thank You that although seasons change, come and go
that Your love doesn’t change.
an Everlasting Love, drawing me deeper and closer everyday
Spirit lead the way, as You move, tides and chapters of our lives rise and fall
that when sisterhood comes and goes, and desires of heart change
You never change.
let us never cease to forget that You are crazy for us though,
that our purpose in existence is to know You and make You known,
Your love is so deep, wide, high, and long
fill us to the fullness of Your Love,
a Love which surpasses all knowledge.
be the center of our lives, Lord Jesus, the place we fix our eyes,
to walk with You all my days,
and to dwell in the house of the Lord forevermore.

because i’ve never known better,
i love the King,
and the King loves me.
what bewilderment!
that just as the Father has loved Me,
so have I loved you.
now remain in my love.
how deeply does His love run,
what breadth, length, height, and depth
as in a relationship,
would you always be questioning
your significant others fondness for you,
although they don’t smother you
with affection every single moment?
then why are we still so prone to
questioning Christ’s love for us
and looking elsewhere for our satisfaction to be fulfilled?
that is the root of all our symptoms of disease
none other than Christ’s love can fill our emptiness,
that He so loved, loved us equally as His Son,
so much to give up His life in exchange to love us
and yet, our hearts are prone to wander,
prone to thirst after other desires,
Spirit, please enable the eyes of our hearts
to be strengthened by Your power
to get it, to understand
that You, Jesus, are crazy about us
to rest secure in the depth of Christ’s love
not to waver day in and day out of Him
in questioning His Goodness
Christ would You reign supremely in our hearts
that our utmost exuberance springs from You
Your love which is greater than life
satisfy our souls, let us enjoy Your presence
to fulfill our sole purpose of existence
so that You may be further magnified and glorified.

By Leslie Ludy

Dressing modestly (and fashionably) these days is an art form. Most of us aren’t willing to make the extra effort to overcome the challenges and dress with grace, mystique, and dignity. Add to that our desire to be found appealing to the opposite sex, and we end up with dismally low standards for the way we dress. We know that we’ll get more attention from guys in form-fitting tops, tight pants, and short skirts. And it’s all too tempting to rationalize immodesty because “at least this outfit isn’t as bad as a lot of things I could wear.” We think that as long as we aren’t going topless on the beach, we have an element of modesty. But what is God’s standard?

“I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly”
(1 Tim. 2:9 NASB)

The word modestly literally means “with shame and bashfulness.” In other words, not shamelessly flaunting our bodies, but exuding a sense of careful dignity and guardedness, even in the way we dress. The word discreetly means “to keep hidden.” A woman’s body is for the enjoyment of one man alone - her husband. God asks us to not give other men the privilege of viewing what belongs only to the man we will spend the rest of our life with.

It is easy to assume that true modesty means drab, shapeless, unfeminine clothes that make us extremely unattractive. But God’s pattern doesn’t bring oppression and ugliness - it brings liberty and beauty. Contrary to popular belief, feminine beauty doesn’t have to mean sensuality. It is more than possible to exude the kind of dignity, grace, and true feminine beauty that will captivate a man’s heart - without using sex appeal.

pull away
set it free
it’s better off
to let it go
quiet my heart
do Your part
i lay me down
for Your crown

what can make me whole again, nothing but Your blood Jesus.
please my Lord, forgive me for grieving Your Spirit once again
in choosing the desires of flesh and sin over the eternal redemption
and life of love that You gave freely
and made available to me through Your death.
i’m sorry. i want to change, i want to desire repentance in my heart.
though my spirit is willing, my flesh is weak.
i am prone to depravity and sin, i ask for Your strengthening,
to put to death the flesh in me,
to lift me out of these dirt and rags that i’ve placed myself in again,
and to wash away my stains and iniquities.
i want You Jesus. i want to be washed clean,
to be wrapped again in robes of white and garments of righteousness
in Your Spirit, enable me to love and desire You above anything else.
only through Your blood and Your Spirit
to live Yourself within Me and to lead me in Your ways everlasting.
to have no other fount that i know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.