God is the strength of my heart 💕

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🎶 Different by Micah Tyler I don't wanna hear anymore teach me to listen I don't wanna see anymore give me a vision That you could move this heart to be set apart I don't need to recognize the man in the mirror And I don't wanna trade Your plan for something familiar I can't waste a day I can't stay the same I wanna be different I wanna be changed 'Til all of me is gone And all that remains Is a fire so bright The whole world can see That there's something different So come and be different In me And I dont wanna spend my life stuck in a pattern And I don't wanna gain this world but lose what matters And so I'm giving up everything because ... I know that I am far from perfect But through You the cross still says I'm worth it So take this beating in my heart and Come and finish what You started When they see me let them see You ... 🙏🏻💕

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Purify my heart Let me be as gold And precious silver Purify my heart Let me be as gold Pure gold Purify my heart Cleanse me from within And make me holy Purify my heart Cleanse me from my sin Deep within Refiner's fire My heart's one desire Is to be holy Set apart for You Lord I choose to be holy Set apart for You My Master Ready to do Your will 🔥⚔️💛🕊

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God’s love never fails. 💕🕊

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We are the reason That He gave His life We are the reason That He suffered and died To a world that was lost He gave all He could give To show us the reason to live On a dark and cloudy day A man hung crying in the rain All because of love, all because of love I've finally found the reason for living It's in giving every part of my heart to Him In all that I do every word that I say I'll be giving my all just for Him, for Him He is my reason to live ♥️

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🎶 In His Time Verse 1 In His time, in His time He makes all things beautiful In His time Lord, please show me every day As You're teaching me Your way That You do just what You say In Your time Verse 2 In Your time in Your time You make all things beautiful In Your time Lord, my life to You I bring May each song I have to sing Be to You a lovely thing In Your time 🌹🕊 Words & Music by Diane Ball CCLI Song No. 25981 © 1978 Maranatha! Music | CCCM Music

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As I watched the first episode of One Strange Rock, it amazed me how every little detail on this Earth, our lives, every living creature and all of creation - has been so intricately planned and created by God. 📖 Genesis 1:31 (KJV) “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good...” Our God is an awesome God, and He deserves all the praise and glory forevermore 🙌🏻 Life is more precious than you think 💕 🎵 https://youtu.be/EuYOnYL6G0Y VERSE 1 God of creation There at the start Before the beginning of time With no point of reference You spoke to the dark And fleshed out the wonder of light CHORUS 1 And as You speak A hundred billion galaxies are born In the vapour of Your breath the planets form If the stars were made to worship so will I I can see Your heart in everything You’ve made Every burning star A signal fire of grace If creation sings Your praises so will I VERSE 2 God of Your promise You don’t speak in vain No syllable empty or void For once You have spoken All nature and science Follow the sound of Your voice CHORUS 2 And as You speak A hundred billion creatures catch Your breath Evolving in pursuit of what You said If it all reveals Your nature so will I I can see Your heart in everything You say Every painted sky A canvas of Your grace If creation still obeys You so will I BRIDGE If the stars were made to worship so will I If the mountains bow in reverence so will I If the oceans roar Your greatness so will I For if everything exists to lift You high so will I If the wind goes where You send it so will I If the rocks cry out in silence so will I If the sum of all our praises still falls shy Then we’ll sing again a hundred billion times VERSE 3 God of salvation You chased down my heart Through all of my failure and pride On a hill You created The light of the world Abandoned in darkness to die CHORUS 3 And as You speak A hundred billion failures disappear Where You lost Your life so I could find it here If You left the grave behind You so will I I can see Your heart in everything You’ve done Every part designed in a work of art called love If You gladly chose surrender so will I I can see Your heart Eight billion different ways Every precious one A child You died to save If You gave Your life to love them so will I TAG Like You would again a hundred billion times But what measure could amount to Your desire You’re the One who never leaves the one behind So Will I (100 Billion X) © 2017 Hillsong Music Publishing

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3 Questions to Manage your Emotions: The Bible says in 1 Peter 4:2, “From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God’s will and not by human desires ” (GNT) What are human desires? They’re your emotions and your affections. Once you become a Christ-follower, your life should be controlled by God’s will, not by how you feel. Let me give you three questions to ask about your emotions when you’re trying to figure out how to deal with how you feel. When you’re angry or upset or frustrated — whatever you’re feeling — ask yourself: 1. “What’s the real reason I’m feeling this?” Maybe the answer is fear or worry. Maybe it relates to something someone said to you years ago that was never resolved. 2. “Is it true?” Is what you’re feeling at that moment true? There’s a point in the Bible where Elijah got so discouraged that he went to God and complained, “God, I’m the only one in the entire nation of Israel left serving you.” And God challenged him, saying, “Are you kidding me? I’ve got all these people who are still serving me! You’re acting like you’re the only one trying to do the right thing in the whole world! No. That’s not true.” 3. “Is what I’m feeling helping me or hurting me?” Will you get what you want by continuing to feel this way? A lot of feelings we have seem natural, but they’re actually self-defeating. Let’s say you go to a restaurant, and the service is extremely slow. You wait a long time to be served, and then a couple comes in 15 minutes after you and gets their food before you do. You get increasingly more irritated until you feel something welling up inside you. What’s the real reason you’re feeling that way? You’re hungry! Is it true? Yes. You’re frustrated because the service is slow. But is your emotion helping or hurting? It’s hurting. Do you get better service by getting angry with the server? Absolutely not. Does nagging work? Has it ever worked? When somebody tells you all the things you’re doing wrong, does it make you want to change? No! All it does is make you defensive. When you ask yourself these three questions, you get a better grip on why you feel the way you do and what you need to do to help the situation. That’s called managing your emotions.  💭 ▶️ Why is it hard to sometimes admit that an emotion you think you feel isn’t actually true? ▶️ Think of a recent experience where you felt angry or frustrated with someone. How do you think asking these three questions could have changed the outcome of the incident? ▶️ What do you think it means to be controlled by God’s will?

