Speaker 1: 0:01

Hi and welcome to our podcast, Revelation Within On the Go.

Speaker 2: 0:05

I'm Heidi Wiles-Mafferson, one of your hosts and the owner and lead coach of the RevelationWithinorg ministry, and I'm Christina Motley, your other host, also a Revelation Within coach and Heidi's partner in all things Revelation Within, and we're so happy to invite you to join us for this episode of Revelation Within On the Go.

Speaker 1: 0:36

Oh, yay. Well, it is another fine day to do a podcast. It is it absolutely is yeah, and today we thought we would talk a little bit about our mission as Revelation Withiners. We exist to help lovers of Jesus escape counterfeit comforts and equip them, equip you, equip us with Christ-centered coping strategies.

Speaker 2: 1:02

Oh, I love the Revelation Withiners Christ-centered coping strategies.

Speaker 1: 1:05

Oh, I love the revelation withiners. Yeah, so we're going to talk today about breaking free from counterfeit comforts what counterfeit comforts even are and Christ-centered coping mechanisms to gravitate towards instead. You know, I thought a really good place to start would be the fact that we live in a Genesis 3 world yes, yes, which basically means sin happens.

Speaker 2: 1:28

Oh my gosh, does it ever?

Speaker 1: 1:30

Yeah, and there will be trouble. And scripture tells us that there will be trouble, and I'm not going to quote the verses in entirety, and neither will Christina, but just some verses that mention that we're going to have trouble. John 16, 33 jumps into mind immediately, where Jesus says in this world you will have trouble.

Speaker 2: 1:50

Yeah, that's pretty clear. I mean, it's not like I'm not sure. I wonder, are you sure we're going to have trouble? It's like it's right there. Yeah, life's hard, yes, yes. And then James, one, two and three heart, yes, yes, and then James, one, two and three. Dear brothers and sisters, when, when, when, troubles of any kind come, your way when that, when your faith is tested, there's two wins in that in those verses with James when troubles come and when your faith is tested, it's going to happen.

Speaker 1: 2:25

And it's.

Speaker 2: 2:25

If it's not happening right now, it's going to happen tomorrow, I know, or the next day. I mean, we all experience this continually.

Speaker 1: 2:35

Yes, and in 1 Peter 1, verses 6 and 7, Peter says you must endure many trials for a little while. Oh, I'm so glad that God is so honest with us. He doesn't pull his punches.

Speaker 2: 2:52

Well, when he says a little, while, you know, when he says that he's talking about God time for us sometimes it feels like forever.

Speaker 1: 3:05

I think it's the same author, Peter, who said with the Lord, a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is a day.

Speaker 2: 3:14

So that's not very helpful when we're talking about a little while. Yeah, that could mean a thousand years. Well, we won't live that long on this earth, so that's okay, that's a little bit encouraging, anyway. And then in 2 Corinthians 4, 17 and 18, there is a phrase for our present troubles, and present means right now, and many of you know that I struggle with chronic Lyme disease and that's one of my now struggles. It is now, right now as I'm doing this podcast. It's right now and it's every day now. It's not just once a week now, or you know, I'll be done in a few weeks. This is a big long now. This is a big present trouble for me. It goes on and on and on.

Speaker 1: 4:08

So, yeah, that's an example for me, and these troubles, these challenges that we are promised in God's word, we will have or are having, cause us to want to respond, sometimes by putting our heads in the proverbial sand. Yes, by numbing out, sometimes by doing anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Speaker 2: 4:28

Well, I can tell you what happened last night.

Speaker 1: 4:31

Okay, okay, let's hear it, it's just a quick.

Speaker 2: 4:36

I mean, here we are, we're on the podcast, we're talking about counterfeit comfort, so I might as well just be totally honest and tell you what happened last night. Yeah, I do, Because a lot of times what I do well, I've been every other day lately is taking a bath with Epsom salts to help my body detox.

