I choose Joy!!!

I'll never forget my first  Everywoman Conference the Art of Joy (2014).

Happiness I had heard of and chased down many dead end paths that only led me further away. But joy, honestly i thought was just a novelty only written about in magical books or romantic comedies. I was in my mid twenties and had never encountered this 'joy' that was being talked about. I had lived a hectic kind of life and the scars went deep. I was wounded, defeated, depressed and overwhelmed with the constant spiral of life. But as I sat in that session, waves of truth crashed into my reality and I began to be washed and freed. 

I could CHOOSE Joy??!!

The years of what I'd once accepted as my truth were being eroded. Strongholds of grief, depression, disappointment, rejection, and shame began to break and fall. My mind was being renewed by His word and in His presence right in my seat, I began to know the Truth and the truth was setting me free! (John 8:32)

It didn't happen all at once but my journey of freedom from a long-standing depression began at that conference.  I never knew the authority I had in Christ to CHOOSE. I left that conference having my power back and hope again. Hope that the future could be different and God had my best days ahead of me. 11 years later I am still walking in my authority and rejecting every lie, negative thought pattern, and darkness from the devil. Every day I am more on guard and disciplined with what i choose to think and come into agreement with.

Today I choose joy, unity, peace, contentment, gratitude, faith, only whatever aligns with God's word and the abundant life He has for me (John 10:10).

Because of the victory we have in Christ, we are all called to be women of Virtue and Valour! One of our greatest weapons in this spiritual war we are in, is our mind. We have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16). And we have the authority of Christ - to CHOOSE (Luke 10:19) - what thoughts we think, what words we speak, what we accept and what we believe!!!

Deuteronomy 30:19 NLT
Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!

God bless you. See you soon!

‬‬Everywoman Champion - Ps Audrey xx