I love going to weddings.
The whole ceremony helps me to remember that I'm part of this love relationship with Jesus, and that as a church we're gonna marry him as a pure and spotless bride. During the ceremony, I couldn't help but think of this picture my friend painted for me the day before. He was telling me that Jesus, as the bridegroom, weeps over his bride. And that is the kind of intimacy and love Jesus is inviting all of us into.
Oh, how that melts my heart.

words

Lord, set a guard over my mouth!
"if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman." -Jeremiah 15:19

I know God is refining me (actually he's refining all of us!) to prepare us for what he has in store in the future.
I always catch myself when I say something I shouldn't have said...and it kills me!!
What I want most right now is to have nothing impure coming out of my mouth...i'm not even talking about curse words.
I think that it begins from my heart/ my thoughts.
Help me, Jesus!!

companions

I feel so blessed to have friends who I can minister with. Nothing can beat having friends who will run this race and fight the good fight with you. Not even all the fame and glory in the world.

obedience

God wants simple obedience.

I realized today that even if I don't have this gargantuan faith, if I just obey what he's asking of me God will reveal himself.

The tongue has the power of life and death.

"All revolutionary changes are unthinkable until they happen... and then they are understood to be inevitable." - Theodore Roszak

Disclaimer: This quote will probably have nothing to do with the rest of my entry, but it was nonetheless what provoked my thoughts.

I read this quote in a book and it got me thinking... maybe part of prophetically declaring something is making people believe that (fill in the blank) is possible. Maybe when a prophetic word is spoken, it changes our mindset and our belief system. I think because God knows that we need to hear the big dreams and visions out loud.

Paul teaches us not to view others from a worldly perspective.
"and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh." -2 Corinthians 5:15-16
Because Christ died for us, we are a new creation when we receive his salvation. So although we struggle with sin, we don't call ourselves sinners but we call ourselves kings to the most high King, righteous ones, holy, children of God, Hephzibah, Beulah, and the apple of his eye. Wow...

new blog

I just made this blog. I wanted to start fresh in hopes that this will motivate me to blog more. Hope this works!