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These last few months have been some of intense spiritual warfare. Learning how and why counterfeit relationships appear and what happens when they infiltrate our lives has been eye-opening. The enemy always tries to come up with counterfeits for everything. Counterfeits bring about knowledge on how to war in the spirit. It causes us to take a look at how to pick up our sword and fight because we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against principalities.

How can I grow from this and what spiritual warfare tactics can I learn from the counterfeits placed either in my life or in front of me?

Ask for better vision

Sometimes, we do not see the counterfeit in our midst. They can be familiar or have become part of your circle of friends. It takes time to truly see someone’s intentions – good or bad. In the process of figuring out one’s intentions, take the time to ask the Lord for better vision. What do I need to see about this person, situation or circumstance? What am I missing or not discerning? How can I be a better person regardless of how this person or counterfeit acts?

Keep in mind that people can play games and hurt people hurt people. Ask the Lord to see the counterfeit as He sees them because God can open your eyes up to see what’s really going on. Discern in the spirit what is taking place and spend intentional time with the Lord to discern next steps.

Learn to discern and hear

Discernment is a spiritual gift. The dictionary defines it as “the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure; skill in discerning; an act of perceiving or discerning something.” In the Christian faith, it is a similar concept, but it is bestowed by the Holy Spirit, and many denominations believe it can allow someone to know whether a demonic of heavenly influence is over a person, place, or event. Learning how to discern the situations which come from those who are heavily influenced by evil is important. Consulting God in prayer, asking wise believers for their input, and reading the scripture helps cultivate a spirit of discernment. Applying this wisdom is where the life of a believer makes the difference. 

Learn to hear. What is God saying about the situation? How am I hearing from the Lord? What can I learn from this circumstance and how can I apply this to the outcome? Sharpening your discernment will help you to grow in knowledge and wisdom which will keep counterfeits at bay.

Have gratitude no matter what

The more wisdom and discernment a Christian can exercise, the stronger his or her faith, and the better that person will be able determine what is good, and God’s will. This also happens in conjunction with gratitude. Having and cultivating gratitude is a gift to be able to see the good will of God. Learning to pray blessings over your enemy is a huge lesson. This lesson will cause you to walk forward in gratitude for the circumstance or counterfeit and make you realize you have a choice in the situation – to bless or curse someone. Our goal as believers is to always bless someone and treat them with the love of the Father. This helps not only witness to the counterfeit or situation but allows the love of the Father to work through you and bless them. Working through forgiveness and praying blessings over them will reap huge abundance in your own life.

Questions for reflection: Where are you allowing counterfeits to come into your life?Where can you open your eyes to see what’s going on? How can you incorporate more prayer into your life in order to discern?Where and over who is God asking you to bless someone? How can you pray abundance over a counterfeit?How can you be a blessing and light to those around you regardless of the circumstance?

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The enemy will send a counterfeit ahead of a breakthrough in your life. This can be in any area of your life including romantic relationships. I have honestly fell for the words, the affection and the attention that has come my way in the last four years. I’ve had to really be cognizant and discerning of what’s coming into my life. I was craving attention because of the neglect in my previous marriage. Not in a bad way of finding it at all costs, but in a non-discerning way because I allowed it instead of paying attention due to wanting affection.

What lie am I believing?

Ask the Lord to reveal, why am I letting a counterfeit into my life? My reasoning behind it is that I’m not believing the Lord will do it. The area of romantic relationships has been plundered by the enemy, especially because I was raised to believe I needed a man in order to succeed in life. Marriage is a beautiful thing and something I believe wholeheartedly in, but it won’t solve your problems. A successful relationship brings the Kingdom to earth, and it doesn’t compromise, confuse or delay. We can go out and try to fulfill the innermost parts of our being with others, but until we fully surrender our lives, we will operate at half the capacity of the calling on our lives.

Who you partner with in this area is so important. One of the things the Lord highlighted to me, was that this person couldn’t go where I was going. We weren’t on the same path. The Lord also highlighted to me Daniel 2:22 “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.” When the Lord removes someone, it’s because He can see what’s hidden in their hearts (and in yours). He knows if someone is for your good or not. There can be many reasons God removes someone from your life. One of the biggest reasons has been character issues. If the person you’re with doesn’t have the same character or same character standards as you, God will remove them. You want someone who matches you in character and strength.

