Take the Limits Off!

Hello every one, this is going to be my last post on this blog for the year 2006, as the year runs to a close, I have got reflective  and thought I share this with you all.

I am so thankful for the  year 2006; it was my year of UNSPEAKABLE JOY.
One would think with a year like that it was smooth sailing. I would say it was my most challenging year so far. What gave me great joy was that when the challenges came I dealt with them with wisdom and a peace that I never knew I had   which encouraged me to do better.
This year I found out that my peace and my strength was in Christ Jesus and no one else. I found out that there is so much in me and more to come out!
I found out how to love me, and I am determined to take, into the rest of my life the Joy of the Lord!!! For that is the source of my strength.

Get ready! Get ready!! Get ready!!!

This is how I feel for 2007. This is (yes “is” I am not waiting for 1st of Jan to start my year, for I am stepping into the fullness of it right now) my year of Taking the limits off  and expanding my boundaries.
I am expectant of what the year holds for me and how it would affect my family and those around me.

So with the Joy of the Lord and an expectant heart…Get ready 2007! watch this space 

This is the year to dream dreams (big dreams)
This is the year to step out of your comfort zone
This is the year to believe in the impossible
This is the year to stop planning and DO!
This is the year to TAKE the Limits OFF!!
And have a “walk on the water” moment.

This I pray for all who are NOT ready, but have enough faith to BELIEVE!!!

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Fabulous New Year!

GirlFriend?

 

I am one of does that never really had close friends, I have friends but not close friends, especially female friends, I use to feel they where too much work and not very straight forward, I like people to say exactly what the mean and not going round in circles so I found women tiresome, then again growing up in a house full of boys could have effected me too  I have 5 brother and a sister with an age gap of 10yrs.

 

Anyway coming back to being a friend, I think to have good friends you would have to first be a friend yourself.

Friendship grows with time that is one thing I am finding out and enjoying the benefits at the moment.

 

A good friend is the person you don’t need to walk on egg shells around or pretend to, they tell you as it is and you are free to do the same.

 

At the moment I have two very close friends and I think they are the only females I relate to very well (maybe cos we all think alike) I guess that helps.

some friends you grow out of and some you grow with. And it’s not all friends that start with you that will go all the way with you, some are for a season a moment in your life and you should know when it’stime to let go..

 

I hope I don’t come across as female bashing, is just that I like to talk about other things, than just babies, fashion and idol gossip….

 

So am I being too hard on the ladies?

 

What do you think?

 

I’ll like to know.

There is more to me….

As I was thinking of what to write on my post, feeling a little bit overwhelmed with my life at the moment….good kind of overwhelmed. I have been stepping out and doing things that I would not have normally thought were my strength… Look at this, I have my own blog up, not just that, I am writing on other blogs too www.deoluakinyemi.com/emotional-recharge.

Wow! did I say writing? Coming from a girl that was afraid of anything that had to do with reading or writing. I am finding out how much I enjoy telling stories and putting my daydreams to paper. I am finding out there is more to me… Enjoy this poem of mine, it’s one that does remind me that there is more to me and there can be more to you.

I know it’s addressed to my sister’s but I know my brother’s too will be able to appreciate it and hopefully appreciate the females in there lives…

I AM MORE!!!

I’m more than your daughter, your sister, your wife, your mother, your friend your lover, your confidant
I am of royal lineage and a priestly one too.
The evil one comes cunning and whispers words that lead to strife, worry, low self esteem NO!
You chose me from the creation of time;
I’m whole, of purpose and of excellence

I’m more than your…

I was made, created, fashioned, cultivated, planned (not an after thought) and supervised by God to be ezer (helper) to the kingdom.
I am valuable to God,
I am somebody not to be used and abused….
Capable, intelligent, virtuous I am;
Who can find me?
Only in Christ for God’s glory.

I’m more than your…

The evil one whispers….
You’re too short, too tall, too fat, too skinny, too loud, too quiet, too shy, too out spoken,
have an accent, not qualified, too qualified, too old, too young…have nothing to offer
(A LIE) for I’m adorned with glory, power, majesty my true beauty…the essence of me.
In me is trust, peace, love and life.

I’m more than your…

Greater is he that is in me…
I have so much inside, to be birthed, walked out, exercised and then refilled;
My assignment? God’s plan, to use this ‘building” for His Kingdom.
Setting my affection, looking to the Kingdom first my Lord provides all, all that I would ever need.

I’m more than your…

For when you see me you see Him in all His glory;
when I speak you hear His words cutting and dividing the word of truth, as it should.

For…

I AM MORE! I AM MORE!!!
I AM OF ROYAL BLOOD
I AM OF A ROYAL FAMILY
I AM OF A ROYAL KINGDOM AND A PRIESTLY ONE TOO.

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Flight Healing (001) …come aboard

Like to introduce a posting from my Sister-friend Alidee.

From ISSUES to Destiny

Many of us deny ourselves the journey of healing. I liken it to a plane journey where there are delays and turbulence. But when you get to your destination is a relief. You sigh and say thank you because on the flight all you wanted to do was arrive.

We feel that if we deal with the issues it would cause us too much pain.

However have you sat down and thought that the pain is worth it. Why is it worth it?

Because it releases you from endless years of pain and suffering. It is one of the greater gifts you can give yourself.

Issues what are they?

