Posture: Recent Episodes
Lindsay van Zyl
A short, audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything and embolden you to take a daily posture of perfect peace.
I’m back! In this episode, I’m sharing some key learnings from “accidental sabbatical.”
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10
📕 2 Corinthians 3: 18
📕 1 John 4: 17
📕 Genesis 1: 26
ICYMI: Watch the full conversation with Ashley Nicole Perez here https://youtu.be/EF6NhuIknWg
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A soaking soundtrack for overcoming.
This second score is inspired by Jesus’s emboldening word in John 16:33:
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NKJV
I invite you to use this 90-minute instrumental track for...
- worship
- prayer
- sleep
- deep work
- studying
- relaxing
- commuting
- shifting atmospheres
Original Score by Paul Timitch for the Posture community
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZiNOMBmIJBeeqoLaV_CNQ
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In this episode, Ashley shares her testimony of overcoming severe anxiety and depression. A journey that included help from doctors and medication.
There’s a lot of debate and questions circulating the internet about whether or not Christians should use tools like medication and therapy. BUT I have never heard what Ashley shares in this episode.
I believe the way she humbly and gently clarifies what her process looked like is going to set you free.
I know that this is a very divisive topic because people carry a lot of pain on both sides of the debate. Maybe you’ve been hurt, misinformed, or made to feel inferior by one group or another because of whatever decision you made.
Shame, condemnation, and inferiority are not your inheritance in Christ. You do not have to live with any of that any longer.
My prayer is this episode reminds you of your power and position in Christ.
This is just a clip! Watch our full conversation here:
https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Matthew 11: 28-30
📕 James 1: 17
📕 John 4: 7-12
📕 1 Peter 1: 3
📕 Romans 8: 1
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Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here:
https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 John 14: 17
📕 John 16: 33
📕 2 Peter 1: 3
📕 John 16: 23
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What does it look like to walk by the spirit?
Who you are becoming is who you already are in Christ. In this episode, Ashley Nicole brings clarity to what this kind of transformation looks like and how we can participate in bringing our eternal selves to every aspect of creation.
Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here:
https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Galatians 5: 1, 16-18, 22-25
📕 1 Thessalonians 5: 23
📕 Ephesians 1: 4
📕 John 3: 6
📕 Galatians 6: 8
📕 Romans 6: 22-23
📕 Romans 8: 9-11
📕 Romans 8: 18-21
📕 Romans 12: 2
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As a new creation it is your natural state to believe God and live in rest.
Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here:
https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 James 1: 2-8
📕 2 Corinthians 5: 17
📕 1 John 3: 9
📕 Romans 6: 1-11
📕 Colossians 3: 1-10
📕 Ephesians 2: 20-24
📕 Romans 8: 1
📕 Hebrews 3: 12
📕 1 John 4: 18
📕 Phillipians 4:6-7
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In this episode Ashley shares what it actually looks like to live by faith and she explains the process God often walks with us in to build and mature our faith.
Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here:
https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Ephesians 1: 18-19
📕 James 1: 2-8
📕 James 2: 17
📕 Hebrews 11: 6
📕 Colossians 3: 1-3
📕 2 Corinthians 5: 7
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The gift of rest has already been given to us by God. So why don’t we live in rest all the time?
Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here:
https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 2 Corinthians 5: 17
📕 Colossians 3: 1-3
📕 Hebrews 9: 15
📕 Ephesians 2: 6
📕 1 Thessalonians 2: 13
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Today we are kicking off our new Mentor Series and I’m thrilled to introduce you to my dear friend Ashley Nicole. Ashley teaches and mentors Christian leaders around the world in how to finally leave the exhaustion of stress and effortlessly live in the power of Rest.
In this clip, Ashley shares the powerful definition of real Rest.
Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775
Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 1 Corinthians 6: 17
📕 John 15
📕 Hebrews 1: 3
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We’re beginning this season with worship.
I’ve commissioned Paul Timothy Michell, an anointed worship leader and composer, to write a soaking soundtrack for being with our Prince of Peace.
This first score was inspired by Posture’s foundational scripture Isaiah 26:3:
You will keep in perfect peace, those whose minds are stayed on You, because they trust in You.
I invite you to use this 90 minute instrumental track for...
- worship
- prayer
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Original Score by Paul Timothy Michell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZiNOMBmIJBeeqoLaV_CNQ
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As new creations, everything is NEW including our learning! Every day is an opportunity to experience ongoing delight of learning who God is in Himself, and what He will be for us, in us, and through us.
Join me and my mentor Graham Cooke this week for a special event:
https://bit.ly/graham-cooke
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 2 Corinthians 3:16-18
📕 Galatians 2:20
📕 Hebrews 13:8
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In this episode I share a familiar story from John 5 that I am seeing through fresh eyes.
When it comes to the promises of God, I want them all instantly. But God wants them for us permanently. So in His kindness He made us one with Jesus.
There is a permanence to our newness because we are now permanently **one with Christ. And so all of life here on earth is about discovering and experiencing who we actually are in Him. And it goes beyond just a one-time result or outcome — it’s a continuous overcoming in every arena of life.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 John 5:1-9
📕 2 Corinthians 5:17
📕 1 John 4:17
📕 2 Corinthians 3:18
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“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed IN us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be REVEALED.” [Romans 8:18-29]
God’s dream for humanity is unfolding IN His sons and daughters — that’s you and me!
We are NEW creations.
We are ONE with Jesus Christ.
We are being TRANSFORMED into God’s image with EVER-INCREASING glory.
Don’t forget who you are. BELIEVE who you are.
It’s time to reveal the eternal to the temporary.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 2 Corinthians 4:7-14
📕 2 Corinthians 5:17
📕 Romans 6:4
📕 2 Corinthians 3:18
📕 Ephesians 1:22-23
📕 2 Peter 1:3-4
📕 1 John 4:17
📕 Romans 8:9
📕 Romans 12:2
📕 John 14:26
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We were not called to live a Christian life, we were given a life to live IN Christ.
This is not a life with a Christian badge on it (that’s religion). It’s SO much better!
This is not a life we can earn by loving God more, it’s a life He freely gave us because of His love for us.
It’s time we rest in God’s affection for us and live the life Jesus died for us to have.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Romans 5:1-8
📕 Colossians 2:9-10
📕 John 17:20-26
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Our permanent place is in Jesus, even in low places. When I became aware of this truth and chose to walk in it, I experienced so much life and peace!
You deal with suffering differently when you realize you are not subject to it.
