“ Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrew 4:16
Welcome back beautiful creations of God!
I’m honored that you are taking the time to read and interact with me! This month of March has been…. What’s the word… pruning! Well, so far, this whole year has been. I’ve had to surrender lots of like things, people, ideas, desires and materialistic things. (I wish it were that easy to surrender this weight) JOKES! (Kinda)
Last time we spoke I caught you guys up on the last few months in mostly pictures and very general information. LIKE MOVING TO CALIFORNIA! Anyway this time I want to get in deep; getting into the juicy stuff…
February 25’
Yes, I know! I just said we were in March, BUT things also happened at the end of February that I want to share!
Life group is basically when the congregation gathers in groups and attend different houses. (Usually at the pastors house) It’s a time of eating and fellowship with friends but in smaller groups! We do this instead of midweeks and I love it! It’s a time where we can be more open and honest, where everyone has a chance to express themselves. We help one another with prayer, encouragement and love. On this specific day, I cooked the chicken on the grill (my first time eee!) and everyone helped with bringing rice, salad, drinks, beans etc. However, this year we’re doing 2 months life group then 2 months men’s/women’s Bible study.
There was a call in the Middle East to attack a group of Christians with horrific violence and evil doings. And of course those that were targeted were asking for prayer. So, that’s exactly what we did. We had a time of interceding for them, with everyone making their request made known to God and especially a head of protection for the dads, mothers and children. A couple days later, the attack was called off. The Lord protected them and are able to worship God through this time of terror. Prayer changes things.
[Psalm 34:17]
The By Faith conference was amazing! This was a beautiful reminder that God is really faithful when we are faithless.
The worship was absolutely insane! I love that the presence of God was in that room!
We had many gifted pastors teach and encourage us with focusing on the core subject, faith.
I had the privilege to hear David Guzik, David Rosales, Wade Oniell and John Randall! There was other amazing teachers there like Art Reyes I wasn’t able to see teach however it was truly inspiring and encouraging.
This is convinced ministries! I first joined this team around November/ December. I realized that I had so much to learn about apologetics and about defending the word of God while not so much attacking people’s beliefs but to ask them questions to help them question their own faith.
I always had a love for editing and having a social media platform. Now, the Lord used all that I had learned for His glory. We are small but mighty group who want to help get the word of truth out!
We are still new and currently in a trial and error process. This takes time and endurance. However, knowing this will work out for the furtherance of the gospel makes it all worth it.
I sold my car! At first, I tried my hardest to keep the Honda. I tried working hard and tried convincing myself that I should keep it. However, after learning about financial peace with Dave Ramsey I learned lots about financial wealth. The Lord had already been preparing my heart for this moment and was already working. I put my car up on Facebook marketplace and one week later it was sold. Another week passed and the Lord provided me with this beauty named Grace. Fully paid off, this lovely couple at church sold me the car and now I am able to focus on paying off the debt I have and allowing God to use me for His glory. One thing I came to realize, is that if I want to be sent out one day, I can’t have debt. Neither will I have a fancy red car across the world.
I want to give a humongous thank you to everyone who has blessed me with accountability, guidance, prayer and grace. I know that you are a gift from God because I wouldn’t know how to do anything like this without you.
Answered Prayer:
- Growth in financial peace
- Taking class on time management
- Surrendering everything the Lord calls me too
- Growing in evangelism and sharing the faith
Prayer Request:
- Growing and improving on teaching kids/ practice sermons
- Wisdom on time management and budgeting
- That I would have a heart of worship
- To obey where the Lord wants me for summer
Ways to Support:
PRAYER: If I can request anything of you, it would be that you would pray for me. The things I wrote above but that the Lord be magnified in my life. I’ve seen the Lord answered prayer and I know He hears.
FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP: Although I don’t know where the Lord wants to send me, I would love to go on vision tours and be able to experience different cultures.
SHARE THE VISION: I would love to be able to connect with people interested in supporting a missionary or even just staying in touch. I love when people interact, then I know that this is not in vain.
I thank you all for the time you took to read and write back. It means so much to even see an encouraging word or hearing that you read makes my heart abound. May God bless you and keep you all the days of your life!
Love, Ariana
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33