Being Attacked

So lately, I feel like I have been being attacked. I have felt the devil take every opportunity to make me feel sick and just down right cruddy. Lately my little brother has been listening to this song by one of his favorite bands, Oh Sleeper. It is called 'Son of the Morning vs The Finisher'. You can click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWvl1_zb_Q to go to it or listen to it here and click below.

***Fair warning this is a metal band that has screaming in it so if that isn't your type of music you might not want to click, but I hope you do chose to click and watch it.

H=God Ex. Him, He, His

h=devil Ex. him, he, his

(*This is a note for the ones that didn't want to listen to it, and that's all right, I won't put it against you. This song is pretty much a chat between the devil and God. It starts out with the devil saying how he thinks that he is more powerful than God. That God hasn't won anything. Damning Jesus because He took the devils 'light'. Stating that he will soon claim the thrown. Then God starts talking. How the devil just speaks in a whisper and how His speaking quiets the seas and when He breathes He can break the devil's neck. That God will calm the world, all that has been corrupted by the devil. God will take out the devil if he keeps the world from searching Him and take away his shade. He will put him in his place. God is the Finisher and He is Forever. The devil will fear the angels from heaven when they lift their wings. He will finish him when He cuts off his horns.)

My typing and interpretations for this song doesn't do it justice so please, if you are able to spare the time, please click on it. 

It was definitely a needed song to listen to. Because lately I feel like the devil has been attacking me. Using what I have gone through and geared it to work for him. For those of you that don't know I leave for a trip out of the country for a couple weeks on Monday with a youth delegation. There are three people that are sick but we hope and pray for them to be fully recuperated. This is how the devil works. By kicking his offense down while they are weakened because his defense isn't too, well let's just say good. he wants to make sure that we will get occupied in something else rather than do God's work. By the devil attacking me right now while I am off guard and kicking me while I am down I am afraid that I won't experience what the full experience that God intended for these next couple weeks. Re-listening to this song assures me that with the help of God, I won't distracted. That with the help of God, nothing can stand in my way. That with the help of God I am able to experience anything beyond what I can imagine.

And same goes for you. Don't let the devil kick you while you are down! If you let him get to you like that then you will never experience what God intended. Which is more wonderful than you can fathom.

I also listened to 'You Alone Can Rescue' by Passion, 'Stronger', and 'The One Who Save' by Hillsong recommended by one of my dear friends, which were other great reminders. (So if you didn't listen to the first song, or didn't like it, I highly recommend listening to if not one but all of these.

I hope you enjoyed this post, and thank you for reading. If you would, could you please remember me and my delegation over these next couple weeks and say a prayer for us as we go on God's journey? That would mean more to me than you know! :) 

Let me know what you think about what the post, so please comment. It would make my day. :)

Love Always and God Bless

Shaina :))

Words of Encouragement

en-cour-age
-verb

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/encourage's definition
1. to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence
2. to promote, advance, or foster

My definition
1. to comfort, uplift, help someone who feels crappy, feel better
2. something that everyone needs every once in a while

If you read between the lines, they are pretty much saying the same thing. They are meaning the same thing.

Words of encouragement. Pretty much the same thing. They are comforting words that help people realize that people care about them and let them know that they are not alone that everyone needs to hear every now and again. So here are some of my favorite quotes, bible verses and songs. I hope and pray that they are as useful to you as they were/are to me.

*************These range from life to relationships to patience to whatever else **************
Quotes


"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
-Winnie the Pooh 
"Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the war they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them..."
-Natalie Portman
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
-Samuel Johnson
"Not all who wander are lost."
-J.R.R. Tolkien
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
-Steve Prefontaine
"Jesus didn't just die for our sinfulness. Our sinfulness died with Him!"
-Anonymous
"You are special because there is no one like you. You were made in the image of God. So be the best you can be."
-Anonymous
"I'm not gonna tell you to not be afraid because everyone feels fear, but I will say have courage which in going forward in spite of that fear and carrying out obediently the tasks that are laid before you. God is with you."
-My brother in Christ Thomas Brown
"If you find your special someone you have to hold on tightly and never let go. Even through rough, emotional, and just times."
-Anonymous
"Four things you can't recover - a stone after the throw, a word after it is said, the occasion after it is missed, the time after it's gone."
-Jim Burns
"Keep patience and perseverance in this part of your life and the days to come! Call on Him and He WILL answer! Allow his presence to renew your spirit, mind, and heart. You WILL make it through this Shaina (insert your name here) and you are not alone. God will be there every step of the way!"
-Thommy Brown

Bible Verses **Please don't turn away from this part

"Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example for the believers in speech, life, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." - Psalms 37.4
"If the Lord delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand." - Psalm 37:23-24
"For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones." - Psalm 37:28
"I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy." - John 16:20
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." - John 16:33
"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." - 2 Corinthians 12:9-13

Songs


"Take Heart" by Hillsong United
"Oh You Bring" by Hillsong United
"Open My Eyes" by Hillsong
"Forever Reign" by Hillsong
"Stay Beautiful" by Taylor Swift
"The One Who Saves" by Hillsong
"Love Is Waiting" by Brooke Fraser
"Awake My Soul" by Mumford & Sons
"Naturally" by Matt Wertz
"Graces Amazing Hands" by Dave Barnes
"Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons (this just makes me feel better because I really like this band, and this song...except for the cussing in this one. please pardon it.)
"You Are Here" by Needtobreathe
"More Time" by Needtobreathe
"Something Beautiful' Needtobreathe
"The Greatness of Our God" by Hillsong
"You" by Hillsong

If you made it to the finish, good job and thank you. If some things made sense and others just made you question a little, it was something that I just saw and I liked so I thought that I would add it. I have been kinda stuck on this post for a couple weeks now...just getting distracted and it took some time looking for certain things. But I mostly got distracted.ha I hope you enjoyed and please leave a comment. Constructive criticism if you didn't like it.

Love Always and God Bless