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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Baptism
"When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the
water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him and He saw that the
Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him and suddenly
a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased." ~Matthew 3:16-17.
This Bible Passage has an amazing message in it, and I am here to share with you all what The Lord has been saying to me through this Matthew 3:16-17 Bible Passage. This Word came upon me during our church service last week. It was during our announcements toward the end of the church service. Anyway, it was announced to us last week that our church will be having six if not seven baptisms this coming Sunday on July 5th. I've been thinking about that and being all fired up about it this entire week! I can't wait, I'm so happy about this because this is a huge leap of faith and in the right direction for our growing church. When a person becomes baptized, that means that they are rededicating themselves to The Lord and to our church. It also means that these people are getting rid of their old ways and are inviting in their new ways.
This is going to be awesome for me to see and to be a witness of because I was in the exact same boat as these people currently are about five years ago today. That was when I decided to change my life for the better and to die to all of my old ways and fully give my new self to The Lord. It was one of the best feelings that I could have ever had in my entire life. I was cleansed from the inside out on that great day and it is all because of The Lord and what He's done in my life so far on this very day! This was the first time in a long time that I was finally at peace and in full agreement with The Lord. I look forward to the plans that He has for my life in the near future. I do not know what they are yet, but The Lord does and I have a feeling that I'm going in the right direction as to what The Lord has planned for me. It's going to be astonishing and super exciting. My life with The Lord is never dull because He always has an intriguing adventure planned out on a daily basis!
Especially since He knows that I'm in retail. To those who used to work and still are in retail, you all know exactly what I'm talking about here. Correct? I'm sure that all who are reading this blog at the moment are curious as to where all of this excitement will be taking place next week? Well, lucky for you, I'll be sharing this information with you on this particular blog: We are going to have our usual worship and whatnot at the church and then directly after church we'll be going to the YMCA in Reading, MA. That is where all of these baptisms will be taking place. Here's the address of the Church: It is called, Christ the King Church 4 Railroad, Avenue, Suite 309 Wakefield,Massachusetts 01880. The Church service starts at 10:30 am sharp and please do not be late! This is quite the important day in history for Christ the King Church. The music is amazing and really hits home for specific people, so please come and enjoy the service and just listen to some soothing and comforting music.
Should you decide to come on Sunday, I promise to you all that it will instantly be worth it. But on a side note, I'm also stepping out in faith and starting a Young Women's Group, so please come and join us, we'd absolutely love to have you. All are welcome and just remember that none of us are out of God's reach. We all have a past, but it's okay, you are loved and have been forgiven by a loving and gracious God. Thank you all and God Bless! I will talk to you soon and I hope to see you in church on Sunday.
In Christ, Emily
This Bible Passage has an amazing message in it, and I am here to share with you all what The Lord has been saying to me through this Matthew 3:16-17 Bible Passage. This Word came upon me during our church service last week. It was during our announcements toward the end of the church service. Anyway, it was announced to us last week that our church will be having six if not seven baptisms this coming Sunday on July 5th. I've been thinking about that and being all fired up about it this entire week! I can't wait, I'm so happy about this because this is a huge leap of faith and in the right direction for our growing church. When a person becomes baptized, that means that they are rededicating themselves to The Lord and to our church. It also means that these people are getting rid of their old ways and are inviting in their new ways.
This is going to be awesome for me to see and to be a witness of because I was in the exact same boat as these people currently are about five years ago today. That was when I decided to change my life for the better and to die to all of my old ways and fully give my new self to The Lord. It was one of the best feelings that I could have ever had in my entire life. I was cleansed from the inside out on that great day and it is all because of The Lord and what He's done in my life so far on this very day! This was the first time in a long time that I was finally at peace and in full agreement with The Lord. I look forward to the plans that He has for my life in the near future. I do not know what they are yet, but The Lord does and I have a feeling that I'm going in the right direction as to what The Lord has planned for me. It's going to be astonishing and super exciting. My life with The Lord is never dull because He always has an intriguing adventure planned out on a daily basis!
