Back home!!! Love it so much, my beautiful Sevastopol ;)

Friends!!!

First of all I want to thank you for all your prayers during my School of Biblical Studies in the US of America, for your encouragement and also for your friendship. It was a joy for me to know that you prayed for me and donate whatever you could for my needs, my friends is God's gift for me.

Finally I arrived back home in Sevastopol. I wasn't here for a last five years since I started my ministry in the YWAM and now my time came to come back home, to my family.

When I arrived, my younger sister gave birth to her first son, named Cyril, and now I'm helping them, as her husband still in the ocean, as sailor. I also took a guests at my house for one week, since it is summer, everyone goes to swim and sunbathe, and I live in the best place in the world, the sea, sun and beach. So God blessed me, I can rest and do not spend a lot of money somewhere in Turkey or Egypt.

On the first Sunday in my church one sister offered me a job, and thank God I did not have to exert effort to look for it. I'm working as an administrator at the fitness- club where I worked last time 5 years ago. Also I'm planing to finish the course of manicure and work in this area, because I love it.

Last month (July) I called to different universities and of course it all had to do a little early to be able to enroll in philology, but I have not had a chance and I now I have to take tests in university for two specialties Practical Psychology and Physical Fitness. This month (August) I have to pass exams- Ukrainian Language, History of Ukraine, English, Biology and Physical health.

Little by little I build bridges with my church, believe that God will give me some ministry here, so I can share with my experiences from YWAM and SBS (School of Biblical Studies). And I'm in a process of restoring my relationships with my friends, I pray that each one may know the Almighty God. And get used to my family and home issues, also pray for the salvation of my family, they lose much of their lives without the love of God.

My prayer requests:

• Financial- my celery can be enough not only for me but also for my apartment (one thing in Ukraine is stable that our economics is unstable, so sad);
• Adaptation (family relations, the ministry at my church and the restoration of relations with my friends);
• Tests in the University, if it is God's will that I received for free education and that I could be a good student;

Thank you and praying for each one of you about God's peace and joy in your hearts. Blessing in Him alone. Please, write about your needs, I gladly will pray for you.

With love and respect to everyone!!!

~Last days in Lakeside, MT and return to Ukraine~

Hi and Bye!!!

Firstly want to thanks for being for me such a blessing and especially for my country. My heart rejoices when I realize that people from all over the world worrying about people of Ukraine. Thank you all for your prayers, love and your contribution for the Christians development of my country. I'm studying the Lord's Word, and it is big blessing for me, and for my country that we can learn from God and His word and apply to our lives.  

I pray that God changed our history through His faithful servants who are really excited to do His will, including myself, "please, God, give me enough humility to do Your will here on the earth."

So I am going back to Ukraine, I was in the U.S.A. since September of last 2010 year and now is June 2011 (I'm leaving in couple days), I was here for 9 months in excited adventure of Bible studying. Now it's time to test everything what I learned here, it will be time when I can apply this knowledge in my life. I have to tell God that, yes, I want to be changed and have good influence on other people / my country for His glory.

It is a pity that I have to say “Goodbye” to people who became a good friends to me during this time, I hope that I will be able to see someone from them in my life again, because God blessed me a lot through them and also taught a lot. I know for sure that my heart has changed under influence of all these people, and specifically their cultural differences. I thank God that He has expanded my worldview under the influence of all these nations. The nations that had influence on me over the last 9 months: USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Norway, Italy, Africa, Kosovo, India, Nepal, Thailand, South Korea and so on. Oh, wait Jews especially throught all this 9 month, yeah...

One of the latest books in the school, through which God has taught me it is the book of Queen Esther. Many Jews at that time (470 BC) have returned to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon.

This is the story about the Jews who left to live in Persia (the kingdom that later defeates Babylonia), because that place became as their home after 60 years being there in exile, but they were still opressed by the local culture, they forced them to worship their gods and rulers. Mordecai's the cousin of Esther, the Jewish Queen of Persia once again refused to bow down to their authority, because he worshiped the Only One True God of the Jews and for it he had sentenced to death of all Jews. I was encouraged by this man's faithfulness, when he encouraged Esther to make petition to the king that he may help the Jews. And when the queen humbled herself before God and her people, the Lord helped them defeat their pagan enemies.

Esther 2:13-14

“When Mordecai heard this, he sent her his answer: 'Esther, do not think you are one of the Jews will be saved in the royal house.

If you keep silent now, help and salvation for the Jews will come from the other side. But you and your father's family will perish. And who knows, maybe you were chosen to be queen at a time like now. '”

In that story God has show my heart. Very often, I think this way, what can I do for the kingdom of God, I do not have some super gifts so it can allow God's power act. Through this example, I realized that God is God and we are just His servants. God expects from us humility and understanding that it is not our strength, but God's. Someone encouraged me in this school, that I have to be a peacemaker and bring love in my ministry to my church family. And rest of things God will do.

Thank you for your prayer, or for your financial support or encouragement and your letters.

