Song: Leah Smith - Beautifully Made

So I completed the "No Makeup Challenge" and learned so much about myself. I now feel fully confident that my beauty is in Christ. My personality and character speak for themselves...those are the things that linger when I leave a room. The impression I leave on someone's heart is far more important than the fleeting image I leave in their brain. 

All week I felt pressed in my heart to sing this to myself whenever my confidence wavered: "I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." (Psalm 139:14) and guess what? There's a song for that! Enjoy and be blessed my sisters. 

Leah Smith - "Beautifully Made"

Always,

Zemi; #KingdomWomen

Got Soul Ties?

Find yourself giving your all in relationships? Are you a woman who loves too much? Have you been the best you can be yet find yourself in the same situation again? Have you found yourself in the spin cycle repeating the same patterns over and over and over again: dumped, manipulated, used, abandoned...alone. My dear, you may have a soul tie.

What is a soul tie? Quentin McCall describes it as, "two souls tied together by the spirit mainly caused by sex and sexual abuse". His blog post, "3 Things You Need to Know About Soul Ties" provides more information. 

This blog won't be spent going on and on about soul ties and how you can break them. Soul ties was one of my struggles and so I'll point you to all of the resources that helped me...because now I am free, redeemed and whole.

Paula White - Breaking Ungodly Soul Ties

Quentin McCall - How To Break Ungodly Soul Ties

http://quentinmccall.com/overcomingsexualsoulties/

Joyce Meyer - The Healing Word

Scroll down to the "Free Downloads" section of this page on Joyce Meyer's website. Look up for yourself and write down the scriptures she provides in "Spiritual Healing Scriptures" and "Emotional/Mental Healing Scriptures". Meditate on them...it really works. 

Spoken Word - Soul Ties

Other Tips

1. Stay in the Word. Learn about the promises God has for your life. Find your identity in Christ.
2. Whenever you think of him or her...pray for him/her. Anytime I missed my ex I prayed for him. Any time I was mad at him, I prayed for him. Any time I thought of the broken promises, empty words and lost time...I prayed...that he would become a true godly man, free of all that separated him from God - because he too deserves to be whole. I prayed that what he did to me did not happen to him and that he would be blessed and forgiven...given prosperity and a bright future despite how I felt he did me wrong.
3. Rebuke toxic thoughts. I wrote a biblical response for every thought that came to me in my journal. e.g. "I miss him. I want him back. I miss being held. I was so happy." --> "Do not arouse or awaken love before it so desires." (Songs 2:7)
4. Do your part. You have to delete the pictures and the text messages. You can't expect God to do a work in you in the spiritual when you aren't doing anything in the natural. I don't listen to songs that remind me of my ex, I deleted our pictures together on Instagram. I deleted pictures we had together...and their duplicates. I even had to delete him from Skype because seeing him popup would make my heart race and just wasn't doing me any good.
5. Remember that it's God's job to work on his/her heart. Talking to him, nagging him, having sex with him, sending him money, etc...will NOT and never will change him. Let go and let God do all of that.
6. Forget. Forget what he did. Forget what he said. And if you can't do that...hold on to Romans 8: 28 for dear life: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose." Do you love God? Are you walking in God's purpose? Are you living for Him? If so, this promise is for you.

Remember, 

• What God has for YOU cannot be taken away from YOU! - Heather Lindsey
• You can't miss what God has for you. "Your" man cannot get away. - Michelle McKinney Hammond

Walk in love. Don't wait for this guy to come back. Don't sit around wondering why this happened to you...again! (Sidenote: When I asked God that question in my own life He said, "You did not love me with your whole heart.") Use your period of singleness to work on yourself and have God work on you. The Holy Spirit is longing to come in and FIX you, but you have to allow Him. Allow Him. I really hope this sparks a change in you...I'm only 3 months in from realizing I had soul ties, finding the root causes and breaking them! God is able!

All my love,

Zemi; KingdomWomen

Song: Jekalyn Carr - Greater Is Coming

You are not too young, too beautiful, too fashionable, too popular, etc to be used by God. One of the Devil's lies is that you can't be beautiful and serve the Lord with your life. You can! Inside and out! You can be young and serve the Lord. No age is too young or too old. Give God your whole self. Give Him your today. This little girl is all of 13 years old and she is being used...to speak into your life.

Love always,

Zemi; #KingdomWomen

September 2013 School Start Fast

Hello Ladies,

This week Kingdom Women is fasting. We initially wanted to dedicate the week to pressing into God in hopes He would reveal our purpose and direct, shelter, provide and be with us throughout the upcoming school year. But, as time drew closer, we felt the purpose should instead be to grow in our relationship with God by developing an intimate relationship with Jesus, our Savior. Just that...we won't ask for anything, we won't petition God, we won't just praise...we will learn, from Him, how to love Him better. We will study His word to learn His ways. This relationship shall be the most important aspect of our daily lives.

Set aside these next few days. Deny yourself food and sweetened drinks from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm and pray earnestly throughout your day. Communicate with Jesus, as a friend...a best friend. Make this relationship your Number 1 priority. Make Him you're EVERYTHING.

RELATIONSHIP > PRAISE > PETITION

Our focus verse for the September fast is John chapter 15, verse 15: 

"No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things I heard from My Father I have made known to you."  

Join us; #KingdomWomen

Kingdom Women September Fast Guidelines

1. Purpose: to develop and enrich our relationship with God by making Jesus, our gateway to the Father, our best friend. 
2. Duration: September 1 - September 7
3. Method: Drink only water from 5:00 am - 5:00 pm each day.
4. Avoid distractions and negative influences. We find that when we fast our spirit becomes more sensitive so a few of us have decided to avoid social media this week as we focus on God.
5. Feed your spirit. Listen to sermons with a strong biblical base, play worship music throughout your day & make a concerted effort to read and meditate on the Word.
6. Journal your thoughts. After your prayers and time of worship you should write down what comes to you. Often God speaks to us that way.
7. Read one (or more) of the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John) to learn about how Jesus lived, what He said, how He acted and how He lived. 
8. Treat Jesus like a boy friend: spend time with him, talk to him about things going on in your life, get to know him, find out about what people say about him (in Bible), think about him throughout the day, get dressed with him in mind, take him out on dates, etc...just run with it. God, who sees what you do in private, shall reward you. [Don't cheat on him with randoms. cc Heather Lindsey]
9. Missed the week? Even if just for a day, fasting is a great way to enrich your faith. Deny yourself something (food, tv, social media, Scandal, make up, etc) for a certain period or time and dedicate that time to God. It's amazing what He says to us when we just take time to listen...no distractions.
10. Email kingdomwomenlife@gmail.com if you have any additional questions.

"It's not about perfection; it's about pursuing God with our whole heart."