Breaking Free From Strongholds

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Grace Perfecting Strength in Weakness

"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness"…He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. (2 Corinthians 12:9 and Isaiah 40:29-31)*


An awareness of our weakness need never lead to despair over finding strength. Actually, the opposite is true. When we realize our drastic insufficiency, that is God's reminder to seek His supply of strength. "He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength." Those who admit that they are weak are the very ones to whom God offers His strength. Those who confess that they have no might at all are the people God strengthens increasingly.

It is an amazing truth that God's strength is perfected (displayed the most fully) in the arena of our own weaknesses. "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Whenever we agree with God concerning our complete frailty in any given area of life, His grace is available to meet the need. Whenever we personally look to Him to pour out that strength, we will find that it is sufficient. "Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength."

Waiting upon the Lord involves hoping in Him and placing our expectations upon Him, not upon ourselves. For all who depend upon Him in view of their own weakness, "they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Thereby, our confession can be: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13).

Day By Day Grace
-Bob Hoekstra

Gluttony

The gluttony stops today. Lord, help me.

The Power of Words

From Rick Ross to Lil Wayne, rappers are catching flack about their socially insensitive lyrics. But when do words cross the line and should lyrics be policed?

"If a man cannot handle a woman that has a decisive mind, then he deserves someone else, maybe a puppy or an iguana."

With deeper self-knowledge and a developed sense of self-awareness, you will have the power to start evaluating your life and relationships, strengthen your self-acceptance and become who you really are.

I make myself feel the best and I make myself feel my worst.

"Inspired by one, powered by many."

depression and drugs - the power's inside you!

Don’t put your health in the hands of others, put it in your own.

Don’t let others grab a hold of you and try to increase your dependency on something that isn’t good for you, in this case medication.

Depression as a condition and the drugs to treat them have been severely over hyped and many negative effects have been suppressed. Many people believe they are depressed, and many medical practitioners believe in their diagnoses of depression not knowing that they have been subject to a very intelligent form of manipulation.

Depression is not a result of situations in your life in the external environment, it’s a result of you and your internal world and how you perceive your reality.

It seems as if the powers that be have grabbed a hold of human feelings, defined them to be of such a problematic nature that it requires chemical tweaking of the brain. Sure, depression might very well be the result of chemical deficits in the brain, but chemical deficits in the brain are caused by the being within the human body. Everything you feel is a result of your own creation, your brain shapes itself based on how you perceive reality, this is a scientific fact. It is you that changes your brain, don’t allow harmful medication to do it for you while ruining your mental health. I am not saying that depression doesn’t exist, but it is simple to see that medication is not required, does not help, and is extremely detrimental to our physical and mental well being. Any type of medication to treat depression should be highly questioned, research should go beyond science and medicine and into the corporations responsible for their manufacturing and the people behind the corporations.

Mainstream science is also starting to clue in as it begins to see the fraud with regards to the information we are told and what we are made to believe. It seems as if the powers that be have grabbed a hold of human feelings, defined them to be of such a problematic nature that it requires chemical tweaking of the brain. Sure, depression might very well be the result of chemical deficits in the brain, but chemical deficits in the brain are caused by the being within the human body. Everything you feel is a result of your own creation, your brain shapes itself based on how you perceive reality, this is a scientific fact. It is you that changes your brain, don’t allow harmful medication to do it for you while ruining your mental health. I am not saying that depression doesn’t exist, but it is simple to see that medication is not required, does not help, and is extremely detrimental to our physical and mental well being. Any type of medication to treat depression should be highly questioned, research should go beyond science and medicine and into the corporations responsible for their manufacturing and the people behind the corporations.

Prior to taking medication, the human brain and the chemical flows within it were naturally determined by the human being. Given our mood, our daily activities, what we think and how we perceive the environment around us, our brains and their chemical flows are determined by us. How medical practitioners are convinced of anti-depressant medication and their effectiveness is beyond me (along with vaccinations and a list of many other things). Given what the medical field knows about our brain, and how our thoughts and emotions can effect it, souls who feel depressed usually just need to let certain concepts and belief systems go. It’s like holding onto weights while the water is rising around you, you can choose to let them go and float, or hang on to them and drown.


http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/01/29/depression-and-the-harmful-drugs-that-go-with-it/

This sexist society and its embeddedness in our heads, culture, relationships, music, media, etc saddens me. POWER to all the womyn out there. May we know our strength and power and be thoughtful of our actions and how we perpetuate societal norms and power relations. It's a shame how we are still not seen and treated as equal in 2012, but we must unite to empower each other. MEN- take accountability for how you treat womyn, we want to be seen and treated as equal without extra expectations. We are not an object for your entertainment or pleasure, we are human beings who deserve to be valued for the beautiful creatures we are. I'm happy if this makes you uncomfortable.

THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP.

Use your imagination to change your situation.

-Hold Down the Block, Nas