Good morning Ladies! You know, there are very few things as powerful as praying women. The tenacity of a woman praying for those she loves is a force to be reckoned with! Today I would like to address something that can hinder this force.
Do you ever feel like you are praying and praying to no avail? One of the most powerful forces in making sure your prayers bring change is to make sure your heart is properly aligned with the Lord. I'll give you an example! For years I have prayed that my husband's priorities can be lined up with God, that he can keep God first, me second, the children third, etc. But for years this has been an area where the enemy keeps attacking our family in one way or another, bringing much frustration and hurt. Now, you would surely think God would honor such an amazing prayer, wouldn't you? But God hit me square between the eyes when He reminded me of the scripture which says, "Seek first God's Kingdom and His righteousness, and all the rest will be added to you as well". Not only did iI have my focus on getting all my work done and beautifying our home (both are really good things in their own place), but I did not give my husband the priority that was rightfully his in my heart and in our home. You see, how can God move to answer my prayer to help my husband with his priorities if mine are not lined up to His Word? Many times I become frustrated and angry that I as the wife need to be the strong one and do what is right first, but really, if we can change our viewpoint just a bit, and see that when we make sure our hearts are properly aligned first, we RELEASE God's hands to begin to do the work we wish to see done in our husbands as well! Alignment always releases God to do the work. It releases us from needing to fight our own battles. It releases us from victimhood!
Today, as women, let's be OK with being strong. Let's be OK with first lining up our hearts with God's Word, because it will release Him to pour out His favor and blessing on our lives! It may seem unfair and hard, but it will create an open heaven above us, which is totally in our favor! God bless you today!
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Monday, May 9, 2016
We Don't Fight Flesh and Blood
Relationships...are a huge part of life. We are surrounded by them...in the workplace, at schools, churches, in our homes. Many times throughout life, unless we avoid people, we will experience difficulties in relationships to some degree or another. If we don't know how to handle these, we may become very uncomfortable, and respond in ways that make the situations we face far worse than they were to begin with.
There are many ways people respond to sticky situations: some run, some deny there is an issue, some explode, some laugh. Some situations require different responses, too. Sometimes it is the best thing to let it rest and move on. But sometimes its best to face it and openly communicate by asking questions, such as, "Is this what you meant to say", or "Can you rephrase that so i can make sure i understand", or some other non-threatening question that opens communication. But that's not really what i came here to talk about today.
The thing i want to discuss is what can be behind some relationship issues. Before i go there, i want to make sure you know i don't believe we should focus on the dark side. I believe the more we invite light and love into our lives, the better off we will be. However, if you are facing a really big relationship issue that seems to keep popping up or refuses to find a resolution, you may be facing something more than a relationship problem. What i want us to remember is we don't fight 'flesh and blood', but rather against spiritual forces in heavenly realms, etc. (Ephesians 6:12). Sometimes it is very important to remember this when dealing with problems.
If there is someone in your life who consistently misunderstands you, and it appears as though they want to twist your words, it could be it is not them at all but perhaps a spirit who is getting between the two of you. If that happens, you can quietly pray and take authority over spirits that may be coming against you or twisting your words before you meet with that person. Keep in mind that these spirits could be doing the same to their words before they come to you. Fear is an example of a spirit that will cause us to hear things people are not saying. I experienced this recently, and was amazing when i got rid of fear, how differently i perceived the words spoken to me after that.
This morning, i was having an issue with one of my sons, and it was escalating out of control, and he was behaving badly, and i was becoming angry too, which caused him to feel even more unsafe. So we all took a deep breath, i had another of my sons come over and we talked gently with him to help him calm down, and we asked each other for forgiveness for some things, cleared the air, and asked if we could pray with him. It took some more gentle explanations before he was open to it, but then he allowed it and we invited the light of Jesus in and took authority over division and some other things we felt were at play, and BAM! He was a different child and immediately recognized he had been influenced by spirits that had been twisting my words.
I want to share this story with you to empower you if you face situations like these.You do not want to imagine evil spirits everywhere, but you do need to be aware of them.I believe we need to focus on inviting light in as opposed to casting out darkness. You cannot openly deal with all situations as i did with my son in the privacy of our home. Sometimes you need to pray quietly alone. God can still move in those situations. Many times making sure our hearts are in the right place can take care of problems, but it is so important to realize we do have an enemy who doesn't want us to have good relationships or to succeed in life, and he will mess with us if we get too close to what he considers his territory! So please, take away with you today, that we are not fighting people, but rather, spiritual forces, and remember to fight those forces rather than those you love!
