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:: Stood Up & Happy ::

I posted on my IG/FB on Saturday night about my wonderful night of being stood up. I’m going to share the post here too since I had a lot of great responses to it. Hopefully it helps you out 🙂 Read below [taken from my IG account @zeninez84]:

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I was stood up tonight, and I’m completely OK! I decided to say yes to meet someone tonight. I don’t know when I’ll be free again because I work 7 days a week, so I was OK with giving up a free Saturday night for this. It’s been 6 years… and I told myself I would be open to dating this year.
As soon as I messaged the guy that I had parked, he disappeared from the app. I thought, “He’s not going to show up and I’m going to be sitting alone.” I got out of my car anyway and walked into the building, grabbed a seat at the bar and ordered my old fashioned and bacon burger. I occasionally looked outside in case he was still coming. But, he didn’t show up.

The temptation to cry and have a pity party was there and I could feel the justification to do so welling up inside of me. I quickly interrupted those thoughts with truth. I may have felt rejected and stupid, but I don’t live and respond based off of my “feelings” ..I live and respond and operate based off what I KNOW. I KNOW I am a daughter of the MOST HIGH KING. I know that I am LOVED by God far greater than I could ever comprehend. I have confidence because God affirms me, not a guy. God is my source of love, joy, peace etc. HE satisfies EVERY NEED.
Here’s why I’m OK. I know God has the right guy for me at the right time who will blow away my expectations. I may have felt sorry for myself for a moment but I couldn’t let it last, I know better. WAY BETTER!! I am TOO AMAZING to think little of myself or throw a pity party.

Shout out to the guy that stood me up! Because of you… tonight I discovered that I’m a lot stronger than I realize.
I’m not a sad, 33yr old, single… I’m a happy single! Tonight was another night to continue to be happy knowing God is creating my story with someone. It won’t be forced or orchestrated by me. God knows what he’s doing and who he’s bringing. I’m sharing this in case it helps anyone. God hasn’t forgotten you, be patient. Trust Him!
ps. Shout out to Pastor Keira who has always spoken words over me that have strengthened me and reminded me where my identity is. Your voice was in my head tonight as I felt tempted to cry but didn’t. I love you!! I enjoyed my night anyway 😁

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There you have it! I’m currently working on a blog post that will be all about the single topic. I think I will call it “Why being single doesn’t suck” 🙂 stay tuned and thank you for taking time to read this 🙂

Love Always,

Martha [Tita]

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I started writing this list at the end of December and instead of writing about all the bad things I could think of that took place in 2016, I wanted to write all the things I learned that helped me to have a great year no matter what came my way. I’ve been really bad at blogging BUT just got a laptop last week so I will be posting more. YAY!!

Here are some things I learned or was reminded of:

• Tomorrow isn’t promised, people you know and care about can be gone in a second; it’s heartbreaking. LOVE the people in your life with every ounce of your being, because you might wake up one day and find out their time on this earth has ended.

• Convince yourself that you’re capable of achieving your dreams and begin to knock things out little by little. You’ll look back and be amazed at the progress.

• Believe in yourself, no really… believe in yourself!

• Smile at strangers, they’ll smile back. Say hello and good morning to people you see out on the street. These are little things that make a difference in someone’s day.

• If you see someone who is obviously struggling to get food, help! It’s not ok to see someone eating out of a trash can and do nothing to help them.

• Prayer changes things, some times it isn’t instant or overnight [though I know that happens] but trust me when I say… prayer is powerful and God is working.

• Get to know people you never thought about spending time with, you’ll be happy you made time for them.

• Sitting down and getting to know someone’s story will have an impact on you, and you can’t help but love that person even greater.

• You can’t be there for everyone, so don’t beat yourself up or get overwhelmed when they’re upset with you. Pray for them, pray for them, pray for them.

• Not everyone will like you, it’s ok.

• Some people will distance themselves from you, let them.

• It’s ok to cry when situations arise that you cannot handle or control, but don’t hangout in your head too long… you’ll think yourself to confusion and frustration and want to give up. Don’t give up.

• Take a deep breath and clear your head when you feel like a million thoughts are coming in at one time.

• God is with you, you’re not alone.

• You are in charge of your time with others, not the other way around.

• Don’t take the carpool lane even though you have never been caught. At some point, you will get caught and pay $490.

• If your nieces want to play hide and seek, play hide and seek and hide real good! Record it if you can, because where they hide and what they say is priceless!

• Make time for your family.

• Make time for your best friends.

• Make time for YOU.

• You can be the kindest, most loving person on the planet but someone who doesn’t see an issue with how badly they treat you, won’t change if they are not aware that they have some adjustments to make.

• Some friendships won’t last forever and that’s ok.

• Toxic people in your life will cost you your peace.

• Some people will always assume the worst of you, but a real friend knows your heart.

• Happiness is an inside job.

• Don’t be easily offended, your friends would never intentionally hurt your feelings… so if they say or do something that hurts you… they probably didn’t mean it the way it was received. Always go back to, “Would this person intentionally hurt me?” if they answer is no, then let it go.

• Don’t let fear and doubt hold you back from doing what you love and what makes your heart come alive.

• Step out in faith, take a risk, watch God move.

• Say yes to new experiences and opportunities.

• Don’t freak out, cross certain bridges when and if you get to them… no need to stress over situations that have only taken place in your imagination.

• It’s never too late…Go for it!!

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.:I Choose:.

The other day as I was driving to work, I remember feeling uneasy…I had every reason to show up angry and upset or even crying while thinking, “will this ever end?” Certain personal situations had been happening and things had escalated the night before that it felt overwhelming as I drove to work. I decided to switch my thoughts to positive and flush the toxic ones. I remember telling myself “This situation does not determine how you will feel today, you are in control of your emotions”. I started to pray over what was going on, declaring that things were going to be OK, I prayed for the people involved and declared peace in their hearts. One of them called me crying, about 10 minutes before we both started work. We both shared our frustration, but I had to remind her that we can’t change people and that no matter what…God is still good and working things out. I reminded her that we have to trust Him and not worry, and we have to align our hearts with His and show unconditional Love… as much as we both wanted to be bitter and hurt with this person.I was able to make it to work knowing that God was taking care of what I couldn’t control, I chose to have a good day.. to be happy and joyful because I refuse to ALLOW negative situations to determine how I will feel or choose what mood I will be in. I choose Joy and Love. Any day! I don’t want to be someone who allows situations to take over my day or decide what mood I will be in. I don’t want to be someone who thinks and thinks and thinks and worries and stress’s over things… when there is no benefit attached to that. I’ve already been that person, and life SUCKS that way. Plus, Romans 8:28 tells us that God works EVERYTHING out for the good… that alone should put all worry at ease.

Reminder: Unconditional Love transforms lives and situations… so does trusting God and praying

-Martha Inez
Prayer:
God, so many things are out of our control… what we can control is how we respond to things. Lord I pray that we would be people who know how to respond to things…in love and not anger. I pray that in the midst of chaos in our lives, we know how to remain in peace because you are the anchor… you’re all we need and the re-filler of what we lack. We want your heart God…and we want to always be people who know how to maintain peace in our hearts and who know how to come to you when life seems like a raging storm. We don’t want to rely on our own strength and we don’t want to worry… we want your strength in our weakness… help us to be wise in situations that are difficult..and to always show love to those that need it most. thanks God, we love you so much. amen.

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.:Your.Heart.Is.Revealed:.

Your heart and who you are is revealed when the toughest of times has made its way into your life. Which is why I LOVE the story of Paul and Silas in prison! In Acts 16:16-40 we read about these two men who were, stripped, beaten, severely flogged.. then thrown into a prison cell and feet fastened in stocks. Stop for a moment and think about what your state of mind would be. Where many would blame God, or sit and complain about what happened…in agony be questioning God and His plans… these two men prayed to God and sang hymns. Worship was their response to what was going on, not doubt, or worry, or fear.

In the most difficult time for them, their heart was revealed by their response to a situation. Their heart’s were still for God. They decided that worshiping and singing hymns to Him in that moment…was the best way to handle what was going on, it was necessary and the first thing they could think of. How many of you would be able to respond with prayer and worship after having the worst scenario thrown at you? Because of what they did, BOOM! Ground shook and the all the doors flew open and all the chains were broken off them and the other prisoners. How amazing that God would use the heart and worship of someone else to set others free. No matter what you face, Don’t allow anything to take away your love for God…and your worship! You have no idea how powerful it truly is. Your story can bring freedom, your worship can break chains, your prayers are powerful that heaven invades! Never doubt the power of God in your life and what He can do in your situations. No matter how messy you think it is, He can still move in your circumstance and work a miracle. Believe.

Prayer:
God you are incredible, you are able to turn around our situations… you are able to take a mess bring healing and freedom. We pray that you would invade our hearts, and cause our heart to always to love you NO MATTER WHAT WE FACE. In our happiest and in hardest of times… be the center, be the joy and strength of our heart! amen! [Psalm 73:26]

-Martha Inez

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.You’re Faithful.

