Giant- Slayers!

Giant-Slayers"
In I Samuel 17:23-27, we read how David faced a ten foot Giant named Goliath. Goliath had a breastplate that weighed two hundred pounds and a spear that was eight feet long. The head of the spear alone was twenty-five pounds of iron! This fearsome warrior was challenging the armies of God for forty-days and forty nights and everyone including the king was afraid of him. The armies of Israel believed that they would be defeated. Nevertheless, David saw defeat as an opportunity to WIN. He knew that the God he served and loved was BIGGER than any Giant he had to face.Why do some people win and others lose? Why do some soar while others sink? Why do some cower in fear, while others rise up to the challenge in faith? Well, It depends on how you perceive the problem or challenge and it depends on how you perceive your God.

Like the character David, in the bible, you must learn how to put your problems in to the proper perspective. The problem is often a smoke screen obscuring you from the truth! The truth is not found in the thing your face, it’s only found in the face your seek! The truth is never found in what you see, the truth is found only in who and what you believe. No, you may not be able to prevent problems from occurring. Solomon wrote, “Calamity happens to us all!” But you can change your perspective on how you handle or respond to the problem you are facing.

What is your corresponding response when situations occur and problems arise? Is it one of panic, fear, doubt, unbelief, anguish, depression? Or is it one of hope, assurance, faith, peace, soundness, stability and recognizing that when you’re weak that’s when He’s strong. The problems you face are not your real challenge. The real challenge is in knowing and believing that your God is bigger and greater than any problem you can face. In HIM you are more than able to conquer and overcome. You are not a victim, but Victorious! The situation you’re going through may look Gargantuas, but can I tell you… Giants do come down!

David had a winner’s perspective. David possessed The Winning Image! He did not focus on Goliath the Giant, but he focused on seeing himself as a Giant-slayer. How do you see yourself ? Better yet, how do you see your God?God is Greater than anything you can ever face. And Greater is He that is in you than He who is in the world. Winners don’t allow themselves to be shaped by circumstances, situations, recessions, or unemployment. Winners make lemonade out of lemons. They slay the giants by taking the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God to decree their victory. They praise their way out of the problem and into the proimises of God. For they remember in the midst of the battle, that they are More than Conquerers. God declared that we are victorious, therefore we must agree and decree what God says, so it can be established.

Often all that separates a winner from a loser is the decision to be a winner. David decided he would not be defeated. He decided that by facing his problems without fear, he had more to gain than he had to lose. He knew that this Giant was actually a grasshopper to God. Afterall, who can defeat our God? Then tell me, who can defeat this same God that lives inside of you?You can win when others are losing, you can soar when others are sinking. You can respond as one who has faith, while others respond in panic and in fear. You’ve been called to be a winner. So respond to the call. I challenge you to respond to the winner on the inside of you. Be the inspiration, the winning image, the winner in a world filled with quitters, complainers, losers, and excuse makers. It doesn’t matter how big your giant is today, you become the giant slayer.

Take the Sword – which is the word of God and speak to your Giant and say, “This day, the lord will hand you over to me. This day you are defeated. This day I WIN!” Right now, decide to become a champion, a valiant fighter gaining superiority over all of the enemies that would hold you down and hold you back. You are more than a conqueror, overcoming all the forces seen and unseen that are coming up against you. So go ahead, Giant-slayer: PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, WAR IN TEH SPIRIT, DEFEAT YOR ENEMY IN THE SPIRIT! FOR YOUR WEAPONS ARE NOT NATURAL , BUT MIGHTY SPIRITUAL ONES THAT WILL PULL DOWN ANY GIANT THAT STANDS IN YOUR WAY.... SEE your enemy defeated… Because ALL Giants Must come down! You are a winner. Because You now possess The Winning Image!

The Winning Song: "GIANTS" By: Donald Lawrencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EyLBcehQA

I invite you to read the BLOG posted today on thewinningimage.blogspot.com, inspired by the Song" I LOOK TO YOU". I'd love to read your feedback; especially from those who can share in where I've been and where I am going. I am learning to Look to GOD as my true Source of Strength and Comfort. Come Journey with me as we explore the unlimited possibilites and resources found only in 'The Winning Image'.

