What does doubt create?

In a world full of doubt, it seems impossible to do the opposite. Doubt creates blockage. What does that mean? It means that when Jesus tells us that when we ask in prayer- BELIEVING- we will have it. So when we doubt, we create more room for the enemy to snatch and steal. So the more we water our doubt, the more it grows. However, when we fuel our faith, our trust and belief- we close that gap. God's Word is 100% truth. He is a promise-keeper. So hold close to your heart Mark 11:22-24. God knows our hearts, our desires. Trust in Him and believe. It is a relationship. I mean, who knows us better other than the One who created us? God is greater than any doubt. It takes faith the size of a mustard seed. It takes believing when you ask Him in prayer. He simply breaks it down- just believe. 

"So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. Forassuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."- Mark 11:22-24

Stop giving into that doubt. Stop feeding it to grow. Listen to God and His Word not the enemy and his lies. Incline your ears to Him. Learn to truly trust and believe in every word that God says because it is truth.

Doubt creates blockage.

Thank you for reading! God Bless!

Until next time.. x

In the Season of Waiting...

In our lives, each one of us will go through different seasons. There are different seasons for different people, there are different reasons for them also. As a whole, they are all part of God's plan. One season that I know is experienced across all Christian's is waiting. We all wait for something- answered prayers, an answer, a path- we just wait. I am currently in a season of waiting, so I write this as a fellow Christian woman who is waiting. Our reasons for waiting are all unique to our own. What I am waiting for, somebody else may have, what I have may be what somebody else is waiting for. It's no competition, God just knows each one of us best and in depth. 

In the season of waiting, there are a few lessons we can learn. Waiting produces faith, in the midst of waiting, we have faith that God will deliver- you wonder why some things take seconds for God answer yet some take years? It is because His timing is not ours, He teaches us through these moments. He can teach us patience, faith, trust or for us to just grow closer to Him.

We must understand and know that waiting is not a bad thing. Through the waiting, He moulds us and teaches but also He prepares us for what is at the end of that waiting. We must daily be preparing, by digging deeper into His Word, communicating with Him. Be honest with Him, He knows everything. Speak to Him, as He is our Father, sometimes we just need to ask Him and you will be surprised how He answers. 

Let the season of waiting be an addition to your testimony to share to others. Enjoy the season of waiting, for God has a plan and path for you! Just look to Him to keep on it!

While being in my own season of waiting, some verses have stuck to me that may also encourage you as they did for me:

❁ Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.- Mark 11:24 ❁

❁ Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!- Psalm 27:14 ❁

❁ But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.- James 1:4 ❁

❁ Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.- Philippians 4:11-13 ❁

What can you do through the season of waiting?

1. Trust. You have got to have faith in God, you've got to look forward to see how beautiful your creator has painted out your path. It is easier said than done, believe me I have had moments where I have crashed down and cried out to God questioning why, but that's when Mark 11:24 came to me and it encouraged as well as comforted me and I have believed in that verse and trust God for He is not a liar, He is a promise-keeper; remember that!

2. Grow. You have God's Word, stick yourself into it and grow! Let God do His work in you, give your all to Him. He is the potter and we are the clay, we as clay can't build or change ourselves- only our Creator. Take time to spend with Him, fellowship with others, worship, pray- do whatever it is that let's you did deeper into God's Word. Just do it- it is the best thing you can do! I can not stress that enough. Whenever I feel down about it or feel like I'm drifting- when I pick up my Bible- everything changes, I have this sense of peace and encouragement. It's only God who can do that.

3. Don't focus on what you don't have. You can't get everything by the click of your fingers. So while you don't have what you're waiting for, soak in the moments you are in and be content. Focus on what God has already blessed you with, give thanks and praise. 

4. Don't let satan win. Satan will do whatever he can to destroy you. That is a simple fact. So any doubting thoughts, anything that will remove your focus or steal your joy is him. We must realise that Jesus has already won, He paid it all. Sin does not have any dominion over you now, and certainly satan does not. We are God's chosen people, His beloved children- we are His. So walk in confidence of that today!

