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         It's humbling to step out by faith and make a fresh new start with someone who you have old habits with. It can be very humbling and the Enemy will use that to persuade you not to do it. He will really try to get you to never make that first step, and will try to keep you on the same old treadmill of the old mindsets.
         But look beyond all that and grab My hand that is reaching out to help you. If you make the first step to react with new eyes and a new spirit, then every other step after that will be much easier. But the first step is very important, the first reaction of the day, because it sets the standard and the spirit for every other step. So when you start off on the right foot, with the right spirit and the right outlook, you make it much easier for yourself. You also make it much easier for Me to pour through you, because you're doing the right thing. But if you start off on the wrong foot, with the wrong reactions and the wrong way of looking at things, I can't give you the new, because you're working with the old ways.
         So let Me pour the new through you, all that is new and beautiful and wonderful in your life. Let Me use it to the fullest. Let Me shine through you. Let your new ways be a testimony to others of the power of My Spirit and of your yieldedness. Let Me give you a clean slate with new things written on it. All you have to do is erase all the old that is written on it, and draw on My Spirit to write it afresh. It will be so beautiful.
         But you say, "How can I do this? I just can't. It's so hard. I've tried so many times to change and make a fresh start, and it just doesn't work. I keep doing the same old things that I hate and that I don't want to do, and I just can't seem to get out of these old habits. I desperately want to be new and different in my interactions with people."
         If you're desperately seeking Me for a change, that's all you need, and that will be the key to open the doors that you can't open by yourself. You don't have the love in yourself to do it, nor the humility, grace, strength or understanding, but I do. You just need to draw on My strength and ask Me for help each step of the way. It takes time to break old habits, and you must not get discouraged if you revert to your old ways sometimes. You have to keep the vision and believe that what I tell you is the truth, and you will have great victory.
         The greater your desperation, the greater the victory. The bigger the step of faith you take, the closer you are to bigger victories. The tighter you hang on to My Word, the more it will work for you. The harder you fight, the less the Enemy will be able to fight the power of My Spirit in you.
         You have great power of My Spirit at your disposal. All you have to do is believe and receive and live in it, and it will be so beautiful.



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