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This is a poem by Andrea Gibson about the thousands of LGBTQ who...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:39:00 -0400

This is a poem by Andrea Gibson about the thousands of LGBTQ who have been tortured, attacked and murdered called “Ashes”…I’m shaking. Christians, I beg you to live this scripture, because the world will know God by HOW WE LOVE, not by how we condemn… 1 John 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”

This video has helped me so much! Prayer is relational. :) So...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:14:09 -0400

This video has helped me so much! Prayer is relational. :) So important!

I LOVE this new song by Hillsong!

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:08:09 -0400

I LOVE this new song by Hillsong!

"The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes-or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the..."

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:46:17 -0500

“The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon
Turns Ashes-or it prospers; and anon,
Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face,
Lighting a little hour or two-is gone.”

- Omar Khayyám

"Don't drag my past into my new marriage (referring my my mom and my siblings and I). You need to trust God, not your own ideas of what love is. You need to learn how to love your father."

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:21:42 -0500

Actual texts from my father. :’(

Hey there! (: So I saw one of your posts and it was like reading a post I made. I am currently debating on a double major in spanish and nursing or nursing and spanish minor as well. I want to be a obstetrical gynecologic nurse practitioner and hope to work in South America. I studied abroad in Ecuador last year and I hope to move back once I finish college. Just wanted to share and we can question our major choices while knowing someone else is questioning the same thing!

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:33:39 -0500

Hello! That’s really encouraging to me because everyone is telling me I can’t do it! Even my advisor gave me a look. haha I’m just like, “Prove it!” ;) I decided to go for the double major. Here at the University of Kentucky the minor requires so much, it’d be a waste if I didn’t just go for the degree as well. That’s amazing that you studied abroad! I’m studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico for the upcoming academic year! I’m so excited! Do you have any advice about studying abroad!? Thanks for the encouragement! Good luck with your choices!

God, I pray for those that are hurting. God, guide us by Your Holy Spirit to love them with everything we have and everything You are. The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, but YOU have come to GIVE life! And I'm so humbled that You've given it to me. God, I cry out to You. Heal those that have lost all hope and strength. YOU are our only HOPE. I love You so much Father, but I only know love, because You first loved me. God, if people just knew Your love, Your presence for one minute they would be forever transformed. They would be saved. God, FILL this place with Your Spirit, that people would be saved! I pray in Jesus' Holy Name, Amen

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:43:22 -0500

How I Feel

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:05:00 -0500

He tortured and cursed me and wished I was dead,

And I still had the faith that he’d learn.

I pray and I cry and I offer my hand,

And he rips open my heart yet again…

The good news is that my faith and love for God, the Healer is stronger than what I feel! I rejoice in the Hope that I have found in Christ Jesus. “weeping may remain for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5b

Emotional Rollercoaster

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:32:41 -0500

This morning my father told me through a text message that God had led him to remarry and that last week he married this Romanian woman I’ve never met a week after the divorce of my parents was finalized. He had been dating her for months before the divorce. Yesterday he took two of my siblings with him to Chicago to meet up with his new wife and to take her back home with him. I now have a stepmother and a stepbrother (her 12 year old son from her previous marriage) and all I know about them is their ages, names and I’ve seen one picture. I swear my life could be a Hollywood movie. He also sent me a picture of him with a bouquet of flowers for the wife he’s madly in love with. When I read the message I was so shocked. I thought I was hallucinating and it took me a while to take in. I had been having nightmares about this for a while. I couldn’t believe it actually happened. I experienced every emotion possible today. Thanks to friends, the Body of Christ and my mother, my mother and I are hopeful. We worshiped and prayed and read scripture. God is our rock and our salvation. He is our only hope. I’m so thankful that He is with me. You can pray for us. Thanks!

John 16:33

THIS IS AMAZING! I was shaking while watching this. Brave New...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:57:23 -0500

THIS IS AMAZING! I was shaking while watching this. Brave New Voices Poet

Study Abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico!