“You’re faithful through every season”...
During worship on Wednesday, this one line kept repeating over and over in my mind… and I couldn’t help but cry. I began to think back to all of the different seasons in my life… the really good ones and the extremely hard ones… through some of my happiest moments or heartbreaking moments… God has been faithful. There have been so many different seasons in my life but the one that stuck out to me the most… was this past year and how very difficult it was for me… I cried a lot. No really, A LOT. My heart hurt and many times I just pushed the pain aside and tried not to focus on it, instead of giving it over to God. Well that wasn’t very smart was it? Because it didn’t fix anything, it prolonged the healing process. Eventually, after being sick of still crying over the same issue, I ended up giving it over to God, and almost DAILY! I think I the only reason I kept pushing it aside, was because I didn’t want to appear like I didn’t have things together. I didn’t want to look like I was an emotional mess, I wanted to believe I was strong and able to handle this with no problem. It was obvious to those around me, that I wasn’t OK, when you’re not able to be yourself… it’s obvious there’s something wrong. When you try and handle things in your own strength, you’re bound to stay in a pit. Friend, get out of the pit… call for help, there are helping hands ready to pull you out!

I’m so glad I have friends in my life that have always checked up on me, that have encouraged me and prayed for me and with me. And how amazing is our God that He is always there through it all!! He was comforting me, pouring out love and peace and bringing the most incredible people in my life that knew how to call the Gold out in me…when all I felt I had was some measly rocks and pebbles… He used others to be my iron that sharpens iron and show me that there was far more in me than I realized.

I think it’s REALLY IMPORTANT to surround yourself with men and woman of God. Especially when you’re in times of difficulty and struggle. That is a time to be closer to God and those who can help you, that’s not a time to run and hide. Don’t try and hide your “junk” or “mess”… its OK to be messy and not have it all together. We’ve all been there!! Be open and honest with those close in your life and the ones that you know can provide words of wisdom that will help pull you out of a pit. And never forget, that no matter what season you’re in… GOD IS FAITHFUL. Always.

He isn’t intimidated by our junk, or scared to touch it. He’s an expert at healing, mending, restoring, etc. Whatever season you find yourself in right now… remember He is there, His love never fails and His love will carry you through it all. Whether the season is your best or worst 🙂 He is faithful in EVERY season.

Martha.Inez

Prayer:
God, thank you that no matter what we face… no matter what season we’re in… You’re there. You’re Faithful. You’re comforting and pouring out your love and peace. You’re constantly reminding us of how loved we are and you’re bringing the right people in our lives that know how to call out the Gold and help us walk out our destiny and calling. Thank you God, for never giving up on us… we love you SO MUCH! Help us to never be ashamed when we’re in a rut, but to learn to call out for help to those you have put in our lives to be our iron that sharpens iron. amen.

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.Be.Happy.

Being happy is a choice. It’s changing your mind on how you see things, for example, seeing an opportunity in a problem or the positive in a negative situation. How we feel about a matter, comes from how we perceive it.

The other day I was speaking with a friend of mine who will be moving back home, she was feeling discouraged with herself and sad. She pointed out all the negative things she was seeing in her situation and most of those were in her mind. Things like, “what will people think of me”.. “I feel like a failure almost”.. “I’m going back with less money than I came with”… as she shared different things she was feeling I said, “Look at the amazing friends you have made though… and your walk with God totally grew!” I reminded her that though she was going back home with less money, that it wasn’t as important when compared to what she’s going back with spiritually. She has had an incredible few months here! She’s made great connections, built amazing friendships, she found a church she can call home when she visits, she’s had God encounters that have left her in awe of Him. After she realized this, she was happy!

It’s all in how we view what is going on. You can choose to see the light in the dark or choose to be scared in the dark.

Last month I was super sad and nearly depressed for not being married with kids yet (side note: It’s not a “loneliness” issue, I’ve never struggled with that, Praise God!) … turning 29 next month was scaring me! (OK it wasn’t just last month..it’s been awhile) This month, after talking with the most incredible people God has put in my life and asking God to reveal things to me that I’m not seeing, I’ve realized a lot of things I wasn’t noticing!

Now, I’m SO HAPPY with my life and where God has me. I really don’t care about being single, in fact, I’ve challenged myself to be the happiest single I know! which hasn’t really been a challenge at all now, weird. There’s a lot this past year that I’ve allowed to affect my emotions, not just the single part, its been many different stuff. My heart is at complete peace right now 🙂 There are certain things I’m not worried about anymore, such as, where my life is going, what I’ll end up doing after this job, when I will be married, am I going to live in SJ forever etc. I trust that God is going to open the right doors, guide me where I should go, provide whatever I need.. the list goes on. I’m just not placing worry and fear in those things anymore, but rather… placing trust and excitement there instead.

I encourage anyone who is full of fear or worry, to spend time with God and ask him to reveal things to you that you haven’t looked at.. I’m praying that your perspective on things changes… and that you are able to feel peace and joy in your heart by giving Him all the things that have been bombarding your mind and putting weight on you. Take the weight off and give Him the load.
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” -1 Peter 5:7
“For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:30

I hope this helped some of you. and I hope you can truly Be.Happy. Remind yourself of how GOOD God is… He’s never forgotten about you, He’s faithful!

Prayer:
God I pray for those who are feeling overwhelmed with life, who are feeling anxiety, heavy, a weight on their shoulders, worried, scared, fearful etc. And I pray that you would consume them with your peace and pour out your love on their hearts. I pray that you would reveal to them something they haven’t noticed about their situation, help them to see the light in the dark, to be strong and confident in knowing that you are taking care of them. I declare peace over all of those who are feeling chaos in their hearts, and comfort to those who are feeling alone. God, give them all a big hug and remind them of how much you are madly in love with them. amen.

-Martha Inez-

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.LET.GO.ALREADY.

Remember that one time [OK, those several times!] When you told God “I trust you! Here, take this!!”… “This” being: a situation, a bad habit, a relationship/friendship, etc. Whatever it was for you, you knew it wasn’t good for you and though you said to Him “Here, take this!” … you still held on to it like a rope, with a tight grip 😉 I mean, this thing wasn’t going very far from your reach since you held held on to it with a mighty passion! Do you FULLY trust God to take care of you or do you not trust Him? I woke up this morning having to apologize to God for saying I trusted Him in a certain area… yet, with smile had a grip on the rope 🙂 it was easier for me to Trust Him if I knew I slightly had control. That’s not trusting God at all. That was me being confident that I could still have my way if I held on to this thing for as long as I could… though deep deep down.. I KNEW.. this just isn’t for me.

So, how about we learn to LET GO of things that we KNOW we shouldn’t be holding on to. YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS… today, let’s FULLY TRUST GOD and actually mean it when we say “God, I trust you… I know you will take care of me..” .. and let go of the rope.. if you have tied a knot around your wrist with it, get the scissors or a knife.. sometimes I feel like I took a rope and tied it around my whole body.. haha! or If I did let go.. I quickly ran after it as it flew away, jumped up on and started to climb right back to it. Let’s be wise with our heart ♥ and know that God has never failed us… so we needn’t have any fear or worry, He’s got our back. He will provide, He will comfort, He will make a way, He will restore, He will look after your heart 🙂 Has he ever given you a reason NOT to trust Him? He knows what’s best for us and can do some amazing things in our lives if we fully trust Him and surrender wanting to know ALL the answers.

Let’s let go together 🙂

Prayer:
God, you’re amazing… we love you and we surrender wanting all the answers or feeling like we need to know what’s going to happen next. We fully trust you, we fully let go and trust that you are going to take care of us… that you’re going to make sure our heart is save.. you have our best interest in mind… God we let go of fear, worry, doubt, and we say I TRUST YOU GOD. I LOVE YOU.
yup, amen

-Martha Inez

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.FEAR is a monster.

Let me tell you something people… FEAR is ugly and robs you of your future and the gifts and desires inside of you. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT LET FEAR STOP YOU from ANYTHING. I know you are passionate about something, or curious about trying something, or wondering if you’d be good at such and such. [You fill in the blanks]. Stop with the “what if” and thinking of what could go wrong, cross that bridge IF you get there. Don’t feel sorry for yourself or complain about what you lack or compare yourself to someone else. Stop That! FEAR is a nasty monster and it wants you to give it power. Give fear NO PERMISSION or AUTHORITY in your life. Take control, you have been given AUTHORITY OVER FEAR. YOU have been given a spirit of POWER [2 Timothy 1:7] Remember WHO’s you are and WHO you are… you’re mighty and you know it

Prayer:
Fear is ugly and stupid… God, help us to see that and truly KNOW it deep down in our hearts. We want to passionately go after the desires and gifts you put in our heart WITH OUT FEAR holding us back. We cut the ties to fear and bury it in the ground..never to be dug up again. Help us to stand tall and strong and confident in knowing we can and will reach our goals. Amen.

-Martha Galvan-

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.Just DO IT.

