I Can Love With God's Love

Journal entry @ New Life Northwest, August/11/2011

"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbors as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

~Matthew 22:37-40

When we love God with everything we have, we declare that we have NO other gods or idols in our life. God alone is worthy of our worship, admiration and affection. EVERYTHING and everyone else pales in comparison to this great and loving God. This total Heart, soul and mind devotion to God encapsulates our desire to obey all of his commands. And because this loving God loves me, i overflow with love and generosity toward others. No longer do i need control through lies or lust to provide for myself. i do not spend my days wishing for that which others have. i am satisfied. i can love with God's love.

When God is in the center of my life i can rest. and loving others as we have been loved includes declaring praises for all that God has done, through Christ, on our behalf.

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It was incredible seeing God move at camp. I'm in complete awe of how amazing He truly is. I'm lost for words. I loved how I was there at camp, and I could feel my heart changing. And even now, I know God is moving in my life. Sometimes I begin to doubt he's really here, then he shows up and blows me away and leaves me speechless, like tonight. I don't know if this is making any since, I just know I Love God SO stinking much.

Love,

KimmyAnn <3

God Knows My Name

"...The sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own skeep by name and leads them out."

~John 10:3

When we see a crowd, we see exactly that. a crowd. a lard group of people. we dont see persons, just people. a herd of humans, a flock of faces.

But not God. He looks at the whole world. and sees every person individually. he points us out by our names. "The girl with the sad brown eyes is Laura", or, "the boy with the joyful face, thats Max". He knows us like a shepherd knows his sheep. the shepherd knows each and every sheep, he knows their name and behavior. God knows us. he knows out names. out hearts. our behaviors.

"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."

~Isaiah 49:16

Quite a thought right? that your name is on Gods hands? Maybe you've seen your name on some special places. maybe a billboard or on an award. or maybe youve heard your name from someone important, like a coach or teacher. But to think that your name could be on Gods hands and on Gods lips? its an honor right?

Or maybe youve never seen your name honored, or you cant remember when youve heard it spoken with kindness....

Some of us go through life, feeling unloved, unimportant, and once we've accepted Christ, we just think everything will be easy. That life will be easy. Unfortunately, things are not easy. LIFE IS NOT EASY. life is tough. and we often feel alone. like no one is there to help us through our hardships.

Believe me, ive been there. ive felt alone. ive thought, "If God was with me, if he really knew my name, and my heart, then why doesnt he help me? why is he making me go through this? Why do i feel so alone?"

"So do not fear, for i am with you; do not be dismayed, for i am your God; i will strengthen you and help you; i will uphold you with my righteous right hand"

~Isaiah 41:10

"But now, this is what the Lord says - he who created you , O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Fear not for i have redeemed you; i have summoned you by name; you are mine. when you pass through the waters, i will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, i will be with you. when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."

~Isaiah 43:1-2

God makes these promises to us. its also up to us to trust him! we have to trust and remember that he knows our name, its written on his hand, spoken by his mouth. whispered by his lips. your name. and he will never forget it.

Love,

KimmyAnn

So would u like to be my flower?

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance" 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

If friends were a flower, I'd pick u. And only you. I'd probably put u in my crazy brown hair, and take pictures with u. If u fell out I'd pick u back up, blow the dirt off u, and place u back in my hair. I'd show u off, and smell u... Flowers always smell good.

I love you. Words can't describe. Ur my amazing best friend

So would u like to be my flower?

Love,

Kimmyann <3

Sometimes i dont...

somtimes i dont make my bed everyday...

sometimes i dont finish my math assignment on time..

sometimes i dont remind someone how much they mean to me...

but what i hate most is...

sometimes i dont listen to my own advice....

Life can be hard and challenging, oftentimes prompting confusion, despair, and the feeling that God has abandoned you and there's no way out. Sometimes life's challenges are the result of bad choices, and sometimes they hit for no logical reason.

what do you do when your in that hole...when u feel God has given up on you?

...cry out to him...and BELIEVE that he will rescue you from that hole!

"My soul, wait silently for God alone,

For my expectation is from Him,

He only is my rock and my salvation;

He is my defense;

I shall not be moved.

