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A Dance With A Princess
I just walked my daughter down the aisle a few days ago. The wedding was outside, the setting was beautiful, but not as beautiful as Celeste! As we walked up to the wooden pergola
on the edge ...
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...Father's Heart: For You!
This is a song from our Heavenly Father God... receive it! It is on my latest CD "Father's Heart: ...
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Listen... Do you hear it? There's a sound rising in the earth. Getting
louder... by the minute. It's the sound of freedom, it's the sound of grace- as a holy generation seeks His
face!
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The Tree of Life
Ever since I read Rick Joyner's illuminating book "There Were Two Trees
In The Garden," my journey in Christ has been different. I realized through that book and ...
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New Adventures In Musical Creativity!
New Creative Endeavors!
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Recently I was listening to a message on CD and the speaker exhorted the listener to spend time with God regularly and resist the temptation to minister "on empty." I
realized that I had put "all ...
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Sons, Not Orphans!
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Click here to hear the song "Accepted"
For you have not received the spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out "Abba! Father!" (Romans 8:15 NAS)
When an orphan is rescued from an abusive, fearful situation by a loving family it takes patience and consistent love from the new parents (and siblings) for the former orphan to feel safe, to feel loved and accepted.
The new son or daughter in the family has all the rights and privileges associated with "sonship" yet still reacts out of the old orphan patterns rooted in fear of rejection, abandonment and lack. The child may wolf down food placed in front of her, have difficulty sleeping or act out in many ways- forgetting that she is no longer an orphan, she is loved, accepted and safe.
We are the same way in our relationship with God. It takes time and practice to re-train our brains and hearts to walk in a trusting relationship with our Loving Father. Sometimes we beg and plead for things that He has already given us. How do we change that ingrained old habit? Thanksgiving is one way.
Last year I needed a new keyboard and computer. I started reminding my Heavenly Father, "God, I need a Macbook Pro and a Yamaha s90 Keyboard." I was pleading with God from an orphan posture- proclaiming to the atmosphere in a way that magnified and manifested my need. Then, the light-bulb went on. I remembered that God already knew my need, that I was a son!
I changed my prayer into praise. With no circumstantial evidence but with faith as the substance of things hoped for I started saying: "Father, I thank you for my new Macbook Pro and my Yamaha s90 Keyboard!" You guessed it... within a few weeks Father supernaturally manifested what I, in faith, thanked Him for. I write this blog on my new laptop!
That is just one example of how we grow in practical ways as sons and daughters of the Most High God. There are all kinds of other ways- our thoughts change, our words and actions change. We don't live in fear of abandonment we walk in peace. God is patient with us as well (sometimes the hardest person to give grace to is ourselves.)
If you are in Christ you are not in bondage to fear, you are not an orphan, you are a son- accepted in the Beloved!
Godrest and Godspeed,
David Baroni
www.davidbaroni.com
Click on the play button at the top of this blog to hear the song "Accepted."