With love in our Almighty King Jesus, Gyulnara Grygoryan

"...but the righteous shall live by his faith". Habakkuk 2:4

The Mt. Ararat, Great Armenia, modern Turkey.
“Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts..."     Jer 51:27

I just love this mountain...

Heeeello, my friends!!!

I'm so glad that Spring came already in our area- Lakeside MT, it was long long winter...

I'm on a middle of the prophets, cannot believe there around 10 books left to study in my SBS, and I'm going back to my home to share with others about God's love and His ways.

Some of the main events of my life while I'm in the School of Biblical Studies:

• Spring break, March 25-April 4, God gave me a great opportunity to visit my friends in LA. Since I was a kid it was my dream to see it because of big Armenian community in there;

• In the beginning of the SBS all students wrote a letters to ourselves, and the staff gave it to us back in the beginning of III quarter and I was amazed how God answered me, I was asking Him that I want to know Him more, about His nature and His plans for people. Studying NTI saw the heart of Christ to people, His love and jealousy, so everyone have to has the opportunity to hear about the Lord and accept His love.
  And now I can see my integral role in this mission. Do not be silent about this, I need to show it with my life, that God is Almighty and Loving;
  
  
  

  

• Easter celebration, it was nice time in the Volunteer park on Sunrise;

• We done the whole NT, except Matthew and OT, except some of the small and two big prophets. It was amazing to learn more about God, His love to His people and His ways;
  He is looking for the people with a heart like God's heart, who can serve Him without lie, but with open and pure heart;

• I met so many nice people while I'm here. I'm really thankful to God, He took care not only for my finances for this school, wisdom for making a schedule and also about friends from different cultures;
  
  
  

  

• Few days ago I was teaching on the book of Habakkuk, sooooooo nice book, I just love it to understand that everything in a God's hands, and God takes care about any need of His righteous people if we are trusting Him everything;
• In the same day the chef of our kitchen asked me to help them to make Ukrainian Borsch and it was privilege for me to cook my national meal for more than 100 people;

• God blessed be and now I have new laptop. Thanks God and people who helped me to buy it.

I pray for you, my dear and hope everything goes well in your life!

Let God's peace and joy be in your hearts.

Some of my prayer needs:

- for the rest of the school, we are studying the prophets and in the end there is Gospel of Matthew, just for God's strength for me;

- for God's wisdom what to do after the school.

Blessings in the name of our Father!!!

God is forgiving God!!

"Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her because she loved much, but to whom little is forgiven, loves little". (Luke 7:47)
Whore was forgiven by Jesus, and He did not condemn her. And in gratitude she showed love for the Lord. Who loves God? " I need to understand and remember all that God has done for me. The fact that God has forgiven me, and love Him with all my heart according to how He is worthy.
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:5-10)
 I want to share my testimony with those who want to hear and see what God can really do through His forgiveness and healing.
There was a time in my life, not so long time ago that I was disobedient to God (I mean I was acting against His principles  what is in the Bible).
My dear sisters and brothers! and He didn't punish me, He was just waiting for me when I will do realize my mistake and I will do something with it. But you know what , if God doesn't show the way out and He didn't offer me His help, I could be still fighting for my dignity. It is, of course, about my pride! A most horrible word, what it all might lead - it's just a nightmare and I experienced the hard way.
And here not only as it is written "God resists the proud, but gives the humble ..." (1Pet5: 5) (you know what is beyond), but my pride itself worked against me.
You know that we Christians live in the flesh, which is sinful. But thanks to the Lord, we receive forgiveness of our sins and by faith in Jesus Christ, we are saved from eternal hell. And then there is a struggle within us, and the best man will win. If our body every day is supported by our sin - it will win and it's could be damage our spiritual essence, that which should be in a peace with God.
And that's what happened in my life - during one year I lived with unforgiveness, with my pride, every day, asking God's forgiveness and restoration, and nothing happened, because this conflict was somewhere deep in side, not just in a words. During one year in a conflict , I said: God, I don't want this anymore, it was killing me from inside. It's stinks terribly. So today I want to tell you that you could hear and not do as I did.

In recent months, the conflict, I said: "God, forgive me! I made a mistake, help me to resolve this conflict,  because it is impossible to live with that". I had many stupid things swirling trough my head.  Often I just wanted to say to God- "take me  away from here, cause there is only painfulness and darkness."
You know, the feeling was that way already- I'm not worthy of the kingdom of God, even if I try do anything good.
God did helped me, when I confessed that I myself tried to solve the problem, forcing convince my heart that everything is ok. Miraculously, God allowed this whole situation. And so I'm grateful to God and also the person who is helped me to finally resolve this conflict with a such man.
Receive forgiveness from the Lord, and you will walk in a complete freedom. And today I want to say, how great it is to be in a  peace with God, with myself and with the people around me. I can praise the name of the Lord in a holiness, I can serve effectively and dreaming with God and nothing bound me from doing so. This is real freedom in my life, I know that I am free from sin and it does not control me.
God at any time with us, even when me think that we are alone, or we trying to protect ourselves. God says to me: "I'm here, just calm down, I'll help you. You're my child and I will defend you. Trust me everything." Our Lord wants that we had peace in Him, that we were looking for meeting with him, that in His presence have joy.

