woman-of-god:

God knows what you are going through. He knows every tear that you’ve shed, and those same very tears do not go unnoticed because He is preparing you for something bigger! Something is coming and that is VICTORY!

**1Corinthians 15:57** “BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO GIVES US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!”

There is VICTORY AND FREEDOM IN JESUS CHRIST! “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” John 8:36

spiritualinspiration:

I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalm 34:1, NKJV)

It’s easy to get focused on what’s wrong in life, what we don’t have, and how big our obstacles are. If we’re not careful, we’ll lose sight of all the good things God has done. We’ll take for granted our family, friends, health and the opportunities God has blessed us with. We’ll get so busy and stressed out that we won’t appreciate the gift of today. What’s happened? Our perspective has gotten off.

Perspective is all about how we see a situation. There’s power in your perspective because you will draw into your life what you constantly meditate on. Business may be slow. The economy may be down. The wrong perspective is, “I’ll never make it. It’s just too much.” The right perspective is, “God is supplying all of my needs. He said He would prosper me even in a desert.”

Today, I encourage you to evaluate your perspective. Choose to lift your eyes to God the Father no matter what is happening in your circumstances. Remember, as you set your perspective in the right direction, your life will follow. When you keep an attitude of faith and expectancy, you open the door for His blessing in every area of your life!

tothegodofallgrace:

Here I am, sitting in Starbucks in Davis Square reading social psych with thought, emotions, and ideas swarm my head as I dwell in my introverted withdrawals.  Satan filling my head with lies and discouragement.  I guess Im walking through the valley of Death, forgetting that I should fear no evil.  So this is for you Satan. leave! for Your lies may have gotten to me. But not anymore!  for I have “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”(ephesians 6:12-17)  So Come at me bro. My God is bigger than you!

Prov 4:23 ”Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life”. (NIV)

To guard your heart is to keep Christ’s righteousness, mercy and love inside. It means not to allow evil to seep in. How do we keep evil from seeping in? We must guard our thoughts and make sure they are pleasing to God — not condemnatory or judgmental (Philippians 4:8). When a seed of judgment becomes planted in our heart due to unforgiveness if it is not corrected with meditation on grace and God it will become a root of bitterness. Sin starts as thoughts. When we think sinful thoughts we open our hearts to evil behaviors. If you want to start walking with Christ in terms of mimicking His forgiveness and mercy you must keep His word in your heart and keep the thoughts of the Holy Spirit in your mind. The bible tells us that we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). Since we have the mind of Christ we must put out all thoughts that are negative or detrimental to us or others. Christ’s benign nature will only show in us when we choose to listen to and obey Him.

When we read and meditate on scripture and the works of God we open ourselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit. You can’t keep God’s word in your heart and entertain bitterness at the same time. When we think about God’s works, His miracles, and His nature we condition our minds to think positively. When we think positively we will be compelled to obey Christ in action and in thought.

- Ayo Sage

man-of-god:

Here is your/her question, i pray it speaks to someone. 

“I know we are supposed to guard our hearts, and I do, but how am I supposed to guard my heart when my mind is starting to believe everything the world says about me and convince my heart of that? I am treated like an idiot by 90% of people surrounding me. No matter how many times I refute that and quote what God says about me, when I’m trying to sleep at night, it gets so hard to shut my brain up and just go to sleep. How do I get past this? I know God has more, better things for me.”

God wants your heart for Himself. He does not want you to share it with the enemy by laying awake at night entertaining his lies. He does not want your heart to accept the things that contradict what his scripture teaches and what he tells you himself. It was the basis of your original union with Him.  God asks for faith. The enemy despises your heart because it is with your heart that you believe unto righteousness.

• “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:10).

Divine peace is one of the greatest security systems you can use to guard your heart. This peace is born out of prayer. It causes you to trust what you cannot trace. It leads you to rely on the character of God. A character cannot be proven; it must be believed. Nothing you read will replace the personal experience that evolves from prayer and praise and from time spent learning to know the God your heart has believed. There is a realm of faith that supersedes believing, and that is the realm of knowing.

God’s peace will guard your heart and mind. How do you find peace? God will give us peace when we stop lying awake at night to focus on the negative things people say or do to us, stop focusing on the enemies lies, stop focusing on what the enemy says we are worth, and start seeking God. When you are more dedicated to worship, more dedicated to praying without ceasing, more dedicated to reading scripture so that you may hide the word in your heart and not give the enemy any more footholds, that is when God will begin to give you more peace; when you allow him to do so. [Redirect your focus] It will cause you to pick out what thoughts you will entertain. If you know the story of Samson, Samson entertained Delilah, and she infiltrated his heart and took his secrets. Avoid entertaining thoughts that will destroy your peace. Whenever I catch myself rehearsing problems over and over, I know I am entertaining those problems. They will “cut my hair of anointing” if I don’t abort them! How can a thought be “aborted”?

• “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you” (Philippians 4:8-9).

If life has dealt you some tough cards, don’t give up. You may be down, but bless God, you are not out. Strengthen the things that remain and go on. You will never survive the challenges of life if you make decisions without consultation. God wants to teach you the significance and power of daily communion with Him.

You are in the ring with a formidable opponent who wants to take you out right now! Your enemy knows that God has predestined you for greatness. He would love to destroy you with a single blow. But he doesn’t have the power to take out a woman who really prays.

Make a commitment to stand in God’s strength, regardless of the challenges or questions life brings and regardless of how hard you are hit. You may feel the sting of the devil’s blows, and you may even wince in pain, but give him a clear message with fire in your eyes. There will be no towel-throwing in this fight.

 That snake isn’t fighting a limp-wristed, coward of a woman who has no stamina. You’ve been to hell’s door and back again for yourself! You have been created and trained in the likeness and image of his worst nightmare! You are a resurrected woman! You have been renewed in your faith, and you are firm in your conviction. Tell the enemy, “I am a woman of prayer. I will be knocked no lower than my knees!”

The best advice i can give you is to redirect your focus from those problems, words, etc. to God and his word. You say that you know it, but read it until you believe it, pray until he tells you himself, focus on worshipping him and running to his arms. When you try to run from your problems, you will notice that you can never run fast enough. When you run to God, he will meet you where your at, clean you up, and you will see the way he sees you, notice the way he looks at you, hear the words he speaks over you. The lies that the enemy speaks will lose power and authority over your life once you give the authority back to God, stop trying to handle it ourselves, and give him control. Know you are NOBODIES idiot. You are NOBODIES fool, you ARE  a child of the MOST HIGH KING!

I pray this helped a bit, and after i send this, know i will surely pray for you as well!

In Christ, Dan