Access the PDF mentioned in this episode at:
https://lindsayvanzyl.com/s/Who-I-Am.pdf
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Romans 8:6-11, 18
📕 Colossians 3:3
📕 2 Corinthians 5:17
📕 Colossians 2:9-10
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Any view you have of yourself outside of Christ is no longer relevant.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 2 Corinthians 5:15-21
📕 Genesis 1:26
📕 Colossians 1:27
📕 Colossians 3:1-3
📕 Matthew 6:10
📕 1 John 4:17
📕 Galatians 2:20
📕 John 14:9
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What’s true about Jesus is true about you.
We are living in a victory He won so we can’t lose.
Absence of trouble is not proof of this victory, His permanent presence in us in every trouble is the proof.
Instead of letting your circumstances challenge your identity in Christ, let your identity challenge your circumstances.
Key scripture in this episode:
📕 John 16:33
📕 2 Corinthians 5:17
📕 1 John 4:17
📕 2 Corinthians 3:18
📕 1 John 4:18
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What does life in God look like when life isn’t what you want it to look like?
Life in God is not about merely resolving issues. It’s about fully realizing your identity.
Find out what’s true about you.
Key scripture in this episode:
📕 John 14:20
📕 Colossians 1:27
📕 Romans 5:18-19
📕 Romans 6:1-11
📕 John 17:20-23
📕 Romans 8:17
📕 1 John 4:17
📕 Romans 8:18-21
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As a daughter of God who is one with Christ and filled with His spirit, I’ve decided I’m not going to settle for judgement when I’ve been promised the fullness of His joy.
My head is not buried in the sand. My eyes are fixed on Jesus. In order to carry His redemptive perspective, I’ve got to let go of some heavy things.
My prayer for you in this new year is that you are able to let go too so you can fully discover and embrace the beauty of Jesus.
Key scripture in this episode:
📕 Hebrews 12:1-2
📕 Colossians 1:27
📕 John 17
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To live fully aware and activated at all times by Christ in you, joy is essential. The good news if that you have been given a joy that is complete — not lacking! It's a joy that can stand up to anything. It can take on any situation and never deteriorate. This complete joy is your privilege as a child of God, so take advantage of it.
In this episode I share what God is teaching me about joy and how I am practicing it.
Key scripture in this episode:
📕 Luke 2:10-11
📕 Romans 15:13
📕 John 15:11
📕 Psalm 16:8-11
📕 Nehemiah 8:10
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I think one of the biggest cons the enemy ever pulled off was to convince us to focus on outward behaviors instead of focusing on Christ living inside of us.
Religion masquerades as God and promises us an identity in its rules and rituals. But when the religious structures inevitably change or break down, we are left feeling abandoned and alone.
But it’s time we are true to the Truth. It time for us to be our new creation selves!
Key scripture in this episode:
📕 Galatians 5
📕 Romans 6
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Do you feel put in your place?
Out of place?
Displaced?
Like your circumstances are God’s way of bringing your low?
Good news! Father God has taken us out of the old and placed us in Himself, through Jesus. This is your permanent place!
Join Graham Cooke and I this week as we discuss the prime place of engagement with God:
https://challenge.grahamcooke.com
Key scripture in this episode:
📕 Galatians 2:20
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In this episode: 3 ways you can start practicing peace RIGHT NOW no matter what circumstance or season you are facing.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Psalm 4:6-8
📕 Hebrews 13:5
📕 Colossians 3:15
📕 Ephesians 2
📕 Romans 8
📕 Genesis 1:26
📕 1 John 4:17
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You're not abandoned, you're abiding. Your life is not about striving to get to a future destination, it's about resting in a present relationship with your Father.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 John 14
📕 Colossians 2: 10
📕 Romans 8: 1
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I used to believe the ultimate thing I could receive from God was a miracle. But He gave me something so much greater — Himself!
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 John 6: 28-35
📕 Romans 12: 2
📕 Romans 15: 12
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You don't have to chase after peace.
You're in a relationship with the Prince of Peace.
Nothing in the universe has the power to diminish God's Presence in you. Not your difficulties… nor your disappointments... not any circumstance.
Overcoming anxiety didn't happen because I initiated a relationship with God. The overcoming took place as I discovered the relationship with God that was already there. It's a relationship that God initiated, not me.
It's already there! Because of Jesus we have full access to the Promise Giver and Promise Keeper. We just may not have awareness...yet. But the Christian life is a journey into greater awareness — glory to glory!
That's what Season 7 is going to be all about.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Isaiah 26: 3
📕 John 14:27
📕 John 16: 33
📕 Psalm 16:5
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Exciting news! Something different this week...
Find out more about the Kingdom Messenger Workshop:
https://www.kingdommessengerworkshop.com
Posture Season 7 coming in October!
In Christ, there is no condemnation and no separation.
I know this truth, but I'm currently practicing living this truth.
In this episode I share a personal story of how subtle condemnations can keep us running on the wheel of good works instead of living in the love of a good God.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Romans 8: 1, 31-39
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When you are overwhelmed by who God is, you cannot be overwhelmed by anything else.
God lives in victory.
And God lives in us.
And we live in God. So we live in victory in every circumstance!
Nothing is too hard for Jesus, so nothing is too hard for you.
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Jeremiah 32: 17
📕 2 Corinthians 13: 5
📕 Galatians 2: 20
📕 Colossians 1: 27
📕 Romans 8: 18-21
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Graham Cooke shares about the stunning reality we live in as new creations in Christ.
Key scriptures in this episode:
Psalm 46:10
Proverbs 18:10
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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Do you ever lack confidence in your prayers?
I have good news!
You have a divine prayer team. The Bible says that Jesus and the Holy Spirit pray for you.
Ever wonder what they are praying?
Your prayers don't have to be a shot in the dark.
As a new creation in Christ, you don’t have to pray for an answer, you get to pray WITH the Answer!
Praying with God 3-Day Challenge: https://challenge.grahamcooke.com/
Key scriptures in this episode:
- Romans 8:26-27
- Hebrews 7:25
- 2 Peter 1:4
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The way I used to approach learning about God produced pressure instead of peace. I was focused on achieving instead of abiding.
But I've discovered something wonderful — you'll love the learning when you trust your teacher.
Key scriptures in this episode:
- John 14:26
- Colossians 2:10
- John 1:16
- Ephesians 3:16-19
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Want to live in peace ALL the time? Even in troubled times? I have good news for you!
In John 16: 33 we find a beautiful promise for peace when we need it the most — in trouble.
There is a key in John 16:33 that will unlock you from the pressure of any trouble you may be facing and open you up to peace.
Watch this episode to learn about this key and how to practice using it in your life.
