My family life at the moment is going really good. The only area with no real effort is my school work, but I'm not fussed right now. I was talking with my husband as we did the dishes together (something we enjoy doing because it gives us a chance to talk :)), and he asked me about my school work. Normally I would get annoyed with him asking me, fully aware that my feelings are really targeted towards me, kicking myself for procrastinating but instead I answered differently. I know my inner spirit is changing. I'm mindful of how I react to things. I still have a long journey ahead, but I'm taking each day as it comes.
So I'm sitting here thinking about what my new focus for today will be. I've been watching a lot of Crossfit exercises and doing some research on the fitness craze. It's intense but again it's something different, like I hadn't tried everything else under the sun (she says with a hula hoop under her bed and remembers the hula hoop dvd in her drawer). I like the name Crossfit....it reminds me to be fit in Christ (Cross)....being fit spiritually and taking care of my temple. Love myself enough to try....
To help keep me motivated I've updated my fitness list/rewards in the previous post in red. I've also hung my "goal" dress on my wall so that I can see it every day. I visualise myself wearing it...and that it's LOOSE :)...Without Vision we cannot achieve our goals, we have no purpose....
Awesome encouragement today from "The Word for Today" about having the authority to overcome the enemy. My enemy thus far in my journey, is my lack of exercise, battling my eating habits, tantrums, stresses that come into my house.....carrying on with the encouragement I received on the weekend...the BATTLE IS NOT MINE BUT HIS!...He has given me the Authority to make changes in my life...positive changes...changes that will send ripples of GREATNESS through my children, my husband, my family, my friends...to anyone I meet....
Love it!!! xxxxxx
USE YOUR AUTHORITY
'I have given you authority...to overcome...the enemy...' Luke 10:19 NIV
Has Satan singled you out for attack? Are you wondering, 'Why would he even bother with someone like me?' The answer is - influence. Job's influence was a constant irritant to Satan. One day God said to Satan, 'Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him' (Job 1:8 NKJV)? Shortly after that conversation Satan attacked Job's health, his children, his marriage and his business.
You can't get God's attention without getting Satan's too! Whatever glorifies God, enrages our enemy. But you have the power to overcome him. Jesus said, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven. I have given you authority...to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you' (Luke 10:18-19 NIV). Notice, you haven't been called to defeat Satan; Jesus already did that 2000 years ago. You have been called to enforce His defeat each day. Jesus already disarmed and made a public spectacle of him at the cross (Colossians 2:15). When General MacArthur met the Supreme Commander of the Japanese forces at the end of World War II, he took the sword out of his hand, declared victory and enforced the terms of unconditional surrender.
And that's what Jesus did for you at the cross. When He died and rose again He stripped the devil of his power and declared, '...All [power] in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go...' (Matthew 28:18-19 NIV). Go in His power. Go in His strength. Go in His name. He has given you authority over the enemy - use it.
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