Are you telling God everything wrong with you, how many mistakes you've made, how you don't deserve to be blessed? "God, I blew it again. I don't see how you could even love me". Can I tell you? God is not listening. You are wasting your breath. This can save you a lot of time and emotional energy.
You are not worthy because of what you did or didn't do, you're worthy because of what Jesus did.
You don't have to go to God and try to convince him to forgive you, convince him that you know you're not good enough, you're just a weak worm of the dust - he tunes all that out.
If you want God to not only hear, but to listen, then go to him with the language of faith. "Father, thank you that your mercy is bigger than my mistakes. Thank you, that you're not holding my past against me. Thank you that I'm forgiven, that I'm redeemed".
Don't go through life beating yourself up, dwelling on your mistakes and failures. The moment you ask God to forgive you, he forgave you.
You don't have to keep going back to God and saying, "I'm sorry for what I did, I'm just so undisciplined. I know I don't deserve your goodness".
When you're telling God all the times you fail, how you don't deserve to be blessed, God is not saying, "Good, I'm glad you finally feel unworthy. I'm glad you're finally down on yourself". He's not paying attention. All that's doing is making you feel bad about yourself, it's keeping you from expecting his favor.
The scripture says (Hebrews 4:16), "Come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy". When you need mercy don't go to God guilty, condemned, week - go boldly, go with confidence, knowing that you're forgiven, knowing that God is for you.
Yes, you may have blown it, but God is running towards you right now. Not to condemn you, not to make it guilty, but to love you.
God listens to the language of faith. He doesn't listen when we're beating ourselves up, telling him what we don't deserve.
The enemy would love for you to live feeling condemned, he'll remind you of all the times you haven't measured up. It may not be something big, but even small things.
There's always some reason that we can feel bad about who we are. If you give in to these lies, you'll go through life feeling wrong on the inside.
When you make a mistake: go to God, ask for forgiveness, and then move on. Don't keep asking again and again, bringing up the same failures.
The first time you ask God to forgive you, he'd not only forgave you, he doesn't remember it anymore.
The scripture says, (Romans 4:8), "God has cleared our record". He has no account of what you keep asking him for forgiveness for.
The enemy. He's called the accuser of the brethren, he'll remind you of everything you've done wrong for the last 30 years. If someone is bringing up negative things from your past in your thoughts, you can be assured, it is not God.
You may not have done everything perfect in life, you can find plenty of reasons to live guilty, feel unworthy, but just the fact that you're here, just the fact that you're listening is a sign that you've turned toward God, it's a sign that you've headed toward the father's house. Right now the father is running towards you.
You may have your big speech all lined up, you're ready to tell God how unworthy you are, how you don't deserve to be blessed. Save your speech, he's not listening, there's no use beating yourself up, living condemned. God's mercy has covered everything you've done wrong.
If you want to get God's attention, start speaking the language of faith, "Father, thank you that my files have been deleted. Thank you that you're not counting my sins against me. Thank you that I'm covered by your mercy".
When we're trying to make up for our mistakes, what we're really saying is, "Jesus didn't finish everything on the cross. Let me pay for this one. I need to get back up on the cross for a little while".
The price has already been paid in full. All your sins: past, present and future have been taken care of. And the way to honor God is not by being down on yourselves, living guilty, feeling unworthy: it's by receiving his mercy, it's by getting up when you fall and trying again, it's by still believing for his favor, still expecting his goodness.
The way to please God is by receiving his mercy.
Yes, I've made mistakes. Yes, I brought this trouble on myself, but I'm not going to let one bad season ruin the rest of my life, I'm not going to sit here condemned, I'm going to arise.
Now you may have made some poor choices, you're not where you thought you would be in life. The accuser is telling you, "It's too late. You've blown it too bad, just sit on the sidelines". No, you are one decision away from seeing God show out in your life. The plan he has for you was not canceled because you made some poor choices.
Your mistakes didn't disqualify you from God's favor. All you have to do is arise, shake off that guilt, quit believe in the lies that you've seen your best days, and start heading towards your heavenly father's house.
Start making decisions that honor God, break away from things that are causing you to compromise, to be less than your best. It's not too late, you're not too far off course, God still has amazing things in your future, if you're dare to arise.
When you understand: you are a child of the Most High God, you weren't created to live condemned, guilty, defeated. God created you to be victorious, to reign in life, to leave your Mark.
I may have made mistakes, but I understand my position. The Creator of the universe breathed life into me. I may not feel worthy, but I know, he's made me worthy, so I'm going to arise and go to my father's house". In the father's house there's mercy for every mistake. In the father's house there's no judgment, no condemnation, no putting you on a guilt trip.
What keeps some people away from God, is they have the wrong image of him. They think when they come back home, there'll be all this guilt, "I told you so, look how foolish you've been". That's not the way our God is. When you come back, there'll be a party, there'll be a celebration.
Now, you may have made mistakes, the accuser is telling you, "Stay away, God would never accept you". But, believe, deep down, you know who you are, you know God's calling is on your life.
Why don't you arise? Let today be a new beginning, no more living guilty, beating yourself up, telling God everything you've done wrong. He's already forgiven you, come on back to the father's house.
The language of faith says, "I may feel guilty, but I know, I am forgiven". You can't go by how you feel, because feelings don't tell us the truth all the time. You have to go by what you know. "God, you said I'm forgiven, so I'm gonna get in agreement with you and believe that I'm forgiven".
God is standing at the window, he's seen every mistake, every failure, every weakness. The good news is: he's already forgiven you, he's not holding it against you, he's just waiting to see how long you're going to let the accuser make a slave of you? How long are you going to live with that guilt, believing that you've blown your future? How long are you going to ask forgiveness for the same things?
This is a new day. We're going to rise up and say, "Enough is enough. Yes, I've made some mistakes, but I'm not going to go through life condemned, trying to pay a debt, that's already been paid, thinking that I've missed my destiny. I'm going to arise".
You can still become all you were created to be. No mistake you've made is too much for the mercy of God. You have to get back in the game, get your fire back, get your passion back.
Quit believing in those lies that, "It's too late, you've made too many poor choices", telling God everything you've done wrong. He's not listening to that.
If you want to get God's attention, go to him with boldness. Despite the mistakes you've made, dare to ask him for favor, dare to ask him to open new doors, to take you where you couldn't go on your own.
God, I'm asking you to bless me, despite what I've done wrong.
God said in effect, "Jacob, I like your boldness, I like the fact that you're not telling me how bad you are, and how unworthy you feel, and what you don't deserve, but you're asking me to be good to you. Jacob, if you're bold enough to ask, then I'm bold enough to do it".
Quit telling God all about that and go to him like Jacob, "Father, I thank you that you are full of mercy. I'm asking you to bless me, not because of how good I am, but because of how good you are". That's what gets God's attention, that's what he listens to.
How much time are you spending being down on yourself, guilty from past mistakes, telling God what you don't deserve? That's a lot of emotional energy, that's not doing any good.
God hears you, he knows you're sincere, but he's not listening. God is not moved by our guilt, he's moved by our faith. It takes faith not to just believe for your dreams, it takes faith to believe you're forgiven, to believe that you're worthy.
Don't let the accuser deceive you into going through life with no passion, think have you blown it too many times. Your record has been cleared,
God is about to show you favor, that you didn't deserve. New doors are about to open, the right people, promotion, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in Jesus name.