A mind shift on friendships pt. 2

Friends, welcome to, “A mind shift on friendships pt. 2”! I am thankful that I am able to share God’s story in my life with you guys! I know that Jesus called me to go on this 11 month mission trip, not only to gain new experiences, discover new places and meet new people. God wanted to take me on this journey with Him to experience, explore, and meet Him in deeper ways. This includes Him revealing the things in my heart I don’t need to carry and to receive what He has freely given to me.

This includes exchanging my view on friendships masked as fear, for perfect love, truth and authority.

The things I have admitted that I am no longer okay with:

• My fear of being hurt 
• My fear of experiencing the pain of losing people
• My fear of “finding out” I am not good enough 

I am no longer okay with believing these lies and living in those fears.

The truth is: I have authority over my list of fears and those lies that have come from the pits of hell.

When Jesus the Messiah finished giving His authoritative teachings in Matthew 5-7, it says that when, “…Jesus finished these sayings the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for He was teaching them as one who had authority and not their scribes.” Matthew 7:28-29

With the words and actions of Jesus, He shows and proves His authoritative power over absolutely everything!!! And so, I, Janice, have inherited His authority in Him dying for me and saving my soul. I am a daughter, an heir through God (Gal 4:7), I have obtained an inheritance (Eph 1:11) that is imperishable, undefined, and unfading (1 Pet 1:4), and I share this with the saints in light (Col 1:12). If you are a believer you have…

 inherited authority over the fears, the lies, demons, & sickness, you battle with. 

 There is a song Holy Spirit has stuck in my head. It is called, Champion by Bethel Music & Dante Bowe and some parts of the song go like this:

—When I lift my voice and shout

Every wall comes crashing down

I have the authority

Jesus has given me

—I know who I am

For I know Who’s I am

—There’s nothing left to prove

He freely gave it to us

 If He conquered it all, so have I, and so can I.

What I have learned and what I ask you to pray for me to do in His strength:

• To not be hard on myself… because it is part of my life to be pruned/shaped/molded/sharpened/refined by God to grow… which does involve pain.
• To call it for what it is. If it is fear, then it needs to be addressed, tackled, and changed
• To remember that setting boundaries on who I give my time to and heart to is wise, but to make sure those boundaries aren’t rooted in fear but in perfect love, truth and authority.
  

Thank you for reading and praying for me! I pray it was of great encouragement! Until next time,

J<3