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Every day I pray and battle with my mission to start pleasing God and stop satisfying myself and appeasing others. Defeats in this battle have cost me a lot, where prayers, praise and God’s Word have brought some miraculous victories. It is not because my daddy is a preacher or because I was always in church, that I see God not as a casualty but a necessity. However, at 23 my experiences and understanding that IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOING THE WRONG THINGS ARE TOO HARD TO DEAL WITH, have brought the Sunday school lessons, the sermons, and the prayers into perspective. Being perfect is unpractical but being young and saved is not! I've done a whole lot of something for nothing. But after meeting Jesus Christ I decided I would give anything to have Him as my Everything!

Friday, July 23, 2010

GET REAL, BE HONEST, BE FREE!

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY!!!
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

I have come to realize the closer I get to God through prayer and His Word (the Truth), the Ashlee that I have tried to hide from others and myself is exposed. Everyone loves a compliment and some words of affirmation but there are few who can receive correction and can endure a reality check…smh (shaking my head) at myself being one of them.

I’ve grown up hearing “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE! SO BE HONEST!’’ With my father being a pastor I normally heard this before I was about to get a spanking and we both new I was lying to save myself. But you know what!…I still got a spanking no matter how good I lied. The same is true in my life today. I can lie and do things in secret all I want, but I only fool myself. God sees and knows all and there is still a consequence and a life beating I will have to suffer.


How many times have you thought you got off the hook for something, and later on found yourself paying for it???
 Now, I know BEING HONEST with yourself and others IS VERY HARD TO DO. When I decided to be honest in this blog, my texts, on facebook and twitter today I felt very uneasy. Nonetheless, I did not want to tell someone to do something that I would not because of fear. I just hope that every reader is mature and understands:


James 5:16 therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.


Nevertheless, regardless how my honesty is received, because I let it out I am freed from the captivity of burdensome secrets.  THE PRESSURE OF BEING PERFECT IS SELF-IMPOSED...I'M NOT PERFECT BUT I SERVE A GOD THAT IS!  So I am not ashamed and will continue to acknowledge and share my testimony.


Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

My name is Ashlee Cooper. I am a recovering liar, manipulator, stealer, fornicator and procrastinator. I haven’t been clean of these sins for long. However, I thank God for Jesus, His truth causing me to be honest with myself and the freedom I now have.



God I thank you for the Bible. I am thankful that it is a book of life and those that read it are freed and are able to beginning truly living a life of abundance. God I thank you for the guidance it provides and the motivation it brings to encourage us to do better, understanding that you have a plan and purpose for our lives. Thanks for the reminder of your forgiveness towards us and the Savior you sent for us. Through your Word may our wrongs be revealed and a desire to do right be instilled in our hearts. In the name of Jesus I pray. AMEN

Love, Ashlee

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