The Ola Olutayo Mail.
Today 16-5-12.
The Script Of Life.
Everybody's got a script they 'live through'.
Do not let anyone write the script of your life!
God is the script writer of a life.
He is the one who's got a plan for you to live your life through.
Worse still, not everyone attends his Life Academy.
It's a problem of Identity.
No one can identify until Saved.
No one can identify God without Jesus - he is not only the author of life's salvation but its finisher.
In other words,
God forms us, writes a script;
Sin deforms us, mis-interpretes the script;
Jesus transforms us, re-writes the script to conform to God's.
He is the WORD [of God], so The Bible is the perfect and only script of a life.
Sin, an Error.
Guilt - I have done something wrong.
Shame - I am wrong.
Unconfessed sins causes guilt.
Poor self-image causes shame.
Shame brings feelings of worthlessness.
Shame connects What Happened(past) to Who You Are (identity) e.g. "I lied" + "I'm a liar", and
by so-believing you write yourself out of God's script. Matthew 13:13-15.
Sin, a detour.
The power of Satan is in his lies, so,
1. Resist (Bring every thought captive).
2. Rehearse (Calling yourself what God calls you; a new creation!).
3. Re-break (Truth sets free, not strength. You can't out-muscle the devil, but you can out-truth him by the help of the Holy spirit who guides into all 'truth', which is Jesus!).
Jesus, the valuation.
"Above all powers,
Above all kings,
Above all nature and all created things,
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man,
You were here before the world began.
Above all kingdoms,
Above all thrones,
Above all wonders the world has ever known,
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth,
There's no way to measure what you're worth!
Crucified,
Laid behind the stone,
You lived to die,
Rejected and alone,
Like a rose,
Trampled on the ground,
You took MY fall,
And thought of ME ABOVE ALL!
If you think you've fallen out of God's love,
If you consider yourself worthless,
If you consider yourself great and honourable,
Whatever it is you THINK,
Just THINK AGAIN, because Jesus thought of You, Above all!
Your name changed from Worthless to Beloved!
Live by that script - through and through!