The Power Of Words

Yesterday I was out with a good friend of mine. We just talked about life and torts the end we started talking about the power of our words!

So I would love to share some stuff God has been teaching me about the power of words!

First of all he has started a process in me a long time ago of speaking truth over myself. Isn’t it true that we look at ourselves in the mirror and tons of thoughts come up. Maybe things people have called us. Things we have called ourselves. We might see a failure.. But that isn’t true. I had to learn to speak life over myself and not death. I used to say things over myself that I am not good enough, not beautiful enough, that I can’t sing as good as someone else. I called myself fat, ugly, a failure and lots of other things. But there was a point when God told me really strongly that I have to stop with that. So I started speaking truth over myself. In the beginning it was really hard to call myself a good singer, or beautiful, or worth to be persued,  or even loved by God. But the more I told myself this truth, the more I believed it and it was easier to say it again.

And because God has put me in this process he has also given me the authority to teach other girls this truth. I am so angry at the devil. I am so sad to see girls calling themselves names! I am so tired of seeing girls starve cause they try to fit into the picture of the worldly beauty….

The second thing about the power of words that God has been teaching me, is to speak life over the people around me. A few weeks ago God challenged me to only speak good things about other people. If they're not life giving I should just not say anything at all. He told me if the person I was talking about would hear me, would this person be encouraged or discouraged! That was a hard one and it still is. I have to bit my tongue a lot. Cause it is so easy to speak out what we think when we are frustrated about someone. It really helps sometimes to go to someone and just let it out. But what if we let out those frustration at the feet of Jesus?! He understands us. And He can handle our words and our anger. Just last week I know I have been failing in this. Cause I have started my new job and there was so much to learn. And sometimes I felt not understood by the people who taught me and I got mad. And I just wanted to go to a friend and tell them how bad these people treated me and I did. 

I am glad that it is not the end of the world. Cause God’s grace never ends. I am glad that I have a God of second chances and I will defenetely try to be better this week. And the best thing is I don’t have to do it alone. God is with me and he will give me strength and self-control!!

And the third thing he is teaching me is, to speak truth over my future. So often we pray for things but when we talk about it to our friends, we talk as if it’ll never happen anyways. Or we constantly worry about it or complain.

For example, you might work at a place and your boss is treating you terribly. You start to pray that the Holy Spirit will change her/his heart. But whenever you talk about it you say “I pray for it but it it will never change”!

Or you have a husband who isn’t as strong in his walk with God like you desire him to be. You pray that the Holy Spirit will touch his heart and raise him up to a leader, but when you meet up with your girls you constantly complain how he never changes!

Or I hear lots of girls saying that they pray for their future husband to come. But when they talk about it they say something like “oh I might die as an old virgin”, or “there are no good men out there”!

God takes our words very serious. We gotta be careful with what we say. But we can ask God to give us new perspective on situations. And we can ask him for faith. But we also gotta work on our words and we gotta learn to control our tongues!!

Be encouraged and really start speaking truth. Bring heaven on earth with your words and encourage the people around you with your words and attitude.

The tongue can bring death or life. Those who love to talk will reap the consequences. Proverbs 18.21

But the words you speak come from the heart, that’s what defiles you. Matth. 15:18

Those who control their tongue will have a long life. Opening your mouth can ruin everything. Proverbs 13.3

Kind words are like honey – sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. Proverbs 16:24

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my roch and my redeemer. Psalm 19.14

Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that wou will have the right response for everyone! Colossians 4.6

Don't Worry!! Just BELIEVE!!

I just want to start this post with a story that just happened in my life!
I was looking for a job. I prayed and told God what kind of Job I would like to have. And some of the main points were: store manager, close to where I live, women clothes, and a few more..
I got a Job and I will be store manager of a women clothes store called Chicorée. It is 10 minutes away from my home and just pretty amazing.
First I didn't even apply for this position. I didn't even know about it. And the during the interview, I shared my interest in being a store manager, and then they told me about it. So the whole process of applying, interview, test working and waiting for their respond went on for like 4 weeks. It is short but it felt so long. But from the beginning I had such peace and when I talked about the Job, I just declared that I will get this Job!! There was one day of doubt. But then I talked with a friend of mine and she said "those times of waiting are hard but it depends on the attitude of our hearts"!! It was totally what I needed. I knew if God wants me to have the Job I will get it. But I still prayed for it and I continued to declare that I will have it and I BELIEVED! Now I look back and I am so happy. Cause if I would've worried the whole time, I think I wouldn't be as happy as I am now. I tell you it is way more fun to get a prayer answered when you believe instead of worry!!

Here some worries I have/had and I've heard people share, and Gods answers to all those worries!

We might say: "God I don't have a job, please I need a job. What should I do all day long, if I don't have one?"
He says: "The harvest is plentyfull but the workers are few." Matthew 9:37
I know we need a job. But listen, in the time you are looking for a job work for his Kingdom. It is right in front of you and it says in Matthew 6:33 "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else and live rightously and he will give you everything you need!"

