Seeing the opposite of a negative

anthea

10 months ago

I agree it can be hard to pick out one thing as the opposite/positive to your negative. I suspect Graham got good at this through experience. Sometimes we are like Joseph - thrown into a pit or prison where we have no say at all. The truth is God loves that person who is being so awful to you. Jesus died for them.
God will keep you in these circumstances and you can trust Him. Hold on to what is true and speak the truth in love. Ask God to help you not judge that person and remind yourself what Jesus said... Matthew 6:44-47 and Luke 23:34

Tania S Addington

10 months ago

Find your best time of day or night, when you can know God is there. His Love is the opposite of the negative. That was why Jesus came. It take quiet spirit to sence God and his Live, but He longs for you to be in His presence and peace. Then as your dsy goes and those causing negativity ask God “how do you see this person?” Or remember , God can shield you from harm and negativity when you stay in His presence. It will take time and practice but all the time 3+1 is together in Love . Ask God to hug you when you really need it. Like a living Father He is.

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Thank you for your kind words! I'm so grateful 🙏 Yes, God is my shield from harm and negativity! He is my hiding place, my strong tower, the One that I run to all day!

Thank you for reminding me, we all need reminding of this wonderful truth! Thank you for your love! ❤️

And I LOVE what you said about God hugging me, I say that ALL the time to myself and others! It's so TRUE! He's the Best hugger!!! 🤗

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

BRILLIANT WORDS! THANK YOU!!!! 🙏

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Or how do I respond in general to the LARGE negative situation I'm currently in? How is God seeing this? 🙏

Jill

10 months ago

Hi Lori, my heart goes out to you. I can only share from my own experience when I was at my worst I had to be intentional to keep my eyes on Jesus. I quote Philippians 4:8 daily keeping my mind on the things above. I would remind myself that God was with me and never abandons me . He tell us he is close to the broken hearted.

I don’t truly know what your going through but know that God sees it all and will work it out for your good because you Love Him and she loves you.

Trust in God and even thought it doesn’t make sense in the natural know that it’s all being worked out in the spirit.

Declare and call things as they are in heaven . Seek His face and ask Him what is He teaching you on this moment and trial ? Trials are times to go higher in Him. Even though you feel helpless and out of control know that our God is MIGHTY TO SAVE and HE IS AKWAYS IN CONTROL! When we let Him.

I hope this helps. Blessing to you.
Jill

I pray the Holy Spirit will guide, direct and comfort you though the storm bringing you Safley to shore. I pray you have peace as you battle not against flesh and blood but principalities. I pray His wrap around presence of love and protection penetrate your heart removing all fear and anxiety! Let His perfect love wash over you . He’s always got your back!

Put on your armor and go under His wing were you are always protected!

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Jill, thank you again! I just re-read what you wrote and I'm still blessed by it! Thank you so much my friend! Your words truly touched me!!! ❤️🙏

And your prayer at the end was beautiful. I just prayed it out loud again and it's precious! I love the part where you said;

"I pray His wrap around presence of love and protection penetrate your heart removing all fear and anxiety; let His perfect love wash over you!!!!! Uhh... BRILLIANT!!! 👊

Jill

10 months ago

Hallelujah! Glory Be to Him. Another favorite of my that is a kissable scripture as Graham says is John 15:9 TPT.

His love nurtures us ever present in our time of need. See the little girl in you climbing on His lap wrapped in His arms until you can walk again holding his hand .

He’s got this! HE’s got You!

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Yes!! Thank you!!

I'm constantly in His lap, or dancing with Him. Lately He's been taking me on a jet tour through the cosmos where we land on stars, swim in oceans we've never seen and climb on animals not of this Earth!

These are at the moments I wish would never end but at least I have them to grab a hold of whenever I need to leave the cares of this world! ❤️

Thank you again! Jesus loves me, that's all I know, that's all I NEED to know!!!! 🙏💙

Jill

10 months ago

That was to say and He loves you not she. Couldn’t edit . 🤦🏻‍♀️

Lori Robyn

23 days ago

Hi Jill, just wanted to pop in here and say thank you! I was reading, again, all that your shared and it's STILL blessing me! If you ever want to stay in touch, here's my email. Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart! I'm doing 1000x better than 9 months ago! All Praise to King Jesus!!