I- Inner
S- Scars
S- Suffering
U- Underneath
E- Emotional
S- Stuff

Yes it’s Inner it’s those things that we have buried because we don’t want to deal with it because it causes pain. A lot of it goes back to those childhood experiences, it might be words that were spoken over your life, and it might be abused that you might have suffered to name but a few.

But have you thought that the Scars are actually there and it shows up in our life ever so often be it when someone does something to trigger that memory without us realising. These scars need to be dealt with is like getting a cut if we don’t use the right medication it can leave a scar behind.

These inner scars cause us to suffer endless and a lot of time we suffer in silence because we are too embarrassed to talk about it. It’s my little secret…. you can’t say anything to anyone because it would cause you embarrassment and shame, Listen my friend you are not alone.

We suffer in silence, as we get older the scar is getting bigger it’s deep rooted Underneath. It gets bigger because our daily journeys we encounter people.

This Inner Scars Suffering Underneath causes us Emotional pain. We make it hard when building relationships. When relationship break up we encounter loss in the journey. Emotions govern our behaviour and so we react when faced with certain situations either behaving in a passive or aggressive manner because we have no control over our emotions and how it governs us.

These emotion cause us to do Stuff like walk around in Unforgiveness, not trust, procrastinate and hurt others etc

Jeremiah 33:6 says” Behold I will bring it health and healing. I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth”

This is what God’s word says. Healing yourselves from past pains and hurts are so important.

It gives us the freedom to be all that God has called us to be and it makes you discover who you are.

The process is painful. But we have God’s word. It says that he will bring us peace and truth.

The ISSUES actually hinder our relationship with God.

Deuteronomy 6: 5 says that “we are to love the lord God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength”.

The healing process enables us to surrender our lives to God. How can we surrender our lives if we a holding on to issues.

So where do you start. Admit it to the chief counsellor he knows but cannot help if you deny it. It’s the 1st step you need to take. He will then arrange the necessary therapy for you.

Remember we are all unique so what works for me might not work for you. But he will meet your need. That’s what makes him awesome and makes you his prince or princess.

The journey is worth is so much; get on board the flight, there may be turbulence and delays in the process. Remember through it all he’s the Alpha and Omega and the Great I AM.

Use your issues to be a testimony of healing and deliverance. Use it to be a blessing to others and watch it take you to your destiny.

Why are you here?

What are you here for?
Who determines who you really are?
What is your mission?
To understand that, you’ll have to go back to God…

Ephesians 1 vs 7-10 says

“Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, His blood poured out on the alter of the cross, we’re free people…..Free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all out misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans He took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, and everything on the planet earth.

It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eyes on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.”

What have you got in your hands?
What ever life hands you, turn into an art form (into a weapon)
What ever has challenged you, tried to shame you turn it round and use it as a weapon to let others (be of purpose)

Be a man/woman on a mission; bring everything into submission to the mission. The only thing that can stop your mission and set in to remission are things on the inside, that are in the dark, eating you up like a cancer (bad habits) they hinder the mission.

We all struggle with different habits that don’t help the mission, bring it to the light and calling it what it is, is the first step , dealing with it through the help of the perfect gentleman in the Trinity ( Holy Spirit)

PS: He is the perfect gentleman because he will never possess you; he will never force Himself on you. When you invite Him then only with He lead.

Gain admission by going back to the Father, the price had been paid for the admission, and step into your purpose and fulfill destiny.

What is forgiveness?

Forgiveness is to release someone from a debt you think they owe you..

“If your brother sins against you…seven times in a day and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, I repent you shall forgive him”(Luke17:3-5)

It is inevetable not to be offended one time or another. The ones that will offend you the most will be those closest to you, those you love and trust.

The closer the relationship the more sever the offence, only those you expect from that can hurt you….

The question is what your response will be?

I know you have heard this saying “Two wrongs don’t make a rigth”

If you have been hurt, you do not have to hold that offence. Jesus forgave us from the cross before we said we were wrong. Now that is true forgiveness….

To be able to forgive you’ll need to develop faith is Gods Love( Agape)

What is that you say? Agape is a love that expects nothing in return but to serve God …It is unconditional!

During my journey on the road of unforgiveness, I read this from the word of God that totaly blew my mind and turned things around for me. It showed me to be able to forgive and not hold offence take root in my heart, I would need Him! (God)

“I said to love your enemies, bless those who curses you, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven”

(matt 5v44-45) it continues to verse 47, but what struck me was that there was no way I could do this in my strength

There is so much to say about this topic, but I’ll stop here for today. Let me leave you with this to think about…..

Unforgiveness and holding on to offence is like you taking poison to kill another?

Just think…

If….

……The contents of the poem is what I am working to be. ( i don’t claim to know all things) or I should be in heaven if I did…. when we don’t give up  we push through, not wavering, not shaking look at our fears rigth in the eye.

The poem is the essence of who I would like to be… In Christaindom we are familar with the word strongholds others know it as issues.

We all have issues  or are going through at one time or another. My goal is for us to encourage one another and get rid of our issues/strongholds  because they are nothing, but distractions and potholes, to frustrate you and make you give up.

  IF… tells us no matter what come before you don’t give up, don’t get distrated by emotions but, stay strong and focused…Deal with your issue,  for once we get that out of the way you find purpose and walk into destiny.

it’s time to deal with it…
 

Rudyard Kipling
IF…
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man my son!