We say: "Lord I need new clothes. I am tired of my old ones! Please help me!"
He says: "And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith??" Matthew 6:28-29

Some of us worry about when we'll be getting married or if we are getting to old to have kids.
But God is the Author of time and it says in his word: "But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, "you are my God". My future is in your hands." Psalm 31:14-15

We tell ourselves: "I don't think I have a big enough impact in God's Kingdom!"
But the truth is written and it says: "I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father!" John 14:12

"What if my life will be boring??"
God gives the answer to this one too: "For I know the plans I have for you. Plans for good not for disaster. Plans to give you a hope and a future." Jeremaiah 29:11

"But God, my past!! Will I ever be able to forget, forgive or change?"
He says: "Dear one, anyone who belongs to me has become a new person. The old life is gone, and the new life has begun." 2. Corinthians 5:17

"God do you really love me? I am not worthy of your love, am I really your Child?"
And he responds right back: "I sent him(Jesus) to buy freedom for you who were slaves to the law, so that I can adopt you as my very own children....
....Now you are no longer a slave but but my own child. And since you are my child, I have made you my heir." Galations 4:5+7

"Sometimes I wonder if the Lord even hears my prayers!"
And the truth is written: "And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests we also know that he will give us what we ask for." 1.John 5:14-15

So I just want to encourage you with two more scriptures. First, please try to worry less and to pray more. Cause that's what God wants us to do.
"Don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him fo al he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand, His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7

And second, when you pray have faith and believe that the things you pray for will actually happen. It is so powerful and God is really challenging me to pray for things that seem impossible. And I am scared of getting disappointed. And you know what, God will not answer all the prayers the way I want to and he might even say NO sometimes, but it doesn't change the fact that he is God. Loving, patient, kind, graceful and he has still the best plan for us!!
"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen. It gives us assurance about things we cannot see!" Hebrews 11:1
Be blessed and dream and pray BIG!!!!

Don't Awaken Love Until It's Right

Last night I was laying in bed! Just thinking about the way I have fallen in love with my God. It happened the last 3-4 months. I can only guess it was the grace of God that let it happen. Cause I've tried to fall in love with Jesus before. I thought it has to work the way we fall in love with the opposite sex. I thought it would feel the same to fall in love with God. Cause it is the only thing I can compare it to right?! So I've tried many times not to look at guys anymore and just forcing myself to have butterflies thinking about God. It never really worked and I ended up being so empty cause id didn't give me the attention I desired. But like I said IT didn't give me the attention. Of course it wouldn't, cause I was so interested in what I could get and so focused on forcing myself not to be human, instead of just being interested in God as my friend and lover. But we are humans and God made us and the opposite sex. And it is okay to look and to get to know someone. But we cannot live by it. It cannot rule our lives. God put the desire of not being alone into our hearts and he will fulfill it at the right time.

I pushed myself to fall in love with God the same way I would fall in love with a guy, and it didn't work over and over again. I got so frustrated and dissappointed. I thought something is wrong with me and I will never be content with just being single and it scared me!! It litteraly scared the crap out of me! Cause you know how people say "you know when I finally was done with relationships and I was just content with God, He brought my spouse into my life"! And I just thought to myself, I guess I will be alone my whole life. Cause I've said many times I am done and I've tried to fall in love with God but it didn't work. So I guess my destiny is to feel alone and to struggle with everything that comes with loneliness and I will die as an old virgin.

But then in the fall 2012, like some of you know, I went to YWAM LA for another quarter(the last one for a while). I was super frustrated about myself and I felt like a failure and just not content with who I am and where I was at, at that point. But I surrendered it all to God AGAIN. I didn't hold anything back. I was so done with everything! I surrendered my failure, my addiction to cigarettes, my loneliness, my struggles and my insecurities. And He challenged me in lots of ways. Here are a few main points. He told me if I would lose everything and eveybody on this earth I still gotta be content cause I have him. That was a big thing I had to go through. Even if I have so much and no one died or anything like that I hade to face the fact that it might happen someday. Or if everybody turns their back on me I have to be content with JUST God. And I said "God I am ready. I am content with just you, whatever it takes!" Then He taught me lots about my beauty and identity in Him. God told me that the fact that I am beautiful and his royal princess is a fact not to be changed. And it doesn't depend on an opinion of a guy I think is cute. That was also hard and painful. Cause it feels stinking great if a cute guy tells me I am beautiful. And it isn't wrong but I depended on it for so long that I had to let go of it. God thinks I am beautiful and that's enough. Cause what if a cute guy would say I am ugly. I would eventually believe it. God in his grace taught me step by step to focus my eyes on him. He didn't expect of me not to look at good looking men anymore but to focus my eyes and heart on him of whats true about myself!And in this whole process of learning I have fallen in love with him. Cause I have focused on him as a friend and not as someone who can give me something. So I asked God for a scripture this morning that would go with this post and before I was done praying He gave me Song of Songs 3. Hahahah and it is perfect! God is so good!

One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come. So I said to myself, "I will get up and roam the city, Sarching in all its streets and squares, I will search for the one I love." So I searched everywhere but did not find him. The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds, and I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?" Then scarcely had I left them when I found my love! I caught and held him tightly, then I brought him to my mother's House, into my mother's bed, where I had been conceived. Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right! Song of Songs 3: 1-5

It fits cause so many nights I felt alone and thought of when I will be able to share my bed with someone! I felt ampty and unloved. I ran around looking for my lover but he was always right with me! Then I found him and took him home to my parents's house and when I lay in bed now I just feel content and loved. And if you believe it or not I get sometimes butterflies when I think about God.

Women and men, don't awaken love until it's right. I believe now, that God will awaken love in our hearts if we trust him and ask for wisdom in every step we take. And if the right man or woman has arrived in our lives He will certainly awaken love in our hearts and give us the green light to be persued or persue!!