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Comment on What is Going ON? by Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:46:05 +0000

Kim, we are living in a Blessed time. Your Daily Motivation today helps me to answer this blog…we are in spiritual battles, we are having up and downs in our quest for prayers answered BUT we are not to give in to discouragement, which does comes, we are to continue in prayer and victorious praises. The drought (unanswered prayers) is going to be over and the “tree” of life will sprout forth in our lives. I receive the encouragement of
8/2/11 devotional which gives a much better explanations of my feeling also regards my expectations. The drought will be over (God’s promise) and answers to prayers will rain
bringing forth answered prayer…manifestation! To God be the Glory!

Comment on What’s Happening In Your Spirit? by Charity

Charity — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:07:30 +0000

I am feeling a war mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I am experiencing much closeness and victory with the Lord as I pray with your ministry and for those in my life. I feel richly blessed by that. I am believing the Lord for so much more than I ever have. I am trying to learn to speak only that which the Lord wants to manifest in my life, but it is hard. No progress is being seen in the physical so my humanness wants to protect my heart by beginning to hedge my bets on what I have been believing the Lord for. I am struggling deeply with the postpartum depression that has plagued me since my youngest was born 51 weeks ago. I don’t know how to speak over that. I am afraid. I am asking the Lord for big things in my life and feel very confident I am to ask, but am also praying on behalf of others and am seeing those things not manifest, so struggle to wonder how the Lord can say no to that, and say yes to what I am praying for in my own life. This tightrope of belief and joy, hurt and struggle is hard. Really, really hard.

Comment on Strongholds by Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:41:32 +0000

Renewing the mind is exactly what I have been doing. The more I read the Word, the more I realize that my thoughts need to line up with the Word of God in order for me to overcome strongholds in my life. Fear and anxiety have been issues in my life.

Comment on What’s Stopping You Today? by Donna

Donna — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:44:31 +0000

Wow, Sister………I can so relate to what you’ve said. I find myself doing the same thing, then wind up wasting more time feeling guilty and bad about myself.

Comment on Strongholds by Mary

Mary — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:11:29 +0000

Because of things that happened in my past, I’ve been having dreams and concerns for a family member. I’d asked God why the dreams if I have nothing to be concerned about. He reassured me, with good memories of my childhood, which has calmed those “stongholds” ever since. Then your motivation a few days later, gave me further understanding how our strongholds in our mind can cause us concern and doubts which are unwarranted (just wasted worry). Your motivation was truly sent from God.

Comment on Strongholds by Jackie Shumaker

Jackie Shumaker — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:08:11 +0000

Recently the Lord has been showing me that I’ve made decisions to keep a ‘sanitized’ life. I live in a quiet suburb, attend a nice church, and have friends that are mostly longtime, committed Christians. No messiness. Over the years, (I’m 55) I have systemically divorced myself from situations like how I grew up, situations that include poverty, addiction, abuse, mental illness, and sexual perversion. I haven’t wanted to be associated with that mess–that’s not ‘me’ now. Today I read Kim’s ‘The Reflection You See’ article, referencing 2 Cor 10, ”tearing down strongholds and taking each thought captive”. This made me think of the choices I’ve made to deny my background. Those decisions built up a whole host of wrong thinking–for example, that simply not thinking about something magically makes it go away; that if I’m not really vigilant, that mess can grab me again; that I’m not strong enough to have relationships with girls and women who have gone through really rough things, and that if I push my experiences down far enough, I can act like they never happened. I’ve had lots of counseling and am in a ‘comfortable’ place with my background, but God’s calling me to a higher place. How about if I praise Him with joy and thanksgiving for ALL of my life, not just the pretty parts? He redeemed ALL of me, not just the parts that I work so hard to showcase. Pretty scary to consider letting all that stuff out that I’ve kept boxed up for so long. Then I read my Verse for the Day email from yesterday: Isaiah 41:10 “Do not fear for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you; I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.” Wow. Then this is today’s Verse for the Day, Dty 1:31 “You saw how the Lord your God carried you just as one carries a child, all the way that you traveled until you reached this place.” Thanks, Lord. Finally, I read Kim’s Pearls “Never Settle for Less”. God will help me not be afraid, He will carry me on this path just as He has on all the others, and healing these wrong beliefs will enable me to come into His best for my life. Thank you, Lord, and Kim, for helping me see these things.

Comment on Strongholds by Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:46:34 +0000

Hi Kim, thanks so much for your now word. I feel I can see several strongholds, even though I have been a Christian for a long time. I feel so scattered these days and have to fight to stay focused. Like one of the others that posted I am trying to read the word more and keep talking to God as I go about my chores to keep myself from going in the direction my mind wants to.

Comment on Strongholds by Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:30:37 +0000

Kim;
I really appreciate this morning’s lesson on strongholds and how it was revealed to you.
As I pondered the wisdom in the devotional, I found myself having the desire to just “ask” for revelation as the strongholds in my spiritual life that are affecting my physical/natural life. This morning I did find myself overcoming one stronghold, maybe two(2); fear and disobedience. This came about because I didn’t act upon what I felt in my Spirit due to the many rejections of the past, so I did nothing. But this morning Praise God I obeyed and got a response from an e/mail partner I didn’t expect a response from. Her testimony helped me realize that I had released these two areas and I should move forward while waiting the Holy Spirit to reveal answers to me. I gained a new perspective when I read your motivation. I am Blessed to have this Ministry in my life, especially now that I am going through hardships and sickness. God Bless.

Comment on Strongholds by Lisha Henderson

Lisha Henderson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:52:05 +0000

Kim, I thank you for your seek and dedication to God. Your motivations are so on point. I know I have some strongholds in my mind. The way I am weakening those strongholds is by renewing my mind in the word of God. I have been studying Gods word more because to me, that’s the only way I can overcome that issue. My mind has to be re-programed according to the word of God and not my own thought process or the ways of this world system. The word says I have to renew my mind DAILY so that’s what I’m striving to do. Amen & God Bless.

Comment on What’s Happening In Your Spirit? by Kari

Kari — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:12:24 +0000

This whole year God has been calling me to lean on, rely on and totally trust in Him for everything whether big or small. I find myself in the Word and in prayer ALOT more than usual and my spirit is just craving the closeness of God in every minute of every day! Things that do not really matter have been dropping from my life and He is filling me with better things. Yes, there have been battles but I am instantly reminded to only speak His Word that I hear from Him directly. Instead of just searching for scriptures that I know, I am asking Him to direct me in my praying and confessions and the results are totally God. Choose Life! as Sandy says above, is exactly what is resonating in my spirit! Change has come in my life for sure! And it will continue until I am totally reliant on Him and Him alone in every matter of my life. What a wonderful time we are in! He is our ALL, He is all we need, and He is all I want!