A Mighty Army! Warrior Bride!
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| "The Bride Prepares" by Chris Fields |
I love this painting "The Bride Prepares" by Chris Fields. It inspires my heart and reminds me again and again of the authority and dominion that He has bestowed upon each and everyone of us in the Body of Christ (Luke 10:19, Ephesians 2:5-6). He has given us His Name, covered us with His Blood, adorned us with His beauty, and endued with the dunamos power of His Spirit and His Living Word. We are clothed in a spotless gown and covered with His Robe of Righteousness, prepared for battle and victory through the Blood of Jesus, His Word, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit! (John 14:12-14, Matthew10:8, Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 21:2, Acts 1:8, Isaiah 61:10, Revelation 12:11, Ephesians 6:10-18, Psalm 149:6).
The imagery of the painting exemplifies what you and I and every Blood bought member of the Body of Christ should be doing......Preparing! Preparing for battle and taking a stand in the spirit through prayer, praise and worship, continually seeking Him and His Presence and boldly standing in faith believing upon the sure foundation of His unchanging Promises and speaking forth His Word without compromise! We are to be in our battle array and taking our battle position in the Spirit......YOU and I, dear friends, are part of a mighty army formed by His hand and mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.....We are a Mighty Army......His Warrior Bride!!!
I share below a VERY ANOINTED video and urge you to take a few minutes to view it and please be sure to have your speakers on to hear the accompanying musical score. I do not know of the ministry that produced it, but I can tell you that the imagery and words in this video are those of a warrior in the mighty army of the Most High God and will touch you deeply and challenge and inspire you to lace up your combat boots and firmly grasp your Sword of the Spirit and take your battle position and stand for what you believe like never before!!
PLEASE NOTE: SOME VISITORS HAVE HAD TROUBLE PLAYING THIS VIDEO. IF YOU DO, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BE LINKED DIRECTLY TO THIS YOU-TUBE VIDEO. YOU WILL BE BLESSED!
Take your stand in the power of His Might ~ You are a mighty warrior!!
Preparing and Taking my stand in Him and His Victory!!
34 comments:
What awesome encouragement for the start of a fresh new week Jackie! I really like the painting and the gentle reminder that we are to stand for God and under His constant and perfect protection.
Have a lovely week!
Hi! Jackie, loved this post. just last week one of my posts was on the full armor of God. We must put it on everyday.(sorry i could not get the video to work) but loved the reminder of the "battlefield" that out there! Have a Blessed week.
What a worthy refelection, and equally worthy reminder! There's something magical about weddings, especialy the bride. The whole world seems to relish her special status, and the unique beauty that accompanies the virginal.
I long to be that bride; to be pure and holy and totally devoted. I thank God that He makes me so!
Love,
Kathleen
P.S. I couldn't get the video to work. It may be my computer, or it may be that embedding has been disabled.
I love that picture.
Preparing,
Tammy
I love the painting too and the bride getting ready!
kim
in our DT class last night, we studied about the bride preparing for our Bridegroom and all about adorning ourselves in beauty for Him. I love how He brought me here for this post today!
thanks jackie!
Blessings to you Jackie, Loved this post as well, had a bit of trouble with the video(even on U-tube)and I loved the photo-such a visual reminder. I needed to hear this today as I'm facing health issues and the enemy wants to take me prisoner but I am a Princess of the Most High God-He will defend me and cover me with His healing.
Hugs to you.
Noreen
Nice post Jackie. Appreciate the words. Blessings.
Nice post Jackie. Appreciate the words. Blessings.
I too was not able to get to the video. This post reminded me of the Song, People Get Ready...
I just LOVED what you wrote,,,what a blessing to my heart and one I NEEDED right now. thank you
Okay.... now where did I put my boots????
Oh that we'd realize that it's not all about how we (the Bride) appear to look on the outside, but how strong we are in the spirit on the inside! It's a battle. But hallelujah it's been won and we just need to stand pure and holy and ready.
Thank you for the reminder.
Hugs!
Deb
Wow...love your teaching, here, Jackie. And that video. Excellent!
What a great reminder this morning Jackie! Thank you for sharing!
Hugs!
