Janene Rothwell's Blog

The other morning, I was getting ready and heard the Holy Spirit whisper that my one regret when I get to Heaven will be that I didn’t pray more. 

The heavenly nudge was correct. I don’t pray enough.

Pray without ceasing,
1 Thessalonians 5:17

I know all that we’ve been given in Jesus and yet I don’t invest myself in prayers that could change everything! 

Do you know that prayers are not locked in time? I can pray for today’s stuff, but also for years (even generations) ahead.  I can pray over the past and undo curses and assignments.  Repentance is prayer over past events.

Prayers are timeless.

I can pray over big things like nations, kings, generals, wars, cities, weather, global health, and finances, etc.

Prayers are BIG.

I can pray over microscopic things like germs, pestilence, DNA, etc.

I can pray over invisible things like thoughts, dreams, spiritual battles in the air and on the ground, healings, etc.

Prayers are infinite.

I can pray blessings into chaos. I can pray thrive into destruction.

Prayer changes what is happening.

I can pray for open doors of opportunity and closed doors of hinderance.

Prayers are limitless.

So why am I prayerless?

I am prayerless because I tend to see through my flesh eyes, dealing with tough things of this world in my flesh. I change nothing in the flesh so I feel helpless, powerless, and insignificant. I give up before the crisis has even started.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.  So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.  But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.  Romans 8:5-9

Yes, I have the Spirit of God in me, but I default to walk in the flesh instead of the Spirit.  It is 50+ years of training that needs to be rewired for me to walk in the Spirit.

I must daily:

Study the Word of God so I know my marching orders

Lay down my own flesh life (mortify, crucify, die) so that Christ can live fully in me

Remind myself who I am (King & Priest) and Whose I am (Daughter of Abba Father)

Pick up the scepter of prayer and fulfill my duty as His faithful servant

It is time for me to get on track and fulfill the mandate.  Want to join me?  I will not be eating from Tuesday at 4 p.m. through to Wednesday at 4 p.m. as I pray for my family, my job, Eudora, Kansas, the United States of America and our world. More details on praying for your community are detailed below.

There really is no limit to what God can do through us.  It is time to get in alignment with our assignment!

Dearly Beloved, what will be your greatest regret when your life on earth is over?

I’ve been asked to explain what it is to Declare in Prayer. 

There are many references to us being Kings and Priests, but I will share two:

To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood and has made us Kings and Priests to His god and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Revelation 1:4-6

And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals;
For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
And have made us Kings and Priests to our God;
and we shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:9-10

A priest will intercede for the people to God’s throne, carrying the offerings, worship, and prayers of the people to the holiest place. 

A king will declare a thing, and everyone immediately scrambles to make it happen.

In Biblical terms, a “declaration” is a message or a word, spoken or written, which makes known the truth about something.  Countries make a “declaration of war” which means that they make known that a state of war now exists.  When a person enters a country, a customs agent requires the person to “declare” what they are bringing into the country, which means they are to make known and reveal what they have in their possession. (7/26/22, www.collegeofprayer.org)

What do we as Kings and Priests of God have in our possession?

Let’s go to Ephesians Chapter 1:

I am a saint. (1:1)

I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ. (1:3)

I am chosen and predestined for adoption to sonship by the Heavenly Father. (1:4-5)

I am accepted by God and a recipient of his grace. (1:6)

I am redeemed and forgiven in Christ. (1:7)

I have a wonderful inheritance of spiritual riches in Christ. (1:11)

I am indwelled and sealed by the Holy Spirit who guarantees my inclusion into the family of God. (1:13-14)

I have access to spiritual wisdom and insight in Christ by the Holy Spirit. (1:15-18)

I participate in the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ because of the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. (1:19-21)

As a member of the Body of Christ, I am united to the Lord and represent Him on earth. (1:22-23)

Making these declarations is about healing our identity in Christ.  The world (and ourselves) will speak things over us that are not true. Our identity in Christ is the truth of who we are!  It is time to speak it and bring it forth in the earth!

