YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL

Welcome to Women of Valour which is about

YOU

experiencing your freedom in Christ, being set free,

experiencing the love of God, and opening your blinded eyes

Isaiah 61:1

Women of Valour, 

You and I are 

BEAUTIFUL AND PURPOSED TO WALK INTO OUR DESTINIES!!!

Choose to BELIEVE!!!

I am working on the Self Talk Series book which is also our identity in Christ. As I am writing, The Holy Spirit is showing me how the enemy deceives and tricks us. He wants us to believe his lies instead of God's truth. His game/goal has NOT changed since Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden.

I was watching this video on our WOV YouTube Channel. I thought I had published this particular video but I had not. It is for you if you have NOT heard that YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL today!!! It is also for you just to confirm the fact that YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL today!!! This is according to Genesis 1: 26. The Self Talk Series blog I was working on was: "Remember Who You Are."

I am FED UP with the enemy telling us repeatedly that we are ugly. This is a lie from the pit of hell.

The truth is:

• You are beautiful. (Song of Solomon 4:7 NLT)
• You are made wonderfully complex. (Psalm 139: 14 NLT)
• You are meant to be on the top and not the bottom. (Deuteronomy 28:13 NLT) 
• You are God' masterpiece. (Ephesians 2:10 NLT)
• You are a new person. (2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT)
• You are a child of God. (Galatians 3:26 NLT)

Watch this video and choose to believe the truth about you.

Link to Video: https://youtu.be/egYTahE3zok

NOTE: The TRUTH will set you free but you must participate and choose to believe it. Begin or continue to speak life to you until the truth manifests in your heart, mind, and eyesight. Speak the Word of God to you in the mirror. You need to see yourself speaking it and hear yourself saying it.

The TRUTH that I speak of can only be found in and through Jesus the Christ and God's Word. If you have accepted and received Jesus as your Savior then this blog post is for you.

If you have not or you have been on the fence about accepting Christ, Today can be your day. Pray this simple prayer to receive Jesus Christ into your heart.

PRAYER: Holy Spirit, I need a Savior, Jesus Christ. I openly confess that I am a sinner and need a Savior. I am asking You to forgive me of all my sins and come into my heart. As I am confessing with my mouth and believing in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Lord who came to this earth, died, and was resurrected on the third day. I choose today to receive you into my heart according to Romans 10: 9 - 10. I choose to trust you with my life. 

NOTE: If you prayed the prayer to accept or rededicate your life to the Lord Jesus please share it with someone. Be EXCITED about your decision. God is going to transform your life as you participate with HIM. Please do not keep it a secret. God loves you and I do too! WELCOME to the family!!!

PRAYER: Father, I thank you in advance for showing us that WE ARE BEAUTIFUL!!! Open our eyes to see us the way You see us. Show us the new person You see when You look at us. Holy Spirit, change our eyesight and open our minds and hearts to see clearly who You have created us to be. In Jesus' Mighty and Holy Name!!! Amen!!!

QUESTIONS:

What lies have you believed concerning your looks?

How have you been made into a new person?

I pray something you read touched your heart to walk closer to God. 

Please share a comment or Email me

SELF TALK SERIES: IN WHOM DO YOU TRUST

Welcome to Women of Valour which is about

YOU

experiencing your freedom in Christ, being set free,

experiencing the love of God, and opening your blinded eyes

Isaiah 61:1

How many times have you thought or spoken these words: 
I trust you, Lord!!!

It is easy to say because it just rolls off the tongue. Especially, when we are in church type settings. It is the 'go to' statement when we are going through something.

I am going through _______________, But I trust You, Lord to work it out. 

But then when we get in our alone time with just us and the mask comes off. Then worry, questions, and doubt quickly move in. Finally, we try and figure it out. We turn to friends, family, and maybe even enemies.

But 'WE TRUST GOD!' Right?

Prayerfully, you will find "you" somewhere in my testimony. Maybe God will reveal or has revealed where "you" were through this testimony. Wherever "you" find yourself PRAISE God because this is GOOD NEWS!!! Please keep reading. You are in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time.