Scriptures in this episode:
- John 16: 33
- Psalm 23: 4
- Isaiah 43: 19
- Psalm 46: 1
- James 1: 2
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When God speaks, things happen! Let His Word become your words today. You carry a greater Word.
Scriptures in this episode:
- Hebrews 4: 12
- Genesis 3
- John 1: 1-5, 14
- Colossians 3: 16
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I want to encourage you today to rid yourself of any thought or feeling that promotes a scarcity mindset.
Rid yourself of any thought that is trying to convince you that your best days are behind you, or that the current goodness in your life cannot last, or that the current struggle you're facing is how it's always going to be.
Why? Because it's not the truth.
Key scriptures in this episode:
- Lamentations 3: 22-24
- Colossians 2: 9-10
- 1 Corinthians 2: 16
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The character of God is a tower of strength, for the lovers of God delight to run into his heart and be exalted on high. [Proverbs 18: 10]
Key scriptures in this episode:
- Proverbs 18: 10
- Matthew 11: 28
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Being afraid isn't a failure. And it's not the final word over your life. It's an opportunity to learn how to not live afraid.
Key scriptures in this episode:
Psalm 56:3, 10-11
1 John 4:4
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Strength is not a feeling, it's your identity.
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Key Scripture in this episode:
- Philippians 4:12-13
- Ephesians 6:10
- 1 John 4:4
- John 17:22-23
- 1 John 4:17
- 1 John 5:4-5
- Romans 8:37
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When we feed on God’s faithfulness and give way to delighting in Who He is, His majesty expands our hearts and minds to the point where disappointment no longer diminishes us, we diminish it.
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Key Scripture in this episode:
Psalm 37:1-4
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In the unknown of this exciting new season I'm practicing pointing my imagination in the right direction.
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Key scriptures in this episode:
- Philippians 4:6-9
- Psalm 27:13
- Psalm 145:7
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What if the purpose of opposition is to empower you to love well?
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Key scriptures in this episode:
📙Ephesians 6:10-12
📙John 16:33
📙Matthew 5:43-45
📙Romans 8:28
📙Romans 8:37
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Special episode by guest host Katie Hamilton from Gold Health Collective:
I think it's safe to say we all want the "Mind of Christ" to be apparent in our lives. I love practical application tools that help me to grow in all areas of life. Today I'm going to give some practical suggestions on how to experience peace along with some insight on how our physical health effects our thought life.
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The Gift of Obedience - POSTURE Episode 168
Special episode by guest host Monica Perez Burnett from Faith Led Business. In this episode, Monica shares a powerful personal testimony of gifts she received when walking in obedience.
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In the Garden, the enemy planted this accusing question into the hearts of humanity, "Did God really say?"
What was God's response to this accusation?
Key scriptures in this episode:
📕 Genesis 3:1
📕 Genesis 1:26
📕 Genesis 3:15
📕 John 1:1-5
📕 John 1:14
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I'm so excited to share with you this special episode by guest host Jennifer Miller from Prosper Always Podcast. In this episode, Jennifer shares the amazing truth that fullness of life is available to you TODAY by living in Jesus.
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Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. [Psalm 34:10]
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It's easier to rely on less than to believe something more is possible. But you serve a God of endless possibility!
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If you are in Christ, so are your seasons. No matter what season of life you are currently in, you are never separated from God's goodness.
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The call to live in love is not a call for peace keeping, it’s a call for peace making. This isn’t a standard we must strive to achieve, it’s an identity we have been given to freely receive.
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Jesus said, “My sheep listen to my voice...and they follow me...no one will snatch them out of my hand.” [John 10:27-28]
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"Little children, you can be certain that you belong to God and have conquered them, for the One who is living in you is far greater than the one who is in the world." 1 John 4:4 TPT
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For the world, love is more an ideal than a reality.
But the people of God have been empowered to bring the reality of heaven to earth.
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People who believe they are fully loved live differently. I want to live differently.
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If you've been told you are the focus of God's wrath or the object of His regret, you've been lied to.
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God desires for us to know how we are known by Him.
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You have abundant life flowing in you today, and it's meant to flow through you. One way this abundant life flows through you is through your words.
Tell me in the comments: What words of life are you speaking today?
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Often we carry within us the words spoken to us and about us as we travel through life. We let those words, good or bad, create our reality.
Are the words you're carrying today accurate?
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What has God redeemed in you that you want to restore in others? Tell me about it!
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I used to pray for peace, now I practice it. Here's how...
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When I was searching for inner peace, I used to do so many unpeaceful things. Now, I do this one thing.
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Feeling behind? The future possibilities are limitless in the Kingdom of God, but the present is also treasure. Peace is with you in a process!
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Every time we engage with the Word of God we should come with an expectation for transformation because we have been given everything we need to do what it says to do. This is such good news because it means we never have to stay stuck, confused, discouraged, or disempowered.
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[3 John 4]
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Walking in the truth is not a destination...it’s a walk.
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For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. [2 Corinthians 1:20]
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The dwelling place of God is no longer in brick and mortar...it’s not a physical place we only visit. It’s in flesh and blood! He dwells in us. And all of who He is in us!
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Our reality is not dictated by the faithlessness of the world, our reality has been set in the faithfulness of God.
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Today’s episode is a clip from a recent conversation I had with Graham Cooke in his “Creating a Devotional Lifestyle” 3-Day Challenge.
Graham shares a brilliant way to think about our New Year's resolutions and his own story of overcoming anxiety with peace.
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Wishing for a new you in this new year? You're already new.
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“Many people say, ‘Who will show us better times?’
Let your face smile on us, Lord.
You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine.
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.”
[Psalms 4:6-8]
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I’ve decided to take a break from my formal episode schedule (currently 3 times a week) for the rest of the year, so I can plan and prepare for next year.
Even though I will not be releasing the normal 3 episodes a week, I will be popping in from time to time because I would love for you to be involved in helping me create what 2021 could look like for the Posture community.
I know there are people in this community who share my desire to leverage the digital landscape to disciple nations ****and I want to help YOU do that in 2021.
Join my email list to stay connected and get the latest updates at lindsayvanzyl.com
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What the Holy Spirit taught me about unbelief and trust during one of the hardest seasons of my life.
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“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” [Isaiah 6:3]
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How I became true to the truth about peace.
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When you pray, you’re not just throwing words to the wind, you are having a conversation with the Creator of the Universe. Let that truth sink in.
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I get a lot of questions asking for the practical...
- How do I get peace?
- How do I stay peaceful?
- How to I overcome anxiety, fear, worry, doubt, etc.?
In today's episode we're getting practical!
