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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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My lifeguard be like...

Hey there!

I hope your Christmas was awesome!

Today I’m back with a new topic about our own lifeguard.

Let’s start!

We all have a lifeguard who even walks on water. A lifeguard that is able to save every one, even the ones in the midst of the deepest storm. His name is Jesus.

You might be in a horrible storm or maybe just in some strong winds. But wherever you are and however you feel, He is always your lifeguard.

He doesn’t just watch over you and keep you save from harm but He also pulls you back up when someone or something has pushed you down.

Often we don’t even realize all the times where our lifeguard saved us/ kept us from harm.

I want to encourage you to ask God for a mind that sees the ways He works in your life. So that you might be able to thank Him.

I also want to tell you that you can call out to God for help. He is there at his post, like a lifeguard at the beach, waiting for you to call out to Him. You don’t need to feel like you bother God when you ask Him for help. He loves honest people and His shoulders are broad enough for all your troubles!

But now, you might not all the time be in the midst of a great storm. Well during those „good” times praise God and use your life as a worship to Him.

To be exact, praise God in every situation. I have started to praise God always when I feel „down“. It takes a step of faith to do that and I know it might be hard to praise when you feel like shouting of anger/sadness/... But I promise you that you will feel better with a time of worship than a time of burning in anger/sorrow/...

God will refresh your soul. It might not happen in the same second but you will realize that God really gives peace. 

As a plus, when you praise Him your relationship with Him gets stronger.

So call out to God first and remember to worship Him. Because He wants to give you the peace and the rest for your soul. So when you worship, you give God the sign that you really want it and not just that but you also grant Him the thanks that He deserves.

Some verses:

Isaiah 40:31

Ephesians 2:8

Philippians 4:6

This was today’s message for you!

Be blessed this last week in December 2k17 :)

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CHRISTmas <3

Hey peeps!

I just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!

This year I made gifts for 4 poor people and we delivered them on Friday. I was so happy to be able to do something like this during this special period where we remember the birth of Jesus!

The gifts were gloves, warm socks, a hat, toothbrush, toothpaste, showergel, deodorant, tissues, a towel, a small towel, nut packages and some mueslibars.*

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But other than that, I also backed a lot and did some fun relaxing things... 

Here is a sneekpeak :)   

And now finally, after so long waiting, the party can begin!!!

Don’t forget the reason why we celebrate: because Jesus is born!!!   John 3:16

And all these decorations, songs,... are worship to Him. With them we can show Him respect and love!

So with this all said, I wish you guys the happiest of Christmas! Enjoy!!!

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Who? Me?

Helloo!

I hope you’re all doing well!

I have still exams and a lot to study but today I thought I could write something and hopefully encourage you guys.

For meany years already (actually since I can remember) I have prayed for my friends (aspecially the non-chrsitian friends) that they would get to know God. But for a while I didn’t get that God wanted to use me for this purpose. When I realised it, I had missed already some opportunities and somehow I felt a little sad because I thought that now they will never know who God is.

But I worried for no reason because the past few months I have realized that God has found new ways to get through to those old friends with whom I missed the opportunity. God put in their lives other christians that He can use. For example: a classmate from my old school is now in the same class with one of my good christian friend. And things like that.

Today I want to give to you 4 things that you need to remember:

1) I want to encourage you to let God use you. You might not know yet what God’s plan is for you but one thing you can know: God chose you to tell people the good news (that He saves). 

2) You might be scared and that’s normal but pray that God will overcome your fear. It doesn’t mean your fear is gone, it means that His will is stronger than your fear!

3) If you have missed an opportunity, remember that God always finds new ways. 

And He is not mad at you because you missed an opportunity! He understands your fears.

4) You are not alone (you are not the only christian in your environment)!!! I always thought that the only christian friend that my non-christian friends had or ever would have was me but one day I was going through a friend’s „friends“ on instagram and I found some other christians. And I realized this with a lot of my friends. So remember you are not alone. God puts other christians in your friends lives too and this means that christianity is not something that is dead but that is living with a living God!

Some verses:

• Phillipians 4:6 •

• Isaiah 41:10 •

• Joshua 1:9 •

• Matthew 20:28 •

#drawingskills 😂

Be blessed this week!

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Snow, exams, hot drinks

Hey people!

It’s that time of the year again! Exams, snow, Christmas preparation, hot drinks,...

I love all of this excapt exams!!! Annyone want to take them over from me?! 

No just kidding ;-)

Last week it snowed here!!! The snow brought a really nice wintery antmosphere everywhere! Thanks God for snow :).

Today I‘m studying math...

Exams are a lot of work and tiring for everyone but just remember during this time that God is all the time with you. He is there to give you strength and He will help you get trough your exams with good grades! He promises this if you do your best ;).

„Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.“

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭

I wish all of you students good luck with exams and all other people a good december <3 

Ps: don’t forget to take brakes and once in a while enjoy this christmas time! You don’t need to do big things to get in christmas atmosphere. Just little things here and there ;)

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Wintertime and pastel colours ♡

Helloo!!

Yesterday I marked the start of the christmas period for myself by setting up my christmas tree.

That’s the best part of the year!!!

This year I chose pastel pink, silver and white as my theme coulours. It probably sounds weird to use silver and pastel pink at the same time but actually it turned out quite nice. To be precise, this is my favorite xmas tree decoration since a long time :).

And ... tomorrow the December countdown starts!!!! Awwww I‘m getting so excited ;-p!!!!!

Have a happy start of December <3

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|God’s initials|

Hey guys!

You might have read the title and been like nooo math. Don‘t worry I‘m not here to teach you math, hahha. Just to share a thought ;-).

On Thursday was Fibonacci day. Fibonacci sequence is a row of numbers that make a spiral.
-> 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,...=> 1+1=2, 1+2= 3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8,...

And now you might wonder why Fibonacci day, well Thursday was 11/23 so that’s why :-).

In math we watched a little film about this and it made me realize that this formula is in so many natural things (flowers, andimals, our bodyparts,...). To be precise in (almost) all that God created.

It’s like God would have put his initials on everything He created (like a painter puts his initials on his paintings so that people know who’s painting it is).

The formula is so perfect and can be used in so many different things but it’s really hard to copy. 

Here is the video that we watched in class. Don’t skip it, it’s really good! :

https://youtu.be/greG6_f7Y7Q

Some bible verses:

- ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭9:6‬ ‭

- Revelation 22:13

Be blessed!

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. CHOSEN .

Hi there!

Sory, I haven’t blogged in a while, I‘ve been very busy.

But anyway let’s begin ;-).

We all are chosen! We are chosen by God to be in the situation we are in. 

You might be in a situation right now that you don’t like and you might be asking the question „why me?“.

The answer is simple: God chose you not to punish or to harm you! But simply to teach you something/ use you trough this/ strengthen you/ make you braver/...

Right now you might not understand what God wants to do trough your situation but you will understand it in time!!!

God also knows what you want. He knows who you are and his plans will fit to your personality. Even though you are right now in a situation you don’t really „like“ (your job, place you live in,...) Gods plan is based on what you like. He might use this period later in a part of your life that you do „like“. 

So trust God and know that He has chosen you! Whatever you do and in whatever season you are believe this. You are special and God chose YOU!

• 1 Peter 2:4-5 •

• Proverbs 16:9 •

• Jeremiah 29:11 •

• Hebrews 11:6 •

• Matthew 6:8 •

Be blessed!!!

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Sicknesses...

Hey everyone!

Today I just want to tell you guys something little that I have realized while going trough this (difficult) part of my life.

So in the summer of 2016 I was diagnosed with a scin disease wich was quite serious. I got strong medications for it, I had a lot of doctor visits, a lot of tests were done to me,... 

The medication made me very tired. This tiredness wasn’t just a tiredness that goes away with some sleep but a sort of fatigue that is there all the time.

I still have this sickness, this medication, these doctor appointments,... and it all still makes me very tired.

I get a lot of support from family and friends (older than me). But somehow I feel like people my own age (but also some addults) don’t really get how I really feel. 

In school I need to do less and I get to come home urlier. And my friends who know my sickness often are kind of „jealous“ of these special things. But in reality I would rather be healthy and do all schoolwork instead of being sick!

I know that some (many) of you have a familymember, a friend or someone in their life who has some sort of sickness. Wether it’s a skin disease, a chronical sickness, cancer or something else but things like that always are hard. It seems for others like it’s not such a big deal but in reality it takes a lot of energy to be sick.

I would love that more people my own age would really ask me questions like how are you doing?, how do you feel?, can I do something for you?...

And that they wouldn’t get jealous because I get to go home urlier or get to skip a test.

(I‘m not mad at my friends, in many ways they love me and support me. But I just want to tell you the point of view from a sick person because this might help you to understand.) 

So I encourage you all to go to these people that you know are suffering some sort of sickness and ask them if they want to talk, need help,... 

=> support them!

Ask them also to explain their sickness and feelings to you so that you may understand them better. Because you can look from the outside but that often isn’t how they really feel.

Here are some texts that I found really describe well how people feel with sicknesses:

I hope you take my advice and start showing support to people with sicknesses (pray for them, talk with them, help them,...). Please understand that being sick isn’t fun and be thankful for your health!

Have a blessed end of the week!

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