Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a video that circulated a few years ago. Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus is one of the best spoken words I’ve ever heard! This video is a great reminder of how we’re called to live as Christ followers. Check it out! 🙂
There are some days I just want to give up. I just want to wave a little white flag and surrender to life. I just want to lay in bed all day, watch Netflix and never worry about anything. Then God reminds me… Hannah, you have a purpose for your life!
“So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.” Galatians 6:9 NLT
Maybe you’re being bullied at school or feeling captured by the sin in your life… Keep On! God has a plan for you. In fact He will give you the strength to keep on!
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” James 1:12 ESV
No one likes to suffer. No one likes to be bullied but we can hold on to the promise that after suffering and enduring we receive hope… Hope because Jesus has a plan for our lives. Suffering for a short time only to restore, support, and strengthen you.
“In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.” 1 Peter 5:10 NLT
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“More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:3-5 ESV
So if you needing strength today… Simply ask God for strength. Tell Him you can’t do this on your own and you need His help. Have a blessed Thursday!
“For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” Hebrews 10:36 ESV
I was listening to the song “Came To My Rescue” by Hillsong the other day and after singing this song too many times to count, a part of the song became real… It was like I’d never heard the song before.
“In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high”
Over the week I really began to think about this. Is He being lifted high in my life? World? Love? I became very convicted. So here’s a few things I thought about.
“In my life be lifted high”
Is He being glorifed in every aspect of your life? What does your day look like? How much time do you spend on twitter, Instagram, Worrying? How much time do you spend praying, reading the Word, trusting God? Do your actions reflect Jesus? Do you say you’re a Christian, even have a Bible verse in your Insta bio but cuss, go to parties, wear that dress that’s WAY too short, defile your body, or even have a sexual relationship with your boyfriend? See those things don’t bring glory to God… We are not means ever going to be perfect BUT friends we MUST try to be like Jesus and we all know Jesus wouldn’t be doing ANY of that!
“And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the father.” Colossians 3:17 NLT
“In our world be lifted high”
We live in a God-less world. You don’t have to look far to see sin in the world… But as Christians that’s sometimes where we stop. We see the bad and don’t do anything about it. We don’t try to set a higher standard. We don’t try to fight what society is telling us is “normal.” We sit back and complain about the state we’re in. Since when did that solve anything? One of the most frustrating things is when someone complains about something but they aren’t willing to take any actions to make a change. We must be willing to act if we want to see change. Want to see a change in your friends? Be the change. Want to see a change in your school? Find people like-minded as you and be the change. Want to see change in your community? Be the change! Through God, we can make a difference in our world so He can be lifted high!
“In our love be lifted high”
Everything Jesus did was intentional. He was intentional because everything He did was to bring glory to the father. Jesus threw conventional love out the window. He calls us to love the unlovable, hurt, heartbroken, and messed up people. If you’re truly a Christ follower, is He being lifted high in your love? Are you loving those people? I mean I understand that there’s that guy in your class that drives you up the wall… I get it, but you drive someone up the wall. Jesus loves you as much as he loves crazy guy. I mean love was so central to Jesus’ life that he said that loving God was your first priority and your second was to love your neighbor as your self (Matthew 22:36-40). May the way your love towards others point them to Christ.
“And may the Lord make your love grow an overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you. As a result, Christ will make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy when you stand before God our Father on that day with all those who belong to him.” 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 NLT
I pray that Jesus is lifted high in your life, world, and love today. Happy Tuesday!
Happy Friday! I have Monday off from school so I’m excited to get an extra long weekend. 🙂 Todays post is about a really awesome book I read a few weeks ago. Epic by John Eldredge is a mini book. The book is, “The story God is telling and the role that is yours to play.” Epic answers some of life’s biggest questions… What is my role on earth? Who is God? What does He mean to me?
http://www.amazon.com/Epic-The-Story-God-Telling/dp/0785288783
I would highly recommend this short read! Happy weekend!
Happy Thursday! Today’s post is one of my favorite videos. Check it out. 🙂
“But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of he grave.” Psalm 49:15 NLT
Thanks for reading!
I go to a very compassion driven church. We are constantly serving in some sort of way. Whether its single moms, abused foster kids, or orphans in India, we’re serving someone! Because of this culture, serving has become a huge part of my life. I want those who are in difficult times to know that Jesus loves them and He hasn’t forsaken them.