Where a season of waiting can seem never-ending; trust that God's timing is perfect, and it will all work out because He is the perfect painter, perfect creator and He is in control!  Remember : Until the door is open, Praise HIM in the hallway! 

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Until next time... Bye! x

God Turns Chaos into Peace!

Have you ever felt like your mind is an absolute mess? Like it is so fuzzy that you can't even see past the cloud- or like you are thinking 1,000 thoughts at once? Something that I went through not so long is just that, it's like you can't even open your eyes because your mind is just a fuzz. I felt like I couldn't escape the thousands of thoughts, like I had to think them all at once.

That was until I realised what I was missing. My mind was so fuzzy because I had shifted Jesus from my focus, I let my mind become a occupant of the things of this world and not fully on Jesus. In times like this, we literally just need to be still but also, we need to re-align and reset ourselves with Jesus. This is about laying everything at His feet, giving Him control back of everything that occupies you and your life- it is about asking God to take out the things He doesn't want and to place/keep what He does. It calls for a time to examine ourselves to look at what we have been consuming and asking God to clear it & then re-aligning us with Him.

The moment I sat down with worship blasting through my ears and with my journal and some pens, I promise you that there and then God started to cleanse the fuzzy mess to bring my focus back to Him. I had a peace cover me, my mind no longer thinking thousands of thoughts but it was being re-centred back to Jesus! Sometimes we can go off on one, but you know who is always there waiting to grab us in His arms? Yep, you got it, Jesus. No matter how many steps you have taken, He still will have His arms waiting for you. Countless times we can get eaten up by this world, and countless times God has grace & mercy to bring me back on the narrow path. Sometimes in this crazy life, we need reminding of who holds our future and who holds everything from beginning to forever and it is HIM! Praise the Lord that He has a plan for each and every one of us because we would be walking in twenty different directions at once. He has a reason behind every turn, every direction and every path but it is to ultimately keep you on the narrow path that few find to reach Him in eternity. 

So, do not panic on those days where your mind feels messy and your life feels messy, God is waiting for you to just simply turn to Him- to fix the chaos back into His peace. He is always letting us know that He is there and He is the answer for all your needs. He turned my fuzzy mind to a clear, peaceful space. He has re-aligned me to seek His will and not my own nor this worlds. 

Lord, keep us walking down the narrow path, keep us focused on You, let it be You that occupies our minds and lives and not this world. Reset us Jesus, we need you every day. Even though we may feel fuzzy and messy, remind us that all we need is You, because You alone can turn the chaos into peace.

In Jesus' name, Amen

God Bless! Thank you for reading!  ♡

Stop pointing your fingers.

Something that constantly keeps appearing to me, in recent and distant events is that we need to stop pointing our fingers. Jesus told us to take the speck out of own eye before removing the plank from others. This is because He knows that humans are hypocritical. Believe it or not, we all can be hypocrites, some know it and some are too blind to see it. Ultimately, there needs to be change. 

Something I saw before was that when we point our finger, three are pointing back- it is a reminder to check yourself instead of being quick to point at others. We point our fingers, always being confident that the problem is not with us, but with the person we are pointing at. Do not take pride in yourself, do not be a hypocrite. We must examine ourselves as Jesus tells us, so we can seek Him to be changed. We most definitely are not perfect yet we judge and point to others as if we are. My point is, who do we think we are pointing fingers when there is only ONE who can truly judge us.

Change needs to start with yourself. As much as we would like to, we can not change others but we can change ourselves through asking and seeking God. The message that I'm trying to put across is, as followers of Christ, we are not meant to be like the world and we shouldn't be so quick to point people out. Pointing at others should not make you feel good or better about yourselves. If you want to point at anyone- point at yourself and begin to ask for change. If someone has offended you, pray that God will help you to not be quick to offence, that He will shape you to deal with the things that may offend you.

