Instagram story viewer> @mbgalleria> Posts

✞

@mbgalleria

undefined

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

no bad days, just joyous & grateful.

“I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ by @mbgalleria

3

2

3 months ago

praise & worship music I’ve had on repeat lately..

Music was one of my first convictions when I started my walk with Christ - which I believe is the reason I truly cherish every moment of worship I am given. Whether it be in the sanctuary, in the car, on a walk, in my bedroom, or in my headphones. The Lord has met me anywhere, and there’s something truly powerful yet unexplainable about what happens when we worship. In my low & vulnerable moments - as well as my highest moments on the mountaintops - God has blessed me with a peace that surpasses understanding, joy that exceeds the present circumstance, and strength through what I experience that produces perseverance and eventually hope!

As the Holy Spirit was convicting me for the music I once listened to, I felt as if the Lord was softening my heart and wringing out that desire I had for secular music. I once had a heavy interest in the vulgar rap music, rapping about things I couldn’t relate to on any level at all - taking drugs, shooting guns, playing women, life in the streets, etc. I genuinely couldn’t relate to a single lyric, nor was I influenced by those around me who could either. I say the Lord was softening my heart because I slowly transitioned into listening to less vulgar music like R&B music, but it wasn’t edifying nor did it fill or feed my Spirit. It gratified my flesh because the music was about me and what I could do or wanted to do. That’s the difference between secular music & worship music - secular music is rooted in pride of self. Whereas gospel music & praise/worship is not about me or you. It is about the ONE who deserves and is worthy of our highest praise. That’s what makes it edifying. Because the ways in which God uses our praise are unexplainable and unfathomable. He freely gives divine healing, peace that surpasses understanding, everlasting joy, and comfort in His presence. Worship isn’t about us or what we want, but instead about Jesus and what He has already done and is actively doing as our Savior - making Him alone worthy of it all. by @mbgalleria

3

1

4 months ago

Following Christ in EVERYTHING is sooo hard sometimes.. but worth it in the end - & that’s hard to explain to people you love and whose best interest you have in mind, even when it feels like it doesn’t make sense. by @mbgalleria

3

0

5 months ago

I’ve been seeking an answer on behalf of something I’ve been asking God for lately. I was in my prayer closet for an hour last night, seeking the voice of God and didn’t hear from Him for that entire hour…

That’s what I thought at least - until I left the quiet place and opened my Bible. It took about 5 chapters of the book of Ezekiel for me to hear clearly from God and truly understand what He’s been trying to tell me. His answer to my prayer was heart piercing conviction from the Holy Spirit in an area of my life where I’ve been going wrong, but out of pure love.

I’ll keep that between myself and the Lord but I want this to simply be encouragement to whoever this may reach. For the one who is seeking to hear from God but may feel as if He isn’t listening or that you’re not “doing enough” to grasp His attention. He hears you and even your simplest prayers are more than enough to grasp His attention. Our omniscient, omnipotent, & omni-present God speaks in a number of ways - not just audibly. God is speaking and answering those prayers, maybe you’re just not looking in the right place or paying attention where you should be for His voice. He speaks through our dreams. Even through our pain and distress. Most importantly, He speaks through His word. The Word of God is living, it is true & He uses it to speak directly to us. Maybe you’re unfamiliar with His voice because you’re unfamiliar with His Word. We are blind to revelation & are unable to recognize His voice without the Word of God. Go read 1 Samuel 3:1-7 and you’ll understand what I mean.

Pray that God gives you not only the ears to hear His voice when He speaks but also eyes to see revelation through His word, a heart with fertile soil to receive the seed that comes from His word, and also sensitivity to His presence! by @mbgalleria

3

0

5 months ago

God pointed me toward 1 Timothy tn, felt led to share a few standouts.. by @mbgalleria

3

0

7 months ago

3

4

7 months ago

taken in Chicago, Illinois by @mbgalleria

3

0

9 months ago

M1:PTY (Panama City, Panama)

Jesus! It’s been a month & my mind is still here. What a God we serve. What a privilege it is to be entrusted with a mission & be sent. What a privilege it is to be called.

Praise God for El Refuge, the blessing they are to many. Thank you Jesus for the opportunity you gave me, to serve those who need You. Thank You for allowing me to be your hands and feet, as your servant. Thank You for equipping me to be the salt of this world & the light of this earth. Thank You for the blessing this was for them just as much as it was for me and the team along with me.

God, I thank you wholeheartedly for the 12 - the individuals who I consider family. Thank You for allowing me to accept this call with them & using us all in different ways for the same mission & purpose. Thank You for the lives you touched and claimed through our work for the Kingdom. Thank you Father for the blessing of love you have given me through them, I truly cannot thank you enough. All of the endless laughs with Joel, Vic, Nailah, and Hope. The deep conversations about life at the conclusions of long days with Brian and Jacob. The way your overwhelming presence influenced Alex & I, as it was our first mission trip. Seeing how powerful & impactful Susan was by the work of the Holy Spirit. The wisdom given throughout the week by Daniel, Marisol, and Alexis. How everyone was collectively impactful for the Kingdom, it was a blessing to witness.

I shared this with the group, but I once struggled with the thought of being inadequate. I felt somewhat “useless” to the Kingdom of God because I always questioned my ability to lead, my knowledge of the gospel, and doubted my God-given wisdom. I used to think I was in-equip to evangelize or spread the love of Jesus because I fed into the lies of the enemy. God delivered me from it all & this trip was truly a blessing to my honest & vulnerable prayers in what I once felt. It was once a weakness but I boast in that because His power is made perfect through my weaknesses. I am forever grateful for an experience that surely will not be the last! taken in Panama City, Panama by @mbgalleria

3

0

10 months ago

God calls us to be set apart in righteousness, separate from the world. Being obedient to that call is not always easy but it offers far beyond what anything contrary can. We tend to think the offerings of this world will fulfill what the heart longs for but the desires of the flesh & of this world are only temporary pleasures, I can promise you that because scripture points to the truth (1 John 2:15-17). We all have God-sized holes in our hearts that only He can fill; which is ultimately filled by his grace, love, mercy, comfort, peace, joy, & freedom.

I am just as tainted as whoever may be reading this. I write this in transparency & vulnerability, not of pride. I’ve tried the partying. I’ve tried drinking & smoking. I’ve tried pursuing idols. I have fallen to lust, pride, temptation, depression, anxiety, insecurity. You name it, I’ve been there. I’m not boasting in my sin, but I am boasting in my weaknesses because I am imperfect - and I hope I don’t portray an image of being otherwise - but in that, God has met me in my weaknesses & has showed me that His power is made PERFECT in my weaknesses (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). When we begin to accept our areas of weakness within ourselves, we allow God to show Himself strong with His matchless power & glory through our weaknesses - which ultimately gives us the strength, power, & dominion against the kingdom of darkness for the body of Christ.

My prayer is that whoever may be reading this not only acknowledges Christ but answers the call to righteousness and salvation, letting go of the ways of this world & stepping into a life of salvation, sanctification, pruning, redemption, restoration, breakthrough, empowerment, & healing. If the wages of sin are death & eternal suffering, why continue to live in that? If the light & darkness cannot coexist, why continue in darkness? Why not love a Father that loves you? If God so loved us that He gave His only son to die for our sake, why not seek relationship with that same God who showed the greatest act of love? by @mbgalleria

3

0

a year ago

by @mbgalleria

3

3

a year ago

When you understand the will of the One who watches over you, life beings to feel like everything is going right - even in the seasons where everything is going “wrong”. by @mbgalleria

3

0

a year ago

by @mbgalleria

21

0

a year ago