Especially since He knows that I'm in retail. To those who used to work and still are in retail, you all know exactly what I'm talking about here. Correct? I'm sure that all who are reading this blog at the moment are curious as to where all of this excitement will be taking place next week? Well, lucky for you, I'll be sharing this information with you on this particular blog: We are going to have our usual worship and whatnot at the church and then directly after church we'll be going to the YMCA in Reading, MA. That is where all of these baptisms will be taking place. Here's the address of the Church: It is called, Christ the King Church 4 Railroad, Avenue, Suite 309 Wakefield,Massachusetts 01880. The Church service starts at 10:30 am sharp and please do not be late! This is quite the important day in history for Christ the King Church. The music is amazing and really hits home for specific people, so please come and enjoy the service and just listen to some soothing and comforting music.
Should you decide to come on Sunday, I promise to you all that it will instantly be worth it. But on a side note, I'm also stepping out in faith and starting a Young Women's Group, so please come and join us, we'd absolutely love to have you. All are welcome and just remember that none of us are out of God's reach. We all have a past, but it's okay, you are loved and have been forgiven by a loving and gracious God. Thank you all and God Bless! I will talk to you soon and I hope to see you in church on Sunday.
In Christ, Emily
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Struggling
"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under
heaven: A time to be born, and A time to die; A time to plant, and A
time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, and A time to heal; A
time to break down, and A time to build up; A time to weep, and A time
to laugh; A time to mourn, and A time to dance; A time to cast away
stones, and A time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and A time to
refrain from embracing; A time to gain, and A time to lose; A time to
keep, and A time to throw away; A time to tear, and A time to sow; A
time to keep silence, and A time to speak; A time to love, and A time to
hate; A time of war, and A time of peace." ~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
Is anyone else struggling at the moment just like I am? If the answer is yes, then please come and join with me as I go to write and pray about the experiences that I'm currently having. I feel like I'm struggling because I am trying to start a whole new ministry and a whole new young women's group and I gotta tell ya that it has incredibly difficult for me to do thus far, especially because I'm not one to go out and talk to complete strangers about this new group that I intend to start at my church. I'm what you would call, "anti-social" and "Socially Awkward." Lately, I have been getting the word out about this new group, and I'm also in a lot of prayer about it recently. It seems like every time a person from the church, asks me about the Young Women's Group, I tend to get aggravated and annoyed. Then in my own head, I'm questioning if I should even bother doing this thing in the first place. I'm trying pretty hard to get this group up and running, and soon. I don't really know what's going on at this moment and especially in regards to this group. Maybe I'm just not ready for this yet. But I am hopeful and optimistic about it in the near future.
The reason why I wanted to start this group in the first place is because I feel in my heart that God is calling me to do this for Him and I cannot disobey Him. Another reason for starting this new group is because I was a teenager once and I know how life was like back then. It was never easy for me because I've always tried to fit in with the others and it just never worked out that way for me. I want to be a good, strong, Christian role model for all of those girls out there who were not really raised in a Christian home like I always was. These young women need to know that God loves them and that they are not alone in this fight. They need to feel accepted, loved, and empowered in this otherwise challenging and unforgiving world.
Both God and I do not want any one of them to suffer like I did in the past. These young women could be the ones who make a really big difference in this world, just like God wants them to do. The smallest act of kindness can instantly change this world around and reach out to those who are lost and unsaved. How great would it be to see the lost come to God? There are times when I just want to give all of this up, but I know and trust that in God, all of this struggling, will be worth all of the fighting for what is right in the end. But we need to get to that point first and foremost before anything else can happen.
Yes, it is a monumental task, but you just need to remember that, "With God all things are possible." Amen? Let's join together and say a prayer to conclude this blog entry.
