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The School Year Ahead

August 14, 2026

As we enter this new school year, it’ll be hard to have time for anything. I mean, you’ve got school in the morning and after school activities as well–sports, jobs, etc.

When you get busy, you stop prioritizing things. In this post I’ll talk about prioritizing God, taking a minute to relax, and grades. First up:

Prioritizing God

Keeping up with doing morning/night devotions is a struggle. Especially since you’re getting up early, at school all day, doing homework, then sleeping.

I encourage you to wake up at least fifteen minutes earlier to do your devotions. One of my favorite quotes is “It’s better to be sleep deprived than God deprived.” Some days you won’t want to wake up to do devos, but having God is more important than having sleep–no matter what scientists say.

Try to prioritize God even when you’re busy. He’s the One who helps you get through it.

Relaxing

Relaxing during the school year is HARD. There’s always something to be done and the homework and chores get overwhelming.

Taking little moments to relax is so important. If you become too stressed about things, take a minute to take a deep breath and write down everything that needs to be done and when. Then, figure out how to get it all done without rushing or getting overwhelmed.

But also take time for yourself. If you get everything done before, let’s say, 7:00pm, you still have at least three hours to relax and get your fill of what you need.

Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. It doesn’t do anything but stress you out and keep you up at night.

Worrying, I have learned, does absolutely nothing good. You can’t control things by worrying. You can’t change things by worrying.

So don’t worry. God’s got this.

Grades

This one word is strong enough to cause so much anxiety. Grades stress everyone out–especially people who need good grades to get into good colleges.

I’m not one to stress too much about grades. I know that I tried my best and grades don’t define me.

That’s what’s important to remember: Grades don’t define you.

You might not be great at math, but that’s okay, because there’s something else you’re good at.

You can still aim to get good grades, just don’t let that consume you.

Give it to God and do your best.

I hope you still find the time to have fun this school year and trust that God’s got this! I’ll be praying for you!<3
Praying For Your Future Husband

July 31, 2026

Praying for the guy you marry is so important. You need to know what you want in a guy, so that you know who to date and who not to date.

Keeping your standards the same is just as important, too. You can’t set a certain standard then let it go when you find a guy.

I have a list of green flags and one of red flags. My counselor told me to write what I want in detail. For example, on my list instead of just writing “Christian” I went into detail to say what that means to me. So my list says “Great Christian” and then under it says, “talks about God with others, tells me when he’s struggling spiritually, comes to church ready to learn and worship, reads his Bible daily, prays for me.”

I also have things I NEED in a guy (example: strong Christian, kindness, integrity, etc.) and things I want (example: knows car stuff, kills bugs, tall, etc.) those things I won’t be strict about. My needs, however, will stay the same, because they’re important to me.

My green flag list changes often. Sometimes I add to it, sometimes I take away from it.

Whenever I read a book or watch a movie and a character does something I find attractive, I’ll immediately pray that my future husband does the same thing.

Two gold wedding rings rest on an open Bible showing a passage about love.

I don’t always pray out a long list of what I want–I usually do that on Valentines Day–most of the time it’s a semi-quick prayer.

But, I’m still praying for him and his well-being.

Often times, I pray for God to not only make my future husband the guy I pray for, but I also pray that God will help me become the wife my future husband need.

The things I pray for in a guy are also things I pray for myself to have.

I want to be the greatest wife I can be and I want to be the woman of God my future husband needs.

Challenge

For the next two weeks I challenge you to write a “Green Flag” list and a “Red Flag” list. Feel free to comment some ideas as well! Then, start praying for your future husband daily!

Hope you enjoy these next two weeks and I’ll be praying for y’all! ❤
Daily Habits with God

July 17, 2026

To stay close to God you have to invite Him into your every day life. No matter what you’re doing.

I’m not saying you have to think of Him every second, just don’t do something and think it has nothing to do with Him.

To invite God into your day, spend time with Him every morning. When you first wake up, thank God for another day (I try to do that–honestly I forgot sometimes). Then, do a little Bible reading or morning devotion.

Science has proven that when you read your Bible four times a week loneliness goes down 30%, bitterness goes down 43%, anger goes down 32%, alcoholism goes down 42%, and watching pornography goes down 60%.

Every morning I read a short devotion–right now I’m doing Coffee Shop Devos by Tessa Emily Hall–that also has a short journaling prompt.

Throughout the day I pray at random moments for random things. When you pray, it doesn’t always have to be a long, extravagant prayer. It could be short.

When I’m at work,I’ll get super tired or overwhelmed or I can feel a migraine coming. Whenever that happens, I always pray.

Whether it’s a, “God, give me energy to get through the day” or “help me to slow down and do one thing at a time.”

Sometimes, I’ll get the random urge to pray for someone and I’ll say a quick blessing for them.

Just talk to God throughout your day.