Pointing fingers also does not just come down to judging- but comes down to spreading harsh words about someone- ultimately you aim these words at them for someone else to begin to think and point negatively and harshly. It literally comes down to doing to others what you would want done to you. With having such an attitude and harsh outlook towards someone, if that was to be applied back to you, how would you feel? Of course, you would think it is not fair, or that you haven't deserved such treatment. This is why it is so important to think before we speak and act- our words and actions ( especially as Christians,) are being watched more than most people so by you saying that one harsh thing, think about how that is representing Christ. In all honesty, we can slip into moments like this, we all have, but start re-aligning yourself with God and His truth- ask yourself 'How does this represent Christ?'- don't be selfish to please your flesh. Be self-less to please God and put Him first.

Jesus teaches us to love, He teaches us to encourage others, to serve, to be kind. Pointing fingers, having a bad attitude or acting ungodly does not serve God, it does not edify you, it does not have any good impact. Light and darkness does not mix, God has made that pretty clear. We need to serve God and not serve this world nor our flesh. Change starts from you. Stop pointing your fingers and seek God to change you.

Thank you for reading! God Bless !

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What's Love Got To do With it?

Love. We all think we have got it right? I mean you say you love your family and friends? Yet your actions speak different. You say you love your enemies right? Until they actually do something against you? But I mean you pray for them? But how can we pray for people we don't actually genuinely love? Love comes from deep within your heart and your heart is what God knows perfectly and with detail. God- who knows our thoughts before we think them; knows our prayers before we pray them; our actions before we do them and our words before we speak them. He knows all. And He most definitely knows our hearts.

To be able to pray for others, it has to come from a place of LOVE.

To be able to help others, it has to come from a place of LOVE.

Why? I mean why can't we just act without love? 

Because without love- it is nothing.

God is Love. In John 14:15- Jesus says to us ' If you love me, keep my commandments'

You know why? Because obedience to keep commandments comes from a place of love- you want to listen to them because you genuinely want to do what they say because that is love. You can easily avoid most sin when we have a genuine heart of love. 

The greatest commandment surrounds love. 

But why is this SO important?

Because in a world full of hate and evil, there is limited space for actual love. The love you see in the world is not love. Love is laying one's life for the whole world after living a perfect life. Jesus did just that. He is love. He shows us time and time again what love is. Most people think love is just a feeling. It is so much deeper and more than that. Look how God loves us endlessly- in fact, we turn from Him daily and disobey Him- and He still LOVES us! Most of our backs have turned on Him- and He still loves us. The love He has for us is true Love. 

The world's love does not even come close. 'Love' today is full of lust, is full of sin, is full of pride. 

God defines love to us time and time again. 

Look at the words Paul writes showing the definition of Love- THIS IS GOD BREATHED. This is God telling us- look this is love not the kind you think. The world defines love yet is parading it around. Yet God tells us- Love does not parade itself. Satan has corrupted the most greatest commandment to turn it into sin. This is so true Christians are deemed against the world and different. From what may seem so small- Satan and this world has corrupted it into evil- it is all setting up towards his overall plan through the great tribulation.

I ask you all to examine your hearts. Ask God to show you if you have love and to create love within you- to let His love pour over you and surround you. To let His love be the only love you need and to be the only definition you follow. I pray you feel God's love today and that it is poured over you all- that He sets it in your heart to love.

Thank you for taking your time to read this post! Praise God for He is love!

God Bless! xx

♡ Refresh. ♡

There are times in our Christian walk where we become overwhelmed, unsure where we are meant to be and more. These times require us to just be still. As God tells us to 'Be still and know that I Am God.' We must obey this, and stop rushing around this crazy life. It calls for a refresh.

What do I mean by 'refresh'?