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This episode is not what I had originally planned, and that's OK with me!
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The glorious transformation of this world was God’s desire long before it was ours.
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So many people are at war within themselves. They are living with divided hearts because they believe that God’s heart is divided towards them.
But Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. [Hebrews 13:8]
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In this clip from our recent "Art of Awareness" live session, Graham Cooke and I discuss being alive to God. When you are truly aware of who God is, you become truly aware of who you are in Him.
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Are you aware of who you are or who you used to be?
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God is making you into His image and likeness. Not the likeness of a broken world.
If you have surrendered your life to Jesus, your real life is in Jesus. Why would you ever want to settle for a lesser identity than that?
You're invited to join me and Graham Cooke LIVE THIS WEEK: https://challenge.grahamcooke.com/awareness
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Our newsfeeds are filled with what people THINK about the state of the world, but what actually has a great effect in both this realm and the spiritual realm is what we are choosing to BELIEVE about who God is and the state of His Kingdom.
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Good news! You can take back whatever power you've surrendered to your circumstances.
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There is no treasure found when seeking self. But there is great treasure promised when you seek the Lord with all of your self.
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2020 is not getting my praise.
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I'm actually REALLY encouraged by how many scriptures there are in the Bible about "waiting."
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If you follow Posture on Facebook or Instagram, you may have seen our exciting announcement that we posted this weekend. After many years of infertility, my husband Bruce and I are expecting our victory baby in March 2021!
In today's episode, I'm sharing a bit of our journey and the victories we’ve received in the waiting.
Infertility may not be a part of your story...praise God! However, if you are believing for major victory in any area of your life, this episode is for you.
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Are you living more aware of your state than your standing?
In this episode my friend and mentor, Graham Cooke, shares one of the greatest gifts God ever gave him.
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Want to be an overcomer? How about becoming MORE than an overcomer? It's available to you and it's your real life in Christ.
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Hardship is not proof that God doesn’t love you. It’s in hardship that God’s love for you is proven.
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Where you place your trust becomes your refuge. But not every refuge is longstanding.
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Nothing seems to threaten my sense of peace, quite like the unknown. Too often I have forfeited my peace by using the excuse "I just don't know!"
But that's because I've skipped the first and most important step...
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This past weekend, I was soaking in this scripture and I could literally feel peace rise up within me as this promise settled in my heart and renewed my mind.
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"Do not fear" is not a condemnation, it's an invitation.
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Imagine the freedom, power, and peace you can experience by being unafraid in the middle of crisis.
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"A Fresh Start" featuring Graham Cooke
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Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
They are like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.
[Jeremiah 17:7-8]
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If we want to be led by the Spirit, we have to get serious about stopping negativity.
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"Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways." [Psalm 119:37]
I have found the quickest way to look away from something is to look at something else.
Today, we are going to look at Psalm 91 together.
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In Christ, your life is not about what is happening (or not happening) to you, it is about who you are becoming.
Every challenging circumstance is an opportunity for relational growth.
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There is peace and goodness for you today. There is an abundance of joy, love and hope for you today — no matter what circumstance you may be facing!
Because circumstances are not your source of any for those things.
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We've been given the ultimate permission: "So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." [Romans 6:11]
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In this episode, I share a prayer I crafted for battle.
Transcript: https://lindsayvanzyl.com/watch/a-crafted-prayer-for-battle
Mentioned in this episode: Episode 48 "Praying Prayers that Get Answered" https://youtu.be/9Yjt03opq0c
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I made it 106 episodes without ranting about church signs. But the time has come.
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But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved. [Hebrews 10:39]
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When my peace seems gone, I'm tempted to believe that God has forgotten me. However, that's when I have actually forgotten God.
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If I’m not aware, I set my hope merely on outcomes.
In crisis, I hope for change. In good times, I hope things never change.
But scripture speaks to the freedom and wholeness that comes when we set our hope on God Himself.
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Accusation, intimidation, and manipulation are trying to masquerade themselves right now as discernment, wisdom, and righteous activity.
It's a lie. It's a lie. It's a lie.
It's never wise to live in fear.
You have what it takes to live completely unafraid.
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2020 has been an uncomfortable year. But it has not been a year without comfort.
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Hello Season 3! We're doing things a little differently.
Posture is never going to be a monument to my hustle. Posture will always be produced in peace.
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Your transformation into the image of God is His passion and His absolute delight.
So the question is: Is your process of development as delightful for you as it is for God?
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OK, so today I’m sharing a clip from a real life mentoring moment. Every month, my friend and mentor, Graham Cooke, and I lead online challenges on Facebook (it’s like a 3 day live study on topics we love exploring and sharing). Back in May, during one of our challenges, I said something that Graham had to correct.
There is so much fear and intimidation floating around right now in our world, and there’s this stinging accusation that those who are not fearful are just being naive.
I shared with Graham how living in our Kingdom reality instead of the world’s reality didn’t mean we were being naive. And this was Graham’s response...
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Many times I have said, "I will be glad when this is over!"
But, I've read John 15 with fresh eyes and I realized that I don't have to wait until the end of a task, day, circumstance or season to have joy.
Joy isn't a finish line, it's your starting point!
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My excuses for not "rejoicing always" haven’t just been circumstantial. I used to let my natural personality dictate my worship by saying things like, “Oh, I’m an introvert,” or “I’m not really an emotional person."
But, worship is designed to take you out of this natural world and make you fully aware of your Kingdom reality.
Do you come to God guarded? Do you struggle to rejoice?
Maybe like me, you have also tried to excuse yourself out of fully engaging in worship by telling God, “This is not how you made me."
The Lord says, “In worship, I’m making you like Me.”
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There’s no such thing as "toxic positivity" in the Kingdom of God, there is only the joy of the Lord.
And it’s a joy that strengthens us, not poisons us.
[The correct scripture reference mentioned at 5:03 is 2 Corinthians 1:20]
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I used to think rescue was breakthrough.
I used to think rescue and relief would be the things to transform me, instead of relying on the transformative relationship I have with God. And through the lens of these wrong beliefs, I viewed the Secret Place as merely a place of escape. Living by those wrong beliefs made me powerless and ineffective in the world because I was always living for a way out. But Jesus didn’t die to just rescue us over and over again, and He didn’t die for us to live a life here on earth from which we would want constant escape.
He died to give us a life of His lasting victory.
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We live in a world that believes the self-achievement of performance is the real source of power. That's why "self-empowerment" is such a popular topic.
But we are people of the Kingdom who know the truth and it has set us free! The truth is intimacy with God is the real source of power.
Good news! You are not powerless.
