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NEIL ANDERSON'S DAILY IN CHRIST
from Freedom in Christ Ministries
November 1
A CHANGE OF BELIEFS
God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He
loved us . . . made us alive together in Christ (Ephesians 2:4,
5).
Twenty-three-year-old Jenny was a pretty Christian young woman
with a seemingly pleasant personality. She had loving parents and
came from a good church. But she was torn up inside, having never
experienced anything but a depressive life. She had bombed out of
college and was on the verge of being fired from her job. She had
suffered from eating disorders for several years and medical
treatment for her problems seemed futile.
I was in the midst of planning an intensive one-month spiritual
retreat for some of our seminary students, and somehow I knew
that Jenny needed to be there even though she wasn't a seminary
student. I invited her, and to my surprise, she agreed to attend.
Shortly after we arrived, I sat down with Jenny privately. "I
didn't invite you here to change your behavior, Jenny," I said.
"Your behavior isn't your problem."
"I've always been told that my behavior is my problem," she
answered, looking a little surprised at my statement.
"I'm not worried about your behavior. It's your beliefs I'm
interested in. I'm praying that you will change your beliefs
about God and who you are in Christ. You're not a failure. You
are a child of God, no better and no worse than any other person
at this retreat. I want you to start believing it because it's
the truth."
For the first time in her life Jenny had been affirmed as the
person of value to God that she was. And she began to believe it.
During the next 30 days, a miraculous transformation took place
in Jenny. Her circumstances didn't change, but she did.
Too often we try to change our behavior without changing our
beliefs. It doesn't work that way. We must change our beliefs
before we can make significant changes in our behavior. Nothing
will change your behavior more than a true knowledge of God and
who you are as His child.
Father in heaven, what a liberating privilege it is to call You
my Father and realize that I am Your child.
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