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:28:45 -0500

I will be attending the University of Oaxaca (Mexico) for the school year of 2013-2014!!!

I am beyond excited and beyond thankful that God has given me this opportunity. Thank you for all of your prayers. Praying for God’s mission for me there and how I can serve the community and my homestay family while I’m there.

Ahhh! I just had my Spanish oral exam. I was praying that I'd get the topic about "What is happiness/joy and how can people overcome depression?" so that I'd get to share the gospel with my professor and share about my relationship with God and guess what? That's the topic I got! God is so amazing! :)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:56:00 -0500

This is so amazing and convicting! How could we not tell people...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:55:00 -0500

This is so amazing and convicting! How could we not tell people that we have found God, salvation, a relationship with Him that anyone can have and God in fact wants to have with everyone!?!?! How can we keep living as slaves to sin, when by the BLOOD of Jesus Christ our LORD we’ve been set free!?!?

Romans 6:11-14 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

3 Day Fast

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:02:40 -0500

I’m doing a 3 Day Fast to seek God about my college majors and study abroad. I want to seek God’s purpose for me and if I do live in Mexico, what His mission is for me there. I encourage people to pray and fast, it’s a very good practice that the early church did that can help you to trust in God and hunger for Him. It teaches you dependence on God and discipline as well as resisting temptation.

Acts 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Matthew 4:4 But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Isaiah 58:6-7 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

1 Corinthians 9:27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 17:20-21 For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting.

Awesome God Updates!

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:37:25 -0500

1) I had two night terrors in a row of the same thing, where I was in serious danger. Two of my friends and I prayed for God’s protection. I was in a car accident that totaled THREE cars and NO ONE got hurt!

2) My grandpa was in the ER and we prayed for healing, and he was back home within a couple days!

3) I had a repeating message in a dream for a man at my church, so I prayed about it, talked to my spiritual leaders about it and did a Bible study on the topic. I decided to tell him and give him the Bible study I did. He thanked me, because he had been praying for clearer direction from God!!! We prayed together as well.

4) My sister has been going to church!!!

5) I’ve been talking with this friend and she says that she wants to know God, but she doesn’t know how to pray. Pray for her!

Freedom from Fear of Death by Billy H.

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:46:00 -0500

Freedom from Fear of Death by Billy H.:

“This pain should not exist.” (Talking about what Jesus felt when He wept)

God knows our pain and He’s angry that it exists. He took it all on the cross, so that we could be free from it. Trust in Jesus, and surrender your pain to Him, He will set you free in Jesus’ name. The joy of the LORD is our strength. (Nehemiah 8:10) Even when we go through extreme pain, the deep joy and hope that comes from the Holy Spirit ALWAYS overcomes the darkness.
Stay strong and stay faithful! :) I love you! THANK YOU GOD!!!

"Why Won't You Let Anyone Care About You?!"

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:22:48 -0500

This was yelled in my face yesterday by a guy. And it hit me when he said it, how true this is. I’m so frustrated with myself. I keep pushing people away, even when I deeply care about them. It’s also the reason why I won’t even get into relationships with guys, not even good friendships. I just can’t handle giving someone my heart and them tearing it apart. I really can’t. I’m way too emotional. :( Get over yourself Mary!!!

No lo sabia que Jaguar-U (el vlogger mexicano) es cristiano! Que...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:01:00 -0500

No lo sabia que Jaguar-U (el vlogger mexicano) es cristiano! Que bueno que hizo este video! Y gracias a Dios por los fuegos! ;)

Wow! What a great Father we have! :) Many Christians struggle...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:25:21 -0500

Wow! What a great Father we have! :) Many Christians struggle with this. Brothers and sisters, the truth sets us free and our identity is in Christ! Thank God! :)

He has paid the highest price, He has proven his great love for...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:20:41 -0500

He has paid the highest price,
He has proven his great love for us
We will praise him with our lives,
and proclaim our love for Him!!!