God told the author to focus on restoring joy rather than sending a spiritual warfare packet. The author believes God is shifting their ministry, Girls of Royalty, to a level of restoration. Restoration involves giving everything to God, developing a relationship with Him through prayer, reading the Bible, and church, praying for others, and having faith. True joy comes from God and can be felt even in difficult times by trusting in scripture. Restoration restores people back to who God made them to be - happy, whole, and healed.
God told the author to focus on restoring joy rather than sending a spiritual warfare packet. The author believes God is shifting their ministry, Girls of Royalty, to a level of restoration. Restoration involves giving everything to God, developing a relationship with Him through prayer, reading the Bible, and church, praying for others, and having faith. True joy comes from God and can be felt even in difficult times by trusting in scripture. Restoration restores people back to who God made them to be - happy, whole, and healed.
God told the author to focus on restoring joy rather than sending a spiritual warfare packet. The author believes God is shifting their ministry, Girls of Royalty, to a level of restoration. Restoration involves giving everything to God, developing a relationship with Him through prayer, reading the Bible, and church, praying for others, and having faith. True joy comes from God and can be felt even in difficult times by trusting in scripture. Restoration restores people back to who God made them to be - happy, whole, and healed.
God told the author to focus on restoring joy rather than sending a spiritual warfare packet. The author believes God is shifting their ministry, Girls of Royalty, to a level of restoration. Restoration involves giving everything to God, developing a relationship with Him through prayer, reading the Bible, and church, praying for others, and having faith. True joy comes from God and can be felt even in difficult times by trusting in scripture. Restoration restores people back to who God made them to be - happy, whole, and healed.
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RESTORING THE JOY
**Please excuse any grammatical errors. God told me to write this to you as fast as I could**
Hello Royal Girls of Girls of Royalty,
Do you know how God has you going in a certain direction and then all of a sudden, He switches the script ? Well, He did it to me today while I was worshipping today during Sunday Service. You see, last night, I had myself set on sending you all a Spiritual Warfare Packet. I had outlined all my scriptures and was typing away last night at a 24 hour diner while eating waffles and eggs. Im a breakfast 24/7 type girl. I was set on sending out the packet tonight. God had other plans.
When most ministries start up, they have a theme scripture. When Girls of Royalty started, I had based this entire ministry off of Esthers story and the fight within her to fulfill Gods purpose to save her people. I believe that in any ministry or business, a shift occurs. Shifts happen at different points for different reasons. God spoke to me while I was worshipping.
He said: Im RESTORING the JOY
Look, I dont know who needs to be reading this. However, God obviously wanted me to send you this instead of this entire packet I had planned out. Its for someone.
He didnt want me to send out a packet. He wanted me to talk to you through the Word of God flowing inside of me to you. See, this is the Jesus in me that talking to the Jesus in YOU. Thats the amazing thing about having Sisters in Christ. Theres a deeper level of communication that can only come by knowing Jesus Christ. Can we talk ?
Joel 2:25-26 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
I think that God is shifting Girls of Royalty to a different level. Were moving to the level of RESTORATION. Were past the level of the cute stuff. I think God is about to move, shake, and dig deep into us to remove all the things that kept us from moving forward. I can actually feel the chains that are being loosed. This is just beyond talk. With the Weekly Bible Studies, Prayer Nights, and Twitter Chats, we are serious about God moving. God is going to RESTORE you back to the person He made you to be. Hes going to RESTORE you to being happy, Page of 1 5 Property of Girls of Royalty For Personal Use Only whole, and healed. You may already be at a happy state but God has even more beyond where you are. Do you know that there are LEVELS to everything ? You can never get enough of Gods abundance of this amazing thing called Life. Yes, it tries to beat us up sometimes. Sometimes, it brings us down so low that we feel like we can no longer move on. Maybe, you feel as if age has taken away your beauty or you cant do things how you used to. Maybe, you feel as if motherhood has taken a toll on you. Maybe, youve been emotionally hurt and abused so much that the old you is nothing more than a shadow.
God has declared through His Spirit that he is RESTORING you back to His love. I dont care what anyone has spoken out against your life. I dont care if everything around is crumbling. God has declared RESTORATION in your finances, your marriage, family, your career, job, body, mind, spirit, and relationships. We are women of FAITH. Nothing can no longer steal our joy. John 10:10 says that the enemy came to steal, kill, and destroy BUT Jesus came that we may have LIFE and not just any kind of life. Jesus came so that we can have an ABUNDANT LIFE. Im tired of us walking in defeat. Im tired of society telling us how we should walk and act according to the perversion in their heart teaching us to be lust-filled, greedy, and selfish women. Im tired of people telling me that I should seek fame in my own name and how I should get to the top because of my own strength and my own abilities. I serve a MIGHTY God who gave me breathe in my body and strength to fight against EVERY attack of the enemy. I can do NOTHING by myself. It is only through the GRACE and MERCY of Jesus Christ that I can even write this letter to you. It is only by His HEALING power that I can tell you that the Genesis 2 years ago was so overcome by shame and hurt that she couldnt even see her beauty without depending on a man for love. Its only by my Gods SAVING power that I can say that I am no longer bound to my past addictions and struggles with porn, pride, selfish desires, and lust-filled cravings.