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We stay in the Secret Place through a lifestyle of total delight, wonder and astonishment in God.
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Dwelling, remaining, abiding...it's not a mystery, it's a relationship.
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The Secret Place is not a place of escape from your problems. It is not a place to go cower while the world goes off the deep end.
The Secret Place is a place where you engage with the empowering presence of God in you and discover earth-shaking, life-changing possibilities and solutions.
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Jesus got things done. But He never hustled.
Jesus’s pace was always this, “I only do what I see my Father doing.”
Jesus’s pace sometimes disappointed people. Often, it confused people. But He never changed His pace.
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“Oh, the Lord must be teaching me patience.”
I've said that many times before in an attempt to absorb frustration. Let me tell you from experience what happens with you absorb frustration — eventually you explode with frustration.
That's not how patience works.
Here’s the thing, when we give the power of definition over to the world, it distorts and diminishes the truth in our hearts and minds.
I'm renewing my mind about patience these days. I'm thinking differently, and practicing patience as someone who is in this world, but not of it.
You and I are not running out of patience, because it's not a limited resource, it's the endless nature of God.
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God is not limited in His patience, He is relentless in it.
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As humans, we're very good at remembering our pasts. Past pains, hurts, disappointments, regrets, and sins...not just ours, but past sins of others as well.
We often choose to feed on our faithlessness instead on God's faithfulness.
This only keeps past failures present in our hearts and minds, and guarantees future bondage and brokenness because we’re taking it with us into each new day.
But what would happen if we fed only on God's faithfulness?
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Everything God is, He is relentlessly. God is ALWAYS going to be love. ALWAYS gentle. ALWAYS patient. ALWAYS kind.
He is consistent, constant, unceasing, firm in His promise, and can be trusted at all times.
He has not dropped His kindness all the sudden just because of how the world is acting.
He has not forfeited His peace just because the circumstances have gotten chaotic.
He has not disregarded His goodness towards you, just because people have not been good...or you have not been good.
We can be at rest, knowing that it’s HIS faithfulness that is meant to be our focus… not our own...not another person’s.
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Episode 14, "Empowered by Patience"
Episodes 56-60, Joy and Peace
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I used to think of self-control as an "unexciting" fruit of the a Spirit. But I have discovered it isn't merely a discipline, it is an absolute delight!
With self-control we can always be led by peace not pressure.
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We don’t often think of gentleness and greatness together, but God does. It's His reality.
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Did you know God is relentlessly gentle with you?
We don’t change God, He changes us.
Our behavior, good or bad, never makes Him act outside of Himself.
Let's stop trying to talk God into our reality and allow Him to talk us into His reality.
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What are you expecting from God today?
Who do you anticipate Him being to you, for you and through you?
Who do you anticipate Him being for other people in your life or on your screen?
We all should be carrying a greater expectation of who God is for us than who the enemy can be against us.
This doesn't make us blind to the issues in the world, it makes us a solution for them.
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We often preach, teach, and think about the devastating effects the works of the flesh has on us and our world.
But have you ever considered the effects the fruit of the Spirit has on our real enemy, satan?
Did you know you can exhaust him with your love for people?
You can depress him with your joy.
You can intimidate him with your intimacy with God.
You can paralyze him with compassion.
Everything the enemy seeks to bring against us can be turned around by moving in the opposite spirit.
When we move in God's nature, we put satan in his proper place - under our feet.
This is true Kingdom vengeance.
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The call to repentance is a delightful one. It's not about demanding an apology, it's an invitation to be transformed!
Romans 2:4 tells us that it is God’s kindness that leads us to repentance.
Paul warns in Romans 2:4 to not despise the riches of God's kindness, His goodness.
When we are overwhelmed by the goodness of God towards us, we become a strong force of goodness in the world around us.
We become His glory on display.
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Did you realize that every day you should be overwhelmed?
In this episode, I'm sharing about an encounter that Moses had with God's goodness that has me completely overwhelmed.
God is no longer just visiting us, He is living in us!
We get to encounter His glory every day in every circumstance.
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Love Himself empowers us to love with a love like no other. This is a love the world does not know and it cannot create.
Opposition often causes human love to retreat. But Love Himself rises in opposition.
Nothing is wasted in the Kingdom. Not even enemies.
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The love we experience here on earth is based on approval and agreement.
When there is disapproval or disagreement, love is often withdrawn. You’re unfollowed, muted, ghosted, abandoned, replaced.
But not with God.
He is a Love like no other.
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Kicking off Season 2 with GOOD NEWS!!
If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, the empowering presence of Love Himself lives IN you.
This means...
When you walk into any situation, Love also enters.
When someone rises against you, Love rises in you.
When all seems lost, Love remains.
This is the true you.
Jesus reigns and His plans forever remain. satan has already lost. It’s time we live like it!
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I saved my favorite clip from my recent conversation with Graham Cooke for this final episode of Season 1 because it captures the heartbeat of Posture.
15 weeks ago, I dove heart first into creating a daily podcast called "Posture" because I had a vision for our future that I couldn't shake. I saw our generation (not a specific age group, but all of us living and breathing for such a time as this) breaking off the chokehold of powerlessness as we pulled back from perfectionism and performance and took a posture of perfect peace.
Do you see it, too?
Jesus deserves it.
He deserves to get what He paid for you to have.
And He will get it. I know He will. Because His people are rising all over the world and displaying His splendor.
As you rise and shine in your own sphere of influence, Posture will be here reminding you of the fullness of Jesus's wholeness in you.
I'm cheering you on!
I'm so thankful for you!
What does the end of Season 1 mean? Just that I'll be taking a short break from posting daily episodes over the next 2 weeks.
Season 2 will premiere on Monday, June 15th. Get ready!
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“Intimidation is a cheap budget item in hell.” - Graham Cooke
Intimacy, not intimidation, is your inheritance in Jesus. In this episode, Graham shares why you should be delighted, never intimidated, when opposition shows up.
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Regret often keeps us stuck in failure mode and thinking like a “dead person.”
In this episode, Graham Cooke shares what new mercy means for our past mistakes.
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“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness…” [Colossians 2:9-10]
We start from fullness, we are not moving towards it. I’ll never not be ASTONISHED by this truth.
In this episode, Graham Cooke and I discuss what it looks like to live in the truth that God has given us everything up front and is now teaching us how to use it.
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"When God looks at you He doesn't see anything wrong with you, He only sees what's missing and He’s totally committed to giving you that missing piece." - Graham Cooke
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God is love. And He never leaves us.
This love is here to stay because He is here to stay.
Receiving this radical love is the starting point of living an empowered life.
