BACK TO BASICS #5 - DADDY'S GIRL

Last blog I wrote about the truth.. the truth.. that being a Christian woman is about being like Jesus.. who WILLINGLY gave up His rights... and gave up His life.. so that He could rescue you and rescue me.   In a perfect world, a husband will love his wife more than wanting his "rights".  A husband will do what will edify his wife...and the wife will do the same thing.

OK... so...this is not a perfect world.. and we are not perfect people.

Some women I speak with are living with HORRENDOUS HUSBANDS.. (yes.. HORRENDOUS)... and to be completely honest with you... I am filled with compassion for them and the despondency they must feel as they live each day with the unloving man they are married to.

Last blog I said, stop thinking about yourself - ALL. THE. TIME.
This blog I want to encourage you that when you do think about yourself.. you should...

THINK ACCURATELY!

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!

If you are beaten down, depressed, despairing, despondent, discouraged and defeated.......

You are probably listening to the father of lies.

Why are you doing that?

He started in the beginning.. lying to Eve.. and he's been lying to women ever since.

Stand Up, Princess.

Take a stand, Daughter of The King.

How? 

Cry out to the Lord. 

When desperation hits.. and you feel like you're going under...

CRY OUT TO THE LORD

He always hears every cry of desperation.
I am surprised at how often women I meet as I travel to speak, or women I meet through emails and the book and columns I write are unable to PROCESS such simplicity.

They are unable to comprehend the POWER OF a SIMPLE, PRAYER OF DESPERATION. 

They expect, it seems,  a long, drawn-out explanation of nine thousand Bible study questions and answers.
But God didn't send His Only Son, Jesus, to die on a cross and resurrect from the grave so that we might continue to feel separated from Him.  His sacrifice was not simple.. but our answer is.. 

CALL ON THE LORD.
CRY OUT TO THE LORD.
SEEK THE LORD.
SPEAK TO THE LORD.
POUR OUT YOUR HEART TO THE LORD.
PRAY. PRAY. PRAY.

Does it have to be more difficult for you to believe He hears?
He hears.
He cares.
 

Ask HIM to remind you who you are.

How He loves you.

Ask HIM for the faith to believe He sees you.. He cares.

Your husband? Give him to the Lord.  

No matter how he treats you... your father, THE KING, is watching.
You are Daddy's girl..and the sister of the Jesus. 
Who is gonna dare mess with Daddy's girl... especially when "Daddy" is the Creator of All That Exists? 

ARE YOU EXHAUSTED FROM THE THING CALLED YOUR MARRIAGE? GOD WILL RENEW YOUR STRENGTH IF AND WHEN YOUR HOPE IN THE LORD.  Ask HIM to help you hope in Him.  And He will.  He gives us whatever we need before we even ask.

 "Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:31