Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

The Root of Relational Dysfunction: False Judgments Mary Ann Wray So many times people get offended by something another said, the way they said it, the way they looked at them or didn't look at them, or by something they failed to do that they thought they should have done. Worse yet, is when we become offended at what someone told us ‘happened’ to them by someone else that offended them and we are not even involved in the situation! As a result of these unresolved offenses, we tend to formulate judgments about a person based on our personal perception rather than fact or Biblical confrontatio n. This happens in marriages, on the job, in families, in friendships, in churches....in fact, it happens everywhere! But is it fair to formulate a judgment about someone or something that we haven't even discussed the offense with? Doesn't our legal system even hold to the fact that a person is innocent until proven guilty? If we don't give the person who offe...

                                            By Mary Ann Wray "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to son-ship.and by him we cry, “Abba Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8: 15-17 The Orphan-A child deprived by death of one or both of his parents. A child whose parent(s) abandoned them either physically or emotionally. A fatherless or motherless child. A child who has no family identity. A child who was deprived of protection or some advantage by one or both parents...Many times orphans suffer horrible abuses. They feel lost and alone. They be...

"Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are." 2 Corinthians 10:12b There are many different ways we can compare ourselves with one another but comparisons always leads to failure: feelings of jealousy, inadequacy and even bitterness if they are left unchecked. Comparisons put us in a spiritual ‘check mate’ unable to move in any direction because we can’t see the bigger plan or picture that the Father has for us. We become trapped in our own minds and thoughts. The Bible warns us not to compare ourselves against one another for this very reason. Comparisons are a trick of the enemy to keep us stuck in the past, stuck in our hurt, stuck in feelings of inadequacy, or basically stuck in a deep rut of despair and bitterness. Through personal comparisons, what we are saying to God in essence is this; "God I don't like the way I am or the way things are and it's your fault...

By Mary Ann Wray “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as He is.” 1 John 3: 2 When Jesus was introduced by the Father publically on the day of His Water Baptism and at the beginning of His earthly ministry, the Father announced, “This is my beloved SON, in whom I’m well please. Hear Him.” He didn’t say this is my wonderful Savior, anointed evangelist, deliverance healer, anointed prophet, or any other title.   He introduced Him to the world by His identity-a Son….a Beloved Son. However, not everyone heard Jesus’ words, but this reality then and now never dimished His approval by the Father or His sonship. When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary in prophetic fulfillment of Isaiah 7: 14, he said, “You shall bring forth a SON and call His name Immanuel.”   In Luke 1: 35 the angel told her that her Son would be called the “Son of G...