Thoughts…

If they come from your heart, and you seek Him with your heart, then yes, they could be from God’s Holy Spirit.

But just as easily, we can be influenced by the World and its evil. It is a matter of taking our thoughts in captivity (seeing their purpose and where they come from, if they are good or bad)

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2nd Corinthians 10:5)

And by focusing on the thoughts we trust and have tested to see that they from God, we will find the answer we need to hear in His Purpose for us. If there is something you know you need to do, but really don't want to, that is normally God. Our flesh, the selfish part of us, doesn't want to submit. We rebel in every way we can. Music, drugs, ‘relationships’, anything and everything we can turn against God and use to destroy His Plan for us. (While the Devil plays a “fiddle of gold” in celebration…)

And if God has to make something horrible happen to bring us to our knees in order to realize He is in Control and we need to follow Him alone, and let go of the world and allow Him take the reigns of our life and our choices, He'll do it.

It is best to focus on Him now, before we make the wrong choice, and end up paying for it down the road.

I find that many people think that simply because we're forgiven, that means we no longer have to pay consequences for what we do. Yet it says there is no sacrifice for willful sin, so if we do something we know we shouldn't, ignoring God, and turning from Him, even if unintentionally, though we repent and will be forgiven, there is still a price to pay.

Every choice has an aftermath.

If we choose God, our aftermath is more of a reward.

What have you to lose except your pain?

    No matter how much you feel like it, you are never alone. This comforts some and scares others, but nevertheless it is true. Whether you're standing in the midst of a crowd of your peers, wearing a plastic smile to match theirs while feeling as if no one couldn't care less if you even existed, much less accepted the invite. Or sitting on a half deserted bus, headphones in ears, bitterness in heart, thoughts no one should ever think swirling in your head... Or seemingly alone and forgotten in your room, and your only companion and confidant is the computer. God's here. He's always here. Feeling alone and being alone are two different things.
    I know, I've been there. It's hard to trust that God knows what is going on inside your heart every second of every day. Its hard to not want to completely withdraw from the world when it has hurt you so many times. And it is hard to have to realize this world isn't perfect, that the people who live here aren't, our lives will never be perfect, or ideal, we will always have our faults, and that the only perfect One is Jesus. And it's really, really, hard to grasp how no matter how many times you are the one to stab Him in the back, He's always willing and ready to be your best friend...

    But it is true. God is a God that comes to us on our own level, in order to 'meet us halfway'  in a sense of words. He became human to get closer to us. He gave us His Holy Spirit so we will always have Him in Us. And He is now waiting, waiting for you to find Him in the midst of the storms and chaos. Waiting for you to seek Him and only Him when the world crashes around you. Waiting for you to use Him as an escape, rather than the drugs, music, blades, and lighters. Waiting for you to realize that He doesn't care how messed up you feel, He can heal you, and give you the Love you're desperate for. Give you that Hope that you just can't seem to find. Give you a peace that surpasses all understanding, so that regardless of the situation, you feel Him with you. Don't keep Him Waiting <3 <3 Let Him in. Pray Him into your heart. So that you too, will know what it is to be a child and a Lion of God.

He calls us Friends and Children

"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, He will certainly save us from God's condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God." Romans 5:3-11

God is

God is not a God for those who deserve Him, but a God of those who need Him. If we were to some-how ‘deserve’ or be ‘worthy’ of His Grace it would not be called Grace, and we wouldn’t need it. But it is called Grace, and it is called Love, and His Grace and His Love is for everyone. You are not better nor worse than anyone else, in God’s eyes we are equal, and in turn His Love and His Promise of redemption from our sins and our pasts are equal. You have a right to love and be loved, and by being Saved in His Spirit you are now given the purest love of all, His Love. A Love that can take you from your darkest place and set you back on your feet, with Him walking at your side. A Love that can erase your scars. A Love that takes away the nightmares and the pain and gives Hope and Peace and Joy, even in the midst of the storms. A Love that, if you accept and live by, heals you. God is Love. Take this Love, accept this Savior, be His Child. And know that God is all you need, His Strength, Peace, Love, Guidance, Hope, Joy, Faith, and Healing… With my Love and His, Arial, Lioness of God.

You’re Worth It….

 

        

He shares our pain and tears, He knows our suffering. Turn over your pain and guilt to Him. He offers His Grace and Hope to ALL who seek Him. He delivers us. He redeems us. He Loves You. I say it again, HE LOVES YOU. You, are given Grace and His Love is given to everyone…

“Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my cry for mercy.In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.”

“For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,” Psalm 116:8

You are Not Alone

      

You are not alone, you’ve been died for, you can be given a fresh start…A new Hope, new Love, new Faith in the promise of a better tomorrow, a tomorrow we can change through the choices we make today. You are worth it. God Loves You more than you can imagine…

”But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” Jude 1:20-21

“God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us  pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.” 1 Corinthians 1:30

“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10

With my Love and His~ Arial, Lioness of God