August 26, 2015

Powerful Prayers

By Christina

SistersSpaDayPowerful prayers can be in many forms. It is not always about how loud you pray or how eloquent the words are–in the end it is simply having a conversation with God and spending time in His presence. Sometimes in conversation we are excited, sad, with fewer words or with many. It really all ranges on the moment. In any case, THEY ALL WORK! Just pray because He hears it all and just wants us to spend that precious quality time with Him. Talk to God… YES! About anything and everything.

“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” Colossians 4:2 NIV

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August 25, 2015

LOVE Never Fails

By Christina

imageA little reminder on my wrist. I cherish this little bracelet, that says in script the one thing that will never fail –
L O V E!

Christian Love—The Highest and Best Gift

If I speak with the eloquence of men and of angels, but have no love, I become no more than blaring brass or crashing cymbal. If I have the gift of foretelling the future and hold in my mind not only all human knowledge but the very secrets of God, and if I also have that absolute faith which can move mountains, but have no love, I amount to nothing at all. If I dispose of all that I possess, yes, even if I give my own body to be burned, but have no love, I achieve precisely nothing. This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience—it looks for a way of being constructive. It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance. Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails. Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.
~1 Corinthians 13:1-8, J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Continue reading

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August 25, 2015

Humility Defined

By Christina

HumilityYour attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: who, being in the very nature of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death- even death on a cross!
~Philippians 2:5-8

This is a true humility [a modest view of one’s own importance; the act or posture of lowering oneself in relation to others, or conversely, having a clear perspective and respect for one’s place in context]. The humility that we learn as believers in Christ. For if Jesus Himself took off His Royalty, was sent down in human (flawed) form, endured all suffering– all the way to the point of DEATH… Then how much more shall we practice this same principle. The bible declares in Matthew 23:12, “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted!”

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August 21, 2015

A Cry For Help

By Christina

cryShe couldn’t stop but cut herself.
Pulling down the sleeves, no one can see.
At night she couldn’t sleep.
The bags under her eyes, no one can see.
She had another drink, placed in her coffee mug.
Carried on the day and no one can see.
She carried off at evening, into the black of the night.
She didn’t come home until dawn.
For she was so withdrawn.
She stumbled in the door, yet no one else can see.
She spent her days intoxicated and all her nights in tears.
She barely put herself together, why even brush the hair.
A total mess in frumpy clothes, and no one else can see.
She took some from the plate.
She took her hand to pull it all before it could digest.
All she did was wash her face so no one else could see.
She woke up in the bed. A stranger by her side.
She took her clothes and ran ahead so no one else can see.
So many things to try to alleviate the pain within.
For when no one else could see, God wanted her for Him. Continue reading

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