"You were made by God and for God, but until you understand that life will never make sense." -Psalm 16:2
1. You were planned for God's pleasure.
2. You were formed for God's family.
3. You were created to become like Christ.
4. You were shaped for serving God.
5. You were made for a mission.
-Rick Warren
"But I like this girl, this girl, and this girl... I don't know who to go for."
"Don't weigh girls like they're objects." -Jenny Lee
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Hope
God loves you unconditionally.
"but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint." -Isaiah 40:31
Hope is everywhere and in everything. Just as God is. You just need to get that dark speck out of your eyes.
"There is no sin too great, God cannot forgive it. There is no loss, He cannot restore. There is no scar, He cannot heal. There is no distance you can go His grace cannot reach. There is nothing—absolutely nothing—to stop His love and mercy for you. If there is breath in your being, there is hope. There is hope." -K.P. Yohannan
"Just when the caterpiller thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." -Anonymous
"Don’t ever forget who pulled you out of the mirey clay, who took your broken life and made it beautiful & worth something. All we are is vessels allowing THE KING to use us for His glory. Without Him nothing is possible, everything falls a part. I need Him, We need Him; more than a heart beat. His love is deeper than the deepest ocean and more wide than the sky; the depth of His love is so fathomless a person cannot hold it all in at once .. That is why I dance, That is why I sing, That is why I worship, because I cannot hold it in, it has to be let out. I want to be so full of Jesus that it shows, FOR HIS GLORY. Yes, I’m just a servant working in the back giving God all credit; because that is where honor is due, and the fact that I get to be His child, worship Him, and be loved by Him is honor enough for me. I know where I belong, wherever my Jesus is.
Yes, i’m in LOVE. Call me crazy, weird, bizarre; BUT, I never encountered something so real, so life changing, so beautiful, so amazing. I’m in love with Jesus and I’m not ashamed to shout it from the mountain tops <33 Get on the band wagon all the way, something beautiful and pure is coming your way." -Adriana Maravilla
"but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint." -Isaiah 40:31
Hope is everywhere and in everything. Just as God is. You just need to get that dark speck out of your eyes.
"There is no sin too great, God cannot forgive it. There is no loss, He cannot restore. There is no scar, He cannot heal. There is no distance you can go His grace cannot reach. There is nothing—absolutely nothing—to stop His love and mercy for you. If there is breath in your being, there is hope. There is hope." -K.P. Yohannan
"Just when the caterpiller thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." -Anonymous
"Don’t ever forget who pulled you out of the mirey clay, who took your broken life and made it beautiful & worth something. All we are is vessels allowing THE KING to use us for His glory. Without Him nothing is possible, everything falls a part. I need Him, We need Him; more than a heart beat. His love is deeper than the deepest ocean and more wide than the sky; the depth of His love is so fathomless a person cannot hold it all in at once .. That is why I dance, That is why I sing, That is why I worship, because I cannot hold it in, it has to be let out. I want to be so full of Jesus that it shows, FOR HIS GLORY. Yes, I’m just a servant working in the back giving God all credit; because that is where honor is due, and the fact that I get to be His child, worship Him, and be loved by Him is honor enough for me. I know where I belong, wherever my Jesus is.
Yes, i’m in LOVE. Call me crazy, weird, bizarre; BUT, I never encountered something so real, so life changing, so beautiful, so amazing. I’m in love with Jesus and I’m not ashamed to shout it from the mountain tops <33 Get on the band wagon all the way, something beautiful and pure is coming your way." -Adriana Maravilla
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Loneliness
"The LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.' " -Genesis 2:18
Loneliness is the enemy's way of lowering your self-esteem and tearing you away from God. The enemy will tell you lies that make you doubt yourself and be insecure of your relationships with other people and therefore eventually drive you into loneliness. But God reminds us that He speaks only the truth and that all those negatives thoughts are lies and we should seek His voice which speaks above all the clatter and noise of the enemy.
"If you think that you're alone, if you think you're not wanted, if you think nobody is here for you... look up." -Jeffery Gache
The difference between solitude and loneliness is the attitude.
"It hurts Me when you say you're forever alone." -God
Loneliness is the enemy's way of lowering your self-esteem and tearing you away from God. The enemy will tell you lies that make you doubt yourself and be insecure of your relationships with other people and therefore eventually drive you into loneliness. But God reminds us that He speaks only the truth and that all those negatives thoughts are lies and we should seek His voice which speaks above all the clatter and noise of the enemy.
"If you think that you're alone, if you think you're not wanted, if you think nobody is here for you... look up." -Jeffery Gache
The difference between solitude and loneliness is the attitude.
