The Beauty of Believing

 

Hello like its Hannah :)

 

I haven't been on here for a while, so i thought i'd put Saff's mind at ease and do a post!

 

If Christ was here now, if he had never died on the cross, what would be the point of believing? Or if we were born with superpowers, amazing good looks, gifted talents, why would we need hope or to persevere?

 

Personally the one that stuck out for me, is in the title "Beauty." Even since i started highschool, i realised what i looked like, before i just looked in the mirror with puffy hair, bright blue eyes, a happy face and i just smiled, and thought i'm gonna be model when im older!! But then the torture of being a teenager came along, and i started seeing that my hips got bigger, and i started putting on some weight, and i have a couple of zits appearing.

 

So like any normal teenager i stopped eating for like ages....(i gave in around a couples of hours :p) Started wearing long cardigans to cover up my hips, and i wore a lot of foundation :-)

But none of that seemed to help....over the years when my faith kicked in, and God took control i started to lose the things that i loved the most... and I thought...

"Err...God i like my life...why are u changing it?! Sure some things are bad, i might misbehave at school but my faith has grown stronger...surely that must be worth keeping for!"

 

Although i lost a great deal, my popularity, some of my friends, my self-esteem. Things i knew deep down, that i could never get back......

But i now realise after maybe two years, that i did start off in the wrong path, I didn't concentrate on God as much as i should of, he didn't want me to end up thinking like "well i go to church every sunday so that makes me christian." No! He wanted me to see how much he loved me by dying for me, for us, and by using those things that i mentioned earlier, that is how he is going to strengthen me. And God NEVER makes mistakes, he NEVER does things to us out of hatred :)))

 

I've learned a massive lesson out of this, and i guess our lives, in one way of looking at it is one lesson...

Believing is Beauty

 

Makeup and dieting won't get me anywhere, and i know that now. By believing it will give your life a whole new meaning, it will change the way you are, it will change you inside and out! :D xx

Random questions with Hannah and Saff

 

Hey everyone, so, we're both sitting in Tesco cafe with not a lot to do, so we thought we'd ask eachother some random questions!!

 

Prepare yourself for the ultimate randomest blog ever!!

 

1) Saff have you ever owned more than...(dot,dot,dot) £150? (not including your bank account ;) )

>Ummm, oh yeh! Lol, no i haven't!... Would be pretty cool though ;-)

 

2) Hannah, do you like eating doritoes with flavoured dips (spicy, herby, cheesy..)?

>Oh yes!! My family says instead of having a sweet tooth i have a 'crisp tooth'!lol.....so yupp i looovvvveeeee crisps/doritoes :-DDD

 

3) Saff have you ever seen a member of the royal family? (not on TV!) Cuz i have ;-))))

Because i am a princess!!

>Ha! Nope, i haven't..............and...you...a princess? pfft! :-P

 

4) What is your favourite song at the mintue?....and why?

>Oooooo tricky one! Well i'll list my favourite's' -beneath your beautiful, don't have love, read all about it, never alone, stepping out...etc! (I could name a dozen)

Well, these are my favourite because i can link it to my life, for example read all about it and stepping out is all about we should to more to help others, we werent made just to sit down and do nothing, while the world moves on and grows. Basically yeah...that is what it is :-)))

 

5) Would you ever, if God told you to go do something which went against everything you believe in, plus christianity, would you do it????

>What? erm... well what God says is overall, no matter what my oppinion/view/beliefs are. Basically God is the centre of it all, he's the main man, he's the important guy. So if he told me to do something, I would do it, no matter what, otherwise i could be missing out on something incredible! So yeh..

 

6) Whats ya plan for this afternoon? anything cool....?

>Well i'm stuck with you for most of the afternoon so nothing cool....hehe jokes!! Ermmm...well i need to do some revising for school....so thats gonna be boring! But on the plus side, we are going to see that guy  preaching tonight! ;-) so yupp, all good good :p

 

7) Has there even been a significant moment in your life, which changed you? Could be about christianity or school?

>Ooh, good question, lol. Just growing up i think, is like one big life changing moment! If ya get me, as i slowly get older, my relationship with God is getting stronger and better! Just looking back at things i've faced and seeing how Gods been there with me and teaching me, yeh, it changes ya! Gods good :-)

 

8) How do you think your developing or changing as a person, what have you learnt?

>Yikes!! Good quesion aswell! Well as-well as you my faith has built me up a lot, looking back at my old self i don't know how i would of survived if God didn't step in and save me! I'm not sure how to explain really just that he is doing something in me which i failed to recognise for around two years! So yeh, Gods my life saver :)

 

9) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be??