I have a heart for the homeless. I think that so many of them lose hope (because of their living condition) and this couldn’t be more saddening. Jesus never ever gives up on these people, but so many of them don’t realize this.
Over the weekend I went with a group of kids from my youth group to Downtown Dallas to serve the homeless with some hygiene and food items. We had all the items in backpacks and as we walked around we gave away the backpacks. We had the opportunity to pray with a lot of them too. It’s really interesting to talk to the homeless because you find out you actually have a lot in common with them.
I had the privilege of meeting a sweet man named Larry. Larry looked like a normal dude. He had on very normal clothes. Normal haircut. As I was talking to Larry he began to tell me his story. He was from California and had been a drug dealer for 19 years. He had gone to jail, which forced him to get sober, and found the Lord. Once Larry was released he came to Dallas to start somewhere new. He has only been living in Dallas for 2 weeks and currently lives in a shelter but is in search for a permanent living situation.
By the end of our conversation I realized that his story is much like mine. We’re both sinners in need of Jesus! Even though I’ve never sold drugs or served jail time, we are so much alike.
My point in sharing this with you is to share how important serving is. We get caught up in one point of view of life and forget that not everyone grew up in church like us, or go to Christian schoo,l or have iPhones. When you serve, you become humbled. You learn that you aren’t better than the drug addict on the streets. You have sin in your life too! If you don’t currently serve, find a way to serve someone! Maybe you can get a group of friends together and hand out free water at the mall or offer prayer to people waiting in hospital waiting areas. Maybe it’s serving your mom or dad by putting your dishes into the dishwasher. Don’t get overwhelmed feeling like you have to do this huge service project. Start small and see where God takes you from there.
“Don’t just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. Never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically.” Romans 12:9-11 NLT
This is a hard one… Love others. Like really love them. Love them even though you may have different opinions. Love them even though you may not agree with how they are living their life. Love them through it ALL. Hate what is wrong… Yes hate it and do not take part in it but continue to love people even if you hate that they are doing wrong. Take delight in honoring each other. What does that even mean? Delight means to take pleasure in. So make it your pleasure to honor each other. This could be like complimenting someone’s shoes or maybe how they include someone. Never be lazy because we are to serve the Lord in everything we do!
Try loving someone who is usually hard to love. Honor your friends. Serve the Lord enthusiastically. It’s your call!
Happy Thursday!
“It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” –Henry David ThoreauÂ
I tweeted this quote a last week and I just can’t stop thinking about it. It is not enough to be busy. We must ask ourselves what we are busy about. Are we busy with sports or social media or our boyfriend or school? Has God taken the sideline in your busy schedule?
“Whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, you must do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 NLT
 This verse gets me every time… WHATEVER you do, do it for the glory of God. So this includes time management. Sometimes I lay in bed at night thinking about all the opportunities I missed because I was “too busy” to reach people. I mean if you are a Christian every moment of your day should be spent intentional, right? Did you even have time to think about God today?
I am by no means saying I’ve got this all down either. I don’t. I just feel convicted personally because I am so busy but I don’t know where my time goes! How intentional am I being with my time? So today think about how you can be intentional with your time.
Happy Friday! Today I wanted to share with you an awesome app called Vrsly. This app add words to pictures. Each day they offer a new design, as well as designs that are offered for an extended period of time. I used the Vrsly app to edit this picture!
 Although the app costs .99 cents I think it’s worth it! You can check it out in the app store. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
“Everything is so weary and tiresome! No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are never content.” Ecclesiastes 1:8
This verse has been super convicting lately. Everything I do is so tiresome. I feel like I’m always tired. I feel like I can never get my head above water. No matter what I have, I’m never satisfied. Nothing is ever enough.
I get so annoyed with myself! I have the greatest hope… Jesus.
No wonder I’m tired… I’m trying to do it on my own. I’m trying to find happiness in places other than God. No wonder I’m never satisfied. Anything apart from God will not bring me complete happiness and satisfaction. I will never be content if I trust anyone other than God.
So this week when you’re weary, unsatisfied, and restless remember that God can solve ALL your problems… You just have to let Him.
Happy Tuesday!
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