Take the whole world, give me Jesus.

So, friends. This section of my blog is probably the most important .This is where i will share what God has put on my heart and share some of my favorite worship songs, motivational speakers, and quotes that have helped me during hard seasons of my life .

I just returned home from an amazing few days at passion 2019. For those of you who don't know what passion is it is basically a christian conference for young adults ages 18-25 with some of the best worship bands and christian speakers in the world. I went into passion with a closed off heart.I wouldn't say that i was dreading going but i definitely wasn't excited or hopeful for what i was about to experience. I didn't really know why i wasn't excited for passion - i just wasn't and couldn't really get myself into the "worship ready" mode. My heart was quickly changed. During the first session Louie Giglio spoke - one of the worlds most renown christian speakers . He talked about how in the lives of 18-25 year olds anxiety is a huge issue. There is so much pressure put on young adults that they begin to suffer from anxiety and depression . I myself had just gotten through a season of anxiety and depression (which i will talk about another time in another post ;) ) and i felt alone and so distant from God . Louie said "Jesus is alive and he will defeat your anxiety and depression ." I truly felt like i was the only one Louie was speaking to in that room even though i was one of 15,000. ENOUGH is ENOUGH anxiety has taken too much away from my life. The same power that RAISED christ from the dead is inside of me and i am still letting the devil win by letting him get to me through anxiety and sadness . I can't really put into words how i felt leaving session 1 of passion...all i know is that i am stronger than my anxiety and it too shall pass. It doesn't define me and it surely doesn't run my life . I felt empowered by louie's words and i felt motivated to stop letting anxiety and depression control my life .

Day 2 of passion was even more incredible than i could have ever thought. Christine Caine spoke that night. I was speechless. Ya'll - i cannot express how my heart felt after her words. She talked about having a faith that causes God to marvel. To marvel means to be filled with wonder or astonishment. Think about that... having the almighty, all knowing, perfect God marveling at something you did. I don't know how that makes you feel but it makes me want to have a faith that causes God to look at me and marvel. She said that "Jesus has the power to do miracles. We need to have the power to believe that he can. When things get hard it is easy to lose faith in God but God didn't say IF trials come. He said WHEN they come." She went on to say that "we need to stop trying to amaze others and start trying to amaze God." Dang, that hit home for me. If we would just try to amaze God with our faith in him and stop trying to amaze people by being pretty or cool or popular think about what the world would look like. Jesus came to make us dangerous to the kingdom of darkness. He lives in us which makes us dangerous to evil. We have what it takes to defeat the devil but it's our choice whether we use our power or let the devil power us. It's not about what YOU can do. It's about who He is. I was overwhelmed with emotion by Christine's words. I have never felt more powerful or filled in my life. Here is the link to the sermon i witnessed. I hope you take time out of your day to listen to it and i hope it changes your heart like it changed mine.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPkvSQidX8E