[My FB status posted 5.10.13]

I’ve been having moments lately where I JUST DO IT! “It” is different for all of us. Most likely “It” can be taking a risk. This past month is exactly what “It” has been for me and I just did it!! More than once, I’ve taken that leap WITHOUT thinking long and hard about it, WITHOUT consulting with myself first, because too many times when I do that I TALK MYSELF OUT OF IT! So this time I just did it!! I feel nervous now…BUT I’m not listening to the thoughts of doubt and fear, ok sometimes I do haha! Not for too long though, I flush them out of my head because I know who I am.. I know who God has created me to be.. I know what HE says of me… and His words alone… are all I need to move forward.Take the leap! Jump! Hop! Skip to it! Just DO IT!! Sometimes we’re the ones holding ourselves back from things we desire to pursue. Stop it!! A risk is no guarantee that things will work out… oh but what if it does?! If ur heart is in it… n you’ve got the passion… ??!! I just can’t say no to something for the FEAR of FAILING… I know about some people who failed a few times at something they ended up being great at. *caugh* Michael Jordan. Fear is a dream stopper… and I give fear the boot it doesn’t have my permission to hangout in my life I’d rather take a risk then live in fear or constantly wonder “what if”.

**my response to someone who said: I COMPLETELY agree with you! I just wanted you to remember that taking a risk doesn’t necessarily mean success since I seem to have that delusional logic in thinking…**

aww.. you’re not delusional! its called hope. and hope is good to have. Healthy Hope! Any decision we make… I think they should be made from a healthy heart and with wisdom. If we make decisions solely off emotions, we may find ourselves standing in a place we didn’t envision for ourselves. I don’t think all impulse decisions are bad.. every case is different.. but I do think if you’r going to “Just do it” and take a risk.. then monitoring your heart and knowing where you are mentally and emotionally is wise. They go hand in hand. Healthy mind and healthy heart. Wisdom is so important. my recent risks weren’t done without having considered my hearts health and where my heart stood in the situation. These were both decisions that I feel were for the best, one was something I’ve been passionate about for a long time.. and I KNOW I haven’t done anything in that area because of fear. the other decision was an opportunity for me to grow as a person and to help families out too… both things I really want to see in my life. So they were risks and changes I took knowing that my heart is in a good place, mentally Im in a good place.. it was a decision off impulse but definitely soaked in wisdom and knowing where I am in life to do just say yes to them ya know? But yeah, making decisions without considering certain things in your life.. probably not the best thing to do. We’ve all been there.. done that..and learned from it

Papa God:
Help us to just do it ..and go after the things in our hearts… as simple as that 🙂

-Martha Inez-

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.Keep Loving.

[My FB status from 5.9.13]

Sometimes it’s VERY DIFFICULT to love people that keep hurting you… and sometimes those people aren’t hurting you intentionally but they have some deep rooted issues that cause them to act and think a certain way. Continue to love them and pray for them. Declare that breakthrough is coming. I know, don’t we wish it came years ago for them? Yes! But don’t give up on the ones you love… when they are at their low and worst… that’s when they need your love the most plus, we’re not perfect either… we all need some more work and growing from time to time ♥♡

Prayer:
Lord, you KNOW how difficult it is for us to LOVE people unconditionally… especially those close to our hearts. God please help us stretch out grace to them.. and to not give up on them… when they need us most.. I pray our hearts be moved to draw closer to them and not push them away. Your love casts out all fear… I pray your love would consume those close to us.. because we loved on them non-stop! amen!

-Martha Inez-

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.Peace.

[My FB status posted: 5.6.13]

sometimes I’m not at peace… and if my heart is not at peace… my day is not looking too happy. “Let the PEACE of Christ rule in your hearts…” [Colossians 3:15] Just read this right now… and it was a reminder to me… to always allow peace to RULE my heart, not uncertainty, confusion, frustration, anger, doubt, insecurity… etc. I could keep going… I’m sure many of us can whoopsy daisy We often allow situations and circumstances to rule our hearts… forgetting that we can just call upon God and cast all worries off… and let the PEACE of Christ rule in our heart. Lead and love and live from a heart that IS Peace Remember that Jesus brought peace to the storm… so don’t worry about your storm, Let Peace rule your heart and allow God to work things out…

Prayer:
Jesus… you ARE peace, help us remember that YOU rule our hearts.. that no circumstance or situation will ever take your place or remove peace. We choose to operate out of a peaceful heart.. a heart in love with your presence.. amen

-Martha Inez-

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.Unskilled.

[my FB status I posted on 4.30.13]

I had some thoughts today that assured me of how insanely unskilled I am to accomplish certain things. Then I flushed them out of my head, they don’t belong there and I give them no power or permission to hangout up there If you have the same thing happen to you, FLUSH those suckers out!! Think highly of yourself, even if you don’t feel it, trust me, other’s see how amazing you are when you don’t see it. Be Positive. Speak life over yourself. Like Dory from Finding Nemo once said “Just keep swimming”

Papa:
Remind us of who we are, and help us to we speak life over ourselves. We do NOT want to submit to feeling sorry for ourselves or making excuses about our lack of skill. You qualify us, and what you say about us in a still quiet voice is what our hearts pick up over the loudest lie about us… that’s our prayer lord… that we learn to hear YOUR voice above all others. amen!

-Martha Inez-

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.Trust God.

Just a reminder: TRUST GOD… not just when it seems easy to but even when it SEEMS EXTREMELY HARD TO. No matter what it is you face… simply Trust Him here. It requires faith… link your Faith and Trust in Him… everything will be ok [Proverbs 3:5] “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”

He will never fail you… He’s got your hand… He holds your heart… LET GO OF WORRY…

Prayer:
Papa God, we surrender all worries to you… we lay them before your feet TRUSTING you with our lives and with our next steps… we ignore the lies that cause us to be in doubt of what you are capable of… we know the truth an we listen to the truth. You are good, you are able, you are powerful.. and you love us. 🙂 amen

-Martha Inez-

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.Your Idea.

If you truly want to see your idea happen… make movement!! DO something about it even partner up with people who can help you out and encourage you! Some of you push things aside with the thought “someone else can make that happen” …well that’s funny because it came to YOUR MIND for a reason and you’re passionate about it… soooo….
DO. MOVE. WORK. Dream and put action to it.

Do you really want someone else to fulfill the position you know in your heart… you were called to? I didn’t think so. Believe in yourself and get around others who believe in you!

Prayer:
Lord, help us to flush the thoughts that say “someone else can get this done” we want to step into the position we feel called to. We want to sign up for whats in our hearts… we want to be the one passionate about whats been put in our hearts… we refuse to let someone else take this up. We want in. we love you! amen 🙂

-Martha Inez-

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.You were born.

I don’t care what anyone has told you or even what YOU have told yourself! YOU WERE BORN TO BE GREAT AND AMAZING! Please discover how ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE you truly are!

Sometimes you just have to SHUT DOWN how YOU feel about yourself and your “lack of experience” or “talent” etc. and just MOVE FORWARD.. grab a hold of opportunities before you and stop telling yourself you’re not worth it or able to accomplish it.

STOP TALKING YOURSELF OUT OF BECOMING SOMEONE AMAZING AND DOING INCREDIBLE THINGS! …I say this in my nicest and sweetest tones ♪ with love

Prayer:
In this area Lord, we soooooo need a deep revelation of WHO we are and WHO you have DESIGNED US TO BE… we speak to the negative thoughts and say GO! And we declare that from here on out… we will WALK in authority and with confidence in who YOU say we are.. amen!!

-Martha Inez-

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.Press.IN.

I was with a group of ladies the other night and we talked about a few different things. I noticed there was a theme in the different things we were sharing. One of them being this battle of the mind and our thoughts and how we so easily believe a lie from the Devil. That Jerk!

One lady shared about how she can’t feel God anymore and wonders what’s wrong with her and if the issue is her. I immediately, internally, was upset that the devil would make her believe this! oooh.. that stupid muther sucker! I hate when he implants a thought in our head and we begin to believe that God doesn’t like us because of such and such. You know?

I shared with her that it’s clearly a lie from the devil, he wants her to believe the issue is HER and that “something must be wrong with me because I can’t feel God.” I told her, PRESS IN EVEN MORE! especially when you don’t feel him.

I find that many Christians buy into that lie, that we’re so messed up that God doesn’t want to come hangout with us or something. Hey, let me tell you something… HE’S IN LOVE WITH YOU! Of course God loves being around you… BUT… how much are you willing to GO AFTER HIM?! How much more time will you give him? How hard will you pursue HIM?! He’s crazy about you, DON’T ever believe that you not feeling God is a result of something being wrong with you!

I think the issue is that many Christians just want his presence to come easy because they’re used to “feeling” him at church. It’s easy when the worship team is ON IT and ushering in The Presence is a done deal! [Good job worship team!!] It’s easy to feel God when Pastor is preaching up a storm, right? Have you ever wondered if perhaps you not feeling God… is not because God is upset with you… but maybe… He’s just curious as to how much you would really pursue Him… without a feeling? When the worship team isn’t around, when Pastor isn’t giving an amazing word, or when someone isn’t prophesying over you etc. Have you ever stopped to think… “I wonder if He just wants my heart…”

So, I ask you this, WILL YOU GO AFTER GOD WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING?! If there is no community group or prayer meeting or worship night going on, will you pursue His heart and get in His presence still? When you can’t FEEL Him, will you PRESS IN MORE?! Or do you just rely on the feeling, the butterflies and tingly sensation to do the trick for you? God knows when we’re so desperate for Him it causes us to go after Him with everything! All because WE’RE IN LOVE and not to get anything from Him. We’re not going after the “feeling”… be reminded of why you passionately pursue Him. Your motivation should be LOVE and that alone. It’s because you’re so CRAZY IN LOVE with The Most High King… you have to get before Him… and you’ll do anything to get yourself in His presence! Especially when you can’t feel Him… because it’s not about a feeling… its just about being in love.