Speaker 1: 4:54

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 4:55

And in the moment it doesn't feel good at all. It actually increases my symptoms while I'm in the bath. It's not a relaxing bath at all but, then afterwards I'll rest for an hour or two and feel much better. Okay, so what did I do last night? Last night, I get in the bath, I've got my phone in hand, I went right to social media and started watching reels.

Speaker 1: 5:23

Now. Normally I just have to insert this here One of Christina's most creative times for writing amazing things is that bath time. She will use her phone in the bath which I still can't wrap my brain around and she will write wonderful little devotional messages or articles for our community or something really good.

Speaker 2: 5:45

But this time we didn't get the benefits of that. You didn't give me an assignment this time, no, but usually I have a little routine, you know, so that I am not going sideways with some kind of counterfeit, especially something I can do on my phone. But this time I just like I just raced right by everything I know. Everything I know to be true about how draining it is to look at reels for an hour. That's embarrassing.

Speaker 2: 6:22

But that's what I did, and was it life-giving? No, not at all. And you know, instagram has figured out some of the things that I really am interested in looking at and it's like, oh, come on. Anyway, I took it off my phone again, but just so that you know, we're talking about ourselves here too. Definitely, not just everybody else Right.

Speaker 1: 6:48

There are so many different options for counterfeit comforts that we have when we're faced with a challenge. You know the kind of trouble that Jesus promised us. You know my daughter and her dad. My daughter's 30 years old. Her dad is taking her to Disneyland and that's this weekend. I'm going to start crying. Anyway, historically, disneyland was our family thing. Specifically, my former husband and I went to Disneyland so many times. In fact, I know for a fact that the last time he went to Disneyland was with me and now he's taking Michaela there.

Speaker 1: 7:23

Obviously, I don't hope to be somebody he goes to Disneyland with again, but anyway, and he has broken my daughter's heart so many times where I'm having some real anxiety about thinking of her being with her dad for the whole weekend. And I suppose there's some jealousy there too. So what is my tendency? It's to want to numb out, it's to shut down. I don't want to be present to those feelings. And so how do I do that? Well, one of those ginormous cans of Mike's harder lemonade maybe we are keeping it real today.

Speaker 2: 8:00

We are.

Speaker 1: 8:00

I'm embarrassed to tell you that, yeah. Or wonderful Mexican food, wow, and that's not even something that I have to face because it's a concern of mine. I'm not hearing from my daughter on the phone saying dad won't get off his work phone or something like that that I stress out about. What are some other options that we tend to lean towards that are counterfeit options, things that don't really bring that satisfaction that we long for. You know that don't like we've talked about before. They don't fill that hole in our heart but that we tend to throw in there anyway.

Speaker 1: 8:38

You know, obviously overeating is one. What else?

Speaker 2: 8:41

Yeah, well for me, watching shows like over, you know, binge watching. I guess we call it these days which is so interesting Binge watching, because binge is like a food word.

Speaker 2: 8:54

Anyway certainly food, yes, but you know, shows like how, how many can I watch? That's one for me. And then just being distracted, any distraction, and they can be things that are good, right, but if we're using them to numb out, if we're using them to not feel those feelings, I know what's going to happen with me. They're going to come out really, really big in a few days and I'll be spending two hours crying. I mean, I just I don't do that well, I can't push things under for very long.

Speaker 2: 9:29

They end up, coming up.

Speaker 1: 9:30

Yeah, me too.

Speaker 2: 9:32

So shows and movies for sure, yeah, definitely.

Speaker 1: 9:36

And food and drink for me, and probably video games, lots of video games and, oh my goodness, lots of video games and, oh my goodness, lots of video games you mean, like the little games you play on your phone.

Speaker 2: 9:49

Oh, the Star Wars one.

