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The Word will always tell you the truth, even when it is the most difficult to hear or receive, and if you will receive it with a repentant heart, it will forever change you for the better. If you can embrace God’s Word and rescue it from the mud you left it in, you will step back and be utterly amazed at the love, grace and hope it will bring into your life.

If you serve Him, God will tell you over and over and over again: “NO!” It’s something you’ll have to get used to, or you might just quit. It’s something you’ll accept and become whom God called you to be, or you’ll spend the rest of your life fighting a battle you will never win.

If the chain-breaking grave bandit we read about in Mark can glorify God, then the devil was a liar when he told you “You are not worthy.” The devil says you can’t praise God because you don’t have your act together. The devil says you can’t praise God because you’ve had too many chains in your life. If this guy can run out of that graveyard, then you can lift your hands. You can worship God and experience the freedom found in Christ.

Read Scripture and look at our world today; it seems to be true more often than not. It has been my experience that people who are popular and powerful, they don’t do well within the more radical Christian circles. They typically go to a boring church and show up on Sunday mornings to be seen. They give in the offering to be noticed and recognized for their generosity. I’m not saying a rich man can’t be a Christian. I’m simply saying the more affluence, power, and fame you acquire; sometimes, you forget why you became a Christian.

We have the promise from Scripture that God will never leave you or forsake you. We have received the strength to endure, the tenacity to fight, the courage to face your fears, and overcome. Stop trying to demand answers and simply yield obedience, regardless, of the fear that may be in your heart. Allow God to say, “No” and for you to be able to answer, “Nevertheless Lord, not my will but Thine.”

Be careful who you’re close to; you can’t get close to everybody. Be careful who gets your attention and who speaks into your life. Stop listening to the wrong people. Eventually, everything and everybody to whom you’re getting close will be the very things that Satan uses to destroy your spiritual life. Don’t die like a fool.