I’ve also believed the lie that God doesn’t care about affection for me, and my sex life when it comes to romantic relationships and marriage. This last relationship really showed me the importance of friendship. And that was the void it filled – having a friend who I could talk to about anything. Nothing was off limits. Sometimes we place people in the spot of God which is called an idol, and that isn’t good either for the parties involved. We should never place a person on a pedestal because eventually they fall. We all fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) and thank goodness we have a Savior who picks us up by the bootstraps, dusts us off and says start again each day. His mercies are new each day (Lamentations 3:22-23) and I’m so incredibly grateful.

The woman at the well

I’ve often pondered the woman at the well, a half-bred (Samaritan and Jew), who was married multiple times. So many people focus on her past and have used this story against so many women. I often look at the encounter she had with the Lord at the well. He knew her whole story… from broken, thirsty for water, to the first evangelist telling her town about the man she met. The man who knew exactly where she would be that day and knew she needed living water. Water that would quiche the thirst for love. She too had looked for love in all the wrong places and had to be married in order to survive. How often do we preach this message because we think that if we can explain it in our human way we can justify the judgement against her? She knew she was sinner and hopeless, but she left that well filled with love, hope and excitement. That love, hope and excitement is what led her to telling everyone about Jesus because of one encounter.

I’ll never forget watching the Chosen in 2021 and getting to that episode where he meets her at the well. The woman who played her did a phenomenal job. I was sitting in my home by myself in the middle of a divorce and the Lord quietly said to my spirit, ‘if I used her for my glory why can’t I use you?’ Tears started to run down my face… so broken, unqualified, and doubting everything in my life. Here I was in the middle of what is deemed failure by the worlds and the churches standards, but not the standards of my Savior. Nothing is too big for him to overcome.

What if we lived our lives in such a way that we extended the love, hope and excitement of Jesus to others that they too wanted to know his love? It would change the world and that is exactly what the woman at the well did after her amazing Yeshua encounter.

High Sex Drives

The ‘church’ has done a terrible job of explaining sex, its intentions and why boundaries are important. We’ve lived with shame for too long from the purity culture and the wrong messaging has infiltrated pulpits. One thing the church does when explaining this is to always place the sex drive on the husband. What do you do when the wife has a higher sex drive? There is no one to turn to and explain ‘Hey I really like sex and would like to have that in my marriage, but my husband won’t have sex with me.’ No one explains how porn affects sex lives, how previous sin and soul ties create chaos in marriage, or how women can be designed to have a high sex drive. When I say there is no one to talk to… there is no one to talk to. This led me to making bad decisions against myself just to make me desirable to my husband.

This lie is finally changing and why are we speaking about sex drives in a devotional? Because it goes along with the counterfeit. The enemy sent me someone with a high sex drive who wanted to make me happy (eventually – we were good and kept a boundary there). But it broke my heart because I have prayed for a man/husband who would actually want me. Having a husband who barely touches you will break your heart especially if one of your love languages is physical touch. We are humans with real needs and God created each of us uniquely. Regardless of the outcome, I still pray for a man who will want to be with me and want to make me happy. There is nothing wrong with the desires of your heart. What can be wrong is placing the desire in front of someone who doesn’t deserve to know these things about you.

As you consider the counterfeit relationships in your life, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you where you are believing a lie. This lie is allowing you to compromise instead of standing tall knowing your God will answer your prayers.

Questions to ponderHow do you recognize a counterfeit? Is there peace? Do they lead to confusion or create chaos?What need was the romantic relationship trying to fill? What have you placed in front of the Lord in your life? It can be anything, but have you idolized a person in front of the Lord? Ask him to show you who.Is there a deep need inside the innermost being of your heart? If so, how is a counterfeit trying to fill that need? There are no wrong answers. What scripture do you need to apply to your situation? Ask the Lord to bring it light. He will reveal His words for your journey.

