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I want you to know you have permission
to be strong as a woman
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okay my friends I want to tell you why
strong is not wrong strong is not wrong
now this just came out of my spirit when
I was actually talking to a friend she
had just come from a rather frustrating
conversation where where I think she
kind of was feeling that she was being
told that she was too much that she was
too strong too confident
to to something and I listened to her
and out of my spirit I just blurted out
you know what strong is not wrong strong
is not wrong so let’s talk about this
because I think sometimes as women we
think strong is wrong or our culture
tells us that wrong is strong be angry
be vengeful but we’re not talking about
this we’re just going to talk about how
strong is not wrong I want you to know
you have permission to be strong as a
woman and before even exploring during
this concept further I want to define
the word strong for you so I I looked up
a bunch of different examples synonyms
here they go robust robust is good
sturdy durable solid resilient tough
heavy duty convincing sound clear
persuasive compelling effective
formidable great intense fervent deep
deep-seated that means convictions
Fierce powerful potent passionate Ardent
that’s where I got my son’s name from
muscular powerful dazzling bright
brilliant concentrated and I like this
one highly flavorful highly flavorful
there’s not a bad description in this
list but let’s talk about what is the
opposite of strong the opposite of
strong is weak thank eight fragile dim
insipid and then my favorite indifferent
women who are weak are indifferent women
who are strong they are not just
passionate they make a difference and so
strong is not wrong and how many of
you’ve already realized that this life
puts Demand on us to be strong to have
strength marriage requires strength it
does motherhood requires strength
friendships require strength education
requires strength taking responsibility
and moving beyond blame requires
strength
loving your neighbor
requires strength
now
let’s talk about that woman that we all
say of course she’s strong she’s got all
this helpers in her house the Proverbs
31 Woman but what it says about her it
says she and I’m just going to read this
proverbs 31 17 she dresses herself with
strength and makes her arms strong
I’m going to read it from the NLT it
says she is energetic and strong a hard
worker and then it goes on to say she
makes sure her dealings are profitable
her lamp Burns laid into the night what
does that mean it doesn’t mean that she
just works out she’s like oh yeah my
arms are cut in photos no she makes
herself strong for a purpose her lamp
Burns late into the night means she gets
it done when it says that she makes her
her dealings are profitable you know
there’s a lot of things that look like
they deserve our attention but a woman
who understands how to make her dealings
profitable knows how to focus on the
right things that will not only give her
strength but strength for her family we
need to make sure that we’re not just
building superficial strength so that we
look good in our clothing we need to
clothe ourselves with strengths and
learn what strength and strong looks
like in our lives progress 31 goes on in
verse 20 to say she extends she extends
a helping hand to the poor and opens her
arms to the needy strong women extend
their life they understand that strength
isn’t just for them and strength isn’t
just for their household they make a
decision that the strength on their life
needs to go out to other people
so that they can lift them as well I
don’t know if you know this but it takes
a whole lot more strength to lift people
than it does to hold them down you know
when John and I were younger and I was
pregnant John and I were so poor that
John only weighed like 138 and I
remember when I was pregnant I would top
out at like 158 160. and I loved it
because I could sit on him and hold him
down but I was never able to lift him
strong women lift other people they
don’t use their strength to straddle
people and hold them down it goes on to
say in verse 25 and 27 she is clothed
with strength and dignity she laughs
without fear at the future wait wait
that means if we have strength and
dignity we are positioned to laugh at
the future when she speaks her words are
wise and she gives instructions with
kindness why because we want to make
sure people can hear what we have to say
she carefully watches everything in her
household and suffers nothing from
laziness we don’t want to be lazy women
we don’t want to be distracted women we
don’t want to be busy women who are
burning our muscle instead of building
it we want to be women who are lifting
and then I’m going to go with the
ultimate endorsement about why it’s okay
for you to be strong
Ephesians 6 verses 10 through 18 in the
message pair phrases and that about
wraps it up he’s just gone through all
of these different relationships all of
these different dynamics that are going
to wire strength in our life and then he
says God is strong and he wants you
strong so if you’re thinking well it’s
nice I need to know no God is strong and
he wants you his daughter strong so take
everything the master has set out for
you well made weapons of the best
materials and put them to use so you
will be able to stand up to everything
the devil throws your way this is no
afternoon athletic contest that we walk
away from this is not a bar class people
and forget about in a couple hours this
is for Keeps a life or death fight to
the Finish against the devil and his
angels so why
be prepared you’re up against far more
than you can handle on your own take all
the help you can get every weapon God
has issued so that when it is all over
but the shouting you’ll still be on your
feet truth righteousness peace faith and
salvation are more than words
learn how to apply them learn how to
apply them this is a season to learn how
to apply peace learn how to apply Faith
salvation we need to know how to apply
these things and it goes on to say
because you’re going to need them
throughout your life God’s word is an
indispensable weapon in the same way
prayer is essential in this ongoing
Warfare pray hard and long pray for your
brothers and sisters keep your eyes open
keep each other’s spirits up so that no
one fails and no one falls behind and
drops out that was a massive amount of
information so I’m going to break that
down to nine key points number one God
is strong and he wants his daughter
strong number two his weapons are
Supreme there’s no greater weapon number
three with those weapons that he gave
you in hand there is nothing that the
enemy me can throw your way that will
knock you off course number four you are
in a spiritual battle between life and
death this is not a joke this is not
like a story this is a spiritual battle
between life and death number five
prepare now so you are not caught off
guard number six you can’t do it in your
own human strength God knows that so he
is the one that gives us strength number
seven truth righteousness peace faith
and salvation are live apps think about
the applications on your phone use them
number eight God’s word is an
indispensable weapon God’s word is a
sword
learn how to use it pray the word of God
it is indispensable if you don’t know
what to pray pray the word of God and
number nine prayer is not optional we
need to be a people who prayer becomes
fluent for us it is just something that
comes out and it is easy and part of our
life so I hope you are encouraged that
our heavenly father anticipated each and
every one of our needs we are in days
where we actually are realizing
I need all these maybe two months ago
you might have thought it’s okay if I
just have three of these well now you’re
going to have to take all of these
you’re gonna have to take all of these
things and God is saying hey girl pick
it up I’ve done all that I can to equip
you with everything that you have need
of you lay aside the man I wish I would
have been doing this and just step into
a season of overcoming the finest most
personalized infallible weaponry
has been made for you these Timeless
elements have the power to win battles
that are immediate as well as go into
our future
we are in the midst of a struggle
between light and dark
fear and faith hope and discouragement
be those who stand in the middle and
declare the strength and Light Of God I
need you to know beyond a shadow of a
doubt that strong is not wrong the
strong is right the strong is necessary
that strong is your heritage as a child
of God and that we can actually go in
just one day from being weak in faith
weak in this Wonder of God and move into
a place of strong so I’m giving you
permission to be strong so we are women
who understand that our family our
husbands our friends
our employers whatever it is whoever is
dependent on us needs us to be strong in
God in these days so be strong it’s not
wrong
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