After Glow

Quote >"Hours and flowers fade away, But memories and fragrance lingers on. Always leave behind pleasant memories.

The Bible says we are the aroma (fragrance) of Christ.

 ♥2 Corinthians 2:15 For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. As we walk through this day may the beauty of Christ radiate from us and may we carry His fragrance!

♥After Glow ♥

I’d like the memory of me
to be a happy one.

I’d like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.

I’d like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when life is done.

~ unknown~♥2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Kill ego and Save Love(Author Unknown)

Love And Ego

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Once upon a time there was an island , where all the feelings lived together .

One day there was a storm in the sea and the island was about to get drowned.

Every feeling was scared but Love made a boat to escape.

Every feeling boarded the boat.
 Only 1 feeling was left.
Love   got down to  see who it was...

It was EGO.

Love tried and tried but ego wasn't moving also the water was rising.

Every one asked love to leave him and come in the boat, but love was
made to love.

At last all the feelings escape and Love dies with ego on the island.

Love Dies because of EGO

So, Kill ego and Save Love

~unknown~

~Cheerful people live longer in our memory~‏

Hi...

Let's take a potted Rose plant and place it on the window. And let's turn all the roses to face our room. But as the Sun rises up, we'll find the roses turning towards the sun. It seems to prefer to look at the light than the darkness within the room.We too need to quickly turn away from gloomy, sad situations and look towards brighter situations.
We need to be people who radiate joy and cheerfulness.
Cheerful people who bring joy and smiles our way are hard to forget and live longer in our memory.
We remember joy more readily than sorrow and we like to be around cheerful people.
Let us be cheerful people too and do all that we have to do cheerfully.
ROMANS 12:8, ".....if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully."
Even as the Rose turns towards the sun, which is it's source of energy, let us look towards the SON OF GOD (JESUS OUR SAVIOR) for our source of joy and strength. Let the Glory of God reflect on us & through us.
Be blessed,
Julie

Spread some cheer around...

Hi.....
It's always good to receive a word of encouragement, it's nice when someone reaches out to comfort us, help us.
It feels good to be appreciated.
And today let's spread some cheer around.
Let's put a smile on someones face who made us smile.
Let's encourage someone who encouraged us.
Let's appreciate people who bless us.
Let's send a note to our Pastors,
telling him how much we are blessed by his weekly word and exhortations and prayers.
Let's pray for someone who prayed for us.
you know I just read the following note today and thought I need to spread some cheer around.
Will you spread some cheer around???
Stay Blessed,
Julie

~Let's guard our tongue~

Hi....
Today is God's gift to us...
~~Let's learn to control our tongue this day..
What sharp and hurtful words we speak to those around us so...easily!
~~Let's ask God to keep us from saying unkind, unlovingwords to others.
~~Let's keep our mouths shut when we feel like saying something unkind.
~~Let's ask God to set a guard at our lips.
Sharp critisism, hasty judgements, unloving words affect relationships..
Let's love one another like Christ loved us! It's just this one life we walk on this surface earth. May a difference not just by all you do,
But by all you say too~~
God Bless you,
Julie

"Let the words of our mouth & the meditation of our heart be acceptable in His sight.."

Has someone interrupted your plans?

Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. 

Hi...

Has someone or something interrupted your plans?

Trust God!

May be you were planning on taking up a new job, visiting a new place or planning to do something but suddenly someone may come by and upset our plans or for some reasons your plans failed.

Don't panic..but TRUST GOD

When plans are changed, He has a better way to accomplish HIS WILL in your life.

God knows what's best for you..

JERE 29:11,"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Though right now you don't see anything clear just give your hand in your Heavenly Father's hands & let Him lead you one step at a time.

Just continue to hope & trust in God to give you the best & He will surely reveal the plan HE has for you.

 Prov 23:¹⁸ There is surely a future hope for you,
       and your hope will not be cut off.

Julia

We are the fragrance of Christ....

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ2 Corinthians 2:15For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
Hi..... The Bible says we are the aroma (fragrance) of Christ. I once read that there is a certain valley in Romania, where they grow only rose plants & the roses are sold in the local market & also exported to other nations. Here roses are seen all around. It seems during the time of Rose crop, the perfume of this valley is soo strong that even if you are in that place for few minutes, where ever you go, the rest of the day people will know where you had been because the fragrance goes with you. Spending time in the Lord's presence is like that. When we go to His presence early in the morning & then go about your daily chores, you will carry the fragrance of Christ all day long. Not only that we are to walk in God's love & imitate Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷEphesians 5: 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Our love for others should go beyond affection to self sacrificing service. Julia

The wise virgins

Hi....