"Father, how grateful I am for Your Holy Spirit's work and Your precious Word, both of which You use to set me free from my pain and suffering. Thank You for always loving me and never giving up on me. It is a great comfort to know You will never leave or forsake me. You know the wounds of rejection that have marred my heart. You know how useless, helpless, and worthless I feel when yet another person casts me away. So many of these feelings originated long ago and have deep roots. But I am grateful for how You have set me free from these feelings; how You have given me a sense of belonging in Your eternal, heavenly, family as Your own child; how You have blessed me with a sense of worth through Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection, and how You have empowered me to accomplish all You call me to through Your indwelling Holy Spirit.
"Father, I know I must make a decision-either I can believe what others have spoken about me, or I can trust what You say about my character and future. I know what You say counts in eternity, Lord, so I choose to listen to You. Thank You for Your unfailing love and for creating me with a good plan and purpose. Help me to keep my eyes on You. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen." (The Prayer that is in this blog is written By Charles Stanley in his prayer cards.)
Is anyone else struggling at the moment just like I am? If the answer is yes, then please come and join with me as I go to write and pray about the experiences that I'm currently having. I feel like I'm struggling because I am trying to start a whole new ministry and a whole new young women's group and I gotta tell ya that it has incredibly difficult for me to do thus far, especially because I'm not one to go out and talk to complete strangers about this new group that I intend to start at my church. I'm what you would call, "anti-social" and "Socially Awkward." Lately, I have been getting the word out about this new group, and I'm also in a lot of prayer about it recently. It seems like every time a person from the church, asks me about the Young Women's Group, I tend to get aggravated and annoyed. Then in my own head, I'm questioning if I should even bother doing this thing in the first place. I'm trying pretty hard to get this group up and running, and soon. I don't really know what's going on at this moment and especially in regards to this group. Maybe I'm just not ready for this yet. But I am hopeful and optimistic about it in the near future.
The reason why I wanted to start this group in the first place is because I feel in my heart that God is calling me to do this for Him and I cannot disobey Him. Another reason for starting this new group is because I was a teenager once and I know how life was like back then. It was never easy for me because I've always tried to fit in with the others and it just never worked out that way for me. I want to be a good, strong, Christian role model for all of those girls out there who were not really raised in a Christian home like I always was. These young women need to know that God loves them and that they are not alone in this fight. They need to feel accepted, loved, and empowered in this otherwise challenging and unforgiving world.
Both God and I do not want any one of them to suffer like I did in the past. These young women could be the ones who make a really big difference in this world, just like God wants them to do. The smallest act of kindness can instantly change this world around and reach out to those who are lost and unsaved. How great would it be to see the lost come to God? There are times when I just want to give all of this up, but I know and trust that in God, all of this struggling, will be worth all of the fighting for what is right in the end. But we need to get to that point first and foremost before anything else can happen.
Yes, it is a monumental task, but you just need to remember that, "With God all things are possible." Amen? Let's join together and say a prayer to conclude this blog entry.
"Father, how grateful I am for Your Holy Spirit's work and Your precious Word, both of which You use to set me free from my pain and suffering. Thank You for always loving me and never giving up on me. It is a great comfort to know You will never leave or forsake me. You know the wounds of rejection that have marred my heart. You know how useless, helpless, and worthless I feel when yet another person casts me away. So many of these feelings originated long ago and have deep roots. But I am grateful for how You have set me free from these feelings; how You have given me a sense of belonging in Your eternal, heavenly, family as Your own child; how You have blessed me with a sense of worth through Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection, and how You have empowered me to accomplish all You call me to through Your indwelling Holy Spirit.
"Father, I know I must make a decision-either I can believe what others have spoken about me, or I can trust what You say about my character and future. I know what You say counts in eternity, Lord, so I choose to listen to You. Thank You for Your unfailing love and for creating me with a good plan and purpose. Help me to keep my eyes on You. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen." (The Prayer that is in this blog is written By Charles Stanley in his prayer cards.)
Monday, April 27, 2015
The Vision and Deer's Feet
Good Evening to all,
I have a word from The Lord to share with you all on here and the message is based off of Joel 2:28-32. "And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of The Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of The Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as The Lord has said, among the remnants whom The Lord calls." ~Joel 2:28-32.