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There is only one you -- the you who is alive to God and dead to sin. Jesus did this. He didn’t just die for you, He died AS you.
There is nothing we can do to finish His finished work. We’re not working to earn God’s love or approval because we already have it all through the work of Jesus.
So if Jesus did all the work, what is our work supposed to be?
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There is nothing that God asks us to believe about ourselves that He doesn’t already believe.
He has no doubts about you. He has no doubt about the finished work of Jesus.
We may be struggling to believe we are one with God, but God is not struggling to be one with us.
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"For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations." [Psalm 100:5]
Did you catch that?
- Endures.
- Forever.
- Continues.
- Through all generations.
God is permanently passionate about you.
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At the root of every anxiety is an accusation -- “You are not completely loved by God.”
For years, I struggled to completely believe that I was completely loved. I strived for more love from God by trying to be more and do more.
When you believe you are completely loved, you live differently. You live powerfully, because you’re no longer in contention with the Truth.
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Episodes 41-43
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Jesus had a brilliant conversation with the Pharisees in John 8 that gives us all the permission we need to be our authentic selves.
The problem is that many of us don’t know who we are. Often the brokenness we face seems more authentic to us than the wholeness God promised us.
For years, I was quick to identify with my ever-changing issues, but slow to identify with what my never-changing God calls me.
In this episode I share a conversation I had with God that changed everything and set me free to be me.
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This episode is a bit raw, but after attempting to re-record it several times, I realized my tears represented the very truth of the message.
Even in loss and grief, we have the victory banner Jesus gave us to wave in the enemy’s face.
I’m waving that victory banner high today.
I’ve had a strong prompting to remind you every day this week that you are a restorer. You and I have been empowered by Jesus to bring the wholeness of heaven to a broken world.
It’s not all up to you, it’s who He is in you.
Today is not a test to see how thinly you can spread yourself to solve all the world’s problems. Today is an invitation to exchange all you think you lack for the fullness of Jesus.
[*Reference correction at 2:54 - 1 John 4:17]
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Opposition from other people used to be devastating for me. I wanted to get along with everyone! I wanted to be liked by everyone. I used to confuse people’s approval with God’s approval. That is a horrible way to live.
You will never do anything significant if your goal in life is to get unanimous approval.
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You need to hear this....
I need to hear this…
We all need to hear this...
Don’t allow the insanity of brokenness to steal your awareness of God’s empowering presence within you. There is a strength inside of you Who is unmatched in this world. Stay aware of Him.
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“Your people will rebuild long-deserted ruins, building anew on foundations laid long before you. You will be known as Repairers of the Cities and Restorers of Communities.” [Isaiah 58:12]
There is a reason loss and injustice affect us so deeply. We are moved not just by our own pain, but often by the painful experiences of others. It’s because we have experienced a better word, a better way -- The Word and The Way named Jesus Christ.
Your life is now concealed in Him [Colossians 3:3]. Though your enemy, satan, can’t take you out of Christ, he can convince you that your position in Christ makes no difference to the world around you. Oh, but it does!
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In times of stress, uncertainty, pain...I have said so many times, “I will be glad when this is over.”
But why delay the very thing that strengthens you?
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The fullness of joy takes up space in our hearts and minds. It expands our capacity as it expands within us.
Your enemy knows this.
Which is why our joy, much like our peace, is often under attack. satan can’t actually touch our joy because he can’t empty any fullness of Christ -- he can’t undo the work of Jesus. Instead, he tries to diminish the power of joy in our eyes, so that we don’t see it for what it actually is -- a powerful force that strengthens us.
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I’m so captivated by the promise and possibility of FULL joy because often my joy has felt fragmented, like it’s pieced together by good things happening but so often disrupted by negativity.
Something that used to disrupt my joy and my peace the most was relational conflict. If I wasn’t at peace with people, I felt like I couldn’t be at peace at all.
In today’s episode I share a testimony of joy and peace rising in me not from resolution of the conflict but from a revelation of who God is for us in the midst of our conflicts.
If you have a testimony of joy or peace rising up in you, please share in the comments!
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Episode 57 - “I Had the Opposite of a Panic Attack”
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We have all the permission in the world right now to give in to panic and anxiety. But we also have the backing of heaven to live in the fullness of Christ — His joy, His peace, His hope.
In today’s episode I share a testimony of experiencing the process and promise of Philippians 4.
You are always living from Jesus’s fullness, not for it. You can’t earn, you can’t strive for it, you can only receive it by walking in it today.
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Joy and peace partner together in raising our expectation of God’s goodness in our lives and developing a deeper trust in Him.
I used to feel guilty for experiencing and expressing joy in the midst of difficulty because somberness like the “responsible response” -- the response of someone who had control of the situation.
But now I know that when I experience joy, even in the midst of hard circumstances, I am reflecting the One who is actually in control.
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Episode 39 - “Grieving with God”
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Influencer isn’t a dirty word :-)
It’s more than a title, it’s the mandate of every believer.
However, the vision God has for His Kingdom advancing through His people on earth is going to take more than a high follower count or robust platform, it's going to take the fullness of Christ -- which you have already been given.
In this episode Graham and I talk about how you can be the difference maker in any situation.
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God is always focused on bringing you into a fuller experience of Him. The fruit of the Spirit -- joy, gentleness, peace, kindness (just to name a few) -- reveal to us the nature of God.
God is not telling you to be gentle. God is telling you, “I am gentle.”
And as we experience His nature, we become transformed by it.
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Years ago when I was in the middle of my battle with anxiety and panic, one of my spiritual mentors, Graham, said something to me that, at the time, totally irritated me.
But now I know his declaration was actually irritating my unbelief.
In this episode Graham and I talk about the testimony that planted a seed of possibility in me that led to my total victory over anxiety.
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While “challenge” typically carries a negative definition in the world, people of God’s Kingdom can consider challenges much differently.
In this episode I share a clip from a recent conversation I had with Graham Cooke in the Three+Me Challenge.
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Christ is in us.
This truth is our starting point in every situation we will ever face. We are not striving to get through the struggle so then we can have Christ. We have Christ to get us through the struggle.
The lie of isolation isolates us from the truth. This is why the self-empowerment movement is so popular -- too many of us are out there believing we have been left alone, therefore, we have to be our own hero.
God challenged me on my own unbelief, “Lindsay, why do you believe you have a Savior for your eternity but you struggle to believe you have Savior for the suffering you’re facing today?
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Today, as a marker of Posture’s 50th episode, I wanted to give you the gift of a crafted prayer. I spent some time this week with our divine prayer team tuning in to their hearts for you and hearing what they are praying over this Posture community. This prayer is for you.
