The word of the weekend was Zapatos or Shoes. The reason was because sometimes we become complacent in our situation, instead of getting our shoes on and walking out of it we sit in the ashes of our past. For whatever reason we refuse to allow God to renew us, and instead we just stay in our past.  We need to remember that we are called by God to get up, get our shoes on, and get moving. 

Just as every shoe is different; gym shoe, flat, small heel, high heal, so too is every situation.  My past issue may not be your past issue, but we need to arise from the ashes, and walk away from the past that haunts us. 

I don’t believe there was a woman that came back from the retreat unchanged. Not only loving God a little bit more, but also loving themselves just a little bit more.  Self-hatred is one of Satan’s greatest tools, and convincing us that we are no better than where we came from is a powerful weapon in incapacitating us.  However, the retreat caused the women of Nueva Vida Midway & New Life Berwyn reclaim their status of Daughter of the most high.  We are no longer captive to our past; we have grabbed our shoes, and walked away.  We are standing on the hill proclaiming that we are Daughters of Zion.

If you are in a place where you feel unable to move beyond your past, please visit one of our locations. Let us pray with you.  Let us help you get your shoes on, and get moving!

Screaming out Zapatos,

Recently I was talking to a friend who has been serving the Lord for over five years.  While talking to him I learned that he is having trouble making it to church on Sunday mornings, because he works on Sunday afternoons.  He said he needed to rest before work.  Then he said, “Besides, you know how I am if I don’t get my sleep.” 

One hears idioms all the time such as; “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, “I woke up on the wrong side of the bed”, “It was a slip of the tongue”, or “I’m giving them a taste of their own medicine”.  The problem occurs when it’s Christians using these sayings.   

Don’t we know that these idioms no longer apply to us? Don’t we know that we are all new creatures in Christ?

“Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things are passed away; behold new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

Why do so many of us allow the enemy to affect how we view ourselves? Why do we allow these lies to perpetuate within ourselves?  Don’t we know that God is working within us to make us whole, and pure? I understand why people who don’t serve God use these expressions, but I believe it grieves the Spirit to hear us, children of the most High, say these things aloud to excuse our behaviors. 

My friends, there is no longer a need to use these idiotic idioms as a banner for your life, and to excuse how you act.  Instead use God’s mercy, and His grace to change you into the person He wants you to be.

“…put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its creator” Colossians 3:10