Declarations are to be spoken with authority (not whispered).  I often give the example of a voice a parent would use on a toddler heading into the street.  Command these spiritual truths into our physical world!

A declaration from Ephesians Chapter 1 might look something like this (using your Commander Voice):

Eph 1:3 - I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

Eph 1:4  -  I am chosen by Him before the foundations of the world, that I can be holy and blameless before Him.

Eph 1:5  - Because He loves me, He predestined me to be His son/daughter through adoption through His Son, because He has kind intentions towards me.

Eph 1:6  - He has freely given me His grace through His beloved (Jesus).

Eph 1:7  - I have redemption through His blood, and forgiveness of my sins because of His bountiful grace.

Eph 1:9  - Through His wisdom and insight He has made known to me the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention, which He purposed through Himself (Jesus).

Eph 1:11  - I have received my inheritance because I was chosen according to His purpose.

Eph 1:13  - I have been sealed with Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, a pledge of my inheritance as God’s own possession.

Eph 1:17  - I have received the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.

Eph 1:18  - The eyes of my heart are being enlightened and I fully know the hope of His calling, I fully comprehend the riches of the glory of His (Jesus) inheritance in the saints.

Eph 1:19  - I understand and fully receive the surpassing greatness of His power toward me because I believe.

I have a list of declarations for you to speak from Ephesians that my dear friend Cara Westerfeld created to be shared. Email me at info@valor-victory.com and I will send it to you!

And He [Jesus] looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. Luke 21:1-2

We were reading the other morning and this poor widow caught my attention just like she had Jesus’.  This is what stands out to me about her character:

She gave despite her need

She was faithful and showed up despite the ridicule

She believed God saw her and was taking care of her (YES, He did!)

She was obedient to God’s written Word

She didn’t allow fear to dictate her actions

So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.” Luke 21:3

She invested all she had in the place where God was, and He showed up. This widow was approaching God through familiar religious channels and giving her all. Jesus was there to show the world that He saw her faith. She was never invisible to God. Her physical gift that was despised by man was received by God in the Heavenlies.

Did God receive two mites from her?  No, the temple did. God received a widow’s trust in His character. She had no other resource to ensure her survival than His deliverance and provision. Her eternal investment was trust in God’s unfailing lovingkindness.

That, my Friends, is the highest form of Worship. You are worshipping the character of God with your trust.

There was another who approached Jesus with her all, a prostitute with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume.  She broke it and anointed Jesus, washing His dusty feet with her hair and tears. (Luke 7:38)

She, too, didn’t pay heed to the snickers and groans from the observers.  She only had eyes for Jesus. She did the thing that God had moved in her heart to do which seemed so very odd to man yet was essential for the anointing preparation for His death.

With spiritual eyes, we would have seen the angels drop to their knees in such a holy moment.

What is God asking you to do? 
What is He asking you to give?
What hinders you?

We were reading from Luke Chapter 18 the other morning.  Jesus was speaking of how difficult it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God. Surprised, His listeners asked how anyone could be saved. 

But He (Jesus) said,
“The things which are impossible with men
are possible with God.”
Luke 18:27

Loud and clear, I heard the Holy Spirit say,

“Everything is possible!”

Why does this rephrasing of Scripture resonate?  Because we have this in our pocket,

“If anyone love Me, he will keep My word;
and My Father will love him, and
We will come to him and
make Our home with him.”
John 14:23

So for you who:

Love Jesus + Keep His Word = Have the indwelling of the Father and the Son

We talk often of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, but not of the Father and Son.  We have all of God within us to provide everything we need!

The picture I get when I consider this is a cowboy lassoing a calf and pulling it in.  Through prayer we:

Pull in a harvest of souls. 

Pull in healings. 

Pull in resources. 

Pull in through all that is needed to do the assignment we’ve been given.