>Erm, me height! Ha, yeh i'm a shorty! But i'm happy :-)

 

10) If you had to stop the whole world from turning blue, what would you do? 

>I dunno actually! It would be cool, ermm maybe in the future when the technology is better i would invent something to change how people saw things or the earth itself!! L-O-L!

 

Haha, so yeh, there's our questions to eachother...yeh, i said they were random! :-P

 

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 

Philippians 4:4

 

HANNAH AND SAFF!

XXX

 

 

 

 

 

Merrrrry Christmas

We all want to wish everybody a very...

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS! :-)

 

We hope you've had a great day, we have!

 

Keep believing and being bright!

 

God is amazzzzzing!

 

 

Commitment

Hello! Like its Hannah....

*ahem* right...

What I am gonna talk about is commitment, there are different types of commitment out there to your work, studies, marriage, family. But what I am going to talk about is about relationships and how to let God lead... :)

 

 

The first time i heard that, i smiled because i knew who i wanted and i was convinced that he was the one!

Fun times.....

It's hard to take it in that we can't always have what we want, he might have the cutest smile or she might have the sweetest laugh but really God is the judge of what happens. And when things went wrong for me, i couldn't believe God would ever put me through that, but looking back on things it did really show i was far from ready for the commitment.

Sounds cheesy, maybe weird...but i was obbessed with this guy, i dreamt of him like everynight and when i wasn't dreaming, i was day-dreaming about him or just staring at my phone waiting for him to say, will you go out with me!

People said to me, "Oh i've seen your eyes sparkle when your round him", or "Why do you always laugh at everything he says or everytime he comes over"....

Maybe...too over emotional...!!

But when i had a teary day, i stopped dreaming about him (most of the time), stopped day-dreaming, and knew i'd be here if he needed me, things went good :D

I've been saying 'i' too much, but really God is too thank for all of this! I know as we're growing up, want our lives to be like romeo and juliet..maybe not the dieing part! But for finding someone you like, not being afraid of what people thought, whatever their background, is i think every girls dream!!

I'm going to leave you with that, it might not make much sense but please read my blog, look at the pictures and take it in, God knows who's right for you, maybe not be a knight in shining armour what God sends you, just have faith in him ;)

 

GOD WILL GIVE YOU A LOVE STORY FAR BETTER THAN WHAT YOU COULD EVER DREAM OF!

Believe in yourself

Pass it on

(because your beautiful)!

Hannah xx

You never know what you've got untill you find it

 

Hey like its Hannah! Sorry this took a long time, but its kinda hard when you don't have interent at home, have to force yourself out of home to go library...its a hard life!

So what happened two Sundays ago....
This is a pic of the place we went Penkhull Chirstian Fellowship( I think that was its name....) Anyhoo, I remember waitng for Saff and Zsara to go this place....I was thinking that this is going to be like any other event we go to, we have an amazing time, hear awesome scriptures and testimonies, sing songs, shed a few tears, and most importantly that lil spark inside us gets ignited, we get so inspired to save the world! Start writing songs, but then the spark dies because things in out life pushes that joy away...
When we got their, we had this sweet african food, and did a lil worship, and then the preacher came up his name was Bishop Eddie (From Africa hence the african food!) It was going well, he was pretty funny and meaningfull although sometimes we couldnt make out what he was saying! Lol yolo.....
Moving on....
I was going through a phaze where i would take in things, but it just goes out the other ear, It was like that, that night. I could hear fine, but whatever i toke in just left me...! Right until one point I heard him blessing people, one thing came up about exams, since i started yr 10 i couldnt handle all the tests i was doing, it just felt like he was answering my prayers! He then brought out this lil oil bottle, and invited us all to the front to get prayed for and blessed, right before that i remember someone saying my name, i knew it couldnt be anyone, but i looked....nothing there, hmmmm....
Hilary, this awesome lady from our church came up and asked us to go up, we were like...yeh...no...maybe...nerves i guess, she asked me if i was ok, i was just like sit there smile and say yes.........(I felt like crying!) We saw people falling down in the spirit because the Lord had come into their life, i had never seen so many people go down in my life!
And before you know it, we we're down there as well!

