Who we are and who God is.

Our heart is for you to truly believe and declare out loud these truths.

If you find it hard to speak them out or believe them for yourself, we would encourage you to spend time during the week asking the Holy Spirit to reveal the reasons why this might be difficult in your personal circumstances.

We would love to hear your stories and comments as you journey each week with us!

So excited for you to join us

Week 1 - do you truly believe this?

I am relying on God

Second week ladies and a great start

The bible tells us that we do not have the self-sufficiency to run this race alone. Don’t JUST use Him as your emergency call, his very presence living with us means we have access to the throne room 24/7.

He is my protector

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4

I am WORTHY

“Attempting to create self-worth on our own is inherently prideful because it implies that we think we can do a better job at it than God or that what He has given to us is not enough. In our modern world, it's easy to compare ourselves to others and find our value in how we measure up next to them. God measures our worth differently than mankind does:

"… For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). The best way we can find a sense of self-worth is to focus our attention on how God sees us and has placed His worth on us. He values us far more than anyone else, even ourselves, can. We have infinite worth because of Christ (John 3:16). “

Compellingtruth.org

I am WORTHY

My worth and significance is solely dependent on who God is, NOT by our jobs, houses, cars, holidays, how much you serve in church, how many face book friends you have ......

Father - “ Son/daughter, this is what I have been waiting for, let’s have a party. You see yourself as a failure but I need you to know that it has nothing to do with you and everything to do with Me!”

A great podcast below to listen to this week

PODCASTS.APPLE.COM

‎Mountain Park Podcast: I Am Worthy on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Mountain Park Podcast, Ep I Am Worthy - Jan 9, 2018

I am not alone

“ It is the Lord that goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed’ - Deut 31:8

I read this blog this weekend by Steve Buckland about the 3 main sources of lies. An interesting read as you journey through this weeks truth.

https://ignitinghope.com/.../three-main-sources-of-the.../

I am not alone

“Beer-Lahai-roi.”

The well of the living one who sees me. In these challenging times, with loneliness, isolation, a lack of empathy as everyone is in the storm, to know that God sees me/us, is an incredible truth! We are seen, known, lived, valued by The God who sees! - Paul Manwaring.

Gen 16:13-14

I am not alone

I am FORGIVEN

Jesus gives us the perfect example of forgiveness. While in agony on the cross, Jesus called out, exclaiming “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34)

Keep pressing into your Heavenly Father with each of these truths whether you believe them or not. There is still so much to learn about who He is and how He sees us. He will meet you where you are

I am FORGIVEN

Lord, help us learn to forgive as You have forgiven us. Freely. Completely. Not to excuse what’s been done to us, but to set us free. You are good. Your ways are good. And that means we can trust that forgiveness is good too. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. - Lysa TerKeurst

A great little read for you as you journey through this truth this week

https://www.google.co.uk/.../fully-forgiven-lavishly.../amp/

I am designed to hear God’s voice

“In the Bible, God speaks through dreams, visions, pictures, the scriptures, prophets, His audible voice, angels, miracles, and even a donkey! God is NOT limited in the ways He can communicate with us.” - Steve Long

I am designed to hear God’s voice

Revelation 2:7 - “Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says…”

We live in a very loud culture. The sound of our day is filled with the voices of media, news, politics, music, movies, sports, social media, friends, teachers, spouses, and much more. We hear it all, but have we heard the voice of God? God doesn’t have a speaking problem. We have a listening problem. He is speaking and it’s critical to hear what He is saying.

God speaks in many different ways:

• He speaks to us through the Bible

• He speaks to us through the experiences of life. Sometimes we learn the most about God from the things that happen to us. Often the circumstances of our lives are designed to wake us up…and to take us deeper.

• He speaks to us through His Spirit. He might use the teachings of a pastor, a writer, a singer, or he might whisper gently to your mind in an unmistakable and biblically consistent voice.

Sometimes we don’t hear because we are preoccupied and distracted. We are so busy with life that we spend most of our time on the run. We have obligations and commitments, responsibilities, and appointments.

Here’s a great question: Is God’s voice the loudest voice in your life?

Dallas Willard - “If God doesn’t speak today then the greatest disservice we could do to people is to tell them they can have a personal relationship with God.”