Бог - прощающий Бог!!!!

«А потому сказываю тебе: прощаются грехи её многие за то, что она возлюбила много, а кому мало прощается, тот мало любит». (Лк 7:47) 

Блудница была прощена Иисусом, и Он не осудил ее. И в благодарность она проявила любовь к Господу. Кто больше любит Бога??? Я должна понимать и помнить все, что Бог сделал для меня. То, что Бог простил меня, и любить Его всем сердцем соответственно тому, как Он достоин того. Иисус сказал в последней беседе с учениками: «Если любите Меня, соблюдите Мои заповеди» Ин 14:15

Если исповедуем грехи наши, то Он, будучи верен и праведен, простит нам грехи наши и очистит нас от всякой неправды».  (1Ин 1:5-10)

 Хочу поделиться своим свидетельством с теми, кто хочет услышать и увидеть, что реально Бог может делать через Его прощение и исцеление.

Было время в моей жизни, не так давно,  я была непослушна Богу (то есть я намерено шла против Его принципов, указанных в Библии).

Люди, дорогие мои! и Он меня не наказал, Он просто был рядом и ждал, когда я пойму свою ошибку и буду что-то с этим делать. Но знаете, как бы Бог не показывал мне выход и не предлагал мне Свою помощь, я сражалась за свое чувство достоинства. Речь идет, конечно же, о моей гордости! Ужасное слово, к чему оно все может привести - это просто кошмар и я это испытала на своей шкуре.

И тут не только как написано «Бог гордым противиться, а смиренным дает…» в 1Пет 5:5 (сами знаете, что там дальше), но и моя гордость сама по себе действовала против меня.

Вы знаете, что мы христиане живем в теле, которое грешно. Но благодаря Иисусу, мы приняли прощение от наших грехов, и поверив в Него, мы спасены от вечного ада. И тут происходит борьба внутри нас и победит сильнейший. Если наша плоть каждый день подкрепляется нашим грехом - она победит и нанесет вред нашему духовному существу, тому, которое должно находиться в мире с Богом.

И вот что случилось в моей жизни - год я жила в непрощении, в гордости своей, каждый день просила у Бога прощения и восстановления, и ничего не происходило, так как этот конфликт был где-то в глубине моего сердца, а не просто на словах. Год в конфликте - Боже, не хочу этого больше испытать, это просто съедало меня изнутри. Ты гниешь, и это страшно воняет. И сегодня, я хочу к вам говорить, чтобы вы могли услышать и не поступать как я.

В последние месяцы этого конфликта, я говорила: «Боже, прости!!! Тогда я сделала ошибку, помоги мне решить этот конфликт, так просто уже невозможно жить. У меня всякие глупости крутятся в голове». Часто я просто хотела сказать: «Забери меня уже к Себе, тут больно и темно».

Понимаете, такое чувство было, что выхода уже нет, все, я не достойна Царства Божьего, даже если я что-то пытаюсь сделать.

Бог дал выход, когда я покаялась в том, что сама пыталась решить проблему, заставляя убедить себя, что все  у меня хорошо. По милости Своей Бог разрешил всю эту ситуацию. И я благодарна Господу за то, что Он не осуждал меня и тому человеку, который помог мне, наконец, решить с ним  конфликт.

Пожалуйста, принимайте прощение от Господа, и вы будете ходить в полной свободе. И на сегодняшний день я хочу сказать - как это здорово быть в мире с Богом, с самим собой и с людьми, окружающими меня. Я могу в чистоте славить имя Господа, я могу эффективно служить и мечтать с Богом, и ничто меня не сдерживает от этого.

Это реальная свобода в моей жизни, я знаю, что я свободна от греха, и он больше не контролирует меня.

Бог в любой момент с нами рядом, даже когда мы думаем, что одиноки или пытаемся сами себя защищать. Бог говорит: "Я тут, просто успокойся, Я помогу тебе. Ты мое дитя и Я буду защищать тебя. Доверь Мне всё". 

Наш Господь хочет, чтобы мы имели мир в Нем, чтобы мы искали уединения с Ним, чтобы иметь истинную радость в Его присутствии.

Мира и радости в Нем!! ;) 
Сестра Гюльнара .

summer is coming to an end...

...I do not know happy or not ...?...


This summer I was: at home twice on the black sea for a few days before and after the trip to Finland ... I was in Finland for picking strawberries, just a fairy tale, but not work, the beauty of the place where I was for work ... On the way to Finland, we stopped for a few days in St. Petersburg, indescribable beauty of this city ... Now I'm in Ternopol, on the Youth With A Mission base, received my multiply visa to the United States of America not for one year, but for three years... going to the US for the School of Biblical Studies ... I'm leaving about 10th of September maybe ... A little afraid of a big country  I think...