It’s been a long
time Girrrl Stop Nation but I’m back! Work has been crazy busy and non-work
projects have been mounting up but God is still good!! Hopefully you’ve been
following the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages (@girrrlstop) for daily
does of inspiration, quotes and funny posts. I have definitely missed writing
to all of you! So, let’s jump in!
I had the
opportunity over the past six weeks to teach a course at church called Back to
the Bible Basics. I was encouraged by each student’s willingness to learn,
share, and engage in this class with me. I was so blessed by all of them in
ways they will never know! As any good instructor would, I gave out weekly
homework assignments and the final homework assignment was to pick any topic
from the class that spoke to you, or was interesting to you and present that
topic to the class in 1-2 minutes. When I assigned this immediately some people
begin to murmur about what they were unable to do. It sounded something like:
-Oh I don’t do
well speaking in front of people
-I can’t put a
presentation together
-No! A
presentation?
And the list goes
on!
I politely smiled
at all of them and told them I look forward to what you will bring on next
week. Presentation Sunday was finally here and I was excited to hear what the
students would present. Lo and behold, the student who was the most vocal about
what they couldn’t do had one of the most stellar presentations of the bunch! I
was blown away! During that class time (which was the last class) the Holy
Spirit led me to Proverbs 18:21a, “Death and life are in the power of the
tongue…”.
What we speak has
power. It has the power to motivate or deflate, inspire or deaden, ignite or
extinguish – it can promote life or death! What we speak to ourselves matters
and can determine our reality. If you say I can’t comprehend, then you’re
probably going to have problems comprehending. If you say you can’t speak
publicly then you will probably encounter problems doing so. If you say you
can’t learn that new application then chances are you probably won’t. Get into
the habit of speaking not just positive but God-positive! What is God-positive?
Just putting the word behind your positive statements!
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Negative
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Positive
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God-Positive
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I’m broke
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I’m fiscally challenged
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I’m fiscally challenged BUT
God! (Phil 4:19)
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I can’t do it
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I’ve got this!
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I’ve got this cuz with God
all things are possible! (Phil 4:13)
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Things aren’t happening
fast enough
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Things will come together
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Things will come together
because God is in control! (Romans 8:28)
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Get it? See how
that works? Girrrl Stop Nation let’s strive to be God-Positive because life and
death is in our tongues! Girrrl, check whatchu sayin’!
