I AM _____.

Our third week of lecture phase has been life changing. Everything built on top of each  other, every lecture brought a new step towards Freedom in who we are In Christ and Forgiveness for lies we've believed about ourselfs. Most of my lies I didn't even realize that they were lies! The Devil's sneaky like that.

The teachers this week prayed "Original Design" over all of the staff and students on Wednesday evening and all day on Thursday. What that is is they pray and ask God how He sees a specific person, how He originally designed them and what their giftings are and then they listen for Him to speak. It's an incredible process, I got the opportunity to do this over a few different people and it is great practice on hearing God's voice, and you get to encourage people at the same time! So it's lots of fun.

One hour was scheduled for each person being prayed over, I was extremely nervous when my time came, I was thinking that God was going to reveal my deep, dark secrets to these ladies and I wouldn't have any control on what was being said about me. I was dead wrong.  I sat down on the couch with one of my leaders, and two of the female teachers and they opened by praying aloud and inviting the Holy Spirit to enter the room and speak my Original Design to them, then I sat in silence for 20 minutes as all three of them continuously prayed and wrote down the things they saw and heard about me on little yellow pages, I didn't want to interrupt of course so I just sat quietly in dread about what they were finding out about me.

Finally the 20 minutes was up and they began to read me the things back, I had 6 pages full of blessings and prophecies read to me and my head was spinning (in a good way) when it was all over. Before it was over they all prayed again about what my strongholds (or obstacles) would be that would keep me from fulfilling all of these things God spoke about me. I already had an idea of what it was-I have known my entire life that fear is my strongest weakness, and that was confirmed by two of the three praying. Fear and intimidation were the spirits that were deeply rooted in me, my other stronghold was a surprise at first, I got self hatred, which I didn't think was relevant to me until I took a moment to consider it and it dawned on me that it was true. I was crushed. I had to get these spirits of fear, intimidation and self hatred out of me. I didn't waste any time with it. After  going to God and severing the ties from them to me I felt so light and free and happy, I couldn't stop smiling and giggling.

Please understand that this isn't me being proud and boastful when I say these things, I'm still learning them myself, but these are the things God said about me and how He sees me...

I AM.....

Bold.
Generous.
Joyful.
A leader who leads with conviction.
Confident.
Passionate.
Used to set captives free.
A teacher.
A power evangelist.
A prophetic evangelist.
A voice of reason.
A woman of authority.
An adventurer.
Fearlessly brave.
A dreamer.
A song writer.
A friend.
A bringer of light & peace.
Creative.
A worshipper in stillness.
Fun loving.
Fierce In love.
An arrow in the hands of God.
Beautifully original.
Extraordinary.
Free spirited.
Determined.
A radiant warrior.
Inspiring.
Gentle.
Sitting with Jesus at the right hand of God.
Helping hands.
Smart.
Wise.
A life giver.
A deep thinker.
A threat to Hell.
A winner.
A high achiever.
A protector.
A shield for the weak.
Loved.
Accepted.
A dancer.
More than I know right now.

Some of these were the complete opposite of what I thought of myself, but now this is how I'm starting to see myself, and its wonderful, there is such freedom in looking through God's eyes. He created me and placed these things inside of me and I am just now acknowledging it. I wish everyone could have this experience like I did.....it has changed my perspective of the world and people. I love it. All we have to do is ask God to tell us what He thinks of us and you might be surprised of how fond He is of you.

What are some of you guys Original Design qualities?