From Sinner to Saint! (:

Hey everyone! I am just so excited to be blogging today. God has inspired me so much lately, and I can't wait to share some great stuff with you!

You know how sometimes you get in one of those moods. You get down and have a hard time getting back up. For stupid reasons you just get depressed.

I think one reason we sometimes feel like this is because we believe Satan's lies. The devil gets in our mind and says, "Taylre... your just not good enough." or "Taylre.. you will never amount to that." what about "Taylre.. you are soooo unworthy. God can never love you the way He says he does." ?


Well I am here to tell you THAT'S CRAP! lol. God loves you. He will never let you go. In fact He loves you so much that Jesus would rather die than be separated from you. WOW. That is powerful stuff right there.


Back to Satan and his lies. There are so many; he is full of them. But what does the Bible say about his lies? ....

John 10:10

"..and he comes like a thief

in the night only to

steal, kill, and destroy.

But I have come that they

may have life,

and have it

to the full."

Do you know what Satan's #1 lie that he gets God's people too believe??

You guessed it! Satan's #1 , and most convincing lie is telling us Christians that we are sinners. You may read this and say WHAT?? she is crazy. I sin she sins, we ALL sin. And you are exactly right. But, what I am saying is when you accept Jesus as your personal LORD and Savior, you are no longer considered a sinner in His eyes. You are considered a saint, who sometimes makes mistakes. Check it out....

1 Corinthians 1:2

"to the church of God in Corinth,

to those sanctified in Christ Jesus

and called to be holy,

together with all those everywhere

who call on the name of our LORD

Jesus Christ their Lord and ours..."

This verse makes me think a lot. What it is basically saying is God is calling on you to worship Him and have a relationship with Him. If you answer that call, then you are "called holy" and have a great inheritance in Heaven. You are God's. You belong to Him and completely to Him. He loves you with ALL of His heart and wants to have a relationship with you.

I want to leave you with the lyrics to one of my FAVORITE songs. "Cannons"

"You are holy,

great and mighty.

The moon and the stars

declare who You are.

I'm so unworthy, but still

You love me.

Forever my heart will

sing of how great

You are."

Remember. You don't have to live a life of sin and be considered a sinner. When you are a Christian, you are no longer a sinner in His eyes.

Remember this...

When you are saved by the Holy Spirit.. you, my friend, have gone from SINNER TO SAINT! (:

Thanks for reading! :D

Have a great day and God Bless! :)

Taylre!

God's Promise! (:

Many of us try as hard as we can to witness, and witness well at that. I, myself, sometimes get discouraged because of fear I won't have the answers to people's questions. One time (when I was probably 10 years old lol) I was speaking with a nonbeliever and they asked me a question of which I was unsure of the answer.

They said, "Taylre, if your such a "big Christian" and all, then tell me something."

I braced myself and nodded confidently. They spoke again, "Well, since you say "God tells you things, when is the end of time? huh?"

I just looked at my friend, with tears welling in my eyes, and told them I didn't have the answer.

I will just be honest with you ,friends. I felt like a COMPLETE FAILURE. I went home from school that day and prayed as hard as I could that God would somehow miraculously give me the answer (I was probably expecting an exact date lol). I had felt like God had sorta let me down. I mean here I was trying so hard to do the right thing and then I am challenged in a way that I can't win.

I sat down on the couch and began to read my Bible. Once again, at random, I opened up to an unexpected passage. And this is what I read.....

ACTS 1:7-8

7 He said to them: "It is not for you to

know the times or dates the Father has set

by His own authority.

8 But you will receive power when

the Holy Spirit comes on you;

and you will be my witness in Jerusalem,

and in all Judea and Samaria and

to the ends of the earth."

This is a perfect example of God's promise. Sometimes we get so caught up in our world that we forget there is a bigger picture that we NEED to be a part of. God will return, He promised. God does not break His promises. :)

Like I said, God will come back, but no one (that's right not one! lol) knows when, except for Him. God already has that millennium, century, decade, year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second planned for his return.

While there is a lot we don't know about when he is coming, we do know that He is coming. I'm not saying it won't be in 2012, and I'm not saying it will be. It might be tomorrow, or today, or whenever.

What I am saying is our Father is the ONLY one that knows. The real question isn't when is He coming.. but will you be ready?

Think about it!

and Just remember...

God's Promise! (:

Thanks for reading!

