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Helloo people!!!

I just wanted to share this amazing picture (eventhough the quality is bad...):

Today Belgium won 3:0 against Panama and after the match these 2 guys startes praying! Even the one guy from Panama,who lost, started praying. 

Just incredible!!! Our God really is everywhere!!!

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UPDATES AND HAIRSTYLING

Helloo people!

I haven’t blogged in like so long... sory for that but I have just been extremely tired because of my sickness. Anyway let’s start :)

Have you ever felt like you have done something in the same way for too long? Well if you haven’t (and even if you have) then read this post!

Ones in a while we get this notification on our phone that says „There is a new update available. Do you want to update right away?“. When this comes most people hesitate a while but in the end most of us choose to update because we know that if we don’t update we will end up using a program that is old and doesn’t have new, helpful, exciting features.

Now why do we hesitate? 

Because we are not sure about what is going to happen. We are scared to take a risk and we are scared to have a „failed“ update on our phones. This is why some people don’t want to update at all. But then they’ll just have to live with the old version.

In real life it is basically quite similar. There will be times when we need to change. We need to move with the time. For example in your work you need to keep updated with what is going on in the world or in your church you need to let the younger generations also have a say in things. Often people hesitate with new stuff, new people or new sircumstances because they are scared that the old ones were better but what they don’t realise is that they are losing a change to make things better. It doesn’t mean that everything will change and that nothing can be done in the old way. No! What it means is that you let new things (/people) influence you, your circumstances and your matters. In this way you will not lose anything but only gain new ways, new ideas, new people. 

Sometimes we need to cut the ends of our hair so that it can grow better again. What I mean with this is, that sometimes you need to stop a way of life/stop something and cut it off so that something fresh and good can start growing/happening. This can be something big or something little but you need to do this sometimes.

But then again sometimes you need to fix (/style) the hair. For example if you have run trough rain then you need to dry it again. With this I mean that you need to fix things you are doing wrong. You can’t only stop them and cut them off but sometimes you need to fix them again. Because you might have a good idea of how you do something but the way you do it has become old fashioned or you have lost the essential of your idea. For example if you are working as a teacher and you realise that you have been too strict with your students for the past few months then you fix it by starting to be a little less strict. It doesn’t mean you need to quit your job (you don’t need to cut your hair!) but you need to fix what you are doing wrong (you need to style your hair again).

I understand that change is difficult sometimes and you need courage for it but with God this is all possible :)

BIBLE VERSES:

•John 14:27

•Philippians 1:6

•Isaiah 41:13

Be blessed!!!

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AUTHENTICITY

Helloo :)

I hope your week has been good! Today I want to share something short about authenticity. So let‘s get into right away.

Authenticity means to be real, to be you.

We all know that God loves honesty and He hates lies. 

He wants us to share the Gospel and our testimonies honestly. This means that when you share your testimony (or the Gospel) don’t add things that didn’t happen and don‘t exaggurate on the things that did happen. 

God wants to use you and your testimony for His Kingdom but He won‘t use it if it isn‘t authentic.

He doesn’t use lies, only the truth!

SO if you want to be used by God then be authentic, be „you“. You won’t get anywhere with lies, false stories and trying to be someone else. God made you perfectly the way you are and there is no point in changing that because it will only lead you to lies (and hard times).

BIBLE VERSES:

•Proverbs 11:19

•Proverbs 12:17

•Proverbs 24:26

By the way read Proverbs if you want to learn more about this topic. It’s full of wisdom!

Have a blessed weekend!

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COMPASSION

Easter, easter, easter,...

Jeej, it’s that time again! But what is even greater is the story behind it.

Jesus came to the earth, to our level, just to die for our sins so that we may have eternal life. Who would do that for us except Jesus? 

Many of you have probably heard this thing so many times. But it stays (and it always will stay) amazing!!!

But today let‘s look at it a little differently than the classical „easter surmon“ :)

So Jesus came to this earth. He left the most amazing place where He had everything that you could possibly imagine, where He was „royal“ and everything was perfect. He left that place to come to earth so that we could have eternal life. He lowered himself to our level  and took our mistakes so that we could live, so that we could see the splender that he has (=> heaven). Jesus showed such great compassion that it’s just stunning!

Now in our lives we can take an example from Jesus. 

Everyone has people around them that need help or atleast need someone that listens to them.

