God created the world, and everything thing in it. That is a fact. God also created everyone with a purpose. Everyone has something they want to do and be in their lives and God is the one that forms that, but only if we are open to Him. He has the greatest plan for our lives and He should be the one that we listen to.
It is kind of hard to do if we are closed to Him though and if we are not open to doing anything other than wbhat we want. I want to be an author, and spend my life writing books, but God might have a different plant for ma and it is up to Him to decide, but it is not only Him, we have to decide to listen to Him.
When God creatred the Church, He created us Christians to be a body. The body of Christ, and we must all work together to be that body, just as our body works together, and in this body, I always thought that I would be a hand or a figure. I alwasy figure that that is what I would be because I am a writer. God might not have made me like that. He might have made me a toe. If he wanted me to be a toe, I am a toe, but I have to accept being a toe. That is a hard thing to do but it is worth it.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Deep Dive 14 - Ruth
I do not know anyone who feels completely isolated from everyone, but I do know people who need a friend. Usually the people who need friends are the ones that the worl sees as outcasts, but God loves them so He puts people in their lives to be their friends. Most of the time, that peson is you. I know people like that and I know there is someone who needs it but there is fear that stands in the way. In almost evrything you are asked to do, fear will stand in the way and try to prevent you from doing it. Especially when God asks you to do somehting.
This was also true for Naomi of the bible. Naomi felt isolated but God sent Ruth to her to go with her and to stop the isolation. We must all be like Ruth and say yes to God so when there is someone like Naomi, she will not feel isolated and alone but she will have a friend and someone to depend on. If there is a Naomi in your life, go and be their Ruth, for the bible says "I was lost and you accepted me".
This was also true for Naomi of the bible. Naomi felt isolated but God sent Ruth to her to go with her and to stop the isolation. We must all be like Ruth and say yes to God so when there is someone like Naomi, she will not feel isolated and alone but she will have a friend and someone to depend on. If there is a Naomi in your life, go and be their Ruth, for the bible says "I was lost and you accepted me".
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Deep Dive 14
It says int he bible that we are to sharpen each other. That means we are to encourage anad help each other along in our daily walks. This is a very easy thing to say, but a hard thing to do. Encourageing others for an upcoming test is easy, and encouraging kids to pursue what they enjoy is a piece of cake, but encouraging others with somehting you struggkle with is hard. We must do it though, and just as I need sharpening there are also many who also need it. How can we sharpen people though? How can we encourage them? Thsi is a question that I cannot answer, but God can. So pray to him, O Saints of God, tha5 He may lead, guide, and direct your path.
This also applies to the people at church. For christions church should be like the sharpener they use for skatesk constantly turning and constantly sharpening. We must constantly be helping and sharpening each other. We can do that to. Everytime you are at church, you don't have to stand and yell it out at the pulpit, but say an encouraging word to them. Pray for them. That is hiw you can sharpen people.
This also applies to the people at church. For christions church should be like the sharpener they use for skatesk constantly turning and constantly sharpening. We must constantly be helping and sharpening each other. We can do that to. Everytime you are at church, you don't have to stand and yell it out at the pulpit, but say an encouraging word to them. Pray for them. That is hiw you can sharpen people.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Saying "No" to the Holy Spirit
The word 'no' is a very simple word. It is made up of two letters, N and O. They are even right beside each other in the Alphabet. The word "no" cna be a very dangerous word though. If you say it to anyone a whole string on consiquences are likely to follow. Especially if you say it to God.
Saying 'no' to God is somethign that we do on a regular basis, wether we are christians or not. We always try to say "yes" and sometimes we say no without even noticing, but we all use the word no. This is very dangerous water we are treading though. We say no and then ask why there are bad things happening. Here is an example. Say you had a cookie tin, and in that cookie tin was your favorite kind of cookie. It is before supper and you asked your mom if you could have a cookie. She says you can have one, but after you eat it, you decide that they are soo good and that you can't help buyt eat another. Then two becomes more and more and more until you get sick. They you have to tell your mom what you did and face the consequences. This is a mild example, but what I the Holy Spirit tells you to do something? If the Holy Spirit tells you to do something and you don't do it, it could be a life you are losing to hell and not just risking a stomach ache.
That is our nature though. We say no because it won't benefit us and it won't help us in anyway. I know a person, we will call him "Calvin." Well, I know someone named "calvin" and Calvin and my family were going to help move a frind of ours. Calvin had 2 friends named "Nick and Murray" and they were going to come and help too, but right before we all left to help, Calvin, Nick, and Murray decided not to help because there was no gain to it, another friend named "Imelda" had to bribe them into helping with a trip to a restaurant. That is our human nature though. We say no unless it helps us.