God Bless! (:

Taylre!

Top Twenty Gospel Songs of the Week!! (:

HERE THEY ARE!! haha check'em out(:


1. Forever Reign ~ Shane Barnard and Shane Everett

2. Search My Heart ~ Hillsong United

3. I Am New ~ Jason Gray

4. Beautiful King ~ Danyew

5. The Stand ~ Hillsong United

6. Love Me ~ JJ Heller

7. Beauty WIll Rise ~ Steven Curtis Chapman

8. Wait ~ Caleb

9. Day After Day ~ Kristian Stanfill

10. Everything Glorious ~ David Crowder Band

11. Closer ~ Shawn McDonald

12. I Still Believe ~ Jeremy Camp

13. Walk By Faith ~ Jeremy Camp

14. Cannons ~ Phil Wickham

15. You Are More ~ Tenth Avenue North

16. Learning How to Love ~ Caleb

17. Awakening ~ Chris Tomlin

18. You Reign ~ MercyMe

19. Children Of God ~ Third Day

20. Who Am I ~ Casting Crowns


Enjoy! (:


Thanks for checkin out ~Taylre's World~

God Bless you! Have a great week!
:D

Taylre!

God is Hope (:

Hey, hey, hey there! haha I know it has been like a week since I have blogged and I apologize! I have had a bunch going on this week, lots of test and church stuff. But that is okay, because it has given me a lot of time to think about what God was calling me to tell you in this blog. So... here goes....


Well this weekend was fantastic. I had youth conference this weekend with my church. We had a guest speaker, Christian Chapman. He talked a great deal about his testimony and how all his life he wanted a stronger hope. So that is what I really want you guys to think about throughout this blog. God is Hope.


I can't tell you how many times throughout my life (and I am just a teenager) I have felt hopeless. Maybe a friend wasn't talking to me, or maybe I had made my parents mad. Whatever the cause, we all have times where we go through the unexpected. It is hard, and it stinks. And the craziest thing we, as humans, do when we go through rough times is what? That's right! We tend to push away God. We don't run to Him because we are afraid. Why we get scared? I have no clue, but we do. Maybe it is because we are raised to take care of ourselves and we don't want to ask for help. We think if we are gonna struggle, we are gonna struggle on our own.


The truth is, friends, we CAN'T NOT have God in our lives. Maybe that is bad grammar, but it is the truth. When you push away God bad things tend to happen. Our struggles get worse. Our lives begin to become more and more complicated. And the most tragic thing we do is we begin to turn to other things. We sometimes believe that those drugs will hide the pain, or that alcohol will keep us from remembering what is really going on in our life. But the bitter truth is this: these material things will only last but a minute, and God's love last forever.


One day, I was in my room. I don't remember why I was upset, but I do remember I began to push God away. I got so mad that I reached for my ipod and turned the volume as loud as I could. I hit shuffle and guess what the first song that played was. The chorus goes something like this...

"Oh I'm running to Your arms,

I'm running to Your arms.

The riches of Your love

will always be enough.

Nothing compares to Your embrace.

Light of the World,

Forever Reign."

I am a strong believer that NOTHING happens by accident. I believe that you, whoever you may be, are reading this for a reason. God played this song for me, because he wanted me to talk to Him. He wanted me to say, "God, here I am. I'm running to You. I am gonna trust You. I realize You know best. You are my hope. I'm gonna jump, knowing You will catch me."

Not too long after I heard this song, I picked up my Bible and I asked God to speak to me. I opened, at random, to Isaiah. This is what I read...

Isaiah 43:2-3

"When You walk through deep waters,

I will be with You.

When you go through rivers of difficulty,

you will not drown.

When you walk through the fire of oppression,

you will not be burned up;

the flames will not consume you.

For I am the Lord, Your God."

How amazing is that? God was speaking to me. Just like that. He said, "Taylre... I'm here for ya, anytime." He can be there for you too, but you have got to take Him with you through your difficulties. Christian Chapman made a quote this weekend that was too good not to repeat. He said, "When you go fishing without God, you might catch a whole lot. But, friends, I can assure you that it will be a whole lot of nothing. Take God fishing with you and you'd be amazed what you might catch."

This week, when you are struggling, please know that God is there for you. He loves you more than you could begin to fathom.

and remember... God is Hope (:

Thanks for Reading!

