Darkness

"I loved you at your darkest." -Romans 5:8

Arise

"Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act." -Ezra 10:4

Why is it that when PEOPLE let us down we're so quick to turn our backs on God?

"People will choose to walk out of our lives, boyfriends and girlfriends will come and go, bestfriends will sometimes become enemies and in some cases even family will turn their backs on you when you need them most. But isn’t it truly amazing to know that GOD never never will. “….Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5). Forsake means to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert. God is never going to abandon us, NEVER! He is the only constant in this crazy thing called life. It took me too long to come to that understanding. It was my belief that people, money, and material things could take His place..and was I ever wrong. There is absolutely nothing comparable to GOD’s love. He can't be replaced, substituted, or duplicated. Don’t ever punish GOD for other people's failures. He is the ONLY one that can and will be there for you always." -Adriana Maravilla

“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” -Psalm 118:8

Lifeline

"If your God’s on the sideline, you won’t be happy, I promise; until you understand that God is the lifeline." -Lecrae

What does it mean to "Trust in God"?

"This means that we must have absolute trust, that through love we can overcome all obstacles. We must relinquish all control in our own lives and allow God to order and lead us without doubt, fear, or worry that things may not work out in our best interest. We must believe that love can break all barriers and change human hearts. To believe in him is also to have absolute trust in his love, mercy and wisdom. To believe in Him therefore, is not a feeling or an emotion or mere recognition that God is Lord of our life (because even the devil knows that); rather, it is a combination of conviction and action. If we recognize that we are sinners and accept God’s help by trusting his decisions, then even if our faith in Him is as small as a mustard seed, He can help us to make it mighty enough to move mountains.

In order to trust God we need humility. Humility clears our heart of pride, and opens it to the word of God. When we accept His word, we have trust in him. This brings us peace. His word also brings us wisdom; because, he is the source of all wisdom. We can therefore, never have true wisdom or peace without humility.

When we do not get what we ask for or receive the opposite of what we asked for, we doubt God. However, we should remember, that he has already given us the only gift we really need, namely, the gift of his own life. Furthermore, he always answers our prayers. He answers them in such a manner, that in the long run it will make us a people with greater faith and love. Because of this, He may not give us exactly what we asked for, or He may delay granting our petition, or may even allow tragedy to come upon us (like He did to Job). If we accept God’s help by trusting His decisions, He can help us by doing what is best for us. We should accept His will without even knowing what it is and (in our heart) allow Him to do whatever He feels is right. When we distrust his plan and want only our own plan, we reject his help."

-man-of-god

Competition

"Winning doesn’t matter when we’ve already won God’s love." -Kim Nguyen

Please

"I still try to please people around me too much and often times, I lose focus on who I am TRULY supposed to please. I get caught up too often in what other people think and spend less time asking God what He thinks." -man-of-god

Hypocrisy

"If you like our Christ but not our Christians, then follow our Christ and not our Christians." -Josiah Terrence Prezkuta

Karma

"But I realized after that God doesn’t always work with karma. Just because I didn’t do anything wrong doesn’t mean I don’t deserve to be taught a lesson. Maybe my life was yearning for more knowledge therefore God gave me an obstacle for me to learn from. And I really did learn." -Kim Nguyen

Ask

"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? ¹¹ If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ¹² So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." -Matthew 7:9-12