We arrived altogether on December 31st and after two weeks of training, we are finally ready to be released to do the work that God has called us to this year. We started training on Sunday and just finished on Friday. It was an amazing time where we were challenged, stretched, encouraged, and empowered. We were blessed to sit under some amazing leadership – Seth Barnes, Gary Black, Andrew Shearman, and Bob Wag. All these men love the Lord and walk in His power and authority. I am grateful for the ways that they have spoke truth into our lives this past week. They said that from the beginning one of their goals was to wreck our view of Christianity and the spirit of religion – to take away all the “Christian” things we learn to do because that’s what people that go to church do and replace them with Truth. They equipped us with tools that we need to be effective in the nations.
What did I take away from all this information? Well, let’s say at the beginning, I was close minded and somewhat scared. I knew that I would be challenged and stretched and although I knew it would be good, I knew that it would be hard. And, I was right, I was challenged, it was good, and it was hard. I was challenged to be more of the woman that God wants me to be. I desperately wanted to grow and step more into that role that God has called me, but something was holding me back. With the help of Gary Black and God speaking through him, we were able to pinpoint that my mind was what was holding me back. I realized that in my gut I wanted things and wanted to be the woman that God has called me, but my mind wouldn’t allow me. Each time I stepped out to try something new, my mind kept me bound up. I came to realize that most of my life I have only operated in a small portion of who I am because I have operated mainly out of my mind, not my heart.
Romans 12:2 – “Do not be conformed any longer by the patterns of this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of your MINDS so that you will know God’s will, His good, perfect, and pleasing will.”
So, my conclusion is that I need to stop thinking. Okay, so not stop thinking completely, but not allowing my mind to rule my life. I want to live out of the overflow of my heart. I want to be recklessly abandoned for Christ, not allowing any thoughts to dictate my life, and hinder me from the ministry and the life that God has called me to. I want to be the woman that God wants me to be. I want to operate in His fullness and walk in His power and authority. How do I stop thinking and operating out of my heart and not my head? I’m not exactly sure, but I do know that the only thing that Satan has is WORDS and I am choosing to not believe any lies that he throws my way. There is victory in Christ!
Phillipians 1:6 – “…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
