Thankful Thursday: Emergency Numbers

It's Thursday and I'm thankful for emergency numbers.

Oh, but not the ones you may think! I'm not talking about those numbers you can call in case of a crisis or natural disaster, I'm talking about Bible verses! :) Yes, I found this quite clever photo filled with "emergency numbers" today when I was browsing online and I simply had to share it with you!

Take a look here:

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Aren't you glad there is a God who is ALIVE, SOVEREIGN and always there to help you? Just call upon His name (Jesus Christ) and you will be saved (Romans 10:13). But I do caution you, God wants more than an emergency situation relationship with you, He wants you to walk with Him daily, to follow Him and do what is required of you as a mortal (Micah 6:8 says to "act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God").

I know that after finding this listing of "emergency numbers," I opened my Bible and started "calling" the verses that can help me with my situation. And guess what? You can too! Prayer is powerful and it works! So before you open your Bible or visit an online version such as Bible Gateway.com, pray to God asking Him to send His Holy Spirit to lead you into all truth as you study His Word (The Holy Bible). And I advise you to do that each and every time before you start reading because the Bible like any other book, can me misinterpreted by the reader. So it's important that you're reading the Bible in your right mind with God's guidance so that you will understand what you're reading and then know how to apply it to your everyday life.

So what are you waiting for? Call those emergency numbers! :) God has an answer to any problem you may face. Believe and you will receive (Mark 11:24).

God bless you!

Love,

Alexis

God gives you what you can handle

I've been going through A LOT lately for an extended period of time and tonight, my mind was losing the inner battle with negativity UNTIL this SONG that I have NOT HEARD IN OVER A DECADE just "popped" into my head. I know it was God speaking to me through song because all I could remember were these specific lyrics:

"I've gone through the fire and I've been through the flood/I've been broken into pieces, seen lightening flash from above/But through it all, I remember that He loves me and He cares/And He'll NEVER put more on me than I CAN BEAR."

Hallelujah, Amen!

I love it when God shows up in the midst of my battle and claims the victory!

So I write this to encourage you in your journey. God LOVES YOU, He is there for you and He will fight your battles for you when you believe in Him. :) I am here to say today that I believe in God and I trust His perfect plan for my life which I know He will reveal to me on His time table, not mine.

How does God speak to you? Share in the comment section. :)

Thankful Thursday: When God brings it all together

It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for God working in the lives those who love Him to “bring it all together for good”! 

"Well, what do you mean?" (I figure you may want to ask me that question).

I mean that God promises that ALL things work together for those who love the Lord! Romans 8:26-28 says (in The Message Bible), 

Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

*Please note that the use of the word "pregnant" in this text is not literal. 

The Lord my God has been working in my life and those around me to bring the pain, hurt, sorrow, situations all together for our good. In the past months, I have been reminded of how God is in control and He can convert the most dire situation into rays of sunlight, He’s just that GOOD! 

I will share details of what I mean in future Thankful Thursday posts on my blog but for now I exhort you to be encouraged and let the Lord fight your battles for you because in the end, God wins! So won’t you choose to be on the winning side?

What situation are you facing that you wish some good would come out of it? Take it to God in prayer and then trust Him to turn it around for you. He loves you with ALL his divine heart and He will NEVER leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).

Until next time, take care and God bless you!

Sincerely,

Alexis

Thankful Thursday: God's Love

It's Thursday and I am thankful for God's love because it "never fails," and it "never runs out on me" (as the popular song "One Thing Remains"by Jesus Culture quotes). 

No matter how many times we fail God, He's there to pick us up, revive and restore our hearts. God is REAL and He is FAITHFUL and He LOVES us with an "everlasting love" (Jeremiah 31:3) and He has promised that if He is for us, then "who can be against us"? (Romans 8:31-39). Nothing can separate us from the Love of God!

So be encouraged! There is a God who loves you forever and He will NEVER give up on you! :)

God will make a way out of NO way

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Thankful Thursday: Purity

It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for Adriana Lima (pictured above) and all the women in the world like her who take the Bible-based stand on purity.

Adriana Lima is a very beautiful Brazilian model most famous perhaps for her work as an “angel” for Victoria’s Secret. Contrary to popular belief about gorgeous models like her, Adriana stayed a virgin until marriage and she wasn’t afraid to admit it to the world.

According to Wikipedia.com, Lima, “is a devout Roman Catholic who attends mass every Sunday. In April 2006, she told GQ that she was a virgin. "Sex is for after marriage," she explained. "They [men] have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me."

And on St. Valentine’s Day 2009, Lima’s wait was over as she married her one true love Serbian NBA player Marko Jarić. Nine months after her wedding day, Lima gave birth to her firstborn daughter, Valentina Lima Jarić (born November 15, 2009) and less than four years later, the happily married couple welcomed their second-born baby girl Sienna into the world.

Women who look like every man’s fantasy (such as Lima) who have the opportunity to travel the world and meet many attractive admirers in powerful places often give into pressure to have sex before marriage. Honestly, women in general—whether considered “hot” or not, famous or ordinary—given the right opportunity and certain circumstance can easily fall into the trap of thinking that sex before marriage is not a big deal and start giving their body to the man they're in love with but not married to. After all, they may reason, there is more to you than your sexuality—you have your brain, your passion, your dreams, your goals. And yes, that is true there is more to you than sex appeal but that’s no reason to give your ‘V card’ (metaphorical symbol for virginity) to the first guy with whom you fall madly in love. It’s also not okay to lose your virginity to the second guy you’re in a relationship with or the third or the fourth, et cetera even if you've waited past the first date or three months or whatever rule society says to save yourself until. 

According to God's Word (The Holy Bible), The only time that it is safe and approved by God to consummate a relationship with sex is AFTER you are married, not when you’re engaged but AFTER you signed the marriage license which is an act to be witnessed by an ordained minister who officiated a wedding between you and the man of your dreams.

Now this message is not just for the ladies. It’s for the men too. In past years, friends have told me that they have sex before marriage because “guys expect it” or they’re “madly in love so it’s okay”. It takes two to tango. So dear men in this audience please do not pressure your women who you’re dating to “do the tango” and you know I don’t mean “dance.” Attraction and hormones are real and yes, people make mistakes when they feel they are passionately in love. BUT it takes TWO to tango and if BOTH parties (the man and the woman) are determined to save themselves for marriage then it won’t be easy but after your wedding you will see that it was SO WORTH IT.

So yes, I am not only thankful but inspired by supermodel Adriana Lima’s commitment and testimony to the fact that when true love waits, the result is not only safe but BEAUTIFUL.