Praise God that you bear that name!

I know what you're all thinking, two post I one day?? Lol Yes God is putting it on my heart to write so I'm writing. Tonight God placed it on my heart to read 1 Peter. The particular scripture that stood out to me was (1 Peter 4:16 NIV), "However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name."

Do no be ashamed or embarrassed of the fact that you are going through a test or trial. Continue to praise God through every situation or obstacle. You are a Christian and saying and living it is not going to stop the devil from attacking you. I am here to tell you that there is so much purpose for your pain. When We are going through a trial God is trying to teach us a lesson. God uses pain for purpose verses pleasure. God isn't allowing all these things to happen to us and Him leave us there. He is always with us.

So you maybe having a bad day, night, week, month whatever. Keep praising God! He hears you and He loves you like crazy. Sometimes I have to remind myself, "My God loves me so much that He will never leave me. So no I may not see the end of the road or purpose now but I trust God with my life and my whole heart. He got me."

Hope this helps somebody tonight that maybe going through.

Reality Check

So today, I happen to run across one of my follower's (on twitter) blog. He was talking about Christian girls attracting the wrong kind of guys and it really got me thinking, what kind of image are we as Christian young ladies portraying??
When I was, "in the world" I loved to wear my tight fitting clothes, I liked to talk to guys that were no good for me, engaging in activities that were definitely questionable considering I was "saved", I just felt like I had to be like the girls I saw on tv.

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26 NKJV).
When I fully decided to live my life for Christ I realized that my worldly lifestyle had to die. Boys would tell me all the time "Girl you are so Thick" or "You are fine" I realized that if I was going to be advertising my body by wearing tight clothes; how could I get mad when all he wanted to do was to have sex with me?? Or if I was at the club how could I get mad if a guy grabbed me? I'm the one in there stomping around with this little dress on. So I got rid of all the tight revealing clothing, stop hanging out with the wrong people, and deleted useless phone numbers out of my phone. I realized I had to practice what I preached. I want you to be attracted to the God in me rather than the physical assets He has blessed me with. (1 Peter 3:3-5) As Christian woman we have to realize that how we carry ourselves is everything. Just because we are in the world doesn't mean we have to be of the world. We are to be virtuous women (Proverbs 31). So yes, if you want a guy to respect you and not think of you as just some loose girl you need to:
1.) stop posting all these vulgar lyrics on twitter and Facebook.
2.) stop going out half naked and having to pull your clothes down every time you get up.
3.) stop posting half naked pictures on social networks (you are asking for Him to notice your "goodies" and not see you for the beautiful young lady God has made you to be)
4.) Stop going out and getting drunk! If you're out every weekend taking shot after shot, everybody is going to know you are a loud party girl that he can hit and soon forget (just being honest)
5.) This is a big one: Please, please, please, stop putting out all your sexual activities! Nobody needs to know what you do, who you do it with, and how good you do it! Leave something to the imagination.

Sisters, please know that I'm not fussing at you, I'm just tired of seeing some of us not knowing our worth.We have got to stop seeking approval from man. We she should live our life to please God and to seek His approval. I love you all and God loves you like crazy ! We are made in Gods image and we must represent Him well.


Love You All,

Zanda <3

My God is a Good God & This too Shall Pass!!

Good Morning!  Happy Thursday, one step closer to the weekend. Today we are going to Do a little something different. In bible study, my Pastor talked about watching what we say and how we say it. Did you know we have the authority to speak life or death over our situations? You can just be thinking out loud and say, "I know I'm not going to be able to do this. It seems like every time I try I fail." You just spoke into existence your own failure. Instead we have to speak life over the things that we want. God hears His children and if you are opening your mouth saying you can't, I'm a mess, I'm never going to be anything, this relationship is going nowhere; that's exactly where it's going NO WHERE! God will eventually give you everything you just spoke. But you think you're just venting; you don't even realize you just spoke your own destiny. Speak positive things into your atmosphere and watch things shift! So your task for this weekend is to NOT say anything negative! Lol. Instead when the devil tries to come at you or things don't seem to go your way you are going to say, "My God is a good God and this too shall pass." And watch your stress, anxiety, your whole situation gets better. I'm serious this is the task and I will check to see how it went lol. Remember Proverbs 15:4 says, "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit."  Have a Great Day and Good Luck <3