Reaching out with E-mails!

                        katelynnm17@yahoo.com

As sisters in Christ we are one body, fighting the same battles each and every day. WE ARE NOT ALONE!  I’ve decided I’d love to hear from my readers! J Ya’ll can e-mail me any questions, issues, prayer request/praise reports or even testimonies! I will reply as soon as possible!

If you have questions about your daily life…E-MAIL ME! J

If you have an issue & need to vent or get advice…E-MAIL ME! J

If you have a praise report or prayer request…E-MAIL ME! J

If you have a testimony you’d like to share with me and possibly the Romans1212girl readers………….. E-MAIL ME! J

I look forward to hearing for you all! J

katelynnm17@yahoo.com

Xoxoxoxox

Lots of love,

Katelynn 

Battle field. This is War!

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

James 4:7 

I picture life as a battle between Satan and God. I picture Satan doing everything he can to win over Gods people. I think he surrounds us with negativity, waiting for the moment when we CRACK! That crack is the perfect moment for Satan to fill in with sin.

Have you ever been surrounded by a friend or people that you know are bad for you? After awhile do you catch yourself talking and acting just like them? Or maybe you get annoyed with the gossip but its a constant struggle to maintain a pure heart! ...That’s because the people you hang out with, have an impact on you. The gossip, hurtful words, dirty music, social media and raunchy clothing all start to take over your mind and life. Your thoughts are filled with useless junk that becomes addicting. Wake up call… this is Satan! This is probably the most common struggle! (I’m in the same boat)  Satan uses these people to get to us; he messes with us, and takes us off our path! Smirking is contentment Satan laughs at our weaknesses.

REMOVE THESE PEOPLE AND THINGS FROM YOUR LIFE! Don’t let Satan win this battle. The best protection we have, the only chance of surviving this battle is to have a durable shield of protection, right? God can provide that protection. He tells is in James 4;7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

You can do it ladies. Fight the battle and stay strong, God is by your side.

Xoxoxoxo

Katelynn! 

Materialistic World!

         Take a minute and read  1 Timothy 6:7-8..............

          When I came across this verse while reading the book of Timothy I'm pretty sure I read it and re-read it and then read it again! Lol. It hit home for me,God was speaking right to me. The way our society today shapes our way of thinking.We get so caught up in our materialistic world that we tend to forget how God intended it to be! Why do we feel this need to have more than we came into this world with? Why do we have this self entitlement? In verse 7 he tells us, "For we brought nothing into the world, we can take nothing out of it." WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD! We seriously brought nothing, so why do we have this NEEEED for things and stuff!? Humble yoursleves before The Lord. In verse 8 it says, "But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that." Meaning if you have a pair of clothes and food everyday you should be content with that! And that ALONE! Everything we have is a blessing from God. Be grateful for your abundant blessings and grace.  

xoxoxoxoxox

Katelynn! 

You are not alone! Oklahoma our prayers are with you...

Oklahoma and anyone effected by the tornadoes our prayers are with you!

You are not alone. It's in times like these that people question why a "God" would make this to happen. The answer is: Its not God making these bad things happen it is the sin in this filthily world. Don't get these 2 things mixed up they are entirely different. In times of tragedy come closer to your brothers and sisters in Christ and use the opportunity to reach out to the, lost, broken and confused. 

My Prayer for you today is this......
Dear God our Almighty Protector,We thank you for your abundant love and mercy. In these times of hurt and darkness I pray that you use us to be your light. Please keep all the families that are broken and morning deaths in your tender arms,reminding them that you are present and you will take care of the lost. For the hurt, heal with the hands of God. Lord we know you are with us and we thank you for the blessing you pore into our lives daily, We love you! <3

Amen

My MESS into a MESSAGE....

 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:7

In this messy world we become this big mess. Kinda like your necklaces, ladies you know what I’m talking about! Multiple chains get wrapped in a ball, all twisted and kinked. You spend hours and hours attempting to fix this mess without breaking the chains. You ask yourself, “How did this even happen? I never intended for this!” It happened over time. Over time careless actions and improper care have made this mess, and you are stuck fixing it!

