Fear can many times stop us from following God wholeheartedly in our lives. Fear of failing, fear of people, fear of what others might think or do. Sometimes it could even be fear of loosing things that are dear to us or letting go of things we love.

We really don’t need to live in fear anymore after what Jesus’s has done on the cross. If you study the Word of God you will find many encouraging reasons why we have the right to freedom from fear:

1: Because I am His child and He is my Father.

“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” (Rom 8:15)

There is no person as bold as the child in the presence of his father. Every child can get scared sometimes, but when he is together with his  father he knows that no danger can touch him. He is with his superhero who will take care of all dangers for him.

We need to learn to be bold like children in the presence of their parents. We need to have the same understanding that Jesus is able to fight any battle for us, and the fight is not ours.

2: Because God’s love lives in us, and through His love we are delivered from fear.

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear.” (1 John 4:18)

How can love save us from fear? Well, some of us who lack love has fear in some specific areas. For example as mentioned above; we can have fear of loosing things that are dear to us. The bible tells us very specifically that we should be willing to give. We should be willing to give to both friends and enemies, without expecting something in return. We should be willing to walk an extra mile with someone, without expecting a pay for it.

Now, when we lack love for our friends (and enemies) we all of a sudden become very stingy with what we own to that person. Slowly by slowly fear starts to sneak in, and we start to measure everything we do to people, in order to be able to measure what we get in return. We also get very nervous if we find that we have given more than what we have got in return. It will eventually develop into a fear of loosing things and we will stop functioning as loving, generous Christians.

This is a dangerous trap that we should stay away from. If we find ourselves going in this direction it is better to be bold and take a loving step in faith. Jesus told the rich man in Mark 10:21

“One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

Jesus needed this man to take a bold step in faith, in order to break something in his life. But the man got sad and went away, afraid of loosing all his possessions, and nobody knows what happened to him after that.

 3: When we have faith, there is no room for fear.

“But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” (Mark 4:40)

Jesus had already spoken the words: “Let us cross over to the other side.” But the storm, the waves and the water occupied the eyes and the minds of the disciples so that they could not put their trust in the Words of Jesus. Instead they put their trust in the storm which spoke “I will consume you”, and they believed in the words of fear and doubt.

If they would only have listened to the Words of Jesus they would have had no fear at that moment. They would have simply believed the words; “we are going to the other side” no matter how the surroundings looked like, because they were spoken by the ruler of heaven and earth, the one who holds the whole earth by His word.

I believe it is time we start to study the Word of God to find out what God really says in our situation, in our lives and about who we are. If you want to believe what the world says you are going to be very miserable and full of fear. But the good news is that you don’t need to believe that, because it is not the full truth. The truth is in the Words He speaks, and you find them in the bible.

So dust of your bible today, and enter a new week of new possibilities.

To forgive people who have done harm to us is many times the most challenging thing life throws in our face. I can’t number all the times when I have held things against people and refused to forgive. I have made up numbers of reasons in my head why I don’t have to forgive others, and why it’s always the other person’s fault.

This is the devils strategy to bring you out of the purpose God has for your life. It’s a way for him to distract you and steal your joy. An unforgiving person doesn’t harm anyone else as much as he harms himself.  and you will find it very difficult to pray and hear from God. The rough truth is; it even hinders God to forgive your sins.

So, won’t I come to heaven if I don’t forgive?

Well, of course we cannot by any means judge anyone and say “you are going to heaven” or “you are going to hell”, that’s up to God Himself to say, but I would like to take it as serious as I understand how, and quote the bible from Matthew 6:15 where it clearly says “But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses”, and honestly, without having our sins forgiven, how can we boldly stand face to face with the almighty, holy and sinless God?

I think it is much more dangerous to walk around with unforgiveness in our hearts than we actually think. Your prayerlife will be affected, your relationships will be affected, your joy will be affected, and not only “affected” but also “infected” by the virus of this world. It’s like a bitter root that grows deeper and deeper into the ground, and after some time you will find it very difficult to break free from it. Even if you want to forgive, the roots will have grown so deep into the ground that it will take much time, sweat and effort to break free of it. It’s like any other sin or addiction; once it gets it’s hold of you it is very difficult to break free.

