You Are Life

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. - John 10:10

Happy Saturday everyone! Today I just wanted to take a minute and share these amazing photos taken with my best friend in the whole wide world! Shonda and I are obsessed with the ministry/clothing line/song...called You Are Life. Founded by Taylor Madu (who we are also obsessed with) this amazing ministry literally screams the amazing restoration and redemption of Jesus Christ. Jesus is life guys and He has given it to us freely. Seriously when I wear this shirt I am reminded that I'm not just here but that I am revived by the resurrection power of my savior and that no matter what I go through or what hardships I face I am alive because Jesus lives in me. I highly reccomend that each and everyone of you visit taylormadu.com to get more information on this amazing minstry, read her testimony (it will levae you on your knees) and check oput the amazing merchandise that Shonda and I are rocking in these pictures! Join the You Are Life movement why? Because it's a Jesus movement and there's nothing better to be apart of!  Thanks so much to Shonda's cousin Orien Henry for taking this awesome pictures!! Oh and another thing, Black is beautiful, White is beautiful, biracial is beautiful, EVERY ethnicity is beautiful. Life is beautiful. Just thought I should add that in there. - Love Sofia.

Outfit Details:
Me: Shirt- You Are Life white v-neck
      Skirt- Forever 21
      Shoes: Converse
Shonda: Shirt: You Are Life black and gold
            Skirt: Forever 21
            Shoes: Target
            Hat: Forever 21

Glory Sunday's

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope you all have been having a refreshing weekend. This weekend has definitely been eventful. Spring break has begun!! Me and my lovely roommate/best friend made the 3 hour treck from Liberty to DC Friday evening and having been relaxing and preparing for our week of adventure in the Nations Capital ever since. Today we visited Awakening Community Church/Prayer Furnace and it was AMAZING. I love traveling to different churches, meeting new people, and experiencing the manifest glory of God right here. We saw the kingdom of God become present in our very midst in church today and it was so awesome. I love when I go to church and people are dancing, jumping, singing, falling out under His glory, and just loving on Jesus. Both Katarina and I had such a joyful time and fell in love with this body of Christ. The kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but power! I can't wait to come back!

Since the weather was so beautiful and our outfits were picture worthy we decided to have a mini photoshoot.  I am wearing a Forever 21 cable knit sweater (I'm obsessed), an added waist belt, flower print dress, tights, and booties.
Kat is wearing a Forever 21 dress (we're twins) and cute knee boots. I love dressing up and these outfits definitely express our individuality. Kat is a boho hippie and I'm super girly. I love how fashion can so much about a person! Hope you guys have a great week full of God's glory and presence and tons of adventure! - Sofia

Revival Is in the Air

Jesus is a chain breaker. That's all I can think of on this Sunday as the week ends. This week has been challenging and full of hurt and emotion. What's amazing though is that the devil set this week up to be binding and empty, but God turned it around for good and made it freeing and full of His Spirit. At the beginning of this week I found myself with a crushed spirit and hurting heart, and now the week is coming to an end and I'm finding myself with a renewed spirit. It's all because of Jesus. This week at my school (Liberty University) we had the amazing opportunity of witnessing the launch of Propel Women. Christine Caine's new ministry initiative to launch women into the workspace usisng their God given talents and abilities to bring people to the saving grace of Jesus. It was such a powerful week full of teaching from some of the coolest, God loving people ever. Oh and not to mention Christine Caine and Beth Moore brought a powerful word that wrecked me and birthed out things in me that I didn't even realize existed. On top of all of that I finally found my church home. It's such an answer of prayer. I've been longing to get plugged in with a church and people my age who are on fire for God and embrace the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit and the gifts he has given to the church. It feels so good to be divinely placed by God and know it because of His overwhelming peace. Basically I've been so poured into and wrecked by the Spirit this week. God is so faithful and even in the midst of heartache and a crushed spirit He meets me where I am, touches my heart and gives me grace through the good and bad. It's not always easy, sometimes we struggle for long periods of time. But God is doing something. He's shifting things and as uncomfortable as that might be the outcome is going to be glory.   Revival is in the air because chains are being broken off and the miraculous is happening. I'm believing that as I pursue God this month a fresh anointing is going to be released and miracles, signs and wonders are going to breakout all around me. I'm believing this is the year of God's presence and my prayer is that I know Jesus like I never have before and fall deeper in love with my bridegroom, Jesus, the lover of my soul. Praying that you guys are blessed and released into the world to be an encourager to others as the Holy Spirit breaks away your stone heart and renews the spirit within you. Trust me He will do it all you have to say is "yes Lord have Your way, have my heart."
  I finished reading the book of Genesis this week and this verse just wrecked my heart and spoke to me right in the middle of my situation. God is so good.

