The Jesus Girl

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I have a new fall avi. If you’re as excited about fall as I am, high five 👋🏼
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To shame our sins He blushed in blood;

He closed His eyes to show us God;

Let all the world fall down and know

That none but God such love can show.

Bernard of Clairvaux

This year my pumpkin has a Hebrew word on it. You guessed it, running out of ideas. I don’t know what this has to do with Halloween or pumpkins but there you go. 💁🏼
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The Hebrew word לבב (Levav) usually gets translated as heart.
But the fascinating... — This year my pumpkin has a Hebrew word on it. You guessed it, running out of ideas. I don’t know what this has to do with Halloween or pumpkins but there you go. 💁🏼
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The Hebrew word לבב (Levav) usually gets translated as heart.
But the fascinating thing about Hebrew is that a word never only means one thing.
Levav also means mind, conscience, center, character, the inner self.
There was no word for brain in ancient Hebrew, so they literally made decisions with their heart. How cool is that?!
Now one word of advice, though. Our concepts of heart and mind are different. And in modern Western understanding, making decisions based on what your heart and desires tell you is not always a brilliant idea. ✌🏼(that’s what I learned at church this week 🙌🏼)
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“above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23
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If you wanna know more about the concept of the heart in the Bible you should watch @thebibleproject ’s word study video on Levav on their YouTube channel. Happy Halloween!

generalsharkdefendor-deactivate asked:

I have been praying about what I should do for school next year. So basically what's been going on is I'm currently at university but I'm trying to get into Carnegie Mellon in fall of 2018 and I'm trying to figure out whether I should stay or go to back to city college and save money in case I get into CM. And I have to think about credits transferring because if I don't get into cm then I can go back to a state school in cali and I'm credits will transfer 100 % but not necessarily were I'm at.

You should definitely continue praying about this! I will pray for you too, for God to show you the path where you can bring Him the most glory and serve Him best. :) if you want to talk about this, you can totally message me.

11 questions!

Q&A Rules: Always post the rules, answer the questions given to you, write 11 questions of your own and tag 11 people.
Tagged by: @womanintheword

1. How did you come to know Christ?
Through a friend who helped me during a hard time.

 2. What’s something that’s making your heart happy today?
God’s everlasting love.

3. What’s your favorite book?
Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis.

 4. What’s your favorite book of the Bible?
I looove Isaiah!

 5. If you could travel to any place in the world, where would you go?
Australia. Watching kangaroos and going to Hillsong Church.

 6. Tell us about your favorite memory.
My favorite memory is the day I got to meet and hug my favorite singer.

7. How was your weekend?
It was alright. I spent it with my family.

 8. What’s your favorite worship song?
Currently it’s So Will I by Hillsong United. I get goosebumps and teary eyes from that song.

9. What’s your favorite activity? (Do you write? Draw? Read? Hike?)
I love reading and writing.

10. Favorite season?
Fall. I can’t wait for fall to come this year!

11. What’s something not everyone knows about you?
I’m bad at cooking. :3

My questions:
1. What character in the Bible can you relate to the most?
2. What is one quality you’re looking for in a (future) significant other?
3. What is a pet peeve you have?
4. Who’s your celebrity crush?
5. What’s your favorite and least favorite color?
6. What are you grateful for today?
7. Do you prefer books or movies?
8. Why did you join Tumblr?
9. If you were an animal what would you be?
10. Is your best friend the same or opposite gender as you?
11. What’s your favorite snack?
Tagging: @prasemprenos4 @royalbyhisblood @jesusiskinggblog @biblesandtea @bisexualchristian @hislove-isenough @anearlymorningwalk @his-desert-rose @worshipmoment @yourfaithandcourage @carokpf

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Anonymous asked:

I am a Born Again Christian woman that doesn't have her soul on track with God's plan. I am constantly sinning, lying and grandstanding to be noticed in this world. I am always asking forgiveness and Igrace for protection but I am not winning. I feel like I have given this battle to the Holy Spirit millions of times but I fall right back to the loosing side. I have recently been diagnosed with cancer and I am afraid that I can't get myself ready to see my Lord. I am ashamed of myself.

Hey! Don’t be ashamed of yourself! Remember to see yourself the way God does. To Him, you are precious!
I can relate to what you described. Remember, we’re all always sinning. There is no perfect person on earth. Don’t allow the evil one to only show you your shortcomings.
God knows that we fail all the time, that’s why He provided His awesome rescue plan!

Often times we think we are not ready for what is happening and what God calls us to. But please remember, He knows us better than we do. He knows when we’re really ready.

Just try your best to focus on God in every moment. Keep your eyes on Him and things will look clearer.

I understand it when you say you feel like you’re just falling back again. That’s what I felt like for a long time but in reality, change comes very slowly sometimes. It seems like it’s just back and forth while really you’re not noticing the slow change taking place. Don’t lose heart.

I am very sorry about your diagnosis! You are in my prayers.
I want you to think about this, Heaven is so much better than we can imagine. It can’t be compared to anything we know now.
God loves you so much, being in His Kingdom with Him forever will make you so happy, trust me. Please don’t be afraid of coming to Him one day.
I hope I could help you with these words. I tried to let God speak through me and I hope I got His message correctly.
God bless and please don’t be afraid to message me.