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It makes me sad to see how so many Christians celebrate a man who is so full of hate as a solution for our country. A man who is living a life full of sin and Christians act like he is Jesus himself. I wish Christians would start reading scripture again to see that only Jesus can save them and not a criminal man who is responsible for so much pain in other people's lives. I wish Christians would spread love again and support other people instead of blindly repeating all the egoistic hate. 😢🤔🫣

I honestly haven’t seen as much celebrating this go ‘round, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t out there, & I am sorry you are dealing with it. The popular vote was staggering to many & I can see why each party is reacting how they are. I've said this before, I know, that God only gives me dominion over myself. In this climate & for the gospels sake, I feel it is imperative we know how to take responsibility. I liked this article on this topic.

#can ya'll tell I like Justin Giboney content#ask
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Anonymous asked:

I have no idea if I should even go to vote this year. As a christian, both candidates feel like the wrong decision, I can't support them with my heart. Both support so many sins, are full of hate, and their win would destroy so many peoples lives. Both claim to believe in God but at the same time both act like they don't know Jesus. Is it better not to vote at all instead of voting for someone who feels wrong?

I am a person who cares deeply about voting & actually enjoys voting for many reasons - so I think it’s important to at least get in the booth.

This podcast addresses some what you have brought up if you are looking for another perspective. It was also just really interesting to me.

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Anonymous asked:

I hope you're doing well. God bless you!

God bless you! I am okay (she is better than that, she is just tired). Also how did you know I was on tumblr at work? 😎

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Anonymous asked:

hi! i hope you're doing well. may i ask for tips to look for in a church? i don't feel comfortable where i am going. my biggest fears are that i'll end up going in a progressive church with no prayer or compromise with God, the second one is that they could be fundamentalists and i no longer know how to handle that. mine for example, i love people there but it is always this stigma about appearance, like you're a worldly if you wear pants or cut or dye your hair or listen to non-christian music, etc... and well they preach a lot about reaching salvation and stuff so i get confused every time when they say it. most of the time they compare themselves with other churches and the non-believers and i hardly can see the love for the lost. i personally don't think that helps me with my relationship with God. and to add i don't have friends and i haven't ask for them to God because i feel scared to have them. i don't think i am a good influence yet because i think i have to learn a lot. so i feel alone in my journey, i don't trust people, i usually think people will criticize me hardly for the way they refer to others. maybe if you don't have any suggestions, prayers are welcomed too. have a great night!

The things I look for in a church are mainly 2 things, which I learned from my mom:

  1. am I able to serve here? (This doesn’t have to be really intense, but I do have to be involved. Right now I teach sunday school, am on the rotation for nursery, encourage others, feeling glad to tithe etc. I am working on being brave & going back to sunday school lol)

 2. am I being fed? (Preaching is by far my biggest priority, do I leave corrected, helped, encouraged, learned etc.) which can be said in another way: is God being taught about well here?

For me, other parts are additional (my preference of music, aesthetic, style of preaching etc.) 

In regards to your fundamentalist fear: I really, really understand. It is a world I love with people I love, & I love to visit it (I was just watching a crusade & the powell sisters while at work today actually!). It is not that every fundamental church is the same & I know that, but I also know you know what I mean lol, it's easy for me to get bogged down. I don't have a countenance that can withstand always being corrected about things I am not even doing, for me it is not a warning, it just causes paranoia.

What you may want to try is a more traditional southern baptist church, start there, & see how you feel. It may set you free from some of the more deeply rooted fears you can have in fundamental culture, while still having commonality in the parts you enjoy/would miss somewhere more modern. Who knows where God will lead you! <3

I want to encourage you about making friends: you do not have to be perfect to be a good friend or to have friends, & it may be your #3. On your list of things you care about in a church will be having a large group of people there your age! So you can be around the people of God, yes, but also make friendships. I am not very good at it either, but we can both do it! 

#advice#about me#ask#church#I will be praying for you btw!!#prayers#where are my I-grew-up-ifb ppl at?
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Anonymous asked:

if you can share it I'd appreciate it, thank you for your time

I have written a lot around the differences between paranoia & conviction on here, but I don't think I have about it specifically, so here is what I know:

Paranoia is anxiety oriented, it means to paralyze you, it freezes you. the thoughts are intrusive, sometimes bizarre. It is confusing & very disorienting & stems a lot of times from doubt (ex. how can God love me if I don't always do what He tells me? -> He must not love me -> ive missed my opportunity to do what God told me so now I feel ashamed -> how can I progress if I always sin? -> the Bible says "my sheep know my voice" & I either don't or can't or won't -> maybe I'm not saved etc. etc.)

