Today is a great day for restoration and healing. The key will be to be still. God is really going to move in this coming season—very soon. He is showing us that He is already working and making provision for the coming power and anointing that He will deposit within us. Get ready! ♥
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“Our goal must be to empower others to do what is right and good for them, and to bring them into spiritual maturity.” — Romans 15:2 The Passion Translation (TPT)
This verse is one that we take very seriously. It’s our song. It’s our cry to the world as we navigate God’s love in Worship. It resonates in our hearts as servants of the Highest God. We want so much for the Bride of Christ to be ready for His return.
We work, eat, sleep and pray in Worship. We sing we dance, and we cry as we keep our eyes on Him.
Is it righteous? Is it my truth? Only you can answer these questions. Can you say, “yes”? Can I?
God does have expectations for us regarding Worship.
God wants our whole being to Worship Him. We have learned in church that we must do everything for and to the Lord. We have experienced renewed minds as we consciously remember to Worship Him in our day. This is good. But have we surrendered all we can?
“Put your heart and soul into every activity you do, as though you are doing it for the Lord himself and not merely for others. For we know that we will receive a reward, an inheritance from the Lord, as we serve the Lord Yahweh, the Anointed One!” — Colossians 3:23-24 (TPT)
The beauty of this verse and what it really means is knowing that we will receive a reward from Jesus. Personally, I can forget that.
I can easily fall into the trap of only remembering verse 23. ♥
What better place to discover secrets and strategies than in the depths of a vast ocean? Dive with us to treasures of God’s Kingdom and His desires for us as we move into our futures in this new season. This unique encounter is just one example of God’s ability to speak with us in terms we can understand. ♥
We can always go deeper with our relationship with Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit. It’s up to us to create more intimacy with Him—He’s always ready for us to open our hearts to Him. One way is to change your prayer life to more conversational and relational dialog throughout the day. ♥
The glory of God fell upon us as we recorded this Podcast on breakthrough. We learned about the level of trust we must have in God to breakthrough our circumstances with the truth. The truth can hurt but we can overcome the pain and learn and grow closer to Christ and to others.
Hardwired for Life Podcast S1E26
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Very often we are in pursuit of the ‘new’; new ways, new places, new prayers or the recital of the same prayer multiple times does not allow us to meditate upon the meaning of our prayer. The Lord has given us this beautiful Lord’s prayer, which is the best of all prayers that takes us […]
We often hear that creativity comes from the right brain, but this is a myth. To create, we need to use both our brain hemispheres and have a good interplay between them.
via Does the creativity come from the right brain? — Creativity boost
These are a few pages from my current Sketchbook. I love to free write, brainstorm, do mind-maps, study and practice sketching for my next Sculpture.
I’ve written this way for over 20 years now. I’ll never forget the day I started. I was young and stressed about something happening at the Ad Agency where I was working. I took my lunch to an old park and sat under a huge tree.
I was journaling my morning when I heard God say that I needed to keep my journals and sketchbooks because someone would need them in the future. I listened but didn’t really understand. I now know that I need them.
Today I have tubs full of them and I occasionally go back to read or find some idea I had one day long ago. It always feels weird, I admit. It’s like I was a different person who wrote all of the words and sketched all of those drawings. Sometimes it feels surreal.
It feels that way because I change and grow. My perspective moves into different and newer places. So, when I hear that people don’t change, I know it’s a lie. I change. Jesus changes me. And if He changes me He can change you too. ♥
Our struggles eventually shape us into the creative people we are and will be — feelings and all. I assure you, there are opportunities to grow and thrive in our current fallen human condition. If I can do it, so can you. No matter the experience, whether perceived as good or bad, we can use it to create positive change in our lives and in ourselves. What do they say? It’s something like, “It’s not the fall, it is how you get back up that matters.”
Change is easier said than done, especially when for example: others add their two-cent advice before I ask them to, and/or I feel an unrighteous obligation to follow someone else’s lead. I can take these things and flip them to be positive. I can listen to advice before making my decision, and I can always say no when I feel I could be led in the wrong direction. I can use either side of the coin. It’s up to me to decide which way to go, or what my perception will be — positively for the situation or negatively. I’ve got be honest with myself regarding my motives and the care that I need at the time. ♥
Fear of Man: “If you can’t beat ‘um, join ‘um.” It’s a compromise to repent for.
Excerpt from Hardwired for Purpose by Jana Rawling (Coming out soon!)
We had a crazy time recording this episode. God was moving and He can be pretty funny. We received amazing gifts and were reminded that play is a critical part of our maturation in Christ. We must become childlike to enter and co-create with Him. Hopefully, you will find a smile as you listen. ♥
Just Sharon & Jana 
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