To end the day, I do bed time prayers. That’s when I go through my prayer list. I have people or things I pray for before bed and then I talk to God until I fall asleep.

Falling asleep while praying might make you feel bad, but I heard something once that helped me:

If you ever fall asleep praying, don’t feel bad. It’s just like when your kids fall asleep in your arms.

Now, I don’t have kids, but I babysit a lot so I’ve had kids fall asleep in my arms and I don’t get frustrated with them–instead I’m happy they can find comfort in my arms.

Sometimes, you won’t feel like doing any of that. You’ll want to skip your morning devotion or your prayers. Skipping them once is no big deal, but you skip them once, then it turns into twice, three times, four… Then you just don’t do them anymore.

I urge you to continue to do your prayers and devotions even if you don’t feel like it. Just pray short prayers, take it slow. Just do something. If you don’t feel like spending time with God, someone–the enemy–is trying to take you away from Him. Don’t let him do that.

This week, start getting in the habit of doing morning devotions and bedtime prayers. I guarantee you will feel so much better after a few days.

“Put these things into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” -Philippians 4:9
Movie Suggestion

June 26, 2026

Movie: The Forge Rating: PG Genre: Drama, Faith & Spirituality Release Date: 2024

Where to watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video (rent for $3.99), Hulu, YouTube (rent for $3.99), Plex (rent for $3.99), Fandango At Home (rent for $3.99), Google Play Movies (rent for $3.99)

Synopsis: Isaiah Wright has some growing up to do. A year out of high school with no plans for his future, Isaiah is challenged by his single mom and a successful business man to start charting a better course for his life.Through the prayers of his mother and biblical discipleship from his mentor, Isaiah begins to discover God’s purpose for his life is so much more than he could hope for or imagine.

My opinion: I loved this movie! It relates to teenagers so much, since Isaiah is only 19, and it makes you want to come closer to God. I love the way it shows that even after becoming a Christian, there are still day to day battles we face. Isaiah’s mentor, Joshua Moore, helps him as he goes through different trials and invites Isaiah into a group of young men that are seeking the kingdom of heaven as well. This movie shows the true strength of God and how He can change someone so much in just one month. I hope you get the chance to watch this movie and let me know what you thought of it! Until then, I will be praying for all of you!<3
Lessons From the Atlantic

June 12, 2026

This past weekend I got to go to the beach and swim in the Atlantic Ocean. I LOVE the ocean! I could spend hours jumping over and into waves, tanning on the beach, and getting major sunburns.

As I was playing in the waves, I heard God giving me a lesson.

I was trying to get further out into the water, but every time I’d get farther, a wave would come and I’d be forced to move closer to shore. But, I would continue going, fighting as hard as I could along the waves. The thing is, I could’ve given up, letting the waves take me all the way back to shore, but I didn’t,

That situation relates to life a lot.

Sometimes in life things try to push you back. Maybe it’s mental or physical things. Like the waves, they push you back to where you were and take you away from where you’re going. You just have to push through, and eventually you’ll get to where you want to be.

Now, imagine the waves as things in life, whatever is trying to drown you. You’re trying to get through the ocean to get to Europe—in reality you’re trying to get through life to get to heaven

Swimming all the way to Europe would not be easy. It’s a long ways away. Not only that, you’d run into big storms, creepy water creatures and more.

Ok, continue imagining you’re in the middle of the ocean, you’re tired, alone, and hungry. Up ahead, as if things couldn’t get worse, there’s a huge storm coming in waves as high as a skyscraper. You’re about to die.

A really big wave is about to hit you, and all the sudden, this boat—strong enough to get through a storm like this—comes and picks you up, letting you rest. Giving you water to drink and bread to eat.
now you’re confused. This boat came out of nowhere, the captains being more than nice to you, and you’ve done nothing to deserve it.

Yet, the captain shows you this unconditional love. As things keep coming, trying to stop your boat, the captain somehow gets you through every painful and difficult thing in your way. He never takes you around, he always takes you through.

Eventually, you make it to Europe. It’s wonderful. Your pain is gone and everything is perfect.

That’s life. Your on a long “swim” to heaven, but one wrong turn and you’re in a different place.

You’re going through life and you get hit with a huge storm. You’re petrified because it’s like something trying to drown you.

But Jesus comes to help you through it. You can let Him help or not. He doesn’t take pain, He helps you through it.

God, like the captain, shows us love when we don’t deserve it.

He gets us through storms so we can get to heaven.

You just have to let Him into your life. He can give you rest, living water, and bread of life.

If you haven’t already I encourage you to welcome Jesus into your heart. If you aren’t sure how, talk to a pastor at a church or feel free to email me at godlygirlblog2@gmail.com.