TESTIMONY: The Holy Spirit has been digging up some things within me that I did not know were there. The main one is a lack of trust of and in the Lord. I said with my mouth I was trusting in God to make the Air Force Reserves a reality for me. But I REALLY was not in my heart of hearts. (Read blog post: With God ALL things are Possible.) I am learning to trust God in more areas of my life. Trust me when I say it is a battle within me. I have trusted in my ways longer than I have in My Daddy's ways. The Holy Spirit is teaching me that just because I say the words: 'I trust You, Lord' doesn't mean that I actually do. This is a hard pill to swallow because I thought I was doing okay in the trust arena. In some areas, I was and am but there are other areas not so much.

The Holy Spirit has and is showing me that my lack of trust still does not hinder or stop the hand of God. I was wavering from trust to doubt each week. Sometimes it was a daily struggle. The Air Force Reserves has given me a new arena in which to trust God. I have to trust HIM even more for my safety and protection. I do not know what the future holds. But I do KNOW the One who holds the future in HIS hands. These are words that I am still wrapping my mind and heart around. But I do KNOW 2 things:

1. My Daddy's, God's, WORDS to me are truth and life.
2. My Daddy, God, has the best plan for my life. (Even when I can't see it.)

The Holy Spirit led me to God's Word.

I Corinthians 1:30

God has united you (Andrea) with Christ Jesus. 

For our (Andrea) benefit. 

God made HIM (Christ) to be wisdom itself. 

Christ made us (Andrea) right with God;
HE made us (Andrea) pure and holy, and 
HE freed us (Andrea) from sin.

I have read this verse numerous times over the years but this time the Holy Spirit taught me about my identity.

• God has untied me with Christ. (Identity and Oneness)
• I am one with Christ. (Ephesians 2:19)
• My identity is in Christ.
• God made HIM (Christ) to be wisdom itself. (Wise)
• I have wisdom because I have Christ in me. (Colossians 2:3)
• I am wise because of Christ.
• Christ made me right with God. (Righteousness)
•  I am righteous because of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
• I can come boldly into the throne of God.
• Christ made me pure and holy. (Holiness)
• I am holy because of Christ. (I Thessaloninas 4:3 - 7)
• My holiness is NOT dependent upon me but who Christ has made me to be.
• Christ made me free from sin. (Freedom)
• I have been set free from the prison and power of sin. (Mark 10:45)
• I am free and choose to walk in my freedom in Christ.

I wrote in my notes: 

GOD IS MY SOURCE!!!

Women of Valour, ALL of these applies to you as well. This is who you are in Christ. Our Father does NOT have favorites. Your past is just that Your past. You cannot change it and neither can I. BUT we can CHOOSE TODAY to believe, receive, and speak what God's Word says about each one of us. 

I don't know about you but I am tired of being on this roller coaster of living and walking in defeat in some areas. I AM FED UP!!! IF You are too then pray this prayer with me.

TRANSFORMATION PRAYER: Father God, I come into Your Presence in the Name and by the Blood of Jesus the Christ. I am tired of living beneath where you have created and destined me to be. I am tired of NOT seeing your abundant life manifested in and through me. I am fed up with me. One day I am up and the next one down. Holy Spirit, I give you permission to ROCK MY WORLD and TRANSFORM me from the inside out. Give me or renew within me a passion for the WORD of God and the Presence of God. You are the ONLY One who can change me and help me walk in obedience to where You will lead and guide me. I want to participate in the changes You are making in my life. I surrender my will for Yours today. Have Your way, Lord! In Jesus' Holy and Mighty Name!!! AMEN!!!

If you prayed that prayer. Hold on WOV, 

God is going to continue to move in your lives

in ways you cannot yet comprehend. 

I love you, WOV!!! But God loves you more than your mind can comprehend. As you walk through this day and ALL others take these words with you. Many times, we cannot remember the message but song lyrics will bring the words back to our minds. GOD WILL make a way. No matter what the circumstances are. This is a song that has and is ministering to me in this season. I pray it does the same for each one of you.