In prayer, you can ask.  For those things mandated in Scripture, stop asking. You declare them to be because they are yours.

Nobody lands a lasso on the first try.  It takes practice to get it right. 

Start practicing today.

We are dirt.

for dust you are ,
and to dust you shall return.
Genesis 3:19

But we are special dirt.  We are earth filled with the breath of life.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground ,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7

The disciples knew these verses since early childhood, as all young boys were taught the Torah (first five books of the Old Testament).   In Luke 11 we have the disciples asking Jesus how they should pray.

He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed (Holy) be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven .

We are dirt. We are earth.

For we know that the whole creation
groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 
Romans 8:20-25

The earth groans.  We groan.

What is the earth laboring for?

For the earnest expectation of the creation
eagerly waits for the revealing
of the sons of God.
Romans 8:19

All of creation waits with bated breath for you to be fully surrendered to God, so His qualities (fully demonstrated in the person of Jesus) can be revealed.

Creation waits for you.

What holds you back?  Ask Him.

And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death.
Revelation 12:11

The word ‘collaboration’ has been on my heart this past week.  There are two definitions, the first of which I will discuss now:

1.     The action of working with someone to produce or create something

I’ve talked before about the words of our mouth and how important they are.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
Proverbs 18:21

Your story (testimony) of what Jesus has done in your life is powerful!  You can preach to an unbeliever about the Bible and they will debate you until the cows come home, But your testimony is yours.  It belongs to you, and no one can take it away.

In John 4 we see a rejected woman of Samaria talking with Jesus.  She runs back to the town to tell the people ‘He told me everything I ever did!  Could this be the Messiah?”

Her testimony opened the door for them to invite Jesus to teach for a couple of days.   

And because of his words many more became believers.

They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” John 4:41-42

Let’s look at the first part of Revelation 12:11 again,

And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony, …

We collaborate with Jesus when we speak our testimony. It defeats Satan. 

Let me say this again, slightly different. Our testimony, mingled with the blood of the Lamb, produces heavenly victory.

But the opposite is also true when it comes to our silence.

The Blood of the Lamb mingled with our silence, allows Satan to have victory in the earth.

Dear Flock, we are at war.  Lambs are rising to be Lions.  It is time to open our mouths and allow the Lion of Judah to roar through us.  There is much going on in our world (political arena) that is good and so much that is wrong.

Open your mouth and tell your story. 

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade (the 1973 ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion) on June 24, 2022, I wanted to say something on social media, anything.  But I did not for two days.  As the owner of a photography studio, I have a diverse group of followers. 

I didn’t just jump in the fray to say what I thought, felt, believed. I needed to wait on the Lord for His words to present themselves. 

I needed to speak Jesus.

Song by Charity Gayle – I Speak Jesus

On the 3rd day, it burned in me to tell my testimony.  Here’s what I posted:

I will share my own personal testimony regarding abortion.

I was 26 with two children under the age of five. I was reluctant to tell anyone else that abortion was wrong because I didn’t know what I believed. Who am I to tell anyone else what to think?

It was about that time that I met a woman working at a crisis pregnancy center. She invited me to volunteer and help with the clothing room where they gave free maternity clothes and baby items, including diapers.

On the first visit, I grabbed a brochure.

That night I asked my police officer husband what he thought about my volunteering to help. He took the brochure and put it in his uniform back pocket and told me he’d let me know the next morning.

He returned with a story.

One of his calls that night was a woman threatening to commit suicide. He arrived at the apartment to find that the utilities were off. She was sobbing on the kitchen floor. Her story was all too common. Her boyfriend and family said that if she didn’t get an abortion, they wouldn’t pay her utilities. They are the ones who called to say that she was threatening suicide. She was not. She was just afraid.

My husband handed her the brochure in his back pocket and told her the crisis center could help.

I volunteered there for many years. If a pregnant girl or woman needed a place to live, one was provided. If they needed formula or diapers, it was provided. Jobs, education, parenting training – it was all provided.

