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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.
April 12, 2016

When The Red Flags Are Opportunities!

By Christina

imagePraise God… I just came back from such a motivational teaching at a dear brother and sister’s house nearby. I go to give knowing I need to receive as well.

That I did…

She said – “What one will see as red flags; you will see as opportunities!”

We high fived! LOL

We don’t always see good things everywhere, but they are there. Seek and you shall find! That is what God tells us always.

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
Matthew 7:7-8 (New King James Version)

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April 7, 2016

Be Anxious For No-Thing

By Christina

imageWhat does it mean to be anxious?

Dictionary.Com defines anxious as the following:

Full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous. I think lots of times many of us fuss with this common emotion of anxieties.

We feel afraid, concerned, frustrated, stressed out, uneasy, unstable, uncertain and the like. This is our natural state, but we can overcome this too. Can we be anxious for NO-thing that tries to plague us? How?

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April 4, 2016

Focusing Beyond

By Christina

imageOPEN UP OUR EYES TO SEE! That is a strong prayer, often left by the wayside. I see this now.

I left a lot of things in life because I could not see beyond.

All because of a broken focus.

Broken is when something isn’t functioning properly, but we have been given the ability to see clearly.
Some things are sent our way to cause a fog and if we are not careful…If we are not connected to our Lord, then those darts and arrows will work to BREAK our focus!

FAILURE IS BROKEN FOCUS!!!

But the SPIRIT of God was given to us;
For what? TO BREAK… What?
EVERY YOKE!
TO BREAK WHAT TRIES TO BREAK US!

His last prophetic words to us was, “This is a MEGA-Church. In a short time, you will see that.”

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April 2, 2016

That’s Us

By Christina

imageThere is always that one person that makes such a HUGE difference in your life. No matter the time lapse, no matter the distance, you are just forever knit and connected at the soul.

We laughed, cried, warred in the spirit… Grown, shared, fought, YES and got stronger! ❤

You are just that Jonathan person! That would lay it all down for a friend. WOW! That is just deep. Because Jonathan cared more for this friend.

“Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to kill me?” “Never!” Jonathan replied. “You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without letting me know. Why would he hide this from me? It isn’t so!” But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.” Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do for you.””
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