God wants to restore you. He wants you to smile again. He wants you to spend time with him. He wants to HEAL you from emotional and physical hurt. He wants you to be free to walk in compete JOY. I remember when Girls of Royalty did a bible study focusing on Undaunted by Christine Caine. I loved a part of the book where she said that there is a difference between being Happy and having Joy. Happiness is an emotion. It comes and goes. Joy is something that God gives. It is a state of BEING. You can dwell in JOY.
Joy is hearing that your loved one has died and YET you can smile because you know that the Word of God says in Psalm 33:21: For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
Joy is seeing the balance in your bank account and knowing there isnt enough to pay the bills YET you can smile because the Word of God says in Philippians 4:19: And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Page of 2 5 Property of Girls of Royalty For Personal Use Only Joy is knowing your body is in pain YET you can smile because the Word of God says in Isaiah 53:5: But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
Restoration comes by doing the following: 1) Giving God your ALL (Check in the Baggage) 2) Relationship with God (Prayer, Reading His Word, Local Church) 3) Praying for Others 4) FAITH
#1: GIVING GOD YOUR ALL
Stop trying to do it ALL. You cant. I dont care how much of a SUPERWOMAN you are. Being RESTORED starts through Gods loving power. I remember crying so many nights when I was just hurt. Hurt by people, events, and circumstances. I was tired of crying myself to sleep. I would take aspirin pills because I was crying so much that my head was hurting. I opened up my bible and read this scripture:
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
#2: RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
After you give God your all, you need to spend time with Him. You have been saved all your life or you may have just come to know Jesus Christ. It doesnt matter where you are in your spiritual journey, we all need Jesus. There is no way you can move through life with Jesus Christ and have JOY. Dont get me wrong, you can move on your own but it wont be JOY. It will just be happiness, the state of emotion. If you have been praying for a certain length everyday, try kicking it up another notch.
a) Prayer b) Reading your Bible & Devotion c) Getting active in your local church d) Letting the Holy Spirit guide you on an everyday basis
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.
Page of 3 5 Property of Girls of Royalty For Personal Use Only #3: PRAYING FOR OTHERS & LOVING OTHERS
There is something powerful about praying for other people even in the midst of your own circumstance. It is often said that if you want God to answer your prayer, pray for someone else. It does a very important thing-shifts your mindset from you to another person. You are now displaying Gods love in operation in your life. Your own healing and restoration is connected to how you treat and love others.
Job 42:10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
#4: FAITH Faith is the backbone of the Christian. Everything that we do is based upon our Faith in God. Even LOVE is based in Faith. Faith is powerful because it will help you see your future and not your present or past. It will help you move to where God desires you to be. Faith is seeing the RESTORED you even though you may not see it at the current moment. Faith is what calls things forth. Faith is me declaring myself RESTORED. Faith is declaring Gods Word even when things around me say the opposite. Faith is saying what God has declared to be so.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
We believe and receive RESTORATION in your life TODAY. If you ever feel like you need prayer, stop keeping it to yourself. Confide in a Sister and have them pray with you. Thats why at Girls of Royalty we have a prayer team (gorprayer@gmail.com). If you send them a prayer request, they will agree with you and begin to intercede in FAITH on behalf of what you need prayer for. We cant leave each other to fight for ourselves. We have to fight together against the enemys plans. He is DEFEATED. Were going to take back our homes, our marriages, our finances, our healing, and our JOY.
Page of 4 5 Property of Girls of Royalty For Personal Use Only God IS RESTORING the JOY. I didnt say was (past tense). He IS. He is CURRENTLY. He is doing it RIGHT NOW. Just have FAITH & believe. WALK in your RESTORATION NOW.
Psalm 51:12 (David to God) Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Isaiah 61:7 Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 40:31 But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Ladies, we are women of Faith. We, by Faith, declare RESTORATION for every woman. I know that God is able to do beyond what we can even dream of. If God can move mountains, part the Red Sea, heal the blind man, raise a girl up from the dead, SURELY He can RESTORE me.
Praying for your Restoration, Genesis Dorsey
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