DO YOU HAVE BULLDOG FAITH...

For the last two days the Lord has been highlighting BULLDOGS. Everywhere I turned there was a bulldog live in person, and on the screen. A sweet sister in Christ inboxed me, and there in her profile picture was a bulldog. After seeing so many of course I had to see what the Father was saying.

A bulldog is known for its incredible GRIP STRENGTH, COURAGE, and DETERMINATION. It represents TENACIOUS FAITH, UNYIELDING PERSEVERANCE, and a FIERCE REFUSAL TO SURRENDER GOD'S PROMISES per Google via multiple sources.

The words that spoke the most here for me are GRIP STRENGTH, TENACIOUS FAITH, and it's DETERMINATION.

It's the ability to holdfast to what the Father said without letting go until you see His glory. Despite what you are facing you are CHOOSING to hold on. Despite what you see, and despite how you may feel you're still CHOOSING to stand firm. It's holding on to the Father and His promises with a BULLDOG TENACIOUS FAITH! Choosing not to settle for less than what He spoke. Choosing not to take shortcuts that throttle ones integrity to make things easier, and more comfortable. Choosing not to strive, but yet to listen intently to the leading of the Holy Spirit before moving forward making decisions.

Don't be taken captive by the spirit of religion. It will choke out faith decisions, and the steps you may need to take to see breakthrough at certain times if you let it your faith will be stifled. The spirit of religion is a traditional way of this is how it's supposed to look, and be done EACH TIME WITHOUT SEEKING THE HOLY SPIRIT FIRST. It's rooted in pride. Remaining in humility on how the Father may have you to move with the understanding that each day, and each instruction may not be the same as the last can be a key.

We must stand in a posture of KINGDOM AUTHORITY decreeing and declaring... Let Thy kingdom come, let Thy will be done, in EVERY AREA of my life, as it is in heaven as we holdfast to what rightfully belong to us! KINGDOM LIVING (Matthew 6:10)! BULLDOG FAITH is a Jacob moment... I'M NOT LETTING YOU GO TIL YOU BLESS ME (Genesis 32:26)!

Whenever you have to stand firm in BULLDOG FAITH it's because you'll face a great deal of opposition. Things that oppose what the Father has spoken. Things delayed, said, done, or not done to discourage you. Things sent to weigh you down. You'll have to fight to remain in a place of gratitude with a pure heart towards people and God. You'll have to fight to remain firm in BULLDOG FAITH.

These moments are not without tears, because faith is not the absence of moments that are painful. Faith does not mean I have to put on a facade for people when I'm having a moment of weakness, because I'm tired of the season and circumstances. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). FAITH IS I'M NOT LETTING GO OF GOD, WHAT HE PROMISED, AND I'M NOT QUITTING because I'm no victim! It's CHOOSING to speak life when you see death all around (John 10:10).

You'll probably shed many tears before the breakthrough. SOW YOUR TEARS, BECAUSE YOU WILL SOON REAP JOY (Psalms 126:5)! ALL THINGS WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THEM THAT LOVE THE LORD (Romans 8:28)!