• Set your priorities straight. When you rise, do you start your day with Jesus or with the world? This can really set the tone for your day, when we do not give God our day, our first waking moments- just our time in general- we can be setting our day up to just be crazy. God wants us to put Him first, and what is better than starting your day with Him? Ask for His guidance- He is always MORE than enough! God is greater than this world, than your plans, than your chaos. He is the only one who can set your paths straight. 
• Do all for the glory of God. In everything we do, it should be to please God not ourselves and this world. Pleasing God means doing things for others, not out of a boasting or un-genuine love, but put others before yourself. It means, thanking and praising God throughout your day, giving Him the glory! It means, acting on the Word not just reading it to say you have read it. It means, walking in love and the Spirit, not by lust and the flesh. Ask yourself when doing anything, is this pleasing God? or is this pleasing my selfish desires? Am I actually seeking God's will or is it your own?
• Take care of yourself. The Bible clearly states how our bodies are the temple and dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. So, take care of it! It does not mean going on a mad disciplined diet, but look after it! Drink water, eat well, exercise and keep clean. In most cases, our presentation is what the world looks at- before we open our mouths, they see your presentation. We are meant to have a gentle and quiet spirit, our fruits are to produce good. But presentation is also how you physically present yourself. 
• Renew your mind. Your mind is the battlefield for satan to trick, deceive and deflate you. So, that calls for you to constantly renew your mind. How do we do this? Turn to God in prayer, turn to His word, call upon the name of Jesus! When we are not in the Word it is so easy to slip into the worldly mentality, that is why we must renew our minds with the Holy Spirit's guidance when reading the Word. Put on your armour of God. We may lose some battles, but we will win the war! Jesus has already won- remember that!

My overall message to you is that is okay to ask God for a refresh- He knows. If anything He wants us to constantly be coming to Him! He is our Father. It is okay to be stuck in chaos and to ask for help because God will pull you out- just ask Him. It is okay to just stop, because God wants us to be still and focus on Him. This world is evidentially a playground for satan, he constantly wants to trip up believers. So when you feel lost, know that Jesus will guide you home. When you feel trapped, know that Jesus will free you. When you are confused, know that Jesus will give you understanding. Jesus is always the answer. 

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who  is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

I Corinthians 6:19 

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Exodus 14:14 

Thank you for reading this!  God Bless you all! 

Be Kingdom Minded!

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This World Needs Love.

" Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ "

Matthew 22:37‭-‬39 NKJV

Jesus tells us that love is the most important commandment, we must firstly love God and our neighbour as ourselves. But what exactly does this mean?

1. Loving God with ALL our hearts, soul and minds. God is our Father, full of love and compassion as well as mercy! He is our creator! He is always there for us! It is so important to love God, this is through our obedience as well as putting Him before all things. In this world, you can often slip into the mentality that 'this' is so important, which then begins to replace what you are putting first. This is idolatry. Putting anything above or before our LORD! Place your focus on Jesus. Tune in to the Holy Spirit. Don't be consumed with this world. With everything we do, give the glory to God, give Him all the praise and thanks! Put Him before everything. In every aspect of our lives, we must put Him there! Love the Lord- a genuine LOVE for Him! He loved us before we loved Him!

2. Loving our neighbour as our selves. Neighbours refers to everyone in this world, whether they are your family, friends, someone from a different religion, different part of the world or even your enemy. Love them truly. Bless your enemies, not curse them. Put God first, put others before yourself. Treat them as you would want to be treated. Loving our neighbours with a genuine love, from Jesus who lives within, is not to just do something for show. It is not always about giving money. It can be genuinely being there for someone, and caring for them. Praying for your brothers and sisters in Christ, praying for those in need. It's about spreading kindness, to spread the love of Jesus. Jesus is love. When they see you, make them wonder why you are different- it is because JESUS lives within you! Spread His love. It might be as simple as a smile and conversation to someone who looks down- change someones day- shine Christ! Spread how amazing Christ is and His love for us all! 

