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Because you are a Grace Girl (or Guy) you can swap your old Life
for a completely NEW life! No, you cannot trade your husband or your wife in, you cannot trade your children in, you can't
even trade your dog in but you can trade your old life in for a completely new life! 2 Cor. 5:17 KJV says "Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." When you ask Jesus into
your life, to be your Lord and Savior, you become a brand new person. Old things
are gone. You have a clean, fresh slate. Therefore as a growing Christian, from that
day forward you can have a clean fresh slate every single day! There are many things that affect us in our daily lives that
hinder our growth and development in the Kingdom of God. I'd like to talk about
some of these things or situations in our lives that we can "Swap Baby!"
because of the provision Jesus has made for us on the cross. .
The first subject I want
to talk about is Swapping Rejection for Acceptance Baby! Webster's dictionary describes rejection as this, to refuse to have,
to refuse to take, to refuse to use or to recognize. Rejection causes feelings of being unaccepted, unacceptable, unwanted,
and useless and unrecognized (for yourself or your gifts). Rejection creates; anger, bitterness, hatred, resentfulness and
unforgiveness just to name a few. These things can fester in us and cause us to be someone we are not and someone we were
not created to be! This will hurt you, hurt those around you and hurt those you love. Let me give you an example. I like to
call this the "Porcupine Syndrome". As a child growing up I had a dog that was attacked by a porcupine. It was horrible
and so painful for my dog. He came out of the woods after this scuffle with a porcupine with his face completely covered in
quills. I mean his nose, his lips, his forehead were covered. They were sticking out everywhere! Anger, bitterness, and un-forgiveness
are like porcupine quills that stick out from us. If they are there it is painful and everyone around us can see them. They
poison and infect us but they also hurt those around us. No one can get close to us; no one can really touch us and minister
to us because of the sharp quills sticking out from us. These quills separate us from others and isolated us causing us to
be even more rejected. So how can we fix this? How do we let go and let God have His way in us? How do we remove the quills
of rejection accepting ourselves and becoming all Jesus has created us to be, including "A woman (or man) Full of Power for the Hour?"
You "Swap it Baby!"
Swap that Rejection for Acceptance. In order to do this you must first of all recognize what you are dealing with...acknowledge
you are dealing with rejection and lashing out or being bitter over it. Admit to yourself that you are upset about this, admit
to yourself it hurts you, it bothers you. Secondly you must realize GOD WILL HANDLE IT and GIVEIT TO HIM! Psalm 50:6 (NIV)
"And the Heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah" Jesus wants you to give the hurt,
the anger, the bitterness, the unforgiveness to Him. He wants you to give him all the feelings of inadequacy, the feelings
un-acceptance and of uselessness. The feelings of being un recognize or in-validated by others. Father God says, "Give
it to me, I know it all, I will deal with it, I will deal with them. I want you free. You are not designed or created to carry
these things". As we read earlier we must acknowledge that He is the righteous judge and we are not. You must give that
hurt and those people to the Lord. You cannot change the way they treat you or how they act towards you. Yes rejection is
real and people can be cruel but you can only be responsible for your own actions and your own reactions. Dwelling on and
being filled with thoughts about these things will poison you. You see you are like a pure, clean glass of refreshing water.
If I put only one drop of red food coloring in your glass of water I taint the whole glass rendering it useless, undrinkable.
If I put in only one drop of poison I destroy all the purity and make the entire glass poisoned and deadly, unable to fulfill
the function for which it was created. We must, as men and women of God strive to keep our "living water" and the
life Jesus has given us, ourselves, pure from these contaminates as we are the drink offering he has created to fulfill the
thirst of the lost and dying who need Him, those who need a drink of the Living Water. How do we do this? You "Swap it Baby!" Give it to Jesus and Forgive. You've
got to give it to Jesus. Don't just let go of it and release it into oblivion...GIVE IT TO JESUS! Lay it at the foot of the
cross. It's not yours to bear. Father God will deal with those that have hurt you. (And you don't need a front row seat!)
You must find it within your heart to forgive them. I know it is hard but I know what I'm talking about! I've had to do this
many times in my Christian walk and I tell you it was not easy but I was determined to have all Jesus had for me and I wanted
to be all he created me to be. I can tell you that the things people have done to me Hollywood couldn't dream up! The things
I've been wrongly accused of and misjudged about. It's crazy out there but we are in this world and not of it. We are ambassadors
of Christ. When we asked Jesus to be our Lord and Savior, our own "self-preservation" died and he now lives in us!
I live for Him. It's all about Jesus and reaching others. Jesus said in Matt. 5:44 "Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for those that despitefully use you, and persecute you".. He continues
in the next verse saying this is what makes us His children and that our Father makes the sun to shine on both the just and
the unjust. We must remember that those persecuting us are also HIS children. Jesus said to "Love your enemies".
Loving your enemies is how you overcome evil with good. When you forgive and love them you are taking your power back. You
are then in control. You are not reacting but acting. That is a sweet place to be. Forgiveness puts the power in your hands.
Determine you will not let "it" have you but you will let Father God have it! God acknowledges all the wrong done
to you; he knows every sly look, every harsh word, every misjudgment, and every evil action towards you. We as humans want
people to acknowledge and understand us and what we've been through, to sympathize with us but people cannot fix what you've
been through. Only Jesus can. He gets you, He created you, He knows you inside and out and He can fix you and the situation.
He can also fix those persecuting you. You can trust Him. Finally you must "Swap
it Baby!" Realize you are Accepted. Ephesians 1:6 says, "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath
made us accepted in the beloved". When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and become born-again all the old things
are passed away and you have become new. You are now part of the family of God; you are accepted by Jesus as his precious
woman, man, girl or boy and accepted in the beloved family of God. When I was born to my mother and father no one in the entire
world could change the fact that I was born into their family. It is the same when you are born-again into the family of God.
Realize you are accepted. Let go of the hurt and forgive your enemies. (When you realize the price they will pay if they don't
repent it will be easier to pray for them...we wouldn't want to be in their shoes!) And finally realize you are His, He loves
you and wants you in His family. Please look for more of the Grace Girls &
Co. Chronicles by Julie Tussey as she addresses more subjects in this series. For more info. www.garyandjulietussey.org You can email Julie at julietussey@gmail.com
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Welcome Founded by Rev.
Julie Tussey, GRACE GIRLS & CO. Women's Ministry is reaching out
to women and men in our community sharing the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ with motivational teachings, great music
and friendship! It is my desire to instill in women the value they possess in Jesus Christ.
Eph 2:8 says "For by grace you have been saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves;
it is the gift of God. " We as women are hand designed by God to be His daughters,
women, wives and mothers. Through our relationship with Jesus and through our faith that what the bible says about us
is truth we can go forward effecting those around us, starting first with our families, and then going out and fulfilling
the call of God on our lives. We all are precious, we all are special, we all have a gift, something to offer. -Julie Julie would
consider it a privilege to come and minister in your Women's meeting or Church Service or host a Grace Girls Conference in
your area. 859-803-7203
julietussey@gmail.com www.marykay.com/julietussey If there is anything I can do to help build and encourage you in Jesus please do not hesitate to
contact me. I want you to know Jesus loves you and has a plan for your life. You are precious and valuable to Him and to me
and when you find this ministry you find a friend! We are also an ordaining body and if you feel called to the ministry
we can License and ordain you. Julie
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