14 Everyone who walks in God’s Spirit is a son or daughter of God.
15 Then, do not fear anymore: you did not receive a spirit of slavery, but the spirit that makes you sons and daughters, and every time we cry, “Abba! (which means Dad!) Father!”
16 The Spirit reassures our spirit that we are sons and daughters of God.
17 If we are children, then we are also heirs. Our inheritance will be from God, and we will share it with Christ; for if we suffer with him now, we will also share in his glory.
15 Then, do not fear anymore: you did not receive a spirit of slavery, but the spirit that makes you sons and daughters, and every time we cry, “Abba! (which means Dad!) Father!”
16 The Spirit reassures our spirit that we are sons and daughters of God.
17 If we are children, then we are also heirs. Our inheritance will be from God, and we will share it with Christ; for if we suffer with him now, we will also share in his glory.
---- my own,
Never for an instant doubt My Father’s love for you. His love is beyond human understanding. All you can do is ask for the grace to understand ever more His incomprehensible love for His creatures, whom He created in His image and likeness.Meditate on the words: “For God so loved you that He sent Me, His only Son, that whoever believes in Me should not perish but have eternal life.” This gift of eternal life is given to you freely. But you must desire it. You must freely choose to put the works of darkness away from you and choose life.The life of God living in you leads to freedom, peace, and joy — to the fullness of the Spirit abiding in you. It helps you make the right choices freely, without coercion: choices made because you desire to love God and do not desire to wound Me in any way. To choose life is to choose love.Sin leads to death and to darkness, for God cannot abide in the souls of those who have given themselves over to grave sin. But to those who choose Life, the Father gives all they need when they cry out to Him for help.All you need to do in times of distress and temptation is to call out to Him who is your Abba. He who looks on you as His beloved child — for you are grafted onto Me through Baptism — will always hear you, always rescue you, and give you all you need to resist the devil.Ask, and you will receive the Holy Spirit, who has already been poured into your soul in Baptism and who is alive in you. Ask for the grace to use His gifts, so you produce the fruits necessary to live joyfully in this life.You, ---- mine, are a daughter of the Most High. You are My sister and My bride. The Spirit of Love, which is the Spirit of both the Father and the Son, is poured out into your soul. With His help, you will always be able to resist every occasion of sin if you lean on Him and not on yourself and your understanding.Do not be afraid. Fear has no place in the heart of the children of God. What have you to fear when you have God as your Abba, the Son as your Bridegroom, and the Holy Spirit as your Advocate and Helper? Fear only sin, which will cut you off from the life of God.Pray constantly and keep your gaze fixed on Me, your Good Shepherd, who will lead you safely from this life to eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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