Speaker 1: 9:53

Yeah, that's on my iPad. But I have another really pathetic little game I'm playing on my iPad and see that has combined with sneaking, because I'm sneaking, buying the different upgrades in the app so that I can play better, and yeah, so that's got to stop and so it's counterfeit because in the moment I can continue to numb out because I just bought 150 energies. It's real money. Oh, it's real money. I wish I really could buy energy, you know for me, I know, I know.

Speaker 2: 10:29

It would probably be really expensive though. Yeah, for sure, yeah, so I mean, and the real things.

Speaker 1: 10:36

I love looking at reels. It's funny how they do peg you If you slow down for even a minute. One of them I slow down for apparently a lot is men's like overhauling their hairstyle and I, so I'm getting a ton of those now. I find it so it's like oh darn, I you know the horses. I love watching the horses and the doggies and the kitties and the kitties. That's kitties, that's not bad, that's not a bad thing.

Speaker 2: 11:06

No, but it's excessive, it's a counterfeit, right? If it's excessive, if it's something for me like I think, is it something that I'm like looking forward to, is it something that I'm planning ahead for? Another one for me is shopping. I do a lot of window shopping online, if you know what I mean. I have one website in particular.

Speaker 1: 11:29

Don't tell me what it is.

Speaker 2: 11:31

No, you already know I'm not going to say it. It's like a boho. Okay, got it, got it, yeah, and they have all kinds of things, not just clothes, but I will sit there and just look at things. I do have some of their products, but you know, it's like something to distract me. Oh, these, you know, these skirts are so beautiful. And oh, look at this blanket. And this is really fun. What if I had this? And it's, you know, it's like wow. We are so easily pulled in to counterfeit comforts.

Speaker 1: 12:04

Yeah, so, because our ministry exists to help people who recognize this in their lives and then to equip you and us as well, like we said, with legitimate, christ-centered coping mechanisms, and we're trying to cope with these troubles that Jesus promised us. Thank you, jesus. We want to talk today about okay, so what are some alternatives? But let's just clarify a little bit, christina. Let's in a nutshell, really what are counterfeit comforts? To me, it's anything that I use to seek comfort or numbness, like shutting down outside of what God is inviting me to step into.

Speaker 2: 12:49

Really Like an escape. Yes, when you feel like I just want to get in a space pod and be shot off and really have a break from my life we all feel that way. It's like I know, heidi and I have joked in the past with some physical issues where we'd say I just want to run away from my life, but I'd have to take my body with me.

Speaker 1: 13:13

That's such a bummer and you know whether we are at peace with our physical body and the way it looks or not isn't even the point.

Speaker 2: 13:22

It's the way it functions, the way it feels the way it functions. What hurts, what feels not good.

Speaker 1: 13:29

Yeah, I know, it's so interesting, you know, waking up in the morning and doing this little inventory Huh, I don't hurt, today, that's surprising. Or when I get out of bed going, oh okay, that again, yeah, that's okay. So, of course, you know we've mentioned a lot of examples and I bet you can think, listener, of all kinds of additional examples of things you might tend to turn to to not have to face the life that God has given you. I don't know, are we the only ones I can't remember.

Speaker 2: 14:03

Are we the only ones? We're definitely not the only ones, because these things that we've named business is booming.

Speaker 1: 14:09

Oh, that's true, so we're definitely not the only ones.

Speaker 2: 14:13

I mean, things are flying off the shelves and social media is at the height that it's ever been, and some of these things that we've named it can be something good like being involved in a Bible study, or three or five or 10.

Speaker 1: 14:31

Or being on eight tennis teams at once.

Speaker 2: 14:33

Yes, I wonder who did that.

Speaker 1: 14:36

I don't know.

Speaker 2: 14:37

I can't even imagine you should get in her face. Yes, or going to the gym excessively.

Speaker 1: 14:44

I used to do that or even dieting, you know that's. That can be not necessarily in and of itself an evil, right as it is, but if we do it to get our sense of identity, value and purpose and that is like taking the bandwidth up in our head, yeah it's not so good and I never could really diet without having it take up way too much bandwidth. That's why I turned to non-dieting early on, sort of hunger satisfied eating to manage all of that way early on.