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I’ve often wondered about counterfeit relationships and how and why they affect our lives. The enemy always tries to come up with counterfeits for everything. Several times it comes as a counterfeit way to find comfort. When you look at the life of Job, he had three friends who dissented and argued against him trying to prove him to be unholy. Were these friends counterfeits? Only the Lord knows that, but the three friends Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar did come to comfort and be there for him when the suffering took place. They sat with him in silence before the discord started. Why would a good God allow such relationships in those biblical stories and our lives? I’ve had two counterfeit relationships in the last few years. One romantically and one personal. Both had characteristics of using me (and vice versa) and being used by the enemy to either deter my life or influence it in a way which wasn’t good for either party. Why do we let them stay?

Raising our value

Sometimes it’s because we don’t see the value placed in us by God. If we truly believed we were created to be valuable and bring value to the world, we wouldn’t tolerate those who bring us down. We would see their tactics a little differently. My therapist had a great question. What do you want out of these relationships? Forget about them and their needs for two seconds. What do you want? I was thrown because it’s such a simple question with profound answers. I hadn’t given my needs and wants any thought because I’m always putting others first. It happened in the romantic relationship where he used me as his emotional support tool and it happened in the friendship where they needed help, so I helped them without expecting anything back. You have to put on your oxygen mask first in an emergency landing. It’s not being narcissistic to take care of your needs and make sure the right enforceable boundaries are in place.

Don’t have a spirit of offense

Here’s the hard part – don’t let a spirit of offense land in your life when people treat you that way. So many people, including myself, are offended. We get hurt when people use us and we allow it. We also get hurt in other relational ways, but it’s our goal as believers not to let that spirit land in our life and forgive. I went through a huge forgiveness journey in 2024 towards my ex-husband learning how to let the grieving wife go, and to forgive him for using me in different ways. I also learned how to pray blessings over him and to show him love in every interaction. It’s really helped our co-parenting. The Lord didn’t want me staying stuck in the yuck of unforgiveness.

Please hear me. I’m far from perfect but I’m learning that I don’t have to allow others to use me in order to get my needs met. God wants to meet my needs in crazy ways without it causing me pain. He has sent words through people to encourage and help keep me safe. I haven’t always listened. But God wants me to crawl up in his lap and stay safely in his arms.

Listen to the Holy Spirit yourself

You don’t need someone else’s Holy Spirit – you have your own if you have a relationship with the Lord. So, in your quiet time with God, cultivate a relationship. It’s all about relationship anyway. What is the Lord saying through his word, signs and wonders, through others (if led to listen) and through the small whispers in your life? Learning to discern the voice of the Lord is very important. Our world is too noisy. We don’t take the time to sit, be still and be quiet. It’s an intentional practice to quiet yourself, clear out the noise and sit in silence. Listen, hear and obey. What is the Lord telling you directly? Then take those prayers, encouragements, downloads and lean into what the spirit is saying. Those will be the strategies and tactics he wants you to follow to bring value to your life. If we lay in ourselves consecrated before him in a surrendered posture it will bring his glory to the earth. His glory can manifest by living with compassion towards others even when they offend you.

So, live with compassion, turn the other cheek, forgive when hurt, and lean into the spirit. These principles will take you far beyond what you can imagine. Ephesians 3:20.

Questions for reflection: Where are you allowing counterfeits to come into your life?What do you want out of the relationships in your life? There are no wrong answers. Where are you allowing someone else to be your Holy Spirit?What can you learn from Job’s life and the lessons his journey brings?There are godly examples like Jonathan and David who lived out purposeful boundaries while edifying each other for the glory of the Kingdom. Where has God placed those people in your life? What does forgiveness mean to you? How do you live without a spirit of offense?

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The other day I landed in one of my favorite chapters in the bible, Psalm 37. And for some reason unknown to me I noticed in verse three it says, “dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” Another version of this verse is “Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.”

To be safe… safe pastures

Our ultimate safety is with the Lord – in the waiting, in the hard times, and in the seasons of doubt. God provides a safe place for us to process everything with Him. Jesus beckons us to crawl up in his lap and sit a while. To be and to spend time with the Lord is a precious gift. A day with God is so amazing and when we sit in these safe pastures we experience more in the spirit than we realize. There are things behind the scenes being put into place and orchestrated, and God is working on our behalf. When we trust in the Lord, which means to rely on and have confidence in, we learn to dwell in the land because we know there is safety and its safe. When you trust someone, you know they are safe. Being safe and feeling safe, is very hard for an abuse survivor and abuse victims. We need to know there are people out here who aren’t going to take advantage of us and be a safe place to land. What God is teaching me is He is a safe place to land. He provides, protects and keeps his promises (Numbers 23:19 ““God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it?”). His promises are yes and amen.