God Bless! :D

Taylre!

Top Twenty Gospel Songs This Week! (:

WELL... haha this past week I got to see Brandon Heath in concert (so there are many of his songs on here!)

1. The One~ Brandon Heath

2. Your Love~ Brandon Heath

3. Steady Now~ Brandon Heath

4. Love Me~ JJ Heller

5. Day After Day~ Kristian Stanfill

6. You Are~ Jason Castro

7. You Are More~ Tenth Avenue North

8. Children of God~ Third Day

9. Who Am I~ Casting Crowns

10. To Know You~ Casting Crowns

11. Starry Night~ Chris August

12. Look What You've Done~ Tree 63

13. Wait~ Caleb

14. Trouble~ Caleb

15. Beauty Will Rise~ Steven Curtis Chapman

16. Come Home~ Luminate

17. Made To Love~ TobyMac

18. City On Our Knees~ TobyMac

19. Stolen~ Brandon Heath

20. Follow You~ Leeland feat. Brandon Heath




These are all WONDERFUL songs that have really spoken to me this week! (:

ENJOY! :D

Thanks for reading!

God Bless!

Taylre! (:

God Is With Us! :)

Wednesday, I got to school really early. I became pretty bored so I decided to pull out my Bible and see what God needed me to hear that morning. I think we have all heard the old trick of open your Bible and God will show things maybe you've never seen before. Well here I was trying to open my heart to Jesus. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much. I had just been having a bad week, and I had experienced some of my friends "turning against me". I had really been feeling quite alone, so I called on God with an open mind and an open heart. I randomly opened up the Bible and of course it landed on Psalm. I looked down and Psalm 25 was in front of me, but it was several of the verses at the end that were brought to my attention.

Psalm 25:17-22

17. The troubles of my heart have multiplied;

free me from my anguish.

18. Look upon my affliction and my distress

and take away all my sins.

19. See how my enemies have increased

and how fiercely they hate me!

20. Guard my life and rescue me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in you.

21. May integrity and uprightness

protect me,

because my hope is in you.

22. Redeem Israel, O God,

from all their troubles!

After reading this excerpt, I realized that lately I was going through some of the same things that David was when he wrote this Psalm. Well, I wasn't exactly sad and upset for the hope of Israel, but I had felt lately like everyone had been trying to be my enemy. But God delicately laid these verses in front of me for a reason. He wanted me to understand to come to ALWAYS come to Him. These verses remind me that there are always going to be people that don't like me or even Christians in general. But it is not about how many people like/dislike you; its about how you respond. Do you respond with compassion and love? Do we tell God we need Him? Do we go to God because we BELIEVE He is our source of strength? Sometimes we will have problems. Sometimes we will have friendships that end. And Sometimes, we will have enemies multiply and turn against us---Just like David in this Psalm!


But... Its SO important to understand and to know that God Is With Us! (:

Thanks for reading!(:

God Bless! :)

Taylre!

Fighting That Fear... (:

If I were to ask you "what do you fear?" what would you say?

Would you say sky diving or flying in an airplane. What about scuba diving with sharks? (scary stuff right there!) How about talking to that one person you know is not a Christian. Or my personal favorite, going out of your comfort zone on a mission trip.

I recently sat down with a couple people and we were discussing topics in the mission field. I looked at one of my friends and ask them, "If you could go anywhere in the world to go on a mission trip, where would it be?" This person looked at me and replied, "I don't know. I never really thought about it before. I mean that is kind of scary to think about. Maybe that is why it is scary, because I am afraid of being uncomfortable. Maybe that is how we all feel. Maybe our society has gotten too scared to leave their comfort zone and share God's love with the world."

I was confused at first. I had just asked them to tell me what country they would like to visit and I ended up with a problem that I now felt needed to be solved. Let me be the first to say, I was EXTREMELY overwhelmed. At the time I didn't realize it, but now I do.

It is often said, "Don't let your fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." It is the same concept with spreading the Word. Don't let your fear that you may not be successful every time keep you from telling others of God's love for them.

Overall I can promise you this. Jesus loves you. He will not let you down. And importantly, If God gives you a mission and you do what He says, He will bless you. No matter what, He WILL bless you. That I can be certain. One more thing... God will always assist us in fighting that fear.. (:

2 Corinthians 12:9


Thanks for reading! (:
God Bless! :)

Taylre!