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."- Genesis 50:20

This is me and my lovely roomate Katarina. I just wanted to brag on her lovelinss and how much she has helped me this week. She's the best and so are her shoes. 

Fasting, Prayer, Fashion

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope all of you have had a blessed week so far! It has been so long since I last posted about fashion and faith and I'm having withdrawals. I've been so busy over this winter break. Working, spending time with family and friends, and now going on day two of my second semester of college. It's been crazy but now I finally have some time to sit down and write. It's a new year and I truly do believe that God is going to show up in my life like never before. Last year He baptized me in His spirit and set me on fire for ministry and souls. I am so excited to see what He has in store for this year, I know it's going to be beyond anything I could ever imagine. One thing that's been really cool is starting off this year with a 21 day fast with my church. It's just a meat and sweets fast so it hasn't been extremely challenging for me because I'm already a vegetarian and I'm not huge on sweets but it has been very rewarding. The member of the congregation were given devotion booklets by the church called My Sacred Season, this is the year of God's presence and each day there is a devotion for us to read, study, and start our day off seeking God's face and presence. I believe that this year is going to explode with God's presence like never before and I'm so excited to be on one accord with my church and take this first month of the year to pray and seek God so that the rest of the year is filled with signs and wonders. Jesus said that "And he said unto them, This kind can only come forth by nothing, but prayer and fasting." - Mark 9:29.  He was talking about the evil spirit that he had just cast out of a boy that the disciples couldn't cast out. Prayer and fasting is so important, it brings about miracles and I believe that what we sow right now is going to reap through the rest of the year. I'm so expectant for God to move and I can't wait to see what He does in my church (even though I will be away for school), my dorm room, my household, and for those I've been praying for. I want to encourage you guys to seek God's face. It's not always easy especially when we have things we want to so desperately hold onto that God is saying to let go of, but know that only good comes out of seeking His face and that He rewards those who elegantly seek Him. He has a purpose and special anointing for each of us. Hold onto the truth that you are His beloved. Love you guys!
- Sofia
So like I said it's been a while since I've made a fashion post. Now I am sitting in rainy and freezing Virginia wishing I could go back to sunny Florida so I could wear this again. I got the top from one of my best friends and the skirt at target. I LOVE sunflowers so this top is one of my favorites. I wanted to wear it to church and dress it up so instead of pairing it with jeans I wore it with this burgundy pleated skirt. At first I didn't know how I would like putting together the pleats and color with the sunflower top but I ended up loving how it looked. I am also in love with this skirt, the modest length is perfect and I love the color and high waist fit. I can't wait to be out of the cold so I can wear it again!

Oh and this is my fasting/prayer daily devotional from my church! It's so awesome!

