Love letters.

 

Dear Child,
You may not know me, but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you.
Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you.
1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7

I have always been Father, and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is… Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God


The above was found on the WM blog, I am printing it out and putting it on my fridge! What if we were to have on your minds and hearts the verses that correlate to his promises to us. Where would our security be found? What difference would it make in your daily priorities and commitments!

Be Blessed,

Becks

True Surrender Leads to True Relationship!

This week has been a blessing, an opportunity for renewal of friendships as well as spiritual growth. This semester I took a different approach to my schooling. School first, ministry second. It has been such a struggle... Seeing as I am not good at school or anything involving school this does seem to make sense; however it has been more so than my previous semesters....

...leading to a better understanding or rather application of what I already knew all along...

When we take into our own hands the battle of prioritizing, most often the result is a feeling of being emotionally and mentally bankrupt. Then, the added burden of stress piles on and prevents us from truly living freely as was the aim of Jesus all along. What are we doing to ourselves. Living just as the rest of America, always going at such a fast pace and never slowing down. Living in bondage to the need to constantly be doing. College students jam pack their lives in order to stay thriving on a constant high of business. That is when our lives begin to serve ourselves. It becomes about the me and I. Who gets the glory in that situation.  

I just keep remembering something a pastor once said at church, "You aren't a (insert career )  who just so happens to be a Christian...... You are a Christian who just so happens to be a ( insert career )  ."

We are servants to the Lord and we are to be about his business. If we began to really focus on the being and not the doing, he would be able to control our lives. All he is looking for is the available.

Today I chose to be available.

Be Blessed,

Becs

Spiritual Intimacy

It has been a while since I have blogged and God has really been rearing my soul towards transformation in my prayer life with him. It has been even more a blessing to have been experiencing an abundance of knowledge and familiarity of this topic from different individuals and studies I am currently involved with.  

On Wednesday evenings I go, when able, to a discussion group at my home church here in Corpus. I love this time every week, it is a time in which we get together to talk about the areas of discipleship that most Christians don't want to dig through. I feel as though I am going to seminary in each attendance... AND ITS FREE!

Now let's get down to business!

The depth of our relationships with our savior has a direct correlation with the health of our prayer lives. I don't know about you, but my prayer life is in desperation of renewal!  The area of prayer that has been so forthcoming to me is who I am praying to. The effectiveness and intimacy of conversation with my king is reflected in my ability to direct my petitions towards the specific divine individual of the trinity it belongs.  So what are the characteristics of each and how to whom am I to approach per specific instance?

Let's break down the character in each divine entity. 

Father:

John 14: 13-14

"Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If  you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it."

James 1:17

" Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. "

Acts 17:24-25

" The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself give to all people life and breath and all things."

Ezekiel 34:16

" I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, blind up the broken and strengthen the sick." 

My father is the the highest of high! He is in ultimate control over the Heavens and the Earth. All things work in submission and reverence to his plan and purpose. He is sustained by himself and requires no one else, and yet he still desires to know me. He is in ultimate control.

This to me means in my prayer life when I am praying for his will on my life or the what's next moments I will approach the father. When I am praying for healing I will approach the father. When I am praying for salvation in the lives of the lost, I will approach the father.

Spirit:

John 14:16

"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever, that is the Spirit of truth."

John 14:26

"The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you."

John 16: 13

"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth.

1 Corinthians 2:10

"For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God."

The spirit is our help, provider of virtue, and spiritual discipline. He is our teacher and constant accountability partner. We call to him in times of comfort and growth. This divine entity is delivered to us through the resurrection of the Son.

This means to me that when I am yearning for wisdom, and understanding I will seek the spirit for comfort. When I am in need of patience and spiritual discipline, I will approach the spirit within me. He will guide and teach me, remind me of the areas in which I am not representing the Father and point me towards the son to understand that I am to submit to his example.

Son:

John 14:6

" ... I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."

John 8:28

"When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me."

John 8:12

" ... I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but  will have the Light of life."

Luke 19:10

" For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

Lastly, the son is the way to the father. Being human, he is our connection to a Godly life on this earth. A divine individual who endured sinless suffering and rendered grace to his father through acting in obedience. 

I will pray to the son when I need someone who understands where I am and can meet me there. I will seek the son to better know how to serve the lost and make myself less. I will seek the son to understand what true submission and reverence to the father is.

I am still learning, but so far, I am understanding that the quickie "Dear God" is effective, however doesn't develop the intimate relationship I am longing for with my Savior. I challenge you to dig deeper, pursue scripture to understand more of what the trinity truly is. All of this is par my interpretation and I wish for you that you too can take ownership of your understanding as well!

It is getting very late, this post took much longer than anticipated, but the holy spirit was encouraging me to continue and not skimp in my writing. All glory to the Father for he provided me the son who asked the father for the spirit to live within me to be a direct reflection of the Fathers love!

Be Blessed Friends,

Becks

Best Friends

These two sweet girls are such a blessing to my life! They are new to the University this year and have quickly found friendship in each other!

I am was so excited to get to spend time with them and practice some more. This go round I wasn't paying as much attention to areas I need to really be practicing so there are a few here that turned out decent!

Thanks for taking a look!

I will attempt to post my first week of the thirty day challenge on Friday evening!

 I know there are a lot of pictures here, I told the girls I would put as many as possible on here. Sorry if there are any repeats let me know what you think and any pointers or advice would be awesome!

Be Blessed,

Becks