   Studies suggest that just three per cent of life events are highly memorable. So, over the course of an average year, approximately seventeen experiences will make it into your long-term memory. The other 97 per cent fades into the black hole called the subconscious. But if any of the three per cent are negative, we can hurt every day if we cannot or will not forget. This tiny per cent can make us prisoners to our past. Even if we've confessed our sin, we can still feel condemned. And the condemnation undermines the fact that God is for us (see Psalm 56:9). We keep beating ourselves up. We keep sabotaging ourselves. We keep believing the self-defeating lies that come from Satan 'the accuser' (see Revelation 12:10). 

   How can you overcome the accuser and silence him? Revelation 12:11 (NKJV) says: 'And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony'. Push back! Testify to Satan the accuser. Tell him what the blood of Jesus Christ has done on your behalf. Remind him that 'There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus' (Romans 8:1 NKJV). None. 

   Instead of defining yourself by what you've done wrong, define yourself by what Jesus has done right on your behalf. Instead of defining yourself by the hurtful things done to you, begin to declare what Jesus has done for you. If you are in Jesus, you are not in sin. If you have been forgiven, you are no longer guilty.





— SCRIPTURE —

    'So there is now no condemnation.' Romans 8:1 TLB
— SOULFOOD —

    1 Thes 4:1-5, 2 Cor 5:14-21, Ps 77:11-20 , Pro 9:10-12
    

Studies suggest that just three per cent of life events are highly memorable. So, over the course of an average year, approximately seventeen experiences will make it into your long-term memory. The other 97 per cent fades into the black hole called the subconscious. But if any of the three per cent are negative, we can hurt every day if we cannot or will not forget. This tiny per cent can make us prisoners to our past. Even if we've confessed our sin, we can still feel condemned. And the condemnation undermines the fact that God is for us (see Psalm 56:9). We keep beating ourselves up. We keep sabotaging ourselves. We keep believing the self-defeating lies that come from Satan 'the accuser' (see Revelation 12:10). How can you overcome the accuser and silence him? Revelation 12:11 (NKJV) says: 'And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony'. Push back! Testify to Satan the accuser. Tell him what the blood of Jesus Christ has done on your behalf. Remind him that 'There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus' (Romans 8:1 NKJV). None. Instead of defining yourself by what you've done wrong, define yourself by what Jesus has done right on your behalf. Instead of defining yourself by the hurtful things done to you, begin to declare what Jesus has done for you. If you are in Jesus, you are not in sin. If you have been forgiven, you are no longer guilty.
 
 — SCRIPTURE — 
 'So there is now no condemnation.' Romans 8:1 TLB 
 — SOULFOOD — 
 1 Thes 4:1-5, 2 Cor 5:14-21, Ps 77:11-20 , Pro 9:10-12

The Word For Today is a daily devotional by authors Bob and Debby Gass. Every day, tens of thousands of people across New Zealand are encouraged and uplifted by its relevant insights.

The daily readings resonate with people as they often speak into their current circumstances. Often readers express wonder at how a particular day’s devotion appeared to be ‘written just for me’

The Word For Today is a daily devotional by authors Bob and Debby Gass. Every day, tens of thousands of people across New Zealand are encouraged and uplifted by its relevant insights.
The daily readings resonate with people as they often speak into their current circumstances. Often readers express wonder at how a particular day&rsquo;s devotion appeared to be &lsquo;written just for me&rsquo;