106. Trading Perfectionism for the Perfect One
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
Release Date: 10/24/2023
134. Run to the Tower of Testimony
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
What does it really mean to have the Lord as our strong tower? In this episode, we explore the 4 Biblical meanings of the Lord being our fortress as well as ask the Holy Spirit for important reminders and clarity about our season. Father, help expand my vision to see in all directions. What hope do you want me to see ahead of me? What testimonies do you want me to remember behind me? Holy Spirit, remind me of your vision for this season. What are you doing in me? What are you doing with me? How can I refresh myself in you for this work? Jesus, what tools or fruit are you giving me access to...
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133. Time to Emerge
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
What prophetic invitations does the story of Noah have for our own seasons of waiting? Lord, remind me of or reveal to me a promise you have spoken over my life. Jesus, what ways are you teaching me stewardship of more in this season? Reveal to me your guidelines or instructions for the things I'm stepping into. Holy Spirit, what is one way that you're moving around me right now that I can "observe" (or fix my eyes on)?
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131. Shake off the Dust
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
What are we covered in the dust of? How can we allow the Lord to renew and simplify our mindset to be Kingdom-focused in this season. Lord, what dust do I need to shake off of my life, and what does that look like? Holy Spirit, how can I be a part of proclaiming your Kingdom with my life in this season?
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130. Growing Down
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
No matter where we are on our walk, we need these three reminders of how to posture ourselves in the position of a child. We "grow down" in order to "grow up" in the Kingdom! Lord, what is one way you're inviting me to lean on your like a child in this season?
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129. Slipping Out of Old Yokes
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
During this season, we are invited to re-evaluate our "yokes" with the Holy Spirit and let the Lord restructure what we are "pulled" by. Encounter Questions Holy Spirit, what have I joined with this season to help me with the hard? Father, what have I joined with in this season to plant? Jesus, what alightments are you calling me to and which ones needs to slide off this season?
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128. Comparison is the Thief of the New
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
It is in the exciting times of new beginnings that the enemy loves to plant the seed of comparison and bring everything to a standstill. How do we resist comparison and finish what the Lord has started? Encounter Questions Lord, in what ways has comparison crept in to what you’re doing in this season of my life? Father, what healing do you want to bring to past disappointments? Holy Spirit, what hope do you want to show me about what you’re doing with me right now?
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127. Fuel For the Fire
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
The very places the enemy wants to bring fear are the places the Lord is fueling the fire of His deliverance, His anointing, and His guidance. - Holy Spirit, where are areas of low hope, low confidence, or low courage? What words of Yours do you want to remind me of to “fill up” these areas? - Lord, illuminate what the “warriors boots” or “bloodied garments” have been for me in this seasons? As I place them in Your hands, show me how they can be fuel for Your fire. I trade these fears for more of Your fire, Lord. Amen.
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126. Moved by the Whisper, Not by the Wind
Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
Part of building in our Promised land starts with tearing down. What does it look like to tear down what the enemy is wanting to "catch" us with and to "catch the vision" instead of where the Lord is leading us in His strength and promise. Encounter Questions: - Lord, what "blustering" lies of the enemy am I letting fill my sails? Holy Spirit, what truth do You want to speak to these lies? - Lord, could you show me how I am being tempted into shallow waters? Jesus, what does it look like to go deep with You? - God, what are the ways of victory that the enemy wants to lead me away...
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125. Worshipping the Way Instead of the WayMaker
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Shaking us free from idols prepares us to move into what God has next for us. But we can't do much moving at all if we're too busy looking at the way God moved in the past that we forget to look to our WAYMAKER. Encounter Questions: - What way (looking for God to do a specific thing) have I been worshipping that has taken my eyes off the waymaker? - What truth do you want to tell me about who You are that will prepare me for Your Promises?
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124. Idols by Association
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“We’ve always done it this way!” What happens when our traditions, cultures, or relationships carry us away from God’s best. How do we weed out the idols to get back to a unhindered intimacy with the Lord? Encounter Questions: 1. Holy Spirit, where have idols been introduced to me through (generational history? Culture? Organizations?) 2. Father what truth from Your Word do you want to replace this idol with? (Repeat as many times as needed)
info_outlineWe tend to look for perfection in our circumstances, our responses, and our timelines. But what if the places of IMPERFECTION were the places we could be most poised for a move of God?
Encounters:
1.) Where are areas of perfectionism in my own thinking?
2.) Circumstances- How could this imperfect situation be setting the stage for a miracle?
3.) Responses- How could my imperfect response or the imperfect response of another set the stage for a new revelation of Your perfect love?
4.) Timeline- How could this imperfection in timing set the stage for a divine interruption?