DOD 5 - 40 DAYS TO FREEDOM CHALLENGE: "SCREW MY EMOTIONS, I HEAR FROM MY FATHER!"

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

"SCREW MY EMOTIONS, I HEAR FROM MY FATHER!"

I have been going through a hard time.  Really dry and quiet time.  It feels that a deep work is going on in my heart, while Father is off in some distant region of space seeing what other galaxy he can throw together.  I know that isn’t true...it just feels that way sometimes.

And a lot of times I have felt alone in this process.  As much as I would try to describe how I was feeling to those close to me, it would frustrate me because it didn’t seem like I was able to convey how I felt.  I know that isn’t true…it just feels that way sometimes.

So, I am sharing with you an exercise I have been doing in my personal process:

1. Lead my emotions
2. Declare I can hear

STRETCH:  

Here is a great song to sit and really listen to the lyrics.  To me it is a reminder and promise of Who God is and what He does no matter what my feelings may try to get me to believe:

https://youtu.be/5Y7h6K13z0I

WARM UP:

Here is something I have been trying to practice and really get it down inside me:

Feelings are a gift from God.  It is one of the biggest identifiers that we have to the truth that we are made in His image.  But we should never be led by our feelings.

Kris Vallotton - You are not your feelings!  Your feelings do not tell you how you are doing.  Your feelings should not tell you what to do...you tell your soul how to feel.

5 Things you should know about feelings:

1. Feelings don’t always tell the truth
2. How you feel is not how you are
3. Valuing your feelings, without letting them determine your decision, is maturity
4. If you change your mind your feelings will follow
5. True love is an act of your will, not an emotion you feel

So - my emotions do not measure the closeness, the distance nor the magnitude in which I can experience and will hear Father.

WIND SPRINTS:

“Declarations: Unlocking your Future”

The Scripture:  

Isaiah 30:21

Matthew 4:4

FOR THIS NEXT PART, SPEAK THESE OUTLOUD. IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE YOUR VOICE:

1. My Father desires to speak to me even more than I desire to hear from Him.
2. As a child of God, it is my privilege and birthright to hear my Father’s voice.
3. It is easy to hear the Voice of God.
4. I am constantly hearing God’s voice through scripture, my thoughts, other people and nature. (I ESPECIALLY LOVE THIS ONE!!!!)
5. Even when my mind cannot comprehend, God is speaking to my spirit.
6. As I renew my mind, God will reveal His good, pleasing, and perfect will to me.
7. Hearing God’s voice and obeying in faith is worth any risk of failure.

FOR THIS NEXT PART, SPEAK THESE OUTLOUD AND CANCEL THEM.  IT IS AS IMPORTANT TO USE YOUR VOICE TO CANCEL THESE COMMON LIES:

1. God doesn’t speak to me as profoundly as others.
2. If I mishear the Lord on a major decision, I will automatically ruin my life
3. What other LIES do you think you have believed in and that need to be cut off?  DO THAT NOW!

COOL DOWN:

1. Thank Him for the ways He speaks to you now - this could be through Scripture, a sense of peace, or an encouraging word.  Ask Him to open your spiritual “ears” to hear more from Him.
2. Start listening NOW!
3. Share what you hear (if you want to) on Groupme.

Romans 10:17