Let me tell You something Powerful…

“Submit” to our husbands? Like REALLY? In the 21st Century! Is this something that should be expected of us liberated, smart, income-earning women!

Here’s my 2 and a half cents on the matter…

A few weeks ago I wanted to go on a mentorship program I knew I’d hugely benefit from.
We didn’t have the money but I asked my husband anyway.
His answer, understandably, was No.

I’d taken some courses from this particular mentor before and knew she was legit- I felt I really needed to be on her upcoming program-
So I prayed.
I felt Father tell me to explain to my husband, in detail, why I wanted to take the course. But- if after my explanation he still said no I was to drop it. Never mention it again. That would be the end of that conversation.

I distinctly heard Daddy God advise me: “Hannah if he says no, don’t sulk, do not do anything to manipulate him to get your way, honour his decision and let this go.”

Some of you may wonder, but if God knows everything surely He would’ve predicted whether my husband would say yes or no- AND He would’ve told me whether asking again was a waste of my time? And herein lies the beauty of what Daddy’s been teaching me: Submissiveness is not about doing or not doing what my guy wants- submissiveness is all about heart. What is my heart’s position when my Husband doesn’t go with what I want?

I can see some women wanting to hang me-

But please, Let me tell You something Powerful…
I have learned, the very hard way, that when I do things outside my husband’s sincere
go-ahead, there’s no blessing in it.

At the beginning of the year my husband wanted something that was so against my desires. A wise woman told me to submit to him still.

“Even if my heart’s not in it?” I cried.
“Yes.,” she answered. “There’s blessing in it Hannah. God has a way of protecting your dreams.”

I’m SO glad I took her advice because going with what my husband wanted then, with a sincere heart on my part, has blessed us in leaps and bounds.

Anyway, back to the mentorship course thing- I prepared my heart and when I was certain I could take another No from my hubby joyfully, trusting that God would bless me still- I asked again.

Hubby listened. And he said Yes!
I’m LOVING the course. And it’s blessing me far beyond what we paid for it!

But that’s not the point- the point is I’m on the course JOYFULLY and FULL of peace knowing I have the ABSOLUTE blessing and support of my guy.

There have been times I’ve made decisions, especially financial ones, that my guy was not too keen on- but everything LOOKED great- and I jumped at the opportunities… sometimes even twisted his arm till he gave in and said yes- every single time I’ve gone ahead without his peace I’ve seen my ass in technicolour!

I get that some men abuse this “submit to your husbands” story.
And that’s sad.

My guy taught me that God’s advice to us women to submit to our men is to protect us.
I have seen the wisdom of this over and over again in our lives.

My husband once told me that even if a man is not smart at all- and lacks wisdom to the max- if his wife would submit to him in a godly manner God is obligated to give the guy wisdom and prosper him for the sake of his wife!

I’ve come to believe that submitting to my guy is worship to an all-Loving and all-knowing God.
Yep- I believe it to be THAT big a deal!

I’m finding that submitting to my guy is a faith thing.

He’s fantastic in many ways- but that’s not the only reason I submit to him, I submit to him because I’ve learned to trust God in this area.
I’ve learned to trust that even if hubby does make a decision that’s a mistake, somehow God will make it work for our good- because we are working in His order of things: Husband is the Head of the Home. That is a HUGE responsibility Daddy has given His sons.
To honour Him we have to honour them.

As a woman I can say that for me it’s been a heart challenge- I’m not there just yet but I’ve come a long way- and I can see Daddy’s blessing because of it.

I send You Love
– Hannah

Hannah Viviers is the Creator and Host of the Dream BIG TV Show. She posts fantastic, inspirational content on her Facebook Page Daily. You’re invited to connect with her here

 

No More Excuses!

“If you can raise more than one child without going crazy, not give in to the urge to murder someone, or strangle your husband in his sleep, do the dishes, have a job, make yourself look good every morning, not become an alcoholic and STILL manage to have decent conversations, You CAN DO ANYTHING!!!! So go out there and do it!”

– Olivia Sambo, Entrepreneur

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A few years ago Olivia took the plunge and left her corporate job to find her true self. She’s now immersed herself in photography- her new found passion.

