Love is Real. Redemption is Real. God is Real.

    Pray for the hurting and broken. They hide behind their dark clothes, music, makeup and masks. They hide in our everyday lives. They hide within our own families. They hide behind hostile eyes. Behind lies. Behind smiles. But they want to be FOUND, they want to be SAVED, they need YOU to be the one to care enough to bring them to God and His Love and peace. There is hope. Rescue is real. Don't lose faith. You are 'fearfully and wonderfully made'. 

   You are beautiful. You can be saved. You are offered His Grace.  "In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress."  Psalm 71:1-3.

    "For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness our sins." Colossians 1:13-1

Who We Are

We are all God’s children. And every single one of us is loved unconditionally, which means no matter how much we fall away from His Teachings, He’s still waiting for us to turn and run back to Him. There is always going to be a pair of open arms for us to crawl into and be sheltered from the world, even if we can’t see them. There forever will be Someone to wipe away every single tear, even if we’re still crying. He’s promised to always be here, even if we don’t trust Him to catch us when we choose to fall. Darkness flees from the Light, same as the torments of your life will when you give God ultimate control. So don’t ‘fit in’, don’t lose the definition of who you are for the world’s benefit. Don’t think that the only way out is to fall into the traps and trials set before you. Don’t change what you are, a Child of the Most High, for ANYONE. Our lives can be ended so easily that it is scary to think one minute we’re here and the next we’re before God’s throne. That’s why we have to make it count in the small amount of time we’re given. Nothing we will ever do will make us better than anyone else. But that doesn’t mean we should conform to a fallen world. We have to stand up in it, be proud to be His sons and daughters, yet be humble enough to realize we’re no better than those we witness to. We have Christ inside of us only because He sacrificed Himself for our sins, and offered us forgiveness and Grace so we may have the highest honor and undertaking to call ourselves Christians, reflections of Christ Himself. He’s as present and powerful today as He ever was. Your friends, your teachers and even your enemies will see Him in you and ask themselves ‘what makes him/her different?’, and in that little thought the gates of their mind and heart will be opened enough to let God in. That is our calling. “Go into the World and preach the good news to all creation.” In His name we will “drive out demons, speak in new tongues, place our hands on snakes and not be poisoned, lay hands on the sick and they will get well.” (Mark 16:15-18.) We have the power of the Holy Spirit. We have the opportunities through our everyday lives. We have His Promises. All we lack is the courage and faith to be the Lions we are called to be. We are meant to dance and sing when others are silent and act when others are afraid. We are to pray in Jesus Christ’s name while others curse in it. See the world through His eyes and act with His hands, listen through His ears and speak in His words. Take Courage in being His Warriors, courage to face the world and bring others to Him. Take Pride and Honor in the life and body He has given us, by using it to His glory. Take Comfort in knowing the most powerful, evermore being in existence has YOUR best interest at heart. Know you are Loved by the Promises of His Word and the beauty of His Grace. And take Peace, my friends and comrades in our Lord, in the thought that no matter the hell this life may seem like, by the healing Blood of Jesus, you’ve been promised a Heaven that will last for eternity.

With my Love and His, Arial ~ Lioness of God.

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God’s Glory can shine through

           

 

“Let no man despise your youth; but be you an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.” ~1st Timothy 4:12 AKJV. You are never too young, weak, broken, or lost that God can't use you for His Glory. He will always take you into His sheltering arms if you seek Him.

What Matters

What happened and happens with our bodies will one day be meaningless. We will no longer bear these scars. Whether we have been abused by ourselves, or others.

 

Our bodies are called to be the temple of the Lord, but we all fail in one way or another, by our doing or someone else’s, to defile this temple. If we've in our flesh have been beaten, stolen, taken, given, marred, one day these things will cease to exist.

 

All the pain and guilt. All the lies and hate. Everything that hurt us. Everyone that hurt us. Including our own choices.

 

Drugs, sex, alcohol, abuse, all these horrible yet real things… Family members we are forced to share blood with, yet who we would rather not share a continent with. People who promised love. Yet left us broken. Choices we made. Choices, we only wish we could take back.

 

None of it will bear consequence, not in the next world.

 

Not when He returns.

 

"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Rev. 21:4

 

It is only those that we willingly shared our heart, spirit and soul with who we shall hold dear, and who shall matter. These are the ones we are bound to. Not the flesh, but the spirit. Including God Himself.  Anyone, that we shared true love with, love that forgives, love that prevails. They effected our heart, spirit and soul. And that is all that matters.

 

Because, one day, those will be all we have left of our time on this earth. ♥

"Give God the Glory"

Galations 1, NKJV,

Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Paul knew first and foremost to Give God the Glory, and recognize and honor His ultimate Will. We, in our lives, must strive to do the same, if we are ever to find peace within ourselves, no matter the chaotic world...

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

If we seek Man's Approval, we will not have God's. In all we do, we are called to do it unto Him.

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

Even Paul had to ask for God's Spirit. To truly receive the Lord, we must first pray Him into our Hearts and Lives. When we do so, we are separated from the world, called to a High Purpose.

Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preach the faith which once he destroyed. And they glorified God in me.

When we are praised for our Joy and our understanding, it is not us that is praised, but the Lord in us. "God in Me". No matter how horrible our past, people will see God in YOU, and Glorify Him for it, if you live as a Reflection of Christ in the World.

Where are you?

We see the news. We see this chaos.

But the wars displayed on the flat-screen are only a fraction of the battles fought every day, battles of the heart and mind, battles in the home, in relationships, battles that are endlessly raging in everyone we meet. Where are we in the midst of this hatred and horror? Are we part of the problem… or the solution? How is it we can go our whole day, with nothing on our minds other than our own selfish schedule, and still dare to call ourselves Christians – reflections of the Lord God Himself?

The seemingly hostile eyes we didn’t meet, the mumbled hello’s we didn’t answer, the search for a friendly face amidst the condemning, lofty glares of others that we didn’t fulfill, the subtle cry for help that we either ignored or didn’t care enough to look for hidden within the slowly spoken sentence, out-of-character text, or the ‘lyrics’ on a friend’s facebook post …. Every little decision we make has consequences, not only in our life, but in the lives of the people we interact with. Someone today needed you to be the one to remind them of Joy and Hope in the world. Someone needed to know another human being, facing the same battles they do, had cared enough to listen. People testify to being saved from suicide by some random person asking how they were doing, and then listening without judging when they answered more than the lie (or truth, if you get what I mean) in saying “I’m fine.”

I challenge you, on behalf of our Lord, and His divine Love, to show someone happiness. To be that Light they so desperately need. Give them YOUR Time, Love, and Effort, and in doing so, you will begin to open up their hearts to HIS LOVE. 

By being this Light, by being this Love, you not only allow His Presence into the people and situations that surround you, but in your own heart, and your own life as well.