Today Cherlyn shares with us how to unleash our ROAR.
R = Respond. First we have to know how to respond.
- ACTION STEP: Find a promise from God about what's going on in your life right now and begin speaking it out loud.
- Powerful Quote: "When we know what God says about our circumstances and we declare those things out loud it commands God's authority over our circumstances"
O = Overcome Obstacles. Second we have to learn how to overcome the obstacles.
- ACTION STEP: take a quick minute to think about your trials – ask yourself were there any traps which you see now in hindsight?
- Powerful Quote: "One of the key things to remember when it comes to the obstacles is we can see them coming. If we know what to look for. We have to spot the traps
A = Apply. Third we apply what we've learned from previous seasons.
- Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are not true. Sometimes they lie to us. Most of us have heard that voice that whispers in our ear things that are not true about us or someone else and get us to doubt, to wonder, to question until we believe the lie
- We need to take those thoughts and feelings captive. Philippians 4:8 says to think on whatever is true. This means we have a choice, we have control over what we think and what we feel and we can FILTER them as soon as they come in and filter them through what we know to be true.
- Action Step: Begin to evaluate your story to find the lessons and then ask God to show you his perspective.
- Powerful Quote: "We cannot avoid trials in the future, oh I wish we could. But, how we survive one trial is an indicator of how we will survive the next one. Unless something changes."
R = Reveal. And last we reveal our story to others.
- ACTION STEP: You don't have to wait for the trial to be over: you can start by telling your story to someone over lunch today then over the next few weeks begin to journal about what God has done for you and over the next month think through who your story can help.
- Powerful Quote: "The enemy wants to keep us quiet, when our trials are finally over, he wants us to get on with life. He doesn't want us to be vulnerable about our struggles and he doesn't want us to share our triumphs. But I'm telling you to share it because it will help others be overcomers."