Link to Video: https://youtu.be/q9DgVOONzIk 

PRAYER: Father, I thank you in advance for showing us that we can TRUST IN YOU!!! Open our eyes to see us the way You see us, open our ears to hear Your voice, and open our hearts to comprehend You clearly. Holy Spirit, lead and guide us to follow and walk in obedience to where You lead us. In Jesus' Mighty and Holy Name!!! Amen!!

QUESTIONS:

In whom do you trust?

Why?

I pray something you read touched your heart to walk closer to God. 

Please share a comment or Email me

SELF TALK SERIES: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

Welcome to Women of Valour which is about

YOU

experiencing your freedom in Christ, being set free,

experiencing the love of God, and opening your blinded eyes

Isaiah 61:1

Women of Valour, 

You and I are 

PURPOSED AND DESTINED FOR GREATNESS!!!

Choose to BELIEVE!!!

Do you know who you are? I mean REALLY know who you are.

• You are God's Masterpiece. (Ephesians 2:10)
• You are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God. (Psalm 139: 13)
• You are More than a Conqueror. (Romans 8:37)
• You are made in the image and likeness of the Trinity. (Genesis 1:26)
• You are loved by God (Jeremiah 31: 3)

Now you may be looking at those words and saying to yourself or hearing in your mind that those words do not apply to me. Well, I am pleased to inform you that those words absolutely apply and belong to you. They were inspired by Your Father, God, just for you. When HE had them written HE was thinking about you and me today.

I know you have negative words that are coming at you even now. They are reminding you and you are remembering:

• something negative that someone else has told you about you. (They are lies)
• how you can act like someone you are not. (Put on a mask)

But, I am talking about looking into the mirror and seeing who God created you to be. I am talking about God revealing to you who you really and truly are. If you are not seeing you the way God created you then this particular blog is just for you. If you are seeing you then it will be confirmation for you. If you are somewhere in between today this post is definitely meant for you. Keep reading.

In this video clip, Lion King, Simba is reintroduced to who he REALLY is. Some of us need to be reintroduced to who we really are. As you look at this clip substitute you for Simba and his father, Mufasa, as God. The baboon represents the Holy Spirit.

Link to Video: https://youtu.be/O7fXfCZ4sB4

The Holy Spirit is our Teacher. He leads and guides us back to our Father and our identity. We, like Simba, have to  go through,under,and around some dark things within us to get to Our Father, God. Like Simba, we cannot allow our situations and circumstances to defeat us. Simba was determined to follow where he was led. We have to be just as determined. Our past hurts and  unforgiveness of wrongs is painful. As we hold onto those things it keeps us separated from our true identity.

When Simba looked in the water which reflected his appearance he was discouraged. But we have to choose to look harder into our mirror, which is the Word of God. The Holy Spirit opens our eyes to see Our Father and our true reflection which is Christ in us. As we look, we begin to hear our Father's voice through HIS Words telling and reminding us who we really are.

Our Father is telling each one us that we have forgotten who we are and thus forgotten HIM. We must REMEMBER WHO WE ARE!!! God knows each and every situation and circumstance we have, are, and will face. HE has already worked it out on our behalf. We must choose to believe it.

The Holy Spirit used this video to help me remember. God can and will use anything to minister to us even a cartoon. The same Word that God used to minister to me many years ago HE is using to minister to you.

You are more than what you have become. 

GOD and The Holy Spirit wants you to remember who you are.

YOU ARE MORE

By Andrea Monroe

You are more than your past.

You are more than your present

You are more than your dismal future may look right now

You are more than your current set of circumstances.

You are more than a rape victim

You are more than a mistake

You are more than a sex object

You are more than an abused woman

You are more than a mother

You are more than a sister

You are more than a daughter

You are more than a wife

You are more than a conqueror through Christ

You are more than able to stand victorious

You are more than able to command the storm raging around and inside you

You are more than able to walk out of your prison cells

Now Choose Today to

Focus on Jesus the Chist

Focus on the the Cross of Christ

Focus on HIS blood being shed for you

Focus on Him taking your punishment so you don't have to

Focus on Him going to hell in your place

Focus on Him rising with ALL power and authority

Focus on Him being in heaven interceding for you

Focus on the truth YOU ARE MORE than you have become

If you have children you want MORE for them. Your Father, God, wants more for you and me.