My sister volunteered there for a time, assisting a single woman who decided after the birth she wasn’t ready to raise a child and needed to give her baby for adoption. This baby is now my talented, handsome, cross-country running, high school nephew.

I was told in my college level Biology class last year that science needed to harvest stem cells from aborted babies because it was a cheapest and most convenient way to get them. No more feeding a buyers’ market for baby parts through abortion clinics.

We must find another way.

I have worked with women who have had abortions in the past. Jesus knows your pain and wants to heal your heart.

Today, I’m babysitting a 9-month baby while her single mom is attending nursing school. It is a small part for the vast problem our country faces, but it is something. If you are a single mom in Missouri and want to go to nursing school, I know of a program that will pay for your fees.

Message me. I’m here and want to help.

I don't need likes or dislikes on this post. Your opinion won't change my heart or my care for you.

Janene

This is Ivy, who is staying with me so her mama can go to school.

I tell you this, not so I can appear righteous, but so you can see what a personal testimony looks like. There were 69 agreements to my post and 7 shares to other people’s pages. Nobody has argued with me about my story. Nobody has contacted me for scholarship information. The readers know I disagree with abortive death being a solution (or option) to an inconvenient baby. Those who disagree with me know that they are loved, and help is here.

We need to build bridges and not walls. 
To bridge the heart is to be vulnerable.

Vulnerability is uncomfortable. 
Vulnerability is naked.

When you attend a Freedom Fighter orientation or a weekend Men/Women’s Encounter conference, you will hear vulnerable testimonies. I personally know for a fact that people who tell their stories labor with fastings, sweat and tears to be able to get in front of people and do so. 

This is how connection is built.  This is how we lay down our own lives for Jesus, Who laid His life down for us before we knew Him or wanted Him.

It will take practice.  I thought I was shy for 50 years.  These weekly emails have been my personal Vulnerability Boot Camp. 

Jesus said,

If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily,
and follow Me.
Luke 9:23

Daily, deny yourself.
Daily, carry your cross.
Daily, follow Him.

My personal testimony came out in print through Amazon last week.  So far 44 copies have been purchased.  I asked the Lord what the purpose of this little book was.  He showed me a grenade in hand with the pin pulled out and thrown.  Walls of hard hearts are being blown out all over the world.  Yes, and Amen!!  You can find it here: I Was Deceived by Janene Rothwell

In last week’s post, I stated that the Lord is not merely a custodian to clean up the messes we make.  Last week when I had time alone with Him, I heard, “You are the Custodians”.

The definition of ‘custodian’ is:  a person who has responsibility for or looks after something.

I asked Him, “I am a custodian of the earth and its people?  How can I accomplish such an enormous task?”

He answered.  “Through prayer.”

Give Him 15 (June 27, 2022, YouTube): Keep the Serpent Out of Your Garden

We are His hands and feet.  We are His heart’s desire poured through our flesh to touch Earth.

What an incredible responsibility (and mess) we have been mandated!

Custodians in the earth:

In Genesis 2:15, humans were given responsibility to tend the garden.  Satan stole our birthright (delivered by God to Adam and Eve) through deception.

(Satan’s temptation of Jesus in the wilderness)
And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory;
for this has been delivered to me , and I give it to whomever I wish.
Luke 4:6

And Jesus won it back through obedience!

(after Jesus’ resurrection)
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 
Matthew 28:18

We do not have access to Eden any longer, but we do have space in earth that we have been allotted. This space is both physical and spiritual.   

Physical custodians in the earth: We are to love God and humans (friend and foe alike), with special attention to orphans and widows. We are to freely give of our tangible resources to show this love in action.  We are to be faithful stewards of God’s creation (waters, gardens/fields, animals). We have been given space of time with which to wisely invest in these efforts.