We also have to be listening to God though. If we are not listening, we cannot hear, and we cannot do. It is hard to listen sometimes and I still haven't really know if what I was hearing was my thoughts or Him, but we have to listen and we have to always try and never give up. We have to be willing to listen and to do what he tells us. Are you listening?
Saying 'no' to God is somethign that we do on a regular basis, wether we are christians or not. We always try to say "yes" and sometimes we say no without even noticing, but we all use the word no. This is very dangerous water we are treading though. We say no and then ask why there are bad things happening. Here is an example. Say you had a cookie tin, and in that cookie tin was your favorite kind of cookie. It is before supper and you asked your mom if you could have a cookie. She says you can have one, but after you eat it, you decide that they are soo good and that you can't help buyt eat another. Then two becomes more and more and more until you get sick. They you have to tell your mom what you did and face the consequences. This is a mild example, but what I the Holy Spirit tells you to do something? If the Holy Spirit tells you to do something and you don't do it, it could be a life you are losing to hell and not just risking a stomach ache.
That is our nature though. We say no because it won't benefit us and it won't help us in anyway. I know a person, we will call him "Calvin." Well, I know someone named "calvin" and Calvin and my family were going to help move a frind of ours. Calvin had 2 friends named "Nick and Murray" and they were going to come and help too, but right before we all left to help, Calvin, Nick, and Murray decided not to help because there was no gain to it, another friend named "Imelda" had to bribe them into helping with a trip to a restaurant. That is our human nature though. We say no unless it helps us.
We also have to be listening to God though. If we are not listening, we cannot hear, and we cannot do. It is hard to listen sometimes and I still haven't really know if what I was hearing was my thoughts or Him, but we have to listen and we have to always try and never give up. We have to be willing to listen and to do what he tells us. Are you listening?
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Ignorance is Not Bliss
It is interesting that with many things we do, it usually backfires on us. Even notice that? And ever notice how when you ask God to help you with it, it doesn't back fire? That is because He loves us and nothing we can do can change that. But we don't really asee that, so in return for his love, we act like animals to him. We run away down the wrong path and we sin agianst Him constantly. We are like dogs in fron t of Him. Maybe not all the time but for a approxomately 99.99% of the time. We do what we want all the time and usually don't even consider God. I have been like that. Dogs like to whine at evrything and we were tqalking about whining in my sunday school class on Sunday. We were doing an experiment and seeing how many times we whined in a week. I whined alot. I am one of the biggest whiners that I know and I complain constantly. I am like a whining dog in front of God, and that does bold well because no one likes a whining dog.
After saying that, is there a way that we can stop being like dogs in front of God? Not by ourselves I can asure you. We need the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit if we really want to change and since we ae in front of God, whining, we really do need a change. People don't really think about it, but we are in front of God right now and all the time. We stand thaere and we whine and we act like animals in front of the king of kings. It is embarrasing if you think about it. We are making fools of ourselves in front of the Master of the Universe! I can tell you it makes me sheepish when you think about that part. But He loves us, so it doesn't matter if we feel sheepish or not, he will never let us go.
We are liek whining dogs in front of God and we are also ingratful. We take everything for granted and never really understand that amount of stuff that God has given us. We just sit there and go along but we never really do anything. God made the world for us and he knew we were going to muck it uip, but he still gave us a chance! We don't even care though. We can't do anythign that God doesn't see and know and we can't think anything that God doesn't hear. He knows us better than anyone and for all He has done for us, all He wants is not only to be the God and Masters of our lives, but also to be our friends and companions. That is one way that we can appreciate all the things that he has done for us.
After saying that, is there a way that we can stop being like dogs in front of God? Not by ourselves I can asure you. We need the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit if we really want to change and since we ae in front of God, whining, we really do need a change. People don't really think about it, but we are in front of God right now and all the time. We stand thaere and we whine and we act like animals in front of the king of kings. It is embarrasing if you think about it. We are making fools of ourselves in front of the Master of the Universe! I can tell you it makes me sheepish when you think about that part. But He loves us, so it doesn't matter if we feel sheepish or not, he will never let us go.