How To Access God’s Divine Power

I’ve been asking Daddy for Divine Strategy.
He spoke about it to me weeks ago- and now I’m seeing what happens when I trust His leading.
Daddy knows ALL things-
You’ll be in a desert but He’ll tell You where to dig for water-
There’ll be famine but He will fill YOUR House with Bread (and butter ) AND lavish you with enough to feed others too!
Where others see lack He will open up Heaven to satisfy us His babies with abundance.
The way to unleash Daddy’s Power in all we do is to Delete the picture we have of Him being this Guy on A Throne with a lightning bolt in His hand ready to strike us dead at the slightest mistake.
No Friends, This God is Like No other!
As Bill Johnson says He is the only God that lays a table for His people-
I always thought God was about us serving Him- but the Cross proved that He is ALL about serving us.
The more I see Him as my Dad- the One who cares about every aspect of my life- The more I trust His leading- The more I see His Divine Strategy executed in My life.
It’s a Blissful kind of success.
My dear Friend, You are LOVED!

 

P.S. I LOVE this video below. If You haven’t seen Father of Lights yet- Please do- it’ll change how You see God… Forever.

 

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What if You DON’T Believe in Celebrating Halloween?

As a Christian Mom, Halloween has always been the hardest day for me to figure out.

Fresh out of seminary, I was full of facts and HUNDREDS of reasons to ignore the day, so in my first years of mothering, that’s what we did. I just acted like nothing was going on. Of course as the kids grew older, that plan went out the window. As early as pre-school, they knew something was up. And that something called Halloween seemed fun, even if it had a little scary attached to it.

For several years, we chose the alternative to Halloween option among Christians, the ever popular Fall Festival, also known as the Trunk or Treat, Harvest Carnival, and so on. At least with a Fall Festival, the kids could dress up in a not-scary costume, and there was candy to be had and games to play, so for many years they were satisfied with whatever the church was doing that night.

But one day they realized that most of their friends didn’t go to Fall Festival at Halloween. Their friends stayed home in their neighbourhoods and went trick-or-treating door-to-door at dusk in costumes. And my kids thought that sounded way cooler, except their mom was stuck. Costumes. Trick-or-treating. Door-to-door. It felt like an outright celebration of Halloween to me. For years I had told the kids, “We are not going to celebrate evil.” And my head just couldn’t get there.

It finally hit me. My kids do not want to celebrate evil. Not one of them likes to be afraid or even watch scary movies. They don’t want to exalt darkness or cast spells or buy into the hype about wickedness. They just want to have good, clean fun on Halloween. So what was a mama to do? Hallelujah, that’s what.

Somehow I decided that the whole world might spend a day focused on darkness, but we certainly didn’t have to. So our house went alternative. The first year I came up with this party I called “Hallelujah on the Driveway.”

"I decided that our house was going to be a light in the dark on Halloween."
“I decided that our house was going to be a light in the dark on Halloween.”

A couple of days before Hallelujah, I sent email invitations to all the neighbours and some friends from church. I told the kids they could invite anybody they wanted to. My friend Lisa and I spent one afternoon stringing up every line of white Christmas lights I had outside across the driveway. My dad brought a couple of fire pits over. We had white candles in lanterns everywhere and as many happy pumpkins as we could carve….

I made about five pots of taco soup and asked everybody to bring an appetizer or dessert to put on the table… That first year, about 80 people showed up. No one had to do anything but enjoy one another, visit, and laugh. The kids went to trick-or-treat in big groups, stopping back by the house for another snack every so often. It was one of my all-time best ideas ever, and our little house was truly a light in the dark that night. We had a blast!

  • Angela Thomas from her book 52 things Kids Need from a Mom

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The Key to Remarkable Results

I know that a successful family life is crucial and key to true joy.
Far too often though I find myself drawn in by my very demanding work and my family takes a back seat.
I’m learning though that My number one calling in life is to be a good steward of the family God’s given me.

I’ve seen it happen over and over again: When I put my family first I access God’s divine power to get remarkable results.

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My Prayer for You Today

Daniel had Divine Favour with Man and With God.
He was a slave in a foreign land and yet He rose to High Levels of Leadership because He had God’s Favour.
That same Favour is available to us.
My prayer for You today is that You would see the Divine Favour that is on Your Life.
I pray your heart would be encouraged and that You would know without a shadow of doubt that God has your back.
No weapon formed against You will prosper because You are God’s Beloved.
It doesn’t matter where you’ve come from, it doesn’t matter what race or gender you are, or what qualifications you have or don’t have- You HAVE God’s DIVINE Favour.
And THAT makes ALL the difference!
Have an AWESOME Day!

Hannah Viviers is the Creator and Host of the Dream BIG TV Show

SHUT THAT DOOR!

What do You do when You’ve been “waiting on the Lord” and NOTHING’s happening?

You’ve prayed- you’ve even fasted- and yet… yep a BIG FAT NOTHING!

What then?

Joseph Prince reminded me of the answer this week-

I knew the answer because I’d used it before- I’d seen miracles happen because of this particular mode of operation- but I’d allowed this beautiful Truth to be snatched from me- nay I had given it over on a silver platter- I had given my Power away.

