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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Stand Up in your Liberty

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As the month of February comes to an end and we moving forward into March, I hope that your fears decease and your freedom increases.I hope that you are taking some time to get a better understand of what God desires for your life. A life filled to the brim and overflowing with his freedom. The freedom to pursue the things that will make you happy. Not the life that others want for you but the life he created you to live.

I started this month blogging about Fear. Fear can be a wonderful warning sign. It can be that little tug at the heart that lets you know when someone or something is not quite right. Fear in that instance is great. It becomes a problem when you slow down or stop doing the will of God. When you refuse to do purpose. When you play the "What-ifs" song over and over in your head.

Women of God don't allow fear and his friends to lie to you. They will tell you what you can't do, who you can't be and why things aren't for you. The lies that fear tells can and will keep you sitting in the backseat of your life as he drives you to nowhere blvd and why street.

Freedom should become your best friend.We should partner with it. You should no longer be tied to stagnation and ineffectiveness. Make the "I can't " turn into " I can". Begin to depend on God constantly to show how to work out your destiny. You will begin to walk free in the liberty of Christ.

I started this blog with an action scripture. We have to transform our minds from the fear factor to the faith factor. The first action is to "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free ." I have a question though, and it might sound crazy but do you know you are free? I mean as Christians there is a lot of bondage in the church. We are bound to religious organizations, church affiliations, denominations, church group or ministries. And the biggest bondage for women in the church is just being a woman. I mean with all this bondage how can a woman be free in Christ.

As women of God and his image bearers (Genesis 1:27), we have a freedom that has nothing to do with the church you go to or your denomination. You are free because of your personal relationship with the Godhead. You can go to God and seat and sup with him. (Revaltion3:20) You have an open door to the Kingdom as children of God to come and talk with him. (Galatians 4:7) As heir to the throne of grace(Hebrews 4:16) you can come boldly and ask what you will and the desires of your hearts will be given. The blood of Jesus covers you and the Holy Spirit lives in you and with that, you have sonship (John1: 12)With all of this, we are free and we should not and can't be put back into bondage by no one.

The last part is a daily task, "And be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Be on your constant guard against anything that will try to come and put you back in bondage. Jesus addresses this issue in Matthew 12:43-45. He says that once a spirit leaves a man he goes looking for a new place to rest. If he can't find one he will come back to the old place looking for a way in. Once in he will bring more sprits with him.

You have to be aware that the fears that once had you slow down or stop are still around you. Once fear is kicked out keep him out. Don't give him any room to come in. Don't give up in the process. Don't doubt the work that you are done. There is a blessing in the pressing. Have faith that you will make it through. Don't allow the former things to be a stumbling block causing you to fall and not get up. Instead, allow the liberty that you have in Christ to springboard your forward.

Below is one of my favorite quotes. I have been saying this for years.

March, we will be moving forward. See ya next month.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Standing in Liberty

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Friday, February 23, 2018

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day

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Monday, February 12, 2018

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Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Fear, The Purpose Killer or Liberator

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The month of February will represent FEAR/FREEDOM. These two words represent either you have stopped or you are moving forward. Fear will always stop you.Freedom will always move you . Fear comes from a place of being scared of the unknown and not wanting to know what the outcome will be. When we are fearful we look like the little girl in the picture below.

We can't walk around like this and expect to go far. The truth of the matter is that most of us are walking around with our hands over our eyes and expecting to get through life not seeing what is going on around us.

We are fearful of so many things. We fear enlightenment. We are fearful of growth. We fear the plans that God has for our lives. We fear his plans will take us to places we don't want to go. We fear will have to engage with people that we don't know and that scares us to death. With all this fear how will freedom come. We have to get pass fear and be set free.

We have to begin to walk in freedom. Freedom is not easy. Freedom requires us to do something that doesn't come naturally to us. Freedom requires trusting (rely on ,depend on) God. We have to trust that God will see us through our lives journey. Jesus said he would send the Comforter to guide us. We must trust the Holy Spirit will direct us through our fearful situations. A good example of a fearless woman in the Bible is Queen Esther.

Queen Esther saved her people from a impeding death. Her story takes place in Babylon when the children of Israel are taken captive. Esther was a young girl living with her Uncle Mordecai.

There came a time when King Ahasuerus sent out a decree looking for a new queen. Mordecai sent Esther in for the running and she won. She was the new Queen and soon she would be required to help her people. She had won the favour of the king and it would work for her good later.

There was a plan hatched to kill the Jewish people. Mordecai got word to the Queen asking for her help in the matter. Queen Esther was in a pickle. She was newly appointed to this position and now she is being asked to save the Jewish people, her people. In order to make this happen, she had to get before the King. The problem with that was there were certain times you can meet with the King. If you went before the King without permission you were to be killed unless he raised his scepter toward you.

What was Queen Esther to do?

She did the FEAR steps .

1.Face it- Queen Esther had no choice. She had to face the fact that someone was trying to kill the Jewish people and in her position, she had to stop them. Esther was about to face either her death or delivering her people. Read Esther Chapter 3

2. Explore it- Queen Esther explored what to do. She declared a time of fasting and praying. She called for all of the Jewish people to fast and pray for three days. She also required this from her immediate circle. She was going before God and needed everyone to be on one accord so she could hear what she needed to be do or not do.

Esther 4:15-17

3. Accept it- Queen Esther had to accept the answer God was going to give. She couldn't allow fear to grip her but turn that fear into freedom. The freedom to know that her God answers the prayers of his saints.Esther 4:16

4. Respond- The response was to go and take an audience before the King without an appointment. She knows this might mean her death but it was a chance she was willing to take.She put on her royal apparel and made her way to the court. She is shown flavour and is allowed to speak to the King. Long story short the Jewish people were saved. Esther Chapter 5

When we trust God in spite of the circumstances God will respond to our prayers. The steps of FEAR brings FREEDOM.

Ester walked freely into the Kings court because no matter the outcome she had left her fear back in her chamber.

Where is your fear right now?

Are you frighten because of financial woes?

Are you fearful that your marriage is going to end in divorce?

Are your children lost to this world and you are afraid of the next call to your home?

Has your health or mental state left you wondering where God is?

My sister's don't let fear keep you up guessing or wondering what to do. Trust he is right there with you moving the monsters out of your way.Move your hands away from your eyes and face it. Explore where he wants to take you. Accept the outcome because a blessing is in it. Respond with praise and worship that our God is great than anything.

Fear is an enemy of yours, so stop being his friend.