My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, LORD, I will seek. -Psalm 27:8

-MarthaInez

Prayer:
God we are filled with distractions all around us, 24/7! We have the internet, out smartphones, people, etc. Our attention is constantly being pulled all over… God, we want to REFOCUS our attention where it matters most.. ON YOU! Help us to seek you more.. when no one is looking, when we’re in the secret place with you, behind closed doors… that we come before you and surrender it all… that we continue to fall madly and deeply in love with YOU… just for you! not gain anything… simply because without you in our lives…we’re nothing! we love you God! we love you so much Papa God! Amen

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.UNIQUELY YOU.

Why is it that OTHERS can see the gifts inside of you and you CAN’T?! Has anyone ever called out the Gold in you and you never saw what they were talking about?! HAHA!
I find this happens to most of us, where we have had someone in our life see something in us that we didn’t see before or perhaps we did see it… BUT we just pushed it off to the side because we feel we’re incapable of being great at it OR we just can’t imagine our lives being anything using this gift… in our minds someone else is going to be great at it… but “not me.”
You know, its about time we start realizing who we are and who God has created us to be. There is SO MUCH inside of you… you were born on purpose for a purpose. Don’t downplay your worth, don’t say you’re not giftedand talk yourself out of doing something you are passionate about.

Praying that God reveals to you the gifts He’s put in you so that you can fully walk them out and live and operate from that place ♥ I’m right there with ya! 😉
Be Reminded: YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND UNIQUELY YOU! ♥

-MarthaInez

Prayer: Lord open our eyes so that we can SEE OURSELVES THE WAY YOU CREATED US and NOT the way WE THINK we are because we’re so focused on our lack of experience or our flaws. Help us to never downplay our worth, wake up passions we’ve put aside because we’re either afraid to go after them or because we feel we’re inadequate. God, you are our creator and our strength, our confidence and peace… be everything we need to push past the negative thoughts that come at us. Guide is to the right people to help us get where we desire… in Jesus name. Amen ♥

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.You Were Born for The Impossible.

**Taken from BJM.ORG** This is NOT my writing, just wanted to share this with everyone**

You Were Born for the Impossible…

The reason God didn’t take you to be with Him when you were born again is because you have the divine assignment to invade the impossible. The reality of the Christian life is measured by the impact of the impossible.

Much of what we give God credit for can be done by the Kawanis Club. I’m don’t mean God is not involved, I’m just saying all it is doing is tapping into human talent to accomplish what mankind can accomplish.

What satisfaction is there in human accomplishment? There is some, but it’s not really lasting. It’s nothing like having cancer disappear. It’s nothing like the mother that lost the use of one arm to an accident, lost three inches of bone. She couldn’t grasp, couldn’t raise her arm; she couldn’t pick up her two year old because of this surgery. She had five surgeries in four and a half years. There was nothing like watching a lady pray for her and watching God add the three inches of bone adding all movement, all feeling, everything. Then she goes to pick up her two year old and her little girl says “No mommy, broken arm” because that’s all she has heard her whole life. To then see her say to her little girl, “No, it’s ok now.”

All the buildings I could build, all the money I could raise holds a breath to of competition to the moment of seeing that little girl held by her mother. I’ll take that over a million buildings.

And that’s who you are! You were born into this family, the actual Spirit of the resurrected Christ took up residents in us. He’s in us and He wants out!

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.Romans 8:28.

Be reminded… God works ALL things together for the good. I may want things to workout MY way.. and look like this and feel like that and go the way I plan, BUT how many of you know that sometimes those plans don’t turn out? We have it mapped out perfectly in our mind how we want things to play out. It all makes sense in our head and most decisions we make are based from that map in our head… because THAT is what we are trying to accomplish. Our Plan. Oh and then here comes the curve ball we didn’t expect, the… the storm that no-one warned us about… “thanks life” you say to the air.

Despite the fact that life has its unique and consistent way of changing our plans on us last minute… it’s always good to remind yourself that no matter what happens.. God is working it out.. and HE does it so well, in the end.. It somehow is worked out for the good. Ultimately… I trust where He is leading… and I willingly follow… His word is the lamp unto my feet. His presence is where I want to be… so things can go as far left or as far right from what I wanted… as long as I’m where GOD wants me to be… I’ll be ok. It will suck in the beginning, sometimes feeling like you have to start over or move to plan B… but where one door closes another opens.

.Martha.Inez.

Prayer:
Papa God… help us to stay at peace with where you have us… especially when things look SO DIFFERENT from what we planned. It’s not about what we want anyway, we want what you want… our heart beats to the same rhythm of yours. We just want to be happy where we are, because if you’re here.. then nothing else matters. 🙂 We trust where you are leading. We love you!

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.God.IS.Good.

God is still good no matter what. If my day is going crappy… it’s my attitude that needs to change.. not Him 🙂 If what I’m going through is making me sad, then I need to remember that HE is my source of strength when I feel weak. If there is a difficult decisions I need to make or situation that’s happening… I run to God not from God. He is so good, I’m in love with Him ♥ I fully Trust God with my life.

There are times where I may not understand where He is taking me… what He is trying to teach me or better yet… WHEN this process I’m in will be OVER… but I do know God has NEVER failed me. Not once. I trust Him with my next steps, my next breath, my next season, my next decisions… I know He will be there. I FULLY Trust and surrender my insecurities and concerns.

Prayer:
Everything we hold inside that tells us to quit, we speak encouragement and life. Lord be our strength when we feel weak, and our source that we come to when we need to be filled. Nothing and no-one can satisfy us quite like you do… You are our joy and comfort. Amen.

-Martha.Inez.

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.Be Free.

I wonder what this world would look like if we all knew how to forgive… genuinely and whole heartily forgive those that have hurt us or ones close to us… and how differently those who forgive and were forgiven would live. It’s not easy sometimes, trust me I know, I’ve had things happen to me as a kid that I can easily question God about and hold bitterness towards these people that did these things… I’ve had friends hurt me so bad that I felt I could never forgive them. But forgiveness is freedom. Bitterness feels gross inside… and with this ONE HEART I have… I want my best to come out… I want God to have my best and people in general I come in contact with. But that only comes when I surrender my heart to God and ask him to rid it of everything and anything that isn’t good or doesn’t align with His heart. all dirt and residue gone. I want my heart to look like His. ♥

Prayer:
Papa God, we want a clean heart… like your word says “Give me a pure heart o God, and renew a steadfast spirit within” [Psalm 51:10] We pray that over our hearts God, we want them to look like yours, to reflect yours and take on the very image of yours. We want the one heart we have… to be emptied of anything negative and filled constantly and daily with more and more of you. Enlarge our capacity to love. Amen

-MarthaInez

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.The.Standard.

I think Gods love is so ridiculously and insanely Good! I mean… c’mon, there is NOTHING else like it. Unconditional love is pretty darn Rad if you ask me. Most people love with conditions…
“I will love you IF you behave, IF you do as I ask, IF you are perfect, IF you are who I want you to be, IF you do this for me…” etc. So sad… But Gods love IS unconditional.

He has unconditional acceptance and unconditional love for us… its BEAUTIFUL and that is the standard I want to live by. I want to LOVE the way He does. Though I may not get it right all the time… it’s a good standard to have, I think. Here’s something I like to say “Love… and Do it UNCONDITIONALLY. Give it OUTRAGEOUSLY. Speak it RADICALLY. Be it CONTINUOUSLY. Just love… MASSIVELY.”-Me. ♥♥♥ I love, LOVE… I love what it does to people, I love how it looks on people, I love when it’s given freely to people… with NO agenda. 🙂 ..yup

-MarthaInez

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.In THIS Moment.

HE is everything I need… whatever I lack… HE generously gives and fills me up. When I’m in need of peace, HE pours it out on me. When my heart hurts, HE comforts and heals. When I’m in fear of what steps to take next, HE reminds me to trust Him.
God can be whatever you need Him to be in this moment… He meets you where you are. You need provision? Confidence? Peace? Love? Comfort? Breakthrough? etc….
He can do it. NOTHING is Impossible for Him. You are not a hard case that scares Him… you are His child that He LOVES. IMMENSELY.
Allow Him to love you and show you who He can be in your life.. in this moment… when you let Him and allow Him to invade…

.MarthaInez.

Prayer:
In this moment.. God.. Be my everything.

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.Precious.Heart.

Because nearly all my FB Status’s become a post… This one I won’t expand on and create a huge blog on. I’ll just copy and paste my status:

Your heart is so precious and fragile… treat it like the treasure it is. Be careful with what you allow in it, with who you allow to be around it, how you handle it and how you share it. Care about your heart ♥. “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”- Proverbs 4:23.

