THIS IS MY REASONABLE SACRIFICE
More often than we desire, we will enter seasons where it seems so hard to get and/or keep the things we truly desire. It is in these seasons God is requiring a 'Sacrifice'. These seasons can be scary but so extremely necessary. These are the times where you have to trust God to KNOW your desires and to fulfill them according to HIS will. Yes, you will LOSE somethings in these seasons but I promise sister, these are the loss you needed to truly WIN. So here is a prayer that I want you to pray EVERY TIME you enter these seasons, EVERY TIME your sister calls and says I'm tired of fighting, EVERY TIME you feel like your losing, EVERY TIME you're hit with a "no-win" situation or choice you need to make. Decide to not LOSE but to SURRENDER it ALL to God's will and the devil won't have the access to steal it.
(Share this prayer with ANYONE who thinks they need advice and let them know,
what they need is a Sacrifice, essentially this is what a FAST is. Giving up what you enjoy to receive the enjoyment of God's best)
Dear God, I (Insert your name)
(say which one applies)
Love / Want / Really Like / Desperately Need
(NAME the thing/person you are struggling with)
and I feel so strongly about "it" that I want to offer it as a sacrifice to you because I don't want to ever 'Need or ENJOY' anything more than YOU. So God I trust you not to give me what I want, but to keep your perfect plans toward me. I trust you with my heart, my home, my career, my family, my future, God I trust you with my life. THIS "thing" that I so desire, I leave at your feet and say God have your way! I can't love enough, work enough, forgive enough, buy enough to maintain anything that isn't in YOUR WILL anyway, so God this is my full surrender. Have your way in and through my life. Release your will, Release every strong hold, everything that will exalt itself above Your plans for me Father and I ask that you withhold no good thing from me as I surrender ALL to you and truly rest in your arms. Thy WILL be done, In your mighty name, AMEN!
(Read Jeremiah 29:11)
and REST!
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"It's not about what you expect, it's about what you project."
- Nikiva Dionne
We've all met a sister and felt an instant 'connection'. It's easy to speak to her. You feel listened to. You feel interested in. You feel comfortable. That's because your 'ENERGY' was receptive to her Energy and vice versa. I'm tempted to say, 'what about the contrary?' but that may shift your energy to a less than responsible space. My prayer is that we become responsible for our Energy. This ministry is called 'Leave em in AWE', because God revealed to me that women need to truly understand the power their ENERGY has to create and shift any atmosphere.
If you're reading this I encourage you to participate in each of the exercises on this page. They are designed to introduce you to yourself and the person God created you to be. They can also be done in a group setting as bonding exercises.
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Take What You Need
This exercise has us in #AWE
Take What You Need, was originally spotted on an IG page and It stirred up something so special in our spirits we knew it was God. While His spirit was all over this selfless and giving display, we felt led to add a scripture reference to support each "need".
Original Version #AWE version
Sometimes when we are in the midst of a 'need' we can't discern exactly what the need is. But what we know for sure is EVERY NEED is supplied in HIS word. This is just a cute but purposed cork board exercise to place in your home, business, etc. It may lead to conversation, prayer, deliverance or you may never know who took which need but, know that God does and HIS purpose is fulfilled through your obedience.
*We decided to add it to an existing Gratitude Cork Board.*
**Please let us know if creating the 'Take What You Need' form isn't self explanatory and we will do a step by step.
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I am Proud
Don't assume you know the true meaning of even the most common words. Assume life has created in you, your own personal definition and decide to re-learn, unlearn and learn for the first time through God's heart concerning you.
1. Look up the dictionary definition of the word Proud
2. Go to a mirror and repeat, out loud, the following inserting your name and feelings where appropriate.
(Insert YOUR name) I am PROUD of you for/because (Insert specific reasons you are proud of yourself)
ex: Samantha I am PROUD of you because you didn't drop out of school when you failed your anatomy course.
3. REPEAT! Continue repeating out loud different reasons you are proud of YOURSELF for 2-4min.
This has NOTHING to do with anyone but YOU! God says in this time: I know your name. I know your fears. I know your perceived failures. I know your every thought. I know the tears you are fighting to hold back. I know your regrets. NOW give each and every one of them over to me and be PROUD of yourself. All I've ever wanted is for you to see yourself, as I see you. I love you anyhow, but I can not do through you what I've purposed to do through you if I can't get INSIDE of you enough for you to know I AM PROUD OF YOU, says your FATHER in heaven.
Scripture references for when you need a reminder: Luke 12:7, Jeremiah 1:4, John 15:16, Psalm 139:2, Psalms 139:13, 1 corinthians 3:16, John 17:23
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