Its in the fight

Notes from 7/9/09

Dr. Janet Floyd "Its in the fight" Genesis 32:24-29

• Success is a process
• Where and who you sit under is sometimes a prophesy of where you are going
• God doesnt consult our past to design our future
• She used Mike Tyson as an example and started by talking about the horrible childhood that he had and then talked about how he entered the gym to build his technique (gym=places where we grow as a christian that are places set apart such as church, prayer closet, etc)
• She talks about how he had to defend his championship We are just defending a future thats already ours who we are in the furture as winners and champions-she said to walk with a holy swagger hahaha she said we should walk with a different air about us
• She talked about Tyson fighting and how close it was and the crowd walking out because they thought he already lost there are people who are going to walk out of your life when things look hard but dont believe the crowd
• A fight exemplifies who you really are (she talked about how Mike Tyson believed the crowd and the street thug he really was deep inside came back out and he bit off Holyfield's ear)
• we as christians have to train in the gym seriously and it can be fake because when the battle is really on who we really are will be revealed.
• she talked about the older washing machines and the piece in the middle that was called an agitator that was in it and she did the selena danceGod sends agitation to get the dirt out and its not always the devil
• She used the example of a man giving a woman a 10kt flawless and what type of ring you would put it in- a platinum setting rather than a 10, 14, or even a 24kt gold ring Will your life devalue the gift that God wants to place on you? Is it the right setting for the gem?
• Jacob fought with the (agent of destiny) Destiny is defined as the inevitable occurrence of events; the unstoppable order of things; something that has to happen
• She talked about the fight and described it as God ordained and listed 3 ways to recognize a God ordained fight 1) substance change (destiny requires a different mentality) she talks about the pain being part of the process but the joy of the produce will make you forget your pain (described it like child birth) she said that a lot of christians struggle to worship because they are left with the pain of the process without seeing the product she also talks about the evidence of a change in you should be visible and describes Jacob's limp 2) changes your shift she tells this crazy story about learning to drive a shift on the freeway she explains that the reason that there are some things in your life making loud noises or the car sounds like it is about to fall apart is because you have to shift gears into a higher level in order to accelerate you have to shift. 3) change in your stuff she talked about Jacob not allowing him to leave until he blessed me and used a guy from the praise team to come to the front and she used him as the agent of destiny and just about undressed him as she used the example of getting the stuff that is yours from the fight.

Thanks Amanda for the notes!!