Blooming in Christ

 

"Just as flowers bloom again with new life, so we bloom again with new life in Christ."

God bless,

Amy

photo: HislightPhotography

Vanity and self pride

Proverbs 16: 18,19 "Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

"Often I find myself thinking I'm better than others. Or I find myself looking in the mirror everytime I pass. These are both pride and vainity. Eveyone has them sometime in thier life. But from now on I will try to very hard to conquer those bad habits, and sins of pride, and vainity. And everyone should.

Inner Beauty: "Do not let your adornment be merely outward- arranging of the hair, weraing gold, or putting on fine apparel- Rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptable beauty, and a gentile and quiet spirit, wich is percious in the sight of Gopd." 1 Peter 3:3,4.

Thats it! God bless!

The more you grown in God, the more you'll grow in other things.

Don't let your emotions take over you, let God take over you.

"I'm so content in God, and my focus is so fully on God, that I can't think about boy's or my future husband. Instead I'm praying for my future husband that he will stay pure."

Peace

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

"This is a good verse! I stuggle sometimes and I can't seem to find peace, but God will ALWAYS give us peace if we ask for it. Always remember that!

Philippians 4: 6,7 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."


~Jesus is our PEACE!~


God bless!
Amy

Thoughts on judging others

"Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way." Romans 14:13.

"I have a problem with judging others, though mostly in my mind, still it is wrong to judge others even if it's in your mind. So once again I'm gong to try hard to not judge others.
Heres a good verse on judging others:

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
6"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. Matt. 7:1-6.

Well that's it! God bless!
Amy

Found

FOUND:
"It seems hard to find a place in this world, a place where people understand you; and appreciate what you do; where you feel like there is a purpose for your life. You know there is, but you deceive yourself into thinking that there isn't. You search for that place and then it's so clear, it's been there all along in ...God's arms. Hope fills your heart, you feel eternally safe! For you were lost, and now you are found."


God bless! 
 ~Amy Grace~

Waiting on God

Ok, here it is my true thoughts:
I'm going to be honest with everyone who reads this.

You see when I was young (Younger) I tried so hard to impress guys; By my beauty, and by trying to act cool. And always guys that were older than me, some much older.I didn't seem to work though. You want to know why? Well because I was just putting on a act, I was just trying to get a guy 1 like me. But What I didn't know is that, that One Guy out there for me (My husband to be) is waiting for me. He's waiting for the time when I'm older. He'll come to me, God will bring him to me. I don't don't have to find him, I don't have to fall for every guy I think is cute. I'll say to myself when I'm married someday, "Wow, it was so much better to wait for my husband then to give myself away to guys that are nice, just because I think he's the one." So I'll wait contentedly, and Peacefully, for my husband. And I'm going to just focus on friendship, nothing more. My prayer to God: "Thank You Jesus, for helping me wait! And please help my Husband (Someday to be) to wait. Amen."  

"Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD."   Psalm 27:14!

Thought on Purity!~

Psalm 19:12-14

Who can discern his errors?

Forgive my hidden faults.

Keep your servant also from willful sins;

may they not rule over me.

Then will I be blameless,

innocent of great transgression.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.     

My Prayer: "Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts,See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23,24

"I want to be pure, and every man and woman should be. 1 Tim. 5:22 puts Purity clearly. "Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other peoples sins, keep yourself PURE."

Pilliaians 4:8 is another good example of Purity. "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." 

I am going have my first kiss be when I'm married.

I have a purity or promise ring.

That's my thought on Purity. :)

God bless!

Amy Grace

Hope in the LORD

"Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. " --Psalm 31:24

Even though I stuggle through hard times, I still will always keep this very strong hope in God.

He's ALWAYS been there for me. Many, many people are going through hard times all around the world. And they don't have the reasuring hope in God. They stumble in the dark. But you can have that reasuring hope, if you are going through hard times. God will Always be there for you. He has for me, and He will for you! 

