I got sick this week. I was really sick and worn down from the daily challenges of life. When you carry something for God that is VALUABLE to him? Trust me.
We have an enemy and his goal is to beat us down or wear us out at best.
I believe in gaurding your PEACE. I believe it’s a KEY TO YOUR HEALTH. I believe in staying silent when needed to keep the peace. I also believe there is a need to confront and SPEAK UP to create a greater level of peace.
There is a diff between a peace maker and a peace keeper. One enables control and selfishness and the other creates a wave that brings CHANGE and a greater level of PEACE for all involved.
So we are told to gaurd our heart and protect our peace but then there is a time that you need to stand up and go to battle!!
We are soldiers after all….The Lord shared this message with me based on Phil 4:13.
He said “You are MY SOLDIER therefore you are a MASTER of all things ESPECIALLY the things in front of you now. My power is working within you.”
If you question this. If you aren’t sure you are his soldier, then just ASK. Just say in your own way….”Jesus. I need you to come in and be Lord of my life.”
We are all very aware we are sinners in fact sometimes we are suffocating in it….what we don’t realize is it was never his intention we do it alone.
If you are that person that thinks oh I am ok. God is too busy to care about the color of my shirt or how I decorated my home, my health status or my relationship to my family. You are missing out on a huge blessing!
He is not the God of you have to be perfect to be worthy. He is the God that LOVES YOU. He cares about EVERY DETAIL.
These little details is where he shows you he is present and working and builds your faith. These details matter. Praying he begin moving in your heart, life and mind in ways you can only understand!
He has in fact numbered the hairs on your head and kept every tear in a bottle. Psalm 46:8, Luke 12:7
Who exactly do we think we are determining in our tiny mind or experience what or WHO is or isn’t important to GOD? HIS WAYS are NOT our ways.
Sometimes we protect our Peace and sometimes it’s time to get up and FIGHT. We do this in word AND action. Wisdom teaches us the when, the where and the how and many times it’s our DECLARATION with our mouth that predetermines our victory so PRAISE HIM in your mess for only he can truly turn it around. For me I was being knocked down with sickness and discouragement so I woke up Thurs and said THIS. IS. CHANGING. I. AM. CHANGING.
I cut my hair much shorter and colored it. This was only an outward expression of what is happening INSIDE. 🙌🏻💕
I have spent most of my life trying to care for others or just wanting them to approve of me out of my own brokenness or my feeling of not being enough.
I have judged myself and my own worth harshly because I wasn’t the image I held in my head and I didn’t have the carbon copy perfect life I imagined in my head.
Guess what? God hasn’t called us to live a carbon copy life!!
We are called to live by FAITH!! 💥✝️
This is how he gets us to FREEDOM!!💥 ✝️
When you get it. When you really get it? Watch out 🌏!
Sometimes the things we THINK we want aren’t the best thing for us. Omg. In a world so untrustworthy. HE IS TRUSTWORTHY!!! 💃
He takes us down paths facing our worst fears (giants)so we can find out they hold no power over us when we are HIS!! He has got us covered!! 2 Timothy 1:7
HE is the builder of our faith so to apply this stuff we have to live it! Walk it out!
So yes I chose violence against the kingdom of hell and chose to love on myself during a very tough week.
I did it again this morning when I felt I was going to die last night so I got my butt up and went to urgent care to get help then went to work!! Then cleaned the salon….Then cleaned the house….
😂My mom said “Dawn I am not sure I can handle you on a steroid shot” 😂
My dad said I should have asked for help middle of the night and I am trying to be better about this ….✝️I saw the most beautiful example of this in the yoga studio Friday morning and it was a seamless example yet I still seem to make it awkward and weird 😂
Our fight will never be with flesh and blood but we win it on our knees and inspiring others and by ALLOWING HIM TO LEAD US. We need each other.
Here is the scripture reference and if you REALLY read this you will see WHY we have to choose KINDNESS. People can be petty, mean, hurtful , inconsiderate and just toxic at times but you know why?
Because THE KINGDOM OF GOD SUFFERS VIOLENCE so the Violent have to take it by force. People are broken out there and they need to see the people of God taking ground. Seeing the soul behind the brokenness. Bringing his redeeming love
To one another. Our freedom brings others freedom. Matthew 11:12
I love this explanation of Mathew 11:12
Jesus’ statement that “the kingdom of heaven suffers violence” is a graphic picture of the enthusiasm and excitement generated by John the Baptist’s and Jesus’ teaching. People were hungry for the truth and would not be kept away. For centuries, God’s prophets had predicted the Messiah’s coming, and now that the Messiah was here, nothing could hold back the flood of people pressing into the kingdom. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
When I create the video called “Unbecoming is Becoming” I will be touching on the fact that the things of God seem crazy to the world and shedding new light onto “mental illness” which is actually a stupid word used to make people feel small who don’t understand their circumstances or the battles they are facing and are surrounded by others that beat them up instead of going to the throne room on their behalf. If the Lords army could learn to ALIGN and stop attacking one another ….We would truly start to SEE the church ARISE and Enemies be scattered. Thats enough for now 😂
Sending you HUGS.
CHEERING YOU ON!!!
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