Basically the message from The Lord will be this: Right now we are in a season of repentance and with repentance, comes cleansing, and with cleansing comes miracles and new beginnings! We are going to see some incredibly amazing things start happening and soon! The Lord says that we are ready and to bring it on! I say Praise The Lord and God Bless! Before I heard from The Lord and was lead to read those above passages, I had just had a dream about The Lord and this is what happened to me in the dream: The Lord was holding me and carrying me in His arms over to a big window and we were looking through the big window at something specific together. It was in a room that was filled with endless light. Then shortly after this dream took place, that is when The Lord told me to wake up and get out of bed and look up visions in my Bible, so I did and He lead me to read the following Bible Verses: Acts 11:5; Acts 11:9; Acts 26:19-20; Acts 26: 22-23; Joel 2:28-32.
In addition to all of this, The Lord had given me another word to share with you all last night during my Bible Study time. He told me to look up Salvation in my Bible and so I did. He directed me to this verse: "Yet I will rejoice in The Lord, I will joy in the God of my Salvation. The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills." ~Habakkuk 3:18-19. After reading this Bible passage this is what The Lord's message was to me: He basically wants to deliver us from our sins and to make us swift like Deer's feet. God is unchangeable and He is training us through all of these tough times that we have been put through recently so that He can teach us that He is our strength, He always has been and always will be. So, don't give up and keep fighting the good fight and continue on this long unending journey with The Lord on Your side. He wants us to approach these things with swiftness and gracefulness like the feet of a deer. Do not faint, always run swiftly, give all the glory to God, and don't stop praying.
In conclusion, he is helping us to learn how to be strong in our Spiritual warfare and work, We shall be swift for our Spiritual race, and We shall always be successful in each of our Spiritual enterprises. He is making us Spiritually strong, He's making us (His Church), spiritually swift, and is making each of us spiritually successful! How cool is that? I say Amen and Praise The Lord!
I have a word from The Lord to share with you all on here and the message is based off of Joel 2:28-32. "And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of The Lord. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of The Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as The Lord has said, among the remnants whom The Lord calls." ~Joel 2:28-32.
Basically the message from The Lord will be this: Right now we are in a season of repentance and with repentance, comes cleansing, and with cleansing comes miracles and new beginnings! We are going to see some incredibly amazing things start happening and soon! The Lord says that we are ready and to bring it on! I say Praise The Lord and God Bless! Before I heard from The Lord and was lead to read those above passages, I had just had a dream about The Lord and this is what happened to me in the dream: The Lord was holding me and carrying me in His arms over to a big window and we were looking through the big window at something specific together. It was in a room that was filled with endless light. Then shortly after this dream took place, that is when The Lord told me to wake up and get out of bed and look up visions in my Bible, so I did and He lead me to read the following Bible Verses: Acts 11:5; Acts 11:9; Acts 26:19-20; Acts 26: 22-23; Joel 2:28-32.
In addition to all of this, The Lord had given me another word to share with you all last night during my Bible Study time. He told me to look up Salvation in my Bible and so I did. He directed me to this verse: "Yet I will rejoice in The Lord, I will joy in the God of my Salvation. The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills." ~Habakkuk 3:18-19. After reading this Bible passage this is what The Lord's message was to me: He basically wants to deliver us from our sins and to make us swift like Deer's feet. God is unchangeable and He is training us through all of these tough times that we have been put through recently so that He can teach us that He is our strength, He always has been and always will be. So, don't give up and keep fighting the good fight and continue on this long unending journey with The Lord on Your side. He wants us to approach these things with swiftness and gracefulness like the feet of a deer. Do not faint, always run swiftly, give all the glory to God, and don't stop praying.
In conclusion, he is helping us to learn how to be strong in our Spiritual warfare and work, We shall be swift for our Spiritual race, and We shall always be successful in each of our Spiritual enterprises. He is making us Spiritually strong, He's making us (His Church), spiritually swift, and is making each of us spiritually successful! How cool is that? I say Amen and Praise The Lord!