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This Christmas, Receive the Best Gift Ever Given God knew before you were born that you would be reading this in this moment. He planned to get your attention for just a few seconds so he could say this to you: “I’ve seen every hurt in your life, and I’ve never stopped loving you. You matter to me. I love you more than you will ever know. I made you to love you, and I’ve been waiting for you to love me back.” If you gave me a Christmas gift and I never opened it, you would be disappointed. And it would be a worthless gift, because I don’t receive the benefit of a gift I never opened. Jesus Christ is God’s Christmas gift to you. Yet some of us have gone Christmas after Christmas and never opened the best gift of all: God’s gift of salvation. Why even celebrate Christmas if you’re not going to open the biggest gift? It doesn’t make sense to leave unwrapped the gift of your past forgiven, a purpose for living, and a home in Heaven. God has made a way for you this Christmas to be right with him, and all you have to do is receive his gift of salvation. The Bible says, “By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us — set us right with him, make us fit for him — we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus” (Romans 5:1 The Message). Below is a prayer I prayed years ago when I stepped across the line and accepted Jesus. It’s a simple prayer. If these words express the desire in your heart, then prayer them. “Dear God, I’m scared, but I want to get to know you. I don’t understand it all, but I thank you that you love me. I thank you that you were with me even when I didn’t recognize it. I thank you that you are for me, that you didn’t send Jesus to condemn me but to save me. “Today I want to receive the Christmas gift of your Son. I ask you to save me from my past, my regrets, my mistakes, my sins, my habits, my hurts, and my hang-ups. Save me from myself. “I ask you to save me for your purpose. I want to know why you put me on this planet. And I want to fulfill what you made me to do. I want to learn to love you and trust you and have a relationship with you. “I need peace with you, God, and I need you to put your peace in my heart. I need you to take away the stress and fill me with your love. Help me be a peacemaker and help others find peace with you and each other. In your name I pray. Amen.” 🙏🏻

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Your Love Never Fails ❤️

You stay the same through the ages

Your love never changes

There may be pain in the night

But joy comes in the morning

And when the oceans rage

I don't have to be afraid

Because I know that you love me

Your love never fails

Cause your love never fails

You make all things work together for my good

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God bless you 💕🕊

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🎶 In the quiet, in the stillness I know that You are God In the secret of Your presence I know there I am restored When You call I won't refuse Each new day again I'll choose There is no one else for me None but Jesus Crucified to set me free Now I live to bring Him praise In the chaos, in confusion I know You're sovereign still In the moment of my weakness You give me grace to do Your will When You call I won't delay This my song through all my days All my delight is in You Lord All of my hope, all of my strength All my delight is in You Lord forever more 💕🕊

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Remember ☝🏻

📖 2 Peter 3:8-17

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.[b] That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

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📖 ‭‭James‬ ‭1:19-27‬ ‭NIV “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” ‬🙏🏻

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For You Alone 🙌🏻

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You are the peace that guards my heart

My help in times of need

You are the hope that leads me on

And brings me to my knees

For there I find you waiting

And there I find relief

So with all my heart I'll worship

And unto you I'll sing

For you alone deserve all glory

For you alone deserve all praise

Father we worship and adore you

Father we long to see your face

For you alone deserve all glory

For you alone deserve all praise

Father we love you

And we worship you this day

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Still my heart Let Your voice be all I hear now

Here now Fix my eyes on things that I can’t see now

Spirit breathe like the wind come have Your way

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🎼 Take this fainted heart Take these tainted hands Wash me in your love Come like grace again Even when my strength is lost I'll praise you Even when I have no song I'll praise you Even when it's hard to find the words Louder then I'll sing your praise I will only sing your praise Take this mountain weight Take these ocean tears Hold me through the trial Come like hope again Even when the fight seems lost I'll praise you Even when it hurts like hell I'll praise you Even when it makes no sense to sing Louder then I'll sing your praise I will only sing your praise And my heart burns only for you You are all you are all I want And my soul waits only for you And I will sing till the morning has come Lord my heart burns only for you You are all you are all I want And my soul waits only for you And I will sing till the miracle comes I will only sing your praise Even when the morning comes I'll praise you Even when the fight is won I'll praise you Even when my time on earth is done Louder then I'll sing your praise I will only sing your praise 🙏🏻💕