In God in my salvation and my Glory;

The rock of my strength,

and my refuge, is in God."

Psalm 62:5-7

Why is it so hard for me to accept what God's glorious word is whispering in my ear?

Its time for a soul searching,

eye opening,

ADVENTURE

to bring me back to the one who saved my life.

Jesus Christ.

<3

Love,

Kimmyann.

My Life...

i Lost track of what made since to me.

what was real in my life.

and what was just a dream.

God helped me discover what was real.

and my "amazing life"

was just a dream.

i have made lots of decisions the last few months. School started up again, i felt like God was on my back-burner, like he didn't matter in my life. i mean, who needs God when your life is already going great right?

wrong.

i felt like everything was going wrong! and i was up to some hardcore prayers to get myself back on track.

but i did it.

and im back.

and im so BLESSED that God stayed in my heart!

and that some of my friends stayed in my heart.

i have some amazing friends in my life, to help me keep movin in the right direction :)

1. JESUS CHRIST <3

2. Marci lynn

3. Josh

4. my daddy :D

There the reason why i am who i am today. im such a lucky girl to have them in my life.

well thats really it. not much has happend. just God moving in my heart.

‎"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." -Jeremiah 29:11

ETERNAL LIFE!

DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAVEN!???

"these things I have written unto you... that you may know that you have eternal life..." (1 John 5:13)


tht Bible states there are 5 things you need to know about eternal life!!!!!!!! below are the 5 things <3



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1) ETERNAL LIFE IS A FREE GIFT!

the Bible says ".....the Gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

and because Heaven is a gift, like any other genuine gift....IT IS NOT EARNED OR DESERVED!


"for by grace are you saved throught faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8,9)


Why is it that no one can earn his way into Heaven?

because....





2) MAN IS A SINNER!

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)


Sin is transgressing Gods law and includes such things as lying, lust, cheating, deceit, evil thoughts, immoral behavior and much more.


And Because of this.......

MAN CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF!

however, in spite of our sin.......





3) GOD IS MERCIFUL!

and therefore He doesnt want to punish us.

the Bible says that ".....God is love" (1 John 4:8)

and He says "....i have loved you with an everlasting love...." (Jeremiah 31:3)


But the same Bible which tells us that God loves us, also tells us that God is just. and therefore must punish sin.

He says ......

"....(I) will by no means clear the guilty...." (Exodus 34:7)

"....the soul that sins, it shall die." (Ezekiel 18:4)


WE HAVE A PROBLEM!

On one hand, God loves us and doesnt want to punish us, but, on the other hand He is just and must punish sin.


God solved this problem for us in the person of.....





4) JESUS CHRIST!

who was He? the Bible tells us clearly that He is the infinite GOD-MAN!


"In the Beginning was the Word (Jesus)...and the Word (Jesus) was God. And the Word (Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us..." (John 1:1, 14)



Jesus Christ came to earth and lived a sinless life, but while on earth He dies on the cross to pay the penalty of our sins and rose from the grave to purchase a place in Heaven for us. jesus christ bore out sin in His body no the cross and now offers you eternal life as a free gift!



5) FAITH! is the key that opens the door to Heaven.

saving faith is trusting in Jesus Christ for eternal life. It means resting upon CHRIST ALONE and what HE HAS DONE rather than in what you have done to get to Heaven. "....Believe (trust) on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved...." (Acts 16:31)



The question that God is asking you now is WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE?

if so, then this means to : transfer your trust to Jesus, accept the living Christ as Savior, Recieve Jesus Christ as Lord, and REPENT!

We are in Constant need of Forgiveness

Do you think your perfect? do you think you live without sin? well thats impossible unless you were Jesus.

"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." – 1 John 1:8-9

In all reality, sin is a reminder that we need a Savior! No matter how long one has walked with Christ, we are in constant need of forgiveness.
Righteousness - the confession of sin; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
~As we look to Christ, his righteousness truly cleanses us. To live IN Christ is the wisdom of God to keep us in relationship and to guard us from pride~

love,
kimmyann <3