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You have been created in the image of God, therefore you are equipped to do what He did/does. Remember in Gen. 1:1 it says that the Spirit was hovering over the waters of the deep and the earth was void and without form? All through the bible the Spirit is associated with power. Then how come nothing was happening? Because power is only released through the spoken word!! When God stepped out to create this earth, He didn't say, "Wow. It's really dark out here." He instead called those things which were not... He called those things which were NOT as though they were. Follow His example. I encourage you to look up all the verses pertaining to forgiveness and love. Then confess them as personalized, by faith statements. For example:
Father, I praise you that because it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me that forgiveness abounds in my heart. I am quick and able to forgive because You first forgave me. And because it is I who no longer lives... my flesh is dead... then no offenses rise to the surface in Jesus' name, only your love for I am filled with the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
Desiring to be free of these negative traits is proof your heart is in the right place. We ALL need to continually rid ourselves of these. And, just know that God loves you. Right now. Just the way you are. He's just not content to leave you that way for He wants to make you more like Jesus.
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