1/5/20 "Self-Care"

1/5/20 

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Self- Care"

Abram's  wife Sarai had not been able to have any children.  But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar, and Sarai said to Abram, "The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine." Abram agreed,

and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife.

Genesis 16:1-3 CEV

BELOVED, Notice ONLY two people came into agreement here. Sarai and Abram agreed. Hagar was never asked if she would be willing to sleep with Abram and carry his child in her body.

So for her, there was nothing to agree on. She was a slave and she was treated as such. Sarai owned her... 

But that was OLD TESTAMENT. 

Thanks to Jesus and the NEW TESTAMENT he brought into play when he was given by God as a sacrifice for the World.

For God so loved the world that he give his only begotten Son.  John 3:16

SOMEBODY you need to know that: Your body is now The Temple of the Holy Spirit which means you house inside of you,  power. You have the power to do and not do whatever you choose. 1 Corin 6:19 NIV

The choice can no longer be made for you.  No one owns you. You don't have to sleep with, or give your body willingly or unwillingly to anybody, just so they can get what they want at your expense. You do have a say-so in what happens to you.

THIS is the New Testament and in the new testament, your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and he grieves when he sees you being taken advantage of, he grieves when he sees you lowering your standards, dumbing down just to make that other person happy. He grieves. And the bible clearly tells us, Do not grieve the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:30 NIV. The NLT says, Do not grieve the Holy Spirit by the way you live.

Therefore, this 1st month of a New Year...Reconsider, some of your actions. The things you were forced into and the things you naively submitted to and ended up forfeiting your power.

Reconsider because Self-Care is not SELFISH...It's caring for yourself.  Something I pray you learn to do this year, unapologetically. 

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy