Aimee here – And what a weekend!
First I want to share with you a verse that God laid before me this morning:
“The fear of man brings a snare, but he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted” Proverbs 29:25
“Fearless” Defined: Bold, Brave Courageous. (Defender of freedom)
On Saturday I went to an event. The event was called “Champions Day” and it alive, and powerful. The leaders spoke truth and life to all who came to this event. I took home with me so much more strength then I came in with. (Now I want you to know that I didn’t come in being fearful, and I didn’t feel like I was lacking,) because the leaders helped by sharing love and showed how through self-growth we find securities while guiding ways to push our limits so that we can grow. If we don’t grow ourselves how can we help others grow? Let’s say someone has a feeling they are called to be a leader, yet they have never led anything in their life. Do you think they could go and stand up and lead others from day one? …haha “NO” not usually. All though, there may be few cases where that may be true.
Some Highlights I gleamed from “Champions Day”
Four Stages of Personal Growth – By Byron Gega
- Directed (shown how to do a task by the mentors and leaders who came before you)
- Coached (working through things with your mentors and leaders to produce movement)
- Consulting (sharing, and guiding others while still working with your mentors and leaders)
- Delegating (You are directing, coaching, and consulting to help others follow you in the same footsteps)
For Personal Growth you share with others by:
- Get consistent
- Stay focused
- speaking
- Interacting
- Getting and giving advice (never go it alone)
Words by JD & Shawna Danburg:
“When you keep going your income will keep growing”
“Get Boxing gloves on and Fight”
“The more you act, the more your fear goes away”
When “Champions Day” was over, I was empowered to share and be a blessing to others! I know that what I am here for is to help others see that other options are available, and that if they want to be part of the team we are building then lets link arms and we will make it happen!
One of my favorite thing I gleamed from at the event was how God pulled in something He was teaching me earlier this week, I have a whiteboard at home that my husband and I use to help keep us on track with our business and where we are going, and growing! Earlier this week I was watching a video on how to keep movement for growth and I had decided to re-do our white board. As I was writing down on the white board I had realized I was spelling out S.C.O.R.E (Spark, Connect, Obtain, Reach, Earn) The awesome thing at “Champions Day” was how many time they used the word SCORE (no acronym) but allowed a fulfillment of God saying you follow through this and you will grow to the levels you want to reach!
Another part of the weekend that God spoke to me was when my family and I went to the ape caves Sunday morning, which was wet, fun, and crazy.
When we reached the halfway point in the cave my 6 year old son had quite an experience and became overwhelmed, tired, scared and fearful. As a mom I knew this was because he was wanting to be held, he was wining, and was very clingy. I knew he was having fun in the cave till he realized we were going to have to go back the way we came in. The reason why he was having fun on the way in was because it was an adventure, and he was enjoying the company of the friends that came with us. I knew that since the point fear had then taken over and he was only thinking of the things that we putting him in the scary place. So I started singing to him. We walking ahead, a bit quicker than everyone else, and within about 15 min he was starting to come back to the mindset he had when we were going into the cave. Time started to be distant from his mind again, and before we knew it we found we were back to the entrance of the cave. It’s funny how one move into fear takes our eyes off of God we begin to find our self in fear, pride, and selfish ways. Nothing is happening quickly enough, and we want to find a way out yesterday. But when we put our trust back in HIM we find the peace only HE can bring and can keep moving forward!
This weekend just kept getting better because our family group started back with a new study this last Sunday night and this study is called “From Dream to Destiny”. I love how when we open our eyes and let God lead he shows the path. Our selfish ways are fearful and we find our path seems distant, narrow, and unknown (quite like my son in the ape caves). But when we put our trust in Him, the less we fear the path. The road widens, and we find our destiny is closer than we had thought.
Here are a few key points I took from the study
- Pride kills relationships, so the only way to cut pride down is to dig up the root
- The root of pride is insecurity. We dig up the root is by using God as our strength!
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Our own confidence brings out the pride, so let’s dig up our confidence and give Jesus our insecurities, and take on God confidence.
- Insecurities are fears that we know we have problems with when we go life alone, but by using God confidence we are secure through the love HE has for us and that we are His sons and daughters. Just remind our memories show us of where we came from, but it’s through God that we know where we are going. As long as He is our Guide we will never have that bad root again. It’s only when we turn from His confidence that we find ourselves needing to dig up the pride root again.
I love how God has used this whole weekend to be many teaching moments for me, I hope you find these encouraging for what you may be going through. If you have anything that needs prayers for. Please don’t hesitate to share! We are here to lift each other up in love!
Lockwood Ministry 