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God Has Given Us…

Jeli — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:20:54 +0000

Posted in Bible Living For Christ Meditation Spiritual Gifts

People often tell me that I should do what God “needs” me to do with this life. Yet, never did God say he “needed” Jeli to come to this earth and save anyone from anything. He has everything under control. So, instead of living my life a certain way because I think God needs me [...]

M.A.S.H

Jeli — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:24:30 +0000

Posted in Partying Religion Uncategorized

In third grade it was the craze to play this game called M.A.S.H.; it was kind of like a peep-hole into your future. If you got the “M” in M.A.S.H., you were going to live in a mansion; the “A,” an apartment; the “S”, a shelter; and the “H”, a house. Little did I know [...]

Was Jesus Resurrected?

Jeli — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:25:58 +0000

Posted in Salvation Uncategorized

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe in the same God. If these are the three major religions on Earth, and they each serve the same God, there is no doubt that our God is THE God. However, if they believe in the same God, why are these three all separate religions? This is so because [...]

I Hate Myself

Jeli — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:16:41 +0000

Posted in Depression Encouragement Healing Self Image Uncategorized

Sitting in my dorm room last night, I began writing this confession to God about my day. Basically, it came down to this (Mind you, everything I am telling you is the absolute truth): “I hate myself and that is my confession.” “Today I have hated myself. I hate the way that I look. I [...]

Boxes

Jeli — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:31:59 +0000

Posted in Forgiveness Healing Judgement Living For Christ Spiritual healing Uncategorized

Today I was cleaning out the many boxes sitting in my basement which have grown smellier by the years and I realized something. Amongst the boxes of random dishes and mismatched sheets, there were boxes and boxes of papers. However, these papers were not old bank statements, or chemistry notes, or even love letters. In [...]

Zechariah

Jeli — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:27:02 +0000

Posted in Living For Christ Stories From The Bible Uncategorized

So TAYA readers, recently I have not had patience with those closest to me and it has made me seem cold and distant. So this week I am challenging myself to spend at least 45 minutes a day in study/prayer through this devotional called To Die For: A Study on the Life of John the [...]

Tangible Evidence

Jeli — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:16:10 +0000

Posted in Living For Christ Uncategorized

Fact A: We cannot earn salvation through our own works. (Ephesians 2:8-9) We as people are not perfect, we are not gods, we are basically nothing on our own. There have been a billion other people before us, and there are a billion other people now, none of which have done anything to make God [...]

Label

Jeli — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:13:31 +0000

Posted in Priorities Uncategorized

What is your label? You know, if someone were to see you, what label would they place on you? For me, many may label me as a try-hard, a professional, or a determined individual. But sadly, even though many consider me a “good” person, I don’t think that there are that many who would automatically [...]

Oh, I Love the Way You Hold Me

Jeli — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:17:37 +0000

Posted in Church Encouragement Trials

“Oh, I love the way You hold me, by my side You’ll always be You take each and every day, make it special in some way” –Jamie Grace During worship time at church, if you happened to be staring at me, you would see me with my eyes closed, sporting a stupid, giant grin. This [...]

Bucket List

Jeli — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:15:02 +0000

Posted in Death Living For Christ

The Bucket List Looking at my life, I can see the bucket list I have set for myself. -Graduate high school -Get a college education -Get married -Visit Hawaii But what do these goals mean in the long-run? And I am not talking about “in your mid-seventies looking back at all your life” long-run. I [...]