-MarthaInez-

Prayer:
God, help us to be mindful of our hearts… and to CARE deeply for its well being. We want to learn how to guard and protect that which is so precious and fragile, yet so strong 🙂
Help us to use good judgment on what we allow in it and who we allow around it.
yup. amen.

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.Powerful.People.Empower.

** This is going to be a short post… you’re welcome 🙂 haha!! **

I’m blessed to be surrounded by powerful people who know how to empower me and pull out the gifts God has placed inside of me! Throughout my Christian walk God has brought people in my life who always motivated me to go after Him or to work towards my dreams. He’s given me AMAZING friends that are fired up for Him that always seem to encourage me to live my life in a way that would bring Glory and Honor to Him.

It’s important to surround yourself with people who will empower you and call out the Gold in you! Who will encourage you, stretch you, uplift you and pray for you!! Having this in my life has only caused me to go DEEPER with God and to go after the dreams in my heart ♥ Find those people for your life… there is SO MUCH potential inside of you… dreams, desires, gifts and passions waiting to be unleashed.

If there are passions inside of you that you don’t know how to walk in, then get around people who are walking in that passion and living it. Bill Johnson says, “If you want to kill giants, hangout with a giant killer”… I love that!! If there are desires in your heart, whether it be spiritual or something you want to pursue as a career, find those people! reach out to them and absorb as much as you can from them. Find people who will encourage you and motivate you… who will stretch you in your gifting and make sure you have people in your life that are in love with God. Those are the ones that influence you and impart the desire to love God whole heartily. Never settle when it comes to people you are going to do life with. Your life is precious… be wise with who you choose to pour into you. Powerful people empower. If there are powerful people in your life that are not empowering you… then find new ones 🙂

You were born to release what God has placed inside of you!

-MarthaInez-

Prayer:
God, you are sooo good… we love you, we love you, we just love you!! I pray you bring the right people in our lives that will encourage us to fall deeper in love with you. I pray you stir up the gifts inside of us, especially the gifts we may feel we are inadequate in… the ones we feel we are not the best in… the gifts we tend to push aside because we view ourselves as “not good enough” or “experienced enough”… Lord, you are our teacher… move us, grow us, stretch us. We want to be all that you have created us to be, we want to walk in all the things you’ve created us to walk in.. we want to live up to the potential we have… and more. We want to live a life that brings Glory and Honor to you. Give us boldness and motivation to pursue the dreams in our hearts, open the right doors and close the wrong doors. Bring in the people we need to help us be all we’re destined to be… God, we want to be unshakable. yup. the end “

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.Choose Joy.

Unexpected things happen… unfortunate things happen… bad things happen… sad things happen… etc. We have a choice in how we respond to things. I can easily be upset about a situation OR I can choose to not allow it to affect me to the point where I blow up and be angry or break down and cry. We have to practice self control and learn to harness our emotions and CHOOSE to be happy and OK. Though easier said than done, trust me, I know… but I refuse to allow myself the excuse of saying, “well this is just the way I am.. I get mad/emotional”… I’m better than that. I want to learn how to CHOOSE joy, love and peace over anger, frustration or even sadness and bitterness.. any day 🙂 I’d rather find a solution if I can, than be angry and upset.. when that doesn’t help a matter. I’ve had several instances where I found myself being frustrated or upset and in that moment I had to tell myself to calm down, not react and remind myself that it wasn’t a big deal and then ask myself if it was really worth getting upset over. I had to choose joy and peace in that moment. Various different situations can happen where we WANT to choose peace, love, joy etc… but it doesn’t necessarily work out that way, doesn’t make us a bad person… just means we still got some work to do in ourselves.

One of my friends asked me, “do you think that God allows us to feel sadness and anger for a reason? I definitely agree we choose how we respond to situations, but what if some situations require sadness in order to heal?”Very good question. I think God allows us to feel any emotion. It’s our choice. Recent events in my life have caused me to feel very sad this past month… but… I’m not a sad person by nature. I’m joyful. It’s our choice what we allow to feel. I’m choosing NOT be sad over a certain situation because I don’t want to be. I think everyone heals differently… some can heal with sadness. some can’t. I myself, refuse to stay sad over what happened, I refuse to be bitter and I refuse to be angry… I’m choosing joy, being sad, in my situation, doesn’t fix the matter at all. Benefits no-one. So I’m thinking positive, knowing that my life is in Gods hands, trusting Him fully with what is next now that this certain chapter in my life is over. He gives us a choice, ultimately its our choice in the end how we handle it, how we heal, how we grow etc. His role is when we allow Him to come and pour out His love as we surrender things to Him that we do not want to hold on to.

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”- Pslam 147:3

John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples…”

The bible also say’s to love one another Deeply!

1 Peter 4:8 “Love all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”…

In my current situation.. I’m choosing joy and love, because that somehow brings peace to my heart… there are moments where I feel sad and even angry/rejected, but I “take my thoughts captive”… because, for me, I don’t heal staying sad.. or confused.. or hurt. I just don’t. For me, I heal better when I release negative emotion and give it to God to take, I surrender what I don’t want and in return get peace. I want to love…even when I feel I’ve been hurt by someone, I still want the capacity to love them no matter what.

But again, we all heal different. not everyone is the same.. we all require something different 🙂

I will still cry sometimes… and I hate that! I feel like if I think too much about it… I’m only picking a scab. So it’s a constant surrender to God, a constant trusting, and a constant saying to Him “pour out your love and peace”… 🙂 for me, it’s just remembering that God is my source of joy and love… and He has no limit. I can ask for it as much as I want.. He won’t ever say “I gave you enough love yesterday” ..haha. We can come to Him at any time.. He isn’t annoyed or bothered by our requests.. He see’s our heart, sees our need.. and GLADLY provides what we need… because that’s what LOVE does. ♥ Love will see the need and happily meet the need.. it will never leave you empty. God is love. And His love is perfect.

Hope this spoke to some of you. I know I’m not the only one who needs to learn how to choose joy.

Blessings and Increase!

-MarthaInez
Prayer:
God, help those of us who need to learn how to choose to be happy, calm, joyful etc in situations that we feel take that away from us.. we want to stay grounded in you.. trusting you that everything will be ok. Any thoughts that take us to a place where we feel anger or bitterness towards someone, bring us back to your heart and the place where we can love them. We want your love to overflow in our lives Papa God. In Jesus name, amen. ♥

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.PASSIONATELY PURSUE HIS PRESENCE.

Sometimes life sucks, horribly. Sometimes things don’t turn out quite as WE planned… but even so, God is still good and worthy to be praised. Paul and Silas WORSHIPED God IN PRISON, after being striped down and severely flogged and feet fastened in stocks… they were PRAYING AND SINGING HYMNS!! That blows my mind!! I want a heart like that! That stays steadfast IN ALL circumstances, that will choose to worship and Love God no matter what comes my way, that the overflow never stops but only increases… and pours out onto others... oh man. Let’s read:

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.

Acts 16:22-26

The foundations were SHAKEN, and the gates FLEW OPEN and EVERYONE’S CHAINS CAME LOOSE!! …SO MUCH MEAT IN THAT!! There is Fruit in the Contending, in the Pressing IN to HIS PRESENCE… your freedom and worship is not just for you but it frees others around you too! God will take whatever situation you find yourself in… and fling the gates open and loosen your chains and SET YOU FREE! He will, the question is.. will you PURSUE HIM, CONTEND FOR BREAKTHROUGH, PRESS INTO HIS PRESENCE..in the midst of your situations and mess etc?! Like Paul and Silas.. others were watching them, and in that… they too were set free.

There are people in your life that are watching you… how you handle the things that come your way… they know you’re a Christian they know you Love God… BUT in some of their minds they wonder “how much do they ‘really’ love God? How much of a ‘Christian’ are they really? How will he/she handle this?” You have NO IDEA who you are influencing for the Kingdom.

Be wise in your decisions and NEVER stop loving God and showing that in your life. Keep pressing in, keep contending for breakthrough in the areas you have yet to see it in and PRESS IN DEEPER TO GODS MANIFEST PRESENCE AND LOVE! Passionately Pursue God because He is crazy in love with you and after your heart every day… you just may not see it.

Stay in love, Stay Pure, Stay hungry for MORE…

Prayer:
Papa God… you are SO GOOD! We passionately pursue you, in the midst of what may seem like chaos in our life sometimes… we CHOOSE to love you and worship you and be after your heart. When we feel weak from our situations remind us that you make us strong, when we feel alone.. remind us that you are with us always.. and when we forget that there are people watching us.. remind us YOU are who we live for and we make decisions from the standards we have set for ourselves. God we want to honor you IN ALL we do and say.. in our relationships with friends and family.. we want to bring you honor.. at our work, we want to bring you honor. We are after your Heart God, we want our hearts to break for the things that break yours.. we want to always remind IN your presence… and never leave. We Love You God, we just love you…
amen.

.Martha.Inez.

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.Pour IN to Overflow.

In order to overflow there must be a pouring in. What’s inside of you will be released but the question is, what are you pouring into your life? What are you doing on your day to day that is filling you up throughout the day because at some point what you are filling yourself with is going to come out.

We need to be careful with the things we allow in our hearts.

