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Paula Marrero's avatar

I pray for the ability to break bond of fear, the bond of reliance on feelings and the bond of trying to save myself instead of trusting in Jesus 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🙏🏻

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Carrie Allegretti's avatar

Thank you, Jesus that in Your Holy Name, you alone break the bonds of fear that had become a habit all the way back into childhood. Only You can set me free, and for that may I be deeply grateful.

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Carrie Allegretti's avatar

I’m right there with you!It’s a daily journey that will last a lifetime.

I believe when we do particular examinations throughout the day to check ourselves and what we are spending our time thinking about, then we are able to cast out those things, those intrusive thoughts, that we had not been aware of up to now.

Being aware is huge, for me this was the starting point.

Then I could discern what needed to be cast out and what needed to be accepted as coming from God,

then to practice praising God and living in gratitude for the gifts that He pours into our hearts, minds and souls. ♥️

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Paula Marrero's avatar

Beautiful prayer, Amen.

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Dione Durham's avatar

This spoke to me. My earthly father wasn’t there for me growing up, and for a long time, I struggled to believe that my Heavenly Father could truly love me, let alone unconditionally. But over time, and with God’s grace, I’ve been learning to trust that His love is real, personal, and constant.

It’s a daily journey, and I’m working every day to believe I am His beloved. What’s changed recently is my awareness. I see now how the enemy tries to creep in and distort that truth. Before, I didn’t have the eyes to recognize it, but now I do, and I’m fighting back with faith.

Thank you for giving voice to something so many of us are learning to walk through.

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Carrie Allegretti's avatar

So many of us women did not have an earthly father to show us what our Heavenly Father looks like.

Forgiveness was key for me.

I worked hard to try and forgive my father for his absence, my feelings of abandonment and the ingrained feeling of being unlovable, to no avail.

I was then taught to invite Jesus into that space, that place of pain, that He may teach me how to surrender with trust, and experience true lasting forgiveness; freedom.

I prayed that, before my father would leave this earth, Jesus would lead me to a place of peace.

God allowed for that miracle to happen.

I could not have planned it or managed this outcome by my own human strength!

It is a process. It is worth the effort to work through until we get to the other side of it, as we cooperate with the grace of God.♥️

God is faithful and He

truly provides for the desires of our hearts. 🥰

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Dione Durham's avatar

I find strength in your stories. It is possible ❤️

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Carrie Allegretti's avatar

With God, all things are possible!

Daily, He does things that truly amazes us, yet other times, He is silent.

It’s a mystery. 🙏

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Tony Devlin's avatar

Every time I receive the Eucharist, I pray, “My Lord and my God, I humbly accept this covenant sacrifice that you freely offer, out of love for me. I offer my life and my love in covenant service to you.” I think it is critical that I renew this pledge daily, not for God’s sake but to renew it in my heart.

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