Anxiety : When our situations REALLY are messed up!

The thing that I have failed to acknowledge in this series is the idea of "Reality". I don't want to come off like  I"m sugarcoating anything. I don't want to these posts to come off as some lofty, floaty, new age, type of ideas. It is anything but that. What I want to communicate in this series on anxiety is that God is bigger than ALL of our problems. One of the biggest setbacks and strongholds to overcoming anxiety and fear is that we grapple with this idea of reality and the fact that sometimes our situations  really are messed...

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Anxiety: What's the Mind got to do with it?

What's the big deal about what we think about? Don't think there's a connection between how we think and how we feel? There is most definitely a connection between anxiety/worry and what thoughts are going on. And even more so God Himself cares about our thoughts!! Let's see what the Bible has to say about this: Submit Your Mind to God From the very beginning, God told us that our mind matters! Surrender does include our  minds.  The word says to surrender our Hearts, souls, AND MIND to God.  SO from the...

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Meditations for the Anxious : Psalm 23

Tonight * I was reading Psalm 23 (the "Funeral" Chapter) and I realized that so many times we read it and think of it in the future ie we WILL have peace, rest, etc. But I recognize that David wrote Pslam 23 in the present; he wrote that RIGHT NOW "i shall not want" . It didn't matter what his situation was and he didn't wait for "tangible" or "visible" blessings as confirmation that that was true. He also didn't make it his life's goal to chase after peace, rest, comfort and make idols of them because he knew that no sitaution or mateiral possession...

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Anxiety : The lack of Peace

Let's be honest and clear here. If we are anxious about something...we are not trusting the Lord. This is a truth that people often love to argue against and twist around. But worrying and anxiety is something that God straight up told us not to do [Philippians 4:6 for example].  But we will never stop worrying /being anxious UNTIL we admit this. Only then can we repent and move towards freedom. No one LIKES anxiety. What we're really looking for is peace. But why don't I have it?? Truth : Peace is a byproduct. According...

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Anxiety : We need a Gatekeeper

  We encounter many thoughts that pass through our own mind. We cannot simply let ANY and EVERY thought go pass. We need someone or something to sift through this so we can know what is clear and what should be denied. What we need is a GATEKEEPER. Where do we find that? Truth is the Gatekeeper. Now that may sound super simple but it's not always so. Why? Because we need discernment. We hear many voices throughout the day [through media, other people, the enemy, our flesh etc] Are we going to listen to what the world, Satan,...

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The Cure for Anxiety

Well, to be straight ot the point..the cure is Jesus. HE is the answer for everything. No matter what the question is. It's something we all know, but at the same time, people are often confused on the practical issues of anxiety. Well, fortunately, Jesus really IS practical.                                        When we're anxious it's because we're freakng...

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Facebook : Life, Death & Lot's Wife

Immediately after I posted about Lot's Wife, I went to type in someone's name on my facebook and a certain person popped up. T I hadn't contacted that person in a few years nor had I been thinking about them. See in my last post I said, do not reminisce on xyz. You fill in the blank. Well, this is my xyz. Or one of them because we have multiple xyz's. This certain person tried to contact me through another source and so forth and I knew that I was not to be in contact with them. But right then and there I had a decision to make....

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Victory comes from Him alone

Didn't there always seem to always be something happening in David's life? Not only that but David had many, many enemies and people were set out to kill him. It's so crazy to me as I was reading this verse (see link to Psalm 3 below) under the dryer at the hair salon today. How often is it true that I complain and worry about "enemies" or "unfavorable circumstances". I can honestly say that I have never had someone try to kill me. Yet I complain when someone makes one rude complaint to me. Ahh! Look at David! I'm currently reading through the...

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Lot's Wife : How Not to Look Back

But Lot's wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 (NLT)   Source: via Mijoi on Pinterest So I had written a post before this and I deleted it. So, I'm not going to retype it. We'll just start here. Lot's wife became a pillar of salt. God really was focusing me on this. This account in the Bible always bothered me a bit, I think because I never gave much thought to...

