BeyondSeeLevel

You will resist walking in righteousness when your desires are dominated by your flesh. You will love what hates you and hate what loves you. You will crave what’s in the dark because it appeases your flesh. And whatever you allow to feed you will lead you. The darkness will deceive you into believing that the enemy is your brother. But we don’t even war against flesh and blood. The real enemy uses the faces of your brother to disguise himself. And instead of fighting the enemy, we fight our brother. Instead of rejecting sin, we reject the sinner. And the cycle continues until we realize that this is a spiritual warfare and we start fighting the flesh with the Spirit.

*Tressa Jo

Self talk/discipline…

I am intentional with my frustrations. I steward them in the right direction as early as possible. Not allowing them to take my thoughts and emotions captive. I look for the opportunity God is presenting me to grow and glorify Him as soon as I’m aware.

I admit to myself and to God….
I’m annoyed! I’m agitated! I’m frustrated! I’m….

But I know You intend for me to grow in some way Lord. Show me! I’m looking! Tell me! I’m listening!

I don’t allow my emotions or my thoughts to tell me what to feel and think. And I sure don’t allow them to tell me what to do or how to act.
I tell them what to do! I am emotionally and mentally responsible and disciplined!

casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ
2 Corinthians 10:5

*Tressa Jo

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in. Psalms 27:10

Early in my walk as a single mother, I was bitterly grieved at the thought of raising my child on my own. More so, I was grieved at the thought of my daughter not having a consistent father in her life. I remember praying one day and opening up the bible to read. I asked God to minister to me and meet me in the place of my grief at that moment. This is the verse that I opened up to. What a mighty word of deliverance God gave me! God showed me that day, that no person in this life, including myself, can mean more to my child than Him. At that point, I committed myself to giving my child Jesus. He IS a father to the fatherless and a mother to the motherless. God is not only what me child’s father chose not to be for her, but God is also what I can’t be for her. He is her everything. He is my everything. He is your everything. I realized that my relationship with God would make the biggest difference in both of our lives–not there presence of her father; not having money to provide for her; not anything materialistic. But God! He’s not just my daughter’s Father. But He’s my Father too. And He loves and cares for both of us just like a Father. ❤

*Tressa Jo