The voice of the world tells you that if your neighbor doesn’t change his behavior, he doesn’t deserve to be forgiven. If he doesn’t repent first, you don’t have to forgive him. But the voice of God is speaking in a different tone, and He is calling you to love your enemies, feed your enemies and supply their needs, pray for those who persecute you and speak bad about you (Matt 5:44, Rom 12:20, Prov 25:21). You may think this is way to difficult for you to do, and it surely is, but that’s why you need Gods grace and His love which is poured out in your heart. Without Him we can do nothing, but with God all things are possible. The true freedom that comes as a result of a forgiving and loving heart is worth everything! You just have to surrender yourself to Him and show that you are willing. Begin to pray for your enemies and expect Him to provide you the power, love and strength you need.

Matt 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Are you willing to sacrifice your own comfort in order to obey God? We are very quick to answer yes on this question, but when it comes to the point where we have to choose between our own comfort and the call of God many people fail.

Mary was not such a person. Her calling was a high calling, she had found much grace and favour with God (Luke 1:28, 30), and many would probably wish to be in her shoes. But it’s rather rarely we think about the actual circumstances Mary faced. It is easy for us to think that anyone would have responded as she did if we were asked to give birth to, and bring up the son of God. But it was not that easy for Mary. She would go through a difficult test and a lot of hardships.

If we look at the society in those times, we can see that the punishment for being found with a child before marriage was nothing other than death. If Mary would get a complaint, she would have been stoned, just as the woman in John 8. Another punishment was to strip her of all her clothes and publicly humiliate her so that every young woman in the city would see it and know the seriousness of breaking the holy law.
Mary was just about to be categorized among those kind of women, even though she had done nothing wrong. But the amazing and astonishing thing about Mary in this story was her inner strength and love for God. She didn’t care about her reputation. We are so careful about our reputation many times. Way too careful!

There was another law that said that Joseph had full right to divorce her, and if we read Matthew’s gospel we can see that he was going to, until an angel showed up and told him not to! An unmarried woman at that time would not have much of a future, her future would mainly consist of begging on the streets.

How could she explain what was growing in her stomach, and how it came there? “It’s just Gods son, the salvation of the world…. an angel told me”.. “God told me”.. ?

But even though the circumstances looked as they did, Mary chose to obey the Lord “I am the Lords maidservant” (v. 38). She responded not by hiding away and weeping, but with a worship song to The Lord! Her words: “My soul magnifies the Lord”, (46) and “from today onwards all generations will call me blessed” (48) still carries the amazing faith of this woman of God.

If we look at her life from that day onwards, we can see a young girl who remained steadfast to the Lord even to the cross. Mary was one of two people who stood under the cross till the very last breath of Jesus. During her whole life she kept her commitment to God, and she was with Jesus to the end.

In John 2:5 we read the words of Mary to the disciples of Jesus: “Whatever he says to you, do it”.. That is literally what Mary herself lived out. Whatever God told her, even if it costed her life, she would do it, and she is telling you the same thing today: “Whatever he says to you, do it“. Will you do it wholeheartedly?

“Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” (John 21:18)

Many people don’t like to read this verse, or at least not to read it as if it is “speaking personally to me in my situation“, because Jesus actually spoke to Peter about his death. That’s understandable, but actually this is how life with God is many times. God sometimes takes us where we do not like to go. Not that God purposely want to make us do things we don’t like all the time. God is not an uncle with a white beard who sits on a cloud in heaven with a whip in His hand to make us do things we don’t like. God works in our will (Phil 2:13), so most of the times he has already put on our hearts to do certain things that we later find out was not our own, but His purpose. Our dreams and passions comes from Him. He want us to enjoy what we are doing, He is not making us slaves in the sense that He puts heavy burdens upon our shoulders. He is more like a father who knows best what His child needs. A child doesn’t always like to obey its parents, but in the end it is the parents who knows what is best for the child, and they are doing it out of love.