“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” [Matthew:12:34]

If I were to spend a day with you… what would it be like? What would I hear coming out of you? Passion? Life? or would it be depressing and pessimistic remarks? What you allow in your heart will be revealed in your speech and actions, because what is in you is what rules you. How much do you Value your heart that you would protect it? To what degree would you go to keep away the things that hinder you from living at your fullest potential and giving the best from your heart?

Fill your heart with what you want to release to others. If you want to release negativity, then by all means… think your negative thoughts and never look for the positive in anything, I’m pretty sure when you get around people you will point out the negative you see in their positive. But if you want to be positive, then change the way you think, take your thoughts captive and look for the positive in every situtaion. If you want to be loving, then practice by intentionally being loving. The list goes on and on… you know what to do.

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” – Proverbs 4:23

Our hearts needs to be taken care of and looked after, we can’t so easily allow our hearts to be immersed in things that can cause harm to it. From this ONE heart, we do life. What you allow IN you will eventually come OUT of you. So fill up but make sure what you are filling yourself with… is worth it… only pour in what you want to release, don’t contaminate your heart ♥ It’s so precious and someone is in need of it’s best that it has to give 🙂

Prayer:
Lord, help us to be mindful of the things we are allowing into our hearts, of the people we surround ourselves with and allow to speak into our lives, help us to filter out the bad that may contaminate our hearts… and only allow IN us only what YOU approve of and say amen to. We want to release our best, help us to rid the things that hinder our best from coming out 🙂 amen.

.MarthaInez.

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.Loving Yourself = Freedom to love others. [revised]

Have you ever heard someone say, “If you can’t love yourself… you can’t love others” or ” “How do you expect others to love you, if you do not love yourself?”..?? Anyone? Well I have and I’ve heard it several times throughout my life and quite frankly…I’ve NEVER believed it. I would hear that and want to vomit as I thought to myself, “That’s horse rubbish! I can love others just fine… and I don’t love me… so… that’s a flawed statement!”

True story… I’ve thought this for years.

I’m 27yrs old now, no I’m not lying… but thank you for the compliment as you thought to yourself, “oh my gosh… she’s that old? she doesn’t look it” , very sweet of you, HAHA!

So I’m 27 and have JUST BARELY realized what a horrible lie I have allowed myself to believe. Perhaps, in my mind, I felt that my thoughts were true … as some sort of justification for my actions. Well maybe not so much a justification per se… but in my mind I felt that “this is just how I am”… and because I believed that, I felt there was nothing wrong with me and the way I loved otheres, therefore there’s nothing I needed to change because I was fine and it was ok to not love me and give love to those around me. I don’t know if I’m making much sense.

I’ve had issues with loving myself for years! Where does this come from? Well I believe from several different events in my life that have hurt me emotionally and therefore I have carried them with me and telling myself that this is just how I am.

Such as elementary, I was one of the chubby girls, you know.. the thicker ones with super cricked teeth.. no, I mean SUPER BAD! So bad that neighbors would ask my dad or even give the suggestion “Hey, you should think about getting Tita some braces… when are you going to get her braces” etc. So when I realized I wasn’t the pretty girl, insecurity creeped in and I guess it never really left. 6th grade to 7th grade was a drastic difference if you were to look at my school picture. I had lost weight but… it never seemed enough to me. My friends were size 0’s and I felt that my 3/5 was huge compared to their tiny bodies. With this weight loss and now having braces and learning to do my makeup.. I had become friends with the “popular girls”.. so then the thoughts of “am I even cool enough to hangout with them” came in. It seemed as though insecurity after insecurity after insecurity founds its way into my thoughts… ruling nearly every decision I made. Insecurity, fear, worry, not trusting, etc… are all a part of the same family. The family of LIES.

There was a guy that started to pursue me after high school… I can remember one night when we were on the phone… “Martha, you’re beautiful… but if you worked out… you would be gorgeous” I felt so gross and ugly and not worthy to be liked by this guy that I held on a pedal stool. There was a guy I was dating who ended it with me because of my insecurity and then went on to say he was dating me and another girl at the same time, so of course I felt dumb and not good enough. For years I’ve allowed my negative perception of myself to stay in my mind and take residence in my heart, it was mighty fine with me because I thought it was normal and ok to feel this way… to not like me, but allowing this mentality to rule only makes the love you give to others completely unfair. Why? Because when you show them pieces of your heart with fear behind it, a fear that they will not love you back? Well that alone confirms the thoughts you have that say… “they just don’t love you, you’re just not that important.” I would really think this of people… I believed lies so easily, Bill Johnson says “when you believe a lie, you empower the liar”….oh man, looks like I did lots empowering because I would just eat up any negative thought I had of me.

I don’t know where these thoughts came from of just NOW realizing that loving yourself is SO KEY to loving others, ok had to be God telling me, Duh! haha! The bible says to lovers others as yourself…

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. -Mark 12:30-31

There’s no way you can purely love others when you have remnants of insecurity or even portions of you that cannot trust others, its flawed love and can cause your character to look questionable. I’m no expert but I now know that in order to love people… I need learn to how to love me and give no room for lies and no room to operate from those lies.

Loving yourself = Freedom to love others. I say freedom because if I have still have some insecurities or areas where I do not trust… then I’m enslaved to those negative emotions and lies I have believed which are NOT from me but from who else? Who hates God? Who was cast out of heaven because he was so mad that he was not greater than God therefore had to be cast to Earth where he had to sit and watch MAN be MADE IN GODS IMAGE? The Devil. We are hated because we are made in the very image he isn’t… and the devil HATES that about us… and will do anything he can to destroy us and I have a feeling a part of his tactic is getting us to not love ourselves, to think so negative that we don’t move or go very far in life because we sit and are so convinced that we just suck at the very things God has gifted us in.

And until we are free from those thoughts that we have believed, those lies will continue to stay alive within and therefore we become a slave to them. The goal is Freedom, the goal is to LOVE others from a place of Freedom… not from a place where you justify your negative thinking to continue living the way you do yet “love on others” and call it Godly. It’s not Godly, its a lie you believe, and it’s unfair to those you are loving on… to give them a love that is flawed all because you are not happy with yourself, all because you really truly believe you suck and are not worth much. Who thinks that of you? Only ONE, and he’s just a jealous mc.nasty trying to get you on his level.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.- Galations 5:1

Many thoughts we have of ourselves… are not our thoughts, but we receive them and believe them to be from us. I was watching a video by Dan Mohler on how to resist the devil, he said something that struck, “Who’s ever thought something that bothered them? It wasn’t you, it was interjected, it was lie trying to grab your identity and sell you cheap… as soon as you accept it as you, you give things a place”

Do not give a place to thoughts that do not belong to you, recognize where it is coming from and then Get FREE!! How? Fall deeper in love with the ONE who created you… ask Him to reveal things about you that you didn’t know before or have seen before… ask Him to tell you who you are and listen as He talks about Himself, because you’re made in his image… expect to hear ONLY remarkable things. We owe the world a genuine real love, but we have to take our thoughts captive and close the space we have made to give a place to the negative lies we believed of ourselves.

There is NOTHING wrong with YOU… my prayer for those in this same boat as I, is this:
Lord, help us to see ourselves the way YOU see us and to deflect the lies that we are not good enough, that we are not lovable, that we cannot succeed, that we suck at what we love to do etc. and most importantly, Lord help us to fight off the thoughts that we believe and have allowed to stay and take residence in our hearts… we declare our minds to be FREE from any lie we have believed where we have spoken ‘this is me, these are my thoughts, this is how I am’… we rebuke lies in Jesus name and we declare LIFE over our hearts, joy, peace and pure love!

-MarthaInez

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.Embracing Process.

You are not where you were… celebrate every step you make ♥

The other night I was out with people I highly respect…

and after spending time with them… one of these people helped me realize something… that I have come pretty far.

It’s interesting to step outside of your situation and realize that you have come farther than you thought. It seems as though many times we feel so tired and beaten that we fail to even realize we how much we have moved forward from our situations and pressed on no matter what… it may not have been humongous leaps forward but nonetheless, movement has been made. You are stronger and wiser than you realize… celebrate every step forward you take…whether its an inch or a mile… you’re making progress. Most of what we face in life is a “process” and I myself am embracing it and learning to grow from it rather than allowing it to keep me down 🙂 Climbing a mountain won’t be easy but I’m pretty sure the view from up top is worth it and spectacular, it makes no sense to beat myself up and stay low… when I’m born to go higher.

It took me awhile to get this attitude and new appreciation for process… because usually what I do is complain… and I do it a lot and I’m really good at it 😉
I would get upset when I felt I have made no progression in certain situations I found myself in, in most cases have given myself a hard time about it … but it took someone that I highly respect to look at me and tell me “Hey, look where you are… you have come so far… you’re not where you were…”, I had heard it before but this time it really sunk in and then it just hit me… Duh!! Movement forward has been made and I didn’t even notice it because I was too busy looking at where I wasn’t that I failed to see the progression upward I have made and how much growth I have actually done within myself. I had to step outside of this process I’m in and really take a look at it… and that’s when I realized that I have actually climbed a bit higher than I thought!

