Philippians 4:4-7Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Thank You for Your kindness
Thank You for Your mercy
Thank You for the cross
Thank You for the price You paid
Thank You for salvation
Thank You for unending grace
Thank You for Your hope
Thank You for this life You gave
There is no one like You
There is no one like You, God
All my hope is in You
Jesus, Jesus
Thank You for Your promise
Thank You for Your favor
And thank You for Your love
And everything You've done for me
There is no one like You
There is no one like You, God
All my hope is in You
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
To Your name
We give all the glory
To Your name
We give all the praise
You're alive
Our God everlasting
So let Your face shine on us
-Thank You Hillsong
Sigh. Where do I start? Today started as an off day. It was one of those mornings where I just didn't feel right. On the way to church I allowed my mind to go off on a random adventure. I just sat in the passengers seat and zoned out. I must of looked sad or troubled because my brother kept asking if I was okay. I repeated over and over that I was okay. I told him nothing was bothering me, but really deep down there was something there. There was something sitting in me that left me slightly perturbed. I now blame it on the fact that I woke up late and didn't make anytime to do my devotional this morning.
When we finally arrived at church and started praise team practice I still didn't feel right. I felt all wrong. I tried to dance while singing and it just felt dead. It felt stiff. While we continued to sing these thoughts attacked my mind once again. These thoughts gave me this feeling like I didn't want to go and do the morning prayer. I didn't want to go to youth class. I basically didn't want to do anything.
With all this in mind I forced myself to attend morning prayer and to go to youth class. I recently read this devotional where the guy said that when he is praying there are times where he wants to stop. When this happens he just stays even longer and prays even more. While praying God does something amazing to him. I feel that God did the same for me. By forcing myself to go along today I believe God truly blessed me and I thank him.
When we were in the prayer room I just felt like my prayer was definitely led by the Holy Spirit. I didn't know what to pray for but it just came anyway. God answered my prayers. In youth class there was something different about it. People were more open to share. The message was absolutely wonderful. Everything just hit home. I can't wait to go back to my bible and re read those bible verses which were so powerful. As I sat on the bench listening to Pastor Val and Brother Ramon teach there was a resounding song of praise in my heart. A repeat thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus.
The stagnant feeling was broken off. God allowed everything to free flow and I praise him for it. During worship my heart was filled with joy as we sang and praised God for all that he did for us. Everyone was singing and clapping. I knew God's presence was in the house and his holy spirit was in each heart.
During communion I had this conviction to take the bread and the "wine" (grape juice) to my mom. I just really wanted her to hear today's message I don't know why. There was this pull to her classroom. I wanted her to have the opportunity to go to church. I hope she liked the message. I thank God for my mom. I thank my mom for introducing Jesus to me.
After church I had a text message from my sister in Christ Arielle. She said come to my house and spend a night. We'll do zumba and have some paul and timothy time. I was so excited so I called my mom and she allowed me to go. Right now I'm at her house and having a blast. I thank God for blessing me with this wonderful friend who has helped me through so many trials.
It was here that I checked my email and found out that I passed my English course at GCC. I can't explain how overjoyed I felt! I did a victory dance that probably looked extremely ridiculous. I was jumping up and down,marching,spinning, running in circles, and at one point I was even bowing. I was pretty much yelling or screaming thank you Lord God thank you JESUS again and again.
So yeah today was a beautiful day. Now I'm not saying that everyday of my Christian life is all happy happy joy joy. It's not if you are a faithful reader in my other blogs I am constatly talking about my battles. The good news is that I Rhia Nichole Ogle Jimenez am on the winning team. See life is a tug of war. When I am being pulled into the center all I have to do is call out CHRIST!! He will then do all the pulling and bring me back to safety. Things do get hard at times but as long as I live for God, as long as my heart sings only one name (Jesus) there will always be something to be thankful for. Like the guy who does the devotionals I read said here's something to always always be thankful for, all of our names are written in heaven.
May God continue to bless you. If things start to get hard just keep in mind that your name is written in heaven. Yes there are many trials here on earth but just know that once you get to heaven the hardships will be forgotten and you'll party.
Luke 10:20
"....All your names are written in heaven"
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