Do I trust him?

But it comes back to trust. Do I trust Him with my whole heart? If the answer is yes, then I can take a step forward into his safe pastures? Often times, we have barricades up around our hearts. Oh, this spot is too painful Lord; I’m going to keep it right here and not let you in any further. If you get too close, we might have to really examine what I did wrong and who hurt me. But he so gently takes our hand and says, “Give it to me. I died for every single wound you did, have and will experience. Let me tenderly unwrap it, forgive and lead you through repentance, and be a light to the dark places.” When he brings that wound into the light, it no longer has power. He gently untangles each crevice, showing you how to forgive and let love in to make it a smooth place. A place where safety can live. This is living in safe pastures. Being able to take his hand, fully trust Him and let him undo all the yuck and lies which keep you from his dwelling place (land of the living in Psalm 27:13-14).

Is the process easy? No. But we can feed securely on his faithfulness, knowing he takes care of everything. So, take a big or a small step into that pasture… on the other side is healing, wholeness and joy unspeakable.

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There are fruits of the spirit that reflect the character of a believer living in accordance with the Holy Spirit as detailed in Galatians 5:23 – peace, love, joy, self-control, patience, goodness, faithfulness and gentleness. These are things to live out and embody in the natural as a believer of Jesus. There are also things which hinder us from walking fully into our identities and one of them is the spirit of fear. Fear robs you of your destiny, it paralyzes you from living out everyday things in life and steals your joy. In 2 Timothy 1:7 “For the Spirit of God does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” When you recognize that the spirit of fear is at play in those you love, what do you do? I’ve had very recent talks with my children about not living in fear; taking all your cares and praying about it because we daily watch our family walk in fear. It has robbed my family members of precious time together and joyous occasions because they live with extreme fear.

Identify the spirit

Do you have the following symptoms? Inability to trust, paralyzing fear or anxiety, negative thinking, isolation, waiting for the other shoe to drop, thinking the world is against you? These thoughts and behaviors are signs that you are operating with a spirit of fear in your life. Once you identify the spirit, it’s time to figure out how to evict this thing from your life. You don’t have to live with fear, allow fear to rule, or keep it in your life as your friend. It’s not your friend. Now, some will say there is such a thing as healthy fear. And yes, that can be true such as being cognizant of your surroundings when out late at night. Or recognizing when healthy boundaries are crossed. But most of the time, when anxiety, stress, or negative thinking are present the underlying cause is fear.

Combat the lie with the truth

How many times do we hear, don’t believe the lies? So many people believe lies not only said to them or about them, but they also believe what the world says. But the Bible says to put the truth in your mind and renew it with scripture. Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” The word renew means to restore to freshness; to begin again.

What would it look like to begin again? If you are fearing, read the word of God. It will sooth your soul in ways we can’t explain. Get those words down deep, so when the fear comes or the panic attack arises, you can combat it with truth. You will keep in steadfast peace if you keep your mind renewed on Christ. Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” At the end of the day, fear is a choice. We either choose to give into fear or we choose to turn and walk away.

Don’t let it win

Here are some steps to take to not let fear win in your life.

Memorize scripture: Find a scripture that resonates with you, say and repeat it as the fear swells. Repent of fear and turn from it. When we tell the Lord, please forgive me for fearing (because fear is a sin), there is a shift in the atmosphere. You don’t have to sin. You don’t have to fear. We recognize circumstances may be out of our control but then bend a knee and tell the Lord to take it away.

Prayer and fasting: We always have prayer as an option. By memorizing scripture, then you can use what my one friend called breathe prayer. You say the verse over and over again until your soul calms down. You can say it under your breathe, repeating it and calling on the name of the Lord to come to your rescue. Fasting unlocks the power of prayer. True fasting is from food, but you can fast from anything like social media, some types of food, tv, etc. It can be anything which distracts you from the Lord and is keeping you stuck.

Praise and thanksgiving unlock a change in circumstances like no other. Learning to praise will break fear off your life. It will bring joy into the places where fear resides. Thanksgiving forces fear to flee. What can you be thankful for each day? Make a list and pray over it. Thank God for all the blessings in your life. It can be as simple as thank you for the sunshine today; thank you for my smiling kids and their laughter. God does bless each of us with simple things to be grateful for.

