Declarations For July 2025
Welcome to the beginning of the next phase of 2025. My declaration for this next phase is that the Lord, who gives wisdom and from Whose mouth comes knowledge and understanding, will give us wisdom generously without finding any fault with us.
Proverbs 3:13-18 (NIV)
13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.
I decree and declare that these benefits of wisdom will manifest in our lives this month. It is so and so it is in Jesus’ name. AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
The Edited Narrative
I was listening to a podcast and yes again it was with Dr. Cindy Trimm and I heard a statement she made that “God gives you dreams, aspirations and goals but we give people the right to edit our lives so we end up living to other people’s version of us.” Now, that’s a whole sermon.
When God told Jeremiah that “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations”’, He was reiterating to us that EVERYTHING we will need to become who He has called us to be was already designed inside of us. (Jeremiah 1:5 paraphrased). Jeremiah was doubting himself because of the narrative that his environment, status, society and culture has probably defined about him. Jeremiah is not alone - we are all victims of the definition of people and our societies. We can’t seem to live authentically and we have given away our personal power to others to tell us how to live our lives instead of communicating with God, our father and creator. We are more interested in people’s opinions and narratives than the original narrative that God wrote about our lives. You do realize that most people have thoughts and opinions of your life but they can’t seem to practice these in their own lives, don’t you?
Do not allow people to live their lives through you. Look at the vision the Lord has placed inside of you and the direction He wants you to follow. Live your original life and follow the blueprint that was designed for you even before you were formed in your mother’s womb.
I pray for you this week that you will make time to communicate with God and hear His direction over every area of your life. I pray that you will live your narrative and not what is told to you. You can become everything God wants you to be and there’s no telling how amazing that person is. I declare it is so and so it is in Jesus name. AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
Follow Instructions, Not People
A couple of weeks ago I was watching a women’s conference hosted by Apostle Grace Lubega in Kampala, Uganda. The main speaker, Dr. Cindy Trimm, delivered on her assignment and my God, what a blessing this conference was. She has loads of nuggets that when you are able to catch on by revelation, you will be greatly blessed.
Apostle Grace had asked people to line up in a specific order and for some reason, they were lining up in the order that they were seeing others do it instead of the exact format Apostle Grace was asking them to follow. Then I heard Dr. Trimm says, “learn to follow instructions and not people.” That sank into my spirit immediately. In fact, I’ve been reiterating that term to almost everyone in the last two (2) weeks and rightly so.
Most people like to imitate without understanding. When we see others do something and the rest follow suit, somehow we assume it’s what needs to be done and we just jump on the same train, not even knowing the destination. In fashion, trends, everywhere you turn lately there’s always something new that people are mimicking or participating in. We are more comfortable with fitting into the mold than disrupting the mold. Why do you want to be like everyone else when your instructions or life manual is different from theirs? These are conversations I have even with my little boy daily about not succumbing to pressure and influence just to be liked or accepted or to be ‘normal’. It takes a disciplined person to follow clear instructions against popular ways or opinions.
The day I grew up to the age of learning that no one human being has the same fingerprint as another, was the day I promised myself to not be bought into the idea of fitting into anything that does not suit my DNA or pleasing people for the sake of it. Anytime I tried to fit in I failed miserably at it anyway so I dared to live according to my instructions for life and I pray that it blesses and inspires others as I run my race of life.
I pray for you this week, that the Lord will endow you with the spirit of discipline to stay your course, run your race as well and whether you turn to the right or to the left, may your ears hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”(Isaiah 30:21 NIV paraphrased). I declare it is so and so it is in Jesus’ name. AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.