Podcast episode titled "#192: You are a Warrior of Light. A Kingdom Writer." featuring Shelley Hitz (primary speaker) and CJ Hitz. Shelley encourages writers to view their calling as spiritual warfare, using a lightsaber metaphor and citing John 1:5; she urges writers to write boldly despite fear, perfectionism, and inner critics. CJ leads a closing prayer asking for divine inspiration, provision of "God ideas," and strength to make forward progress on writing, invoking imagery of manna/heavenly provision.
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I felt like the picture God gave me for you all is a picture of a lightsaber. You know what that is from Star Wars. And I want to just say this over you, this encouragement. Writer, you've been called for such a time as this. How many of you feel that in your bones? You've been called for such a time as this. Every time you pick up your pen or open your laptop, you're choosing to ignite the light God placed within you like a lightsaber in the hands of a Jedi. Your words aren't ordinary. They're weapons of truth in a world clouded by confusion and darkness. And just like Deb was saying earlier, our books are preaching to an audience. We're preachers of God's word. And you were never meant to tiptoe through your calling. You were born to battle. So when you write, enter the fray, get you, face the shadows of fear, the resistance of perfectionism, and the whispers of the inner critic telling you to quit. How many of you have felt that or heard that or sensed that? Just give up. Quit. Quit, quit, quit. No. Jesus says no. You are called. Cause your light was never meant to be hidden. It was meant to pierce the dark. Oh, I just got chills. John 1:5 says, the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not opened. Overcome it. The word of God is your weapon. Prayer is your power, and the Holy Spirit is your guide. Heaven backs your missions. So Kingdom writers, pick up your pen. You are a warrior. Write with courage. Write with fire. Write with light. And it makes me want to cry. The kingdom is advancing word by word. You are called. You are here for a purpose. You keep going. Pick up your lightsaber. Ask the Lord to give you what you need today, and he will give it to you. So, cj, why don't you close in prayer?
Yeah. Father, we.
Thank you so much for calling us as Kingdom writers. Thank you for that original nudge.
That you gave us, that you were wooing us to write for your glory. Thank you, Lord. We don't want to take that for granted. We are grateful for every word, every sentence, every paragraph that is able to be written. Many of us have those days where we labor and. And we sweat and we look at our page, and we haven't gotten much done. But we thank you for anything that is forward progress, every word. And I pray, Lord, that each person here would be able to complete with what you're calling them to. Whether it's today, tomorrow, over the course of the next month, I pray that each person would move forward, that forward progress of. Yes, Lord, of doing things that only you could help us with, that we can look back and see your fingerprints over the words that we've written. Would you empower each of us? Would you strengthen your servants? Would you give us something that we just can't conjure up on our own? Would you give us God ideas, God inspiration, the ability to tap into the heavenly? Would we be able to feed on the food of angels, as the psalmist once referred to manna?
Help us, Lord, to be able to share with a needy, hungry world the manna from heaven. And we just thank you, Lord, for all that you're doing in and through us. And we give you this time in Jesus name, Amen.
Amen.
All right. And yeah, wield your lightsaber and write with courage, fire and light. That's right.