Love,
Lori 💙❤️💛💚💜
[email protected]

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Hello Anthea and Jill ❤️

Wow! I can't tell you how your life giving words are feeding me right now! I am in the most desperate and intentional place I've ever been in.

Truth be told, I don't hate the person who's causing the pain, I'm actually totally in love with him. He just decided that he'd rather have a life where I wasn't in it. 23 years of marriage is about to be stripped from me and there was not one thing I could do about it!

However, I've never experienced Jesus in such a tangible way before! Even though there are days where I just SCREAM or cry uncontrollably, I also feel Him lift my head and hold me in the most precious and intimate way!!

I hate sin and the effects of it; how it causes a man to think naturally and act on those feelings and they have ZERO to do with The Lord! It kinda sucks that we are left to deal with the free will of man when sometimes, that will is the opposite of Gods!

I am saturating myself in the love of God from the moment I wake up until the time I go to bed and even sometimes in between!

I've been so intentional and deliberate to run into His arms at any given moment and with each opportunity to be crushed, He somehow pulls me up from drowning!

In fact, the other night He spoke to me in my sleep! He told me; "I'm going to teach you how to breathe underwater so you never drown again"!

But learning this is scary and beautiful all at once! Trusting the Lord is the most amazing privilege and yet sometimes, the most terrifying thing to do! I'm sure that gets better with experience, it's just feels very unfamiliar!

Which is crazy as I've been best friends with Jesus for 23 years, yet going through this experience, I feel as if I'm just learning who He really is and who I really am, in Him!

I appreciate you both so much in your quick response! I'm here in Florida trying to go to sleep but these thoughts would not leave me! So I appreciate you both from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for your Love and your words of encouragement!

I'm just going to stick to my Jesus like a spider monkey and I know that His love and Hs joy will carry me through these storms! (Ironically, that's my last name)

Thank you friends!
Lori ❤️

Joanna

10 months ago

Hi Lori,

I hope I’m not waking you.

I just read your beautiful post about our sweet Jesus and running to the Lord in those tough moments. I can relate to your situation about dealing with someone who isn’t kind and they don’t treat you right; aka, my husband. He is not a believer, but he was saved as a child. I’ve been with him since I was 19 and now I’m 41. We have an 8 year old son as well. Our thirties was our rough patch. He has no clue how to talk or treat women or handle stress, but he is the most brilliant man I know. Extremely intelligent and quick to respond to anyone who dares to try. I’m giving you a little background of my life because I’m hoping this will help you. As for me, I grew up in a religious home. In November of 2019, Jesus showed up in my closet with me and that’s when my relationship started with Him!!! He is so so real!!! I’ve had many many encounters since then. I am so grateful to Graham and Brilliant TV.

When it comes to negativity, I use the fruits of the spirit. I memorized them and when I’m in a situation, I quiet myself (literally mentally checkout) and ask the Holy Spirit which one applies in this particular situation. It takes a lot of practice, but if you practice this and practice and practice, the Lord will make things start happening within your spirit. IT’S AMAZING!!! Trust Him!! Keep your inner man focused on Him. It took me a long time to understand the difference between the old man and the new man. I understood with my mind, but not my spirit. Once you have that spiritual separation and understanding between the two, the process of learning through tough circumstances becomes quite fun because the old you is dying off and your understanding of who the Holy Spirit is for you has strengthened. I’m sure you know these things. I just love talking about it!

