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Friday, January 4, 2013
"God Quotations"
"I love you. I gave my son for you. I sent my only son who was perfect in every way to come down to your sinful earth and die on a cross. I see your sins and I look past them. If you call on me as savior and live for me, I enter your life and cover you with blessings and provisions. I created you, knowing you would sin and I sent my son to die for your salvation while knowing you would never stop sinning. I don't call you to be perfect, so stop trying to be. Call on me and let me guide your life." -God
What are your God Quotations?
Who is God to you?
What are your God Quotations?
Who is God to you?
Don't Adjust to the Darkness
"The people who walk in great darkness have adjusted their eyes." -The Journey of Desire
When you walk into a dark room or if it's dark outside, at first you can't see very well. After time goes by, you can finally start to see and your eyes adjust to the darkness. After that point of adjustment, the darkness is normal and your vision is that of if it was daytime.
When we do "sins" for the first time, we feel very guilty and regretful. The second time, the guilt and regret lessens, and time after time it deteriorates to basically zero guilt.
Sin is darkness. God is light. The sin becomes normal. You "adjust to the darkness."
You always hear parents say, "Eat your carrots, they will help your vision."
Well I'm going to go out on a limb and compare carrots to reading God's word and prayer.
Drawing closer to God will better our life vision. Our closeness to God will help us keep from sin and give us conviction to do right. The closer to God, the further from sin you should be.
So eat your "carrots", and better your life vision.
Do not adjust to the darkness.
Biblical Readings
1 John 1:5 says, "This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all."
1 John 5:17 says, "All wrong actions are sin."
Romans 8:1 says, "There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus."
Job 23:17 says, "Darkness is all around me; thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere."
Lamentations 3:2 says, "The devil has led me into darkness, shutting out all the light."
When you walk into a dark room or if it's dark outside, at first you can't see very well. After time goes by, you can finally start to see and your eyes adjust to the darkness. After that point of adjustment, the darkness is normal and your vision is that of if it was daytime.
When we do "sins" for the first time, we feel very guilty and regretful. The second time, the guilt and regret lessens, and time after time it deteriorates to basically zero guilt.
Sin is darkness. God is light. The sin becomes normal. You "adjust to the darkness."
You always hear parents say, "Eat your carrots, they will help your vision."
Well I'm going to go out on a limb and compare carrots to reading God's word and prayer.
Drawing closer to God will better our life vision. Our closeness to God will help us keep from sin and give us conviction to do right. The closer to God, the further from sin you should be.
So eat your "carrots", and better your life vision.
Do not adjust to the darkness.
Biblical Readings
1 John 1:5 says, "This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all."
1 John 5:17 says, "All wrong actions are sin."
Romans 8:1 says, "There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus."
Job 23:17 says, "Darkness is all around me; thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere."
Lamentations 3:2 says, "The devil has led me into darkness, shutting out all the light."
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Newtown, Connecticut Shooting
Prayers and Thoughts go out to those involved with the shooting.
To the parents who are left broken,
To the parents who are left hopeless,
To the families who are left with a void,
To parents that are asking "why"?
To the parents who are left with a life time of hurt,
To parents who can't play with their kid any more,
To the parents who cant take their kid to work any more,
To parents who will be empty this Christmas,
To the parents who can't tuck their kid in any more,
To parents who can't hug their son or daughter any more.
But mostly. Parents, be comforted knowing Christ is holding them all in his arms for you.
Friday, December 14, 2012
A young man on a judgment stand, not by choice.
A lot of times, I feel like i'm just a young man on a judgment stand, not by choice.
When I wake up and get ready for my day, I feel like I have to wear clothes that won't catch peoples eyes. "I can't wear my Ray Bans because I don't want people to think I'm a tool bag and just wearing them for attention." So I decide a lot of times, not to wear my glasses, and then walk outside and immediately get blinded by the sun. And by people, I mean the people that I think judge me and talk about me.
Do you ever wonder if people talk about you? Why do I care so much about what people think?
"I can't wear my blue dress pants because people might make fun of me with their friends."
"I can't dress up every day because people might look at me as an attention getter."
Heck if i'm anything, it's a guy who doesn't want anyone to look at me and cause an opportunity for gossip or judgemental conversations. This "disease" causes insecurity.
I get so wrapped up in this mindset and perspective that I develop worry, stress, and nerves that shouldn't be there. I get enslaved by the judgments of others. I get held down by people's comments or dirty looks like an anchor holds down a large ship. If I never pull up the anchor, I will never move.
Self achievement and satisfaction won't ever be present
unless you live for yourself instead for other people.
When I wake up and get ready for my day, I feel like I have to wear clothes that won't catch peoples eyes. "I can't wear my Ray Bans because I don't want people to think I'm a tool bag and just wearing them for attention." So I decide a lot of times, not to wear my glasses, and then walk outside and immediately get blinded by the sun. And by people, I mean the people that I think judge me and talk about me.
Do you ever wonder if people talk about you? Why do I care so much about what people think?
"I can't wear my blue dress pants because people might make fun of me with their friends."
"I can't dress up every day because people might look at me as an attention getter."
Heck if i'm anything, it's a guy who doesn't want anyone to look at me and cause an opportunity for gossip or judgemental conversations. This "disease" causes insecurity.
I get so wrapped up in this mindset and perspective that I develop worry, stress, and nerves that shouldn't be there. I get enslaved by the judgments of others. I get held down by people's comments or dirty looks like an anchor holds down a large ship. If I never pull up the anchor, I will never move.
Self achievement and satisfaction won't ever be present
unless you live for yourself instead for other people.
Don't worry about what people say or think about you.
Be You! Be Yourself!
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