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In bondage to Beauty

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Corin. 4:16 So, I cut my hair.... after I got it cut, no makeup & all (Well other than the lipstick lol) Earlier this year I couldn't stop talking about how I wanted to grow out my hair. I REFUSED to cut it. I hated trims! I had in extensions for a while too! I was sooo excited. And then guess what? My hair started falling...

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A girl's guide to being Beautiful

Source: pinterestin.info via essie on Pinterest Lately, I've been doing a study on beauty (see below for link for this fab book I'm going through) and God has been renewing my mind and reminding me of the true source of beauty and how the world distorts it. How and where to obtain beauty... True Beauty comes from Him If we keep believing that beauty comes from somewhere other than from God's hand we will always be dissappointed...

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Oh how He loves us Part 1

Source: etsy.com via Khamila on Pinterest This is what the Lord had me reading over today: Isaiah 43:1-7. How I love the book of Isaiah! The Holy Spirit often reminds me of something from this book. This past week or so I have made it a point to meditate on the Love of God. That includes me reading certain books, handpicking certain sermons to listen to while at work, even song playlists, etc. Basically things to help my mind be...

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He's talking to YOU

Personalize every truth and every scripture until you can read it...say/see your name...and believe it. I am constantly reminded by the Lord this week that every single word is for me. And you! Enjoy. But now, Khamila, listen to the LORD who created Khamila.O Khamila, the one who formed Khamila says,“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed Khamila.I have called Khamila by name; Khamila is mine.When Khamila goes through deep waters,I will be with Khamila.When Khamila goes through rivers of difficulty,Khamila will not drown.When Khamila walks...

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Returning to Your First Love

Whenever I feel far from  God I have to ask  myself  "WHY?" I know the obvious answer...it's because I moved away. Something is in between us. It's usually something that I have let consume my time, caused me to worry & I let it stick around and I entertain it, etcetc. I can look back some months ago or even to when I rededicated myself to Christ. How come I'm  not nearly as on fire for Him  as I once was. In my quiet time I asked the Lord this and this verse popped up in my head: "Remember therefore from where...

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Everyday Makeup Tutorial

Hi Ladies! Another component of my blog is writing about makeup! Why? Because I love it! It's so much fun. I recorded this video for fun and shall have even more coming out soon. Next up on the list is a pinup tutorial and also a video request of how to blend eyeshadow. Please check out video below :) All makeup Requests are to be emailed to milasmonster@gmail.com or leave a comment anywhere! The final look  xoxo Mila!...

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Stand and knock at the door - Be Faithful!

So I really should be doing my presentaiton right now. But I wanted to do a quick post first!I just got back from attending an Al-Anon meeting. Our assignment my professor gave us was to just to go visit, check it out, and basically write about our experience. What an experience! These women were not down and out but full of so much joy! Beautiful! Radiant! Real! Grateful! Extremely friendly. Honest. Vulnerable. They showed up faithful (years!) to walk the journey of healing.  I was so blessed by this experience and feeling...

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think.feel.live. part 2

So how do you take it to Jesus? This is something that I have SUCH a hard time with and am finding myself doing this much more often. With a humble attitude, I just get along with Him and confess my emotions and declare that I don't want to hold onto them any longer. But I don't just stop there but instead I ask Him to help me to understand why why I feel that way. What is causing me to feel that way. More specifically what lie am I believing? Now, this takes humility in itself because regardless of if it was "someone else's fault" we don't...

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think.feel.live. part 1

think.feel .live   Do we believe this? That thoughts lead to feelings that lead to a way of life?  Literally that what we think on can control the path we take? Our thought life matters. Our emotions matter .It's so easy for us as women to stuff our feelings away because it's so easy to think that Jesus doesn't care about how we feel. Totally not true! He cares about the brokenhearted! Jesus wept! But, worshipping your emotions is a WHOLE different thing. If we put our emotions on a pedestal in place of Jesus this is where it...

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