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I used to think that when God was silent it meant He wasn’t present or that I wasn’t spiritual enough to hear what He was saying.
But now I know the silence is an invitation to step from all the noise, chaos, and confusion coming from whatever situation I’m needing to pray about and enter into my secret place with my divine prayer team -- Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
I now anticipate the silence. It’s not a point of dread or frustration for me anymore because I now know His Presence is just as transformative as His voice.
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True confession: I’ve found myself in this season starting to feel weighed down by all the prayer requests coming at me.
I realized it was because all my prayers were a reaction to the problems being presented to me instead of a response to the Answer who is already present.
You and I have a divine prayer team -- Jesus and the Holy Spirit -- who are praying for us and with us.
With this truth planted in my heart, my devotional life has shifted from just praying for an answer to praying with the Answer.
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Even though we have never experienced anything like this global pandemic before, we serve a God who goes before us.
In an unprecedented time there’s an opportunity to experience God in an unprecedented way.
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...the doors were locked where the disciples were because of their fear… [John 20:19]
In this episode I’m sharing a moment in our history that I come back to often -- especially on days when my expectations have been blown and I’m tempted to stop expecting God’s goodness in my life.
Jesus comes straight through the doors that fear locks,
He gives us His peace,
shows off the impossible made possible,
commissions us with a victorious life,
and breathes His very Spirit into us.
The disciples wanted rescue, but Jesus was offering something far better -- a resurrected life and residence in Him.
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The enemy wants us to live fully condemned but God wants us to live fully convinced of this one thing...
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Jesus does not change and Jesus isn’t changing His mind about you.
1 John 4:17 says all that Jesus is, so are we in this world.
We have been given His righteousness, His peace, His power, His victory, His Spirit and all of His characteristics.
We also can be as unchanging as Him -- not tossed around by circumstances, suffering, other people’s opinions, or sin.
We can always be at peace and at rest like Jesus.
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1 John 2 tells us it’s not the full truth to just talk about the truth — we can and should actually live it.
Every requirement of the old covenant was met through Jesus’s death, and through Jesus’s resurrection we received His empowering Presence to live in His fullness.
That means that every command and promise we come across in scripture should not cause us dread of missing the mark, but be seen as an invitation for upgrade.
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Do you believe what God believes about you?
God isn’t dealing with your sin anymore because Jesus already completely dealt with it through the cross. Instead, God is focused on leading the new you into the fullness of all you inherited in Christ.
So, why does it sometimes feel like you are still struggling with our old sinful self?
Because sin is a memory. It’s a habit you developed when you were lost and without hope.
But now that you are dead to sin and alive in Christ, it’s time to unlearn what your old nature taught you and make new memories as the new you.
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The Bible says Christ died and was resurrected -- and you also died. Christ’s resurrection is your resurrection too.
Think about the implications of this truth!
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Have you ever known someone so well that when they catch your eye you know exactly what they are thinking or trying to communicate to you with no words?
What if we could have that same level of closeness with God?
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We don’t have to face pain like the world does, but we still need to face it.
I used to ignore pain and refuse to grieve because I believed it lacked faith. I also believed that if I acknowledged pain, I would get stuck in it forever. But the Holy Spirit led me to Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
I realized that it actually lacks faith to ignore pain because it implies that what I really believe is that God can’t heal me from it.
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We know from Isaiah 26:3 that the promise of perfect peace (which we all need right now) rests on trust in God.
But you can’t trust someone you don’t know.
With my routine violated by this pandemic, I made a shocking discovery -- I had been trusting in my rituals to be the things that transform me instead of God’s very presence.
The rituals may have helped me get to know more about God, but in His presence I get to know Him more.
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I don’t believe there is a one-size-fits-all formula for building a friendship with God because we’re all unique individuals (He made us that way). I believe He connects in unique ways with each of us, and often it’s never through just one way but many ways that God reveals more of Himself to us.
In this episode I share a creative way God speaks to us.
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We don’t expect our human relationships to flourish through only head knowledge — only knowing about each other — so why would we expect our relationship with God to flourish like that?
I used to only seek to know more about God as if He were a divine specimen to be studied instead of seeking to know God more as a true friend.
In the midst of so much unknown right now, we can have perfect peace in knowing His nature, hearing His voice, and experiencing His presence.
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Every plan the enemy set up to take you out was nailed to the cross with Jesus. Jesus rose again, the power of sin did not.
Whenever tragedy strikes, accusations tend to arise saying it’s God’s judgement on us.
But that belief actually implies something horrendous about Jesus -- that He wasn’t enough.
There is nothing you can do to chip away or add to the finished work Jesus did through the cross.
Our Christian lives are not about striving to quench God’s wrath, but being receptive of the love He has freely given to us.
Jesus’s resurrection is your resurrection too. Leave your anxiety nailed to the cross and take on His total victory today.
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It’s very expensive for satan when he messes with us. According to Romans 5, the more he tries to take us out the stronger we get.
This is why Romans 5 invites us to actually rejoice in the midst of our suffering, because we know it produces strength within us, and that strength only proves our identity, and that proven identity leads us to hope -- a hope that does not put us to shame.
But our enemy is put to shame by our hope.
I believe that our faith-filled response to this pandemic is running hell dry. The people of God are only strengthening while our enemy is being depleted.
Imagine what the world is going to be like on the other side of this pandemic with a depleted enemy and a strong, proven, hope-filled Kingdom people.
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Whether it’s good change or bad change -- all change is hard because it takes away what is familiar to us.
This time last year my husband and I were in a season of rapid change -- some good changes and some of it was just absolutely terrible.
In the midst of a lot of unknown circumstances, we decided to rebrand our “season of transition” to align with what we did know about our God.
We were totally transformed. Some of the things that were our biggest dread last year actually propelled us into our greatest dreams.
That’s the kind of God we serve.
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Have difficult seasons made it difficult for you to fully embrace the promises of God?
I used to think that God’s word was hard to understand and believe. But now I realize that those thoughts were not my thoughts because 1 Corinthians 2:16 says I have the mind of Christ, and Jesus would never think that way about His own promises.
The rich abundance of God’s promises doesn’t offend me, it offends the lack in my life.
What if the doubt...the confusion...the distance you’re feeling towards God’s promises is actually just suffering trying desperately to survive?
The good news is that trials and suffering, though they deplete the world, actually produce abundance in the people of God.
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King David wrote during a very unstable time in his life, “But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.” [Psalm 3:3]
We don’t have to wait for circumstances to change in order to be at peace, to have joy, or to be comforted.
