As I was doing my morning devotions and talking with God I reflected on the past years and I began to see where and when my wall of spiritual protection began to crumble. Then I thought about all the warnings we hear of sun protection and sexual protection yet no one talks about spiritual protection. And it is not a crucifix over your bed or a cross around your neck. It is much more than that. Faith in the Lord and confessing Him as your Lord and Saviour builds this wall and our obedience to Him keeps this wall steady and sturdy. But when we begin to allow the smallest of sins seep in to our lives this wall can and will slowly break down. When we disobey the Lord and stray from Him we are no longer walking with God because our sin is separating us. And our sin causes our "wall" to crumble. It is only when we ask the Lord for our forgiveness and repent our sins to Him that we will feel His presence and know that He is protecting us and our wall will once again erect. If you examine your life as it is now and there are areas that are not going well look and it has been persisting, than you may need to look into what is in your life that you need to get rid of. There may be something you are doing that is not of God, someone you are dating that is not of God, something you are harboring in your heart that is not of God and these things could be hindering you and this feeling of "nothing is going right" may be the remnants of a broken down wall of protection. So I urge you to self examine yourself today and ask the Lord to show you what area of your life He may want you to let go of. I promise you once you do this and walk back in favor of God, you will feel a change. This will be the Lord drawing you back to Him. He did it for me and He will surely do it for you.
Nehemiah's Prayer
Nehemiah 1: 4-11
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