Friday, February 13, 2015
He Will Be Exalted!
Hey all,
Here's the new link to my new blogging website: I hope you enjoy it!
http://fashionablychristian.com/2015/02/14/he-will-be-exalted/
God Bless!
In Christ,
Emily
Here's the new link to my new blogging website: I hope you enjoy it!
http://fashionablychristian.com/2015/02/14/he-will-be-exalted/
God Bless!
In Christ,
Emily
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
How to Stay Pure
Good Evening all of my fellow bloggers,
I apologize for being non-existent for a couple months now, it's just been a busy time of year and will most likely get busier as the Christmas season approaches. Anyway, here's this Bible Verses that inspired me to write this blog for you tonight: "How can a young person cleanse his/her sinful ways? By living according to Your Word, Lord." ~Psalms 119:9. and "I will meditate on Your precepts (commandments) and contemplate (think about; reflect) Your ways. I will delight myself in Your statutes (rules;law); I will not forget Your Word." ~Psalms 119:15-16.
My thoughts and reflections on the above Bible Verses will be this: In a society where modesty no longer seems to exist especially in certain younger people, this Bible verse couldn't be more fitting. Honestly, I wish and hope that the younger people of this generation would actually turn to and read the Bible a whole lot more than they currently do. That is exactly what God wants and prays for always, day in and day out. I feel that this is My Christian Mission. It is to go out in this world and try to win more of the young people to Christ. God has laid this feeling on my heart for quite some time now and it is my fears of rejection that is holding me back from fulfilling this call that God has gracefully placed on my life. The truth is that this situation scares the heck out of me and I cannot do this all alone. This is also the specific reason as to why I started the "Fashionably Christian" page on Facebook about a year and a half ago now.
For the longest time I had very little "likes" on that page and all of a sudden in a matter of a few months, I then received over 300 "likes" on this page; I'm so thankful and full of gratitude for all of the fans on that page. We all know that I couldn't have done that on my own, but with God's help, He made all of this very possible for me. So, praise The Lord and Amen to that! Agreed? The fans on this page must truly appreciate and understand what that page actually stands for. I'm thankful for that too. I just randomly started that page to be for fun, but that page means so much more than just that as I'm thinking about it now. God works through me to bring lots of encouragement and joy to those that need it the most, especially during this time of year which can be quite difficult for a good amount of people during the whole Christmas/ Holiday season. So, that gives me all the more reason to keep going even when I'm feeling down on my luck recently. If in the future that I decide to make, "Fashionably Christian" a small, non-profit business, I can only hope and pray that both God, my family, and friends will help me to get through this and to make sure that it will go and succeed to much greater heights than any of us could have ever imagined it to be. This will be for the future of God's Holy and Eternal Kingdom. I once read somewhere on social media that "if my dreams don't scare me, then my dreams aren't big enough."
Well, this is my dream and it does scare me, so I must be doing something right; am I correct? God must think so because He keeps testing me and putting me through certain things that I don't normally do on a daily basis. If this is truly God's Will for this life, then He will make it possible because He always does especially if it is to further grow His Eternal Kingdom and His Word. It will be for the good of His Children and their Eternal life. "Your life will always start at the end of your comfort zone." Amen? God certainly thinks so. In conclusion, we should always reflect on God's Ways because that is also exactly what He wants for us too. As a matter of fact, God wants a lot for us. We just need to abide in Him and He will abide in us. We need to have some faith and some trust in Him and He will reveal more of His Perfect Plan for us in His good timing, not in our bad timing. Now, let's join together in a closing prayer for this blog entry, " God, thank you for revealing and sharing this powerful message with each of us because we in one way or another desperately needed to hear this Word from You, to otherwise make these minor set-backs for this diversely dreadful storm a more bearable time to get where we needed to go no matter how scary or how slow it may currently be to get there from here. Thank you, Lord, We love You, In Jesus' holy and precious name we pray, Amen."
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~Emily P.
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