Forgiveness and Love for those who believe

As I could not sleep, I saw and felt more clearly how damaging and destructive self-pity, resentment, bitterness and pride are- they make me their god and cut me off from others. But, more importantly, they make it impossible to forgive, trust and love, ripping the union with Christ, making it difficult to discern His Voice. They cripple in a self-made prison of fear, isolation and self-condemnation, forgetting the power of the gospel, making me forget my rightful place. 

Praise the LORD because He died for these things and is causing me to turn from them and to trust HIM! His steadfast love changes my heart of stone to a heart of flesh, making it come alive, healing it of the decay and death. That fear that was produced is cast out and replaced with fear of God and love for Him. There is no condemnation for those in Christ and there is freedom in His grace. 

Praise the Lord for the sweet little baby Jesus, who set aside His glory in heaven to become one of us and to atone for our sins. He is with us. He has risen! He reigns! Praise the Lord! All glory and honor and praise be to Him forever and ever, AMEN!