To Cut a long story short, we went down, Zsara went, then Saff and I went last, when he prayed my whole body was trembling from head to toe, I felt him pushing me back, I was like 'excuse me...what are you doing!' I stopped myself, thinking this is crazy, i was so scared of falling back, but i realised God was in control, i went down, my friends said my eyes were closed and i was smiling. I felt so at ease, at peace, even though as soon as i was on the floor i got up because i was embrassed, i just felt so amazing! To know that God was in me, for even a couple of seconds, was pure incredible! I got up laughing and crying, ended up getting tissue! :)

Double portion

That night not only did i have the most amazing experience ever, i recieved the Holy spirit, in tongues :D Saff came upto me afterwards and asked me "Hannah do you want to recieve the holy spirit?" I really wanted to, but i was too afraid that nothing would come out of it and i'd be embrassed. But being as amazing as they are my friends and me somehow wound up praying!
Saff started praying, and i cried, partly out of fear, hope, excitment and expectancy, I cried some more, I strated praying for God to give me tongues, suddenly i felt something in my stomach! I told saff and zsara and they we're like pushing it up towards my mouth, i think by now i was gushing with tears! I took a while to try and calm down, but then i heard, well thought words in my head. I told my friends and they we're like "say it, say it!!"
I opened my mouth, "Shhh...."
"shhh...." And then it burst out, i cannot tell you the how joyfull that experience was!
I got taught a lesson that day, to trust God, before when he entered my life i was afraid to let him work through me, i held back when i felt him in me, but that night truly made me thankfull for my/our father. Now whenever preachers come, people say testimonies i get spark in my heart igniting! And now i am not afraid to let him in, i have been made alive in christ! ;)

                                                                             Believe in yourself
                                                                                 (Pass it on)
                                                                            Because your beautiful!

                                                                                   Hannah xx

La di da. God is everythinggggg.

La, di, da, di, da. (a random ramble...)

God is good, yes?

God is faithful, yes?

God is amazing, yes?

God is our provider, yes?

God is our healer, yes?

God is our deliverer, yes?

God is our redeemer, yes?

God is strength, yes?

God is almighty, yes?

God is holy, yes?

God is majesty, yes?

God is king, yes?

God is peace, yes?

God is love, yes?

God is hope, yes?

God is joy, yes?

God is everything...

Amen?

Some of us girls - Hannah, Zsara and Saff (and some of the boys) had to share about stuff that God was doing at a meeting that we went to last Sunday night. We had to speak at the front of the church (scary!?) But God was with us and it felt good to share what God was doing and just talking about his power and Hannah shared about how she got filled with the holy spirit (hopefully she'll share in more detail about that in a post sometime!) also we all got prayed for and God decided to touch us and fill us with this amazing feeling that cant really be explained but it was dead good! God is awesome! :-)

And i think to myself what a wonderful, crazy, random, pretty world......

 

Rome/Italy.........you have to go!

 

 

Gelato, its so yuuuuummmyy!

Abseiling...seems scary but worth the chance!

Wedding day, the day that will turn you life upside down!

Isn't it amazing thinking, because of Jesus we can do all these things above and more, life wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for him... ;)

Believe in yourself

pass it on

(because your beautiful!)

Hannah xx

The number 8.............

Hey this is Hannah, finally managed to write a post on here, so hi!

 This is me! Check out my blog at ~ www.purple-hannah.blogspot.com

So yeah the summer holiday is nearly at its end, and i have had loads of amazing things happen, so lemme tell you about one in particular..........

It was about one or two weeks ago, i started seeing the number eight everywhere i looked and for some reason it stood out more than anything else....I told my mum, my friends (wild crew) and they said "Why not look in the bible?" So i did, i planned to look up the eighth book in the bible and the eighth chapter and the eighth verse, it was Ruth, but there was no eighth chapter, ok, so i then decided to look in the new testament..... and the eighth book was 2Corinthians and i then looked up chapter 8 verse 8. Here's what the verse said...  

" I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others."

Ooooo, so i think Gods trying to show me something in that verse about me, maybe i dont love as much as i should? or perhaps its not as sincere as it should be? I dunno. But i do know that God will keep on using that verse for me and he'll show me what he's trying to say... i just gotta love everybody the same way as he loves everybody. Which could be a little hard as its not easy to love some people! But im up for the challenge and with Gods amazing help, i'll do it!

So keep loving everyone!

Believe in yourself

(pass it on)

Because your beautiful

Hannah xx

Wild pictures

We found some really cool photos earlier, so we put we'd put them on here, photos are cool yeh.

by all of us... :-D

Hello!

So basically this blog is by 

Hannah, Saff, Zezi, Zani and Zsara.

We are a group of girls that love the Lord and because of that can get excited and a little WILD at times!

When us girls are together we like to.... sing, dance, listen to music and write our own, go shopping, come up with fun ideas, go to church, laugh a lot, and whatever else!

On this blog we will be writing about new songs we've written together, things that God has been showing us, testimony's, fun times out and lots of other stuff, so keep checking to see what new stuff we put on here! ;-)