Whats up!! My name is Ryanna, but most ppl can't remember my name so they just call me "Ry" or "Ry-Ry" =) I am a sophamore @ Heritage High School. I love going to church and getting involved!!!! I am involved in many ministries but most r behind the scenes, bc anything i do, i do to glorify my god, not for me to get all the credit, or to stay in the lime light. =)-------My passion is helping and giving, in whatever way that i possibly can. I also enjoy singing and praising/worshiping God.......i sing for the youth band @ my church, and i love it!!!! Well, thats all if u wanna chat or u got any more ?'s, just mssg. me!!1 GOD BLESS!!!! =D
My Testimony
I went to church a lot when i was a little girl, but then my family stopped going. I was told about Jesus, how he died on the cross for me, and about Adam and Eve...THATS IT. Growing up, i was just myself, living in the world and did what was fun, what I thought I would enjoy. I listened to the music i wanted, i talked the way i wanted to, and around my friends, i acted the way that I wanted to.....BUT, then my grandmother took me to the very first service of a new church [well, it was actually part of our old 1.....we had so many ppl come that we had to expand, and now we have 10 of the same church!!!]---ANYWAYS, going to that church, i learned more about Jesus, and just how amazing he is. HOWEVER, i had not fully commited and was still acting the way i wanted. I fell out of church after a lil while [i was only 8] and dealt with a lot of crap from my home life. I felt all alone in this world. I began taking all my hurt and pain out on myself, and did things that i shouldnt have done. I grew into a huge state of hidden depression and began gaining a lot of weight. I was always hurting and blaming myself for everything that was going on around me. I was a very unhappy girl. My mom had me @ 17, so i thought i was an accident, and i just knew their lives would be better w/o me. Many times i just wanted to crawl up in a cave and die, bc i didnt understand. Why did the world have to be so dark, cold, and mean. Why was eveyone around me always fighting and unhappy? I felt like there was nothing inside me left, like i was just there in the world, forced to put on a smile every day and pretend its all ok. i was ALWAYS the strong one, but inside i bottled up all my emotions. After a long time of hurt and pain, i went back to church at RIO East. I realized that there was a GOD who loved me, that i wasnt an accident, and that all i had to do was get in his presence and i could finally quit fighting and being strong and just let him come to my rescue. However, living with a family that doesnt go to church, its hard to stay on the right path. My family was always trying to get me down...ALWAYS. I was always doing something wrong and they were the ones that kicked u when u down, instead of helping u up...BUT, i began spending more and more time at church, and was shown more and more light....i finally surrendered everything, and gave my life to God. After making that surrender, no matter what hell i went through @ home, i always had my church, my church family, and my God. I took a leadership class and was officially a youth leader @ 14 yrs. old.........THEN AGAIN, i fell into a hidden depression, and was definatley not recognizing that i was an overcomer and had victory in the name of jesus.......I experienced one of the worst yrs of my life @ 14, and i would never wanna do it again!!!....Anyways, after much HIDDEN depression, i went back to church...it was really just an up again, down again kinda thing and i hated it!!!! I was ministering one day, and cutting myself the next day.! It was just a mess. But, one day i did make the decision to quit trying to be in control, bc i knew that what i was doing was NOT working and I surrenedered...AGAIN. I let God lead my life, and things have been looking up ever since. I claimed victory, i stood my ground and i REFUSED to give up!!!!! I have been going steady and strong with God and increasing my relationship with him ever since!!!! I am closer to God than ever and i really love life right now! My family is getting along much better, and i am finally happy. I am no longer bound down by the chains of sin and JESUS is in control. I love god, and he is my strength. All i am now is a willing vessel. I pray that God lets me shine the light to my family and others that need it. I love God, and theres no turning back 4 me!!!!! =)
Favorite Activities
Going to church, singing, praising and worshiping God, Getting involved in ministries, helping ppl in need, putting a smile on someones face =), Hangingout with my best friends, and just havin fun in the JESUS way!!!! =D
Favorite Music / Movies / Tv Shows / Books
Favorite Music is definatley christian rock, and contemporary Christian!!!----MUSIC IS ON 24/7 with me!!!!! I ♥ MUSIC!!!!
There r to many fav. movies/tv shows to name, so im not even gonna bother=) lol
My favorite books are the Bibleand the Twilight Series!!!!
Favorite Quotations
"Then only reason you live the life that you do, is because you are the only one strong enough to survive"
"Do your best, and God will do the rest"
What would you say is your Spiritual gift?
My biggest gift from God is the gift of discerning of spirits. I have been through so much in my short 15 yrs. here on Earth, and i believe that God gave me this gift so that i could stand my ground and NOT fall back on sin, bc i have done enough of that already!!!......................
I also have the gift of Knowledge. I seem to comprehend things [spiritually] in a way that most adults cant even understand. I was never taught how to live right, or how things work with God....it just popped up in my brain somehow and i know that that was all from God!! lol =)
The gift of helps is huge in me. My one desire is to help others. I don't know why it is, i just love helping other people. I think it is bc I am a very humble person and i can not stand it when others r in need and i know that i have the ability to help them. It just tears me up.
The last gift i am sure i have received from God is the abilty to talk in tongues. I know that talking in tongues is a huge, controversial topic, but the first time i began talking in tongues was when i was 14 and in church during praise and worship. I got so deep into worship, that it just came out, and i had absolutley no control over what i was saying, but i LOVED IT, bc i knew that God was right there and ministering directly to ME!!! I believe that i have the gift of talking in tongues bc i have a desire to worship god. that is all i wanna do...24/7. I constantly just wanna go deeper and deeper in worshiping my King, and talking in tongues is a form of deep worship!! =D
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