There are many ways people respond to sticky situations: some run, some deny there is an issue, some explode, some laugh. Some situations require different responses, too. Sometimes it is the best thing to let it rest and move on. But sometimes its best to face it and openly communicate by asking questions, such as, "Is this what you meant to say", or "Can you rephrase that so i can make sure i understand", or some other non-threatening question that opens communication. But that's not really what i came here to talk about today.
The thing i want to discuss is what can be behind some relationship issues. Before i go there, i want to make sure you know i don't believe we should focus on the dark side. I believe the more we invite light and love into our lives, the better off we will be. However, if you are facing a really big relationship issue that seems to keep popping up or refuses to find a resolution, you may be facing something more than a relationship problem. What i want us to remember is we don't fight 'flesh and blood', but rather against spiritual forces in heavenly realms, etc. (Ephesians 6:12). Sometimes it is very important to remember this when dealing with problems.
If there is someone in your life who consistently misunderstands you, and it appears as though they want to twist your words, it could be it is not them at all but perhaps a spirit who is getting between the two of you. If that happens, you can quietly pray and take authority over spirits that may be coming against you or twisting your words before you meet with that person. Keep in mind that these spirits could be doing the same to their words before they come to you. Fear is an example of a spirit that will cause us to hear things people are not saying. I experienced this recently, and was amazing when i got rid of fear, how differently i perceived the words spoken to me after that.
This morning, i was having an issue with one of my sons, and it was escalating out of control, and he was behaving badly, and i was becoming angry too, which caused him to feel even more unsafe. So we all took a deep breath, i had another of my sons come over and we talked gently with him to help him calm down, and we asked each other for forgiveness for some things, cleared the air, and asked if we could pray with him. It took some more gentle explanations before he was open to it, but then he allowed it and we invited the light of Jesus in and took authority over division and some other things we felt were at play, and BAM! He was a different child and immediately recognized he had been influenced by spirits that had been twisting my words.
I want to share this story with you to empower you if you face situations like these.You do not want to imagine evil spirits everywhere, but you do need to be aware of them.I believe we need to focus on inviting light in as opposed to casting out darkness. You cannot openly deal with all situations as i did with my son in the privacy of our home. Sometimes you need to pray quietly alone. God can still move in those situations. Many times making sure our hearts are in the right place can take care of problems, but it is so important to realize we do have an enemy who doesn't want us to have good relationships or to succeed in life, and he will mess with us if we get too close to what he considers his territory! So please, take away with you today, that we are not fighting people, but rather, spiritual forces, and remember to fight those forces rather than those you love!
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Take the Battle Off the Ground
Good morning from gorgeous Kentucky! I have some things on my heart today that i am excited to share with you! that being said, let's just dive right in, shall we?
I have a lot of friends in a lot of different places, and on social media (yes, i get that we don't know those people as well, but we tend to share more on social media than many of us do in real life :O). I moderate two groups on facebook, and i have listened to quite a few women, and you know, many of us face similar issues. Many of us feel trapped in various different circumstances beyond our control. The enemy loves to make women feel trapped and unfilfilled. Nothing makes a woman more anxious, angry, frustrated, overwhelmed than when she feels trapped and unfulfilled, especially if she does not see the light at the end of the tunnel. When this scenario is where you are, you begin to feel hopeless, and you respond from that hopelessness and the fear and anger and frustration that go along with it. This spills over to our husbands, children, families, and friends, creating almost like a principality. I am not judging you for where you are. I am only now seeing some of this as the attack it is upon women and their families and am in the process of facing it head on and tearing down this stronghold or principality myself. So i just want to speak into this, if i may, for a bit.
God revealed an area in my life recently, in which i was bound by fear. I felt so trapped and hopeless by the things others were doing that affected me and i saw no way through it or around it, and nothing i was doing seemed to be working. I was afraid i would never make progress in my life, never achieve my dreams. When He revealed this fear and removed it from me, and the truth was presented to me that by using the right keys, i can tear down principalities that are over me, it was like a whole world opened to me. You see, it was the belief that others can control my success in life that had me bound to fear! I knew that we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but against spirits. I knew that i could do warfare and tear down strongholds in my life, but i didn't realize that by using the correct keys, i could also tear down the strongholds that bind others around me and influence me!