"It hurts Me when you say you're forever alone." -God
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Love
Love & Life - Albert Einstein
Sometimes in our relentless effort to find the person we love, we fail to recognize and appreciate the people who love us. We miss out on so many beautiful things simply because we allow ourselves to be enslaved by our own selfish concerns.
Go for the man/woman of deeds and not for the man/woman of words, for you will find rewarding happiness, not with the man/woman you love but with the man/woman who loves you more.
The best lovers are those capable of loving from a distance far enough to allow the person to grow but never too far to feel the love within your being.
To let go of someone doesn’t mean you have to stop loving; it only means that you allow that person to find his/her own happiness without expecting him/her to come back. Letting go is not just setting the other person free, but is also setting yourself free from all the bitterness, hatred, and anger that you keep in your heart. Do not let the bitterness take away your strength and weaken your faith, and never allow pain to dishearten you; but rather let yourself grow with wisdom in bearing it.
You may find peace in loving someone from a distance not expecting something in return. But be careful, for this can sustain life but can never give enough room for us to grow. We can all survive with just beautiful memories of the past, but real peace and happiness come only with open acceptance of what reality is today.
There comes a time in our lives when we chance upon someone so nice and beautiful and we just find ourselves so intensely attracted to that person. This feeling soon becomes a part of our everyday lives and eventually consumes our thoughts and actions. The sad part of it is when we begin to realize that this person feels nothing more for us than just a friendship. We start our desperate attempt to get noticed and be closer, but in the end our efforts are still unrewarded and we end up being sorry for ourselves. You don’t have to forget someone you love. What you need to learn is how to accept the verdict of reality without being bitter or sorry for yourself. Believe me, you would be better off giving that dedication and love to someone more deserving.
Don’t let your heart run your life, be sensible and let your mind speak for itself. Listen not only to your feelings but to reason as well.
Always remember that if you lose someone today, it means that someone better is coming tomorrow. If you lose love, that doesn’t mean you failed in love.
Cry if you have to, but make sure that tears wash away the hurt and the bitterness that the past has left with you. Let go of yesterday and love will find its way back to you. And when it does, pray that it may be the love that will stay and last a lifetime.
There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
There is no mistake so painful that love cannot forgive, no past so bitter that love cannot accept, and no love so little that we cannot start all over with.
Go for the man/woman of deeds and not for the man/woman of words, for you will find rewarding happiness, not with the man/woman you love but with the man/woman who loves you more.
The best lovers are those capable of loving from a distance far enough to allow the person to grow but never too far to feel the love within your being.
To let go of someone doesn’t mean you have to stop loving; it only means that you allow that person to find his/her own happiness without expecting him/her to come back. Letting go is not just setting the other person free, but is also setting yourself free from all the bitterness, hatred, and anger that you keep in your heart. Do not let the bitterness take away your strength and weaken your faith, and never allow pain to dishearten you; but rather let yourself grow with wisdom in bearing it.
You may find peace in loving someone from a distance not expecting something in return. But be careful, for this can sustain life but can never give enough room for us to grow. We can all survive with just beautiful memories of the past, but real peace and happiness come only with open acceptance of what reality is today.
There comes a time in our lives when we chance upon someone so nice and beautiful and we just find ourselves so intensely attracted to that person. This feeling soon becomes a part of our everyday lives and eventually consumes our thoughts and actions. The sad part of it is when we begin to realize that this person feels nothing more for us than just a friendship. We start our desperate attempt to get noticed and be closer, but in the end our efforts are still unrewarded and we end up being sorry for ourselves. You don’t have to forget someone you love. What you need to learn is how to accept the verdict of reality without being bitter or sorry for yourself. Believe me, you would be better off giving that dedication and love to someone more deserving.
Don’t let your heart run your life, be sensible and let your mind speak for itself. Listen not only to your feelings but to reason as well.
Always remember that if you lose someone today, it means that someone better is coming tomorrow. If you lose love, that doesn’t mean you failed in love.
Cry if you have to, but make sure that tears wash away the hurt and the bitterness that the past has left with you. Let go of yesterday and love will find its way back to you. And when it does, pray that it may be the love that will stay and last a lifetime.
There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
There is no mistake so painful that love cannot forgive, no past so bitter that love cannot accept, and no love so little that we cannot start all over with.
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Guilt
God is not asking you to destroy yourself. He is calling you to repent.
"You’ve repented from your sins and failures, taken them before the Lord, and was forgiven. But have you come to realize the power in that? Forgive yourself.
Stop kicking yourself over and over for your past choices. You’ve came to Jesus and repented, but you haven’t really accepted the truth about what Jesus has done for you yet. You still feel ashamed and guilty over your past and you keep holding it against yourself. The enemy will keep trying to diligently remind you of your past and continue to beat you up over sins that were supposed to be nailed to the cross. If your sins are forgiven, then you need to see yourself as separated from your sins. Stop wrapping yourself in guilt and condemnation. Forgive yourself.