Spiritual custodians in the earth: We are to allot to Heavenly Father the first fruits of our day to seek Him and His wisdom and His resources.  This does not mean that it will be early morning hours.  Jesus went to the mountain to pray all night.  It was the first fruits of His day because the Jewish day starts at sundown.

This morning my husband, Jeremy, and I were discussing whether time alone with God is more important than corporate prayer with other believers. We looked at Jesus in the Gospel of Luke and saw that He invested the majority of His 24-hour day on the mountain/wilderness with Father discussing plans and provision. After that, he would come back to the disciples to invest what He’d received.

Obedience is required to take action. It may not be comfortable. In Luke Chapter 9, we see that Jesus set His face for Jerusalem where He would die, even when the disciples urged Him to go into another Samaritan town. Know that you will be given all provision for where the Spirit of God sends you.

Custodians through Prayer

In Luke 7, we read of a centurion who knew what real authority was.  He said that he wasn’t worthy of having Jesus visit in person, but he recognized that Jesus had a spiritual authority not unlike his own that he carried as a Roman military leader. 

For I am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. 
And I say to one, “Go,” and he goes;
and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes;
and to my servant ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” Luke 7:8-9

Often when I publicly speak on spiritual warfare, I hold a real sword.  Jab, Jab.  It reaches six feet at most. But warfare through prayer?  It reaches faster than the speed of light to the other side of the world to effect change to evil circumstances and hearts. 

What an incredible gift we have been given!

I want to use my prayer sword well.  I want to spend time with my Heavenly Father and get my marching orders from Him so I pray well and load up with all the resource and supply (strength, focus, words, etc.) I will need for the work.

One of the prayer requests that I’ve had for a few months is that the Father will cause His kingdom to come through my touch.  I’m a hugger.  I want every, single hug to be an investment in the Kingdom of Heaven.  I ask that my touch brings a bridge for Heavenly healing and authority over the enemy to enter their lives. I want others to know without question that God is real and loves them without a word out of my mouth.

Do not be overwhelmed but do take a moment to ask Father where to begin.

I encourage you to visit a Freedom Fighter Orientation event.  Last Saturday, I went with a friend and rediscovered how incredible this ministry is for the broken-hearted.  If you have any questions, please reach out. 

Have a beautiful day!

We have been reading each morning from the Book of Exodus.  An interesting question popped into my mind this morning from Exodus Chapter 33. 

Why did Moses want God to go with them and rejected the Angel that God was willing to send?

It had everything to do with Moses’ relationship with the Almighty. 

So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face,
as a man speaks to his friend…
Exodus 33:11a

This level of intimate relationship with God was found in others from the Bible.

Adam & Eve had it for a time in the garden. Genesis 3:8

Enoch had it. Genesis 5:24

Abraham had it (James 2:23)

Moses had it.

Moses spoke to God as a Friend.

Friendship has a cost.  It takes time.  It takes listening. It takes faithfulness.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Matthew 22:37

Seek God, not for what He does, but just to be with Him.

Seek Him, not just His hand (what He does for you), but His face.

When You said, ‘Seek My face,’
my heart said to You,
“Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Psalm 27:8

He is not merely a custodian to clean the messes we create.  He is the Creator of all, holds everything in His hand, and knows us better than we know ourselves.  Before you proceed in anything, set a moment aside to seek His opinion on the matter. 

Put Him before you and your will in everything.

Be a faithful friend to God.

Paul said that as Christ Followers, we are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God. (2 Corinthians 5:20, Ephesians 6:20) 

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of passing over Scripture without digging in.  It’s time for me to study the concept of Ambassadorship.  I found the following:

1.    Ambassadors are the top political representatives of one country in another country and have a broad set of social and political responsibilities. (Find article here.)  If the relationship between two countries is positive, the ambassador will participate in many social and political events.  If the relationship between two countries is difficult, the ambassador will have limited administrative duties.

As an Ambassador of Christ, I have social and political responsibilities. I must participate where He sends me.

