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  Regardless of WHAT it is that we are going through, David set an example for us on how to pray in Psalm 119, it is a vital resource for us. Whether you are going through a storm in life, recovering from hurt, people pleasing, anxiety, depression, pornography, over-thinking, addiction, etc. No matter what your struggle is, read this out loud, daily: God keep me from lying to myself. Help me to be honest with myself. Help me see myself in the mirror. Show me where my soul is unhealthy. Let me see where I need to change. Show me where I need to forgive. Help me to prevent anyone from taking my joy. Help me to release the wrongs done against me in years past. Help me to forgive myself for my past mistakes. Show me how to be more understanding and kind. Help me to start seeing myself the way you see me, as valuable. Help me to understand that I am Your masterpiece, and the apple of your eye. I encourage you, in your own walk with God, to speak the scriptures ...

          When we get ready to move into the fullness of God’s authority and anointing, we have to conquer anything that is in our lives that could possibly rule us, and we must put ourselves in the “ready position”.  If there is a stronghold in your life, it has to come down; and it doesn’t have to be everything, it could just be one area of your life that is keeping you from being in His perfect will. That ONE thing can keep you from walking in your full authority and calling, or it can hinder your God-given gifts. It will hold you down and keep you so focused on that pain, hurt, rejection, loss, and more, that you lose sight of what God has for you - therefore giving the enemy the victory.  Pin-point it, Conquer it; if you are a believer, then you know that you have the same power inside of you that Jesus did when he walked here on the earth, so speak it every single day until it is no more. We have to remove that stronghold, sin, shame, hurt...

            It just happens like that sometimes… I am a music/song person, I have been for as long as I can remember. It is most likely because during my childhood, my parents were both musicians and songwriters, my mother was the Minister of Music at our church, and my dad was the pastor - but I was raised, not only to hear the songs, but to hear the words and the emotion behind them. So it was nothing usual when I heard a new song for the first time, I listened to the words, felt every single one, tears slowly and quietly rolled down my cheeks. THIS ONE was different, it hit me differently. Why was I feeling so much emotion while listening to the song. It ministered to me in a way I had not felt before.       I went on and decided to remember it and listen to it again later. It was just a day or so later that it came on the radio again, and I listened intently again to every lyric - and again, I felt emotion that I could not descr...