Posture

If you are afraid, I want you to know that there is abundant love and grace for you to rest in today.

In your most vulnerable state, the Lord promises to be near to you [Psalm 34].

The Lord does not come close to reprimand you for your fears, He comes close to rescue you from them.

Perfect love casts out fear [1 John 4:18].

I have been most afraid when I have believed I was most unloved.

Too often I have allowed fear to question God’s love for me, instead of letting God’s love for me put my fears into question.

You don’t become less afraid by denying that you have problems. You become unafraid when you become fully convinced those problems won’t have you.

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"Fear is faith pointed in the wrong direction.”

This week we have been practicing possibility. In an unpredictable world, practicing possibility can be perverted into fixating on worst case scenarios.

Years ago when I was in the chokehold of anxiety, I anchored myself to God’s Word by pointing every fear in the direction of truth. At first, it didn’t feel like it was making any difference, but Hebrews 4:12 says “For the word of God is alive and active…”

Don’t buy the lie that reading, speaking, and sharing scripture is trite or inconsequential.

God’s word in our mouths activates life and light in a world threatening to go dark.

[[Book mentioned: “Living from the Unseen” by Wendy Backlund]]

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It’s time to shift some atmospheres.

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And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you. [Romans 8:11]

God is eager to partner with you in taking ground, and often it’s the ground right beneath your feet.

Today we’re going to practice possibility together by asking this question: If God is in me, and I am *here,* then God is *here*. If God is *here*, what is possible?

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I felt prompted to scrap my original plan for this episode and instead share with you something I am currently walking with the Lord in overcoming.

Travel has become a trigger for me because of some painful memories. Anxiety stole my enjoyment of travel and my heart for adventure.

I brought this to the Lord recently because I have travel coming up and I heard Him say, “Linds, you decide what triggers you.”

As Kingdom people you and I have the authority to decide who or what we will be moved by.

Maybe travel isn't your trigger. Are you triggered by a certain person, place, or thing? Today, instead of leaning into the anxiety, anger, frustration or despair, lean on the Lord. He is more worthy of your trust than any trigger.

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Has it ever occurred to you that God takes it personally when satan attacks you? After all, don’t you take it personally when someone you loved is attacked?

We are often even moved by compassion to help alleviate the suffering of people we don’t know through fundraisers, disaster relief, and community service.

You and I are not more compassionate than God.

In Isaiah 43 God calls Himself your Redeemer and He calls you, “Mine.”

You can expect Him to redeem every circumstance you face.

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Jesus didn’t promise us a life of ease, but He did promise us a life of peace and victory.

I have most definitely prayed this prayer (recently), “God, if You’re good, why is my life so hard?”

I had gotten stuck expecting ease in my life to prove to me God’s goodness instead of His goodness being proven by His perfect peace in my life.

I’d rather have peace.

Chasing after ease will only strip us of our courage, the joy of adventure, and any desire to live big lives. But peace, especially in difficulty, emboldens us to fully embrace the abundant life Jesus promised.

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Disappointment should never be ignored, it should always be confronted with the truth of God’s word.

Often the disappointments of life make us feel unsafe.

In this episode I share a story about when I realized I was seeking safety from my home instead of from Safety Himself.

It’s actually difficult to notice such a deviation in times of comfort. But it usually becomes very apparent during seasons of waiting and delay, or times of lack and suffering.

The good news is that you and I always have a Safe Place.

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A lot of my prayers to God used to center around just wanting my life to be “normal.” I mistakenly thought that a fulfilling life was one where everything was normal by worldly standards.

But as Kingdom people you and I have been given a divine privilege to redefine and redeem “normal.”

What is normal to the world is actually backwards in the Kingdom.

For many years, I was caught up in grieving the “normal” my life was lacking while all along Jesus was offering me a life overflowing with His fullness -- a life that was so much more than I could ever ask for.

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A couple of years ago God whispered to me, “You think celebration is extra, but I’ve deemed it essential”

Since that moment I’ve been on this amazingly sweet journey with the Lord discovering the immense power and the divine privilege of celebration.

Celebration is not an invention of humans, it is an intention of God. We see proof of this all throughout scripture.

Celebration is an expression of thanksgiving. Celebration is agreement. When you celebrate you align yourself with heaven and send the enemy a message -- “You can’t touch me.”

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