People walking....

Why is it that people walk with their arms so violently. It's really annoying. Everytime I walk past a person, I always have the fear of getting hit in the balls. Like no joke. I am constantly seeing their arm movements and as I pass them I smoothly put my hand over my genital region to prevent any form of attack.

I generally find this happen to (no offense) overweight people. I like to walk in peace and not always have to be worried about getting hit anywhere near my jewels.

Another day on a crowded sidewalk in NYC....another day to worry about getting hit in my balls.....fantastic.

Praying for the Holy Spirit

In College, I thought my prayer life was ok. Prayed. Repented. Prayed for the world. Prayed for my family. Prayed for my friends. Prayed for my church. The list goes on.

Lately, I've been attending a church called Joy Manhattan. I guess you can say they are a charasmatic church. However on one Sunday evening, the pastor encouraged everyone to pray for someone who has some sort of physical ailment. He was guiding the congregation on how to pray. At first, my prideful stubborn heart was like, "WTF IS THIS SH*T? I'M NOT A F*CKING KID." Something along those lines. Bottom line, I did not participate because #1, I don't necessarily believe in anyone laying their hands on someone and #2, I just felt like it was too fake. But basically he was trying to ask the Holy Spirit to heal some of these people by prayer.

I left during the end of it. I was like forget this. I'm not doing this. This is not very biblical.

Later on during the week, I was listening to Christian music at work and started praying. I remembered the sermon on Sunday and how the congregation was praying for healing. Sometimes you need time to soak things in but the one thing that I came out with from that Sunday was, there is nothing wrong praying those leap of faith type prayers.

So I started praying this prayer. "Lord send your Holy Spirit into this office. Let your Spirit touch hearts in this office." I wasn't expecting revival but I wanted to lay a foundation in this office. I wanted Jesus to be the center of this office.

Usually my prayers were "Lord be with this office. May you bless co worker A, co worker B, etc. But there was a difference in my prayer. I really believed that God can change this office. I really believed that God can change this world. Instead of just saying it, I actually had faith that God can do it. I believed in the small things but did I believe in the big things. Knowing that God can do anything, God can do big things, shouldn't I be more passionate about my prayers? Shouldn't I pray with more fire? More intensity? More faith? Werd.

Matthew 17:20

New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

"Encountering the Love of God"

She pretty much sums it all up starting at 6:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC1ec-lYps

"Without the love of God, were just up here making noise."

"But the LOVE OF GOD CHANGES US. WERE NEVER THE SAME AFTER WE ENCOUNTER THE LOVE OF GOD. IF YOU HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED THE LOVE OF GOD, YOU WOULD KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T BE THE SAME. YOU WOULDN'T BE THE SAME AGAIN."

Do I live a life where I have encountered the love of God. Need to do a damn better job of it.

Ephesians 3:17-19

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Reaching out to my Coworker - Hilarious

me: U SHOULD THANK JESUS
FOR THE JOB
giovanna.loja@gmail.com: ahhahhahaah
im going to tell you that when youre deprssed
me: WHEN UR DEPRESSED
SERIOUSLY
LISTEN TO XTIAN MUSIC
ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO SOOTHING
AND COMFORTING
12:18 PM I FEEL LIKE WLAKING THROUGH CENTRAL PARK W/ BIRDS FLYING AROUND ME
AND LANDING ON MY SHOULDER
I FEEL SO AT PEACE WHEN I LISTEN TO XTIAN MUSIC
FO REAL
giovanna.loja@gmail.com: this is holarious
12:19 PM me: OMG
IM GETTING TEARY EYED
LIKE NO JOKE
THE LOVE GOD CHANGES YOU
YOURE NEVER THE SAME
AFTER YOU ENCOUNTER THE LOVE OF GOD
IF YOU ENCOUNTER GOD
YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
WOW
AMEN
12:20 PM giovanna.loja@gmail.com: ok
im happy for you
12:21 PM dude turn that shit off
me: WOW
SO GOOD
giovanna.loja@gmail.com: no headphones!! thats the rule
me: NO I WILL NOT TURN IT OFF
AND I DONT CARE
I AM THE KLUV
giovanna.loja@gmail.com: i cant take it anymore
so funny
12:22 PM me: I WILL BE BOLD FOR CHRIST

Generational Sin

Today on the train ride back, I thought about my future family, my future wife, and my future kids. Then I thought about sin, specifically generational sin. I thought about how everytime I sin, I choose myself. I don't choose my family, I don't choose my future wife, I don't choose my future kids. In the moment of sin, It is about me. It is about what I want. But what about what others want. I realized how if I chose not to sin, that time that I could be looking at things I shouldn't be looking at on the internet, could be a time used to pray for my future family, etc. We sin on a daily basis. But think about what we can do for God's glory when we choose not to sin.

Deuteronomy 5:9b-10 states, “I do not leave unpunished the sins of those who hate me, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations. But I lavish love on those who love me and obey my commands, even for a thousand generations.”

Lord on behalf of myself and my ancestors, I repent for the sins that have been going through our family generation after generation after generation. Holy spirit, give me the strength to be obedient to the calling that has been given unto me. May the generation that comes after me be obedient to your calling God. Amen.