2.    Each country grants its ambassadors a list of powers to employ. When a new ambassador arrives at a foreign country, he/she will present credentials.  These credentials will spell out the legal powers granted to this specific ambassador.

As an Ambassador of Christ, I am granted a list of power to employ. I find these credentials spelled out in God’s Word. (Read slowly the books of Ephesians and Colossians.  Make a list!)

3.    One of the greatest responsibilities of an ambassador is to represent the political interests of his/her country to the host nation.  Good communication is essential as the host country should understand how the ambassador’s country feels about matters of concern. 

As an Ambassador of Christ, I represent the interests of God’s Kingdom. Good communication is essential, as I need to speak publicly of my country and its concerns.

4.    Ambassadors have many social obligations: weddings, funerals, holiday parties, political events, etc.  To not attend an important event, would be a slight to the host country.

As much as I would like to pull into myself when I feel sad or tired, as an Ambassador of Christ I need to participate in life on earth. It is important that my face be seen.  Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15

5.    “An ambassador is also responsible for initiating legal proceedings on behalf of his/her country in the court system of the host country, as well as defending against legal challenges.”

As an Ambassador of Christ, I must pray and take legal proceedings to the courts of Heaven on behalf of God’s Kingdom.

In John 14:7-11, Jesus is frustrated with Philip who asks to see the Father.  Jesus replied that they had seen the Father because they’d seen Him. Jesus was a perfect representation of the Father. He was the greatest Ambassador ever, bringing the Kingdom of Heaven into Earth everywhere He went.

We also, as Ambassadors of Christ, should be a representation of Jesus.  It is not of works (exhausting and impossible) but comes out of abiding.

I am the vine, you are the branches.
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit;
for without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5

A well-connected branch does not work to produce fruit.  It is a natural process.  When I connect to Jesus and His Word, His life moves through me. 

Peter calls us sojourners and pilgrims; some translations use aliens.  We are passing through. This earth is not our home.

Beloved, I beg you a sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.1 Peter 2:11-12

I know I’ve presented a lot.  It is essential that we understand that our lives are not our own any longer.  Our lives belong to Him who died for us to purchase us as His holy people.

We have responsibilities and work to do for the Father’s Kingdom in our time on earth, however long it may be. 

When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, He was very specific.  Let’s focus on the first part of the prayer:

In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in Heaven
Hallowed be Your name.
Your Kingdom come
Your will be done
On Earth as it is in Heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10

Child’s Song to Learning the Lord’s Prayer

When I was a child, I would pray for God’s Kingdom (His government rule and reign) to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 

But what did that mean?

As I got older, (especially during election time) I prayed fervently for God’s Kingdom to come to the White House.

I prayed for God’s Kingdom to come in the courts, as I came to agree with God’s heart about the unborn.

In raising my children, I prayed for God’s Kingdom to come to the public school system.

Then I prayer-focused on God’s Kingdom coming through my finances and marriage.

I was getting closer but still missing something very important.

His Kingdom come, His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven…in me!

It is personal.

In my heart
In my mind
In my plans
In my dreams
In my desires
In my work
In my creativity
In my conversations
In my everything!

At times, I was at war with the Father’s Kingdom. This was even after I had committed my life to Him.  I didn’t want to obey His Word or follow His leading. 

What would people say?

Thanks be to God!  Through many little skirmishes, I fully surrendered Lordship of Janene to Jesus.  The civil war inside of me has ceased and I am at peace. I know with certainty that I can trust Him in every circumstance. 

Song All to Jesus I Surrender by Robin Mark
Is there still struggle inside of you?  Take some time to sit with Jesus and review what it might be. 

Do I need to forgive someone?

Do I need to ask forgiveness from someone?

Do I need to repent?

Do I need to break chains from a habit?

Do I need to say Yes to something I said No to, or say No to something I said Yes to?

Do I take the lead in my decisions throughout the day without asking Jesus what He wants?

The list is endless.

Shut down distraction and be with Him.    

He is waiting for you to ask.