God's Song

We are all each one of God's songs; so unique, and so special. Written out so beautifully, played out so perfectly, that we should know how wonderfully we were made and that His love for us is greater than we can imagine.

2010

Listening

"But whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm." Proverbs 1:33


"I try very hard to listen to what is right, and to God.
I know I'm not perfect but we can try to be perfect, for only God is perfect.
So everyone should try to listen to God and obey."



"Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gains understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those who lay hold of her will be blessed." Proverbs 3:13-18


"He who listens to a life-giving rebuke

will be at home among the wise." Proverbs 15:31

Safe

‎'Safe'
"Beyond this far and restless place, I find new joy and perfect grace;
into the arms of my Savior I flee, and in His arms I shall forever be!"

 

God Bless!

Amy grace

Some thoughts and muses

Thoughts on learning. I love learning, and feeling smart. I'm sure most people love feeling smart as well. Anyway, the problem with me is that even though I love to learn, I'm very slow at it. And I'm sure many people feel that way too. Right now I'm in 8th / 9th grade. My mom said that "it's better to be behind, and understand what your learning, then to be ahead and not understnad what your learning." At least I'm understanding what I'm learning, even though I'm slow at it.  Well thats it!

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge." Proverbs 1:7


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"Stand tall through it all,wait and listen for God's call, but most of all don't let yourself fall."

By Amy Grace

"Wait for the LORD;

be strong and take heart

and wait for the LORD."  Psalm 27:14!

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                        Name of poem: HOPE

"Tears fall down from your face, and you think that the pain is to deep to erase;
But there is One who can heal the broken heart and hears a cry for help in the dark."

By Me: Amy Grace

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"Thoughts can kill the soul when used wrongly."

"When you didn't trust God that's when the doubts came."

"Sometimes I just need to be alone reading His word to feel His presence."

"Think to yourself if you are nothing, then why did God keep you alive."

"Sometimes you just need to be calm, and put a hold on things, and listen to God."

"You were so focused on yourself, that you didn't see what God had planed for you."

"Love today because God made it."

"Do you love God? Then you can love others!Love others just as He loves you!God loved me when I didn't deserve to be loved; so I'll love others when they don't deserve to be loved."

Food for the Hungry

On Tuesday the 9th,  My mom, my little brother and I went to a "Follow you tour". There was a table at the Tour called "Food for the hungry", where people can sponsor children from all over the world.  I felt God's calling  to sponsor a girl named Putul. I had been saving my money, and I didn't have enough to sponsor her for a year. Now I only have 179, which is enough to sponsor her for 5 months and 1/2.  So I thought of perhaps some of my friends might like to be co-donators, It's  32 dollars a month, you can either donate a dollar a month, or even just a dollar for one month: I will leave the choice up to you. And if you would like to donate I would be more then glad to up date them about Putul.

You can email me @ inhisname95@yahoo.com if you would like to help out, or if you have any questions.   Thank you all so much!!!! God bless!!!

Pictures:

Top Picture: Of the Leeland band and Me

Bottom Picture: My Little brother and I, holding a picture of Putul.

In the Name

My blog is called "Hope Changes Everything", inspired by this song:


"Hope Changes Everything" by Newsong

Hope does change everything.

Verse 1:

Our lives were spinning in a hopeless situation

livin' in a fallen world without hope for change

but heaven heard our cries and that's why Jesus came

now it's up to us to give His love away

Chorus:

let's take the hope of Christ lift it up and hold it high

because hope changes everything

let's take this faith we wear to hurting people everywhere

because hope changes everything

no matter how dark or troubled someone's live may seem

I do believe with all my heart that hope changes everything

Verse 2:

every time I see someone who's feelin' helpless
every time I hear another desperate plea
I'm reminded of the place where He found me
there's no one that's gone too far for Him to reach

Chorus:

bridge:

God has placed inside of us and everlasting hope
and it's up to each of us to go

Chorus: