Last night I watched a sermon by Louie Giglio about prayer and he has convinced me that I should not pray for blessings as much as I should pray to enjoy the blessings that God has already given me in Christ!! So the point of this note is to explain why I should ask God to heal me of the weaknesses of my autism when in fact He has given me everything in Christ! Why do I need some physical healing??? Here are the blessings that Louie explains that we ALL have IN CHRIST ALONE!! (That is as Christians united to the Beloved Son!)
We have the blessing of Abraham given to all Gentiles in Christ!
"in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3:14)
We have EVERY spiritual blessing in Christ!
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ," (Ephesians 1:3)
We are chosen in Christ to display the holiness of God!
"just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him . (Ephesians 1:4)"
We have everything we need for godly living!
"seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence." (2 Peter 1:3)
We have superabouding grace from the fullness of the Christ!
"For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace." (John 1:16)
We are heirs of GOD and co-heirs with Christ! (This means that we get every blessing that Christ gets!)
"and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him." (Romans 8:17)
We are MORE than conquerors and overcomers and victorious in our lives!
"But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us." (Romans 8:37)
God will supply us glorious riches in CHRIST!
"And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:19)
We are seated at the RIGHT HAND of God in the heavenly realms with CHRIST!
and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:6)
In light of all that I have in Christ... it is completely rebelling against the sovereignty of God to ask Him to heal me of my autism and it's weaknesses. I want the burdens of it because they are God's GIFTS!! So please do not try to help me overcome this disability, help me to glorify God and all the riches in the verses listed above. Let my prayers start to gear towards that end! And keep my autistic God... your glory in those riches above will shine brighter in this condition.
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