Speaker 2: 15:15

Yes Gosh, for years, for decades, I remember thinking you know, this is wrong in my life and this is wrong. Oh, I need to go on a diet, like that's going to fix everything. And I really, really believe that. You know, every so often it pops up again. I'll see something come up on social media which again, I've taken it off my phone. But I'll see something come up Like how many days do you have to walk that walking thing? Oh my gosh, why does that pull me in?

Speaker 2: 15:48

I'm already walking on the days that my body feels well enough, like I can't do any more and I love walking, but there's something that pulls me in about that woman. She's smiling, she's she looks like the picture of health and she's loves life. She doesn't have a care in the world, and I'm like not living in a Genesis three world. I'm sure she's living in a computer world. She's not even real, oh man.

Speaker 1: 16:20

And one of the things, of course, god invites us to recognize and to trust him for, and to build an understanding of and an experience of, is that he is our ultimate source of comfort, that, even when we have things in our lives that we do not want to face, when we feel like we want to you know, beam me up, scotty you know we want to escape, whether it's into social media or into outer space, whatever it might be. It's God who is our ultimate source of comfort, and he speaks about this in his word.

Speaker 2: 17:35

So 2 Corinthians, 1, 3 through 5,. Praise be to the God and father of our Lord, jesus Christ, the father of compassion and the God of all comfort that's what you just said, heidi who comforts us in all of our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

Speaker 1: 18:07

Wow, there it is yeah, when we're equipped with God's comfort, we can learn. He wants to teach us, he wants to walk arm in arm with us. We can learn to face those things, those troubles, those challenges that God has told us we should expect in this life. Told us we should expect in this life, and so really, it's a beautiful promise that God is going to. He wants to comfort us so that we can make it through, knowing with confidence that this isn't all there is.

Speaker 2: 18:42

Right, yes, yes, well, and we've just talked a lot about counterfeits. So what's the opposite of the word counterfeit? This is the real deal. This is it. This is our true source.

Speaker 1: 18:57

One of the things we might want to consider is not only how destructive counterfeit comforts can be to what God intends for us to experience, as if we were to depend on him, but how it can influence our decision-making as we go forward, which I don't know. It's something I hadn't really thought that much about until probably the last few years. So think about this for a minute. As we succumb to counterfeit comforts, things that don't really satisfy, they don't really comfort, or if they bring any short-term comfort, it comes with a price that costs, so succumbing to these kinds of things can lead to regrettable decisions.

Speaker 2: 19:38

Also a sense of distance from God. Even though we know that His Word says that he will never leave our side never, ever, ever we still feel that way. We are feeling say, oh no, I pushed God away. And there's this sense of distance.

Speaker 1: 19:56

Yeah, and another thing about making decisions and way that counterfeit comforts can influence us, because they promise quick relief and leave us feeling kind of disconnected from our true values and intentions we're going to make decisions outside of our true values and our intentions.

Speaker 1: 20:17

So even if I have an intention to honor God, maybe with my eating, by saying no to my flesh when it wants to grab at something as I walk through the kitchen, I'm going to be more likely, if I've given in already and I have a pattern of giving in, I'm going to give in again. I'm not going to be as resolved, and I found this to be true in my life for sure. Definitely the pattern for me, I think, if I look back over the 10 years the last 10 years it's been there have been a lot of hardships for you as well. And as I look back over those years, god was expecting a lot of me and the thing is, is he expected a lot of me, maybe, but he has provided everything I need to manage what he has called me to do, as long as I lean on him. But because I kind of got into my own head and I kind of went into this little spiral like God's expecting too much of me, I can't do this, I'm not able. So that's not leaning into him, that's leaning away.

