Be first.  Be resilent.  Be a defender. 

Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Genesis 13:11-18, 14:11-16 NIV
2 Samuel 23 NIV

Luke 10:38-42 KJV
Mark 8:34-37 MSG
Genesis 3:12-13 KJV
1 Kings 19:14 
Matthew 27:24 NIV
Acts 12:21-22
Galatians 5:1-2, 13-15 KJV

Are you living in the womb or grave?  Life or death?  Present or past?  Faith or doubt? Hope or fear?  Love or hate?

Matthew 5:6 KJV
Pilippians 4:4-9 MSG
Isaiah 26:3 KJV

Are you speaking clearly?  What are you confessing with your mouth?  What creative power is unleashed when we speak? 

Romans 10:8-9 KJV
Romans 10:17 KJV
2 Corinthians 4:13 NIV
Matthew 8:5-12 MSG
John 1:1-5 MSG
Luke 1:37 KJV

How do you go from a shepard to a warrior?  How do you earn your sword? 

1 Samuel 13:19-22 NIV
1 Samuel 17:16-58 NIV
Ephesians 6:17 KJV

Matthew 1:19 KJV
Matthew 2:10-12 KJV
Colossians 3:12-17 MSG
2 Corinthians 9:6-15 MSG

Are you looking for proof or understanding? 

Luke 1:5 NIV
Luke 1:35-38 NIV
Genesis 3:10
Matthew 10:26-31 MSG
1 John 4:16 
Proverbs 28:1

I shall not want, I walk through the valley,  I will fear no evil, I will dwell in the house of the Lord. 

Psalm 23 KJV
Luke 14:7-9 MSG

Want the power to change?   Make sure you don't give your power away by blaming others.   Self mastery starts with ownership. 

Genesis 3:8-13 KJV
Matthew 7:3-5 KJV
2 Corinthians 6:10 NLT
Matthew 6:19-21 KJV
Acts 4:31-33 KJV

 

How, why and who are you connected to?  Who has a voice in your life?