Day 36 - No More Props

4 Days to Launch!

I Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a woman, I put away childish things. 

Did we…did we put away childish things or are we adults living out our childhood dreams and fears?  Are we making decisions to make sure what happened in our childhood is not repeated in our lives or our children's lives?  Are we making decisions based on the past or based on God's word?  What is the  props or mask for your motivation?

Marianne Williamson, a New York Times best selling author, has a few words that I would like to share with you this morning.  Maybe you will recognize a prop or a mask that you use and will choose to put them away so you can hear God in new way in 2017.

“The story does not begin with grown women being massacred in the workplace or in the press. It begins with innocent little girls who become convinced, for whatever reason, that the girl within them isn't good enough.”

“Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.”

“What is a princess, and what is a queen? Why is the princess often a pejorative description of a certain type of woman, and the word queen hardly ever applied to women at all? A princess is a girl who knows that she will get there, who is on her way perhaps but is not yet there. She has power but she does not yet wield it responsibly. She is indulgent and frivolous. She cries but not yet noble tears. She stomps her feet and does not know how to contain her pain or use it creatively.

A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passed her tests. She has suffered and grown more beautiful because of it. She has proved she can hold her kingdom together. She has become its vision. She cares deeply about something bigger than herself. She rules with authentic power.”

“When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.”

Please take this with you in your heart today.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson

Minister Debra Abraham, of the Balm in Gilead Ministries, prayed and encouraged us to be who God called us to be in His perfect will. We will live for you, we will be your hands, feet, and voice in this season.  We thank you for being there as we have given it all for you.  We glorify and honor you.

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