Answering a Life group question.

Do you have three people in your life that you can trust to speak the truth about your life?

This was a question that was included in the study notes for this week’s life group meeting. It’s a question that I am still thinking about. My automatic answer would be No. The reason that my answer is no isn’t because I think my family is bad, it’s because my family is the group.of people that is around me the majority of the time and in some cases when the same people are always around you, you tend to grow numb to their opinions, especially in the scenarios where you did not ask for an opinion.

It’s for this reason that I believe that everyone needs a trusted group of friends outside their immediate circle, simply because it’s easier to process what has been said because you don’t have to go home with them.

Having someone speak the truth in your life is a tough pill to swallow so it’s important that you trust them to give you sound advice.

There have been a few times in my life where I can honestly the truth was delivered a lot sweeter and it was easier to process even though it had to do with an issue that my parents were concerned about.

The serious Issue:

I didn’t walk away from a painful relationship until my pastor’s wife and my best friend from church told me that I wasn’t acting like the woman God meant for me to be and that I needed to walk away.

The minor situation

I didn’t start paying attention to the way that I carry myself until

Amy Landino

Rachel Walker

And a few other women walked into my life via YouTube

So to the loved ones of people that may need to hear the truth, here. Is a dose of truth for you.

Not all Truth is yours to speak, so step back and take a breath it’s going to be ok

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Who I’m Becoming

I’ve had a great time for the past two days participating in a Facebook group called the Becoming challenge.

Yesterday we learned about growth through positive self-talk and breathing technics in order to improve our health. We also talked about how much a smile can change your out look on your day and your life.

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How to be confident 10 tips from my mentor Amy Landino

Know your stuff, be knowledgeable about what you want to contribute to a situation
Be intentional. This sounds like number 1, but it is essential to remember that you cannot break all silences. Don’t speak for the sake of making noise
The clipboard test: walk as if you are supposed to be in the space you are in. Hold your shoulders back and pick your head up.
Don’t be afraid to say I don’t know; it could be a chance for someone to teach you something
Remember that people are just people, not superheroes in disguise.
Be clear about what you want and ask for it.
Dress the part. We should dress the way we want to feel.
Do your research, when you are going somewhere, try to find information about people attending the event so you can know a bit about them and come up.with interesting questions to ask.
Be ok with making mistakes
Practice practice practice.

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Dumb Things Christians say: Christians should Never Judge

Where did this Dumb Thing Come From?

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Matthew 7:1‭-‬6 NIV

Tolerance used to mean: The Right to Be Wrong

Today Tolerance means: Everybody is right and Nobody is wrong.

What does it mean to judge

To Evaluate, choose or determine. This is how we use judgement everyday.
To condemn or pass Final verdict. This is the definition the Lord calls use to stay away from.

Memory Verse

Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”

John 7:24

Dangers of Judging wrongly

You’re not the final judge God is.
Judgment has a boomerang effect
It’s hypothetical, don’t judge someone on something that you might be struggling with to.

How to Judge Rightly

Carefully
Biblically
Humbly

See what God has to say about things in his word. If God does not say anything in his word about something you think is an issue let it go. If you know for sure that God says something his word about an issue. Say something, but hate the sin and love the sinner.

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Dumb Things Christians say: Everything Happens for a reason

And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28

When Bad things happen:

The good news

Everything happens for a reason
The Bad news it’s not always the reason we hoped for.

A promise with a Premise

In all things, God works for Good
Not all things are Good

A Promise with a Premise

And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

To claim the promise of Romans 8:28, you have to fulfill the premise

Be a member of God’s family

When Bad things happen:

A bad thing might become a good thing. God may turn situations around for good.
A bad thing might be a bad thing. We live in a fallen world, and sin has consequences.

The Smart Thing

Whatever happens, obey God.

Two things to remember

If you are a follower of Jesus, this world is as close to hell as you are ever going to get.
If you are not a follower of Jesus, this world is as close to heaven.as you are ever going to get.

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Hi I’m Marie and I’m a push girl

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Celebrating 6 years of friendship: A Jersey Boy and That Woman from that Neighborhood

As a blog post, this celebration is a day late, but I celebrated yesterday on my other social media outlets. October 13th, 2014, was the evening that I met my dear friend John Lloyd Young. That was a night that I will never forget.

I’ll always remember the music for Can’t Take My Eyes off of You Starting and wondering where John was because we could hear him, but he was nowhere to be seen. All of a sudden, my mom elbows me and says

Turn around. He’s right behind you!

And he was looking right at me. During the show he came out into the audience singing, Hey There Lonely Girl, and tried to hold my hand. I wouldn’t let him.
At the end of the night, I asked for a hug, and he said,

How could I say no

And hugged me. Little did we know that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing and cheering on my handsome and talented friend 36 times. The majority of those meetings taking place at Sterlings Upstairs at the Federal in North Hollywood and the rest of our time together has been at Feinstein’s at Vitello’s in Studio City.
Below are some of my favorite memories of us.

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What do you miss most?

We all have pieces of our lives that we feel are missing because of the safer at home situation we are in. What do you miss most?

For me, I miss going out regularly. I’m not only referring to dressing up and going to concerts. I miss the weekly routine of going to Bible study, sitting on a comfy couch, and chatting with my friends. I also miss freely being able to hug someone with.

Tonight I was able to participate in a Webinar called women in media and ministry. It was a conversation about women media and relationships.

I We learned that to maintain our sanity; we need to first and foremost need to stay in God’s Word and maintain our prayer life. We also need to place importance on taking care of our relationships with one another. We need to make time for virtual tea times and coffee dates, and if we are comfortable, we need to invite friends over for some socially distanced lunches ask them to bring their lunch an sit on your porch while you sit in your door way and talk to them.

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Why I share my Faith

When I first became a Beachbody Coach, I was the annoying woman who would only share , the products she was using on social media. I quickly learned that to truly be successful and have an impact; you needed to be willing to share other things about yourself.

well listening to a mentor of mine named Bob Heileg that you should share the notes that you have tucked away in your desk drawer. The notes that I always have tucked away are the sermon notes from church, so one day, I decided that I would start reteaching what I learned in church. It has grown into something bigger than me and is something that I will continue to do because God commands me to do and I want to see all my friends and family come to a relationship with Jesus Christ.

The reason for this post is to tell anyone reading it that if you have a desire to reach your community in any way start by sharing the notes you have in your desk drawer.

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Answering a LifeGroup question

Do you think there is a difference between saying im sorry and repentance?

I think there is a huge difference between using the words im sorry and repentance because anyone can say im sorry, but it takes action to repent. To repent means that someone completely changes their behavior.

If someone tells you they are sorry, but their actions do not change, you have the responsibility to forgive them, but then you have the right to end or change the relationship.

For instance, if you have a best friend who.is always late.picking you up, eventually, you may have to them

I’m still happy to be your friend and hang out with you, but. i’ll find my own way to get there.

If you are in a relationship where someone has told you continually that they know that you’ve had trust issues with them because of past behavior that scared you, and you recently saw the same behavior. Forgive them in your heart and leave the relationship