Submit, Resist, and...Ahhh That Feels Better!

Have you believed the lie that the devil wants you to believe and that is "God is trying to take all the fun out of your life."  The truth is that God's will is full of life, His will is good, perfect and acceptable for you. You can read this good stuff in John 10:10 and Romans 12:1-2.
When we believe this lie it is then that we go out and look for fun and love. ♫ "Looking for love in all the wrong places" ♪ The problem is that we usually end up with a boyfriend (or girl friend) and actually end up in the wrong place and with the wrong person. We want some one to validate who we are. We want to hear from the opposite sex:  "you're pretty", "I love you," or "you're good lookin'."  When was the last time you looked in the mirror and told yourself these words?  When you can't look in the mirror and love on yourself with humility, it most likely means you do not know what love is.  I am not here to badger anyone, but I am getting real with you.
The truth is that God is love. We cannot change our minds about who we are without God because God is love. We can't do it on our own because we do not have freedom in Christ.  To have freedom in Christ means we make a choice to repent, offer forgiveness to those who have hurt us and for the wrong we have done in our lives. Repentance means to turn directions from following what we thought was good, when we find out it is evil. We can't do it on our own.  We need to "Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.  Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up."
Did you notice the first three lines?  "Submit to God." <-- Period. "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." <-- Period.   Chew on it for a while, let it soak in.
We MUST first submit to Father God. The world, Satan, has told us all the years growing up it's about what you want. What is important is how you feel from the partner you have.  It's what you get from the person in front of you, the pornography, the animals, inanimated objects that is important. These things some how confirm who we are, validate our existence, make us feel important. Submitting to God is the critical matter, decision, and action to take before being able to have a peaceful, enjoyable life. Satan wants you to believe the lie that God is trying to take all the fun out of your life. Now really, let's expose our relationship just a little here.
Ask yourself these questions and answer them honestly.
1) Do I feel safe in sharing everything with my partner AND to myself?
2) Do I feel free to come and go as I desire with my partner?
3) I want to be with my partner all the time because I enjoy the company and discussions we have.
4) Is what happens behind closed doors a good thing, a beautiful thing, or let's not open the door at all because it hurts too much.
5) Do I feel good about me or my partner?
We don't know how to love ourselves or others until we allow God who is Love to love us. We should get to know His love first. "For God SO LOVED the world that he gave his only son." 
My son doesn't want to read, acknowledge, or understand Christianity. Christianity is nothing more than a name on an action of loving self and loving others.  We make it more complicated for ourselves and others.
My prayer is that you as well as my son and others, come to know that God is love. He is not a being who watches over you ready to beat you with a stick, keep you unsafe and in consistent torment. No this is the devil who lies to you saying it is God doing these things, placing the blame on a loving being.
Let's expose the darkness for what it really is.  Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He would rather you are separated from a God who loves you and to be hurting, unsafe, in bondage, fear, and your life sucked out of you. He is the one to blame, Satan,  for your rebellion, anger, and hate towards others and yourself.
Be encouraged God says he has a plan for your life, a hope and a future. He cannot lie for it is not in Him.  I invite you to come and know him as the father you never really knew, enjoy the love you never really felt, and the self worth you can have.  Let's come and have a Christ centered relationship with the Christ himself.
Are you ready? Talk with God today, ask him to show you how much he loves you, to be transparent in your life, change your attitude, and show you what Love REALLY is.
It wasn't until I truly rendered my life and my thoughts to God that he gave me the desires of my heart. You want to love yourself? Explore what God has to say about you, believe what He says about you, look in the mirror repeat it to yourself and then BELIEVE your own words. Pounds of hurt will be released off of your shoulders, hips, and your smile will be so much lighter.  Why? Because the chains will fall off.
~Be encouraged, you don't have to stay in bondage by the lies of the devil himself anymore.