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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.
May 31, 2016

Faith, Family, Fitness

By Christina

imageWith Your Help…. I can do anything I put my mind to.

I need to be determined!
More determined, serious and focused.
I let myself go. My goals, ideas and passions.
My drive declined because of affliction… That should have made me stronger NOT weaker. But this is a learning experience for me. If I did it before, I can do it again. This time to be my own motivator with a better focus. In the right way and for all the right reasons.

It is time for me to take serious care of ME!

My devotional today by Shauna Niequist in “Savor” started and ended with this verse and food for thought:

May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands. —Psalm 90: 17

IS THERE anything in your life that you’ve been talking about, but not yet living on a deep level? What step could you take today toward practicing, not just talking?

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May 28, 2016

Let’s Paint It In

By Christina

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I am loving these paint dates! Alone, couples, friends… It’s all a different experience. Peaceful. Laughter. Atmosphere. Contentment. I want to go back. I like painting this way. End result is always astonishing!

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:8

“Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God’s Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.”
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:3-6‬ ‭MSG‬‬ Continue reading

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May 27, 2016

In The Presence Of My Savior

By Christina

imageI found this writing that spoke to my life situation. In the presence of my Savior I live to preach! I live for His glory and to do the pure will of God. There is no other way for me.

In the course of finding those messages, they are a part of my soulish being. It is me. It is what I know. It is what I walk. They go beyond the words, beyond the titles and beyond where He places me.
It is Action! Activity! Activation!

I am passionate about what I do.

I am passionate for God.

I am passionate to do this with substance!

May 24 HOLY SPIRIT POWER
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be My witnesses, telling people about Me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1: 8, NLT). Continue reading

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May 27, 2016

The WOW Woman

By Christina

imageI had brought this message on a Friday night opening at a women’s retreat in Orlando Florida. It was called, “Activating the Queen in you.” I taught about the story of Queen of Sheba taken from the book of 1 Kings chapter 10 coupled with a book titled, “It’s Good To Be Queen” by Liz Curtis Higgs.

Powerful message. So well received.

She is above and beyond the norm. She is activated! She is a queen indeed, worthy of her royal calling.

This was about a “WOW” woman.

These are her outstanding characteristics:

🔹A-arise (a woman that could rise above her situation)
🔹C-courageous (a woman that is bold, strong and fierce)
🔹T-transparent (a woman that walks in transparency and truth)
🔹I-impressive (a woman that was beyond impressive…. Like WOW)
🔹V-valor (a true woman of virtue, power and nobility)
🔹A-action (a woman that could work, fight, move and be effective)
🔹T-transformational (a woman that is also transforming, thoroughly changing for good)
🔹E-example (a woman that could be an example all the way from start to finish) Continue reading

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