♥ My name is Nikki and I'm 19. (:
♥ Corona International Christian Fellowship in California, USA. (:
♥ Baptized on August 15, 2010.
♥ Servant of Christ.
† This blog is about my walk with the Lord, and to show my great love for him.
† Need prayers? I'll pray for you; Got questions?-- just Ask. (:
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God Bless everyone! (:
"For God love the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." -- John 3:16
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
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I Don't Need...
- I don’t need to be perfect to be beautiful.
- I don’t need to be defined by my failures.
- I don’t need to be consumed by my past.
- I don’t need to be in college to be smart.
- I don’t need to be fake to gain acceptance.
- I don’t need to be promiscuous to be loved.
- I don’t need to be wealthy to be fruitful.
- I don’t need to be conformed to the ways of this world.
- I don’t need to be un-Christian to be “cool”.
- I don’t need to be prideful to be confident.
- I don’t need to be hateful to those I dislike.
- I don’t need to be rebellious to be special.
- I don’t need to be accepted to be assured.
- I don’t need to be beautiful outside to be beautiful inside.
- I don’t need to be anyone but the woman God made me.
- I don’t need anything but a Savior.
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Ladies our lives are like the foundations of a tree. Overtime we grow, and change through the various seasons of our life. But what always remains constant is the soil that the roots of our life are grounded in. Allow JESUS Christ to be the foundation of your life, so that no matter what season you are in, you will always stay grounded in HIM.
Christina Boudreau
Ladies a man was NEVER created to be the completion to your life,but to be an addition to your life. Dont look for a man to satisfy your hunger for love, but LOOK TO GOD.
Christina Boudreau
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength — Philippians 4:13
Today, I decided to add in every important dates in my calendar and my things to do. As I was writing them, I didn’t realize how much stuff I have listed on my calendar til I stopped and looked at the whole thing. Almost everyday I have something due or a meeting/appointment to do; sometimes, things overlap and I don’t know which one I should choose. This is not the only month that this has happened to me. In the past, by God’s grace, things always end up working out as if he’s making my schedule for me. And I bet this month won’t be any different. (:
Philippians 4:13 applies to this because looking back to what I’ve done in the past and what is scheduled for me in the future, makes me realize how I won’t be able to do all of these without Jesus strengthening me. Sometimes others will ask me how come I am not exhausted or why won’t I just give up; there are other times when I would wonder myself. Then, I would come across this verse and say to myself “All these strength are not all mine, it’s Jesus’ too. It is because of Jesus’ help that’s why I can do all these”; and I am grateful for that. (:
This verse does not apply only to when we are strong, this verse also applies when we are weak, when we are too weak to help others, or too weak to take a leap of faith. Always remember this verse and you will find strength in the Lord for “I We can do everything through Christ who gives me us strength”. Even though Christ is always there to strengthen us, let us not forget to dedicate our works to Him and make sure that in everything we do He will be glorified. May God bless you all. (:
Likin’ the picture? There’s more verse cartoons at Joyfultoons. I probably mentioned this site before but I just wanted to say this again because the cartoons definitely depicts a verse greatly, and it has a different impact to a person than just merely reading the words in the bible. Plus it’s cute. I hope this website will bless you as it blessed me. (:
I saw my sissies watching this. Such an awesome doodle music video for the song. I love it. It’s very adorable. :D
Mighty to Save — Hillsong
I’m back…
and better than ever! (: In the past months I gotta say I have fallen, I have failed God, and my heart and mind has been filled with impurities. :/ It hurts me and I did not know what to do about it. Everyday I try my best to get closer to Him, but nothing seems to be improving. Praise God that all those frustrations ended this week.
How? Well, one of my brothers in Christ asked me if I wanted to go to this youth service at a church nearby. We use to go there together, but we stopped because he has been busy at work. It’s been 9 months already. When we got there this week it was just a devotional of Psalm 50—very great message. I was wondering why the sermon didn’t take that long, and it is because it is the release of their new album Love is the Agenda, and they performed all of their tracks live! It was a very awesome worship and the songs really spoke to me. It was amazing!!! :D I love worship. The song just depicts my feelings and what I wanted to say to God. It made me sooo emotional to the point that it made me cry. It’s like that feeling of accepting God for the 1st time in my life. :D
Another was yesterday, my church had a youth concert for Halloween and they had 3 bands playing for worship (Morning Drive, The Rekoning, and Lakeshore). Worship was great, still put me to tears and definitely rethink my life and how I can live my life better for the Lord. What an awesome week! (:
God really hears prayers, when you feel like every thing is failing, or is against you, just never give up on God, and always have faith. One of the things that instill in my mind was a message from Pastor Ronny Roa at Generate. He said that whenever we sin, just give it ALL up to God; to compile all the dirt that you have in your life and give it all to Him and tell Him “I don’t want these in my life anymore, take it all”. He said to do that everyday and not burden ourselves with our sins because God is a very forgiving God; and once we are forgiven, God puts away our sins as far as east is from the west. I looked up the scripture in this and here it is.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” — Matthew 11:28
“He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” — Psalm 103:12
The thought that came to my mind that really convicted me is that, I am His daughter; I am God’s child. An image of my dad and I came to mind, and I thought that I should be that close to God, and that is how close God is to me. Just having that thought makes me smile. My father is the creator of all the universe and he will never leave me alone. :D
1 John 3:1-10
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. — Romans 8:16
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. — Romans 8:28
Bought 3 new worship CDs today. I will be posting my favorite ones later on. I hope you guys will be blessed by them as much as they did with me. (:
A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.
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Katharos
…. Greek word for Pure
- purified by fire
- vine cleansed by pruning so it can be fitted to bear fruit
This is the main points that we had at our bible study tonight. We studied Titus 1:15-16 and 2:3-5.
“15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God”
Mostly we talked about purity and that Christians should express their claim of knowing God not just by words but by actions as well. Our lives should reflect a godly life and we should put God first. We should strive for a pure heart because a corrupted heart will lead to sin, and sins leads to destruction.
For the second half, it talks about why we should remain pure. Going back to the word Katharos, it is cleanesed so it is fitted to bear fruit. It talks about bearing the fruits of the spirit [Galatians 5:22-23], mainly goodness and self-control. Also, it is important for us to remain pure so that we could make others pure especially our family.
It is just wonderful to learn about this with the ladies tonight. Especially that I’ve been studying about purity this week. Praise God for this study! (:
