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About Christina

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Blessings to all that are viewing this. My name is Christina Cruz-Mendez. I am a Senior Pastor at Mission United International Church in Yonkers, NY working along side my husband Juan A. Mendez Jr. Senior Pastor, currently residing in Canton, Georgia. We have been together for 29 years with 2 children that God has blessed us with. Makes us the family of four - "JusChrist4". I have been a Christian and active in ministry for about 22 years now. Through all the rocky and smooth roads in life I am eternally grateful that God has brought me this far in life to share with the world what He is doing in me, through me and for me.

I Love The Lord

I love the Lord with all my heart ❤ soul, mind and strength.  With all that I am –I love HIM!

Selah

Think about that.

Think about that love–that relationship!

What could be more than that?

The LORD appeared to us in the past:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt,
O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out in joyful dancing.
Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Arise, let us go up to Zion,
to the LORD our God!’”
For this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations!
Make your praises heard and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
the remnant of Israel!’
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
including the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor.
They will return as a great assembly!
They will come with weeping,
and by their supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk beside streams of waters,
on a level path where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
Jeremiah 33:3-9

This is for the one that needs this right at this moment.

I miss my cousin everyday.  I know she needed a word.  She needed this life. But now it is gone. Even so she sits before Him. He loved her. The same way He loves you. The same way that we love Him –because He is just that good.  No one else can be or do what He can only do for us all our life.

Maybe you need to read this word right now…there is NO GREATER LOVE!

Now I live it. Even more so, I know it! It is so wonderful.  To experience the EVEN MORE days of glory and bliss. It is my year and my season for the greatest things possible.

God is good.

Love on Him…just HIM and watch and experience the best life that is all yours. ❤

Without Him –we should want nothing. He is our plenitude.

 


444 at 44

What a beautiful experience and scenery here at Guayaquil Ecuador 🇪🇨

Just lovely.

I am here with my husband, son, cousin and some ministers. It is so amazing.

The view was spectacular. We climbed up 444 steps… I am like “Life at 44!”

It’s definitely a new great season. I am happy. I wish I could experience this with the rest of my family. So now I know what direction I want to target my prayers.

So far I am pressed to really work on some serious goal setting. Finding how to execute a plan of action to see the results I want. And also use this approach and method with the individuals God has placed me with to work.

I see the transformation and transition. Although it may be slow at times. It is happening before me. Patience is so tough, I gotta be honest. I can see why I am in this waiting period before the full manifestation.

I need the be conditioned more INSIDE and outside to endure this type of abnormal environment. The type of environment that can change way out of your conventional mindset and surrounding.

But step by step at 44 –I will climb the 444. Of course I will get winded, take many breaks but the entire time of momentum I am gaining the tract I need SPIRITUALLY, mentally and physically.

I need to be ready for the greater what’s next move that God is doing. It is sweet to be here. Hot like crazy, exhausting and lots of moving but with God I can do all things.

What I see is that even if you prepare in such a way for just you, it is going to be about the people. The ones you travel with and the ones you meet. I think I need to get this for real now!

We all made it to the top of “El Faro En El Cerro Santa Ana, Guayaquil” all at different paces, but the thing to note here that was most memorable is that we did it together.

I am meeting so many sweet people. Seeing many nice places. Streets and neighborhoods that are nothing like my current location. This is just wonderful to be a part of now.

These are some serious life lessons to learn. But getting to the top, feeling that breeze, viewing an endless ocean in the Ecuador city was unforgettable. I need this difference in my life.

Still learning everyday. Grateful and thankful. ♥️ 444 at 44 now complete! Let’s go!

“Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for GOD ’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to GOD! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor GOD with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don’t, dear friend, resent GOD ’s discipline; don’t sulk under his loving correction. It’s the child he loves that GOD corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this.”
Proverbs‬ ‭3:5-12‬ ‭MSG‬‬


444 at 44

What a beautiful experience and scenery here at Guayaquil Ecuador 🇪🇨

Just lovely.