Speaker 1: 21:28

And what I found is I developed an attitude towards the Lord that was really feeding decisions that I would make on the fly and I turned into somebody who was eating for just because I want it, because it makes life better to eat, and yeah, it's been really an interesting slide for me over the last 10 years how far I have fallen from that place where I was. Of course it doesn't need to be permanent. God is right there at any moment to lift me up out of that pit. He does. He lifts me up out of that pit.

Speaker 2: 22:06

Yeah, he does, he sure does.

Speaker 1: 22:08

Have you experienced any of that sort of thing though?

Speaker 2: 22:11

No One of the things that comes to mind for me just while we've been talking about all of this, and when things get piled on top of us and it's like Lord, this is too much, I can't even breathe, I can't even breathe. And then what comes into my head? It's better now, because I've done a lot of mind renewal on this, but it still pops up sometimes. I don't care and it doesn't matter.

Speaker 1: 22:43

Yeah, yeah, both.

Speaker 2: 22:44

Of those, those two statements. You know things come up, they're lies. Yes, I know I do care and it does matter. So in the moment I'm overwhelmed. Maybe I'm not feeling well, maybe it's an emotional situation, it could be 25 things have happened all at once and I know that those of you listening you have felt this way.

Speaker 2: 23:08

And then you go to a counterfeit because you know, kind of feeling desperate here. I'm feeling desperate, lord, I can't even breathe, although I wouldn't be even talking to him when I'm doing this. I go to a counterfeit and then I want more because it doesn't satisfy. So I'm like well, I'm watching a show and this is not satisfying me, so I'm going to add in eating. Well, that's not satisfying. So I'm like well, I'm watching a show and this is not satisfying me, so I'm going to add in eating. Well, that's not satisfying, so I'm going to add in more eating. And then I'm going to add this and I'm going to add this, and none of it's satisfying. And so in my mind I'm saying I don't care, like like a child really, or oh yeah. And then the other one is it doesn't matter, and that is so real. It's so real and I know that a lot of people have felt this way, and so the way that I renew my mind about this is ahead of time.

Speaker 2: 24:00

I've come up with a list of three word sentences to say to replace I don't care and to replace it doesn't matter, because I know that's not true. The words that you know, some of the sentences and you can come up with your own. Lord, help me, I need you. You know things like that. I'm in trouble here. God, okay, that's more than three, but basically that's what I'm saying when I'm going to counterfeits one after another and my mind says I don't care, it doesn't matter, I don't care, it doesn't matter. What I'm really saying is God, help me, I'm a mess, I need you, I need you, I need you. I can't do this on my own, so I practice that ahead of time. That's good.

Speaker 1: 24:51

I'm glad you brought that up because we say that you know our ministry exists to help people move from counterfeit comforts to Christ-centered coping mechanisms as we navigate through these troubles that Jesus says we'll have. And those are practical strategies that you just shared, that can be, instead of turning to a counterfeit comfort to not feel you know, speak the truth and and those are great things you know, why do we give in to counterfeit comforts? If it costs us in the long haul, you know. We know that comfort isn't going to last, or the numbing isn't going to last, or whatever it is isn't going to last.

Speaker 1: 25:27

In fact, there's a lot of times subsequent you know problem that comes up because I have spent time engaging in a counterfeit comfort behavior, and so you know, for me counterfeit comforts become more tempting when I've been struggling a lot with my boundaries or I haven't made boundaries.

Speaker 1: 25:47

I mean and, and sometimes I can make boundaries and not practice them. So I'm talking about if I, you know, if I have made, I can make boundaries and not practice them. So I'm talking about if I, you know, if I have made them but I'm not practicing them. I'm not really committed to them. I'm definitely going to turn to counterfeits more frequently. Yes, another reason I might turn to counterfeit comforts is I feel entitled. With all the hardships in life, I feel entitled to instant gratification. You know, I want to have a little fun, and then, really, if I don't have at the ready Christ-centered coping strategies, I'm going to turn to counterfeits. And so I think that recognizing these helps kind of resist that counterfeit.