I hope you have a good two weeks and I’ll be praying for you!❤️

”Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depth, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the flood engulf me.” -Psalms 69:1-2
Change

May 29, 2026

Lately, my family has had a lot of change. Not small change, big changes. It’s been hard.

Maybe you’re going through big changes or you’ve experienced the difficulty of change.

I’ve never been through changes this big. One of my sisters just graduated and will be moving out soon, another one of my sisters is moving across the US, and through that, my life’s been changing. I started a job and I’m growing into new possibilities.

So far, I’ve learned change is emotionally and physically exhausting.

It’s also inevitable.

No matter what you do, you can’t stop it.

For people who don’t like change, it’s even harder. You just want things to always stay the same. I am one of those people, I like my routine and I don’t like when it changes.

Another thing I’ve learned through this change is God is near to you during it all. When everything around us is changing, God isn’t.

There are multiple places in the Bible proving that God doesn’t change:

James 1:17: “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like the shifting shadows.”

Malachi 3:6: “I the Lord do not change…”

God is with you through every change in your life, every new chapter, and He doesn’t change at all during it. He’s still the same loving God He’s always been. He hasn’t changed yet, and He never will.

“Be still and know That I am God.” -Psalms 46:10
Songs to Help with Body Image

May 15, 2026

Hey, ya’ll! Today, I’m gonna give you song suggestions to help with body image. I’m one of those people who has songs for everything I’m feeling and music helps me through every stage of life. I’ll give you some songs that have helped me and after that, I’ll tell you the three songs I have been playing non-stop lately!

Body Image Songs:

Beauty In Me -Grace Korak

Photoshop -Leanna Crawford

Somebody Tell That Girl -High Valley (Featuring Anne Wilson)

Beautiful Things -Megan Moroney

Beautiful -MercyMe

Only One and Only You -Steven Curtis Chapman

Scars to Your Beautiful -Alessia Cara

Hey Girl -Anne Wilson

Unusual -Francesca Battistelli

Crazy Beautiful You -Leanna Crawford

Work In Progress -Leanna Crawford

You Are More -Tenth Avenue North

Love Who I Am -Allison Eide

Mirror -LO Worship and Sadie Robertson (Featuring Mitch Wong)

The Truth -Megan Woods

You Say -Lauren Daigle

Gold -Britt Nicole

Songs I’m Constantly Listening To…

Jesus Glow -Abe Parker

Thank God -Leanna Crawford

Brought Me This Far -Tate Butts

For this week, I want you to listen to these songs and let the words wash over you. Let God’s words wash over you. I’ll be praying for you and I hope you have a good two weeks! ❤
The Armor of God (Part 3)

May 1, 2026
Welcome to part three of the Armor of God series! If you haven’t yet, I encourage you to check out part one and part two of the series so you can get all the info about the Armor!

Today, we’re going to be going over prayer and a little hidden hint in the armor!

Prayer (Ephesians 6:18)

Most people don’t realize how important prayer is in your life. They just think it’s something you do when you need something.

It’s way more than that, though.

Prayer is how you stay connected to God.

And right here in Ephesians it says we must pray during every occasion. Meaning, when life is hitting hard, pray; and when life is going good, pray.

It’s so important to get things out. God already knows it, but He wants you to tell Him.

Don’t just pray for yourself, though. Pray for others, too. Friends, family, people you know, they could be fighting something huge and not telling you. You never know when someone needs prayer.

Also, make a prayer list. It helps you remember who and what to pray for. And when you tell someone you’re praying for them, actually do it.

So many people say that, but then they don’t pray.

Remember to pray. During good and bad times, because you need God through it all.

Pray.

It’s written in the Bible about 650 times

It changes things.

Hidden Hint

Okay, this is my favorite part of the Armor of God. Throughout the whole Bible, we see little hidden facts and the Armor has one of them.

In all of Ephesians 6, going through the Armor, we see nothing about back protection. I mean, Roman soldiers needed something on their back. I don’t know what they used, but as Heaven’s soldiers, we have God as our back protection.

(Every time I think of that, I get Forrest Franks song “God’s Got My Back” stuck in my head.)

Anyway, not only is that a reason for no back protection, but there’s another reason: We’re not meant to turn our backs on our battles. We’re to face them head on!

So, as you fight battles, remember to face them head on and trust that God’s got your back!

Conclusion

Well, that concludes our Armor of God series, let me know what you thought of it and I’ll see you in two weeks! For those two weeks, I want you to choose one person–not yourself–and pray for them everyday without telling them. Just pray different things for them. Safety, well-being, trust in God. Anything you feel called to pray for. And do it for two weeks. ❤
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"Devote yourselves to prayer,
being watchful and thankful."
-Colossians 4:2
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The Armor of God (Part Two)

April 17, 2026
Hello, everyone and welcome to part two of our Armor of God study! If you missed part one, I encourage you to go back and check it so you can get all the Armor of God info!