Why is this SO important as Christians?

This world is filled with hatred, bitterness, darkness and evil- day by day the world becomes that bit more wicked and corrupt. This world needs Jesus, to see His light, love and glory.  This world is blind to satan's traps and deception. Spreading the light is so important as we are in the last days. This is through spreading love, showing the world how amazing God's love is for us. Spreading kindness and love- having a gentle spirit. Not travelling in the direction of this world and its ways. Not holding a grudge and gossiping about someone who has done wrong across you. Not insulting others. Not promoting hatred. It's about spreading love into this dark world. We must go against the direction of the world. We are not here to fit in with the world- but to be different for we are set apart.

This love is not for show, it is not to boast. It is to be genuine, it is genuine from Christ. He gives us that pure love. God shows us daily what true love is- because He is love!

How will you make a difference and spread love?

All glory to the LORD.  Thank you for reading this post. Hope you have a blessed day! God Bless xx

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♡ Being the LIGHT in this world ♡

" You are the light of the world."- Matthew 5:14

As a Christian, the Bible tells us that we are the light in the world- the light that shines in the darkness. But what does this exactly mean?

What does being the light mean?

From reading my Bible and with the guidance of God, I have come to an understanding on what this means. We need to be the light in this dark world for it is filled with sin! We can't be flickering, we can't be turned off because through having Jesus within us we are SHINING bright and we need to show the difference. Love is one of the differences we can make- show how you love not through words but actions through Christ, show that you love everyone as it should come from genuinely within - even your enemies. Kindness- this can be hard to find in this world so we need to be filled with it as we know we have it when we have Jesus as we can spread his Word, we can show it through our acts of helping those in need. BUT not be like those who help to brag or showcase how many people they have helped- but do it out of the good, kindness and love in your heart as that's where the Holy Spirit is living.

When I think of light, I think of it being bright, it allows you to see what you thought you could see in the darkness.

Jesus is the switch of our lights,  if we turn that on that switch we are lit and are so bright and we can be the light in this dark world. With Jesus as the switch, he will never turn it off , the only way for us to turn it off is if we do through us turning away and becoming part of the darkness. We won't flicker like a bulb going out because God is everlasting and if we turn to him and never look back our lights will always stay bright because we have the switch of Jesus. We are the only reason for it flickering, that's when we need to look at ourselves and ask if I am putting God first or me and the world?
As soon as we turn that light on we can notice changes- things we couldn't see before when we were walking in the dark. Why? : Because without God we are nothing- we're like a light bulb that hasn't been turned on- we're meant to provide the light and the switch is right there, we need to find it and turn it on. This is just like how Jesus is standing there with his arms wide open and we are blinded by the world and have turned our backs but  as soon as we turn around, and see him- he takes off that blindfold and you can see a whole new world and path. Without being the light, it's so easy to walk down the broad path because you know most people are walking down there as it's so easy to find. Where as with the light you can now see the narrow path and you can walk down there with God guiding you. 

" The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."- John 1:5 

How can I find that switch?

If you're wondering where or how you can find that switch to turn on your light- it's simple. Turn to Jesus, know he is your saviour and that he died on the cross for your sins and repent of all your sins! Accept Jesus into his heart! Once you do that, everything falls into place, you'll be filled with a peace and with a new kind of love you didn't think was possible! Get your heads into your Bibles and absorb the Word and meditate on it so you can apply it to your life now. All the answers are in there because that is God's Word! God is always there for us, we just need to talk to him, praise him - through Jesus he hears our prayers and he can guide us down that narrow path leading to everlasting life!
"The faithful love of the LORD never ends!"- Lamentations 3:22
With God , there is no end to his love - he will always provide- nothing is impossible to him! SO, turn to Jesus- become the light in this dark world and spread the love of Christ and the Word of God!