The ONLY perspective that matters is God's perspective. Your value can ONLY be seen through God's eyes. Choose to look in the mirror, God's Words. Speak what HE says about you until you believe what they say about you. Your reflection is Christ in you.

To Accept Jesus Christ into your heart Pray this Prayer:

Prayer: Holy Spirit, I need a Savior, Jesus Christ. I openly confess that I am a sinner and need a Savior. I am asking You to forgive me of all my sins, and mistrust of You. I am asking You, Jesus, to come into my heart. As I am confessing with my mouth and believing in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Lord who came to this earth, died, and was resurrected on the third day. I choose today to receive you into my heart according to Romans 10: 9 - 10. I choose to trust you with the rest 0f my life. 

If you prayed this prayer and believed it about you. Welcome to the family!!! Tell someone about your decision to accept Jesus Christ.

Now let's do this exercise as a child of the King who has accepted you into HIS family.

PRAYER: Daddy, God, I thank You for opening my eyes to see you. I thank you in advance for opening my eyes to see myself the way You see me. I ask You, Holy Spirit, to teach me Your Word and make it real and applicable for my life. I thank You, Father, for leading me through the process. Lord, I thank You for healing my past hurts, brokenness, shame, and regrets. I thank You for the miracles You are working in and around me. I thank You for never leaving me or forsaking me in the process. I thank You for showing me that I am Your child today. You have a plan, purpose and destiny for me. I come into agreement with You, Holy Spirit, for my new life in Christ. In Jesus' Name, Amen!!!

QUESTIONS:

Who are you?

Who are you focusing on?

I pray something you read touched your heart to walk closer to God. 

Please share a comment or Email me

SELF TALK SERIES: WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

Welcome to Women of Valour which is about

YOU

experiencing your freedom in Christ, being set free,

experiencing the love of God, and opening your blinded eyes

Isaiah 61:1

Women of Valour, 

You and I are 

PURPOSED AND DESTINED FOR GREATNESS!!!

Choose to BELIEVE!!!

This picture has major significance for me because I asked God to do something that I thought was too hard and BIG for HIM. I did not believe HE could do it. I actually set God up. But throughout the process HE kept reminding me: "With God ALL things are possible." As I kept advancing though the process no matter what. Each obstacle that was placed before me was pushed or put down by God HIMSELF.

Have you ever asked God for something that You believed was too hard for HIM to deliver?

TESTIMONY: With God ALL Things are Possible!!! (Matthew 19:26)

Click for Video: https://youtu.be/ukSXAtUk3C0

To Accept Jesus Christ into your heart Pray this Prayer:

Prayer: Holy Spirit, I need a Savior, Jesus Christ. I openly confess that I am a sinner and need a Savior. I am asking You to forgive me of all my sins, and mistrust of You. I am asking You, Jesus, to come into my heart. As I am confessing with my mouth and believing in my heart that Jesus Christ is the Lord who came to this earth, died, and was resurrected on the third day. I choose today to receive you into my heart according to Romans 10: 9 - 10. I choose to trust you with the rest 0f my life. 

If you prayed this prayer and believed it about you. Welcome to the family!!! Tell someone about your decision to accept Jesus Christ.

Now let's do this exercise as a child of the King who has accepted you into HIS family.

PRAYER: Daddy, God, I thank You for blessing me even when I do not trust You in and through the process. I thank You for opening doors for me that I do not and cannot see. I thank you for answering prayers that I do not directly ask You for. Lord, I thank You for working out miracles in my life on the way to my Promised Land. I thank You for never leaving me or forsaking me in the process. I thank You for showing me that I am Your child today and You have a plan, purpose and destiny for me. I come into agreement with You, Holy Spirit, for my new life in Christ. In Jesus' Name, Amen!!!

QUESTIONS:

What do you need to start trusting God for
in the realm of impossibility?

What has God shown you that HE is going to do
but you refuse to believe?

I pray something you read touched your heart to walk closer to God. 

Please share a comment or Email me

BLESSINGS OF GOD

Welcome to Women of Valour which is about

YOU

experiencing your freedom in Christ, being set free,

experiencing the love of God, and opening your blinded eyes

Isaiah 61:1

Women of Valour, 

You and I are 

PURPOSED AND DESTINED FOR GREATNESS!!!