Testimony:

Recently I had to travel quickly to one city by different reasons, and I had to do it by myself. No, it is not that I purposely chose not to be careful. Usually I don’t go by myself anywhere in India, but this matter was really important and there was no other way. I had planned to fly there, finish the matter and immediately fly back the next day, but in the middle of everything I came up with the idea of shopping. Not very smart you might say, but this was 16.00 in the afternoon, so it’s usually quite safe to be outside at that time, I thought, but this time I was wrong.

My uncle-friend gave me a lift half the way since he was passing by that place. I walked the rest of the way, stopped by a coffee shop, took a juice, and continued. On the way I made sure to take some snaps with my iPhone so that I would remember the way back. Suddenly a man (who must have seen me taking photos) came to me and asked if I needed some help, I said “no” and continued. He started to ask from where I came and what I was doing in India, and so forth, and he asked what I was looking for. According to Him I was shopping in a very expensive area and he knew a much better place that he could show me, but I said “Thank you for the advice, I will check it out later“, and I went.

I continued to walk as the sky got darker, and then a young guy came to me and started to talk. “What do you think about India?” and “Can I get you a coffee?” and so on. I got rid of him too, but then another, and another one showed up. These guys really disturbed me, but somehow I got rid of them all. Then I went into one store and planned to quickly buy the stuff and go, but once I finished over there it was already dark outside and I feared that I would meet the same guys again. Unfortunately I did. They had been waiting for me. One by one they showed up and mocked me saying “Didn’t you find what you were looking for? Can I help you to find the way home?”. I tried to get rid of them, but I had to walk under a tunnel to come to the other side of the road, and that was top-ten scary! Just before coming out on the other side a guy came forward and started to speak. He said “I am a student, I’m not trying to make business here as other people, there are bad people here but I am a nice person“. Then I got some kind of a clue about what was going on. Somehow these people were making money out of this, but I didn’t fully get it. He spoke so rapidly so I couldn’t focus on where I was going. I had to stop to find out the way, but this guy kept disturbing me so that I couldn’t think.

THEN just in the right time, when I felt the most helpless, uncle called and asked if I needed help. I said “Yeah, if it is not too much for you, I would be very thankful if you could pick me“, and we decided to meet close-by to a coffee shop. But I got so excited so I forgot to ask where that coffee shop was. I asked one lady close-by, but she didn’t know. Don’t you think that the same guy turned up again and wanted to help me? Oh yes, of course! But this time, since I knew uncle was waiting there with the car, I asked for the way to the coffee shop (where he probably planned to wait for me), and ran in to my friend’s car and explained everything that had happened to him! What he then said to me amazed me and reminded me that I hadn’t been walking alone:

“The Holy Spirit spoke strongly to me and told me to call you because you needed help”.

All praise to God for the loving and caring Father He is! He knows exactly what we need. Praise God there are also people who are sensitive to what the Spirit says and know how to respond in the exact right time. Who knows what would have happened if he didn’t call? I don’t know what I would have been without God and my friends. I am still amazed and thankful.

Be careful!

Even though God is our protector and our shield we need to be wise and careful and not purposely enter in to the devils territory. There are so many things which can happen if we are not careful. Later on we came to know about the reality that was going on in that area.
What I heard was that these guys don’t just simply want to make friends. They don’t look very dangerous on the outside, most of them are young and look very innocent, but the one who has hired them is of another kind. Recently we heard of one Japanese girl who started to talk to these guys in the same area. They were simply talking with her, but once they got to the roadside where not many people were, they pushed her into a car, raped her and cut her into pieces.

What people say is that these boys are “fishermen” who has been paid to lead the girls to the car, and once the girls have been taken care of they will either be sold as prostitutes, raped or used in other ways to generate money. If you have seen the movie “slumdog millionaire” you have probably seen a bit of it which is not at all any exaggeration.