Here I was thinking I was still on the ground without even putting my harness on… but I’ve had the harness and the ropes, gloves, helmet etc.. and I’ve pulled myself up and began climbing!! It’s so cool, I need to stop focusing on what I feel I am not and remember who God says I am. Who HE says we are should be the loudest voice in our heads, anything that begs to differ or speaks opposite of that truth is a lie and not HIS voice but the enemy’s.

Going through something you wish you didn’t have to can SUCK horribly and take a toll on you …OR it can be one of the GREATEST life experiences and victories you have ever been through… but that is a choice that we decide to take, whether or not we learn to grow from it or complain the whole way through… We are the ones who choose whether or not we ALLOW process to suck the life out of us or allow it as a way for God to pour life into us… to mature us and mold us from it. Our mess is not intended to bring us down and drowned us… what the enemy intended for evil God turns it around for His good… He takes the mess we are in and He makes the OLD become NEW:

For if a man belongs to Christ, he is a new person. The old life is gone. New life has begun. -1 Corinthians 5:17 [NLV]

Many things we face will be a process and I don’t believe we will ever reach a point where we cannot grow anymore or learn anymore… there is always things we can improve on whether it be in the way we work at our jobs, how we are at home, in our friendships and relationships etc. there is always room to grow and improve on our character… we have to learn to value ourselves and raise the standard for the way we live, think, act, speak etc. God expects our BEST in all that we do because, after all, we belong to him and WE are the ones who Re-Present Christ to those around us.

He surely knows I may not give my best at times but that’s an area I need to work on because no-one else can do that for me, but when we see that in ourselves… we have to WANT to fix those areas and not push them under a rug… it’s still there… and it’s still causing harm to you and to those you love. I myself don’t ever want to stop improving myself nor do I ever want to make up excuses to justify why I “can’t change”… because that is a lie that often times we buy into… why? I believe because many people truly feel it is just who they are, I used to be one of those people

We CAN change the things in us that we do not approve of, if we truly value ourselves and those around us… we will want take the right steps toward striping ourselves of the things God never intended for us to carry in our hearts or thoughts. We have to be people that are known by our fruit and the fruit of the Spirit:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.- Galations 5:22-23

We need to take any thought that say’s we are never going to get out of our “mess”, captive. We are better than that and better than the old self we have thought we were and we are far better than the negative thoughts we have believed of ourselves... they are simply not true. Speak positive, speak victorious and as Bill Johnson say’s “Stay Pure, Stay Powerful…and Stay In Love”

You’re Amazing, God made you one of kind. Be reminded… you’re a great person and will change lives with what God has given to you… or better yet… what He has ENTRUSTED to you.

Prayer for everyone who can relate:
Lord, help us to embrace Process and to not view this as something negative or as something that is “us”… we discredit any thought in our heads that we have agreed with where we said to ourselves “this is me, this is my mess, my junk, my issue etc. ” … Lord we do not make an agreement with that Lie, we understand that certain thoughts and actions have brought us here… but all of that was only because we may have operated out of character or from a place we thought was ours to take ownership of. We see that whatever action we have taken that doesn’t align with heaven is not where we were supposed to be… Lord, we take our thoughts captive, we surrender our hearts to you and we pray that you take away the things in us that we need to get rid of, strip us clean of residue that wasn’t supposed to reside in us and any emotion we have wrongly embraced to make us feel better and justified for acting and operating from the places we were not supposed to. All things not found in your heart that is found in ours… take it God, Papa we say the powerful name JESUS to our hearts.. and all things not of Heaven must bow to your most pure and powerful name. We thank you for taking us by the hand while we are here… thank you for teaching us something new and for molding us into who you have called us to be… We embrace where we are knowing that you are using it for your glory, we are staying positive and encouraged and excited to leave behind old thought process’s and mentality’s that were never intended for us to have to begin with… renew our hearts and minds lord… we speak Psalm 51:10 over our hearts ‘Give me a PURE heart O’God, and renew a steadfast spirit within’..thank you Papa God.. we love you, in your sweet and most precious name, amen.

-.Martha.Inez.

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.Generations and Inheritance.

I’ve thought about my Grandparents before and about what it must have been like to be alive while they were traveling, planting churches, preaching the gospel, saving souls, having revivals, casting out demons… etc. But it seems as though after the Awakening Conference in Manteca… they are on my mind more than before. I want to learn as much as I can about them and their ministry when they were alive. Pastor Nick, young adult Pastor at my new church, was talking about honoring those that have gone before us… and of course my grandparents came to mind.

I get teary eyed thinking about those coming after me and what they get to walk in because of INHERITANCE because, you see, our life is NOT just for us! What an incredible thought! There are generations coming after us.. our kids, kid kids, kids kids kids..etc… I’m leaving a legacy for them.. an inheritance that will COST me something, that I will FIGHT to protect… because in relationship, the fight for them and pursuit after that person determines the value we have placed on them. I actively Pursue GOD because He is valuable to me and I will pay any price to keep my connection with Him! Generations coming after me are counting on it! They will walk in what we walked in and greater! ahhh.. It is a good time to be alive 🙂

I left a facebook status while I was visiting my Tia Esther in Lathrop:

🙂 ::teary eyes:: Talked with my Tia Esther about my grandparents and asked her what is was like growing up being Pastors Kids… my heart burned as she talked about the Revivals my Grandpa had, the many that were saved with each altar call, “...he was loud, he wasn’t a timid preacher… I remember the altar always being full” and she spoke about the heart my grandma had for the lost, “she lived and breathed Jesus, she was a soul winner mija… she loved telling people about Jesus, didn’t matter where she was“…they were traveling evangelists and planted many Latin A.G. churches that still thrive today… felt good to hear about them… Its no wonder my heart comes alive in Gods presence…

I have a spiritual inheritance that COST them, they fought for us grand kids to know God. They gave God their life knowing that all the serving, preaching, pastoring, traveling, praying etc… was all done because they were sowing into OUR future! I am where I am today because my grandparents paid a price for me to grab hold of what they fought for and lived for. I may have not been born yet when they were tarveling around the the US and mexico ministering… but I Know they did all they did.. with the generations after them in mind. Its no wonder my heart burns when I hear the word “Revival” or I cry when I talk about what God has done in my life or what I’ve seen Him do… they prayed for the generations after them… they prayed me into existence… and here I am… ready to build and create a ceiling that will be my kids floor…. and those after me to come!

Pastor Dan Vera has been preaching on Increase! Last weekend he talked about the stuff we’re going through and how the devil isn’t after us “the devil after the SEED that comes after you, so get it together! It’s not about you!” Soooo goood… Life isn’t about us and our current issues as an attack on us… most of those are because there are “someone’s” coming after us… our kids and their kids and so on… but if the devil can’t stop them later on… he will do what he can NOW to stop them from getting their blessing and inheritance by keeping us in the rut we are in. Some people go through certain addictions or habits etc. due to generational curses… get free NOW because there is a blessing you need to pass on, an anointing an inheritance that is going to cost you! It won’t come easy! Like pastor Bill Johnson say’s “Most of what need… God will provide… but what you want… you have to go after it.”

Our life is not just for us, we’re living for those who are coming after us. I’m declaring over the lives of those coming after me.. that they will walk in miracles, signs and wonders… and move in the prophetic in greater measures than I ever will… they will be prophetic healing revivalists… they will be world changers… and with my life now… I will pave the way for them to walk in it… I’m leaving a legacy and inheritance for the generation after me… All the miracles I have seen: deaf ears opened, leukemia healed, MS gone, tumors disappeared, Scoliosis gone, Migraine headache gone, etc… they will see this and GREATER!
…it’s exciting to be alive right now!

-MarthaInez

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When you’re in love…

Certain things you will not do so you don’t hurt the person you are in love with, same should be with God, if you’re in love w/Him♥ We set the standard when we’re in love; there are things we will not allow in the relationship because we value connection with the one we love. If I want to honor God, then I will watch my actions, my speech, my thoughts etc. In relationship there is no end to the pursuit.With God, He will always be after our heart… and if we love Him… we are always after His ♥ [heart] We do all that we can to protect that connection because it’s important and means the world to us.

