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Draw Your Sword!

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You do not have to take it!
(This is a post from my Java, Jammies, and Jesus)

This JJJ is a little more aggressive than usual, but I believe I need to issue a call to action.

You see, there has been a recurring pattern that needs to be exposed and once you see it, you may feel the call to rise up, too.

Many people come to my site, read my writings, and some make the decision to invest in and grow my finances using tools available for you if you go to Skrumble.com.  To one degree or another the pattern is the same… initial revelation, enlightenment, the sensation of feeling “lighter than a feather,” and increased hope and courage to do whatever it is the reader or client needs to do.

This is wonderful!  God’s revelation brings elevation and a breath of fresh air.  Several people have used the same phrase to describe their experience, “I feel lighter than a feather!”

And then circumstances come along…. and then more… and now the reader or client is tempted to doubt the new thoughts God had them thinking… is it really God?

Am I really as loved, esteemed, and as favored as I’m learning?

Are my sins REALLY forgiven?

Am I really cut out for this?

Is favor just  momentary feel-good fluff?

Well, let me reinforce this old familiar perspective:  old habits
die hard.

When a mind has been set in a certain direction for a long time, it is like deeply embedded ruts in a road.  Remember the pioneers and the wagon trail?

The explosive quality of revelation can shoot us out of those ruts, making the shifts we need easier.  But our brain, and this is proven scientifically, does not like change, and will do whatever it has to to make our lives reflect what it is used to believing.


The new revelation is perceived almost like an inaccurate, incorrect thought, which the brain sets out to correct.

If anyone wants to read more about this, a good book is, “Who Switched Off My Brain?” by Dr. Caroline Leaf.

So, here is my encouragement and then call to action:


1.  Know that doubts don’t mean the truth isn’t true, and it doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you!  The transformation process takes time and diligence.  In the beginning, a down after an up is normal.

2.  When old thoughts and voices rise up and want to reclaim their place… draw your sword.  Speak OUT LOUD what you know to be true and put your stake in the ground.  If you can’t remember what’s true, it might help to go back through some of my posts, read my book, or better yet… sit in the presence of God and get loved on!

3.  Get angry at the lies, not at people, or even the circumstances.  God promises and provides abundant life.  The enemy
robs, steals, and destroys.  When it comes to lies, get good at spotting them as quickly as possible, and TAKE NO PRISONERS!

4.  If you can, join with people around you who are like-minded and going through similar changes, discovering similar things.       Accountability and encouragement is crucial to success.

There’s so much more to say, but I hope this helps.

Come and Get Your Cheer !

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Cheers!

What kind of images spring into your mind when you hear the word, “Cheers!”

Well, if you have a background like mine, you might think of people at a party, maybe a little inebriated, clinking glasses in robust celebration.

Or maybe it causes you to think about the reserved Brits, that stoically maintain their excellent posture, adding a “Pip! Pip!” to their “Cheerio!”

How about the famed “Cheers” television show… wasn’t the by-line, “Where everyone knows your name and you’re always glad you came”?

How ever you view it, the word “cheers” summons thoughts of inviting lightness, fun, and comfort. There is something enlivening and pleasant about the word. When we “cheer” someone on, we are encouraging and strengthening them with our support. It’s like our energies combine and produce a zest for living, the extra steam we need to make it to the finish line, or just the sheer joy of knowing someone really cares.

I am blessed to have such an infinite reservoir of cheer so readily available to me. Sometimes it flows from my amazing husband. Sometimes through kind and generous friends. Sometimes it even flows through my kids! But it always, always, always flows through the Lord. I come regularly to Him to get my dose of cheer, and He is always happy to dole it out. In His often quiet way, He calls me when I am distressed or sad, and says, “Come. Come to Me….” I don’t always know why, but I come because He has proven to me that whatever it is I come for, it will be good. I may enter His presence feeling downcast, but I always leave it glad, satisfied, and filled with new hope and courage.

As I have studied and meditated on “cheer,” my idea about how the Lord “cheers me up” has exploded! Consider this: to brighten up, to be made blithe, light, merry, or gleesome; to be made glad and joyful; to have courage, to be daring and bold. Think what life would be like with more courage, lightness and merriment?

Cheer infuses energy! It imparts strength! It feels…. Good!!

The Lord has that for me!!! The Lord has that for you! We just need to go and get it!

The Lord has revealed to me the power behind this word, and so, today’s entry will be the first in a series. To further your appreciation of this word and how and why God wants us to appropriate it, check these out when you are having your “Java, Jammies, and Jesus” times! Matthew 9:2; Matthew 14:27; Mark 6:50; John 16:33