Christrianity

"The Christian faith is not just a religion, it is a relationship and an encounter with the living God." -Father Augustine

"It isn't about God waiting for you and you taking the initiative to find him, no, our God is the one looking for us. He never gives up on us and he is continually trying to find his people. Before you began searching for Him, He was already searching for you." -Father Augustine

"The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life." -James L. Christensen

Procrastination

“One who is a slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.” -Proverbs 18:9

“Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” -John 4:35

"Think of procrastination as a wedge that the devil slowly puts into your heart. At first, you allow a little procrastination maybe with not doing your homework or a job that you need to do. Over time, the wedge wedges in so far deep that it has created a big gap in your heart. What you have allowed is yourself to compromise over and over again.

From what started as delaying doing your work can turn into you getting fired. Not doing a favor for someone that asked you to do something can lead to ill feelings. Procrastination is the start of what could be destruction and behind every little bit of work behind it is the devil.

God calls us to be obedient and do things when we are told, not wait til the last minute. The key thought I want you to get from these next few post is “delayed obedience is still disobedience.” So don’t delay and do it God’s way." -KnowGodKnowLove

"From that point, what was a good relationship came tumbling downhill because of one conflict. That’s really sad but it’s the reality we live in. The Bible talks about reaping into what we sow. If we are sowing into bitterness with that person, we will continue to have ill feelings toward that person and it will be harder to resolve that friendship. Remember the wedge illustration I used in the first part. What starts out as bitterness can turn into a broken relationship that goes unresolved because you and the other person were unable to work things out. Once there is one shed of bitterness and anger in our hearts, the devil uses that as a foothold (opportunity) to break the love that we once had for that person.

Now what does this have to do with procrastination? Everything. Jesus taught that reconciling an offended brother/sister should be done immediately upon our remembrance of the situation." -KnowGodKnowLove

“Settle matters quickly.” -Matthew 5:25

“Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.” -Ephesians 4:26

"The longer we let things go, the stronger those feelings of bitterness and anger become.

What relationships do you need to come to a resolution with? A past boyfriend/girlfriend? A friend you into a fight with? Family?

Go and make things right because delayed obedience is disobedience." -KnowGodKnowLove

Prayer

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 4:6-7

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

"What is prayer? Prayer is our direct line with heaven and a communication that allows us to talk one on one with God. it is the place where pride is abandoned, hope is lifted, and supplication is made. prayer is the place of admitting our need, of adopting humility, and claiming dependence upon God. when we talk to God, we acknowledge His presence and make known that He is BIG in our lives.

We often come to the Lord with legitimate requests for healing, conversions, and needs and yet the answers we hope for often do not come. We pray because we know that God hears us and because we desire to see results. We should pray by faith, trusting God. We should pray consistently, trusting God.

Take some time and ask yourself, “do I only go to God when I need something from Him or do I pray on a consistent basis?” Convicted question for some. Do you only call on Him when you need a job, money to pay that next mortgage, for you to get together with this person you like or for some kind of miracle? Just think if you had a kid and they only came to you when they wanted or needed something and ignored you the other times. Not too cool is it? Therefore God calls us to pray continually and be joyful always." -KnowGodKnowLove

"If someone prays for patience, you think God would give them patience or does He give them opportunities to be patient? If someone prayed for courage, does He give them courage or does He give them opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for their family to be together, does He zap them with warm, fuzzy feelings or does He give them opportunities to love each other?" -via Kevin Solis

"Prayer is conversation with God, but what is conversation without listening." -Grace Alonsabe

"Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I." -Psalm 61:1-2

"You haven’t been praying? Why, because you haven’t had time? But you do have time. Furthermore, what sort of works will you be able to do if you have not meditated on them in the presence of the Lord, so as to put them in order? Without that conversation with God, how can you finish your daily work with perfection? Look, it is as if you claimed you had no time to study because you were too busy giving lessons. Without study you cannot teach well.

Prayer has to come before everything. If you do not understand this and put it into practice, don’t tell me that you have no time: it’s simply that you do not want to pray." -St. Jose Maria Escriva "The Furrow #448"

"Next time you pray any kind of prayer, whether it be for the resolution of healing, or for a house, or for a car, or for a husband, or for a family conflict, or for a solution to a problem, tell Him he can say yes or no. Because in the end, you’re a winner. Every time." -Bo Sanchez (You Have The Power to Create Love)

"The sweetest time of the day is when you pray, because you are talking to the One who loves you most." -via Erin Tangco

"I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God- it changes me." -C.S. Lewis

“Where do I go looking for love?”

"So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man.” -Genesis 2:21-22

"If you feel like you are the only person on this Earth that can’t find a mate, lemme tell you, God has someone for everyone. He looked at Adam sleeping in the garden and saw that he needed someone to accompany him and gave him Eve. Man was not hunting and looking for girls when God blessed him. No, the Bible says man was in a deep sleep.

Now you must be asking, “so you want me to go to sleep and when I wake up, Megan Fox will appear?” No. This “sleep” time is our preparation prior to being ready for that person. This is the time that God wants to work in us to work on character flaws, junk that’s in our heart and a time to get rid of the baggage that we don’t want to take with us when He reveals that special someone." -Joshua De Garcia, KnowGodKnowLove

Let God be your matchmaker.

Destiny

“The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.” -Psalm 146:8

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' ¹²Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." -Jeremiah 29:11-13

"Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning." -Dag Hammarskjold

Forgiveness

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." -1 John 1:9

"The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness." -Pope Francis I

“I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves.” -C. S. Lewis

“If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, ¹¹in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” -2 Corinthians 2:10-11

“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” -Matthew 6:14-15

^“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. ³²Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” -Ephesians 4:31-32

“Lord how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to 7 times? Jesus answered, I tell you, not 7 times, but 77 times.” -Matthew 18:21-22

"You are called to love imperfect sinners, just as God does." -Rick Warren

"In time, people change, some people learn differently than others, some learn by what they are taught and others learn by their mistakes, so forgiveness is a good thing." -Anonymous

"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross." -Colossians 2:13-14

"When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." -Luke 5:20

"As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." -Psalm 103:12

"Forgiveness is not forgetting, it's remembering without malice." -via Erin Tangco

"It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins." -C.S. Lewis

"Forgiveness is a command. Not a suggestion."

We need God to help us forgive.


There is no penance that can fully pay the price of ours sins other than the blood of Jesus Christ.


There is no sin that God cannot forgive.