You are deeply loved by God… but do you ACTUALLY believe that?

Hi Woman of God

Yesterday I shared how I will be revealing specific mindset shifts that every woman of God must have in order to stop self sabotage and allow God to transform her into the woman she is called to be.

Well, there was only one mindset shift that felt right to start with.

Before I reveal what it is, here’s a quick story.

When I was younger I grew up in church, sung in the choirs, and served in the youth ministries. However God was not a personal God to me. He was a distant figure that I was obligated to visit on a Sunday and sing songs too. We would sing “worthy is the lamb” but I had no idea why this particular lamb was so worthy…

Whew, God is patient.

Fast forward to my early teenage years, I still did not have a real personal relationship with God but by this time I had begun to find a lot of peace in worship music. It calmed my soul when life got loud and it offered an outlet for peace.

One day, I was laying in my room, wired earphones on, playing the same worship playlist I would run to after I was done with the Beyonces, the Drakes and whoever else I was obsessed with at the time.

As I listened to the worship, song after song, something was feeling different this time.

The song “break every chain” by Tasha Cobbs began to play and I could feel something twist inside of me.

I sat up and begun to worship like I never had before.

Before I knew it, I was on the floor in a ball of tears completely wrecked by the love of God. It was like for the first time I could see Jesus. Truly see Him.

In that moment everything clicked and I finally recognised Him as my Saviour. I encountered His love for me as a personal love. Not for the world only, but for me personally. With each song I could hear Him say “I love you, I’ve always loved you, let the weight go, come to me.”

I was overwhelmed with a genuine gratitude for this love and I couldn’t stop crying as it all became a reality to me.

This was the beginning of the most significant mindset shift that I had ever had in my life. I could say that at this moment, I now believed that I was deeply loved by God.

I realise now that many people, including self proclaiming Christians have not truly believed this truth.

You still doubt if God’s love for you is unconditional. Or perhaps you feel as though He tolerates you but if you misstep then you’ll get booted out of His sight with only the clothes on your back.

A lot of Christians have a very skewed perception of God.

They still (whether consciously or unconsciously) relate to God as a distant disciplinarian, or a cold dictator that they must obey lest they be struck dead.

Sister, after I gained this mindset shift, for the first time I saw Him as Abba Father. I saw Him as a loving, trustworthy and mighty God who had called me His own and instructs me in wisdom for my own good, not to harm me but to give me a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) - this truly changed everything.

This was and is the greatest mindset shift of all because it forms the foundation of everything else.

Jesus asked His disciples, “who do men say that I am?” (Mark 8:27)

and to this day, the whole world is divided on their answer to that question.

But I want to let you know that the day you believe the truth about God - not only that He exists (even the demons believe this), but you believe His personal love for you and that He loves you more than any physical person ever can (including your parents, your friends, your partner)- you will move different and your entire life will change as a result of this accepted belief.

John the disciple identified as “the one who Jesus loved”. He had a revelation of this exact mindset shift.

With this mindset, no matter what you go through, you can make your boast in God. I know that in all seasons and at all times I am deeply, unconditionally, unwavering and passionately loved by the most high God. This brings me peace and joy that surpasses any high that this physical world can offer.

I pray that every woman reading this comes to a place of complete surrender to this mindset shift. Let your Heavenly Father show you how deeply loved you are by Him so that you begin to identify as the one who Jesus loves.

Trust me sis, this is the foundation. This is the beginning.

BUT…

The question then is: “if God loves me so much, why don’t I experience all the promises of God? Why is my life not perfect, just as God is perfect?”

It’s a great question. In future emails we will be addressing the belief systems that people have which block the power of God from flowing in their lives.

Keep these emails bookmarked so you don’t miss each life-changing truth.

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Talk tomorrow.

With my love

Tochi