The Day God showed up! By

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November 20, 2018
I had been to the altar many times to “get right with Jesus” but I never felt it in my heart and nothing ever changed. I was saved and baptized at 10 years old. I went to a private Christian school, memorized Bible verses, went to lock ins and church camps but I never knew an intimate relationship with a Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ or that I was created for a special and unique purpose. Therefore, I wandered aimlessly through life, without an identify, lost and going through the motions succumbing to whatever desires I had and whoever others wanted me to be. This time things quickly changed and I was eager to tell the world what God had done for me and jumped in with both feet, zealous, motivated and passionate to serve God and fulfill my purpose. Little did I know the battle that awaited me as I was ignorant of spiritual warfare and what being a a radical follower of Jesus Christ would be like. Soon I found myself in an all-out war for my destiny filled with obstacles, trials, opposition, enemies, disappointments, betrayal, setbacks and giants in my way.  However, I have been determined to lay hold of the promises that God placed in my heart, that are found in His Word and to see the impossible fulfilled in my life.  During this journey, there are times that I have felt like giving up, felt like God didn’t care what I was going through, and that I was never going to make it but God always strengthened me in His timing, placed just the right people in my path to ensure success and motivated me to continue fighting the good fight of faith.  As such, I have overcome a lot of battles, conquered a lot of giants, and gained experience, strength, knowledge and wisdom from God and others.  As such, God has placed on my heart to share the strength and hope that He has given me to stand in faith through it all to obtain victory in my life and help others as well. My prayer is that any wisdom or knowledge that I have gained along this journey will help others stay the course with God as we march to the beat of faith together to obtain the victory and see our destinies fulfilled.
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Published by Lisa Olvey

Lover of Jesus, Mother, Friend, Counselor, Teacher, Writer, Blogger, Cat lover, Horse lover, Chocolate Lover, Love to Bake, Love to Dance, Love to laugh, Love all kinds of music but worship and country are my favorite! The reason that I started this blog is that God placed a passion for writing inside me and has been telling me for a while to start the blog. For the past ten years, I have been marching with God and I’ve gone through busy seasons of pursuing my education and completing internships but today I am in a season of rest and preparation for the new things He has in store, therefore, what better time to ignite the passion for writing that has been burning inside of me. Also, I am excited about this blog because I love to teach the truths that God has shared with me to overcome many battles, defeat my giants, and how he has strengthened me to continue marching in victory with Him toward my destiny! My hope is that by sharing the wisdom, knowledge and insight that I have gained, it might help others who may be struggling or who just need encouragement to move forward in their own march. Also, although I am a counselor, I’m no expert at this faith thing by any means. In fact, I have learned that real genuine faith is not a straight line to victory but can be a messy, hard battle and at times we need others to help us get back up when life tries to knock us down so we can get back up and keep marching.

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