I Look To You - Written by R.Kelly /Song By Whitney Houston

Lyrics:As I lay me down,heaven hear me now.I'm lost without a cause,after giving it my all. Winter storms have come and darkened my sun. After all that I've been through. Who on earth can I turn to?

I look to you.I look to you. After all my strength is gone,in you I can be strong. I look to you.I look to you. And when melodies are gone,in you I hear a song.I look to you.

About to lose my breathe,there's no more fighting left. Sinking to rise no more,searching for that open door. And every road that I've taken, lead to my regret. And I don't know if I'm going to make it. Nothing to do but lift my head.

I look to you.I look to you. After all my strength is gone,in you I can be strong. I look to you.I look to you. And when melodies are gone,in you I hear a song.I look to you.

My levees are broken. My walls have cometumbling down on me. The rain is falling. Defeat is calling. I need you to set me free.Take me far away from the battle.I need you. Shine on me.

I look to you.I look to you. After all my strength is gone,in you I can be strong. I look to you.I look to you.A nd when melodies are gone,in you I hear a song. I look to you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyw5YJgj9nU - I LOOK TO YOU!

The Winning Image: I Look To You!#links

The Winning Image: I Look To You!#links

The Winning Inspiration!

I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence comes my help. My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;He shall preserve your soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. (My Help... All of My Help Cometh From The Lord!) Psalms 121

I Look To You!

Hello BLOG! Its been a while! Because of technical difficulties on the web and in life... I almost lost you and I almost lost myself. You were out there somewhere in cyberspace and yet unreachable. And here I was around those I loved and who loved me, and yet unreachable. For the last four months our paths have been syncopated. Your status has mirrored my status... dormant. For months I had nothing to say, therefore you had nothing to say. But today, I hear a still small voice awakened. And though it is still faint, it desires to speak... although weak. So while searching for answers and reaching out to those and that which I put on hold, low and behold I found you in a hidden place. Little did you know, I too was hidden in a secret place. And after calling a technician to find out how to make you operational again; he said "Rhonda you simply must go into "tools" and clear out all of the cache's and cookies.

A "cache" is a place that stores up and compresses hidden things or compresses what should be private information. And a 'cookie' in its simplest form can carry viruses and are accepted by default. You can open up your computer for one purpose and an undetected "cookie" can creep in the back door, and gathering information that can eventually hurt, harm, overload or cause your system to become inoperable. Together their combination can be dangerous to your computer and your website. WOW! When you think about it spiritually, there are cookies and caches that can also be dangerous and lethal to your life.

I became inoperable and ineffective when the caches of my life, the hidden sin, the oppressed thoughts, the inner hurts and pain that were compressed began to leak its poison into my system. Then the cookies or the gathered information began to be shared with others, who were uninvited and came in undetected. My private information began to translate into opinions filled with words of criticism, judgmentalism, and negative opinions...., those same private thoughts , concerns, situations and detrimental circumstances shared began to poison and plague my mind with words of despair, thoughts of failure, fatigue and even finality. I became so oppressed and depressed, that one day my system shut-down and I was no longer functioning in the manner God created me to. Weighed down by all of the information and revelation, I was forced to reevaluate why it was easier to hide in a secret place within myself than to believe that I was more than a conqueror, because of the Greater one who lives within me. My soul was dominated by caches and cookies. But His Spirit in my spirit was longing to FREE me!

So today, as I went into my 'tool box'- The Bible, I began to delete those hidden things of dishonesty and replace them with TRUTH, and began to declare what the Word of God says about me. I AM who it says I AM. I AM created in His IMAGE and HIS Likeness. I possess the Winning Image - internally and externally. And old friend.... as I begin to express the image of the invincible God in words, thoughts and deeds... once again... "I Look to YOU"!

The Law of Cause and Effect in Action!

What occupies your mind determines what eventually fills your mouth; your outer world showcases all that has dominated-and at times subjugated-your inner world. Because the law of cause and effect is continually at work, there is always an inner cause for every outer effect. Your outer world is a direct result of your inner world. Every circumstance in life is a result of a choice-and every choice is the result of a thought. All those things that fill your mind hold the keys to your reality. Your thoughts provide the fuel for your words, and your words provide the fuel for your world.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Today Choose to Frame your Outer World with these inner thoughts. For you shall decreee a thing and it shall be established.
And so it is........