The BLOOD is Still Working and Healing Your Pain of Molestation & Rape

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me." John 14:3 KJV

Have you ever been molested or raped?  It doesn't matter if you male or female, the pain is still so real for both.  

How many times did it occur in your life?  Did you know that person or person(s)?

Who on Earth wants to answer those type of questions about their life?  

But dear heart, you have to answer those questions.  Your Story.  Your Testimony.  Can't nobody tell it like you.  In fact you are courageous in this moment right now to even show up to a blog post like this one.  

The reason why I wanted you to look at those questions and answer them honestly is because you have been in a Fight...and it is literally the fight of your lifetime!

The Painful Memories vs. Your Awesome Future

One of the oldest tricks of the enemy is to keep you distracted to keep your from getting to your future.  The future is always better than your past.  The enemy don't want you to get what God has for you, so he reminds you of the pain.  The enemy ties up the emotions that he knows will HURT you the most to use them against you.  He doesn't fight fair because he is a devourer.  He is a coward. A thief. He is a nobody compared to the living Jesus that lives on the inside of you.

The most cowardly way to do this is tie up your mind, emotions, and break your heart even more from them memories.  The enemy wants to keep robbing you from having a healthy sex life, experience real love, and destroy your trust in mankind.

You wrestle with the fact that maybe they got away with it and they went on living their life.  You wrestle with the fact of why evil had to come your way and take advantage of you.  You wrestle with the fact with why your innocence was taken, why your trust was destroyed, and even worse why your faith has been tested to the breaking point.  

The devil is a lie. 

JESUS HAS REDEEMED YOU...

What does redeem mean?  I looked it up on google...

1. compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something).
2. gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment.

WOW!  JESUS paid it all to gain possession of you.  That's how much HE LOVES YOU!
So even when bad things happen, the Blood that was shed STILL has the power to heal all your wounds-physically, mentally, and spiritually.  It still works.  The Blood still has power.  

NO evil deed is any match for the Healing Power of The Blood of JESUS. 

We live in a fallen world.  Some people pervert it so much that it's sick and evil.  We can't comprehend how one can do anything like that but that's because we have a heart not to do that.  So we won't ever understand why people think they have the right to violate another person.  

But we are armed with the most Victorious Tools of all the world. 

• The Blood of Jesus-who freely died for YOU and ME
• A Redeemer Who Still Lives and LOVES You and Me
• Therapists, Pastors, and Support Groups because iron sharpens iron.  We all need help sometimes.  
• Scripture that could literally change our lives by the POWER in the Word

YOUR POWERFUL DECLARATIONS>>>READ RIGHT NOW 
 
 I could go on and on...you have to know that you ARE victorious.  You are walking in victory right now as we speak.  You are more than a conqueror.  You been through all that and you are still here!  GOD is not finished with you.  You still have work to do.  You still are precious in His Sight.  You are a Creation of the Most High God.  God makes no mistakes with His creations.  God has an awesome plan for your life.  Your best days are still ahead of you.  Your heart is redeemed.  You have been renewed.  You have been restored.  The pain of the past will NOT have you in bondage.  You love freely.  You make love to the one God created for you to be with.  You have joy within your soul.  You have peace of mind.  You carry no shame from your past.  All things are work together for the good.  Your story is a testimony that will free others.  Your pain is not in vain.  No tear is ever wasted.  All things are working for the good.  Thank God for the Blood.  You praise God because you have breakthrough.  God has an awesome future for you.  Don't you give up! 
 
Thank you Jesus for healing everyone reading this right now.  Thank you for giving them freedom from the painful memories.  Thank you Jesus for the freedom to love.  Thank you Jesus for the freedom to trust love again.  Thank you Jesus for the Healing that is taking place right now!  You better PRAISE HIM!!!

My favorite verse ever that is a Spoken Word for YOU!
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV

ACTION STEPS
1.  Get professional help if needed.  Ain't nothing wrong with help.  Even professionals need help on some things.  We all need help sometimes.  
2.  Get in your secret place and get in the presence of God.  This is SO powerful!  It can be a closet, the bathroom, or the bedroom...just invite His presence and watch how God speaks to your heart.
3.  Tell your story.  If you don't do it publicly, tell it to someone you know that been through what you been through.  Journal, journal, and journal so more.  It is truly therapy.
4.  Make declarations over your life DAILY.  Speak them out.  Believe.  Have Faith.  
5.  Grab some scriptures that speak to your situation.  All you have to do is Google it and so many will come up for that particular situation you are seeking God for.

INSPIRED BY:
"The Blood" ft. Zacardi Cortez - James Fortune & FIYA Live  Watch out now this video is super anointed! lol  Can't help but shout on this one.  Don't forget to support our artists for giving their all to us by picking up their work on itunes.