But we are so selfcentered. Often we don’t even see that others are going through ruff times because we are so focused on our own little (daily) things like what will we wear, eat, do or how we feel, how we can be the most confortable and stuff like that. But they are so unnecesary. We should rather put our focus on people in need. Focus on how you can help people, how you can show compassion to people around you. It doesn‘t need to be big: sometimes a small message or just a kind word will change someones day completely. You can show compassion even by just listening to them and focussing for a while on their need.

Here I have some little tips for you guys that might help:

-„Lower“ yourself to their level. So I mean understand how the person feels in their situation so that you may help them better

-Speak kind words and encourage them but not by making their problem „worthless“.

-You can ask them if they need help. They might not necessarily need anything else than kind words and someone to talk to but still give them the oppertunity to ask for help.

=>So now while you reflect on what Jesus did on the cross 2000 years ago, also think about what you can do to share that love that you get from God.

Show compassion to others like Jesus showed compassion to us and share His compassion with the world!

BIBLE VERSES:

•1 John 4:19

•John 11:25

•1 Peter 1:3

•Philippians 3:10

Have a blessed Easter!!!

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HIS plan

Helloo!!

I hope your all doing good! :)

Let’s dive right away into the topic.

As christians we all know that God is greater than the enemy, that God is the king of the world. We all know that God is powerful and that his ways are perfect. But what we often question is why God let’s „bad“ things happen to us. Why we need to go through storms even though God could stop them and He could have already stopped them in the time of Adam and Eve.

I have questioned these things a lot but I got the answer now and you need to here this!

So God let’s these storms happen because He wants to show the devil that He is stronger and in control of everything.

We see that even with feelings: when God gives joy/love/peace/... they are so much stronger than the bad feelings/pain we go through. 

He also let’s these things happen because He wants to teach you and make you stronger so that you can be a better witness for Him. Because if you never go through hard stuff, you also don’t learn and you can’t help others that go through the same things.

CONCLUSION: God let’s the bad things happen not to harm us but to build us up and to glorify Him. 

One more thing! The bad things never come from God but God sometimes doesn’t stop the bad things. But God knows what you are capable of and stops bad stuff when He sees you are to week for them. 

His plan is to prosper you and not to harm you!!!

BIBLE VERSES:

•Jeremiah 29:11

•Galations 5:22-23

•Matthew 17:14-20

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CULTURES

Hey people!

I haven’t been able to write in a long time because of my sickness but here I am again :).

Today’s topic is culture. We all come from different cultures according to the country that we are from and our family roots.

I myself see multiple different cultures every day because I live in a city with a lot of different cultures. Even at home we are a mix of several cultures. It is really fun and exciting but sometimes it is a serious struggle. 

You might have awkward situations because you don’t have the same native language in common or you have a different non-verbal communication or...

But we easily judge others for doing things differently than us. People, please stop judging!

There is no point in judging something that isn’t wrong. It’s just different. 

Instead of judging you should be happy that you got the opportunity to learn more about a new culture.

And instead of being scared to face new cultures, see it as a way to learn more about people and the world that God created.

ALSO everyone was created by God our father. So even if our cultures are different, we still have the same father and are one family because of Him.

So let’s love each other and appreciate each others cultures!

BIBLE VERSES:

•Galations 3:28

•1 Corinthians 12:12-30 !!!

•Colossians 3:11

Be blessed this week!

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The Bible

Hey there!

I hope you’re doing good! 

Today’s topic is The Bible. Let’s get into it!

First of all I want to tell you that the bible is not just some sort of old historic book with some stories from the past but the bible is actually a book of wisdom and teachings. It’s a way that God uses to communicate to us.

So why do we read the bible?

- It has rules and tips for our life: these rules God has given to us not to harm and annoy us, but to keep us secure and help us. Like parents give rules to their kids so that their kids will be amazing, smart, well-behaving people as adults. God is that kind of parent too.

- It’s a way to get to know God and understand His ways more.

- It’s a way to understand what God wants this world to be.

- It’s a way for God to show us what He has planned for our lives.

- It has examples for us: other christians that go trough similar stuff as us.

So with the bible God communicates with us very often. 

Trough the bible we are also able to minister to others because the bible is the word of God. We can show people the word of God so that they can see a proof on the words that we speak to them.

Here is God’s communication model wich might be helpful...:

Have a good week!

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Plans

Hi there!

Today’s topic is ”Plans”. We all make plans, big ones or small ones. Now as Christians we always need to involve God in our plans.

Let’s discuss this topic with some bible verses.

These two verses basically say the same: we plan but God will establish our steps.