It was so good to hear from you and see that you are doing better now! Blessings!
PRAISE GOD!!! PRAISE GOD!!!
We truly are in the battle. We are reminded several times over not to give up the good fight. Thank you my sweet friend for sharing this.
Hugs,
Bren
Absolutely astounding!! The last 3 weeks have been a raging field!
Stand is what the Lord told me!
How incredible is Our God?!
Got my armor on and He's making me ready.
Love ya.
Julie
Hi Jackie,
What a beautiful and thought provoking post! A much needed reminder. Love the picture too!
Hope you are fully recovered from your surgery.
Blessings and hugs.
Dear Jackie, Greetings from India.
Thank you for your visit an d comment. Its good to meet another sister in the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord brings us together.
I like your godly, inspiring blog and I will join your followers list too.
God bless you
Jackie, Thanks so much for this post, it was definitely a needed reminder! Thanks also for stopping by my blog - I hope all is well now and you've recovered from your surgery. (BTW, I wholeheartedly agree wtih your 9/11 post and I'm in agreement with your prayer at the end.) God bless
Your not gonna find this chick goin' out in the world without the armor of God! It's a scary place out there.
I loved the video...so powerfully moving. Thanks for sharin' sweetie!!!
May God bless your beautiful day!
This was soooo powerful thank you again Jackie for visiting my site and joining me in Loving Our Awesome Lover Lord
I love your horse. Funny I just started a painting with horses.
Love and prayers, Firedancer aka Soroya
Glory Hallelujah! What a powerful post and video! This is too good not to share....
Whoa! Ok,,I'm fired up with Holy Spirit bumps and all...Needed to hear and see this too...
A stunning portrait of truth! LOVE IT, going to hunt for a copy on the internet!
peace`elaine
Jackie,
I really needed this today. I am going to copy and paste your words so that I can re-read them. I hope you do not mind. I want to go back to the scripture references. Such a battle raging and HE has the power. HE will reign victorious in and through our lives.
I am so blessed to have you come into my life. I count you as a close friend, though we have never met in person. GOD BLESS YOU for your love, prayers, encouragement, and support. You will never know what they mean to me. It has been crazy lately.
Hugs, love, and prayers,
andrea
Hey Jackie,
I didn't have any trouble playing that powerful video and thanks for sharing this with us!
Love it when you said: "The imagery of the painting exemplifies what you and I and every Blood bought member of the Body of Christ should be doing......Preparing!"
That is the TRUTH!!!
Praise the LORD!
Love and blessings!Q
Just wanted you to know I found the portrait online and have ordered it for myself. Once it arrives, I will frame it and put it over my desk as a reminder of the good gift I've been given in Jesus--his bride, his warrior.
Love it. Thanks for putting me onto it!
peace~elaine
Thanks for this wonderful reminder! This hit home with me today as I deal with some tough issues myself. ~ Grace and peace.
This is such a beautiful picture, a bride in combat boots. Yes, dear Jackie, we cannot take for granted the role that God has given us for these end times. It is not for the weak, the complacent, the lazy and the self centered. Indeed this post builds up such a resolve in my heart to be what the video has expressed. It was such an anointed video indeed!
Thank you for sharing this on your blog.
You are a vital mouthpiece for these times!
You are a faithful one...thanks for the encouragement that you give to your readers to always be ready!
Love
Lidj
Awesome and powerful video!!! Thanks for sharing it!!
Oh, that really was powerful! I love the picture of the bride wearing the boots. A woman at Bill Johnson's church was dressed like that when we came to visit. I loved it!
indeed - a powerful video!
Since I wear boots and I'm His princess warrior - I love this print. It is so fitting.
Thanks Jackie, I love seeing more of you in every post. You are quite the warrior princess yourself!
blessings
patrina
princess warrior in boots <")>><
Hi -
I love that picture of the bride in the boots - yes, Lord, thank You.
Thank you for sharing.
Your piece is powerful about warriors. I too have a warrior spirit and so appreciate that others do.
I am constantly wearing boots. I have been stationed in some extremely cold ares of the world the past few years and it seems that no matter how much you bundle up your feet seem to get cold first.These boot so great.
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