Our identities are often formed through experiences that lied to us and left us with pain. But God is adamantly intimate, able to heal our pain, separate darkness from light, and awaken our true self. When we allow God into the intimate places of our hearts, it sets us free from the lies and false labels we’ve lived under so we can know and experience the truth He speaks over us. Watch my full Adamant Course on MessengerX: https://app.messengerx.com/en-US/watc…
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you are actually way more than what you
can see you are way more than what you
do you are a daughter loved without
rivalry
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you know we’ve already learned that this
adamant is invincible and it’s
impervious and it’s unassailable so I’m
going to introduce another concept to
you that’s going to seem completely out
of character with everything that is
adamant
adamant is also about God being intimate
God is adamant that he would have an
intimate relationship with you and to
kind of position this I’m going to tell
a story that I’ve I’ve actually never
told before
um when I was growing up I was in
incredibly difficult child I had an
imaginary world if my mom sent me to go
clean my room I redecorated it I moved
all the furniture and then like 15
minutes later when she came in the room
was worse than it ever was and she was
like what were you doing and I was like
I remember I was supposed to be cleaning
but I forgot I forgot and uh and I also
was just very very strong-willed very
very stubborn my mom said that when I
was two one time that she was you know
going somewhere with me and I looked at
her and I said I am never going to be
like you and she was like why would you
say that and I said you’re weak and so I
had this very strong personality that
really wound did my mom brought a lot of
pain to her she had always wanted a
daughter that she could feel connected
with and I just constantly was you know
adamant adamant and so I had three boys
and I was so happy that I had never
inherited the curse of my mother that I
hope you have a daughter just like you
and I had been foolish when I was young
and I would say I hope I do too because
I understand her I think Julie had one
of those like me but um but we all
understand her but you know so I would
you know I just lived in a terror that I
actually would have a daughter and when
I became pregnant with my fourth son but
didn’t know I was pregnant with a son
yet
I remember praying and having this
terrible overwhelming fear that I was
going to have a girl and I thought I
would ruin her I thought I would hurt
her I thought I would do damage to her
the way I had damaged my relationship
with my mom and the way my mom had
wounded me and I just didn’t want that I
thought I can do boy I can’t do girl and
so I remember I was at actually a prayer
meeting I was in the back of the room
and I was praying and I don’t even know
who was there but I just remember there
was worship music going on and I really
pressed in to a very intimate place with
God and I said to him
you know what if I’m carrying a little
girl I think this is a huge mistake I
think this is a big problem and I I need
you to change my heart because I don’t
want to hurt her I don’t want to ruin
her I need you to help me and all of a
sudden while I was praying my eyes were
closed I saw myself in this beautiful
field of flowers and it was just like
this one of those Open Fields where you
were just like I want to park the car
and I want to run it just said run and
in the distance there was a tall tower
and the tall tower was just a single
Tower it wasn’t like part of a castle it
was just a tower and it had it had a
diagonally spinning different Arrow
slats I didn’t know they were Arrow
slats at the time but different slats of
Windows just really narrow windows and
it was out in the field and I remember
thinking I’m going to run to that Tower
and I ran to the tower like in in my
prayer time I saw myself just going to
this Tower I opened up the door and I
could tell there was light a light
source up at the top so I walked up the
winding staircase and when I got to the
top of the stairs there was a platform a
wood platform and there was a chest and
I remember thinking to myself
there’s going to be weapons or there’s
going to be treasure in this chest I’m
going to go and open this chest and I
went over to the chest and I opened it
up and to my surprise it wasn’t weapons
and it wasn’t treasure it was photos
all the photos of me when I was a little
girl had been lost in a flood my parents
basement flooded and all of the photos
were lost but they’re in that treasure
chest was all of the photos of me when I
was five and six missing teeth you know
seven all these different silly pictures
of me there’s one picture of me I picked
up I’m like squinting I was like Popeye
I’ve got sun in my face and my dad is
taking a picture of me and I’m going
through these photos
aware of what I look like as a little
girl the imagery had been so distorted
for me of what I was that I looked at
these photos and I was like oh and I
heard a voice behind me saying I always
thought you were funny
and I was like
what and I turned and I knew that I’m
going to cry I knew that Jesus had just
been there and he knew exactly how to
speak to me to say I always thought you
were funny you know I was growing up
when I was called a smart alec but not
that word I was told I was told oh
butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth and
it was so beautiful
that Jesus actually went right to the
place where he knew that it would
dismantle the pain now I had a boy so it
made things really easy thank God but
here’s the thing
God wanted me healed that’s right
whether I ever had a girl or a boy he
needed to heal me and let me just tell
you something Jesus remembers all of the
moments you have forgotten he remembers
every single moment about you growing up
that made him smile made him proud made