I am here with my husband, son, cousin and some ministers. It is so amazing.

The view was spectacular. We climbed up 444 steps… I am like “Life at 44!”

It’s definitely a new great season. I am happy. I wish I could experience this with the rest of my family. So now I know what direction I want to target my prayers.

So far I am pressed to really work on some serious goal setting. Finding how to execute a plan of action to see the results I want. And also use this approach and method with the individuals God has placed me around to work.

I see the transformation and transition. Although it may be slow at times. It is happening before me. Patience is so tough, I gotta be honest. I can see why I am in this waiting period before the full manifestation.

I need to be conditioned more INSIDE and outside to endure this type of abnormal environment. The type of environment that can change way out of your conventional mindset and surrounding.

But step by step at 44 –I will climb the 444. Of course I will get winded, take many breaks but the entire time of momentum I am gaining the tract I need SPIRITUALLY, mentally and physically.

I need to be ready for the “greater what’s next move” that God is doing. It is sweet to be here. Hot like crazy, exhausting and lots of moving but with God I can do all things.

What I see is that even if you prepare in such a way for just you, it is going to be about the people. The ones you travel with and the ones you meet. I think I need to get this for real now!

We all made it to the top of “El Faro En El Cerro Santa Ana, Guayaquil” all at different paces, but the thing to note here that was most memorable is that we did it together.

I am meeting so many sweet people. Seeing many nice places. Streets and neighborhoods that are nothing like my current location. This is just wonderful to be a part of now.

These are some serious life lessons to learn. But getting to the top, feeling that breeze, viewing an endless ocean and the city of Ecuador was unforgettable. I need this difference in my life.

Still learning everyday. Grateful and thankful. ♥️ 444 at 44 now complete! Let’s go!

“Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for GOD ’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to GOD! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor GOD with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don’t, dear friend, resent GOD ’s discipline; don’t sulk under his loving correction. It’s the child he loves that GOD corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:5-12‬ ‭MSG‬‬


July 4th ~ The Game Plan

“God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.”

Psalms 46:1-5 NKJV

You know that overwhelming moment is really bad. It sucks. You can’t process what to do next.

The careless lady behind the counter shared words still stinging my ears as we missed our vacation flight outta NYC!

“You need a game plan!”

I stood thinking in my head, “seriously!”

I walked away and that awful defeated feeling set in really heavy.

Then I cried. Then I cried some more.

Then I wept.

There goes my hope, my fun, my plan, my only vacation just thrown out the window as everyone was now passing me by.

This was such a sad, sad, sad defeat and disappointment. Even though I know God wants to turn it into a win, I felt like I failed… REALLY failed my family 😞

They were gonna have sooo much fun man! The plans were LIT!!! And that’s what I want.

To make my family and friends happy! To see them laugh until their stomachs hurt! That’s everything to me. This wasn’t about me! My birthday! My plan! No it was about them! The ones I love.

And I failed! I messed up cuz I didn’t have a game plan.

But God does!

He always does.

Even if it hurts or when life happens like you didn’t plan it to.

So when I don’t have a game plan, an ounce of hope, a smile or a way through—HE DOES! He will sing over me on my day to tell me happy birthday Christina. You are still in good company. Positive vibes, positive energy and positive perspective. People that are willing to take a disappointed and defeated situation and turn it into the game plan!!!

We will make it work!

God just has it all, I was never or will ever be in control like that. It’s so much letting go.

So here I am. Thankful to be surrounded by people that are willing to laugh through anything… even the disappointments of life. Im grateful. I am blessed. They are doing all that they can –above & beyond folks. ♥️

West Palm will have it’s time. Trusting God for what’s next. The best is yet to come. So keep your head up Birthday girl. Turn that frown upside down and be thankful. All that you need is right in front of you. Enjoy your life.

All that you are is all within you!

Happy Birthday 🎉🎊🎂🎈🎁