When the details surrounding our lives seem to be spinning completely out of our control, we still have a mighty God surrounding us like a shield.
Today, who or what will lift your head? What will you allow to grab your attention... to have your focus...to gain your trust?
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Doesn’t it minister to you when you become the resting place for someone you love?
I believe it’s the same with our Prince of Peace.
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The sons of Korah wrote,
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way…” [Psalm 46:1-2]
For the sons of Korah this wasn’t a poetic description, it was a literal declaration based on their heritage.
These people of praise did not hold in reverence the trauma of their past because they were fully captivated by their Refuge.
They knew that even if the events of their past happened again, they had a very present help and a glorious future.
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Well, you’ll never look at tent peg the same way again after you hear about this victorious battle in Judges 4.
The enemy of God’s people showed up to Jael’s home thinking he would find agreement, but instead he met his destruction.
Today, let’s set an atmosphere in our homes where our enemy cannot survive.
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What if our battle cry was a victory song?
Today we’re refining our focus by reminiscing on another past battle of breakthrough when God led His people in victory.
He’ll do it again.
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“And David was greatly distressed...But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” [1 Samuel 30:6]
Maybe “staying strong” in the midst of a crisis isn’t always humanly possible, but it is always supernaturally possible.
How did David strengthen himself in the Lord?
Through the Psalms we get great insight into how David engaged with the Lord.
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This episode is for my fellow warriors. If you've got some fight in you (even a smidge) and you're feeling stirred by what is happening in our world right now, this is for you.
Caleb never denied the details of the bad report the 10 other spies brought to the people of God. Yes, there were giants that posed a threat, but Caleb reported, “We are well able to overcome it.” [Numbers 13]
He partnered with the promise not the problems.
You and I have been born for such a time as this. As Kingdom people we are empowered to possess the promises God has given our generation -- no matter the giants in our land.
We are well able to demolish anything that sets itself up against the knowledge of God (including viruses, fear, and panic).
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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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Has it ever occurred to you that satan has no patience?
Patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, not the evil spirit. Your enemy has no ability to “wait it out” and he has very limited resources. Meanwhile, you have access to heaven’s unlimited resources.
Patience empowers you to run the enemy dry.
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2 Corinthians 10:5 instructs us to “...take every thought captive to obey Christ.” This implies that not every thought we think is true.
Who are your thoughts serving? Are the thoughts you’re thinking today empowering God’s promises or your problems?
The good news is that you and I have been given the authority and power to think differently.
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Today I'm sharing one of my favorite moments in all of scripture.
What hate mail has been sent your way that is threatening your peace by messing with your trust in God?
A diagnosis?
An overdue bill?
A test score?
A news report?
Your God would like to read it and send back His response.
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There are going to be days (maybe it’s today?) when there will be a gap between the truth of God’s Word and the facts of your circumstances.
It’s tempting to try to fill the gap with things like doubt, bad theology, anger towards God or people, panic, worry, fear…
Instead of trying to fill the gap, ask yourself this -- “Has God ever come up short?”
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Last year God told me, “Linds, you’ve got to laugh more.” I thought He was joking.
You see, my life at the time was anything but laughable and I had developed this serious, stoic nature in order to cope. After all, being joyful in the midst of negativity just felt to me like living in denial.
Proverbs 17:22 says, “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
I’ve discovered that laughter actually doesn’t keep me in denial of negative circumstances, but it does deny those negative circumstances from having an effect on me. Just like a good medicine.
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Are you familiar with the promise that says, “God’s love endures forever?”
I used to translate that promise to mean “God’s love tolerates me forever.”
This warped translation came from viewing God’s love for me through the lens of my experience with human love.
But I had it all backwards.
What if ... instead of your circumstances and human relationships informing you about God’s love for you, you let God’s enduring love for you be what informs you about your circumstances and relationships?
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I used to have a tendency to trust God with the monumental (like my eternal salvation), but struggle to surrender to Him the mundane (like the details of my day).
I felt solely responsible for my daily life, so I leaned hard on my plans, my expectations, and my routines to uphold me.
But Psalm 54:4 says, “God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.”
With this revelation comes an invitation to do life differently.
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Sometimes I become so familiar with a promise from God’s word that I no longer familiarize myself with it -- meaning I no longer seek to gain a deeper understanding.
Lamentations 3:21 -23 says, “But this I call to mind — therefore I have hope. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning…”
When is the last time you called to mind -- thought deeply about -- the truth that God’s mercies are fresh every morning?
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Hebrews 10:35 says, “Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.”
This isn't talking about self-inspired confidence, but a confidence resting in Jesus’s finished work on the cross and our identities in Christ.
I used to pray a very dumb prayer that I thought was super spiritual, but it was actually throwing away this confidence.
I’ve got good news for you today -- “You don’t belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.” [Hebrews 10:36]
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1 John 4:18 says, "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear..."
I believe that at the root of every fear, worry, and anxiety is an accusation. It may be an accusation against yourself, against another, or even God. Often we deal with accusation in our lives by trying to be more lovable, or by even trying to perfect our love for God, people, and ourselves.
We try to behave so that we can belong.
But only God has the ability to love perfectly. Scripture reminds us that God is Love, and we belong to Love.
Today, instead of expelling all our energy trying to be perfect, let's rest in God's perfect love and embrace this truth: We belong to God, so fear doesn't belong to us.
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Unfortunately, the world has pushed hope into the same category as wishful thinking. It’s made to seem more like fairy dust and less like a powerful supernatural force.
But scripture reassures us that hope is not a flimsy thing.
Both hope and hopelessness are directional -- they lead us somewhere.
Where are you going to be led today?
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Has confusion or a lack of clarity kept you from moving forward?
Recently, I found myself in a state of overwhelm and I was struggling to find clarity on what next steps I should take.
My mentor Pedro pointed out that I don't serve a God of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33). If God isn't the author confusion, who is "authorizing" it?
Perhaps, what you think is confusion is something entirely different instead.
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What would be possible today if you had perfect peace?
Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)
I used to never even consider the possibilities of peace because I used to believe that often peace wasn’t possible.
Does peace seem possible to you today?
Jesus was always at peace, even in the midst of a violent storm.
The circumstances changing isn’t what brought Jesus peace, Jesus at peace changed the circumstances.
Being at peace allows you to see what's possible.
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Jesus said, “I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!" (John 14:27)
So I prayed, “Jesus, if you gave me your peace, where the heck did it go?"
He answered, “I’m right here.”
Peace is always closer than we think.
Our brokenness, our imperfection doesn't define Jesus. Jesus’s wholeness and perfection defines us, and it can change us and mold us and upgrade us today.
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