Rich Adventures in Richmond

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you all have had a good weekend so far. Mine has been very refreshing. The weekend actually started on Thursday for me . My college was on Fall break which is basically a four day weekend for students to just take a break. Since one of my roommates is from Arizona and I'm from Florida we couldn't go home so we all decided to take a trip to Richmond which is about two hours away from our school. It was beautiful! Richmond is full of beautiful historic sites and all of the leaves are changing color. It was so awesome. We went shopping, bonded a lot, and went to a really cool cultural music festival. The coolest part of the whole trip were the awesome Jesus experiences we had. First when we went to the mall we stumbled upon this beautiful Christian clothing store called Altar'd State. It had beautiful modest clothing and was filled with worship music, awesome employees, and a Holy Spirit filled atmosphere. Not to mention I wanted their dressing room to be my bedroom. Along with that we went into Urban Outfitters and my roomette Megan was checking out in line, she felt led by the Holy Spirit to ask the cashier if he needed prayer for anything. He said he was okay but Megan said she could see a look in his eye of surprise. Who knows, maybe he was questioning God or if anyone cared about Him and God used Megan to step in. One thing I know is that the Holy Spirit will never prompt you to do something that is without effect. It doesn't matter if we see the results or not,God sees them. The next day we headed to downtown Richmond for the folk festival. Katarina (my other roomette) prayed that God would just open doors that day for us to share our faith with people. so guess what happened, we got to share our faith with people. God is so cool guys. We took a bus to get to the festival and met a married elderly couple, they asked us what grade we were in and then that led to us telling them how Jesus led us to go to Liberty and how much we love him. It was awesome. Then these two girls at the festival came up to us saying they were doing a project for school where they went around and interviewed people asking them what the meaning of life was. So of course me and my roommate's shared how the meaning of life was Jesus and how He makes everything purposeful. I can't forget to mention that we randomly walked into this tent and a Native American guy in a traditional costume was rapping about Jesus and  sharing the gospel. Come to find out his stage name is SupaMan and he was MTV Artist of the week and we got to meet him after his performances. You could just feel the love of Jesus coming from him and he asked us to pray for him which was so awesome. So basically Richmond was not only beautiful to the eyes but beautiful to the soul. God is amazing and the Holy Spirit will lead you to the coolest places to meet the most random people who's lives could be forever changed because you share the love of Jesus with them. Revival is happening, the last place I thought I would find it was my dorm room. But Jesus does the unexpected and I am so ready for more. Love you guys and hope you have a great week! "I am the way and the truth and life. No one comes to the Father except through me."- Jesus (John 14:6)

Riding Boots.

Happy Monday everyone! It's been so long since I've last posted an outfit and I've missed it! So today I got one of my lovely roommates to help me out and capture a new item to my closet. Boots. I am slowly turning into a Virginian and it feels so weird. I can't believe I'm actually wearing boots in September. I do terribly miss Florida right now and the nice sun and beach weather, but being able to have an actual Fall and wear cute riding boots is a plus. I actually just recently got these and they're from Walmart! I know it's hard to believe but the Walmart by my school is really nice. They were only $30 dollars!! I'm super excited about them and I can't wait to style them with more cute sweaters and coats. College has been great to me so far. I am learning so much about life, people, and Jesus. I couldn't possibly have imagined any of this and I am so thankful to our miracle working God who does exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ever ask or imagine. Hope you guys have a great rest of your week. - Love Sofia. 

Thrifty Sunday's

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all have a had  good weekend! Yesterday was a day of goodbyes for me. I leave for college on Wednesday so I spent my last Sunday with my second church family and had my last night at youth group. It was pretty emotional for me. Saying goodbye to people that have played such a big part in building you spiritually is difficult but I find myself in awe of Jesus. The Holy Spirit led me to this verse in the bible and it gave me so much perspective. "Send out your Spirit and they spring to life." Psalm 104:30 The Spirit of God gives me life. It regenerates me, fills me, sustains me. The Holy Ghost is so much more than a feeling it's the Spirit of God living inside of us. I find it so amazing that God's grace is so abundant that He fills us sinners, imperfect people, with His Spirit. It amazes me that He gives us sinners, imperfect people so much grace that we can have the gift of prophecy, healing, speaking in other tongues, and so much more. I'm so in awe that God gives us His Spirit so that we might be sanctified and empowered to share the amazing love of Jesus with others. His Spirit really does bring to life and I couldn't imagine my life without constantly being filled with and indwelt by the Holy Spirit. God is so good and I'm so excited to see His Spirit work through me in college.

So yesterdays outfit was a total of $6! I got the top for $3 at a local store and this beautiful pleated skirt at the Goodwill for $3! I love thrifting, it was the first thing I saw when I walked in the store, it's like it was made for me. The color is beautiful and I love the sheer pleated fabric. I love the high waisted style and below knee length, it was fabulous. I also love that this skirt can be worn super dressy or dressed down with flats and a t-shirt. Hope you guys have a great week, and much prayers would be apprieciated as I get ready to make my journey out of state to college! Love you guys. ~ Sofia

Be Holy

                                              Holiness is still important to God.