Speaker 2: 26:30

That is so so, so true. Other factors that might contribute to giving in include how well we're taking care of ourselves in positive, godly ways, things that we're doing consistently. If we aren't caring for our souls so we're not talking about self-care, we're talking about soul care we may end up grabbing at something that's a counterfeit, and this is because we were wired for the Lord so we need to be sure we're giving ourselves what we need daily to meet that emptiness. So, for example, lack of rest. Even the types of food we fuel ourselves with can affect giving in.

Speaker 1: 27:15

So what can we do to stop running to counterfeits and turn instead to the Lord? And really, again, this is what Revelation Within exists for, and our community is there for our classes, our coaching and our community. We want to equip people with Christ-centered coping strategies so that they can experience God's best for them, no matter what they face.

Speaker 2: 27:39

Yes. So really, we've said this a million times. We're going to say it a million more the best, most reliable means of resisting counterfeit comforts is renewing our minds, filling our minds with God's truth consistently, in an ongoing way, not just once, but throughout the day. It can even take 10 seconds, it can take longer if you have longer, but it is a life changing practice.

Speaker 1: 28:10

Oh yeah. And if we pay attention to ourselves and where are we going, where are our thoughts going, what's happening inside of me, then we'll recognize indicators like self-pity or indulgence, or a desire to seek escape from challenging emotions. I don't want to feel this right now.

Speaker 2: 28:32

So here at Revelation, within we have so many tools and strategies, and it's not like rocket science or anything, it's just a wonderful, wonderful, many wonderful ways to get us into a place of humility and joy and connection with the Lord Again, thinking his thoughts after him, asking him for his own thoughts. We're not running around looking for our own wisdom. No, because that would be dumb. No, and we've done that. We've done that for many, many years.

Speaker 2: 29:04

Oh, I have an insight. Yeah, how'd that work? It did not. I mean, I used to come up with okay, I'm going to. This is a list of things that I'm going to do this week that are going to help me to blah, blah, blah. And then what? By the second okay, the second hour, by the second hour, I'm like I don't want to do this. Why did I even want to do this? It's not something that's going to really change me from the inside.

Speaker 2: 29:30

So these are strategies that hit our hearts and our minds, and for every single one, we invite God in first. They're Christ-centered, absolutely yes, they're Christ-centered. So, for example and we're not going to do them all right now, but we would love for you to come and join us, because these are strategies and tools we use constantly in our community, in our classes, in our coaching so, for example, we have a whole set of strategies that focus on praise, praise and worship. Praising God for who he is and what he does for us, what he does for people and what, lord, what do you want me to believe about yourself, according to your word? So we have a whole category of praise and worship.

Speaker 2: 30:21

Another one is gratitude. We have a bunch of tools that use gratitude to turn our hearts toward the Lord, to soften our hearts. So we've got praise and worship. We've got gratitude. So we've got praise and worship, we've got gratitude. We have another set of tools that really help us with our view of ourselves and our view of failure. We have tools that help us with shame and getting out of that awful shame guilt cycle. We have tools that help us with perfectionism. You know, let's get out of that.

Speaker 2: 30:55

Let's get out of perfectionism. You know, let's get out of that. Let's get out of perfectionism.

Speaker 1: 30:58

One of the tools that we have that has impacted me absolutely the most when it comes to moving from counterfeits to getting in closer to the Lord during those times when I'm struggling so much is how I'm going to handle failure. It's look and learn, especially given so many people come to us struggling with food and eating. They eat too much. They feel like I've got to do something about my food problem.

Speaker 1: 31:27

Some call it food addiction, some call it other things. Whatever it is, they recognize I'm going to food instead of the Lord. So, instead of beating ourselves up for this, I love this strategy that says I'm going to sit with the Lord. I could be driving, I could be in the shower, maybe not literally sit, but in my mind I'm inviting God to come and be with me and I'm saying okay, you saw this, you saw what I did, you saw how much I ate, you saw that I might've had a binge or whatever, and recognizing that I went off the rails in some way from what my godly intentions had been and asking him to show me what I need to know, what I need to know about what was going on.

