declaration

declaration, God is my hope

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I want the Lord to be my SOLE source of hope in this life.How could my life change if I could realize this one truth? I wrote this declaration (or prayer), straight from scripture, to challenge myself to believe it. To absorb this truth until I can live it out.

Because of what Christ has done, I believe in God. It was God who raised him from the dead. And it was God who gave him glory. So my faith and hope are in God. 1 Peter 1.21 God lives forever! I can run to him for safety.  His powerful arms are always there to carry me. Deuteronomy 33.27 My God will meet all my needs. He will meet them in keeping with his wonderful riches that come to me because I belong to Christ Jesus. Philippians 4.19 A noble woman puts on strength and honor as if they were her clothes.  She can laugh at the days that are coming. Oh Lord, let me be like her. Proverbs 31.25 I have seen your power and your glory. Your love is better than life. I will bring glory to you with my lips. I will praise you as long as I live. Psalm 63.2-4 I will put God’s kingdom first. Do what he wants me to do. Then all of those things I need will also be given to me. I won’t worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6.33-34 I will not be afraid. I will not be put to shame anymore.  I will not be afraid of being dishonored. God made me. He is now my husband. His name is The Lord Who Rules Over All. He is the Holy One of Israel. He has set me free. He is the God of the whole earth. He will show me his loving concern. His faithful love will continue forever. Isaiah 54.4-5, 8

Gold Digger

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recently in life group, we were discussing the depth of disappointment and hope. unanswered prayers. persistent hope. frustrations and joys. then afterwards we took time to declare who God is to each of us (He is my healer, provider, Father of good gifts, my strength, etc). The Lord gave me a fun declaration that I want to share : )

I declare the Lord is a gold digger!

(i even heard the song in my head, but i like the glee version, b/c its clean….i aint sayin she’s a gold digger…)

I felt the Lord wanted to say… He likes to be around us because we are VALUABLE. And since the Holy Spirit is in me, then I already have things like the fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control). So when I ask the Lord for joy, He doesn’t just “give”me joy, He reaches instead of me to pull out, to call out, to highlight, what is already inside of me. He is calling out and digging inside of me for those gold nuggets! So He can then show them to me, all shiny and glamorous, and say “hey, look what I found in you! I knew it was there, because I gave it to you long ago.”

He is so funny! And encouraging.

Galatians 5: 1, 16, 22-23 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery….But I say, walk by the Spirit…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.