Another thing I have done, repeatedly, every day, every situation, every harsh word spoken to me, I’ve asked God to let me see my husband as He does. I told God I want to see my husband through the eyes of Jesus. I have asked this for months. Moment by moment, I relentlessly ask God to allow me to see my husband. Well, about two weeks, that happened. I thought it would be a logical understanding using my mind, but that’s not at all what’s happening. One thing I keep in mind when dealing with my husband or anyone else that’s difficult is that person is talking from the flesh. Their behavior is irrelevant because they are talking from their old man. They don’t know who they are. So at that point I have the choice to take the power back and look at that person from a mindset of Jesus, which is love. The words coming out of their mouth they don’t even hear. The Holy Spirit reminds me all the time, they know not what they do. Harsh words are not ok, but it is ok for you to allow the Holy Spirit to relationally show you love and comfort you when your emotions are overriding who you know you are.

I have to say one thing. I love my husband more now than I ever have. He hasn’t changed a bit, but I have. He’s been my trainer to become relational with my Heavenly Papa. What blows my mind is how He uses my husband, who thinks I’m a crazy person 😂, to teach me things or the Holy Spirit speaks through him to me and he has no clue!!! It’s great!!!! That shows me He loves us all!!!

Remember, He loves you so much and will NEVER leave you!!! Trust in Him and talk to him. I do it all day, every day!! I pray this helps in some way. Sleep well sweet friend in Jesus!

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Joanna!!!!!! WHAT???!!! I just woke up to reading this! My goodness woman...our stories (or at least our husbands) sound very similar.

My husband too is the most intelligent man I know! Yet, the men that raised him taught him a language of being critical, judgemental, to treat women like objects and making him perform at an impossible standard towards; life, business and relationships!

Though his grit and strong mind have helped him become a very successful entrepreneur, it has definitely hindered him from having long lasting meaningful relationships through his deficiency in his personal conduct with people.

I'm always asking God to show me who he really is and He always does! I've tried to share with my husband how I see him. I see him as that little 9-year-old boy who is so helpful and kind and happy. But when his father left him and his cousins raised him, that's when he was taught a new way of living.

Becoming cynical, critical and holding people to an impossible standard became a way of living for him. He unfortunately became the very thing that he hated. The people that abused him and bullied him has now become a part of his personality.

I hate this because I know the real him! I know how kind and gentle and helpful and loving he is! I've seen all these things, I've shared all these things with him. However, he is not choosing to see me for who I really am in God's eyes.

But the Lord told me that before I was Mike's wife, I was always His BRIDE! So I'm trying to get a clear vision of how valuable and accepted and loved I am - in Jesus!

I would like to say that the knowledge of this has been enough for me to walk around with joy everyday... But honestly it's not. There are days where I feel like I can't stop crying, I can't get this pit out of my stomach, I can't get the thoughts to stop about him with somebody else and it gets to be sometimes overwhelming!

Yet everyday there's fresh love, fresh grace, fresh anointing, fresh wisdom and fresh revelation for me to walk in with the Lord.

So that's where I'm at today! I'm waking up to a new day with Jesus! No matter what happens today, no matter what man chooses to do to me, a greater Man has already done something much more wonderful by laying down His life for me!

I choose today to focus on the Cross, to focus on the love of God that He has for me! To focus on the purpose and the plan He has predestined for me before He named one star!

Thank you for your loving words! Please keep praying for me as I'm walking through this storm! Thank you friend!

If you ever felt comfortable, I would love to exchange emails or phone numbers with you and potentially pray with you on the phone. You sound amazing and I would love to have a new friend to walk this through with! 🙏

Love,
Lori ❤️

Joanna

10 months ago

Good morning!!!

I’m so excited to see your response!!!! Yes I would love to get in touch with each other. Your journey is just beginning, and I’m not talking about with your husband. God is going to transform you and my goodness your testimony will be bold and helpful to so so many!!! My email is [email protected]. We have our own business and I homeschool our son, so I may not respond until this evening if you reach out. But I’ll get back to you!! I’d love support you in any way I can. I do love Jesus and my goal every day is to reflect that mindset through my lifestyle to people I encounter. Hang in there sweet friend!!! I’m very excited for you!!! You have a beautiful, wonderful future!!! Hope to hear from you soon!

Joanna

creativa.canada

10 months ago

Dear Lori,

i am Silke , from germany.

The Holy Spirit helped me through his word & through pictures to overcome.

He still does in a mighty way.

- romans 6/17

Follow the picture of the teaching ..

Sometimes i simple see a white cross in my spirit
Or a heart

I see a huge red heart over the people who hate me extremely ..

And of course , i take distance .

When i could not take distance the lord saved me by walking in his word .

HE WILL GUIDE YOU AND INFORM YOU .

Peace

Silke

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

Thank you to Tania, Joanna and Silke! The body of Christ is absolutely BRILLIANT!! I'm so grateful to my family of believers who reached into their hearts to a perfect stranger and gave her love! Daddy is proud!!! Love you all!!! ❤️💙

creativa.canada

10 months ago

BLESSING ,

yes , more LOVE , FATHER DADDY , thank you !

Lori Robyn

10 months ago

❤️💙💛💜 Thank you everyone!!!! 🙏

Donna Q

9 months ago

Hello Sisters!!! I just read all the posts here and I am deeply touched and happy to be able to receive this in my email from BTV. Grahams mentorship and all of Team Brilliant has definitely helped me understand more than I can possibly share in a post.

I do want to share with a song if you don't know it already "GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY" By Crowder... I've listened to this song over and over sometimes and definitely every morning noon and night some days. ( GGA, I hope you'll find me praising Your Name no matter what comes) is just a sample of lyrics. I hope you will Google or youtube it Lori. All of you! It's very refreshing and exciting!
Love You All,
Donna Q

Lori Robyn

9 months ago

Hi Donna! My goodness thank you so much for sending me that song and all your kind words! The body of Christ is truly remarkable! 🙏

And I totally agree, I've only been with the mentorship program for 3 months and I could be here for the next year writing what I've learned so far and how God is transforming me!

I can only imagine what I'm going to look like in a year from now!! 💪

I'm really learning how to live from the inside out! I'm learning how to bring God into my circumstances versus bringing my circumstances over to God!

You never really consider these things until you're in a place where you have no choice; we're you're in a season that if you don't hear exactly what to do from the Father, it can completely send your life in a different direction!

I've also been engaging more and more into the Fruits of the Spirit and understanding how wonderful they all are! If you're in religion, you see them as a command, things that seem unattainable; or frustrating or defeating to engage in.

But when you see them as an honor and a privilege and an invitation to come UP, you're overwhelmed by the generosity of God to offer His own nature as a gift!

One of my favorite gifts that I've been exercising more than ever lately is, 'Self-Control! I used to think self-control was don't eat that donut, don't watch that TV program, don't do this or don't do that. Which could be true and has its place.

However I'm finding self-control to be more of an opportunity to step back from a potentially negative situation and ask the Father how He sees it. To ask Him how to respond to it, what are His thoughts on the matter.

It really does put your flesh and somebody else's flesh on hold, and that is never a bad thing!

Again, I could go on and on..lol. This is just one little itty bitty thing I've learned in 3 months and there's so much more!!!

I look forward to sharing with all you amazing people all the wonderful things God is showing us, let's all stay in touch!!!

Lori ❤️

Donna Q

9 months ago

WOW! Lori it's been a real blessing to read about your journey and so glad the song blessed you.

All ladies here have blessed me as well and hope to be in touch also. I need the encouragement too☺
[email protected]

Lori Robyn

9 months ago

I couldn't agree more Donna! The people on this forum and in this ministry have been life-changing for me! I'm so grateful the Lord led me here to meet all you amazing humans!

We sharpen each other, right?! We encourage each other, we lift each other up and we constantly remind each other of our true identity in Christ!

I copied your email, I would love to get in touch with you and find out more about your story! I'm sure both of our stories can take up this entire forum so I look forward to getting in touch with you on a more personal level!

I'm East Coast so I'm actually getting ready for shut eye! Have a great night! Thanks for being on this forum and giving me one more amazing person to do life with!!! 🙏❤️