You can go through deliverance, but if you don’t forgive yourself for the mistakes you’ve made, you won’t experience the breakthrough that you need to be totally set free.
Forgive yourself." -Lorryzel Badajos
"You’ve repented from your sins and failures, taken them before the Lord, and was forgiven. But have you come to realize the power in that? Forgive yourself.
Stop kicking yourself over and over for your past choices. You’ve came to Jesus and repented, but you haven’t really accepted the truth about what Jesus has done for you yet. You still feel ashamed and guilty over your past and you keep holding it against yourself. The enemy will keep trying to diligently remind you of your past and continue to beat you up over sins that were supposed to be nailed to the cross. If your sins are forgiven, then you need to see yourself as separated from your sins. Stop wrapping yourself in guilt and condemnation. Forgive yourself.
You can go through deliverance, but if you don’t forgive yourself for the mistakes you’ve made, you won’t experience the breakthrough that you need to be totally set free.
Forgive yourself." -Lorryzel Badajos
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17
"Whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered." -Numbers 21:9
How strange it must have been for the Israelites who had been bitten by a snake to be told to look upon a bronze serpent if they wanted to be healed! But it worked. The venom that most certainly would have killed them lost its power, and they were delivered. They had to look at the thing that caused their pain, gaze upon the consequence of their unbelief. In a sense, they had to confront their sin head-on, acknowledging its existence and its effects in their lives, if they wanted to be delivered from it." -via Alo Galedo
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Patience
“Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience."
"Waiting... it's a gift." -Tito Dino
"God's delays are not God's denials." -Anonymous
"I'm not a naturally patient person. In fact, I'm extremely impatient. But it's definitely something I'm working on, and I'm absolutely sure it'll pay off in some way, shape or form, for everything that I do in future. There are so many things that I wish I wanted right now. But maybe God doesn't want to give them to me now because He feels like I'm not ready for those blessings. And perhaps He wants me to wait so that I can appreciate them to the fullest after waiting for so long. So for now, here I am, waiting." -Alyssa Belle Zaporteza
"God has a vision for all of us, we many not know what it is, but can anyone see the results of the masterpiece before the artist?" -Ariel Bejer
"God works in such mysterious, wonderous ways. You will realize His plans for you when the time is right." -Gerry Pagal
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew." -St. Francis de Sales
"Standing in line can be intensely aggravating. Whether it be waiting at the border or simply waiting in a line at the bank, standing in line can be pretty difficult. Usually, I meet this challenge with my ipod, a few songs, a podcast or a game or two.
"Waiting... it's a gift." -Tito Dino
"God's delays are not God's denials." -Anonymous
"I'm not a naturally patient person. In fact, I'm extremely impatient. But it's definitely something I'm working on, and I'm absolutely sure it'll pay off in some way, shape or form, for everything that I do in future. There are so many things that I wish I wanted right now. But maybe God doesn't want to give them to me now because He feels like I'm not ready for those blessings. And perhaps He wants me to wait so that I can appreciate them to the fullest after waiting for so long. So for now, here I am, waiting." -Alyssa Belle Zaporteza
"God has a vision for all of us, we many not know what it is, but can anyone see the results of the masterpiece before the artist?" -Ariel Bejer
"God works in such mysterious, wonderous ways. You will realize His plans for you when the time is right." -Gerry Pagal
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew." -St. Francis de Sales
"Standing in line can be intensely aggravating. Whether it be waiting at the border or simply waiting in a line at the bank, standing in line can be pretty difficult. Usually, I meet this challenge with my ipod, a few songs, a podcast or a game or two.
But today was different. Instead, I chose not to go with my Ipod. I chose to wait and to stand as silently. It was a weirdly interesting experience. In 15 minutes,
- I made faces at an infant.
- I helped direct an elderly lady to another line.
- I smile a young person that looked like he was having a bad day.
I don’t want to sound pretentious, but I felt a lot better by not hiding behind my headphones. I was able to interact with those around me and possibly make things better simply by choosing to wait, by choosing to stand and not succumb to a desire to be entertained. All of these graces were had simply by waiting.
Sometimes, waiting is forced upon us and it an be difficult, but when a choice is made to deliberately do whatever is required (ie: wait, stand in line etc), I find there is a grace to be had that increases patience a hundred fold. Instead of being in a rush, choose to wait, choose to be a patient, and turn something that is seemingly irritable into an act of kindness.
Patience then, isn’t merely a quality, it’s a choice.
A choice that requires and rewards ultimately with grace." -Richie Aldaba
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