Daughters of the King

Do you ever feel like you are insignificant or unloved? Like you can't do things right or things aren't going the way you had hoped? Girls and women all around the world struggle with these feelings at least once in their lives, if not more. Females are more open to emotions and can often think things are more difficult than they actually are.

But we shouldn't be feeling this way because it shows where our faith fails, where we fall short of God's plan for us, where we trust Him the least. God didn't send His only son to die one of the most horrible deaths for us to feel sorry for ourselves. One of my favourite sayings is "Don't doubt in the dark what you knew in the light". If we trusted our lives to God and knew He had a plan for us then why would we ever doubt? When we are in messy situations that's when we tend to take our focus off the Solution and onto the problem before us. It's an easy trap to fall into.

When these trials, problems and feelings come along, remember to whom you belong. Your Father and King wouldn't forsake you in the times when you struggle and need Him the most. He says in the Bible that He will never leave nor forsake you! Why would He start now. Turn your eyes upon Jesus and look full in His wonderful name. When you feel unloved, unimportant or insecure remember that you have the Kings of kings and Lord of lords holding your hand every step of the way. He never lets go, so we need to make sure we hold on.

"I know Who goes before me, I know Who stands behind. The God of angel armies is always by my side." 

- Chris Tomlin 

Some verses to remember:
Joshua 1:9
Isaiah 41:13
John 3:16
Romans 8:16
Philippians 4:13
Hebrews 13:5

Some songs to remind you that God is on your side:
You Are For Me - Kari Jobe  (beautiful, beautiful, beautiful song!!!)
You Are Loved - Rebecca St. James
One Who Saves - Hillsong
Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies) - Chris Tomlin

May you all be blessed!
~ Taleisha

Holding On

~ Meggie

Spirit Responses

Morning readers! I hope you all had a great week! Those of you who chose a 'Spirit' from last week, we would love to hear your responses! Simply comment on this post letting us know which 'Spirit' you chose, how you were able to practice it throughout the week and what you thought! 

Thank you! God bless!
~ Taleisha & Meggie 

Fruits Of The Spirit

Sometimes when I have a tough week and my attitude starts to go downhill, I have a special thing I do. Sometimes I do it just for fun! It's also a great way to bless others, ourselves and please God while adding to your character.

The Fruits Of The Spirit are:
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-Control

Galations 5:22-23 


I would choose one of these or write them out and draw one out of a hat or bucket. The 'Spirit' I chose would become my mission for the week. So if I chose Love, I would practice showing love in EVERYTHING I did, said, showed, gave and in any aspect or opportunity to bless someone by showing love. If it was Peace I would work on making God my peace and would meditate on His word and work on making my relationship with Him an intimate one. Simple right?!

Depending on circumstances I would add some more like compassion, forgiveness or blessing - whatever I feel I need to work on in my life.

I challenge you all to chose a 'Spirit' and to make it your focus to demonstrate it in every word you say, action you do and in any other way you can! It's a great exercise and practice to get into. I'm going to be doing it as well and in 1 week from today I'll ask readers about and I expect to get your responses in the comments with the 'Spirit' you chose and how you went!

God bless you all and be with you in the week to come!! :)
~ Taleisha 

Your worth more than gold!

 

Dont wear makeup because... you feel ugly

Dont wear makeup because... you feel you have to

Dont wear makeup because... you want to fit in

Dont wear makeup because... you dont want people to judge you

Dont wear makeup because... you want attention, you want someone to notice

Dont wear makeup because... you want to be beautiful

 

Wear makeup when...

You know God has forgiven you and made you beautiful on the inside, and when you know God has made you beautiful just the way you are.

 

Wear makeup when...

you want to highlight your own natural beauty.

 

The world has not a clue what beauty is. Dont let other people define if your beautiful or not. Look to Christ and see what He says.

 

And He says:

YOU are beautiful.
YOU are forgiven.
YOU are worth more than gold.
YOU ARE LOVED!

Beauty is so within. I don't care if you're the most attractive person on the planet... if you're not good inside, it will show. You fall in love with people from the inside out.  - Drew Barrymore.

 

~ Meggie

Living with and Loving Fr-enemies

Hey everyone! I have some friends in my life that are difficult to get along with, and people who I see on a regular basis that are always trying to pull me down, bully me about my beliefs, and make me angry. I have friends who live in homes that are not homes to them, but houses and people they want to just get away from. We all have people in our lives that we arent going to get a long with, now and in the future, so I thought lets have a look at some bible verses of how God teaches us to live with our fr-enemies.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. - Ephesians 4:2 NIV
 

One of our biggest commandments is to love. It doesnt matter who, what, when, where; we are called to love. Love our friends, love our enemies. Why? Because Jesus loves us, and He loved us when we were still His enemies.

I like how the above verse puts it. 'Bearing with one another in love'; it shows me that love is hard. It is really hard and unnatural to love someone who doesnt love you back. It is completly against our hearts to love someone who is mean and hurtful. So how on earth can you love someone like that?

The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from above. - Proverbs 14:14 NKJV

Its from God that we get the ability to love the unloving! Before we can love others we need to center ourselves on Christ, on His love, and we need to be satisified from Him. Do you see? If we are completly satisified with Gods love, we dont need anyone elses love. His love is enough. And if we dont need their love, they cant hurt us when they dont love you back!

I was having a particularly hard time with someone I knew who wasnt a Christian. I wanted to help Him find God, but this guy was forever shutting me down with how Christianity cannot be proved, and it really hurt. He never listened and was always trying to take my faith away from me. Why couldnt he at least respect what I believed? Couldnt he see that he was hurting me? I found that when I spent more time with God, espcially reading the bible, I could love this guy even when he was saying such things. When I spent more time with God, I was grounded in Gods love, and I knew that God would be with me, and it was a lot easier to choose to love this guy.

So... we need be satisified in Gods love so that we can love and care for our fr-enemies.

Here are some more verses on how to love others...


Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. - Ephesians 4: 2 NLT

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven,
but dwelling on it separates close friends. - Proverbs 12:9

Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs. - Proverbs 10:12

Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. - Proverbs 12:19

Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
opening your mouth can ruin everything. - Proverbs 13:3

Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor;
only fools insist on quarreling. - Proverbs 20:3

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; - Proverbs 24:17

~ Meggie

The Story of Love

Hello all! This is a video I saw a few years ago and stumbled across again recently. It's an amazing story of love and really helped me understand and comprehend what Christ did for us. Such a powerful message! It goes for about 20 minutes but it's totally worth it! Hope you enjoy :)

Click on the link below to watch the video:

John 3:16 - The Story Of Love

God bless! 

~ Taleisha