For Christ Lives in Us.

We hope to encourage you to keep fighting the good fight of faith. Do not give up! We are in this together. Remember God is always there for you and we are not perfect. It is ok to make mistakes, we are only human but cling onto God's promises. The Bible is here for you, and we, your brothers and sisters are here to encourage you too. Never forget how much you are worth. "You are precious to me. You are honoured, and I love you." - Isaiah 43:4

[majestyofheaven]

Hi everyone,

It’s been a long time since we have been inactive but we’re back! We have new posts to share with you and hope to encourage you.

This month of May, we’ve started doing a devotional reading on the book of Proverbs. Each day corresponding to the date, so we are on chapter 4 (May the fourth be with you). Please feel free to read along with us, we will post our takeaways from each chapter. 😊 I hope you are well,  Praying that you are continuing your walk with God!

[jesuslovesmeallmylife]

[elenorrose]

[godlywoman]

You are my Lord.    Every good thing I have comes from you.

Psalm 16:2 (via godlywoman)

[godlywoman]

You must worship the Lord your God. Serve only him!

In this world, there are a lot of things that will shout at your face and say, “Worship me.” Things, person or even yourself can be a god to you. A good thing can be a bad thing when you put it above God. He doesn’t want an undivided heart. Whatever it is that is competing with Him in your heart, He will burn it up.

Let go of those idols that you’re clinging to, for God will spit out lukewarmness. Stop flirting with the lust of this world, for it is the same as worshiping the enemy.

-January 4, 2017 / 1:37 pm

[juxtaposed-human]

So, today I learnt something really cool in the Bible.

So, I had to read Genesis 9 which deals with the covenant God makes with Noah and it got to these verses below and I was honestly like wow.

Genesis 9 : 11 - 17

“I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

I basically made all the verses bold aha but I’ve highlighted some key things there.

In the NIV version that I read, it refers to the “bow in the cloud” as a rainbow. When I read the verses myself I was just fascinated. God made a sign of His covenant, His promise to all life on Earth, and when He sees that sign He remembers His everlasting covenant and keeps it. 

The flood came because of the wickedness of humanity; God made a beautiful world for us to enjoy but we took what was good and made it evil. God’s heart was deeply troubled and so he sent a flood and destroyed everything. Now, God makes a promise to all life in Noah’s time and forevermore that He would never bring a flood to destroy the Earth again and to this day He keeps this promise. This world is still filled with wickedness, and it is fair to say that the evil is rising but the promise, despite this, remains the same. He is absolutely faithful to all humanity in His promises; He truly is the same yesterday, today and forever. 

Now, one thing I really love is that the sign He created in the clouds is for all to see. This sign is not only for God to remember His covenant with us but this is a sign that reminds us of how faithful God is to us. We love rainbows. They come somewhat often but whenever they do we are always in awe of them, we are captivated by the bow in the clouds. So now, I want to see that rainbow and be captivated by how faithful my God is. I want to see a rainbow and remember that God is looking at the same one, is remembering His promise to Earth, and is deciding again to keep it. In remembering these things, I want to be in awe of His faithfulness to all life not just in this covenant but being faithful is who God is. 

That bow in the cloud is my God. My faithful God. Therefore, never worry because since the day of Noah, He has been keeping a covenant with all life on Earth. He made a sign not only for Him, but for you to remember that you have a God that is faithful. He made a sign for you to be captivated by His faithfulness. The beauty we see in that bow, is exactly how beautiful He is.

[godlywoman]

There is a familiar story about a woman from a Bible study group who had decided, after the study on “being refined as silver,” to visit a silversmith. Her purpose was to better understand what this Scripture meant and get a deeper understanding into the ways of God. So, she offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. 

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: “He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.” She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that “yes,” he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, “How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" 

He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that’s easy, when I see my image in it.”

[godlywoman]

If i don’t have love, I am nothing.

Love is what i really want to cultivate in my heart. I want to love others like Jesus does that’s why in order for me to know that love, i need to study the life of Him who does everything with the fullness of His love.

I want you to study the life of our savior, look at how He treated everyone around Him, how He lived His life totally abandoned to the will of God.

Note everything you learned and apply it in your life.

