Philippians 3:7-9 (NIV)
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
Oh Kevin…
10:52pm you know what really grinds my gears
When you get a rock stuck in your bike chain?
Picture this:
You go to bed at night feeling exhausted and curl into your comfortable bed, and wake up still exhausted. Your alarm goes off but you dont want to get up out of the comforts of your bed, so you hit the snooze button. Only to realize that you overslept and missed your bus or ride.
Well now Picture This:
That bed your lying in is sin. You go to bed every night feeling exhausted from trying to keep up with the world and be perfect for people. You wake up feeling the same way. God wakes you up and says come to me! But we ignore him by hitting the snooze button. He keeps reaching and trying to wake us up but we keep shutting him away. Finally God comes around to pick us up and bring you to heaven with him, but your to comfortable in your sin to get up and say God I’m ready, take me! All to many times we do this and miss that free ride to heaven. I don’t know about you, but I don’t wanna hit the snooze button.
Written by Phoebe Bricker.
Photography by Michael Schaffer.
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Anonymous asked: I struggle with being too quiet around my church friends. I feel so awkward and don't know what to say. How can I be more social and feel comfortable doing so?
If your church friends aren’t stuck up Christians, just don’t worry about it. A lot of people are interested in what you have to say, just voice your opinion. Even if it sounds rediculous in your head, it could be very important that you say something about whatever’s going on in your brain. It’ll be worth it in the longrun. and once you get started, you’ll get used to it. :)
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Anonymous asked: I'm feeling alone right now and I have nobody to talk to. I'm hurting and I don't even know why. I need help. There's nobody else. Please.
You don’t need to feel alone. There is Someone out there who is always with you, you just need to call on His name.
I’m not going to preach a sermon at you, but if you ever need to talk, feel free to send us an email. :)
The tears wiped from her eyes…
She looks into the mirror and hates what she see’s.
Her friends say she’s beautiful.
Her boyfriend calls her gorgeous.
She doesn’t see it.
She’s blinded by what the media has put in her mind.
The media that says, “You’ll never be good enough.”
Her corrupted mind tells her that she’s worthless.
She seeks a kind of beauty that only exists in digitalized photos and makeup.
When will she see it?
When will she see that there’s more to beauty than what’s on the surface.
When will she realize it?
When will she realize that true beauty goes beyond skin deep?
When will she finally smile at the person staring in the mirror?
WHEN WILL SHE REALIZE THAT SHE ALREADY IS BEAUTIFUL?
~Mission L.O.V.E.
Daily people struggle with there self image. I know I do and it’s hard because you never like you for who you are. You never like whats staring back at you, you want to change it. Your to ugly to fat to skinny to something all the time. But you know there are people out there who won’t care what you think of yourself. They’ll tell you what they think good or bad. At times too it’s people that don’t like what they themselves are. But there is a God who does love you. And not for what people see on the outside but for what is on the inside. Daily it’s a struggle to even look into a mirror for some people. No matter if they really are that pretty person people see they don’t see that. They see a person who just can’t look past some of the emotional scares they carry. Everyone is different but beautiful in their own way, no matter what others think.
A story…
She closes her eyes, tears are already beginning to slip through her tightly closed eyelids. She can’t deny the fact anymore. She misses him. The thoughts of the life they use to lead together is just to much for her to take. She falls to her knees…as she begins to cry. Her whole body shaking with the pain she had hid so well. The regret is to much for her to put into words. She just kneels there, letting years of regret fall from her cheeks. She knows that she’s made a horrible mess of her once beautiful life. She has come to the point she most feared….The point where she realizes that all this time she has been running from him. All the drugs, lovers, and money had not taken her mind off of him. He was so perfect, why did she leave him in the first place? Why had she been so foolish. She knew all along in her heart that it would end this way. All her lovers gone, the parties all over, all the money spent and finally a blade couldn’t even ease her pain. “Why did I ever leave you” she cries…..why did I ever leave you? She had tried so hard to forget about him and the life she once lived, but the scars on her arms told what words couldn’t. They represented all the times she realized how bad she had messed up, all the times she had failed. But even the feel of the blade to her wrist couldn’t take away the pain she felt now. As much as she desperately wants to go back to him, she knows she can’t. He would know what she had done…..he wouldn’t want her back now. She was the one who walked away and left him and now she was the one all alone. Constant regret aways plagued her mind, It drove her to the point she was at now. On her knees with a gun in her hand. She had though about this for so long. But she had always talked herself out of it, but now with the gun in her hand…everything felt so final. She was more than ready forget all her mistakes and if death was the only way, then she was willing to take it. She takes one more look at the gun, then to herself in the mirror. “I’m sorry” she whispers. She closes her eyes, but before she can bring the gun to her head she feels a hand cover hers. She opens her eyes……..To see him. He has his hand gently over hers and with tears in his eyes he slowly takes the gun from her. She can’t find the words to say. She’s shocked that he’s here. Moments of silence follow as she takes in what has(just) happened. ” Why did you come back?” she barely whispers. His dark green eyes are now brimming with tears. “Because I love you” he softly replies. She begins to cry as she tries to explain to him what she had done, but he quietly shakes his head. “No” he replies ” It doesn’t matter what you’ve done….I still love you and I always will”. Then with a gentle smile he wraps the now sobbing girl in his hands and whispers. ” I always loved you” ~
Forever in His Arms,Katahdin <><
This story was written by Katahdin Ellis, a fan of Mission L.O.V.E.
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