There is a place where you can live in peace. That place is above your emotional pain and in the realm of the spirit where the Kingdom of God is. But the only way to get there is through Jesus Christ.
There are two realms that control life: the natural realm and the supernatural realm. The natural realm is subject to the laws of the natural world; the supernatural realm is subject to the laws of the supernatural world.
The supernatural world has both a good aspect and an evil aspect. The good aspect is the supernatural realm inhabited by God and His angels. The Bible calls this supernatural realm of God "the third heaven". The evil aspect is the supernatural realm inhabited by Satan and his demons. The Bible calls this supernatural realm of Satan "the second heaven". The supernatural realm of God is far more powerful than the supernatural realm of Satan.
Man was created and designed to live in the supernatural world of God, but sin relegated man to the confinement of the natural world. Jesus Christ came to set man free from the confinement of the natural world and to restore him to the supernatural world of the Kingdom of God.
When man enters the supernatural world without Christ, man will encounter the supernatural curses of Satan and his demons. This is the realm of the occult with all of its attendant dangers.
When man enters the supernatural world through Christ, man will encounter the supernatural blessings of God.
So how does this apply to your life and to your emotional pain?
If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you are still a prisoner of the natural world. In practical terms, this means that you are still in bondage to sin and its torment, including emotional torment. You may have tried to free yourself from emotional pain by entering the supernatural world of Satan and his demons. If so, you may have found a false and temporary relief, but you soon learned (or will learn) that Satan offers only trickery and bondage, never truth and freedom.
But if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you are no longer a prisoner of the natural world nor the supernatural world of Satan. Instead, you are a resident of the supernatural kingdom of God and a child of God whose inheritance is healing in every aspect of your being.
You cannot free yourself from the natural world nor from Satan's supernatural world. You need a Savior to free you. Jesus Christ is that Savior. Accept Him today into your life. Ask Him to be your Savior and Lord. Ask Him to free you from the pain of emotional and psychological torment. Then expect Him to do so.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Unloading Emotional Baggage
Emotional baggage is a heavy weight, a weight you were never meant to carry. I define emotional baggage as the sum total of all the negative experiences you've had that have warped the image of who you really are and were meant to be.
Why do we accumulate emotional baggage and how can we unload it?
Here is a simple explanation. When God created you, He created you with a plan for your life. That plan included only blessings. But Satan also has a plan for your life, and his plan is the exact opposite of God's plan for you. Satan's plan includes only curses.
Because our original parents, Adam and Eve, messed up God's original plan through their rebellion against Him, God had to set up Plan B. Plan B was the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In other words, by His death and resurrection, Jesus restored the blessings of Plan A. But to benefit from this restoration of blessings, one must accept Jesus Christ as the Savior through Whom these blessings become ours. This acceptance of Christ is called justification and means becoming right with God. There is no other way to become right with God except through Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6, emphasis mine).
Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, He begins the process of helping you unload your emotional baggage. This process is called sanctification, or becoming whole and set apart from the effects of Satan's curse.
Two important steps are involved in unloading our emotional baggage. We will talk about these two steps in future posts, but, for now, I will simply mention them. They are:
1) Surrendering our wills completely to God's will;
2) Reprogramming our thinking to align with God's thinking as found in the Bible.
If you are carrying emotional baggage that is causing you great pain, or even just a little pain, begin unloading it now. Start by accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord if you have not already done so. Once you have accepted Christ as your Savior and Lord, begin reading the Bible, also called the Word of God. As you read it and apply it to your life, you will notice that, little by little, the emotional pain will decrease and you will feel more light-hearted and free as our compassionate Lord unloads the baggage from your heart and soul.
Why do we accumulate emotional baggage and how can we unload it?
Here is a simple explanation. When God created you, He created you with a plan for your life. That plan included only blessings. But Satan also has a plan for your life, and his plan is the exact opposite of God's plan for you. Satan's plan includes only curses.
Because our original parents, Adam and Eve, messed up God's original plan through their rebellion against Him, God had to set up Plan B. Plan B was the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In other words, by His death and resurrection, Jesus restored the blessings of Plan A. But to benefit from this restoration of blessings, one must accept Jesus Christ as the Savior through Whom these blessings become ours. This acceptance of Christ is called justification and means becoming right with God. There is no other way to become right with God except through Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6, emphasis mine).
Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, He begins the process of helping you unload your emotional baggage. This process is called sanctification, or becoming whole and set apart from the effects of Satan's curse.
Two important steps are involved in unloading our emotional baggage. We will talk about these two steps in future posts, but, for now, I will simply mention them. They are:
1) Surrendering our wills completely to God's will;
2) Reprogramming our thinking to align with God's thinking as found in the Bible.
If you are carrying emotional baggage that is causing you great pain, or even just a little pain, begin unloading it now. Start by accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord if you have not already done so. Once you have accepted Christ as your Savior and Lord, begin reading the Bible, also called the Word of God. As you read it and apply it to your life, you will notice that, little by little, the emotional pain will decrease and you will feel more light-hearted and free as our compassionate Lord unloads the baggage from your heart and soul.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
What Is Controlling Your Life?
Your life is controlled by your thinking, not by your circumstances. Most of us have made the mistake of believing that our circumstances control us and that we are helpless victims of fate. But this is a lie. If we continue to believe this lie, we will never be free of emotional pain.
The truth is that your life is controlled by the space between your ears. In other words, your life is controlled by how you think and what you believe.
The mind is the control center of our lives. Scripture says, "As a man thinks, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7 TLB).
What are you thinking on a regular basis?
