[boiling water, one heaping tablespoon of your choice of 100% fruit juice frozen concentrate, and for an extra special dab, a teaspoon or so of vanilla ice cream (gotta splurge as the gut allows! and i *am* feeling a bit better, gotta celebrate! lol).... YUM!!!!]
anyhoo.
1. first off, a weird one for ya: i was getting ready to go to prayer, so i get in the shower... and the phone starts ringing. and ringing. and ringing. and i *listen*, to see, cuz sometimes i know the ceiling fan fools me, but no, that was *definately* the phone, the exact interval between rings, the exact ring. off an on, the whole time i'm in the shower, the phone rang. grr.
... i get out, the phone is silent again. i look on the handset to see who called, and it was nobody. i mean *nobody*. there was not one single missed call. *shakes fist at ceiling fan*
2. I MADE IT TO PRAYER!!!! whoo! (after two missed sundays and at least one missed cell group, i been feeling *really* out of the loop, and just utterly desperate for the presence of God and God's peeps....)
anyways, God has already been, the last couple days, speaking to me about victory in this battle, how He will break the arm of the oppressor, etc (that may be a mix of verses in my head, lol)...
then tonight, mark and tim spoke over me about the Spirit coming up from withing me like the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and warring, warring, warring.....
...and usko shared isaiah 41:10-16
10Fear not, for I am with you;the Lord wars on my behalf. ooh, yeah....
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
11"Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12You shall seek them and not find them
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, "Fear not, I will help you.'
14"Fear not, you worm Jacob,
You men of Israel!
I will help you," says the LORD
And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff.
16You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them;
You shall rejoice in the LORD,
And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
3. and then, on the way home, I HAD A THOUGHT - (oh-oh! lol) - one of those brain farts that you know is illogical and basically from the pit of hell to discourage you - if you believe it - and, as i'm getting more open about my brain these days, i shared it with tanya, as one of those humorous everyday anecdotes of the daily battle of the mind....
....and tan gets all blustery and blurts out, "that's like so from the devil, man, that's a lie, it's so from hell, don't listen to that! don't even think it!"
....then she suddenly cups her hand over her mouth, eyes wide, and says, "what did i just say?! *where* did that come from!?" oooooh, i howled. *yeah, yeah, my sista gettin all prophetic fiery on me!!! boooh yeah!*
....girl, God's gonna open your mouth more and more, and as you submit it to Him, He is gonna purify what comes out of it (no more inadvertant *ahems* with the customers, lol!), and you are gonna walk in confidence in it, in Him, and proclaim His Word! whoooooooooo!
*inside happy dance*
SO.....what description comes to my mind about today?
it was a RAD day. simply RAD, man. whoo.
and when i got home i had this song in my head:
That's is so encouraging. Thanks for sharing. I am constantly fighting the good fight of thinking good thoughts, and recognizing the devil inspired ones.
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