Radical Gratitude is going to break open your future!
focus on this for July and see what happens!
Contents:
Historical/Biblical Significance of this month
How this applies to YOU… RIGHT NOW
Application and focus (for you and your kids!)
God gave the ancient Hebrews a unique way of thinking that was foundational to walking according to His purposes. One of the distinctions of Hebrew thought was their view of time. To the Hebrews, each month was given by God with a unique purpose. You can see this as you study how the months are described in the Bible… God’s cycle of blessing includes the cycle of weekly Shabbat, discovering the monthly cycle of Firstfruits and examining God’s yearly cycle of appointed feast times… but there’s more! Biblically, each month of the year has a particular place in that cycle. There are special things God wants to bring forth in our lives every month that will propel us forward into our destiny. In the Bible, God lays out an ordained progression in the months of the year that are designed to draw us closer to Him and bring us into a fresh experience of His blessing.
- A Time To Advance, Chuck Pierce & Robert Heidler
Historical Significance
On the 17th day of Tammuz, as Moses was returning from the mountaintop after receiving divine revelation from God as written on the two tablets, he approached the camp and saw a golden calf and the people worshiping it in dance.
What does that have to do with me?
MEDITATE ON HOW GOD HAS HELPED YOU
In every situation, we have the choice of perspective. There is a lot that we do NOT know. But we have to choose to meditate on what we DO know… what God has said to us, what God has done for us, who He says He is for us.
There is always a natural perspective and our emotions are attached to this. Expressing our emotions becomes very dangerous here because it’s only one perspective, and our words form an agreement with our emotions. Emotions are not truth. To move right we must choose the reality of what God is saying about something, He always has a higher perspective for us.
The natural perspective is valid… but what do you want? For your emotions and experience to be validated? Or to perceive a greater, victorious truth which will always give you hope and vision for your future….
Be sure to meditate on what He has done and only speak His promises this month - for me it’s like I’m actually fasting from verbal processing and future-planning.
Watch this quick video from Linda Heidler to understand what this month has to do with you AND HOW IT’S DIRECTLY AFFECTING YOUR FUTURE. If you can grab hold of what she’s saying, you will experience a breakthrough miracle this month!
Monthly Overview, summed up
This Hebrew month is called “Tammuz” and it overlaps June and July
There’s a focus on the eye: A time of light radiating from your eyes so you may see. Say “Lord, I choose to see everything you want to show me.”
A time to establish the brilliance of your righteousness and to be brilliant through worship. Say “Lord, I will choose to meditate on Your goodness and worship only You this month.”
Worship and stay devoted. Wait on the Lord or you will be in danger of developing a golden calf. Say, “Lord, I will wait on you this month. You are enough for me.”
Ask for angels to guard your mouth so you do not speak an evil report. Don’t speak from your emotions.
The month to guard your heart and your eyes (Deut. 30:15-19)
Application
This is your invitation to become radically grateful! To press pause on anything that attracts your heart in order to just worship God! To put all of your energy into what you do know as you meditate on all God has done for you. The intentionality of this season to worship God and rest with Him will completely change how you navigate and the speed with which you multiply in the future.
GET CRAZY GRATEFUL
It’s this simple… even as I was crying after re reading through my sister’s funeral handout, I just started thanking God out loud for giving me a sister, for the excitement I felt when I found out my mom was pregnant with her, for her amazing life and all that she taught me. I was hurting as I did that, yet I felt great joy and strength in the same moment. It was so bizarre. I’ve never felt that before! Life around me was painful, yet while I was aware of that, I was being strengthened and filled and able to keep moving in my day with joy and overcoming, instead of being buried by a wave of grief. Wow…
GRATITUDE is actually a super power! When we are radically grateful, satan can’t win! For everything he would try to take from us, there are still things we can be grateful for, let alone the promise of restoration that when satan is found out he has to pay us back 7x for what he took….
This is a perspective shift that no matter what happens, no matter how you feel, you will choose to meditate on what God has done for you and who He is for you, and that simple act is like Wonder Woman seeing the kill shot, deflecting it, and actually capturing what was meant for destruction and in turn destroying the enemy.
How radical can we get with our gratitude this month? Let’s get crazy grateful!
WORSHIP
Worshipping God has a sound about it, but it’s not just music. You can worship and never turn on a song, or you can be blasting christian music all day and never worship. Worship happens in the heart. Choose every day this month to be lavish with your worship. Consider abstaining from or turning off things that produce other “noise” in your life or make you feel like you have what you need to be comfortable.. if they are taking the place of focusing on and worshipping God.
DECREE: GOD, YOU ARE ENOUGH FOR ME!
ACTION PLAN FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
Memorize this verse with your kids: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Ps 136:1
Speak gratitudes as you start and end your day. Any way God has made provision for you, any thing that you are thankful for.
super fun video to watch with your kids!!
More resources…
It’s hard to hold anxiety and gratitude at the same time.
- to listen to the 17-minute Gratitude Devotional click here
This teaching from Sunday at GZI will give you everything you need to know about Tammuz and how to move triumphantly through this month to be ready for your future (jump to 30 minutes in) » https://tv.gloryofzion.org/videos/sunday-celebration-service-6-29-9am-1
An interesting deep dive into the daily breakdown of this month:
Read Psalm 92….. oh man, I can’t decide whether to post the passion translation or nkjv… you pick! What would happen if you jump and down shouting with excitement while saying this… hmmmm… challenge accepted!
Journal prompt/idea: I think it would be super fun to write my own version of Psalm 136… like my own poem to God thanking Him for all He’s done for me. It would be awesome to re read that, especially on tough days… wheh! I think this is my next quiet-time project ;)
Thanks for reading, friend! I know this is a lot…. consider bookmarking this email/post and returning to it throughout your month to continue to gain insight and revelation on how to move through July.