A friend of mine once told me this powerful story about her little son. When he was three years old, she found him staring out the window. She said, "Matt, what are you thinking about?" In the wisdom of children, he replied, "I'm thinking about what I'm thinking about."
Profound advice that we should all take to heart. How often do we think about what we are thinking about? How often do we analyze what we are thinking to determine if it aligns with God's Word or not? If it does not align with God's Word, then it is a lie. And if it is a lie, we must renounce it and replace it with the truth.
We will remain in bondage spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and physically to the degree that we believe a lie. By the same token, we will be free spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and physically to the degree that we know and believe the truth.
The Truth is found in the Holy Bible. The Truth is Jesus Christ. He said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6). He who finds and follows Jesus finds and follows Life.
If you are hurting today in any way--spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, or physically--turn to Jesus Christ and accept Him into your life. When you do, you will be accepting freedom in all of its aspects.
Jesus considered you valuable enough to die for you in order to set you free. But that freedom will never be yours unless you willingly accept His free gift of salvation. Do so now. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If you have questions or would like more information, please write to me at maryann@maryanndiorio.com.
The truth is that your life is controlled by the space between your ears. In other words, your life is controlled by how you think and what you believe.
The mind is the control center of our lives. Scripture says, "As a man thinks, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7 TLB).
What are you thinking on a regular basis?
A friend of mine once told me this powerful story about her little son. When he was three years old, she found him staring out the window. She said, "Matt, what are you thinking about?" In the wisdom of children, he replied, "I'm thinking about what I'm thinking about."
Profound advice that we should all take to heart. How often do we think about what we are thinking about? How often do we analyze what we are thinking to determine if it aligns with God's Word or not? If it does not align with God's Word, then it is a lie. And if it is a lie, we must renounce it and replace it with the truth.
We will remain in bondage spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and physically to the degree that we believe a lie. By the same token, we will be free spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and physically to the degree that we know and believe the truth.
The Truth is found in the Holy Bible. The Truth is Jesus Christ. He said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6). He who finds and follows Jesus finds and follows Life.
If you are hurting today in any way--spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, or physically--turn to Jesus Christ and accept Him into your life. When you do, you will be accepting freedom in all of its aspects.
Jesus considered you valuable enough to die for you in order to set you free. But that freedom will never be yours unless you willingly accept His free gift of salvation. Do so now. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
If you have questions or would like more information, please write to me at maryann@maryanndiorio.com.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Are You Thinking Straight?
Emotional problems result from believing lies. Since we were designed to function according to truth, any deviation from truth will cause us to malfunction, whether emotionally, physically, or spiritually.
So, the big question becomes What is truth? Truth is defined as "the actual state of a matter" (Dictionary.com). But herein lies the problem: Who determines what the actual state of a matter is?
For me, the actual state of a matter may be one thing; for you, it may be another.
What this means is that my truth may not be your truth, and vice versa. This way of thinking is called relativism and is a lie.
In our culture, man has taken it upon himself to determine the actual state of a matter. For example, it is common for people to say things like, "Abortion is not an option for me, but it may be an option for you". Many have determined that the actual state of the matter about abortion is that it is a viable option for terminating a pregnancy. Some have determined that the actual state of the matter about abortion is that abortion at any stage is murder.
The nature of Truth is that it applies to everyone everywhere, equally and indiscriminately. This means that Truth is absolute, just as gravity is absolute. No matter who you are, if you jump off a roof, you will go down.
Most people don't like the truth that Truth is absolute. In fact, they rebel against it. But what they don't understand is that by rebelling against absolute Truth, they are hurting themselves. That hurt may not show up right away, but it will always show up eventually.
Man was designed by God to function according to the laws of Truth. When man deviates from those laws and goes his own way, he will always suffer. There's no escaping this truth.
We need to understand that emotional problems result from rebelling against Truth and insisting upon creating our own truth. Any thinking pattern that deviates from God's thinking pattern will end up hurting us.
God's thinking pattern is found in His Word, the Holy Bible. If we want to learn how God thinks, then we must read His Word. As we change our thinking to align with God's thinking, we will be moving closer to the Truth and closer to emotional health.
So, the big question becomes What is truth? Truth is defined as "the actual state of a matter" (Dictionary.com). But herein lies the problem: Who determines what the actual state of a matter is?
For me, the actual state of a matter may be one thing; for you, it may be another.
What this means is that my truth may not be your truth, and vice versa. This way of thinking is called relativism and is a lie.
In our culture, man has taken it upon himself to determine the actual state of a matter. For example, it is common for people to say things like, "Abortion is not an option for me, but it may be an option for you". Many have determined that the actual state of the matter about abortion is that it is a viable option for terminating a pregnancy. Some have determined that the actual state of the matter about abortion is that abortion at any stage is murder.
The nature of Truth is that it applies to everyone everywhere, equally and indiscriminately. This means that Truth is absolute, just as gravity is absolute. No matter who you are, if you jump off a roof, you will go down.
Most people don't like the truth that Truth is absolute. In fact, they rebel against it. But what they don't understand is that by rebelling against absolute Truth, they are hurting themselves. That hurt may not show up right away, but it will always show up eventually.
Man was designed by God to function according to the laws of Truth. When man deviates from those laws and goes his own way, he will always suffer. There's no escaping this truth.
We need to understand that emotional problems result from rebelling against Truth and insisting upon creating our own truth. Any thinking pattern that deviates from God's thinking pattern will end up hurting us.
God's thinking pattern is found in His Word, the Holy Bible. If we want to learn how God thinks, then we must read His Word. As we change our thinking to align with God's thinking, we will be moving closer to the Truth and closer to emotional health.
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