Speaker 1: 32:15

What did I need that I turned to food for instead? And obviously the first answer is going to be well, you needed me, child, you needed the Lord. But what he'll do is he will show me things like why was I drawn to food instead of going to God? Did I have a belief operating? That was actually a lie. What is it that caused me to act out in that way? And what can I do to be equipped for victory in the future?

Speaker 1: 32:46

If, if, things are equal in the future, if situation is the same, if I have feelings that are the same, if I have feelings that are the same, how can I guarantee that I won't turn to the counterfeit, but will turn instead to the Lord or what he leads me to?

Speaker 1: 33:19

And so for me, that's a game changer, because before look and learn, all I had was trying to hate myself into positive change. And so, when it comes to navigating through this life and doing so in a way that honors God and honors my deeper intentions and desires to love him, well, I need to be able to handle my failures in a way that isn't condemning, isn't beating myself up because I can't hate myself into positive change and he wants to teach me the only real failure is the failure I fail to learn from. Think how smart I will be if I learn from all my failures. Well, that's a big one. For me, that is definitely a Christ-centered coping strategy that can help me move from those destructive patterns and habits that I have developed over the years to God-centered, christ-centered, exalting Christ yes.

Speaker 2: 34:06

For sure. Oh, I love that, heidi. Yeah, that is huge. At Revelation Within Boy. We value those stumbles and trips and we value them instead of I just wasted another two hours. No, there is value in it if we can learn from it by inviting God in. That is so freeing, such a relief, especially, like you said, heidi, for those of us that have tried to hate ourselves into positive change since we were 12 years old or whatever it is. I'll just share one more that this is one that Heidi and I both use constantly, and that is what is true. What is true? So I'll give you an example and it's not what is true from my perspective, because I already know that and it doesn't get me anywhere. It's what is true from God's perspective.

Speaker 2: 35:01

Like, let's stop for a minute and figure this out. My body is not feeling well. All of a sudden, I'm feeling like I have the flu it's not the flu, though, it's my chronic illness and other things start bothering me. Maybe I get sad, or maybe I feel a little bit lonely in how my body is feeling and I start thinking of things that have nothing to do with my physical body. So I can stop myself and say wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. What is true here? What is true is that I will feel better. What is true is that there is something physically going on with my body. What is true is that I'm not alone. God is with me. What is true is that my body is fighting infection. Is that my body is fighting infection?

Speaker 2: 36:04

What is true is that I often feel bombarded with lies when I'm not feeling well. What is true is that I am often oversensitive when I'm not feeling well. What is true is that I need rest. I can lay down, I can put on some praise and worship. I can send the enemy packing, because he loves when I get in this frame of mind what is true is that God is enough for me. He is my healer and he will provide for me. So in the moment and of course, heidi and I have done this a lot, so we're kind of, you know, good at pulling those out really, really quick but even just one truth in the moment will change things. You know, maybe I'm feeling drawn to food in that moment and my what is true is what is true is that's a counterfeit, that's a fake. It's not going to help me. I'm going to the Lord instead. Just one truth what is true is an amazing tool and it uplifts you, it brings you up, it fills your heart, it takes care of your soul, your body, your mind. It's Christ-centered, it's centered on what God can do and what his thoughts are.

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So, before we go, we want to be sure to invite you to our mind renewal class that we will be starting up at the beginning of February. Watch your emails and if you're already in the community, you know, watch for announcements. We're going to be starting that class and we would absolutely love to have you join us. We'll go much, much deeper into mind renewal. It is an eight week class and it is absolutely fabulous. So we just want to be sure that we invite you to that class. We're really excited about it. Come and join us, yeah, all right. And then come and join us for our next podcast as well, because we're so glad that you've been here today at Revelation Within. See you next time. Bye for now, bye-bye.