Hearing the voice of God requires…

Priority

If we aren’t willing to listen to everything God has to say, we won’t hear anything He has to say. If you want to hear his comforting voice, you have to listen to his convicting voice. It’s often what we want to hear least that we need to hear most.

If we aren’t intentional about hearing God’s voice, it probably won’t happen. We need to elevate the priority of listening to God. We want to hear what he has for us to do. We want to know what it is that he desires for our lives.

Proximity

Proximity means nearness in relationship. It is the desire to be close to God. The Bible says that when we draw near to God, he draws near to us.

Stillness

This is difficult for us, but we need to intentionally build quiet into our lives because our lives are almost alway noisy.

What does God want to say to me?

• Encouragement

• Warning

• Direction

• Calling

Credit : 5minutediscipleship.com

Challenge

Set aside time in your week to go ‘offline’ , book it in your diary if this helps. Spend time with your Heavenly Father and ask Him to speak to you, remember this is a process of leaning into Him. The more you do this, the more you will recognise your Fathers voice

My prayers are powerful and effective

“[Prayer is] when you talk to God with the edit button in the off position and you feel safe and heard and loved. It’s the kind of relational exchange you can’t get enough of.” -John Mark Comer, God Has a Name.

“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.” Matthew 6:8

’So let it not be said of us: “You do not have, because you do not ask” (James 4:2). Persevering work in the cause of truth and righteousness is a beautiful thing. God gives it. And God approves it. Never stop. But know this. God also loves to give breakthroughs in the twinkling of an eye.’ - John Piper

My prayer is powerful and effective

‘Notice, for Jesus of Nazareth, prayer was the center point of His life with God, woven into the fabric of his day to day existence, into His morning routine, into His weekly schedule, into the warp and woof of his humanity, He made time for it even if He was busy’

- John Mark Comer

A great sermon to listen to by Simon Holly from Kings Arms church Bedford called

‘Prayer- The artillery of heaven’

https://www.kingsarms.org/.../prayer-the-artillery-of.../

I am an encourager

A faith that hopes. (Hebrews 6:9)

‘ We can encourage others not just with our words and actions, but also by living our lives in a way that shows the people around us that we are hoping in Jesus, and trusting in him alone.

I know that for me, some of the most powerful moments of encouragement in my own faith haven’t just come from words someone has said to me, but by the way someone has lived their life hoping in God. I look at the way that friends like Hannie keep on trusting in Jesus, even when things are painful and hard, and I am encouraged in my own faith, because I see that living for God is worth it.

If we choose to recognise God’s goodness and sovereignty even in the most difficult chapters of our lives, we can encourage others to realise what this same promise means for their own lives.

Matthew 5:16 says this (TPT version):

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

It can be really, really hard to put Jesus first all the time – and we shouldn’t be discouraged when we inevitably fall short (that’s where grace kicks in!). But wouldn’t it be wonderful to try and live so clearly for Jesus that we end up encouraging others by the faith that we have, and pointing them to the hope we have.

POINT TO HOPE, BRING LIGHT, AND BE AN ENCOURAGER!’

credit Lucy @more precious

Week 10 and final week of our biblical truths in this block, but let’s not become complacent, there are many more truths to be pursued and believed! Don’t wait for someone to list them all to you, make it your desire to be all that God wants you to be and pursue them faithfully, because he is faithful.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me Phil 4:13

****read in context context context ****

Remember that when Paul the apostle wrote this, he was in prison!!!!

’Paul looked to the spiritual provision of Jesus Christ to find strength, hope, joy, peace, and contentment in even his darkest situation. It is this power that transforms hearts and frees minds oppressed by the discouragement of present circumstances.

And in a time when his own circumstances were limited, Paul turned to Christ for the strength to be content and still have joy. The same power that could deliver him from prison in an instant was the power that was daily transforming Paul’s heart to become more like Christ’s own.

In Christ, there is true strength. In Him, there is hope, joy, and peace that surpass all understanding and situations (Philippians 4:7), which Paul himself had experienced firsthand and later professed in his letter to the Philippians.

If anything, Paul had revealed his greatest secret to some of his closest friends and supporters. And it is a secret Christians today share in, one that is just as encouraging and life-giving as it was the day it was first read by the early church.’

Credit: Joel Ryan Christianity.com

Click on the link below for a helpful short talk by Francis Chan about reading this verse in context

https://youtu.be/9lC3DjID-GU