Ways for me to shine my light:

1. One of the major ways to shine your light is through sharing the Word- to be able to spread the Word you need to be reading it yourself and absorbing it so you can gain understanding and wisdom!
2. Fear the LORD, not the world! Don't give into the world and the devil- satan wants you to be scared of him as it opens a gateway for him to plant fears and doubts! He wants you to move away from God and come more into the world! With God- be firm in your faith and FEAR HIM ONLY!
3. One of the greatest commandments in the Bible and the most important- as said by Jesus himself- is to love God and love others! This is where "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." - Galatians 5:14 Comes into place as we need to be loving one another not just through words but through actions! Neighbour is everyone- your enemies included! You should bless them not curse them! This is where people will notice a difference and your light will come through as they see that you are slow to anger! We should helping our brothers and sisters in Christ when we can- reach our our hands to them and help them! Give God ALL the glory!
4. Our ways will be changed through God's guidance- but we should be trying to be more like Jesus in his characteristics and actions- he always showed love, he showed love for God and everybody else! He followed the commandments set out by our Father and he respected them! He prayed to God and praised him! He spread the Word of God- he understood the scriptures and applied it to his life! He was unbelievably kind- he stood up for God in the temple! We should grow to these characteristics as Jesus lives in us! The Holy Spirit will guide us and our mind - we need to pray -repent and spread the Word!
5. We should forgive others as God forgives us! God won't forgive us if we can't even forgive our brothers and sisters- how can we expect him to! This shines the light in this dark world as people hold on to grudges and don't forgive in this world today- so we need to show love through forgiving all!
6. Avoidance of sin- yes we can fall into it but we shouldn't be looking out of our way to join it and have a mentality of ' Oh I can repent'! NO! Let me stop you there- that is the devil talking, he wants you to abuse God's love and faithfulness and compassion! There is a difference between knowing and wanting to sin or that your about to sin and not knowing that you did sin! God will correct us and speak to us if we don't know what we are doing is a sin- he has done it to me and he showed me a scripture to show me the way!
7. Wear the Armour of God:
This is what I made on the Armour of God for those who are unsure on what exactly it is-

These are some of many ways we can be the light in this dark world! Most importantly is that you seek God and read the Word so God can speak to you through it and show you the way! He knows all things before you even think it- he knows everything - he is our Father and loves us unconditionally! Turn to God first- he will provide and guide you! The Word is his own and it will give you guidance, correction, wisdom, understanding, love and more! God will use it to show you the way as well as speaking to you in many other ways!
All Glory goes to God as he has guided me with this post as I started it a week or so ago and struggled to finish it- but he has showed me the way and spoke through me today and I pray it speaks to at least one of you!

Thank you for reading this! Thanks to God for guiding you to read this and for him giving me this opportunity to write this message which he has led me to do! He knows all things and he is there for you at any time! Turn to Jesus, accept him as your saviour, that he died on the cross for you and repent of your sins so you too can be saved and become the light in this world!

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♡ We are living in the LAST DAYS ♡

If there is ONE message that I want to put across today it is that: 

Time is coming to an end, we don't know when the end is as only God knows that but it is so important that we are serving the LORD, sharing his Word and helping people turn to Jesus! For those who don't/ do believe but are unsure- I pray that this post guides or helps you and that God speaks to you so you too can turn to Jesus, repent of your sins and accept him as your Saviour before it is too late! Fellow brothers and sister's: We must keep sharing the Word and spreading love all over the world because you know how we are living in the last days as Jesus has shown us the signs throughout the Bible. Make sure you are right with God before it too late! ♡

Throughout my recent Bible studies, I have been constantly guided to one major thing throughout the Bible- the end times. God even recently spoke to me through a dream that I had about it that I will share at the end of my post! I know God is showing me these things to prepare me as a Christian as well as to share the Word and help people come to him!