Let’s love for God is love.

[juxtaposed-human]

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 84:10

Just one day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.

(via juxtaposed-human)

[laughsandblessings-deactivated2]

Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself.

Kathryn Kuhlman (via healingrain24)

[laughsandblessings-deactivated2]

Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself.

Kathryn Kuhlman (via healingrain24)

[31women]

Filling Your Void

We’ve all got one. There’s a big God-sized hole in all of our hearts. And we try to fill it with everything and everyone but God. 

We seek drugs and alcohol, sex and porn, relationships, and everything else under the sun. 

We ignore that still small voice in our heads that whisper “there is more. There is more to life than this. Come with me.”

I talked to a girl once who assured me she loved Jesus with all her heart, but once the drugs and the alcohol came onto the scene she just couldn’t stop herself. It was like they were calling her.

I heard a man talk about his lust for the women on his computer screen. He loved his wife, he assured the audience, but his mind was sick from the naked stars at his fingertips. He hated himself for it, but he couldn’t force himself to stop. 

I knew a girl who covered her scarred wrists with makeup to hide her habits from the teachers. Her mother swore to herself it was just a phase.  We were in the seventh grade.

I met a gentleman once with a single scar across his wrist. He told me took glass to it and tore the tendons inside. It still hurts, he said, but he was all better. It happened about a year ago.

I went to school with a girl who never went without a boyfriend. Being alone made her feel empty. 

A man I love so dearly is locked away in a prison because of the needles hidden in his couch. When his parole officer asked him why he did it, he replied: “it’s the only thing I have left to look forward to.” 

These people are our brothers and sisters. A common thread of want binds us all together. 

We ache, we yearn, and we search for the one thing that will satisfy our souls and quench our thirst for that more we are so desperate for.

I have been there, too. I have drowned my sorrows in liquor. I’ve taken the blade to my skin. I’ve watched the exploitation of our fellow brothers and sisters on my computer screen hoping to feel something. 

I’ve done it all, everything you can think of: I searched for some sort of relief for the ever-present burning in my soul.

I tried to stamp out my fear. I tried to silence my pain. I tried to destroy the gentle reminder of all of the more I was missing. 

Dear one, nothing is going to fill these voids in our hearts other than the One who created them.

We were designed to crave God. We were designed to chase Him and to pursue Him. We were designed to love Him. 

All of the cheap replicas of Him will never fill that hole in your heart. No poison, no blade, no compliment, nothing will satisfy our souls other than Him. 

Put it down, whatever it is you’re filling yourself with. Lay it down at the cross.  Fill your soul with light. Fill your soul with love. 

Fill that God-sized hole with God this time. 

I believe in you. I’m proud of you. We can do this. 

- 31Women (Ansley)

[hisword-typographicverses]

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17b-19 NIV)

[majestyofheaven]

I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs I will go ahead and answer their prayers

Isaiah 65:24

This is the promise of God to us. Even before we have said anything, he has already worked on our behalf. He’s always one step ahead of us. He’s always taking care of us. So don’t lose hope- know that the Lord always hears, and he always- always, allows everything to work together for our own good. Because he loves us. 

[relentlessandimperfect]

I’m a mess of a Christian but Jesus still died for me

[veeslyf]

Though the mountains be shaken    and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken    nor my covenant of peace be removed,”    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:10.

God’s love is faithful, in Hebrew the term for it is “hesed” described as an eternal, enduring and underserved kind of love. We fail God, we fall short of his mercy yet his love remains the same. His promises are still the same for us simply because that is who he is. 

And I thank you Lord, I cannot earn your love yet it is faithful even when I am not.

(via itsreallybad)

[societykillscreativity]

Where did the idea come from that being a follower of Christ means pretending to be happy all the time? Did you know that it’s okay to be real? It’s okay to be honest with God and others about how you feel (see the Psalms in the Bible). You aren’t doing anything wrong by feeling and expressing sorrow; you’re just being human. The key is to not let it hold you back. Move forward and “press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Messiah Yeshua” (Philippians 3:14). Let yourself feel sad, but maintain your hope in the Lord and continue to move forward.

Passion for Truth Ministries (via societykillscreativity)