This is a mess that happens in our Christian lives, over time we let things stack up. Problems from the past get put aside and the next thing you know all your problems become connected and now you have a mess. This creates one big mess to be exact because now instead of having to fix one, you have multiple. They are all connected and require time; time to take apart these knots and carefully remove. This so called mess we have can be referred to as life.  Life can be messy and I don’t know about you but..I don’t like cleaning up a mess by myself and you don’t have to. These problems we have in life can be simplified with the help of our Lord. 

In 1 Peter 5:7 it says, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” Now isn’t that nice :) haha no but really we are suppose to turn our mess to the Lord and rely on him as our backbone! That’s pretty awesome if you ask me! But don’t let your mess bundle up, take care of the problems one at a time…we don’t want to worry about broken chains!!

xoxoxox Katelynn <3

Relationship with Christ as the Focal Point!

Relationships are: complicated, fun, dramatic, goofy and even stressful. Boys are like unending puzzles and most people are always missing that last puzzle piece. Girls search and search for that “perfect guy.” Along the way people sacrifice one of Gods most precious gifts. Couples build relationships on false foundations like; physical attraction, popularity and common interest such as partying! The relationship ends in heartbreak and then you’re left confused and hurt. You have this sick empty feeling in your stomach like someone just punched you and all you want to do is sleep and be alone. Not all relationships are bad and not all end in heartbreak, butthe majority of people that date just to date, experience heartbreak time after time. That last puzzle piece is actually the most important piece in the entire puzzle. It gives you a sense of completion and fullness. It finally makes you feel like you can overcome anything. That last puzzle piece is God.

All relationships should start on a firm unshakeable foundation. God is that platform. As a couple you should discuss you spiritual relationship with Christ and encourage one another to grow each and every day! I know you are thinking…”Say what? No way we’re too young and that’s awkward!” But the truth is having a relationship with God as the focal point makes relationships a tad bit less stressful! (THERE WILL STILL BE STRESS but this gives you a firm foundation) I encourage you to discuss your boundaries and hold each other to them. It’s easy…SAID NO ONE EVER! It’s not easy but it is possible! Pray together, pray for each other and spend time in the word together! These things will make you a powerhouse couple! 

I speak from experience. I have been dating my boyfriend for over 2 years and we started out our relationship on a foundation with Christ. It has made us so much stronger! It can be done!:) Our relationships not perfect, and there is stress but that’s true for anyone! My boyfriend pushes me to grow and I couldn’t be more grateful! 

When you find the right guy don’t make God that last puzzle piece!!! MAKE HIM FIRST!:)  And single ladies…DON’T SETTLE!

Xoxoxox Katelynn!

P.S….sorry it’s been so long!

Sinking in Grace!

Grace Defined

The word GRACE  came from the Greek. In Greek it was related to chairo, “to rejoice.” It came to signify “favor,” “goodwill,” and “lovingkindness” — especially as granted by a superior to an inferior.

In the New Testament, “grace” is used 156 times and takes on a special redemptive sense in which God makes available his favor on behalf of sinners, who actually do not deserve it.

I love the song, "How he loves us." By David Crowder Band. My favorite line is, "If your GRACE is an ocean we are all sinking.” If we look at that line and take into consideration how many times on a daily bases that God gives us GRACE we are definitely drowning! Over and over again we fail, we sin, and we fall short but the amazing part is God’s GRACE is enough. God’s love is unending. I don’t know about you but for me, that’s a hard concept to grasp!

 We live in a society where the media shapes us into the way we think, act and how we feel about ourselves and even others. This false idea of what we are here on this earth to accomplish is planted into our heads at a young age. We focus on all the negative aspects of life and view people according to all the things they've done wrong and when it comes to ourselves we never feel sufficient enough. But we have to remind ourselves that God sent his son to die for all of OUR sins! God simply wants us to live for him and accept his GRACE.

Learn from your mistakes and ask for forgiveness. Don’t take advantage of God’s GRACE but don’t resist it! 

xoxoxoxox Katelynn 

P.S

Heres the Song Link:) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FxaUYjRtkc

Something that will last forever.

We live in a world where people spend hours, days, months and even years preparing themselves for a particular even. Things such as; sporting events, parties, work presentation and many more. All these things require preparation, which requires time. People spend all this time practicing and prepping themselves to perform this event to the best of their ability but the event only last a day, a few minute or even seconds. When it’s all said and done we (humans) spend more time preparing than we actually do participating. It’s crazy to think that we are willing to spend so much time doing things for ourselves, yet when it comes to others or even God 30 minutes is a HUGE sacrifice.

