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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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