God First ♡

philippians 1:6

[holytemple]

God expects a lot out of us, but the good news is He never expects anything He doesn't first give us. He shows us mercy, then says, "Be merciful." He forgives us, then says, "Forgive others." He first makes us right with Him, then says, "Act right."

— Joyce Meyer

[dianasays]

“You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.”

— Junot Díaz 

[woodsandhearth]

[gratitudechangesthings-deactiva]

We struggle with forgiving because we have expectations on people to be perfect for us because we know it is what we seek the most, because it is what we lack the most. That is only found in Jesus, not people.

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, from “Franz Marc’s Blue Horses”, Blue Horses

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[the-soul-doctor]

[fiery-blue-firefly]

“With Jesus, if we want to gain, we must give up. If we want to be filled, we must deny ourselves. If we want to truly get close to God, we’ll have to distance ourselves from other things. If we want to conquer our cravings, we’ll have to redirect them to God.”

— Lysa TerKeurst

[hisunfailinglove]

“Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.”

—John Bunyan

[eternal-echoes]

“Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ Himself.”

— St. Ignatius of Antioch (via existential-saint)

[alwaysguardyourheart]

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[jesustureinas]

[delta-breezes]

[syro-malabar-baby-deactivated20]

That tiny itch inside your Soul that makes you feel like you need to pray is put there by God.

Prayer is always initiated by God, please answer Him - talk to Him, even if it is silence. He loves your silences - silences with God is never in vain and no prayer is left unanswered.

Prayer is always a response, it doesn't need to be colorful and extravagant all the time. Especially if you haven't prayed in a really long time - start with silence - you and God can work your way up from there.