him laugh he celebrates you he is that
adamantly intimate that he’s going to go
to the very core of your pain and heal
you but you have to allow him to do that
you have to bring these fears to him and
allow him to speak directly to this see
we actually lose sight of our identity
when we attack them attach them to the
wrong images
I had words that attacked me attacked my
imagery of myself attacked my identity
of myself I had my mom’s fears put on me
she was so afraid she would say things
like don’t ever don’t ever give your
whole heart to a man they’re always
going to betray you and those things
were things that Jesus had to come into
my life and uproot and so I want to talk
to you about some things that may be
attached to you and I hope I hope you
already know this but I can’t assume
that everybody that is part of adamant
has read without rival but you are
actually way more than what you can see
you are way more than what you do you
are a daughter loved without rival there
is no competition for your place in the
heart of God you cannot be measured by
what you own or by what you lack you are
somebody that nobody can even see and I
have to be honest with you you don’t
even know who you really are you don’t
even really know who you are because
there’s been so many mixed messages sent
to you but I’m going to tell you
something God is adamant that you have
an intimate healing he is adamant that
he’s going to go after those wounded
places that he’s going to strip away the
names that you’ve been called yes and
even the names that you’ve called
yourself the labels that you’ve worn
he’s like I’m sorry I’m gonna have to
take those things off
you are more than your gender you are
more than single divorce married you are
way more way more
I’m in my house right now which hey
welcome if this whole place burned down
and I lost everything that I’ve ever
owned
I would have lost nothing of real
treasure because the real treasure it’s
me and the real treasure is not what I
look like on the outside the real
treasure is actually that I am a spirit
and you are a spirit and we have to
worship God in spirit and in truth and
so I want to merge some of this spirit
and Truth John 4 24 says God is spirit
and those who worship Him must Worship
in spirit and in truth spirit and a
truth what does that even mean see our
flawed human frames find this world this
temporal body a really awkward fit but
our spirit is being renewed I’m 57 and a
half I’m gonna turn 58 in June by the
time you’ve got this I’m going to be 58
maybe 59 who knows but here’s the thing
I feel stronger and younger in my spirit
sometimes I look in the mirror I’m like
who the heck is that that is not who I
am but that’s because I am not my body
yeah this is just the the outside this
is my house this is this is something
that is temporal we are spirits having a
very uncomfortable Human Experience and
if you try to be comfortable in The
Human Experience then you will realize
you’re going to be fighting a losing
battle you were made for the presence of
God the body apart from the spirit is
dead James 2 26 tells us and Faith apart
from works is dead everything that
brings life is from the spirit second
Corinthians 3 6 says the letter kills
but the spirit gives life what does that
even mean well I don’t want you to
settle for religion that is void of the
presence of God and I don’t want you to
settle for labels not not just religious
labels labels that other people put on
you that are void of what is truly
valuable in you your spirit your spirit
until we see that live living by letter
and label is going to undermine every
new thing that God wants to do in our
lives we’re going to be trapped and
we’re going to be stuck in that place
Genesis 1 verses 1 through 2 when I was
writing this I just felt such a strong
impression to revisit the creation
mandate and here’s what it says it says
in the beginning God created the heavens
and the Earth you’re like we know this
Lisa but this is what I want to hone in
on and it says the Earth was without
form
and void and darkness was over the face
of the deep and the spirit of God was
hovering over the face of the waters
the Earth was flooded the Earth was
drowning in darkness and Shadow the
Earth was formless it was voided
but God didn’t say I’m so disappointed
in the Earth
I’m I made it and it fell or whatever
happened
he came here
and it says the spirit of God
hovered hovered he waited because see he
didn’t say look at you you’re formless
and your Void he drew near because he
wanted a new beginning he wanted a
Genesis I was completely captivated by
this word hovering the spirit of God
hovered it’s only used two times it’s
used here and then it’s used later in
Deuteronomy but it’s the Hebrew word and
I believe it’s raqqa but it’s
r-a-c-h-a-f and it means to flutter over
and to approach with cherishing gestures
so the spirit of God wasn’t like we need
to straighten this out he was drawing
near
in like a maternal sense he was drawing
near like a sleeping child or a
frightened child he was drawing near to
bring something forth that had been
flooded with void and futility we see
the word in Deuteronomy 32 10 it says he
found he found him in the desert land
this is talking about Israel he found
him in the desert land in the howling
waste of the Wilderness he encircled
them he cared for him he kept him as the
apple of his eye like an eagle that
stirs up its nest that flutters over its
young spreading out its wings catching
them bearing them on its opinions the
spirit of God hovered over them with
protection as he led them from a place
of desolation to a place of promise and
the spirit of God wants to do the exact
same thing for you he wants to take you
from a place of desolation and word
curse things and Wilderness to a place
of promise you know the the spirit of
God was hovering getting ready to call
something forth and this ego is hovering
in anticipation I want you to be
expected as you’re going through this
course I don’t want to choose to be like