Find support and counseling. I believe we need all three – counseling, inner healing and deliverance. Each one has its place, and I love what Finding Freedom Ministries does. They have a post-deliverance counselor who helps you to walk out your deliverance, so there is lasting fruit from being set free. Find community and have them pray over you to help keep your mind right, your heart posture before the Lord, and to find peace.

You don’t have to let fear win. Fear will keep you from living out the abundant life God has for you. My hope and prayer for others we meet is that they come to know peace that surpasses all understanding. Only then, they can truly be set free.

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Healing family wounds brings transformative changes that shape a generation. I sat with these words this week as more things continue to be reset in my life. Flying through life at a breakneck speed has caused a new level of fatigue which isn’t healthy. Unhealth has been knocking at our door the last few years and all of the last two years of trauma came to a roaring head in February. As I sat on my couch literally unable to move, I started to ponder more about the legacy I’m leaving behind for my family. Never did I want to be the generational bondage breaker; it happened or maybe I was chosen. But either way, it became apparent slowing down was part of the answer.

Changing our identity

In a recent writing exercise, the instructor asked the question if your house was burning down, what would you grab? I’d grab my kids, my purse with my IDs, safety deposit box (again more IDs) and my Bible. The rest can burn to the ground. My kids and my identity are the most precious things to me. Being grounded and rooted in love (Ephesians 3:17) will lead you into finding your identity in Christ. One thing I have wanted to give my kids is a firm foundation on Jesus, his love and how to minister to those around us.

When we deal with family wounds, we are setting ourselves up for an abundant life. Not one of the prosperity gospel, but one of great reward which we will see on earth or in heaven. The struggle I found myself in was, ‘Am I providing enough love, time and resources for my kids?’ ‘Am I meeting their emotional needs or finding resources to meet those needs?’ ‘Am I really dealing with my stuff or am I handing it down to the next generation?’ As I have walked through each scenario, it became clear that letting the Lord reshape my identity into what he sees is more important than trying to be all things to all people.

Coming to the end of yourself

Healing family wounds comes around when you come to the end of yourself. As I sat there in February, severely exhausted with compassion fatigue for all things, it became apparent I was needing to let the Lord reset me. Resetting means to change course or find a new direction. What needed to be stripped away from me was trying to control the outcome of things I’m not in control of. Or trying to make people conform to my will instead of seeing and loving them as God sees and loves them. After years of rejection in relationships, I haven’t wanted to put myself back out there and get hurt again. And it’s the same with my kids – they can hurt my heart too. As the Lord gently said to me three weeks ago, ‘you aren’t letting me reset you,’ I realized my inability to say no to everything had caught up with me. Sitting on the couch or just crying everywhere I go, were red flags that my system had enough.

Finding joy

So, what do you do? You come back to the main thing. Who and what does God say you are? How has he made you? How has he formed you? And can you enter into his rest and presence long enough to let him heal you? All of these questions lead back to finding joy. In Nehemiah 8:10 it says, “Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” When we come back to the joy of the Lord, we find the strength we need to heal, rest and say no. In the Father’s Love Letter below, it states just how much the Lord loves you and wants to form a new identity in each of us. We are so loved by an amazing God who wants to heal the compassion fatigue, the wounds from families and generations, and to establish you deep in his love.

Father’s Love Letter

In me you live and move have your being. Acts 17:28 For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28 I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5 I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12 You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in in my book. Psalm 139:15-16 I determined the exact time of your birth and where you live. Acts 17:26 You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 I knit you together in your mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13 And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6 I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. John 8:41-44 I am not distant and angry but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16 And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1 Simply because you are my child, and I am your father. 1 John 3:1 I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11 For I am the perfect father Matthew 5:48 Every good gif that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17 For I am your provider, and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33 My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11 Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:1 And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40 For you are my treasured possession Exodus 19:5 I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3 If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29 Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13 I am able to do more for you than you could possibly image. Ephesians 3:20 (Media Center – FATHERS LOVE LETTER .COM)

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It was March 20th, 2018, 7 days before surgery. I had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and my doctor said it was best to take out my thyroid having caught the cancer early. Had I known what I know now about healing and deliverance, I would have never had the surgery. Anger and unforgiveness in my body had caused the cancer and God was just starting to wake me up to all that was possible in the supernatural. Your body definitely keeps the score, but I digress.