I think sometimes  the word holy can be very intimidating when it applies to us and I think that's why so many people in the church skip over the part of God calling us to be holy. I know that for me as I got deeper in my walk with God and realized that He was calling me to be holy I was very discouraged. How am I supposed to be holy? Isn't God the only holy one? How does he expect me, a sinner, to maintain holiness?   "But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." - 1 Peter 1:15-16.   and "without holiness no one will see the Lord." Hebrews 12:14. It's very clear when reading the bible that holiness is essential and very important to God. These scriptures can be very intimidating until you realize what Jesus has done in order for holiness to be achieved in your life and who the Holy Spirit is.  First of all to be holy means to be set apart, separated from sin, and  in communion with God. One thing we have to realize is holiness can not be accomplished with our efforts or with our own selves. Holiness starts at the feet of Jesus. Jesus' blood was shed to wash us clean of our sins, to make us blemish free and blameless before God. When we are covered in the blood of Jesus our tainted souls and stain bearing spirits are removed and replaced with the perfection of Jesus Christ. Wow. God is so good. If we do not constantly keep our selves at the feet of Jesus we can not be set apart and presented holy and blameless before God. Accepting Jesus into your life is the first step but now you have to continually be in fellowship with him everyday with prayer, worship, sacrifice, and reading His word. Without these things sin will still control your life which makes holiness impossible. Another thing we have to understand is the extreme importance of the Holy Ghost. Holiness can not be achieved without having the Holy Spirit living inside of you. The Holy Spirit sanctifies.  "who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood." 1 Peter 1:2  The Holy Spirit does many things but one thing He does that is critical to us maintaining salvation is separating us from the sins of this world and consecrating us to God. It's kind of amazing. God requires us to be holy, we clearly see form scripture that without holiness, separation from sin, we can not see God. But He doesn't leave us on our own. God doesn't say "alright well you've got to be holy, good luck hope you make it." He says something more along the lines of "You're my child and I have called you to be apart of a royal priesthood, a holy nation. I know there is no way you can do it so I sent my son to die for you and wash you clean, so you can live by his example, and I've sent my spirit to live in you so that I might make your body my home and purify your heart, set you apart, and make you holy like me." We are not alone! In the process of being sanctified and made more like Jesus each and every day we are enabled with the power of the Holy Spirit to say no to sin, to leave things that separate us from God and taint the purity and holiness He has called us to. Holiness is still important. Saying no to drugs, removing foul language from our lips, keeping our bodies pure from sexual immorality and our minds from lust, dressing modestly and presentable, staying humble, loving one another. All of these things are important to God! Why? Because the more we deny ourselves and the sinful things of this world, the more we become like Jesus, the more we are able to witness to one another the glorious and marvelous love of our Savior. So to all of my brothers and sisters in Christ let us not put holiness at the bottom of our list, let us leave things that separate us from God and taint the purity and holiness He has called us to. lets not get it out of our hearts and minds the critical importance of a holy life, let us not neglect coming to the feet of Jesus everyday and  being filled with the Holy Ghost so that our lives can be sanctified. Remember that God is our provider, yes He has called us to be holy but He has not called us to do it alone. He is there every step of the way.Have a blessed day. Love you guys. ~Sofia

Worship and Fashion

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope everyone has had a blessed day. My Sunday has definitely been blessed. I went to my home church for the last time before I leave for college. It was a beautiful service so full of Jesus that I felt as if I was just swimming in His presence. I've recently found myself worrying about college and what's getting ready to approach me in this new season of my life and in church today God spoke to me and said "Don't worry just worship me." He has called me to be a worshipper of Him. He's called all us to be worshipers. So I've chosen to trust God with my life, my future, college, and everything else in between, and while trusting Him I will worship. That's what life is all about.  "But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. God himself put it this way: " I'll live in them, move into them; I'll be their God and they'll be my people. So leave corruption and compromise; leave it for good," says God. "Don't link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself. I'll be a Father to you; you'll be sons and daughters to me." - 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (MSG). He wants it all. Let's give it all to Him.
   So my outfit for today was super comfortable. I got this dress from my best friend. It was a little to big and I didn't want to wear spaghetti straps so I paired it with this black cardigan which really defined the waist and brought out the red chevron. I loved the flowy fabric and how long the dress makes you look. I also love that this dress is casual enough to wear to school or just out and about but dressy enough to wear for a night out or church. It's one of my new favorites! Hope you all have a blessed week!
Love Sofia