This week we’re going over the Shield of Faith, the Helmet of Salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit!

The Shield of Faith (Ephesians 6:16)

The Shield of Faith has so much to it, I don’t even know where to start.

I guess I’ll start by explaining what it means to “take up our shield of faith”. It means to actively exercise your faith. So, work on growing it day and night.

Faith isn’t just believing what God says is true, it’s acting on it.

Don’t just proclaim God, but live like God.

In the information about the shield, it mentions flaming arrows. In battle, flaming arrows were used as a distractions. They started fires, causing the soldiers to focus on those instead of the threats in front of them.

Like the flaming arrows. Satan distracts us. He distracts us with fear, but we put up our faith.

He sends flaming arrows–fear–so we lose focus–faith.

But, like a soldier could use their shield to extinguish flaming arrows, use your faith to extinguish any fears.

The Helmet of Salvation (Ephesians 6:17a)

Salvation is being free from guilt of sin.

Satan will come after your mind, he’ll bring up past sins you’ve done and make you feel guilty.

But, if you live in salvation it won’t affect you.

Apply salvation in your lifer. Live as someone who knows they’re sinners, but instead of feeling guilty, remember you’re forgiven.

Your past sins? When you ask God for forgiveness, He forgives and forgets.

Salvation is freeing. Knowing you’re free from guilt and shame is freeing.

This represented as a helmet because Satan is after your mind. He tricks you into believing you’re far from salvation and your past cannot be forgiven.

Don’t believe it, we’re all worthy of forgiveness!

The Sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17b)

The Sword of Spirit is the only armor used to fight, not protect.

It’s the Word of God.

And you use it to fight.

The sword soldiers used was a dagger-like, smaller sword used for hand-to-hand fighting.

So, when the soldiers enemy was right in their face, they’d go for the sword.

That’s what you do.

When the enemy is right in your face, you grab your Bible and you use it to fight.

The Bible is equipped with so much Scripture about fighting battles.

Just find them and use them.

Conclusion

So, these next two weeks, I encourage you to take up your Shield of Faith, put on your Helmet of Salvation, and fight with your Sword of the Spitrit!

My prayers and love are with ya’ll during these next weeks! ❤
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The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. 
On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds."
 - 2 Corinthians 10:4
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The Savior’s Sacrifice

April 3, 2026
Welcome, everyone and happy Easter! Today is actually Good Friday as well, so I’ll explain both of them in this post!

Good Friday…

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Good Friday is celebrated as the day Jesus was crucified.

Open you Bible to Matthew 26, as we study the crucifixion of our Lord.

The crucifixion was prophesied way before Jesus came to earth, it mentions it all the way in Genesis, but we won’t get into that.

Judas, one of Jesus’ disciples, is the one who betrayed Him. Plotting to kill Him behind His back, then acting like His bestie when actually with Him. But, Jesus, being Jesus, already knew this about Judas.

Reading the crucifixion of Jesus is one of the hardest things to do. Knowing he went through all that for us. He had you on His mind.

Notice, in verse 39, Jesus is having trouble trusting God. The perfect Son of God, was scared. Yet, He trusted.

Head to Matthew 27:27 in your Bible, the soldiers started by stripping Jesus of his clothes, then placed a crown of thorns on His head. These thorns weren’t like the thorns found on a rose bush, they were like 3-4 inches long. I doubt the soldiers gently laid the thorns on His head, they probably stuck the thorns in His head, placing the crown as far down as it could go.

Then, they hit him over and over on His head with a staff, while spitting and mocking Him.

Then, as if He hadn’t had enough, they made Him carry His own cross.Which probably weighed over 300 pounds.

When they hung Jesus on the cross, they put nails through His hands. Except it was actually His wrists. If they had done His hands, They’d just slip right out, so the wrists worked better.

As He hung, in pain, people mocked Him.

At three in the afternoon, Jesus sacrificed His soul.

All for us. We treat Him like dirt under our shoes, and He knew that, yet He went through all that for us.

A few hours later, a disciple wrapped Jesus in cloths, placing Him in a tomb.

Three Days Later… (Matthew 28)

Everyone had lost hope. If Jesus couldn’t save Himself, how will they get saved.

But, three days later, when Mary Magdeline and Mary went to look at the tomb, it was empty.

Jesus had risen.

But it was time for Him to go to Heaven.

He gave one final command before leaving. He told us to spread the Gospel.

He also promised He’d be with you.

So, today remember and suffering Jesus went through for you.

But, don’t stop there, Remember what came next. The moment Jesus came back, bringing hope with Him.

Even though His physical self left, Jesus left His spiritual self. The Holy Spirit.

And he’s sitting right with you.

I hope you all have a blessed Easter and I will keep you in my prayers!❤️
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"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to 
obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
-Matthew 28:19-20
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