But God is our daddy who knows everything about us and sends us the right help in the time of need. When you are in need, don’t forget to call upon the Name above every other name, because He has promised to take good care of you. Finally I want to share some comforting words with you, that God gave me this day from Psalms 91:

Psalms 91

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God

¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”

³ Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler^[a]
And from the perilous pestilence.
⁴ He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
⁸ Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
¹⁰ No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
¹¹ For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
¹² In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
¹³ You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

¹⁴ “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
¹⁵ He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

Love

Some people need structure to cope, and others can go on anyway. There is no set formula, or nothing which is biblically right or wrong. The bible speaks both about spontaneous, and structured prayer. But there are some important ingredients that has to be included when we communicate with God, and what I am going to share with you is a common model of prayer which many people use to structure up their prayers in order to make it easier to focus. It has been known as the “A.C.T.S prayer”. It is basically a free and spontaneous prayer, but consisting of four steps: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication. Let this structure lead you into a more focused and powerful prayer life:

A.C.T.S

1. Adoration

When we approach God in prayer we must first and foremost acknowledge who He is. We need to proclaim Him as King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and our dear loving Father. When Jesus taught His disciples to pray He first started His prayer with “Our Father”. And then “hallowed be thy name” (Mt 6:9). Begin by praising God for who He is. Declare His character and His power. When our eyes are focused on who He is, the whole rest of our prayer becomes so much easier. We stay more “Jesus centered” throughout our prayer, and our own problems become small in the presence of His glory and majesty when we start with Him. Never start your prayer by focusing on your needs, then you are starting in the wrong end, and your prayer becomes “problem focused”. Life is all about God, so begin by acknowledging who God is.

2. Confession

Some people prefer to pray the CATS prayer, and begin their prayer with confession in order to clear the way for an intimate fellowship with the Lord, but most of the times I choose to give God the respect by starting with Him and not myself when I pray. Life isn’t about me, it’s about God. So not until I have approached Him in the right manner can I ask Him to forgive me and remove my sins. Righteousness is a precious gift not to be taken for granted, so even though I know it belongs to me by the blood of Jesus, I am deeply thankful for it and I value it with respect. Therefore I first adore Him, and then confess my sins.

When you come before the Lord, know and confess that you are a sinner and you are in need of His forgiveness in order to become righteous. Be specific and confess each sin as you remember them. Ask for His forgiveness and His precious blood to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Acknowledge your need and dependence on him and make a decision to repent and turn away from your sin, with His help and by His grace. Sometimes God may also want you to go to a specific person and ask for forgiveness. This will be more difficult for you because it hurts in the flesh, but when you feel the prompting of the Holy Spirit to do so, there is nothing else to do than to yield to it, even if it hurts. Because after that, you will have a clear conscience. When you confess sins it is very important that you are also willing to leave those sins and change your lifestyle. Don’t ask for forgiveness with the attitude that you are planning to continue with those sins, and another important thing to remember; don’t hold on to the shame that follows a sin. Once you are forgiven, it is gone forever. Jesus took your sin and your shame.

3. Thanksgiving

There are many things to be thankful for in life. If you don’t have much to be thankful for you have a problem. Then you need to spend more time here and really come down on your knees. Make a list of all things and begin to praise God for it. When you do that you will discover how much He has actually been involved in your life without your knowledge. Thank Him that you are alive, that you are saved, have a house, family, friends. Just the fact that you know the Lord shows that He has been active in your life, because no one comes to the Lord without the Father drawing Him towards Himself. So don’t ever think that God has done nothing for you. You dont deserve anything from Him, yet still He has been faithful in every chapter of your life. There is always a reason to be thankful to Him.

4. Supplication

Many people spend far too much time here. It is like their whole prayer life is a constant begging for their needs to be met. Don’t rush through the other steps just in order to come here, and don’t let this step be the focus of your prayer. Your needs are valuable and precious to the Lord, and He wants us to make our requests known unto Him. But relax and enjoy your fellowship with Him more than worrying about your needs. God will take care of you.

