and I will astonish you with My goodness. Don’t hang onto the past. It’s time to let it fully go.
How to Respond
- Pray, Holy Spirit come and shine Your light in me. Show me the places in my life that I am holding onto that are sour, bitter or worse. I want to turn every drop of those over to You, so You can make something good out of them. I want to experience the turnaround that You have for me.
- Declare, God, the searcher of the heart, knows fully our longings, yet he also understands the desires of the Spirit, because the Holy Spirit passionately pleads before God for us, his holy ones, in perfect harmony with God’s plan and our destiny. So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose.
— Romans 8:27-28 TPT - Decree, I will not hold on to hurt, bitterness, a sour attitude, regret, wounding or offense. I hand it all over to the Lord, so He can make something sweet come from it. I will trust the Lord to bring my turnaround and my full circle moment. He is so good to me.
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