Casual Friday

Hey everyone! Happy Friday. It feels so great have the day off and just to relax, prepare for college, and spend time with friends. Speaking of friends one of my best friend came over today and gave me this dress. I know I'm already wearing it and just got it but I couldn't resist. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I love stripes! And this gray colored dress is absolutely perfect. I love the fit and length! I paired it with a gray cardigan, white lace flats, and a necklace. I love how casual and fun this dress is, it's also super light weight which is so perfect for this hot weather. I love that my friends are so great and know my personality of dress. I definitely recommend that everyone gets a comfy t-shirt dress like this I can already tell that it's going to be one of my favorite wardrobe pieces. Have a blessed weekend everyone!

~ Love Sofia

Dresses and Blessings.

 Happy Sunday everyone. I hope you all have had a blessed day. Today I am so thankful that God remains the same even through the pain we experience in life. His love is overwhelmingly amazing. This morning I was watching Apostle Guillermo Maldonado from King Jesus Ministry preach (he is an amazing man of God and that ministry is on fire with God's supernatural power it's amazing I love, love, love, that church!) and He said something that I needed a great reminder of "let the love of God flow in your hearts, let it wash away impurities, let His love embrace you." It was awesome to hear because I think so many times we get caught up in other things and forget simply to acknowledge and be embraced by the amazing pure love of God. His love stays the same no matter the situation and I am so thankful for that. Jude 1:21 says "Keep yourselves in God's love." As we get ready to enter into another week lets take this verse to heart and remember to constantly seek Jesus, fellowship with Him, and allow the love of God to wash over us daily. It's amazing the God of the universe has a love for us greater than anything in the world.

 Today's outfit was super comfortable and casual. I love that I can wear a dress and make it comfortable, movable, and super cute. I've had this dress for years and it's a little to big so I paired it with a cardigan and waist belt. I love the airy feel of the dress because it's so hot in Florida and the flower print on the fabric is so pretty! I'm not a huge fan of brown and black together but I loved the way this looked so I couldn't resit. I wore these new sandals I got from Target (only $9!!) they're super comfortable and I love the classy  gladiator look they have. Hope you all enjoyed today's post! Love you guys! Have a blessed week.

Sunday Style

Hey everyone! Happy Sunday! I hope everyone has had a good week so far. My week has been extremely eventful and full of blessings. First I spent 4 days at Student Leadership University which was a amazing experience. I learned so much about what it means to be a servant of Christ and a leader of people (and I got to ride awesome roller coasters).  Then on Friday I turned 18! Yay! I think the coolest thing about turning 18 is looking at my life and being brought to tears because of how miraculous Jesus is and the amazing things He has done in my 18 years. All week I've had this scripture on my heart "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD. - Jeremiah 23:24. God is able to do more than we can imagine He is the giver of life and when we ask Him to fill us He does. God showed me this verse at the beginning of the week to show me how amazing He is and that the things I was getting ready to be experiencing were all by His power and grace. Which brings me to church today! I visited one of my best friends church today. I love visiting her church and today was so special. It was the last day of VBS for the kids and they put on skits and music for the whole church. The coolest thing though was seeing little kids passionately worship God and be filled with the Holy Spirit. It's amazing and breathtaking and Jesus is so awesome. So of course being at church with my friend we had to take some outfit pictures! Today I wore a dress I got from a website called clothingunder10.com it was $9.99! I know amazing. It's my favorite color and I loved the pleated skirt and loose back. It's my new favorite dress!  LaShonda wore a beautiful dress that she got at the thrift store!!! The cream colors, flower print, and waist belt are perfect. And she paired it with hot pink shoes that made the whole outfit pop.  I hope today's post inspires you to love Jesus and classy dressing!
~ Sofia