Finally:

When you have gone through all these steps it is not yet time to say Amen.
There is a reason why God gave us two ears but only one mouth! He has something to speak to you personally, every day. Take some time before you finish to listen to God, because surely He has something to tell you. Prayer is not a monologue, it’s a dialogue. You speak to God and God speaks to you. This is the time when you will get really intimate with God. Many people forget this part, and that’s the reason why they feel that they have such a poor and empty prayer life. The world is pushing and stressing us so that we barely get time to slow down and listen to God. Your prayer becomes rich only when God is in it. We need to give Him space to act, and time to speak.

These are the steps which have helped me when I have felt as if there was nothing to pray, and of course: Don’t forget to pray in tongues. In whichever step you are praying, include the heavenly language also, because there are things you need to pray out which you yourself don’t even know about. When you don’t know what to pray, the Holy Spirit will help you, and pray through you. So take these advises and begin to enjoy a free and focused prayer life.

Love

I have been tested by God many times in my life. I believe all of us have, and we are continually tested by God in different situations. The tests that I face mainly challenges my character. The times when I have been most challenged and most tested are the times when i feel i have been treated unfair, especially by those whom I have some kind of a relationship with. At those times the test is almost unbearable, because the more you know a person, the more it hurts when they treat you bad. Especially in situations like that we find so many reasons why we don’t deserve it and how bad the other person is. The temptation I face most of the time in those situations, is to respond by the same selfish, unfair and greedy attitude, and repay evil with evil. Sometimes i also find excuses, and I think I will teach the other person something by responding the same way. But God wants us to respond differently.

How do you respond?

A test can make you or break you. It can mold you into the image God created you to, or it can bring destruction and darkness into your life and harm your character development if you give in to the temptation and respond selfishly.

James 1 says “Count it all joy when you fall into various trials” Why? How can we rejoice when people treat us bad, when others get promoted at our cost, when people lie, backbite, gossip and make use of us for their own benefit? Because, as James continues: “the testing of your faith produces patience”.

My friend, the test you are going through is not the end of you. It’s an opportunity for you to grow, an opportunity to train up your love and patience for greater things to come. You are no alone, all of us go through the testing of our faith. But it is when we respond to in in the right spirit and attitude that we can boldly look upon it with joy, knowing that we are being molded and formed to be more like Christ, who is love.

James also teaches in verse 12: “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him”

There is a reward and a blessing in endurance. We might think, if we look with our natural eyes, that we lose something by being subject to a godly character during these circumstances. If we bless those who curse us, won’t they take advantage of us? Yes, probably they will, but then we need to understand that they first took advantage of Jesus. He never deserved such a bad treatment from anyone, but in the middle of it He said “No one takes my life, but I give it freely” (John 10:18).

Are you a person who can freely give of what is yours, even when you feel you don’t have to, when there is no reason for it, when people don’t deserve it, even when you feel it is the other person who should give? God loves a cheerful giver, and a generous heart.

It is not as we think, that it is you and I who lose when we choose to bless someone else, not even while they are taking advantage of us. It is always the selfish ones who loose in the end, those who are unwilling to have a generous attitude. God rewards us according to the character development and the endurance we show through tests and trials. He who is truly Jesus-minded and eternity-minded will think about these things, and pursue a godly character through it all. Let us surrender into to the loving arms of Jesus, and let Him mold us into His image in all things.

Love

It’s mine, I won’t let go!

Have you ever heard your conscience telling you that God is not pleased with something in your life? Have you felt the tangible presence of God moving away from you, because you are holding on to something which is not good for you? Well, then you are not alone. We all experience this feeling at times, but we need to understand that what we are hearing at those times is nothing else than the tender, loving (not the condemning) voice of the Holy Spirit, telling us to get rid of, throw away, and repent from our sins.