Conviction is action oriented, you are given because conviction is not earned, a clear understanding from God of what do to do & the means to do it, it propels you forward, it gives you a peace that even though the thing may be hard, you have a feeling of being bolstered & strengthened. (ex. I may not know why, but I have been impressed to do this by God -> God will love me if I don't do this perfectly, so I am free to do the right thing because God is going to do the good work -> action)

If you are struggling to tell the different in between these inside yourself journaling may be very helpful, to see it written out & to proof it against scripture. To write out the truth of scripture against it. God has freedom for you & me, there are no chains for us.

#ask#advice#god#theology#conviction
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Anonymous asked:

Can you please pray for me? I'm really struggling with feeling responsible for ushering the salvation of people in my life. My church is working through this series on selecting four people in your life and helping them to know Jesus. My pastor says things like "Without your help someone is facing an eternity without their Creator." I know that as Christians we are tasked with spreading the good news, and when I think about the amount of people I know or have met who aren't saved I feel overwhelmed and guilty. Maybe it's a generational thing too but I'm gen z and it just seems like people my age either get combative or put up a wall when you mention faith. I'm more than willing to have those conversations with people when the opportunity arises but until then all I've been doing is praying for others and trying to live like Jesus/be a light. Still I worry that I'm not "trying enough" and I'm letting God down.

I'll use my salvation story as an example & maybe it will help:

#prayers#testimony#ask
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Anonymous asked:

Do you ever struggle with communicating with God during your menstrual cycle? I have trouble every time. I don’t trust myself around that time, and I wonder if God is merciful to me because I can’t control the way that my body and mind operates at that time.

It’s interesting you ask this because I have set a dr appt to discuss my cycle which been very, very difficult for me for the last year. I have felt actually that my weakness has been so obviously set before me as fact through this experience, & that I can be glad it revealed the truth in such an obvious way: my relationship with Christ is not hinged upon my body or my health or my functionality or my goodness or self control, & thank God for it. It is belief in His goodness. I believe that no matter what.

Please look in your Bible at this miracle & this verse!! Your body can be weak, bleeding, in pain, hurt, anything & God will be there with you too. God is merciful to you because of Him, not because of you. A period is not penance (though it sometimes feels like that for me lol) or a punishment or even a test, it's normal & sometimes struggling through it is normal, but we are not to be discouraged in our weakness. God is our strength through it. :)

#ask#bible#don't be afraid! you are as normal as rain
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Anonymous asked:

i know marriage isn't the end all be all but I am a girl in her early twenties and I really want to fall in love and get married... I have never experienced a first date, a kiss, or any sort of real romantic attention from a man. it sounds silly but the fact that there is no marriage in heaven makes me sad and makes me worry that I only have one chance in this life and I'm blowing it. I thought marriage is good, Adam and Eve were married before the fall weren't they? I don't understand why there is no marriage in heaven, but besides that point, I feel like I'm running out of time :( is it shallow to pray to God for a husband? I am trying to focus on my relationship with Christ first and foremost but I can't pretend I'm not also yearning for love.

I am turning 27 this month & I haven't experienced a first date or a kiss either. It's okay. :) You are not behind or wrong. It is not shallow to pray to God for your husband (Philippians 4:6-7). Does praying for your husband count in all things, in everything? Yes.

God doesn't want pretending, He has no use for it. God wants honesty. He knows you. He can take it.

Here is my marriage tag. You aren't alone, little heart.

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Anonymous asked:

hey i read your replies a while ago on how to get off masturbation. I wanted to ask how exactly did you do that? did you stop from one day to the next or did it slowly decrease? I been trying to get away from this for a long time but sometimes I'm horny out of nowhere. recently after almost 350 days. what practical tips do you have for such situations when temptation comes out of nowhere? and what tips for relapses? on the internet you can only find stuff for males with problems like that

I have been struggling with this terribly recently so I don't feel qualified to give advice other than read read read the Bible & make good healthy friendships & consistent exercising a priority. 350 days is incredible & I am so impressed, so encouraged. Keep going, you can do it.

Here is my purity tag. Praying for you, little heart. You & me both. <3

#ask#purity
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Anonymous asked:

hi! saw your post about your unemployable traits and was wondering if you have ADHD? (if that’s okay to ask)

I have not been tested for adhd, but I have often wondered about it. (it is okay to ask 🙂)

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Anonymous asked:

I haven't been swimming for over ten years. I don't like to show my body or my skin to others. I look too different. I don't want others to judge my body, to laugh about me or to get lust about my body. But other people from church don't understand it. They say I shouldn't act like that while they post bikini pics on instagram all the time. I don't understand how they think that posting their body online honors God. I wish someone would understand me.