For example, lets say there is someone in your life, perhaps your husband or a son, who struggles with anger, and can fly into a rage at the drop of a hat. If you believe you have no power or authority over this, you will feel like a victim; you will feel trapped! When we feel trapped, we will do one of several things. 1. We will fight back, creating more anger and abuse. 2. We will run, which gives that anger more control. 3. We will react in some other way that isn't healthy. Any of these ways will result in giving the anger more room to grow and become more serious and abusive.
HOWEVER!! Listen to this. If you realize you are not fighting flesh and blood- in other words, you are not fighting a person, but a spirit of anger- you can remain in love to the person you love, while you attack the spirit of anger by disarming it. Dis-arm means to remove the power from something. So if you know the way you usually respond is to run in fear, you need to stand up to it, but in love. If your reaction is normally to repond back in anger, you need to respond calmly, with respect, and appeal to the person's emotions without anger or fear lacing your words. We need to listen to God- he will give us wisdom, but the important thing is disarm it by not responding in a way that gives in power.
This is only one way we tear down principalities. Another major way to do so, is when we realize we are fighting a spirit, we know we can pray against that spirit, by asking God's Spirit to come and bring light to the situation. We have so much power when we realize we are not fighting people!
When we are no longer living out of a victim mentality, but realize our power, we are allowing Jesus to fight our battles! We can save our breath and energy for important things, and let go and let God fight our battles for us. What freedom! I hope this empowers you as much as it did me. You are not a victim! Go forward in who you are today, Mighty Warrior Princess!
I have a lot of friends in a lot of different places, and on social media (yes, i get that we don't know those people as well, but we tend to share more on social media than many of us do in real life :O). I moderate two groups on facebook, and i have listened to quite a few women, and you know, many of us face similar issues. Many of us feel trapped in various different circumstances beyond our control. The enemy loves to make women feel trapped and unfilfilled. Nothing makes a woman more anxious, angry, frustrated, overwhelmed than when she feels trapped and unfulfilled, especially if she does not see the light at the end of the tunnel. When this scenario is where you are, you begin to feel hopeless, and you respond from that hopelessness and the fear and anger and frustration that go along with it. This spills over to our husbands, children, families, and friends, creating almost like a principality. I am not judging you for where you are. I am only now seeing some of this as the attack it is upon women and their families and am in the process of facing it head on and tearing down this stronghold or principality myself. So i just want to speak into this, if i may, for a bit.
God revealed an area in my life recently, in which i was bound by fear. I felt so trapped and hopeless by the things others were doing that affected me and i saw no way through it or around it, and nothing i was doing seemed to be working. I was afraid i would never make progress in my life, never achieve my dreams. When He revealed this fear and removed it from me, and the truth was presented to me that by using the right keys, i can tear down principalities that are over me, it was like a whole world opened to me. You see, it was the belief that others can control my success in life that had me bound to fear! I knew that we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but against spirits. I knew that i could do warfare and tear down strongholds in my life, but i didn't realize that by using the correct keys, i could also tear down the strongholds that bind others around me and influence me!
For example, lets say there is someone in your life, perhaps your husband or a son, who struggles with anger, and can fly into a rage at the drop of a hat. If you believe you have no power or authority over this, you will feel like a victim; you will feel trapped! When we feel trapped, we will do one of several things. 1. We will fight back, creating more anger and abuse. 2. We will run, which gives that anger more control. 3. We will react in some other way that isn't healthy. Any of these ways will result in giving the anger more room to grow and become more serious and abusive.
HOWEVER!! Listen to this. If you realize you are not fighting flesh and blood- in other words, you are not fighting a person, but a spirit of anger- you can remain in love to the person you love, while you attack the spirit of anger by disarming it. Dis-arm means to remove the power from something. So if you know the way you usually respond is to run in fear, you need to stand up to it, but in love. If your reaction is normally to repond back in anger, you need to respond calmly, with respect, and appeal to the person's emotions without anger or fear lacing your words. We need to listen to God- he will give us wisdom, but the important thing is disarm it by not responding in a way that gives in power.
This is only one way we tear down principalities. Another major way to do so, is when we realize we are fighting a spirit, we know we can pray against that spirit, by asking God's Spirit to come and bring light to the situation. We have so much power when we realize we are not fighting people!
When we are no longer living out of a victim mentality, but realize our power, we are allowing Jesus to fight our battles! We can save our breath and energy for important things, and let go and let God fight our battles for us. What freedom! I hope this empowers you as much as it did me. You are not a victim! Go forward in who you are today, Mighty Warrior Princess!
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