Much love, 

Andrea

P.s. Let me know that you are more than a conqueror in the comments below!  Or you can write me with your testimony at christianenvelope@gmail.com

I am more than a conqueror! :)
 








 
 

THE 5-SHIFT MINDSET CHANGE...

Do you have some things in your life that you need to change?

Have you discovered yet the change is YOU.

I'm here to serve notice that the change is already within you.  You just have to shift your mindset...one speed at a time. :)

I was taking our boys to school this morning and the thoughts came to me...I  need to do better as a Mom.  The thought came to my mind that I may even be a bad Mom and before I could form that thought, I rebuked it. :)  I know for a fact that's NOT true.  But that doesn't mean that I don't have some things that I could improve on.

So the questions kept coming up last night and this morning...
Do I want to show my boys that it's ok to be late all the time?
Do I want to show them it's ok to quit and give up?
Do I want to show them to take their work and responsibilities of life lightly?
Do I want to show them defeat or strength?
Do I want to show them you start something and never follow through?

Notice the words used is :SHOW" because they are watching.   Things just got real. 

It's time for a change!

I know it.  It's time to make a consistent effort though.  Instantly,  the memories with my Dad came to mind.  Back when I was learning how to drive, he would teach me sometimes.  My Mom would teach me the automatic. Of course, I went to the famous Driver's Ed at school.  My parents were divorced at that time, so it was only one car when I visited him.  That car turned out to be a 5-Speed.

You mean to tell me I have to learn how to drive a 5 Speed Car???

Of course Dad made it look easy.   But I was intrigued by the sports car-similar to the one in the photo-the famous Nissan 300zx. :)  You would think it was precious because that car had a name. lol  

Driving a 5Speed car is so different.  It's intimidating because you don't know what you are doing.  You don't know if you are moving in the right direction.  You don't even know if you are in the right gear.

What do I do now???  You couldn't get a manual car???

My Dad still trained me.  You began to notice that the car lets you know when you are in the wrong gear.  You will hear the gears stripping!  After you do that a time or two you began to get better at it.  You start to listen to the engine.  You can tell when it's time to make the "SHIFT" to the next gear.  Whenever you are at a stand still you are in neutral and you know you can't stay there in life.  You only reverse when you have to...when you are backing out of the parking spot or the drive way...you can't stay there in life either.   You worry about rolling backwards when waiting for the light to change...you can't go back in life that way either.

You always have to be Moving FORWARD by SHIFTING THE GEARS.  That is the only way to move forward.

The most exciting part is to get up to the 5 speed gear.  You can go fast.  You can drive down the interstate and not have to shift again until it's time to "slow down."

So today it hit my Spirit that I'm a good Mom.  I just have to tweak some things.  You may always have to tweak some things.  I just have to change my mindset.  I have to shift my thinking.  Once I nurture the shift more, the better I will be.  The funny thing too is that is for EVERY area of your life.  I want to be better all the way around...a better wife, a better daughter, a better sister friend, a better entrepreneur.

So, I challenge you today to listen to your engine.  Is there a need for you to shift the gears?  Has God been showing you things when you "strip the gears?"  Have you been going the wrong way?  Are you looking back in "reverse" too much?  Are you stuck in the past or are you moving "forward?"  The most exciting part of life is moving forward! :)

It's ok if you find yourself lost.  It's ok if you messed up.  There is something you can do right now.  Get yourself back in alignment with the gears by shifting your mindset.

Me and the Updated 300zx!  I think this one was automatic though.

I must say that I learned how to drive the 300zx.  I am so thankful to God for that experience to learn how to drive the 5speed with my Dad.  It challenged me at a younger age to know I can do things that I may presume at first may be hard.  Things like wisdom teeth/root canals, a cancer scare, and childbirth naturally-twice! lol 

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

You better hold on to that word!  It's priceless.  It never expires.

ACTION STEPS:
1.  Don't believe the negative thoughts that may cross your mind.  I heard in church once that "the enemy condemns, but God convicts."  That's powerful!  That's how you know the difference.  The enemy will make you think you are done and no good...it won't offer any ounce of hope that you can change.  The enemy will even try to convince you that God doesn't love you no more because you can't seem to "get it together in life."  But God. :)  He comes in and reminds you that He chastens the child to make them better.  God chastens the very one he loves!

"because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in." Proverbs 3:12  ISV

INSPIRED BY:
Let's get a little driving music going.  My Dad loves jazz music and so do I.  This is what I will be listening too when I'm driving my Mercedes Benz CLA and cruising down the interstate for a family trip.

Taylor McFerrin featuring Robert Glasper& Thundercat in "Already There"  Don't forget to support your favorite artists on itunes or your favorite retailer!

Much love from Under the Myrtle Tree,


Andrea

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