March 14

PAIN

Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins. Psalm 25:18

Is your past weighing you down? Do you have painful memories? All of us have a number of painful experiences in our past, which have scarred us emotionally. Memories that dry up our strength and kills our joy. You may have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse as a child or sometime in your life. You may have suffered the pain of neglect and rejection. Such emotional experiences can weigh you down with a sense of defeat. It can steal the victory that Christ gave you at Calvary.

God is able to give you victory over past pains. He can take the poison out of that `snake'-bite. His power to save you from sin includes deliverance from the bitterness of your past. He is able to save to the uttermost. His salvation offer is a complete package. It starts when you ask Christ to come into your heart but He does not end there. He wants to heal your broken heart. He wants to free you from the burdens you're carrying.

To walk in victory as a Christian, you must open up to the Holy Spirit's help. He is the comforter. He is able to get to the secret places of your being to heal you where you hurt most. Ask Him into your life. Open up your pain to Him. Ask Him to bind up your broken heart. Ask Him to heal you. Talk to Him about your pain.

Ask the Holy Spirit to fill your heart completely. When your heart is full of the Holy Spirit, there will be no place left for anything else.

Prayer: Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you and heal your broken heart and emotional pain.

Scriptural Reading: Psalm 25:16-22