You never stop pursuing the person you are in love… it’s un-natural. I love my dad, he loves me and EVERYDAY this man tells me he loves me… he says “good morning mija, I love you”...everyday, never fails. Many times he say’s “Mija, you look beautiful” or “you look gorgeous Mija”… he always asks how my day was and always says good night and that he loves me or he randomly just tells me “Mija!!” “yeah?”…” I love you!” … 🙂 This constant love for me has caused my heart to love him the same in return. If I don’t see him in the morning I text or call him to say good morning and that I love him… It’s natural now. I’m so used to it that I feel odd if I forget to tell him… My dad is after my heart, and what a beautiful representation that is of the Fathers heart for His kids. I see the way my dad loves me and is always there for me… any need I have had he has made himself available… God is so good. He is SO IN LOVE with us… that He DAILY is after our hearts ♥

keep the relationship with God strong, Love is ALIVE… don’t let your love for Him die. I remember my freshman year of high school I went to my first Winter Camp where Darwin Benjamin was the guest speaker. It was POWERFUL! I have never been to anything like this… where God’s presence was SO THICK, and where someone would call out things we were dealing with. How did he know I was struggling with Bulimia? Freaked me out! I had only been saved a few months… I remember hearing from God CLEARLY that night “If you don’t take me seriously, your friends never will”… I cried my eyes out because this was at a time where I had just been saved for nearly a year without going consistently… wasn’t sure about my identity in Christ so when I wasn’t at church I would cuss here and there and if alcohol was around at a party.. I would have some, never was drunk but would have 1 drink just because everyone else was drinking. I didn’t have christian friends yet and I wasn’t serious about God because I was more concerned with “fitting in”… but once I heard God loud and clear that night… something changed in my heart… and I gave God MY LIFE!! I said “God, you can have MY WHOLE LIFE, I vow not to date until I’m out of high school, I promise to stay pure in thought, actions, speech, I won’t be ashamed of you.. USE ME!”… all through my 4yrs of High School… He did. The cry of my heart was to have MORE of Him and I didn’t care. I had an encounter with the one who was IN LOVE with me... Jesus was ALL I wanted…

Til this day He’s still my number 1! NO ONE can satisfy my heart the way He does! He is after my heart and I will fight to keep my relationship with Him. No matter the cost or what obstacles come my way, nothing can tear me apart from loving Him and pursuing Him…as His daughter I want to daily show him I’m after His heart just as He is after mine… He deserves my best… not my worst… but even on my worst days… He loves me still…

Praying that you all get a fresh outpouring of Gods manifest LOVE for you, and that you never give up on Him because He will never give up on you… He’s in love with you, fight for your connection… do whatever it takes to rid yourself of distractions, to be CLOSER to Him because HE IS WORTH IT, HE’S WORTH THE FIGHT, WORTH THE PURSUIT, WORTH THE SACRIFICE..

When you’re in love… everybody knows it… so be in love… and show it!

“Love… and Do it UNCONDITIONALLY. Give it OUTRAGEOUSLY. Speak it RADICALLY. Be it CONTINUOUSLY. Just love… MASSIVELY.”

-Martha Inez Galvan

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.ONE.HEART. <3

The other night I was hanging out with two lovely ladies having some girl chat, it was great and much needed. It’s always good to just get things OUT to those we trust. It’s not ok to hold things in and have no-one to talk to, you kidding me? That can be dangerous and unhealthy. Think about it, when you have your junk going on and you’re keeping it to yourself… hangout inside your own head; you then allow negative thoughts to take you somewhere you do not want to go, you end up somewhere you don’t belong and then find yourself spending a lot of time there and believing lies mistaking them for truths.

Anyway, so back to my story! The next day I had text my bestie something that God spoke to me YEARS AGO… that was actually speaking to me right as I was texting it out to her. I thought I should blog about it, I blogged about it before a few years back on one of my many blogs, worth writing about again though.

In 2007 I had yet another heart break, ugh! It was horrible, long story short… I was seeing this “Amazing Man of God”… just like the guy I was seeing before him[well I didn’t date for 4yrs then met this fool] we had been seeing eachother for about 3 months, I found out he was still dating his ex and me at the same time. Ok, ouch!! However, for every hurt I find reason to give thanks… there is always something to learn from ANY situation you find yourself in., about a month after that whole thing went down I decided to head to the ONETHING conference in Sacramento where Misty Edwards was leading worship. It was my first ONETHING conference and my first time seeing Misty Edwards live! She blew my mind with how intimate her lyrics to God were. The room was filled with His Manifest presence and Love… it was thick, I found myself on the floor, on my knees, hunched over with my forehead to the floor, arms stretched out, balling my wittle brown eyes out. It was then where I gave my heart to God fully that night…and as I did that…I felt negative emotions leave my heart… as if my heart for a moment became a cup, and all this ugly negative black stuff was being poured out and my heart was being cleaned out. It was an AMAZING LOVE ENCOUNTER I had with Papa God. Because I came to that conference completely broken… my heart hurt pretty bad… and seeing the one who hurt me there… uughhh.. stab me again! It wasn’t a good feeling, but being broken is the perfect position to be in when you’re in need of God to come and invade. So He did. And Revelation hit…it was this:

I have only ONE HEART. God has given me just one, not two…only one. Which means with this ONEHEART I worship him, live for him, speak to him and also, love others, serve others, minister to others with…etc. I live from it, act from it, love from it, think, speak, create and do…from this one…only one heart. I felt like vomiting at the thought of harboring anything un-loving in my heart.

I felt it would be contaminating my heart to allow bitterness,anger, un- forgiveness or hate in my heart. I promised I would check my heart for unwanted emotions and I told myself to make sure that anything that is not a part of who God is and not in His heart… I would not allow to enter into mine.
I don’t have a heart that holds love and another for hate… how wonderful that would be though, to be able to have separate ones, it would make things much easier. Since that is not the case, we really do need to be careful and make sure we filter our hearts. I don’t want filth in here, from this corazon God has given me… I live my life and love my God…he deserves pure love, and a pure heart.

We have to make sure we give those things to the Lord and no longer choose to store up and harbor emotions and thoughts that do not belong in our heart or align with who HE is, because who He is… is who we ARE. Made in his image, remember? We need to learn how to refuse to hold on to past hurt, it has no place in us… and only causes hurt to ourselves… doing more damage to our heart the longer we go on holding on to bitterness. I speak to myself too, trust me I am not speaking like I got it all together… because I don’t.

Jason Vallotton said this in his status, “If you carry bitterness and hatred around long enough, they will eventually eat you from the inside out”... ouch!! So true! I cannot allow this to happen, I cannot allow bitterness to eat me up inside… it is not fair to those around me, because the repercussions of that will not be beneficial for anyone I’m close to… those I hold dear to my heart… deserve a healthy heart to love them.

I have a lot of giving up to do… I give up on holding on to past hurt… I let go of people who hurt me… I forgive them.. I’m praying that God helps me to love them again. Because as Pastor Kris Vallotton says… “Forgiveness restores the standard”…

It’s not easy though, for me it’s still fresh. There was a situation that happened not long ago with someone I considered a dear friend… and here I was trying to make things ok between us and she LASHES OUT at me and said the MOST HORRIBLE THINGS I have ever heard in my life… NO-ONE has ever talked to me like that, and NO-ONE should EVER be allowed to. I was BEYOND HURT, if it were possible to hear the breaking of a heart… well then I’m pretty sure mine would have been heard… it felt ugly… and I could feel every word she was saying to me… it was a stab to my heart and I couldn’t breathe… I looked around to see if anyone was watching at how ridiculous she was being, I took out my phone to record everything..but it all happened so fast and she had walked away still screaming obscenities at this point… my natural reaction was to call my boyfriend… he has a way of talking to me that calms me down… he helps me see things clear when my mind is a mess… in moments where I feel unsafe or hurt, I think of him because he holds that role in my life where God has entrusted him to create a safe place for me. He did well hearing me out and helping me figure out what I did wrong and how this situation could have been prevented… he did what any Man of God should do for his girlfriend… he listened, he gave advice, he layed hands and prayed for me.

I’ve never been so hurt in my life by a friend… not like that. I definitely have a LOT of letting go to do… it’s a process… and I thought I was ok by now.. but this past weekend I realized… I’m not… I’m still left wounded by what happened… I really need God to do some work in me… because I want to be ok and I want to Love her and forgive her…

All I know is… God deserves my very best… He deserves a clean and pure heart… and so do those God has placed in my life, we are called to LOVE. Something I started to say was:

“Love… and Do it UNCONDITIONALLY. Give it OUTRAGEOUSLY. Speak it RADICALLY. Be it CONTINUOUSLY. Just love… MASSIVELY.”-Martha.I.G.

If that truly is my hearts desire… well then I must give up and let go of those emotions that do not belong here.

“If love is not your main motivation, you have no business leaving your house”– Jason Vallotton

I completely agree with this statement. If LOVE is not driving me…and is not what I put on every morning… why bother leaving my house?

The world is waiting for us to LOVE with the heart of God… they all deserve our best LOVE our best heart… our 1 heart.

Psalm 51:10

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.Worship.

“It’s HIS presence that brings me back… and I’m left wrecked and ruined… best place to be in… absolute surrender… completely in love… I never want to leave this place…ever”- Martha.Inez.

Worship is just good… ALL THE TIME. It’s amazing how God shows up anywhere… anytime… no matter what. He see’s your hungry desperate heart going after His… and He meets you.

His presence comes and saturates you, His incredible furious love captivates you… you find yourself when you get lost in Him.

Anytime I’ve had a rough time and didn’t know what to do… I’d throw on worship and just go after Him… almost instantly whatever my “problem” was…would dissipate… it no longer mattered … my love, affection and attention has gone somewhere else… with God. It always happens… I cry because I fall in love all over again… with the ONE who’s always had my heart since birth, who daily is after my heart and pursuing me… He’s a gentleman, He never forces himself on you… He comes as close as you ask and allow.

This morning is a worship morning, most days at work are… but I’ve positioned my heart to receive all He has for me today. Specifically today… I want His love showered on me… and what better way to receive? Worship time is always best. I have Kim Walker’s cd in… her spontaneous worship is just amazing…

I wish I had a pillow and blanket so I could lay here and soak…

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