**I thought I would repost this RISE UP introduction post as we’ve got many new people to the LIVE IT OUT! community. If you’d like to read the entire RISE UP! thread, click HERE.***
Ladies! Oh how I want to jump out of my skin I’m so excited about this theme: RISE UP!
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A generation of young women that will RISE UP! and make an impact in this world we live in. I have this itch to do life with my girlfriends in a DIFFERENT way in 2012. It won’t always be easy, or comfortable, or even fun…but by RISING UP! we will
MAKE OUR KING FAMOUS.
So…
~Let us RISE UP! and Revere our King
~Let us RISE UP! and live TRUTH
~Let us RISE UP! and speak TRUTH
~Let us RISE UP! and do HARD things
~Let us RISE UP! and LIVE OUT! the Kingship of Christ in every area of our life.
Will you join me? I will be posting in the new year all kinds of things surrounding this theme of RISE UP! and I’m still praying through what this will look like. BUT! I would love to know…
Do you have this deep desire to DO SOMETHING with your life? Do you have this underlying urge welling up but you don’t have a direction on how YOU can make a different and MAKE YOUR KING — JESUS FAMOUS?
How ’bout we all do this together.
Leave me a comment with your thougthts…any thoughts…let’s get a convo started.
I was JUST praying about this this morning, Sarah! YES, I’m IN!! Let’s do it! I’m tired of being complacent and I feel like I’m not truly LIVING my faith. I think God is preparing me for something in 2012..not sure yet what it is but I can feel something in my spirit.
-Michelle :)
So glad for you to join in! Tomorrow I’m posting on the challenges of RISING UP!
I ve recently found myself being very complacent. The desire/hunger for spending time in the Word getting to know Him seems to have gone out the window:( how do I regain that?!?
Christi-this is totally normal. I call this “blah faith.” I actually wrote a series of post about feeling blah about your faith based on my own experience with blah. The best thing you can do is “just show up” and make yourself available to the Lord, even when you just don’t wanna. He will bless this. Day after day, just showing up becomes delightful and you will crave your time with the Lord.
Here is my strand of posts on Blah faith: https://liveitoutblog.com/category/blah-faith/
Let me know if you need further encouragement…I’ve been there, done that for sure!
thank u Sarah! I will def check that out! Helps to know i m not alone!
Oh how my heart beat one with this! It reminds me of Nehemiah in 4:14 when he said “Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
Who will fight for our daughters, sisters, ganddaughters but those willing to shake off the dust of this world and rise up, live a life of purpose and be willing to speak truth.
Living purposefully is where I am headed in 2012. It’s time to rise up out of the dust and live a life of purpose that points others to Christ.
Sarah I am so glad I “stumbled” across your blog, look forward to sharing in your journy in 2012
Sharon-Great verse in Nehemiah. Thanks for joining and sharing!
Sarah- It’s so interesting that you would post about this because I have decided to do this as my New Year’s resolution…not too lose weight again (although that’s always nice) but to work on furthering the kingdom of my Father. So excited about this and as others have said…I’m in!! Let’s do it! :)
Amanda!
Great goal and resolution. I’m so glad you are joining us!
Just finished reading thru the posts u recommended. Needed the reminder to not base my relationship with Him on emotions. Read Psalm 8 to HIM and asked for the MORE that you talked about in that post. I know that He loves when i simply make the effort to show up and that s when He will renew the hunger/desire/passion! But I simply am not sure where to start if u know what I mean!
Christi,
I love getting a notebook out and reading through the Psalms. I often write out verses that stick out to me and journal through prayers. Also, I highly recommend the devotional book, Jesus Calling.
I have had a deep burning desire to be doing something MORE in my lief than what I have been doing. I feel like God has shown me sparks in a couple diff areas, but for some reason I get swamped with all this other junk and just feel overloaded on life. I know there’s more for my life than just simply going through it, but I’ve been barely been able to keep myhead above water, which I know is definitely not bringing glory or honor to Him.
I have passion in a couple different area and want SO BADLY(and nothing more than) to be using them and doing these things – its even when I feel my closet to God and feel really like I’m doing what I am made to, but just feel “stuck” like I can’t get back to that point. BLAH!
Excited to join in on this Sarah!
I’m in!!!
The Lord is working BIG time. He has called me to rise up, up and away with HIM in 2012. I am to press forward on this journey, a journey that makes no fleshly sense. It will not be easy, but I know He is guiding me and lighting the path. So blessed am I to know that other women are joining me. To His special journey for each of us and to a 2012 filled with His purpose…
I’M IN!!!
Thank you and bless you for this post! I was thinking and praying about this, this morning! God has great things in store for 2012!! Praise God!
Chelsie! So great to have you join us!
I’m ALL in! I need to live a more daring and peace-filled life in 2012. And I know that God has GREAT things in mind for each and every woman out there. We just have to look and proclaim and pray!
Yes I do want to Rise up.. But I get anxious and scared sharing the gosel with even my family.. and it is my prayer that i will be on fire for the Lord.. Its just so hard around here where I live cause its such a “dark place” spiritually. Lord Help me to Rise up!
Meg-I have to say it is tough when family is concerned. I would suggest praying through how you can LIVE out your faith and they see Jesus through your life in general. What do you think?
Yes sarah I totally agree!! I need to remember to pray daily for this cause my flesh wants to act out alot! Especially with my mom!
Ahhhhh I got my book in the mail today!! So excited about Monday!!
Yay! Thanks for the purchase. I pray that the book will facilitate some meaningful conversations between you and Jesus!
I love you my sweet sister in the Lord Sarah!!
i heart you, too!