HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAELINE

Michaeline is my sister in Christ. We started off high school not knowing each other very well, but ended it close, super close, through the bond of Jesus Christ. 

Dear Mikey, 

    

from our days of being strangers but "cool" with one another in high school, to members of our high school clique (Black Dahlia/ BSMJKJK), to both of us getting saved in April we have become closer. I love you more than I love myself. Praise God! God will use us in 2012. We will be a testament to His power, performing miracles of sheer wonder! I thank God for your life. Sorry this post was late lol. 

Love you, 

KhadijaLani

Check out her sites!

http://divinerebellion.blogspot.com/

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Laura Hackett - Magnificent Obsession

I love this song. It's so beautiful and romantic. It really exemplifies how our relationship with Christ needs to be intimate. We must know Him, and He must know us. 

"Rightly I say, how I love Him."

Jesus Culture- One Thing Remains

Verse 1:
Higher than the mountains that I face
Stronger than the power of the grave
Constant in the trial and the change
One thing... Remains (repeat)

Chorus:
Your love never fails, never gives up
Never runs out on me (3x)

Verse 2:
On and on and on and on it goes
It overwhelms and satisfies my soul
And I never, ever, have to be afraid
One thing remains

Bridge:
In death, In life, I'm confident and
covered by the power of Your great love
My debt is paid, there's nothing that can
separate my heart from Your great love

Ephesians 4:19-27

"19 They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.
20 But that isn’t what you learned about Christ.21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him,22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes."

"..throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life.."

That line is very powerful. When you have been saved, you accept being a follower of Christ. Your old sinful nature no longer has hold over you and no longer has dominion over you. You have to make a conscience effort to daily, hourly, and even minutely live for Christ and stop succumbing to the desires that the Devil is trying to tempt you with. Being saved doesn't necessarily mean that you are "home free," being saved means that your eyes are open and with this new knowledge of knowing that you can do anything through God because of His power and love, you must trust Him and love Him. It's a daily struggle because your flesh is constantly fighting against your spirit-man, the Christ that lives in you. You must literally "throw off" your sinful nature. Cast it off. It has no hold over you. If you continually sin, it's because you haven't yet realized this. You're still in the mentality that you are in bondage.

"24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.25 So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.”t Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,
27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil."

"..for anger gives a foothold to the devil."

Speaking from personal experience, this is true. I was frustrated with God for not speaking to me, and angry because I thought that I was doing everything in my power to seek Him but I wasn't being rewarded within the time-frame that I had hoped for. So I decided to get back at God. To make Him angry...make Him upset. I just wanted Him to notice. But you see, it should have never gotten to that point. My frustration lead to anger and when that shift had occurred, the devil got a foothold. And from there, it just continued to grow. This past week has probably been the most tumultuous week in my Christian walk, but God delivered me. The devil has really been working hard, and I was too weak-willed to see that. 

Moral of the story: Never be angry at God. Pay Satan no mind, do not give him the time of day. Just be faithful to the Lord and seek Him. Sincerely seek Him. 

Happy Birthday Stephy!

 I know I'm late, but my best friend Steph had a Birthdayyy! I love this girl with all my heart. We've been friends since middle school but we became closer when we went to two different high schools freshman year. I wouldn't change her or our entire friendship. I love her family too! It's funny how sometimes you meet people, and you don't even realize how much of an impact they've made on you.
Anyways, let me not get sentimental!
We had diner at Busboys & Poets and it was fabuloussss! Food was good, friends were good, atmosphere was good. It was a cool reunion coming back from college.