God loves us and wants to be a part of our daily lives. He wants us to update him, just like our best friends he wants to hear from you and know how you’re doing! God offers us eternity not something that last days, months or years, but something that actually last FOREVER. But it requires a relationship with Him, we can’t get to caught up in our own busy lives trying to accomplish the things we want to achieve and let God be our cheerleader. He wants to be the head coach, leading you, guiding you and always supporting you. So don’t get to caught up in what this world has to offer, take some one on one time with God and make sure you’re living your life according to his will.

What’s the point of you being on this earth if you don’t accomplish something that’s going to last forever? Like a relationship with your Heavenly Father. What’s the point in spending all your time accomplishing worldly achievements that won’t matter in the end? Why don’t we take the time we have on this earth to make an impact and work towards something that will last forever.

Xoxoxo

Katelynn 

P.S.

Random fact about me, I LOVE NATURE and I love taking pictures! :)

GREAT BOOK.

JESUS IS _______.

I’m going to be real honest, I don’t read, like ever unless its instagram or my devotional so this is a miracle in the makings! I’m reading the book “Jesus Is_________.” by Juda Smith. I heard a lot of good things about the book and I had to check it out myself. I HIGHLY recommend this book, it hit home for me multiple times! It goes through the daily thought process of a Christian and how we “rate” ourselves on the goodness scale. It’s a reality check and an overall comforting book. Don’t worry it’s a very easy read and guess what? The words are big!!!! JACK POT! It makes me feel better about myself when I’m reading if I get to turn the page often. I’d love to hear yalls perspective on the book!

Xoxoxox

Katelynn

P.S NEW POST/DEVOTIONAL EVERY MONDAY!

Comforting Words!

“The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust my name when they call on me, I will answer: I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”

 Psalm 91:14-16

Now if you didn’t read that carefully and absorb every word give it another read……Every word in these verses matter. I don’t know about you but for me, these lines are sooooo comforting. It starts off stating that the Lord is talking, not that anyone else speaking isn’t important but the Lord, King of Kings, The Almighty, The Beginning and the End, Lord of Lords, Creator and many more, you get the point. Our Father is speaking and he’s talking right to us! So listen closely to what he’s telling us.

“…I will rescue those who love me.”

That sounds pretty simple right? Love Him, Okay you can do that, right? Love God like you love your mom and dad, just love Him. That seems easy huh? You love your parents because they have raised you, provided for you and they love you so of course you’re going to love them back. So love God the same way, it’s simple but not that simple. You have known your parents all your life! You know their names, favorite colors, where they work and even their phone numbers. So it makes sense that in order to love God you have to know things about him. In his word he tells us to “Love the Lord with all your heart with all your soul and with your entire mind.” Matthew 22:37 In order to love him with all your heart, soul and mind you have to be filled with his knowledge. He tells us when we love Him he will rescue us, He will be our Prince Charming like the one in Sleeping Beauty.

“…I will protect those who trust my name when they call on me, I will answer: I will be with them in trouble.”

God promises to protect us. Females tend to like the idea of being protected. Let’s just be honest…sometimes we want to pursue a guy because we like the idea of being “protected,” and that okay but there’s more. He tells us that he will protect those who trust in his name, which means trusting God in the good AND the bad! When we turn to God in prayer and talk to him he is always there and promises to be with us in times of trouble. But we have to be willing to communicate in these times. We can’t shut him out or blame him for the hurt, because he never promised it would be easy, but he did promise that he’d always be there to help us through.

“…I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”

This last line is…well AWESOME! He tells us that he will reward us with eternal life in heaven and give us his salvation. That’s pretty legit if you ask me! Haha. Sometime we tend to lose sight on the big picture, the big idea that we are on this earth for one reason and one reason only…to glorify him in all we do. When you are doing the right thing and you know it what God wants yet the world surrounding you is telling you the opposite we tend to second guess our actions and decisions. But God tells us and reminds us that he WILL REWARD THOSE WHO LOVE AND TRUST IN HIS NAME. Keep your eyes fixed on the big picture the Lord has for you and your life.

Xoxoxoxox

Katelynn