This day started out like any other day. The kids and I got up, we made breakfast, and they were little (three and four) playing on the floor. They were running around, and I was doing my bible study preparation for BSF that week. We had prayer warriors from bible study praying for me. Maybe it was their prayers or maybe it was God being so kind and showing me his love. As I was reading and preparing for my group, a very bright light came through our beautiful front windows. Our home in Evergreen had picturesque windows all around the second floor illuminating the whole space. I truly loved all the natural light we had in that home. But this morning an all-consuming presence filled our home. It came through the front window and invaded the space. So much love came through the window, that I was undone. I had never felt that kind of love before and looking back I won’t experience that kind of love again till I get to heaven. In being so undone, I couldn’t stop sobbing. So much love was coming through the window and in a split-second decision I decided to grab my camera and take a picture. There was such a presence in the air, I knew in my bones someone, or God was in the room. God definitely touched me that day and I haven’t been the same. When his love invades your life, physically or in another way, you are changed forever. I knew in that moment my surgery and life were going to be okay. Little did I know two years later our lives would be completely upended and choosing to follow Jesus would cost me everything. God was preparing me and letting me know no matter what comes, it will be alright.

In the original photo, you can make out the shape of an angel or the presence of Jesus. When I showed my bible study group after the surgery, they were amazed. Patricia was like, ‘who saw an angel?’ Since then as I’ve shown other people, they’ve pointed out that it might have been Jesus. Regardless, if it was the King of Kings or an angelic messenger sent by God, the love which came into my house that day changed everything. God is real and he loves us so much. He’s waiting for each of us to come see, believe and turn to him. It’s a love that will change your life for good.

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Shifting means to move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance. It also means to change in emphasis, direction, or focus. When God is shifting in your life, he’s moving things in small distances to another place. When we let go of all the lies, work to unearth and untangle the lies we believe, and make choices to move towards truth, we enable the Lord the shift the foundation of our life.

Shake off the Fears

When we shake off the fear of man, our own fears, insecurities, doubts and unbelief, we shift. 1 John 4:18 says, “There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out ALL fear.” One of the many ways we get rid of the fear of man, is to realize who and want is in front of us and ask the Lord to help us discern. Sometimes it comes in the form of surrounding yourself with those who believe in the vision for your life. Other times, it’s allowing God to shift the people out of lives and to stop casting our pearls before people who do not deserve to know. Some people won’t be able to go with us our lives start to shift. A lot of times, the stripping or pruning means there are things you are waiting for on the other side of this turn. We often get so distracted by fear of man or by what’s leaving our lives, that we don’t allow ourselves to be excited for what’s coming. When what’s coming on the other side of the shift is important, you well up with excitement in expectation. Shifting into a new season of life is exciting.

Shifting to the Next Step

Once your foundation in Christ has been solidified and rebuilt structurally, we normally walk out stronger, ready to rattle the cages. What does rattling the cages mean? It’s mean coming into a true understanding of your identity in Christ and walking that out. Do you know your identity, and do you believe what is says about how you are in the Kingdom? Do you know you are a carrier of the Kingdom? We have been given all authority in Christ, Matthew 28: 18-19 “Then Jesus said to them, all authority in heaven on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go make disciples of all nations.” The most important principle in having spiritual authority is based on obedience. Continual obedience and dependent spiritual reality that has a fear and awe of God is what rattles the cages.

Rattle the Cages

Rattling the cages of the enemy leads to ground level warfare. The enemy wants to hide behind lies, but our charge is to set the captives free. Ground level warfare is setting free the captives. In Hebrews 2:14-15 (Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.) Jesus showed in their humanity to break the power of the enemy and set the captives free. In Matthew 10:8, Gods charge is to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those of who have leprosy. This is how you defeat principalities around you, and it shifts the atmosphere from fear to faith. Ask God – how do I do this? We don’t give up, adjust our expectations and see the results of our prayers – the prayer of faith starts with our words. Prayers of authority come out of your walk. Tiny answers to prayer have to be led by the spirit. The Holy Spirit wants to get to the root of all issues (root issues and symptoms) and enable you to walk out Luke 10:19 where it says we overcome all power of the enemy.