one more thing that you learn added to
the list I want you to have an
expectation that the holy spirit is
going to hover because God hovers when
something new is going to begin and then
he also hovers now you’re born again
now we’re going to fly when he caught
them on his pinions and carried them so
he’s hovering in the face of chaos and
darkness that is actually in our land
right now and a lot of our marriages and
a lot of our relationship God is calling
for an Awakening he spoke Dawn and a new
day and that is what we want to go to
Genesis 1 3-4 says and God said so after
he he looks at all this he’s hovered
over it he’s like what words am I going
to form
that’s going to call forth something God
said let there be light and there was
light and God saw that the light was
good and God separated that light from
the dark this is not the sun this is
actually God speaking his very essence
this word let there be light is the
Hebrew word light that proceeds from God
God actually looked at the Earth and
spoke who he was into it he breathed
light into this word a world of deadness
and futility God is light and he
quickens light in us with his very
breath
and the light was good because God is
good and when God wants to do something
new in your life he actually begins to
separate light from Shadow yeah
he’ll say I love you
but this is Shadow yeah I need you to
step into the light because I want to
bring forth something new and then in
Genesis 1 9 it says God said let the
waters under the heavens be gathered
together in one place and let the dry
land appear and it was so God called the
dry land Earth and the waters that were
gathered together he called seas and God
saw that it was good you know that there
is something inside of you that you have
not seen because it has been submerged
for far too long but God is actually
speaking to those places in your life
those places that you thought no that’s
desolate it will never happen again he
is calling forth that Earth he is going
to give you something to land on he is
going to give you something to stand on
he’s going to make your life a garden
again you’re not going to be Barren
anymore and this Genesis actually
continues all of this was in preparation
for man all of this was in preparation
you know I’m just going to make it
personal for you for you do you under
understand that you were created for the
image of God that he went to all of this
trouble so that we could be a reflection
of him that he created an environment
but we’ve got to allow him to separate
the light from the dark in our lives and
then in Genesis 2 7 that says then after
all the things were set in place the
Lord formed the man of the dust from the
ground and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life and the Man became a
living creature you are a Living spirit
how intimate that God actually gave us
his own breath the dogs the horses and
everything I don’t know where they got
theirs from but we got our breath
of life from God so this is what he
wants to do
God wants to reveal some things to you
and I’m just going to go through a
couple things because I want you to hear
the tone as you read this chapter I want
you to hear the tone that is written in
God will not allow the lies that have
been spoken over you
to remain he will not allow the things
that you’ve said over yourself to
continue to be your standard others may
call you failure he calls you daughter
you may call yourself homosexual lesbian
transgender I’m sorry you know what he
calls you he calls you his own he calls
you his own you are not your gender you
are not your sexual expression you are
not your flesh we talked about this you
are
Spirit you are a spirit I am a spirit I
am living in a woman’s body but in the
end of the day I am spirit and you are
not just in the little crevice of this
Cornerstone that is called Christ he
didn’t hone out a place and you’re some
guest or intruder
he’s one with you he’s one with you you
are created for him and by him very
specifically and he doesn’t he didn’t
like start to love you in the New
Testament because Jesus said you know
listen they’re messed up but I’ve acted
like a man now for 33 years and it’s
hard no no no God is always loved you he
has always loved you Jesus was sent
because of the love of God God Is So
adamantly intimate that he said I’m
gonna have to show my will to these
people by becoming like them because
they can’t hear me they don’t see me
when I read that Deuteronomy thing how
he encircled them how he carried them
how they were the apple of the eye you
know it’s very different than how a lot
of people portray the Old Testament my
Rabbi friend said if you see the Old
Testament as an angry harsh God in the
New Testament is a nice God you will see
it all wrong it’s always been this story
of a loving father leading his children
with everlasting love but he wants us to
allow him to draw near I don’t know
what’s going on in your life I don’t
know if like me you were scared of
having a daughter or maybe you even
resented being a female maybe you’ve
been a place where you were violated
because you felt vulnerable because of
your I don’t know what’s going on but
here’s what I do know I do know that if
you ask the Holy Spirit to draw now that
the spirit of God is already hovering
over your life and all he’s waiting for
is permission so I’m going to ask you to
invite the Holy Spirit to come into any
place in your life that is under the
sway of Shadow and to begin to separate
light from Darkness I’m not going to
tell you what those are I want you to
have an intimate conversation like I had
with God I’m not some special person to
God it’s just that to be honest with you
I was so desperate when I got bored
again that if this didn’t work I had no
more no more choice so I’m going to
challenge you to lean in to the adamant
intimate God he is alive and he wants to
bring you back to a Genesis and a new
beginning in Jesus name
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