A few weeks ago I was reading 1 and 2 Timothy , and it really spoke to me as when I was reading it, it felt like I could relate everything to what is happening in this world right now! I was so amazed by how powerful and amazing God is because he truly is! One major theme throughout the end times is the emphasis on false prophets and doctrines as well as being firm in our faith. Now we are in the end times, we more than ever need to be growing and being firm in our faith and relationship with God, we need to be working on it and worshipping, praising , talking to him, reading the Word, acting on it and spreading it! We need to be so aware of the things that are happening around us , we can't just sit there and be blind to it, things that the Bible have told us will happen in the last days are happening right now!

What do you mean it's the Last Days?

" The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, who consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry, and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth." - 1 Timothy 1:1-3

" But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self- control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people."- 2 Timothy 3:1-5

God is telling us even from when the Bible was written back them about today. All these things are happening as I even type this post. Everywhere you look, people showing off their money and wanting money, being money minded, wanting loads of money, loving themselves and giving into their own selfish desires- Social Media is filled with it! People will slander against their exes, family, friends and not forgive when somebody has does something wrong- instead they gossip and show them cruelty. People are so vain and proud of themselves, it's everywhere- this is me just picking up ONE of MANY things that are happening around us.

Look at the amount of people turning against one another, countries who are against one another, " Nation will rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom."- Matthew 24:7 

When the disciples ask Jesus about the last days Jesus tells them how there's going to be "famines and earthquakes in various places."- Matthew 24:7 - I could pull up so many articles of them happening over the past years- they are happening all around us! Yet these are what the start is , and we have been going through this for many years- For 1,000 years here is only a day in Heaven- it's God's timing. 

" Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me." -Matthew 24:9 - This is happening, if you google Christian persecutions, they are there! Non- Christians have such wrath for us in today's world, they mock us and laugh at us and argue against the truth BUT Jesus has warned us! These things are happening! 

If you want an insight to events that have been happening but haven't been put on the news- I suggest watching 'The Two Preacher' on YouTube! It opened my eyes to what is going on behind the media- we must keep watch it's even said in the Bible! "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your LORD is coming." Matthew 24:42

We need to be aware of these things happening and alert because we need to be prepared as we do not know when the LORD is coming.

" Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved."- Matthew 24:12 

In today's generation, there is so much bitterness and vengeance and so little love and Jesus told us this, there has been such a rise within crime and wickedness it's hard to hear anything positive on the news anymore nowadays, but that's why we have to stand together as brothers and sisters in Christ till the end and just spread the word and love of Jesus Christ no matter what evil may try come knocking on our door because we have God and God is the most powerful EVER!

How can WE be prepared?

One major way for us to be prepared is through us going deep into the Word and understanding it. Whether it being about the end times or about your own character or to seek help, we need to seek God before anything else and one way of that is through the Bible as he will speak to us through his Word! Another way, is to keep praying , and talk to God- want to thank him? Praise him, Pray to thank. Want to ask for something? Pray and talk to him- he will answer!
He is our Father and he will be coming to bring his children home! We need to remember that we are his children, he is waiting for us, and we are waiting for that day that only he knows! Another way to be prepared is through who we surround ourselves with, we need to stick together and SPREAD THE WORD as individuals and together as we are brothers and sisters! Yes, we will have non-believers around us, of course- and through them we still can witness to them through the Word as well as through us being the light in this world! By being the light, we need to be joyful and show Jesus' love and compassion through our ways as well as spreading the Word of God!
"Have nothing to do with such people."- 2 Timothy 3:5 
By this Paul is showing us that we shouldn't be part of their ways as sometimes you can get mislead by friends- it's all about us being firm in our faith. Remember- we are in the world and shouldn't be of it! We are not perfect in any way- this is why we need JESUS and to help people turn to him!
God will guide us to the right people and we can spread his Word and love! We have got to be walking right with God, it's not about knowing the Bible inside and out to just recite verses and verses- God wants a special personal relationship with us, he wants us to understand the Word and not to just read it to remember it like we have a massive quiz on it. No-one is better than the other for knowing the Bible more, we are all equally loved by Jesus, when we sin, our sins are equal no matter what! We need to up lift one another through the love of Jesus Christ and the Word!

