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The 4 C’s to beat the enemy (fear)

Apr13

Tonight I attended a Women’s event at the church I attend.   The message was delivered by Tiffany Wendt.  It was amazing!  It was the kind of message that sets your soul on fire for God, really make you want to be fully present in your life and just be a better version of yourself.  Even if you are not a Christian, don’t attend church, read the Bible or part of organized religion, this message applies across boundaries.  It’s a message of liberation and beckons you to celebrate your life.

pair of black boxing gloves

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Get your gloves on! Let’s get into it.  The four C’s of Tiffany’s message were to collect God’s promises, watch your confession, control your mind and to completely surrender.

  1. Collecting God’s promises are to search the scriptures, find the promises of God for your situation and life and then stand on and in them.
  2. Watching your confession.  OMG!  As a word person this is big for me but I fall short on occasion and for about a year now, yes a year I’ve fallen heavy in to negative talk on certain issues.  We know there is power in our words.  Instead of professing the negative, draining, soul sucking, doubt rich, lie laden words, please I beg you, exchange them for positive confessions that bring life to your situation and circumstance.
  3. Control your mind.  Another big one here.  Thoughts can hold us captive or set us free.  I want to live a free life.  Not just one I visit periodically but where it really is my true North.  Tiffany said, ” if fear has your mind, it will try to steal everything”.  Get your mind right my people. Don’t allow lies (Satan) to hold you captive.
  4. Complete surrender.  Yep, this is tough or seemingly so.  Surrender to some conjures up images of being wimpy and weak.  But to surrender takes courage, takes heart.  Taking a step back from everything that we can possibly try to hold on to, trying in our own strength to make it better, make it go away, control the outcome, does more damage on the back-end.  Laying it all down can and does ease the burden.  Imagine walking with a fifty pound back sack full of seemingly important things and then one day you discovered it was giving you scoliosis, sciatica, a limp and a hunched back, it would be beneficial to lay the sack down.  It’s similar to the burdens we carry that are crippling us.

Freedom is on the other side of fear, even if you can’t see if right now. Maybe you’re afraid of what and how freedom will look and feel like.  Give yourself the gift of healing. Lay the burden(s) down and embrace your new life in freedom [with God].

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

~2 Timothy 1:7

Til soon, 

Yvette

 

 

 

It’s all about you!

Jul8

When I was in my early 20’s I had a bad attitude and felt others were doing me wrong and it was all their fault. The incident that took me over the top was a bill I did not create but was being made responsible to pay for because someone failed to remove my relocation request, which left the service available for the new tenant. It resulted in lots of frustration and disrespect.

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I had a mentor by the name of Mary W. and she was very instrumental in assisting me to use the power of my words and personal accountability to resolve this ongoing battle which has lasted at least 1 year. Before meeting her, I did not think that was possible. I was used to blaming, shaming, cursing and manipulating my way out and around situations. It was a huge part of a societal coping mechanism that I was accustomed to.

Fast forward. Using the techniques Mrs. W showed me, I was able to get the head manager on the phone in less than 5 minutes and the bill issue resolved, but still needed to round up documents to prove that I was not the responsible party. I didn’t want to do the extra leg work, but having the bill resolved was motivation enough for me to do so.

That incident was the catalyst for showing me that personal accountability was empowering and a way to relieve lots of the stress I was accustomed to thinking it was normal. I want to encourage you to own the results you expect in life.

Here is a link that lays it out in several areas of life: http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/10/07/personal-accountability%E2%80%94a-requirement-for-life-advancement/