Beloved, on Thursday 9.15.22 Peter shared Psalm 63 on the air as his morning scripture and commentary…and it so resonated with me that I felt there was too much fabulous information to share that just wouldn’t fit into the time constraints of our morning on-air conversation. And I wanted you to be able to flow through a healing process if you are struggling with a situation where you are not responding in a Christ-like manner that your heart longs to express. I had a sudden thought that I could put the process on-line in the blog section of my website. I pray this reaches the precious souls that I am praying for…
As you read Ps. 63 we see David in the wilderness of Judah while he is in hiding from his son Absalom (2 Sam 15:23). Peter drew out of this Psalm the power of praise in the midst of crisis. And that possessing a consistent attitude of praise to G-d could be achieved if we embraced the truth of G-d’s loving kindness towards us.
As we, your intercessors prayed into this Psalm and Peter’s commentary there was such a check in our hearts for those who just haven’t been able to get to that place of having a new knee jerk reaction in the midst of crisis. We might feel regularly triggered by people and situations and yet find ourselves immediately going to a dark place as we end up responding poorly. What to do if we repeatedly respond not as we would want to, not according to the Word, but according to our old nature. Afterward we are left with the regret that we didn’t express ourselves as we would have liked, and it’s very upsetting. This was the area we felt G-d directing our prayer that morning and now as I am writing this to you.
As we prayed, what came was the biology of the brain, the programming of the mind after so many trials and so many years of simply reacting as we always have or reacting as our parents responded to emotionally threatening situations. Remember, more is caught than taught for little children, and children’s minds are hard wired from the age of zero to 6 years old. So, things we have learned during these formative years goes directly to the heart of the child or another word for heart could be the subconscious. In the heart/subconscious our survival instincts are programmed in, thus our capacity to create sabotage, that knee jerk reaction, or responding mindlessly when threatened. It’s how we learned to survive and overcome, and it comes forth automatically, without our giving it a thought. This is where our deep desire to respond according to the Word of G-d and our survival brain collide. Or I could say when the head and heart collide, the heart always wins. Unless we reprogram the subconscious/heart, our deepest most inner being, we will continue to respond in a disappointing fashion.
Psalm 51:6
Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. (ampc vers)
What a blessing to know that we can rewire the brain, renew our minds and transform our lives into the Christ likeness we so desire to express.
Beloved this method only works while you are in a peaceful state of being. So, we want to reprogram or renew our minds in an atmosphere of Peace. Inviting the Prince of Peace, Jesus our Lord to come and minister to us through the Presence of His Holy Spirit. Let’s ask for His Presence, let’s breathe deeply and relax our bodies and welcome His Grace to come and minister to us. Grace comes to the humble, the transparent, the child like…as we enter into this Kingdom Realm prayerfully, and child-like (trusting, lowly, loving and forgiving); let’s begin with offering cleansing prayer, we are asking for forgiveness for how we responded and for healing and blessing upon anyone we may have emotionally injured by our response during this past encounter…
Since thoughts dictate behavior, we want to change how we think in order to change how we are reacting. You may want to write down the memory and write down how you felt. Remember that mortals change in an atmosphere of unconditional love and acceptance. To feel any self-hatred, self-rejection, unforgiveness towards ourselves is counterproductive. We are actually deepening the learned behavior by joining negative emotions with painful images that replay through these memories. It keeps us responding poorly over and over again.
Let’s flow in the beauty of deep, healing relaxation. With loving acceptance, acknowledging that we are all works in progress, let’s write down the encounter where we responded poorly and follow it with the same scenario, but this time write out how you wished you had responded. Bringing forth that excellent noble heart that is truly how you desire to respond in any encounter where you feel threatened, demeaned or tempted to be angry…
One of the greatest parts of this new reaction that we want to incorporate into this assignment is to train our brains to stop, before we respond. We want to see ourselves in an emotionally heated situation and see ourselves stopping, breathing, relaxing, and taking a moment to think. This capacity for pausing before we react to people or situations that trigger us, is key. Stop and think, we do have time to respond later.
Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
You can always revisit a situation later by requesting to meet with this person who may have inadvertently provoked you. It is wisdom to not speak until you have gathered your thoughts on a matter and calmed your emotions. You can say to this person, “Can we get together later, I want to give some serious thought to what you are saying. I don’t want your point to get lost in a heated moment”. See in your meditation concerning this painful memory replaying now in a very positive, mature, calm demeanor. Be someone who you respect and admire by responding differently, first in this repeatedly rehearsed meditation and then victoriously when this scenario comes around again in your everyday life. You can reprogram your mind by simply writing out the old painful memory, and then rewriting it in a new way.
When we are meditating on that new scenario incorporating an excellent response and doing the daily meditation for at least 21 days you will see amazing changes in yourself. It takes the mind 21 days to be changed. Rehearse repeatedly the written new way of reacting/responding to difficult people and situations and you will see and feel that anything is possible when we just take the time to renew our minds to transform our lives…
How has G-d been speaking to you about changes you want to make in your life? I love to compare notes with you! Let me know!
You are continually in my prayers and forever in my heart.
