Many people believe and love God, yet don't celebrate and believe in themselves?

Woman of Purpose

You say you love God?
You say you believe in God?
But do you love yourself?
Do you believe in yourself?

"When God created you He said it was good",

Many people believe and love God, yet don't celebrate and believe in themselves?

I believe this is one of the obstacles in walking out your purpose. When God created you He said it was good, He created you unique, in His perfect image and likeness, with your unique talents and gifts yet we try to meld in and be what everybody else is doing or what other expect from us. My revelation. (I got to be honest here). We try so hard not to be like the world. But how many of us get lost in being like everybody in church. There is a culture in the world but there is also a culture in the church. We got to be careful that we do not become religious like the religious people back in the days of Christ. They all dressed the same, talked the same, walked the same and preached the same. They had beautiful words but no revelations. Their lives did not represented anything what God stands for. Love and acceptance. When was the last time you genuinely spoke, listened and show interest in that person in church but also to that man or woman outside in the world. Christ didn't look like nobody, He walked with all people, the prostitute, the liar, the thief, the prisoner and He never judged them. His ministry was also not limited by the four walls of the church building. He was out there!. He rocked His own outfit and talked totally the opposite of what the high priest were preaching. He only did what the Father told him and He embraced his uniqueness. He knew who He was with confidence. He didn't shy away from who He was and what He was born to do! And the most beautiful of His character, He never placed himself above anyone and with dignity he would also serve.

Revelation: Don't forget to love yourself? How do you do that? Start with being honest with yourself? How do you talk to yourself, How do you talk and treat other people? Are you positive or constantly tearing people down. This is a reflection of your own self worth. If you cannot celebrate somebody else that means you cannot celebrate yourself. Pray and ask God to get to the root of this and to create in you a clean heart and a right spirit. Than start speaking life into yourself, tell yourself all the things God would tell you? Start being thankful for what you have instead of looking at what you miss. Encourage yourself? Allow yourself to live and enjoy life? Eat and have a healthy lifestyle. Get rid of all the toxic thoughts and words you speak to and over yourself. Believe in yourself, take leaps of faith, listen to your heart desires and dreams. God gives you them, allow them to live. When you do that you embrace who God created you to be. Be your Unique self! You are created in His image and in His likeness. Look in the mirror and see God in you.

Genesis 1:31 
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

What are your thoughts about this subject? Have you experienced this?

Have you too forgot at one point to believe in yourself? What did this do to you and how did you tackled it? 

VisionsThoughts&Dreams
NMJ

The meaning of love

The meaning of love goes through my mind a thousand times a day. The searching of Love goes through this world countless times in different ways. Who can say where it started and who can say where it ends?
Love has been already here, before we were here. We all love to love, but as much as we love, we also have the tendency to fall out of love. The only way to learn about love is to find love itself. God is love. He is jealous for our love for Him. He will never fall in and out of love with us. He loved us when we were still sinners drowning in our sins. He loved us so much that He gave His only begotten son to die for our sins while we were still sinners. Our human mind cannot comprehend the unconditional love that God has for each and every one of us.

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VisionsThoughts&Dreams
NMJ

Interview on the Journey of a Creative Artist - Mariana Zinga

A few months ago, I got this great Idea.
As I was writing about my own journey as a Creative artist for my blog, Visions, Thoughts and Dreams. I wanted to know more about the journey of other creative artists. I felt the desire to do something uplifting for my creative sisters out there. The art scene is already a tough business, so we should be supporting one another. Here I want to introduce Mariana Ngombo from Designs by Mariana.
She is an African fashion designer. Check out more of Mariana's design on: www.designsbymariana.com

I interviewed her and here and I will be posting the interview on my blog: http://visionsthoughtsanddreams.blogspot.nl/
You will get to see the link on FB and other social media platforms. Now everybody can get a taste from the Journey of other Creative Artists. Hopefully the story of someone else will inspire you 2 to follow your heart, dreams and visions. 

Leave a comment and let us know more about your Visions, Thoughts and Dreams. Or drop any question that you have, we will answer them as fast as we can. If you also would like 2 share your story, send me a message and I'll put your name on the list. 

Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,

Nadira 

Happy New Year welcomes my 1st poem: Wake Up

Wake up

You want to be somebody? You want to go somewhere?

You better wake up and pay attention

If you want to be somebody? If you want to go somewhere you got to take some actions

Rise up, Work today to change tomorrow,

Too much sipping and clubbing till midnight hours,

Will sooner or later present you mournings and sorrows,

Wasted time and given chances.

24/7 wrapped in a lifetime is what we have,

And all that we have is just one life wrapped, in the days, in the time that is left,

One life, You have been given

God's gift to you, for You to be a gift to the world.

