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God is a holy, holy, holy god. He does have the freedom to judge you however He wants to. I don’t care how much you feel something, desire something, believe God ought to do something a certain way. He’s not bound to your feelings, your notions, your opinions. He doesn’t care what [I] conjure up in my head of what I think ought to be right or ought to be wrong. He says, ‘You’re not God. I am. And here’s what I say is right and wrong.’


It doesn’t matter that you say, ‘He has no right to punish me. He has no right to have this type of wrath. Or a loving God can’t create a place of punishment.’ You need to understand: God does whatever He wants to do, and it’s not about you. Maybe you’ve lived this weird Disney Land life where people bow down to you and really care about your opinion. That’s not the way God is. I don’t care how powerful you are. I don’t care how much money you have. I don’t care how good you look. I don’t care how popular you think you are. You’re nothing. I’m nothing in the presence of God. … But because of the blood of Christ, He calls me His child.

- Francis Chan, The Holiness Of God (April 25th, 2010)

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spiritualinspiration: If it feels like you’re facing impossible challenges, don’t be afraid. God is on your side–nothing is impossible for Him. Stay focused on what God can do in your life. Remember, He’s always in control. God knows the end from the beginning and He allows challenges in your life to cause you to trust Him more. As you put your faith in Him, you’ll grow closer to God and you’ll see your dreams come true!

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If it feels like you’re facing impossible challenges, don’t be afraid. God is on your side–nothing is impossible for Him. Stay focused on what God can do in your life. Remember, He’s always in control. God knows the end from the beginning and He allows challenges in your life to cause you to trust Him more. As you put your faith in Him, you’ll grow closer to God and you’ll see your dreams come true!

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spiritualinspiration: “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Matthew 6:27, NIV) Is there something that you are worrying about today? To worry means to allow something to revolve in your mind over and over again. God doesn’t want you to live worried or anxious about anything. He knows that worry steals your peace and joy. It affects every area of your life. Have you heard the saying, “Don’t worry yourself sick?” That’s because worrying affects your physical body. It affects your sleep. You won’t ever gain anything by worrying; in fact, you’ll lose precious moments that you can never get back again. The good news is that God has promised that you can have victory over worry. It starts by making the choice to trust in Him. When you cast your cares on Him, He will give you His peace. Decide today to put an end to worry in your life. Choose to feed your faith and fill your mind with God’s promises. As you focus on God’s Word, you’ll drive out worry and fill your heart with faith and expectancy; and you’ll be empowered to move forward into the life of blessing He has in store for you!

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“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Matthew 6:27, NIV)

Is there something that you are worrying about today? To worry means to allow something to revolve in your mind over and over again. God doesn’t want you to live worried or anxious about anything. He knows that worry steals your peace and joy. It affects every area of your life. Have you heard the saying, “Don’t worry yourself sick?” That’s because worrying affects your physical body. It affects your sleep. You won’t ever gain anything by worrying; in fact, you’ll lose precious moments that you can never get back again. The good news is that God has promised that you can have victory over worry. It starts by making the choice to trust in Him. When you cast your cares on Him, He will give you His peace.

Decide today to put an end to worry in your life. Choose to feed your faith and fill your mind with God’s promises. As you focus on God’s Word, you’ll drive out worry and fill your heart with faith and expectancy; and you’ll be empowered to move forward into the life of blessing He has in store for you!

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Today is the day that Jesus slapped YOLO in the face

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Prophecy;

Man, God is soo good. My love for him grows every day. But I wanna share this prophecy/vision that I had the other night.

So I was sitting at my couch in the living room at like 11 pm. My parents aren’t saved, and so sometimes my house just sorta lacks that..Godly security/homey type feeling. It was like I could almost feel demons around my house so I just started praying and I was listening to some music from Onething. I had this vision; so there’s an intersection by my house, (this would be my 2nd vision in a row about crossroads) and my pal, an awesome man of God, Evan, lives right down the road from me. When i looked to my left at this intersection, it was red. There was red fog everywhere, and blood everywhere, and it was just eerie. Looking to my right was all black and white and dead, sort of like a charcoal drawing. When I looked straight ahead I saw light, and blue skies, and just this holy place, and I saw Evan who was standing there. 

Suddenly the sky above this intersection opened up and it began storming sort of. There was lighting and tons of rain. Evan was yelling, not at me, but sort of just in general things like “Come with me” “Follow me” “You don’t have much time” “make a choice!”

So I immediately saw this vision as someone walking down a road, and coming to a crossroads where they’re going to have to make a decision. They’ll either keep following the path of God or they’ll turn the wrong way. I felt like Evan was going to see someone about to make the wrong decision and be called to intervene and lead people to God. I wasn’t completely sure about any of this, but I texted Evan anyways.

His response was that he was just with a friend talking about how much it hurts seeing friends make the wrong decisions, especially in relationships.

PRAISE GOD, RIGHT!? haha I seriously crashed asleep right after that and woke up, still just so happy and high in the Holy Spirit. 

Anyways, I just wanted to share that. Be Blessed(:

<3 El.

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Skinny;

I honestly wish I could just shake people sometimes. What is with everyone’s desire to be so thin, or skinny? Sure, there are days that go by that I tell myself I should hit the gym or go for a run, but I mean the people that will starve themselves, or actually have a significant amount of time during each day in which they are disliking their body. 

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20


You were made the way you are for a reason. As cliche as it sounds, you are beautiful, and beauty goes beyond what is on the outside. 

People say that they ultimately want to just be happy with their body and feel comfortable with their body, but hey! you wouldn’t be uncomfortable if you didn’t have society telling you to be a size 00! I absolutely do not understand what the obsession is because a person is SO MUCH MORE than the size of their waist or legs. Do you think Oprah Winfrey would have accomplished everything she has if she listened to anyone that told her she should be skinnier, or even herself thought that being a twig was a necessity? 

You do not have to be skinny to be successful,
You do not have to be skinny to be beautiful,
You do not have to be skinny to be loved,
You do not have to be skinny.

This is off topic, but what drives me nuts the most are magazines that say that everyone is beautiful, and maybe have a 1-2 page spread with curvy girls, but then continue to have unhealthy, stick thin models covering everything else.

If someone doesn’t like you because of your size, you are already better than them.

People think allll the time that they’re not going to find a guy if they don’t look a certain way, or that guys are going to make fun of them, etc. Why would you want that guy anyways? Why would you ever want to consider any kind of a future with a guy that disrespectful? The best, truest, and closest people in your life are the ones that are going to love you for you. Those are the people that matter. Not some attractive guy at the beach that has a cute smile but eyes that deceive him of beauty.

“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell” - Matthew 10:28

That’s about it. But seriously. You’re beautiful. Be confident because it will get you so much farther than insecurity ever will.

Be blessed(:

<3 El

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Man, I just feel really called right now to be praying for people. If you have anything you need prayer for, shoot me a message. I just feel like there are some of you that are sick of being treated poorly, sick of being pushed around. Specifically someone in an abusive relationship. If that&#8217;s you, please please message me. Otherwise I&#8217;ll pray for anything else too. (:

Man, I just feel really called right now to be praying for people. If you have anything you need prayer for, shoot me a message. I just feel like there are some of you that are sick of being treated poorly, sick of being pushed around. Specifically someone in an abusive relationship. If that’s you, please please message me. Otherwise I’ll pray for anything else too. (:

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