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A Crowned Thorn

What is the value of a thorn in our Christian journey? First, we must identify what a thorn is. According to the Dictionary one definition describes a thorn as “a source of continual annoyance or trouble”. A thorn can cause an immediate pain from its puncture or it can cause constant irritation and distress. Thorns that appear as a source of trouble are usually not welcomed companions on our daily quest. But the thorns we encounter are useful despite their irritations and disruptions. Thorns come to challenge and to strengthen your faith, your character, and your witness as a child of God. Thorns are the mechanism from which you gain more than you lose. Thorns are the pathway to reaching higher heights and deeper depths of sanctification and glory. With each thorn that attaches itself to your life, you become more and more like Christ. You become an overcomer of the thing that came to irritate or to disrupt your growth, but it, in turn, propels you into greater achievement in holy livi...
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Scared To Be Blessed




Blessings are bestowed upon us because we love God and have chosen to live for Him.  In return He has given us the gift of salvation and the gift of getting to know Him in a personal and intimate way. In the process of building a relationship with God and walking alongside Him each and every day we come to appreciate the blessing of knowing we serve a God that is ever present, ever listening, and always acting on our behalf. He is our forever friend and companion.  
He has even gone further by reminding us and enabling us not to live by our own minds and our own power but in the power He has gifted to us in the form of His Holy Spirit. Accepting and living for God brings the blessed assurances of love, protection, and guidance. We as Believers expect and rely on these blessings but have you ever found yourself being scared to be blessed?  Scared of abundance, scared of recognition, scared of promotion, scared of the way He has gifted you to serve the kingdom and what that will require of you?
Sometimes blessings can be hard to receive because it forces us to live the life God sees us living and not the life we see for ourselves. Often times this God view of our lives is overwhelming and shines a light on what we think and how we see ourselves. This in turn is another blessing although it does not feel like it because it forces us to live a life of faith in process of discovering of what God has planned for our lives. Living out Gods plan forces us to examine our selves and work through our insecurities, lack of worthiness, and stepping out of our comfort zones.
Goodness comes in many forms and its God's pleasure to be the bearer of gifts in your life but sometimes we must learn to believe we are deserving of the blessings and equipped to handle the blessings by elevating our consciousness and our faith to live as God designed. It's a process worth the rewards. We must strive to work past our insecurities and beliefs about ourselves and continue to seek God to help us grow and mature in Him. In doing so God will begin to reveal more of who He is and Who you are to Him and why He sees fit for you to be, to do, and sit in positions you may have not seen for yourself. He wants for us to live the blessed life and we must strive to feel worthy of the abundance and fullness of gifts He wishes for us to have in this lifetime even if they come in ways we never would have imagined.
Journal Entry: Tell God the areas of your life where you are scared to be blessed.  Seek out God’s word on blessings and begin to apply them to your life.  Talk to God and seek His answers for the path He has chosen for you.

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