So I woke up too early today, (I wont even tell you what time I woke up this morning), but I just couldn't sleep! I kept thinking about yesterday when did a video about my struggle with insecurity. I kept thinking about it, and I felt like in my spirit that God was trying to tell me more about it. So I got up, got my coffee, and I started researching scripture on my worth and value in Christ. I started to read these verses over and over and just came to realize the extreme importance of declaring the word of God over your life every single day. It literally is the armor we have to protect us in the battle. We have the choice to believe one thought over another. The enemy loves to pounce on us, trip us up, and take us down in a matter of seconds if we let him. We have to be armed and ready to go when those thoughts start to try to get in our head. So, today, the declaration and words that I want on 'loop' or on 'repeat' in my life are, "Chosen and Loved". I am Chosen and I am so loved by the creator of the universe!
Spiritual 5:
Read over these verses and declared them over myself.
Song: Beautiful Things- Gungor
Journal 5: Wrote down 5 more things that I am grateful for today.
Fitness 5:
I did 25 minutes of intense HIIT (Hi interval training) at my crossfit gym! Love me some crossfit!
12 Bible Verses on being Chosen and Loved
1. You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure. Deuteronomy 14:2
2. “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13
3. “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” Jeremiah 31:3
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4. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:20
5. “For you were bought with a price. So glorify your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
6. But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. 1 Peter 2:9-10
7. “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. John 15:16
8. “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. Isaiah 42:19
9. The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.” Zephaniah 3:17
10. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
11. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:6-7
12. Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Psalm 35:5
13. He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- to the proaes of his glorious grace, which he has freely give us in the One he loves. Ephesians 1:4-6
14. “Since you are precious in my sight, since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.’ Isaiah 43:4
15. “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:16
1. You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure. Deuteronomy 14:2
2. “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13
3. “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” Jeremiah 31:3
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4. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:20
5. “For you were bought with a price. So glorify your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
6. But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. 1 Peter 2:9-10
7. “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. John 15:16
8. “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. Isaiah 42:19
9. The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.” Zephaniah 3:17
10. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
11. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:6-7
12. Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Psalm 35:5
13. He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- to the proaes of his glorious grace, which he has freely give us in the One he loves. Ephesians 1:4-6
14. “Since you are precious in my sight, since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.’ Isaiah 43:4
15. “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:16
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Blessings,
Brit
Makin Jesus Famous
Romans 1:16
Done. I love getting into the Word and find the day gets busy so this is a perfect time
I Thess5:12-13
Give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord Mohnish you, and the steam them very highly because of their work.
In a world of so many fallen leaders, it can be difficult and even kind of scary to esteem someone highly. They are human. I feel like I’m always waiting for the other shoe to drop, for the leaders transgressions – activet and ongoing, not past— to be exposed. After all, it did happen when the promiscuity of a pastor at former church of mine was exposed. Totally unrepentant. The betrayal was devastating. Granted, there of been some little red flags along the way like a glance that lingered too long. But nothing fully prepared our congregation for the letdown. Even as I write this, tears well up and slide down my face. I for gave this person sometime back, but only today and I realizing how the bettayal is still affecting me. Think I will pray on that and seek some wise counsel.
Done! Now headed to my trainer for a kick my booty wirkout!!!