“I’ve had a pretty good day..but as well I had a thinking day..lol..well..a praying day..you know?.I mean I pray everyday..but somedays I really have a day where my whole day is praying all day long..Amen..and talking to Jesus..it’s just on somedays the Lord floods my mind with many things..things that are happening in my life..and in the lives of them ones around me..and the ones that I love dearly..Amen..and battles and struggles that they’re facing..Amen..and I know we all are always gonna struggle with different things in our lives..because I believe that we’re never gonna be complete..until we get to heaven..Amen..because I think that is one way the Lord keeps us drawing back to Him..Amen..and needing Him for He is a jealous God..Exodus 34:14..and He wants all of us and who we are..Amen..not just a little of this and a little of that..but He wants all of us..Praise the Lord..but as well we are broken people..we live in a fallen world..and we face many different things in life..but for some people struggles are much bigger and the battles that their in..well, there not these some one said something to me..or I have to work again type of issues..but there BIG ones..Amen!”

“So I’ve been talking to the Lord today..and I have been thinking back over my life and the struggles that I had to overcome in my life..and they were not easy ones to say the least..but what I remember is when I struggled with fear, anxiety..depression..with letting go of substance abuse..with insecurities..with feeling unloved..with so much..one thing I remember was that the enemy wanted me to be quiet..Amen..never to speak of what my struggles were..never to talk about what I was facing and going through..and it was horrible to say the least..until I remember I didn’t even tell my own husband what I was facing..because I felt so bad about facing these things..and I couldn’t understand why..Amen..and of course the enemy speaks so many lies to you in the darkness..and when you keep yourself quiet..and you keep these lies..and you never speak of them..Amen..but one night Erik and I were in a motel room down in Georgia..we had just ate dinner..and we were getting ready for bed..and I remember that I felt so overwhelmed by life..by the enemy..with fear..everything..that I broke down..and my husband didn’t understand why I was so broken..until I poured out it all and I told him what I had been facing and dealing with..Amen..and of course he says honey why didn’t you tell me?..I could’ve been praying with you..Amen!”

“But the enemy had spoken so much lies..that I felt like I wasn’t good enough..and I just needed to have more faith..that I wasn’t praying enough..Amen..so I stayed quiet..I had many panic attacks in which case are horrible..but again in that moment of speaking it all into light..as well in that moment God stepped in..in a mighty way..and I began to heal..not over night that is for sure..but there is just something about speaking the struggle..speaking the problem..and bringing it to light..it changes everything..because God is light..1 John 1:5..and when we speak things they get light to them..and were not and do not feel alone in them moments..so if your struggling today..hear me what I say..God loves you..and God is with you..but God doesn’t want you to struggle alone..we need others..we need prayer warriors..and we must bring the plans of the enemy over into the light..Amen..for in the light it dispels the darkness..Praise the Lord..for the enemy is a liar and he wants you to think and believe that you are never gonna get better..but again that is a lie..for you see God is not done with you..and through the mess..God brings about such a message..Amen..so know that light is where we win..not in aloneness..not in quietness..not in by yourself type of place..but in unity..in togetherness..and in praying and having prayer warriors..covering and praying with you..as you overcome the battles that life has handed..Amen..so speak my dear friends..know that you are loved..and that others love you..look around you and see who is there..and let go..and trust them to help you..and to lift you and your name before the Lord..for you see scripture says one can chase a thousand but two can chase ten thousand..Deuteronomy 32:30..Hallelujah..there is power in unity and in togetherness..so reach out and speak up..I do ask and pray..in the name that is above every name..the name of Jesus..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi