Good morning brides 
I have been going through a tough time in 2 particular areas, the one basically affects the other.
Im just going to be honest and hopefully what l share can encourage you today.
So l have been struggling with social media Youtube to be exact. I started finding myself going to see the lastest headlines of the war in Israel and then wasting away time watching other stuff too. I decided to fast it this week.
l'm sharing this with you because l feel convicted and God says confess your sins to each other and pray for each other that your sins may be healed.
The biggest reason WHY is due to my 1st Love, l was not putting Him 1st and then my faith would slowly die because He was not filling my heart and this reflcted in how l felt, faithless. Im nit sure if faithless is a word but it reflects how l felt.
The other area is that l shared a while back that eh and l wanted to start a business but that has not gotten off the ground. Things are really tight but after reading this devotion https://encouragingwomen.org/devotional/my-beloved/November/#November13
it gave me a wake up call and reminded me that l need to develop a heart of Thankfulness and grateful ness and to PRAISE Him 
l have the opportunity to praise Him for every trial and every difficulty which reminded me of this Living Lesson 87 https://youtu.be/PsalGWXKG78?si=0JNMRvuOpQiO1bOa. I have listened to it before but its its amazing how much its encouraged ne today when I really needed it 
Im sharing because l'm praising Him for the provision of things that l dont have and whats worrying me. If this sounds crazy then go read 'Prison to Praise' then you will understand and your life will change once you understood this life changing principle of praising in the storm and praise when things are not good or really really bad. To give a good example my cousin came from New Zealand to visit here in South Africa, we have not seen her for over more than 20 years. My heart was sad to see all the pictures of the family reunion because she visited in my hometown. So l told my Darling how l felt and started praising and thanking Him that l could not be there and that sadness went away because He knows the desires of my heart and they are safe with Him to take care of.
Im thankful that l learned so may biblical principles of being a Wise Woman by not running out trying to make all kinds of plans but merely leaving the opportunity to do so in eh hands.
He surprised me coming home from fishing telling me about a hindu couple, that lost their baby that he prayed for them.. And told me the other morning he feels the call of God on His life.
I dont understand or know what HE is doing so I'm just thankful to not lean on my own understanding in this journey of trusting my Husband for eh to become spiritual leader of our family.
l know l will be back to share how my Darling Husband provided and more of what HE is doing. Because l know that He works behind the scenes and what is happening in the natural is nothing compared to what He will do supernaturally.
I'm just so thankful for all the resources l have read and journaled over the years its amazing how a devotion, a LL or something l read or journaled all comes together to change my heart and my spirit to joy and peace and thankfulness to Him.
"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." 1Th5:16-18
He will my sweet Atarah!! We will always face giants, but with our faith, we will conquer them, because now we know who is in control of our lives, and because we are living below His wings!
My sweet Atarah we must be very careful with what we feed to our minds, early this year a dear friend of mine and I decided to fast from social media, and the blessings that came from that were just amazing!
Our Beloved reminded me, that we need to rest, and study His word, to pray and lean on Him!
When we spend time with Him by praising, praying, studying His promises, our lives will never be the same!
That is true lsabella l feel like l conquered some of those giants thru praise yesterday 🙌l agree lsabella we must be very careful with social media because it can steal so much joy and the promises of God which we should be focused on.. Its amazing because already the blessings are coming l will share in another praise! I agree Isabella l also feel that reminder to study His word and to speak to Him throughout my day and when l wake up from sleep at night and the early hours when its still very quiet and to praise Him for everything the good and bad 💞
Thank you so much Atarah! I’m glad that you’re sharing what you’re going through. It’s important to be honest about our struggles because someone else may be going through something similar and you are showing with faith that impossible becomes His possible. I can’t wait to hear how our Beloved works in your situation. 💕
Also, what a great devotional today, it spoke to me.
Yes Hope that devotion l shared was really the start of so many things HE showed me such a blessing! Thank you for saying that l really felt l needed to share because even tho our mobile phones are such a blessing because we do so much on them they can also be such a dowfall to our intimacy with Him and our spiritual & RJ 🙏 i will most definitely be sharing He already started 😅
Thank you for sharing precious Atarah, I needed to read this, I WILL GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES!
I am so greatful for all the principals that we learn here at RMI, because it really gets deep into our hearts and yes storms still come but then we walk on the water with our Darling.
I loved when you said l’m praising Him for the provision of things that l dont have and whats worrying me and it reminds me of this promise:
“…the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” R4:17 https://biblehub.com/romans/4-17.htm
Amen Hope Yessss🙌 Give praise in ALL circumstances 🙌 yes and sometimes we forget… But He always finds a way to speak into our hearts to remind us 🙂 amen! Tx for that scripture ❤️ He has already started providing. In the LL i shared erin speaks about the cloud the size of a fist signaling the downpour and already the clouds are appearing in the sky. The principle of praise in all circumstances is really powerful 🙌
Sorry Janine l meant you not Hope 😅
Thank you, Atarah for sharing, Social Media is a struggle 😂. I must admit that sometimes there is something specific I want to watch, but then it doesn’t stop there because the temptation to “quickly” check what is in your feed is always there and then you end up in a cycle of jumping from one video to the other. Sometimes I have to ask myself why I watch DIY videos if I do not DIY anything 😂 or cooking shows if I never cook like that anyway 😂. It is just stealing our time and energy from focussing on what is important and that is spending time with our Husband and in His word. And after fasting SM couple of times already, I can truly say that there are so many more blessings in spending that time with our Beloved than spending time on SM!
Let me laugh with you today Adina 😂 because yesterday l felt so convicted!! I still do and im taking my fast from social media quite seriously but yesss 😅 its crazy how we get stuck scrolling thru those videos and the YT & FB shorts dont make it any easier… 😜 Next thing you know you scrolling like a zombie… Nobodys home 😂 literally…. Yes it may take a few fasts for me to better let go and already im feeling so much better already.
Dear Atarah, thank you for the reminder! I could not agree more – it’s often a battle in the mind in my case. Like today I was filled with so many negative thoughts that I was down all day but I chose to pour out my heart at every praying opportunity and praise Him to combat all these feelings. I know they are temporary and will go away. But before they provoked me to do something “foolish”, I had to really lock in the self-control to fix my eyes on HH. It really works and we just need to be consistent. I am slowly on autopilot whenever I need more of Him.
Atarah, I love your whole praise. I too am feeling the need to fast from YouTube. I noticed that I have been going on it before bed and get lost in nonsense. It has been keeping me up late and making me very tired the next day. I think I will replace that with reading the book Prison To Praise again before bed. I also have started a new business and got my business license this past year but it has not taken off yet. I pray that my Husband will do this because with Him everything is possible but without Him I can do nothing. Thank you Atarah, your praise was very encouraging to me to continue to praise and wait on my beloved because He’s not done with me yet. 🩷