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Patience (Longsuffering) is a Fruit of the Spirit!

Posted in Anastasia Diamond, Christian Blog, Christianity, Fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, Inspirational, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Longsuffering, Patience, Religion, Spirituality, tagged Faithfulness, Fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, Gentleness, God, goodness, Humility, Joy, Kindness, Longsuffering, Love, Patience, Peace, Self-control, Submission on October 16, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Why do we dread receiving this precious Fruit called PATIENCE? Most of us expect patience from family, friends, God, and others. However, we usually do not go out of our way to pray patience for ourselves.

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Lean on JESUS when…

Posted in Anastasia Diamond, Christian, Christian Blog, Christian Writing, Christianity, Communication, Hope, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Life, Living, Love, Mental Health, Ministry, Photgraphs, Suicide, Worship, Writing, tagged abandoned, addiction, anger, bitterness, children, Comfort, Communication, confusion, Death, defeat, disappoint, doubt, envy, evil, fairness, Faith, Fear, For God so loved the world, Forgiveness, friends, God, goodness, Grace, Grief, health, heart of stone, home, Hope, Hopeless, Jesus my Lord and Savior, John 3:16-17, Joy, justice, Lean on Jesus, Life, Loss, Love, Mercy, parents, people, plans, pleasure, Prayer, resources, sad, save, sleep, songs, Sorrow, Tears, time, Truth, words on May 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »

When life is challenging (that’s every day)…lean on Jesus
When sad songs are the melody of your life…lean on Jesus
When home is a place where there is no peace…lean on Jesus
When defeat is an option, and you want to give up…lean on Jesus
When joy is elusive…lean on Jesus
When suicide feels like the only way out…lean on Jesus
When pleasure is an empty and bottomless pit…lean on Jesus
When pain burns in every fiber of your being…lean on Jesus
When bitterness is turning your heart to stone…lean on Jesus
When God feels like a stranger who just doesn’t care…lean on Jesus
When you are shattered and broken, gather all the pieces at the foot of His cross…and lean on Jesus

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Happy and Blessed Mother’s Day!

Posted in 2010, Anastasia Diamond, Blessings, Christian, Communication, Faith, Grief, Grief Counseling, Grieving, Hope, Inspirational, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Love, Mental Health, Ministry, Mother's Day, Mother's Day...Reflections and Prayer, Pray, Prayer, Prayerful Reflections, prison, Reflections on Mother's Day, Relationships, Spiritual Health, Unborn Babies, tagged A Closer Walk With Jesus, A gift from God, actions of your body, Anastasia Diamond, blessed, Comfort, Discernment, Dorothy Diamond, encouragement, Eternity, First child, free, happiness, Happy and Blessed Mother's Day, Happy Mother's Day, http://bit.ly/MothersDayReflections, imprisoned, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Joy, Living in Eternity with God, Love, Mother's Day card, Mother-in-law, motherhood, Peace, Prayerful, Prayerful Reflections, Thoughts of your mind, Wisdom, words of your mouth on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

May your Mother’s Day be blessed and filled to over-flowing with love, joy, peace, happiness, comfort, discernment, wisdom…and a closer walk with Jesus. Whoever you are, and wherever you are…Happy and blessed Mother’s Day!

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Graduation Day…From Here to Eternity

Posted in Anastasia Diamond, AnastasiaHIS, Bible, Blessings, Celebration, Christian, Christian Life Coaching, Christian Twitter, Christian Writing, Christianity, Church, Debt Solutions, Eternity, Faith, Fellowship Twitter, Forgiveness, Freedom of Choice, Graduation, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspirational, Inspirational Writing, Jesus, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Life, Living, Mental Health, Ministers, Ministry, On Our Spiritual Journey, Opportunities, Pray, Prayer, Prayer Twitter, Relationaship With Jesus, Religion, Religious Twitter, Salvation, Scripture, Spiritual Health, Stress, Testimony, Twitter, Worship, Writing, tagged Anastasia Diamond, Celebration, Christ, Congratulations, Cross, destroy, Eternity, Final Graduation, Forgiveness, God, Graduation, Graduation Day...From Here To Eternity, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Joy, kill, Lord, Only Begotten SON, Prayer, satan, steal on May 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Throughout this time called life, we graduate from one motivating passage to another: womb to birth; crawling to standing; walking to running; babbling to talking; school to employment…moving out, military, marriage, career, baptism, parenthood, widowhood, and maybe eventual retirement. Every graduation is preparation for the next step; as we prepare to do the things, that will prepare us to do the things, that we are being prepared to do.
How many steps to your next graduation? I don’t know how many graduations you’ve experienced…or will experience. Some of us have many, others – very few. I don’t even pretend to understand why the difference. However, I do know, young or old, rich or poor, successful or not, there is an ultimate graduation all of us must experience: the final graduation from earthly existence into life eternal.

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Opportunities in Sacrificial Service

Posted in Anastasia Diamond, Bible, Christian, Christian Writing, Christianity, Church, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspirational, Inspirational Writing, Jesus, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Life, Living, Ministers, Ministry, Opportunities, Pray, Prayer, Religion, Service, Stress, Worship, Writing, tagged A Living Sacrifice, Anastasia Diamond, God's Will, Good Deed, His Name, Humble, In His Name, Jesus Christ, Jesus my Lord and Savior, Joy, Lord, Ministers, Missionaries, Narrower Road, Obedient, Opportunities, Sacrificial Service, Servant, Spiritual Restoration, Submission, To His Glory, Wash feet on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sacrificial service is a gesture, a statement, or action that you normally would not choose to say or do. It may even put you in peril. It requires that you go above and beyond what is expected or comfortable, in love, and in reverence to the Lord.

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