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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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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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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