God asks us to utterly get rid of certain things

Unwillingness to repent, or blaming of others grieves the Holy Spirit, and quenches His presence. In 1 Sam 15:1-30 we read about Saul and the Amalekites. The Amalekites were Israels biggest threat. They lived by plundering other nations, and they were the first ones to attack Israel when they had reached the promised land. On top of that they also threatened Israel’s intimate relationship with God because of their Idol-worship. So God was literally fed up with the way they constantly caused harm for the children of Israel, so He couldn’t let them live and continue like that anymore. The next thing God does it that He gives Saul a command to utterly destroy all that belongs to the Amalekites. It was a very specific command which could by no means be misunderstood. God gave clear details to destroy both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. But still, Saul thought he could edit Gods command and change it to be something that was comfortable for him, and continue to have Gods blessing on it!

Many times we are like that. God asks you and I to utterly destroy or get rid of certain things in our lives: Attitudes, wrong priorities, wrong friends, sins or other things which are causing us or other children of God harm. But we usually don’t want to let go of it. Saul didn’t want obey the commandment, only a part of it. He threw away those things which were of no use, but spared the good out of everything, “so that I can sacrifice it to the Lord” he said. Pretty good excuse, but we know that partial obedience is disobedience, and moreover I don’t think he wanted to sacrifice it to the Lord. I think he wanted to use it for his own personal gain. The word says that he spared what was good. He saw some value in it, that could profit him if he laid his hands upon it.

The difficulty of letting go of our sins

I know out of personal experience that it is very difficult to have to let go of something you are used to do, and something you like. We always have a tendency to want to hold on to the things which are wrong, and the reason is that we think we are gaining something out of it. It feels good to sin, for a moment. We find ourselves comfortable with our sin, but the consequences in the long run are devastating. How come we are so blinded to believe that we gain anything out of disobeying God? Are we smarter than God? Can we choose which commandments to obey and skip the rest which doesn’t fit into our lives and our situations?

Just because there is grace and forgiveness in the new covenant, it doesn’t mean that we have a license to sin. There are always consequences, sooner or later, because God is a righteous god. I may not see the consequences in my life now, I may think like Eve: “Nothing happened when I ate the fruit, so lets continue because it is so good“, but if I continue to ignore the voice of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, His presence will slowly move away, and there will be horrendous consequences in the future.

Sometimes we have all kinds of religious excuses for holding on to our sins, and we think that we are an exception of Gods wrath if we have a reason good enough for it! But there are no exceptions in Gods kingdom. God is a just judge, no respecter of persons and one day we will all stand before a big white throne and be held accountable for every single small thing we have done. Then no excuses will help you, no blaming others will help you. There it’s just you, and God.

True repentance and obedience maintains Gods presence

We all fail, but there is forgiveness and restoration in the blood of Jesus. I have decided to be even more sensitive to the Spirit, and careful about what I say and do. The last thing I want to do is to grieve the Holy Spirit. We need to truly repent and change our lifestyle like David did, not like Saul did. Even while “repenting”  Saul kept on blaming others. He said “it was the people, I only listened to the people’s voice”, while he was actually appointed as a responsible leader for the people. When I see Saul’s reply I can clearly hear the same tone as of Adam when he told God; “it was the women who gave me the fruit, and I ate“. Saul kept on making excuses and craved for position. He never repented out of a sincere heart and love for God. Therefore God finally told him that he was not useful anymore, and rejected him as king.

God can only use people who truly repent and take responsibility for their sins without blaming others. God is also looking for people who repent not because they need position or recognition, but because they love God, and don’t want to grieve the Holy Spirit. I have the privilege of learning from someone who is such an example in this, and that is my own husband. He is a man who really loves God, and when I see the fear of God in his life I really get challenged to drastically change my lifestyle. He is a person who sometimes asks God and people for forgiveness for things so minute that it would never even cross my mind to ask for forgiveness for such a small thing. While I think he has done nothing wrong he still loves God so much that he refuses to grieve the Holy Spirit even with the smallest little thing. When such people repent from their sins, no matter what they have done, the presence of God will be over them in a strong way

If you feel led by God to make a personal commitment to enter into a deeper lever of obedience and love for God, then please take some time personally before His throne and ask Him to reveal things in your life that He want you to get rid of, and be willing to get on your knees to repent from things He reveals to you. Then you will also experience a deeper lever of His presence in your daily life.

Blessings and love.