30 Day Proverbs Challenge: Day 10

Welcome to Pray! you whore, a blog, that takes you on my personal journey of repentance, reconciliation, and redemption. The lessons I have been hearing and seeing through this journey of Proverbs have been amazing. Learning to discipline yourself is an act of obedience and gaining trust with God. Faith is an action verb, a reminder to act in obedience to the Lord, Jesus Christ (Yeshua). Do you have faith? Where do you need to practice faith in your life?

A lot of times we rely on miracles before management. The lack of discipline is a sign of immaturity and God has called me to walk in maturity with him. The amount of time it takes is up to us, it is up to you to walk in your identity in Christ. Or you can continue to not bear fruit and let the weeds strangle your fruits and roots. We must go through a pruning process consistently because Jesus Christ had to endure temptation and suffering so why would we not have to learn how to endure the tests. In Proverbs 18:1-3 "Unfriendly people care only about themselves; they lash out at common sense. Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. Doing wrong leads to disgrace, and scandalous behavior brings contempt." This reminded me that being faithful and righteous is not an easy journey and most of us are walking in DISOBEDIENCE and DISHONESTY.

The Lord Jesus Christ went from baptism, a moment of glory, peace and calling, to a season of pruning and maturity. Afterwards the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness to suffer and be tempted. The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness before his ministry because even God had to prepare his son before he walked into his calling. For me, I love sleep and as a mother of two its more of a passion of mine but I know God is convicting me of my bad habits and lack of discipline. In Proverbs 18:9 " A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things," and most of my struggle revolves around self sabotage, self- reliance and pain. In this season God is sending me into my wilderness where I am rebuilding my foundation around faith.

My foundation has never been in the Lord, Jesus Christ and he led me to Hosea which instructed me to marry ( go into covenant) with God as my Jehovah Jireh. I am unable to be married until I embrace the covenant with Jesus Christ (Yeshua) because nothing will succeed without him. In Proverbs 18:10 "The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe," I am learning how to embrace my wilderness. I am learning how to walk in self awareness and prune out the roots and evil seeds. I am learning how to fight the devil with Gods Word and walk in authority. I am learning to use my pain as a form of teaching and to gain understanding. I am learning!

Discipline becomes easier when you do the healing and pruning of the roots. When you turn to the Lord, Jesus Christ daily and learn to trust in the Lord and lean not in your own understanding you begin to walk in faith. I asked the Lord to heal my heart because he revealed to me that my heart was sick, in rebellion and stubbornness, and I needed to have faith and learn to fear the Lord. Now I am learning to embrace my season of wilderness because I am walking in my true identity. As a daughter of God, "intelligent people are always ready to learn. Their ears are open for knowledge. " (Proverbs 18: 15) Pain comes before the promotion and now my idol of pain is my biggest motivation to stay surrendered to God's teaching and service.

xoxo KISS (Keep it Simple & Sanctified)