You have probably heard people say that you need to surrender everything to God and He will lead you, He has a plan for you,...

This is so true! But it doesn’t mean that we can’t plan anything in our hearts. You might have ideas what you want to do. You might have plans. That’s okey! You don’t need to stop planning BUT God will show you if those plans are according to His plan or not. That is exactly what the word ‚establish‘ means (=to get proof of something). 

That’s why you need to surrender to God and let Him be in „control“ of you and let Him guide you. His plans are perfect and everyone wants a perfect plan ;).

Sometimes, like in this verse, people might want to „kill“ our plan. They might push you in another direction, press you from every side, persecute you,... but if your plan has been established by God then those people (or things) will never be able to „kill/destroy“ that plan. Your plan is secure trough God!

Have a blessed week!

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From rich to richest!

Hello!!!

I have a new spot in the bible that I would like to discuss. Here we go!

Read Luke 18:18-30

In this verse a rich man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. 

So in this case (in the bible) eternal life means that you will go to heaven and have an eternal life there.

Jesus answers the question with 2 main points:

1) follow the commandments that God has given

2) sell everything and then follow Him (Jesus)

Now the first (1) point is quite clear. But the second (2) point might be a little hard to understand. Jesus tells the man to sell everything, wich means all his material stuff. For us that sounds horrible to live with ‚nothing‘. I don’t think God wants us to live without anything, or as we would say „in a poor way“. But with this passage He means that He wants us to surrender to Him, to really follow Him without worrying about our material stuff and without putting a lot of worth in them. Often we are so focused on all the material things that we forget God, we forget to surrender to Him and spend time with him. 

He wants us to live for Him and He wants to be our richness. So that we wouldn’t count our material stuff and then say „I‘m rich when I have this and this and this“. 

=> so all in all God wants us to remember His commandments, surrender to Him everyday, live for Him and have our richness in Him.

Have a blessed week!

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Chosen with grace

Hi there!

I have some bibleverses that I want to share. 

Let’s start ;)

What this verse says is actually super clear: God CHOSE you! Not because you were more special than someone else but because He loves you so much that he wanted you for this thing He has for you.

God has chosen everyone for something! When you pray and ask God to show you for what He chose you, He will! Maybe not right away but at his perfect timing. If you think you are not chosen for anything, then you are 100% wrong! So believe you are chosen!!!

You don’t need to do anything for God to choose you! He chose you before you were even born.

But somehow we still all think that we need to prove to God that we are able to fulfill his purpose for us. 

This is a lie. We don’t need to prove anything. God chose us because he already knew that we will be able to do that task. He also knew that we will fail sometimes. That’s why he gave us GRACE.

=> So remember that you have a purpose and that you are perfect for that task. You don’t need to prove it anymore because you already have God’s approval since the day you were born.

Have a blessed week!!!

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Religion vs Relationship

Hey guys!

I hope your 2018 started well :)

Let’s get right away to the point.

Many of you have probably heard this statement: „I hate religion but love relationship“ (relationship in the meaning of a relationship with God) or something like that. Well I have heard this like so many times!

Personally I don’t really like it. So today I’m going to explain this. 

People say this because often when we think of religion, we think of rules, regulations and maybe even „old“ stuff. But that isn’t the truth. Religion, in this case  christianity, is actually based on a relationship to God that we have in wich God grants us grace when we are not able to keep his rules (because we are human). There still are rules (even in the relationship) that we need to keep. They are not to harm us or annoy us but simply to make our lives easier (/to take care of us). 

So you can’t divide religion and relationship.

In order to call yourself a „true“ christian you need to have that relationship with God.

It doesn’t matter if you are Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran, Evangelical,... we are all christians and need that personal relationship to God. It doesn’t matter what other differences we have in our believes.

This brings us to my next point. We are often so strong in our own believes that we forget that every christian is equal. You can be catholic or protestant but the base stays always the same: you need a relationship to God.

We often look at all those details and even try to change peoples minds just because we forget the most important. Isn’t that a little crazy? It’s like celling a cake but only giving the plate.

What we need to do is to embrace that relationship and not so much the religion that we believe in. 

But we still can’t divide them from each other. Because as soon as you have that relationship you are automatically a christian!

Here are some verses for you:

•Revelation 3:20•

•1 Timothy 5:4•

•James 1:27•

Have a blessed weekend!!!

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01.01.2018

Happy new year to everyone!!!

May your 2018 be a blessed year with lots of fun new memories. Keep on believing that God is good! 

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