★Matthew 25:1"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6"At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' 7"Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.' 9" 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.' 10"But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. 11"Later the others also came. 'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!' 12"But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I don't know you.' 13"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Here we read a parable of the ten virgins who go out to meet the bridegroom. 5 were wise & five foolish. The foolish ones failed to carry extra oil. There was a delay & the bridegroom did not come at the expected time & when he finally came the 5 foolish virgins had no oil & had to go to buy some & when they did return, it was too late. Each of us are responsible for our own spiritual life. We must always be ready to meet our Savior Jesus Christ. Each of us have to personally have a relationship with our Lord. We need to be filled with the HOLY SPIRIT & walk in His anointing. It's not just enough to read His Word, writ about it, talk about it but we need to obey HIS Word & act on them. Only then we will be wise.
★Matthew 7:24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock."
Even today we may be waiting for Our Savior's return but if we are not walking in obedience to His Word & living as He wants us to live & don't know Him personally in our hearts & live in fellowship with HIM on daily basis...He may one day say"I do not know you" (Mat 25:12). ★Matthew 7: 21-22"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?"
It's not being good or being religious & talking religion that will take us to our Father in Heaven. On the judgement day only our relationship with our Lord & Savior JESUS CHRIST will really matter. Lets love JESUS with all our hearts, let's spend time in His presence to know Him better. Let's read His word & meditate on it. Let's quieten ourselves in His Presence to hear Him speak. He'll speak to those who take the time to listen.
Psalm 25: 14 "The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them."
Isn't that amazing...the Lord confiding & sharing His heart with those who fear Him.!
Let's fall in love with our Savior all over again, let's live for Him & serve Him & also be always alert & watchful as we do not know when Our Lord will come. But when He does come we got to be ready. Let's start preparing ourselves. It's time to give our best to Jesus.
When Christ comes suddenly there will be no time for last minute repentance or bargaining.
Today we have the choice who we will serve & let's make the right choice!!!!!!!
Let's set priorities right.
Let's seek more of God, long to be in HIS PRESENCE, hunger for HIS WORD, thirst for HIS ANOINTING,
Let's get rid of anything that keeps us from giving Our Lord the 1st place.
God richly Bless you.
Awaiting my Savior's return,
YSIC,
Julia

~Beautiful paintings~

BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS!

These paintings are beautiful..!

~Without You I Am Nothing~ (Author Unknown)

The most humbling statement we can say is, 

“I am nothing without God.”
Our most powerful statement is, 

“With God, I can do anything.”

Dearest Father
I am writing this poem
With thoughts of ONLY You

You are my Heart
My Spirit, my Soul
And praising You
Is my everyday goal

It’s hard in this world
With the devil around
But my Almighty God
Won’t let me fall to the ground

You comfort me
And hold close to Your Heart
You whisper in my ear
I am your God

You listen very closely
To all my sorrow and my needs
To all my joys and my confessions,
You are ALL that my soul seeks

Without You I am nothing
Like a seed without the rain,
Like a sheep without a shepherd
Oh God! You are my Main!

Please hold me in Your Embrace
And NEVER let me go
Because of You I am living
My God, my Savior, and my Lord.

Say "NO" to Pornography...

Hi ....

It's said...

"What we tolerate we cannot change."

Pornography is something we should not tolerate.

It's sad to see soo many young and old alike are hooked on to pornography.

Each soul is precious to our Lord.

Our Lord said we are the 'light'.

Ephesians 5 : ⁸For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light ⁹(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) ¹⁰and find out what pleases the Lord. ¹¹Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. ¹²For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. ¹³But everything exposed by the light becomes visible.

We just can't sit back and say, 'It's not my concern'.

We can't change it if we tolerate it.

  We got to stand up and speak against things that are not right and also pray about it. We got to do something about it.

We got to help people struggling in this area, to break free from this addiction.

We got to say "NO" to pornography.

Because it...

It's addictive...

Distorts one's thinking...

Degrades ones mind...

Dominates one and makes him a slave to it (Rom 6:16)

Destroys individuals, homes, communities.

Defiles relationships, body, mind, heart.

Can we pray against this and do something to change this?

Can we help people we know struggling with this addiction?

If someone out there is watching pornography in secret, know that it's time to say NO.

Reach out for help and prayer and resist this temptation.

With God's help you can...

YSIC,

Julie

Testimony of a former porn actress.