When You’re waiting and you’re “trusting” but God doesn’t seem to be “showing up”- the problem is not God- and the problem is not that He  doesn’t want to answer You.

The problem, often, is that we’re not shutting the door.

What’s that door? You may ask. My friend it is the door of Doubt.

So here’s what Pastor Prince was teaching this week- He was teaching the power and importance of saturating ourselves with the Word of God.

The way of life is that there is always an exchange to get something- what’s AWESOME is that if You believe in King Jesus then you know that He has already paid everything for us-

However an exchange still has to take place- the currency we use to get what we want is faith. It’s the Heavenly Dollar, Rand- whatever currency you may think- only it’s the MOST POWERFUL Currency in all of Creation and Beyond.

In the natural you need a channel with which to get money- be it a business or a job or an inheritance… but to get that money from there to your pocket something’s gotta happen.

In Daddy’s Kingdom the way you get faith into your heart and life is absorbing God’s Word.

When I was trusting God to give me babies I SATURATED myself with Scripture of barren women having children- and I consumed COPIOUS amounts of modern testimonies (online) from women who had seen God move in that area of their lives.

So we have that part down- but you may be wondering what did I mean when I said SHUT THAT DOOR!

If the enemy knows that the way you get what your heart’s desire is through faith what do you think his number one weapon against You will be?

Unbelief.

It’s that simple.

He will bring unbelief in a myriad of ways- whether it’s through events that terrify the bedonkers out of you- whether it’s constantly telling you your current circumstance will never change- whether it’s speaking to you through the people you love- let me tell you that devil’s not only a liar but he is super cunning and knows exactly what will bring unbelief in your heart.

Oftentimes I’ve told myself, “Hannah it’s OK to allow yourself to feel the hurt, the disappointment, the anxiety… you’re only human- you have to own your emotions  and work through them…”

That kind of junk self-talk has on many occasions almost robbed me of what God has for me.

You can choose to be Ronald MacDonald, flimsy, looking great on the outside but no substance on the inside- or you can choose to be a Mighty Warrior.

You CANNOT be a Mighty Warrior when you allow this “own your emotions”  crap to run your life!

I speak with such conviction because I know what I’m talking about and it nearly shut me down.

If you’re gonna get what you want, be it work that brings you joy, a thriving business, a baby, a WONDERFUL husband, an AMAZING Wife- these things will not hop and skip to you-

You may have to dig your heels in and fight-

You’ll have to do two things, fill yourself with God’s Word pertaining to your particular situation. THEN you’re going to have to  shut the door COMPLETELY to any doubt that attempts to creep in.

Don’t even allow yourself two seconds of thinking doubtful thoughts- because while it may be “human” let me tell you those two seconds are all the devil needs to gain a foothold, BARGE in and FLOOD you with unbelief.

Slam that door on him!

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Let God be true my sister, my brother- Let God be true.

If God said He can heal- the way you believe Him is you absorb into every cell of your being Everything Daddy says about healing.

I used to take Scripture like where God said to Adam and Eve: “Be fruitful and multiply.”

I would take that and say God you said this to ALL of mankind- nowhere did you say “Be fruitful and multiply… oh except Hannah!”

You have NOT been excluded from any good thing God has reserved for His babies.

If you’re like me and you’re trusting Daddy for Divine Breakthrough in Your business- girl click your heels and trust that Daddy will! Mr Man- straighten your tie and trust that Your Daddy in heaven will!

But You have got to saturate yourself with Scripture about God’s absolute desire to promote and succeed You. He wants You to fulfill your purpose so that you may be a blessing to all the nations of this earth-

Dare to Dream that  BIG! Because Daddy God has your back!

No matter what anyone says- no matter what you see or hear- no matter what the media tell you- it doesn’t matter what anyone else dead or alive has experienced- it doesn’t even matter what your OWN personal experience has been- this is a new season for You! It doesn’t matter how many people failed- You will not fail.

But as much as God wants to bless you, as much as He wants to heal you- there is an exchange required of you- and if you want it bad enough I really really don’t believe that exchange is too much.

Jesus gave His life and everything He had- Everything- to write you that Cheque- all you gotta do is cash it. But you cannot cash a cheque you don’t know exists- and you cannot cash a cheque if you don’t know where you have to redeem it from.

As I write this I pray for deep revelation in your heart and an unshakable energy and desire to obtain ALL God has for You.

Saturate Yourself with Scripture. Shut the door of unbelief-

And GO GRAB YOUR INHERITANCE!

 

Hannah Viviers is Daughter of the MOST HIGH and the Creator and Host of the Dream BIG TV Show.