Above or beneath is decided on what you choose to believe.

The head or the tail is dependent on the choices you make, and the seeds that you sow.

Life is all about what You make of it!

You want to be somebody? You want to go somewhere?

You better wake up and pay attention

If you want to be somebody? If you want to go somewhere you got to take some actions

Read the written love letters that feeds the mind,

Listen to songs that uplift the soul,

Capture the walk of a wise man,

Embrace each lesson and teaching with a thankful and humble heart,

Cause pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Repent and then, Get back up again!

You want to be somebody? You want to go somewhere?

You better wake up and pay attention

If you want to be somebody? If you want to go somewhere you got to take some actions

Be the change you want to see,

The difference you want to make,

The voice that needs to be heard.

It’s in your mind, it’s in your thoughts,

It’s in your words, It’s in your moves,

It’s in your heart, It‘s in your soul,

It’s all in you to share it with the world.

You want to be somebody? You want to go somewhere?

You better wake up and pay attention

If you want to be somebody? If you want to go somewhere you got to take some actions.

NMJ

I have a question about that?

Everyone has dreams, some acknowledge and dare to talk about their dreams. But only a few dare to step out and take action to realize their dreams.

Dreams and visions come forth from a passion. What are you passionate for and what goals do you want to achieve from this passion?

These are some of my goals:

1. Continuing to write more and new poems and monologues for stage performances. At least one poem a week.

2. Reading more poetry and business books. 1 book in 2 months.
3. Creating a new website.

Let me know what your goals are? Write it down in a comment, cause Í’m really interested in the goals that you have for 2015 and maybe we can give each other some helpful tips.

Well, I hope to hear from you

Be Blessed and Be a blessing,

Merry Merry Christmas xxxxxx

I wish you all a merry merry Christmas. Laugh more, forgive more, and love more. Drop a message and let me know what lesson you are taking with you that you have learned the last year. What is it that you want to take to a higher level in 2015?

Poetrybook: Visions Thoughts & Dreams

It's almost Christmas I'm giving my books away for 10 Euro

If you don't have a Christmas gift yet, bless somebody with this inspiring, faith based Poetry bookVisions, Thoughts & Dreams

Poetry book: Visions, Thoughts and Dreams/ Visies, Gedachten en Dromen. Is a poetry book written in English and also translated into Dutch. We all have our own journey and destination to go. Without a vision or a dream you are just living life to survive and that is not how life is supposed to be. God gives us a vision, thoughts and dreams to fulfill. He wants us to live life to the fullness. Storms, battles and mountains can put you on the wrong road in this life. With these poems and scriptures I want to encourage you to find your Visions, Thoughts and Dreams back. 

Dit is een tweetalig gedichten boek. Het is geschreven in Nederlands en Engels. Het gaat over de Visies, Gedachten en Dromen die God een ieder van ons geeft. Het is zijn wil dat we het uiterste uit het leven halen. Helaas kunnen zorgen en problemen in het leven ervoor zorgen dat we die passie, de visie, gedachten en dromen vergeten of zelfs kwijtraken. Dat is niet Gods wil, met deze gedichten en bijbelteksten hoop ik u te bemoedigen om uw Visies, Gedachten en Dromen weer terug te vinden.

For orders, send me a message and I will contact you :)

Are you happy with who You are?

Your eyes, your ears, your voice, do you know that you where perfectly created and formed, exactly in the way God wanted you to be. He sees the ability’s in you and knows what He can do through you? A lot of times when we look at ourselves we only see the things we cannot do, that's also the way it is in the world today. Sometimes people only look at you for the things that you can and what you have achieved. God looks at you and sees all kind of ability’s and opportunity’s.
He also want us to look at our self like that, and that we stop complaining when He call us to step out in greatness. Many times we think, I’m not good enough, I don't have that agree to do that, our we have failed for some things in the past and now we are afraid to try it again. Don’t you know that those who have success are those who never gave up. God did not give us a spirit of  fear but of  power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 tim 1:7)
We need to stop thinking like victims, stop looking at our problems like they are giants. Instead of that we need to focus and know the greatness of God that lives inside of us. God created us just the way He wanted us to be, He gave us all different kind of talents to use it, to multiply it, to use it in this dark world to make a difference in the world. God loves us and wants good things for us. God loves you and has a hopeful future for you! Not only for me, but also for you!
God is willing and more than able if you just believe. What your mind and heart believes, that is who you are and who you will always be. Stop believing the negativity you have heard all your life or what people have been telling you. But start believing the promises God has for your life!

For more encouraging words go to: http://www.joycemeyer.org/broadcasthome.aspx