Now What? Look Ahead with Expectation

You’ve walked through the shifting season, you’ve come into a deeper understanding of your identity and now, you practice what you’ve learned. The keys to keeping your spiritual doors open after shifting your foundation is to practice gratitude and thanksgiving. The Lord says: Stop talking about your troubles all the time. Instead, talk about Me and how I am faithful. Talk about how I am fixing all your troubles and working them out for your good. Use the phrase, “But God”, whenever the enemy tempts you to feel sorry for yourself. Thank me, seek me and ask me what to do to receive the specific rewards I have for you, and I will reveal My strategies that you will need to carry out to reap the fullness of your harvest. Let’s go rattle some cages!

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Every one of us will encounter a lie at some point in our lives. A lie is to believe a false narrative or false truth about a situation, someone, or something. The goal of lying is always to mislead a person. When we run into lies, we have a choice. Do we believe the narrative being presented to us or do we have the courage to believe something else? Each day, several lies about who we are as people, what is going on in our world are presented to us as ‘truth’. At the core of it, what do you believe? How do you discern the truth from a lie? What lies might you be believing not only about yourself, but about the world around you? When you start to untangle the lies from the truth, you start the process of walking into freedom.

God is a God of Truth

God is a God of truth. He is the author of truth, justice and not of confusion. He speaks from his mercy seat to each of us, calling us further into His Kingdom. If we are open to hearing about the truth, we will start to realize the amount of lies in the atmosphere. These lies are told to us to confuse us, belittle us, to put us down, and make us smaller than what we are called to do.

So many of the lies told to us are meant to derail us from our purpose. Our purpose as Christians is to bring glory to God and to be his hands and feet on earth until he returns. With that being our purpose, how are the lies you’re believing holding you back from walking this out? This blog and coming blogs are about some of the lies which hold us back from living the truth of who God is and how to boldly walk out your purpose.

Untangling the Worst for God’s Best

Let’s face the lies we believe. When you believe the enemy’s lies you live a life of less than. You can live from victory! However, not everyone wants to, and you get to choose whose voice you will listen to. Let’s take our thoughts captive, learn to walk in power and authority and take back the territory from the enemy. Only then can we be the lions and lionesses God has called us to be.

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Each year brings new highs and lows. 2024 was no exception. A year of healing, learning how to parent better and meet the needs of my kids, and growing a business while trying to have relationship proved to be a year of great growth. It was also a year of political turmoil in our country, and this caused great shifting towards prayer and repentance. Many people stood in the gap praying and continuing to pray for the healing of our country. As we have barreled towards 2025 (and time has felt like it’s speeding up), we have to ask ourselves to what end is this happening? The quickening of our spirits is towards the return of the Lord and as the new year dawns, its apparent good things are coming.

Keep Sowing Seed

With each year comes new opportunities to sow into other people’s lives, ideas, businesses and ministries. God is asking us to plow the ground and to keep going. ‘So, let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.’ Galatians 6:9 This year, at several times, I wanted to give up on each area of life. God would gently remind me to keep going. To stop striving or being distracted, but to keep putting the important things in the forefront of my life and mind. Being intentional and honestly just turning off the noise has helped me to refocus.

Take Each Turn and Keep Going

There are going to be roadblocks, bumps, turns and many forks in the road in 2025, but keep going. No matter what happens with each turn in the road, you have to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I’ve held 2025 with open hands. Someone asked me what I hoped to do this next year, and I honestly replied, I’m open. Open but determined to keep going. This includes helping and sowing into people’s lives. Asking the Lord who to sow into, who to pray for and where to lay pearls is important as you learn to shake off the dust.

Experience His Goodness

We should, but don’t always, expect His goodness to be present in our lives. As we intentionally live out our call on our lives, recharging and spending time with the Lord will open our eyes to the goodness before us. He shows us goodness in the tiniest things, and we need to be aware of them. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to His goodness, his kindness and the littlest of miracles. The year ahead will be one of seeing His goodness in the land of the living. It will be a time of experiencing the harvest of what you have sown in previous seasons. So, hold onto his goodness and be expectant of all that is to come. 2025 is going to be a great year.

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