{"id":2452,"date":"2018-05-11T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2018-05-11T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:53:21","slug":"give-god-your-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/11\/give-god-your-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Give God Your Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2453\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ashes-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ashes-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ashes.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>Holy Spirit, anoint my lips so that I will speak your truth and tell of your goodness in the land of the living\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Let me shout from the rooftops, My God reigns! Jesus is Lord! You rescue, you save, you deliver, you set free\u2026You be exalted above all the earth\u2026I will rise and praise my God\u2026forever amen!!!<\/h6>\n<h6>Maybe you come from a place of abuse, poverty, drunkenness, promiscuity, broken family and broken dreams, uneducated\u2026maybe you never even had a dream of being anything more than what you are or offering your fellow people anything, because you never knew you were anything, it may never have even crossed your mind. But somewhere in your lineage someone prayed for you\u2026and God heard\u2026and God answered\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>You are not alone. You are not trash. You are not ugly, fat, and no good. You will amount to something\u2026Because Jesus came\u2026He came to save the lost\u2026to heal the broken-hearted and to break the chains of bondage, Satan has on you\u2026The anointing of Jesus, destroys every steel rope that ties you. He restores your life and delivers you from alcoholism, drugs, obesity, insecurities, lies, sexual perversions, gambling, hoarding, greed, guilt, shame, disease, lack\u2026 whatever the chains are, Jesus will transform your life, if you will give it to Him\u2026there is no better hands to be in than in His hands.<\/h6>\n<h6>You will need to be accountable to someone\u2026someone who knows God\u2019s word and who lives the God life\u2026someone who will tell you the truth and show you the right way; someone who knows the word of God and lives it. You will need to make a commitment to God and to yourself and if you fall down, get back up. It is not an instant fix. It is a moment by moment decision to walk with Jesus. I promise, if you will follow Him, your life will be totally and completely changed for the good.<\/h6>\n<h6>It will not be easy\u2026it will seem almost impossible at times\u2026but He said you-can-do-it with His help. And when you are strong and delivered, help someone else, who, was just like you, to overcome and to become just like Him.<\/h6>\n<h6>You see we aren\u2019t on this journey just for ourselves\u2026we have been put here to follow Jesus and to help others follow him.<\/h6>\n<h6>I know because I was once lost and struggling\u2026I came from a broken home. But someone was praying for me. I surrendered. I gave up my life to follow Him\u2026looking at my life now and what it had been, it\u2019s a miracle I\u2019m even alive\u2026God is faithful and my life now is full of Joy and peace and love. Oh I still have things to overcome; as long as we are in this flesh it will be that way\u2026but now I don\u2019t have to do it alone\u2026I have the one who has all the answers. He doesn\u2019t give the answers all at one time\u2026he wants us to trust him and have faith in Him. His mercies are new, every morning\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>You can\u2019t do everything at once, you don\u2019t change overnight\u2026but as you take one moment at a time and overcome that one moment, then another, and another; before you know it, you will see you\u2019ve changed. He\u2019ll put good people in your life that will give you a hand up. He\u2019ll surround you with love and grace. You\u2019ll have a network of community, friends and family that won\u2019t lie to you. They will love you. They won\u2019t do it for you, but they will support you as you grow and learn.<\/h6>\n<h6>There are battles to fight\u2026some you\u2019ll win and some you\u2019ll lose\u2026but He will always be with you in every single one of them and you will not be defeated or lost. In the end you win\u2026because He has already won\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Finally, if you\u2019re reading this and it sounds like you\u2026open your heart, take one tiny step toward Him, God is waiting for you to ask.<\/h6>\n<h6>I am praying for you\u2026you are a winner! You are a child of God!<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill May 11, 2018<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Isaiah 61:1-7 The Message (MSG)<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Announce Freedom to All Captives<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Spirit of God, the Master, is on me<br \/>\nbecause God anointed me.<br \/>\nHe sent me to preach good news to the poor,<br \/>\nheal the heartbroken,<br \/>\nAnnounce freedom to all captives,<br \/>\npardon all prisoners.<br \/>\nGod sent me to announce the year of his grace\u2014<br \/>\na celebration of God\u2019s destruction of our enemies\u2014<br \/>\nand to comfort all who mourn,<br \/>\nTo care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion,<br \/>\ngive them bouquets of roses instead of ashes,<br \/>\nMessages of joy instead of news of doom,<br \/>\na praising heart instead of a languid spirit.<br \/>\nRename them \u201cOaks of Righteousness\u201d<br \/>\nplanted by God to display his glory.<br \/>\nThey\u2019ll rebuild the old ruins,<br \/>\nraise a new city out of the wreckage.<br \/>\nThey\u2019ll start over on the ruined cities,<br \/>\ntake the rubble left behind and make it new.<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll hire outsiders to herd your flocks<br \/>\nand foreigners to work your fields,<br \/>\nBut you\u2019ll have the title \u201cPriests of God,\u201d<br \/>\nhonored as ministers of our God.<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll feast on the bounty of nations,<br \/>\nyou\u2019ll bask in their glory.<br \/>\nBecause you got a double dose of trouble<br \/>\nand more than your share of contempt,<br \/>\nYour inheritance in the land will be doubled<br \/>\nand your joy go on forever.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Holy Spirit, anoint my lips so that I will speak your truth and tell of your goodness in the land of the living\u2026 Let me shout from the rooftops, My God reigns! 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