Choose to BELIEVE!!!

I know it has been a while since we have had contact via our blog. But I have been praying for all of you. I wanted to share how God has been blessing me exponentially. You have heard the saying: "when it rains it pours". Well, that is what is happening to me right now but it is raining blessings. As I typed that last sentence Canton Jones song "Window Over Your Head" started playing inside me.  I used to listen to and sing this song ALL the time. I pray the words are life giving to you as well.

Click for Video: https://youtu.be/8QqMershcak

TESTIMONY: (Malachi 3: 10) I was giving of my time, talent, and treasure as my tithe but not seemingly seeing any fruit produced in my own life. I was speaking and singing life giving words but still no fruit. As I look back now. I see the blessings of God that were manifested in my life then. I had a place to live while I recovered from a divorce. God gave me a job where I grew more in the knowledge of who HE was and is. God provided transportation for me. God used me in ministry to the Youth and Women and even in Prayer. HE had me form some AMAZING relationships with people. HE even had me travel during that time frame with minimum cost to me. I wanted the overflow BUT my mindset was not built up yet to handle the overflow. But now God is producing phenomenally in my life. The funny curious part was the fact that I was being blessed then but could not see it. There is ALWAYS a part for us to play in the blessings.

If you can identify with my testimony. Take a good look around you and start to thank God for the little blessings HE has in your life now. Maybe just maybe HE wants to grow you up in your mindset to believe the GREAT things HE has purposed for you. If you are already walking in the overflow I am PRAISING GOD with you. You and I must understand that God wants us to play a part in walking into our OVERFLOW and FREEDOM!!!

God is TRULY showering me with blessings during this season of my life.

• God is growing me up and closer to HIM in my walk with Christ.
• God is expanding the vision for Women of Valour.
• God is birthing the twin ministry which is Warriors for Christ. 
• God has given me a promotion at work.
• God has opened the door for me to return to the Air Force Reserves.
• God is showing and sharing with me more of who I am as HIS child. 
• God is making HIMSELF gi-normous in my sight. (Yes, I made up a word.)
• God is reminding me and confirming things in a multitude of ways. 

Can I tell you WOV that these things are NOT just for me but for ALL of us. Since I am being blessed please open your hearts, minds, and hands to receive the blessings that God has for you. 

• God has promotions for each one of you.
• God has expanded visions for each one of you.
• God has deeper depths that HE wants to show and take each one of you.
• God wants to make HIMSELF bigger to each one of you.
• God is reminding and confirming some things to each one of you. 

I was reading the entire chapter of Acts 10 last night. I read Acts 10:34 - 36 where Peter gets a revelation: "I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism. In every nation HE accepts those who fear HIM and do what is right. This is the message of the good news for the people of ISRAEL-that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ who is Lord of all."

Jesus Christ gave HIS life for each and everyone of us. There is no BIG "I" and little "u". There is ONLY God 's children. We have to love and lift up one another. It is easy to tear down but seemingly harder to build up. This is why this ministry exists: to build up.

The WOV ministry taglines are:

 #LoveofGod and 

#SettheCaptivesFree

The Vision and Purpose of this ministry are centered around these two REAL concepts. This is what God had and has planned for us as HIS children. HE never designed us to live in prisons but yet we are choosing in many cases to live there. HE designed us to walk in our Freedom.

Why? Because of the Self Talk Series. (Check it out.)

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PRAYER: Holy Spirit, I thank You for opening the windows of heaven and pouring me out a blessing that I do not have room enough to receive. Thank you for the overflow You have planned for me. Help me change my thoughts, speech, and actions toward the blessings You have already given me. Open my eyes to see Your surprises each and every day. Show me that I am Your Daughter today and You are MY Father. Help me believe You have a plan, purpose and destiny for me. I come into agreement with You, Holy Spirit, for the overflow in my life in Christ. In Jesus' Name, Amen!!!

QUESTIONS:

Can you see the blessings of God in your life?

What are some of the ways God is blessing you right now?

I pray something you read touched your heart to walk closer to God. 

Please share a comment or Email me