Thank you for reading this! This is only an insight to the Last Days as for today this is what I've been led to talk about! Comment or Message/Tweet me any posts you'd like me to write on whether it's a topic, Bible story, end times or even for a 'When you're feeling...' ! I'd like to thank God for providing me with this opportunity to speak out to whoever has been lead to read this! Let's spread the Word of Jesus Christ and Spread LOVE!

God Bless! Hope you have a wonderful day!

♡

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MY DREAM:

On the night I had this dream, I had continuous dreams that seemed to follow on from one another- they all linked with the end times! 

One of them started where all Christian women and men were split up and we were all almost piled up together and they're were men and women dressed in black killing us. One man was stoned to death but he looked still filled with Joy because he knew where he was heading! The one man who stoned him looked straight at me and I can still remember his face even a week on from the dream, he had a weird black hat on that led to a point, black hair and two curls that came either down out either side of his face! The floor was all cobbled up, and next to me and my nan was a shopping centre, and I was trying to protect her by telling her to slide in the centre without being seen. But then I woke up!

Then I went back to sleep and myself and my boyfriend were in this building that we were working but everyone there knew we were Christians and plotted against us- there was one guy there that we both made friends with and my boyfriend had a headset on to speak through( his number was 312,), but the friend came out to us as he knew we were hiding and he shook our hands and kissed our cheeks. All of a sudden, 3 women had 3 different guns and were shooting at us. One was tiny ( this women was a lot older,) and one was like a bow ( This woman had blonde straight hair like the women in the previous dream, still wearing all black,)- and they were all shooting and chasing us but not one bullet reached us because we had God guarding us! As we were running away- I dropped my phone, then never picked it up because myself and boyfriend were just running. 

Then I woke up- went back to sleep and this was the last chunk of my dream so bare with haha! Throughout this dream, me and my boyfriend are NON STOP running and holding hands, we are never once out of breath, never stop to rest, we just keep running! We were running to get away, and were running through the streets, and most people were out on the streets because EVERYONE  was just manic! There was people selling drugs and stealing them- violence- stealing off people- just everywhere! But throughout this, we were calm, never scared because we just kept praying out loud and praising God. Someone tried to sell us drugs but I shouted you need Jesus not drugs! God was constantly protecting us! Then one person was trying to grab my shoes while I was running, so I literally just flicked them off for him, and I still was running despite not having any shoes on, just socks on the concrete floor- still running, still not stopping! We had SO much strength and energy! Usually  I can't even run for a second without getting out of breath so this was a shock haha! One guy, was wearing a open shirt, shades and was strolling past us, he did not have any fear, he shook my boyfriends hand- he was calm like us and just kept walking! Then a man in a black suit, black shades, black car (Range Rover with tinted black windows) was trying to follow us and get us as if he was part of the government or something along them lines! But we still didn't stop running- at one point I tried to use a bike, but I couldn't ride it so all we did was keep running without getting out of breath! I asked my boyfriend where we were running to and he replied 'the Ocean' but then God spoke in my ear to say go join the others who were lined up praying and praising God- so we did! The people that were there were people you wouldn't have even thought would be there- it was amazing, we joined them and my dream ended with me starting a worship song to praise God as everyone joined in!

Then I woke up, shared it with my boyfriend and parents- and my dad told me to read Isaiah 40:31.

This gave me reassurance on the reason why I could keep running without being out of breath constantly, I just kept going!

The end times are now and we need to be prepared- this dream really showed me as I still now can picture the scenes of my dream and what happened exactly and it's been like a week! That's how I know it's from God! We need to turn to Jesus and spread his Word before it's too late!