Little heart I’m sorry I kept this thought in my ask box for for a year. Truthfully I didn’t know how I wanted to respond. After my most recent beach trip I think I know now.

I think I have also grown up hyper aware of how other people look at me, I wasn’t raised that way but I do think I just was harder on myself at an earlier age, took rules very legalistically/literally, & it carried over. I also was young in a time in my culture where skinny was a pinnacle factor in how you were thought of in a different way than it is now. But Gods view of us never changes even if cultures does. Even if yours does.

I was with a group of friends at the beach this weekend who don’t care about what I look like & so I didn’t care so much. I was the only one wearing shorts & everyone else wore dresses & it didn’t matter at all. I’ve gained a little weight & it didn’t matter at all. My hair is growing out & is at an awkward length, & it didn’t matter at all.

As I have gotten older, my insecurities are pretty much the same, but they sit over in the corner, they aren’t the center of my attention. I am also with women who are all built differently than me & each other, but I think we are all beautiful! Their modestly standards may even be different than mine too, but that’s okay. There is room for all of us & we all need each other & to work together & to learn from each other. You are included! Don’t be afraid of yourself, God made you for something so much better than that. He made you for being with & being helped by others. 💛

#ask#modesty#relationships
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Anonymous asked:

i wanted to ask you some advice for something ive been dealing with these past two nights.. i was exposed to alot of sexual content as a teenager and young adult and for a time had a pornography addiction and would read graphic stories and stuff like that... anyway i reconnect with faith and strengthen my connection with Jesus more than ever before and as a result i no longer seek out sexual content i treat my body as a temple and watch what i look at or consume, i also dont masturbate anymore. my desire to please God and be like Jesus has really reigned in my need to appease my flesh. the past two nights however i have had sexual dreams and i dont know if the devil is trying to attack me or get me to think about those things or what?? dreams of masturbating to sexual content two nights in a row and look at pornographic things in nature.. i dont know what to do other than pray but do you think its a coincidence or something spiritually going on?? thanks sister ❤️

I think I have had strings of dreams I was convicted are spiritual attacks, & other dreams that are just because I’m human with a subconscious trying to understand something & some that make no sense lol. But I think what has been most important is understanding I can still have dominion over myself when I wake up regardless of what if any force is trying to get my attention. You can continue (your testimony here is so beautiful btw) to be strong through Christ, free from paranoia of mind.

I’m not sure how much we need to understand about spiritual attacks to fight back effectively because it isn’t us who has to fight, we have Christ to do that for us, & He will always do it. I will be praying the dreams stop, because I know how totally disarming it can feel. But you are armed by Him (& based on your testimony have so much freedom to not be bound by these difficult experiences) & you can keep moving forward with many options at your disposal (all good ones!) - You can pray verses over yourself before bed. You can tell people in your life this has been happening. You can take extra steps to make firm boundaries in your relationship with Christ to feel grounded if it has caused feelings that won’t float on by. But regardless, I’ll be praying. You can do it. <3

#ask#I’m sorry I’m not very learned in spiritual warfare#but I do know that when I’m weak & admit it#that’s the strongest I’ll ever be in Christ#& that is enough so much more often than not#you’re doing great
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Anonymous asked:

What is your motivation to go to work every morning?

That I am very needed there by my bosses, I am in the lucky position to get to save money & learn, the hope I am a bright spot for my coworkers during the day.

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Anonymous asked:

I'm so in love with your coats! Which is your favorite?

These two! Tan one is from jjill & the purple one was thrifted.

#ask#thank you!
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Anonymous asked:

How do you react on all the people celebrating Halloween? What do you say to people who want to convince you to celebrate with them?

If you mean the origin of the holiday itself, I guess I’d compare it to the differences in Christian’s view of celebrating Christmas & a secular view of celebrating Christmas. It is completely different view of the entire point of the holiday. I still celebrate Christmas the way I want to celebrate it even if others wouldn’t, same for me applies to Halloween. If you mean celebrating it with Adult costumes/heavy partying on Halloween, I have never done it & would decline offers to do it. It’s just not meant for me.

I don’t see anything wrong with those parts of Halloween that are passing out candy, decorating, pumpkin carving, dressing up or watching scary movies (for the most part) etc. My family & I just went out to a sort of parade through the neighborhood where kids got to go on a hay ride & get some treats & get home safe. 👍🏻

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