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Struggle: Patience

Isn't it strange that the happy outgoing folk are also broken on the inside? It's like we put up this facade of HOW people see us and HOW people have SEEN us, that we HAVE to be happy or joyful to show that we're not broken. We're broken in sin but not that bad? But it's because we have this perspective of how people view us that we can't show that we are truly broken. How do we become vulnerable to those that have never seen us vulnerable besides best friends and God himself? [I understand we all have struggles. We all deal with them differently. Some are stronger than others, some don't even know they are struggling, some have a great community to run to to lift them up]   I'm just saying the ones who show they are happy, rarely get questioned a genuine "How are you?" because when we see them we don't think it's necessary. But we all need to worry about each other, show our love by understanding each others lives. When listening to ot...

5 PILLARS OF MANHOOD (HOW MEN SHOULD LOVE & RESPECT WOMEN)

JAESON MAE'S LATEST BLOG: (thought everyone should check it out)  http://jaesonma.com/365-days-of-love-day-284-the-5-pillars-of-manhood-how-men-should-love-respect-women/ In our day an age most men are not men, they are boys. Most guys still want to marry their mom, have a women serve and take care of them, are not willing to take initiative or commit in a relationship, most men are still living in fear, not pursuing their callings by settling for “safe” because its easy Women don’t want to marry boys, they want to marry men. Women don’t want boys they have to put up with, clean up after and take care of, they want to be lead, pursued and taken on an exciting life adventure. If you go to most of the churches in the Western world today, you will find that there are very few spiritual men, instead there are many spiritual women. It’s disappointing, but I hear it from women of faith all the time, “Pastor Jaeson, where are the godly men?” The 5 Pillars of Manhood… 1. Lea...

Beauty Eve

DEFINE:  Beauty: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses Beautiful: delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration The world has taken beauty and brought it down to something that is not too significant. Beauty is now so cheap and we're losing the essence of it's form and spirit.  Some thoughts from reading Captivating : Beauty is the essence of God . You can see it through nature . It's the true nature that is filled with the glory of God. It's through the flowers, mountains, gardens, waterfalls, clouds, Summer, and Spring. Beauty surrounds us and it's just primarily beautiful. "Which is to say, beauty is in and of itself a great and glorious good, something we need in large and daily doses." -- Captivating God's creation of Eve is pure beauty, representation of all women. She's is filled with physical and spiritual beauty. Women are meant to be beautiful. [Look at the art work in the museum, filled with...

Encouraging Words

Responses and encouragement to True Impurity to reach TRUE PURITY: Hopefully this can encourage you as much as it has it encouraged me. (one response from a female and 2 from the males side) Female: I hope and pray that you will continue to feel FORGIVEN for your mistakes and actions in the past because our God is a good. He loves us enough to send His own Son down to die for us mere sinners. Enough to forgive us with His grace and mercy and to continue to overflow our cups with His love. Remember that you are a new creation in Him and that you're made new in His image. The old has gone, the new has come . You are indeed beautiful, blessed, and forgiven. Let the guilt and shame never separate you from our God but to bring you closer to His glory through your serving heart. Let His love fill you up and overflow you as a complete woman who is not needy and dependent on men and their affections. Let God break you free from the bandages of lust. I think first things first is to...

True Impurity

I am reading through I Kissed Dating Goodbye and here are my outrageous thoughts/feelings/convictions: (Please beware these are true, honest feelings, read at your own risk in judgement) It brings up many thoughts and ideas I feel I should have been smart enough to decide on my own. I should have been more wise with the bible to figure how I am suppose to act. After reading, I feel I definitely need to say Goodbye to dating and focus on spending my whole life with God. And spending time with His word and His Spirit. I want to say Goodbye so I can be able to serve Him and do more for Him rather than for myself. I want to say Goodbye so that I can be able to continue growing with Him. I want to say Goodbye so that I can continue to learn everything about Him and to learn of where His plan for me is. I want to say Goodbye to all of it, so that I can be pure in the Spirit. And pure in my body when it comes to loving God and one day to love my husband. I need to make sure I know the true ...

Love to GO

To GO: To GO out and do God's Will. To GO out and spread the word of the Good News, share the Gospel. To GO out and spread the love, peace, and hope that God has freely given us. To GO and do miraculous things. But to think to actually GO... What comes to mind? What comes to my mind: "Lord, I want to GO, I want to do exactly what You have planned for me, but right now I need to finish my 5th year of school. Then I promise I'll surrender to You everything that I have." But I quickly realize this should NOT be my thought at all. Who am I to say, "NO GOD, I'm not ready for this YET ." When will I be ready? Tomorrow, next year, 5 years? How will you ever know you're ready until you do it? How can you ever question or doubt God? He's omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient, our Creator, our Lord, our Father. Why doubt? When it's trust - He'll provide, trust - He'll take care of you, trust - He knows what's best for you. You don'...

Hate to Love

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This is probably one of the most difficult to write. Throughout the bible, it shares a story of loving those who we just absolutely hate. It's to love those who have done us wrong. It's to love those who have treated us with little respect. It's to love those who are the utmost evil. It's to love those, those people that as human beings we just cannot love. When we love them, we show we have forgiven them, but as us -- being part of this world, are we ready for that? "Jesus is calling us to be willing to suffer anything and forsake everything for the sake of the Gospel. His call is to love those who have cheated us in business; those who have spread nasty rumors about us ; those who would kill us if they could; those who disagree with us politically, practically, and fundamentally. His call is to consider everything a loss for His sake. His call is for total surrender. He calls us to give up all that we have to give even to the point of offering up our lives as a ...