I am a former porn actress and prostitute from the 90's who was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Impulse Control Disorder and substance abuse due to years of trauma from the sex industry, although while I was in the sex industry I had no idea I had these disorders. I was prescribed anti-depressants, Lithium, and sleeping pills and recommended counseling for the next twenty years!
The doctor's diagnosis only sent me into deeper depression and I knew there was nowhere to turn except to a God who loved me and had the power to heal me.
After finding God and going through eight years of recovery at the Champion's center, I conquered the horrible effects of my past and became a Champion in life through the power of Jesus Christ. Ten years later I am on a passionate mission to help people transform their lives by offering love, acceptance and powerful resources to equip people to live Champion lives.
I'm also on a mission to smash the illusion of porn so people will stop viewing porn and stop contributing to the destruction of the lives of men and women in the adult industry.
I also want to protect children from accessing pornography online, to rescue sex workers from human trafficking and to expose the truth that many men and women are forced to work in hazardous working conditions in the unregulated and unsanitary adult film industry.  My heart is to be an advocate for those who work in the adult industry by educating them with the truth and protecting them from sexually transmitted diseases and other harmful risks.
FACTS ABOUT PORN:
People pay more money for pornography in America in a year than they do on movie and performing arts tickets. There were 11,000 porn video titles released last year verses 400 movie releases from Hollywood. The porn industry employs over 12,000 people in California and pays over $36 million in taxes every year. According to Web sense, a company that tracks Internet content, the number of porn sites is 17 times greater than it was four years ago, growing from about 88,000 sites in 2000 to nearly 1.6 million in 2004. THE LARGEST GROUP FOR VIEWING PORN IS AGES 12 - 17. We've got to protect children!
Pornography is big business.
It is estimated that there are 4.2 million porn Web sites — 12 percent of the total amount of sites — allowing access to 72 million worldwide visitors monthly. One-quarter of total daily search engine requests, or 68 million, are for pornographic material, where 40 million Americans are regular visitors. Porn is the number one mental health issue in America. Men are losing their families and jobs. Wives are totally devastated their husbands are addicted to porn. Teenagers are learning sexuality from porn and practicing hardcore sex acts on each other. Porn stars are addicted to drugs and infected with sexually transmitted diseases. In 2007, there were nine deaths of porn industry workers directly related to AIDS, suicide and drug overdoses. 66% of porn stars are infected with Herpes although some porn stars blatantly admit it's more like 90%. Other porn stars admit that 90% of porn performers use drugs. Young girls dream of becoming porn stars and living the "glamorous" life. But the truth is...
Porn is Not Glamorous.
I should know.
After surviving several suicide attempts, alcoholism, drug addiction and eight hard years of recovery from the porn industry and prostitution, God restored my life through His amazing love! After learning the truth about Jesus Christ and being restored emotionally, spiritually and physically, God sent me out to share my story of transformation in prisons and rescue missions.
Two years after I began sharing my story, God told me to put up a web site in 2004. I had NO idea that thousands of people would actually find it and that my story would touch so many lives. I am humbled and amazed that
God even uses someone like me.
 I truly hope my web site and this myspace inspires every single one of you to reach out to God and believe in Him to do the impossible in your life. Whether you're struggling with porn addiction, sexual trauma, depression or a broken heart, with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!
I also want you to know, no matter how far you've strayed or how deep in sin you are, God will pull you out if you want Him to! If He heard the prayers of a desperate porn actress and saved her, SURELY He will do the same for you! "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
God loves you whether you're a porn star or a porn addict and He has an awesome destiny for your life. If only you will call on the name of Jesus, God's plan for your destiny, and ask Him to save you and help you, He will!
After turning back to God, He healed me completely of: Genital Herpes, Alcohol Addiction, Meth and Drug Addiction, Sex Addiction, Tormenting Images of Porn, Mental Disorders such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Severe Depression, Bi-Polar Disorder, sexual dysfunction and early Cervical Cancer caused by sexually transmitted disease.
Jeremiah 30:17 "For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an outcast."
He is the God that restores outcasts!
Shelley Lubben
(Ex-pornstar)

Change our vain imaginations into intercession...

Hi.........

If we...

"Change our vain imaginations...into intercession..."

(A borrowed thought)

We will see miracles happen in our Nation, cities, neighborhood, families & in our lives too...!

2 Chronicles 7:14

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Ezekiel 22: 30

"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none."

God Bless each of you....

Good Night from India...

Julie

Here below is a nice song by casting crowns. You can watch this video here..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF-lXgjEHo0

CASTING CROWNS LYRICS
"What If His People Prayed"
What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captives free
And not let Satan have one more

What if the church for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took and stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face
And turn from their own way

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face
And turn from their own way

He said that they would hear
His promise has been made
He's answered loud and clear, Yeah
If only we would pray

If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people called by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face, Yeah
And turn from their own way

He said that they would hear
His promise has been made
He's answered loud and clear, Yeah
If only we would pray

What if His people prayed

STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS

STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321  Try It. . .

 The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.  ! !

 "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

 A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

 The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

 A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

 Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

 More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

 Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

 If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

 Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

 The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

 The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

 TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.  CoOL

 If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction

 The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

 A snail can sleep for 3 years.

 China has more English speakers than the United States.

 The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

 Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world. 

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

 Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.

 Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

 Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the

child reaches 2-6 years of age.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

if you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

it's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Polar bears are left-handed.

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank 1 for animal having the most taste buds.

A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals

that can't jump.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Starfish haven't got brains.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

Almonds are members of the peach family.