We are liek whining dogs in front of God and we are also ingratful. We take everything for granted and never really understand that amount of stuff that God has given us. We just sit there and go along but we never really do anything. God made the world for us and he knew we were going to muck it uip, but he still gave us a chance! We don't even care though. We can't do anythign that God doesn't see and know and we can't think anything that God doesn't hear. He knows us better than anyone and for all He has done for us, all He wants is not only to be the God and Masters of our lives, but also to be our friends and companions. That is one way that we can appreciate all the things that he has done for us.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Who let the dogs out?
Being a Christian is a big responsibility. We are the ones who have to show the peopel of this lost world the way to Jesus. That is a big job. And He is the one who leads us and helps us to show those people the love of God, but can I ask you a question (besides the one I just asked)? When you serve God to please Him, is it because of guilt because all the things that he did for you, or is it because of grace because he loves and died for you? For me, the answer is grace. Jesus loved me so much that he would die for me so that I could live and I will serve Him.
Indirectly, this bring up another question. When you serve God, are you doing by yourself? Are you trying to spread the Word of Gof by yourself? Because I will tell you right now, you will fail. The Holy Spirit is in enabler and you need Him to help you. I weord for God with the help of the Holy Spirit. I asked him to come live in me and now we are buddies. I rely on Him to help me through the trials and to help me spread the word about him.
Now that we have that covered, we have to work on the mission field. In my church before it got painted, there use to be a sign over the door on the inside that said "You are now entering the mission field." This is true. There are many christians who think that the church is the mission field but when God cam into the worl, he preached in the towns and the countries to teh people, but not to the people in teh church. He siad to the Parisees "Why would you heal the ones who are not sick?" He is saying, why preach tot eh peopel who know the word? We are supposed to spred the word with the people who do not know him. Do you have people in your life who needs to hear the word of God? I do. I have friends and Family who need to to hear the word of God and it is my job to help them hear. By the Grace of God.
Indirectly, this bring up another question. When you serve God, are you doing by yourself? Are you trying to spread the Word of Gof by yourself? Because I will tell you right now, you will fail. The Holy Spirit is in enabler and you need Him to help you. I weord for God with the help of the Holy Spirit. I asked him to come live in me and now we are buddies. I rely on Him to help me through the trials and to help me spread the word about him.
Now that we have that covered, we have to work on the mission field. In my church before it got painted, there use to be a sign over the door on the inside that said "You are now entering the mission field." This is true. There are many christians who think that the church is the mission field but when God cam into the worl, he preached in the towns and the countries to teh people, but not to the people in teh church. He siad to the Parisees "Why would you heal the ones who are not sick?" He is saying, why preach tot eh peopel who know the word? We are supposed to spred the word with the people who do not know him. Do you have people in your life who needs to hear the word of God? I do. I have friends and Family who need to to hear the word of God and it is my job to help them hear. By the Grace of God.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Help is on the way
How do you feel when you know someone is praying for you? I know that I feel more secure and usually feel better because I know someone cares and is asking the Lord Almighty to help me. What if I told you that Jesus was praying for you? Just jumped a league here. Jesus praying for you?!!! Exciting and impossibly cool beyond repair. To have the master of the universe praying for you and to have Him fighting on your side is amazing and wounderous beyond comprehension. That's how I feel about it anyway. Whaty about you?
After answering that question, I'll ask you another. What about the way you pray? I tend to pray in my head. Usually because I think I'll fumble it up and say a bad pray. That iis silly of me because there are no bad prayers but I still feel like that. I pray to Jesus in my mind and usually I ask for something. I very rarely talk to Him as the friend he is. I need to change that, and now that it finaaly clicked that JESUS is PRAYING for ME!! It kind of got kicked up a gear. With the knowledge that the Master of the Universe praying for you, you kind of get excited, and pray like never before.
Now we get to the hard question. What about sharing your faith? Jesus is praying for you and he gives you the power to share your faith so now all you have to do it go out and do it. I usually am shy and am afraid to share my faith most of the time but with God on your side, how can you lose? Sharing your faith is important, and with Jesus' help, I am going to! Here is a Christian school, the problems like that don't really arise, but there is a starving world out there just waiting for it so why not give it to them. I am inspired to share my faith will those who are lost and with Jesus praying for me, I can and WILL do it!
After answering that question, I'll ask you another. What about the way you pray? I tend to pray in my head. Usually because I think I'll fumble it up and say a bad pray. That iis silly of me because there are no bad prayers but I still feel like that. I pray to Jesus in my mind and usually I ask for something. I very rarely talk to Him as the friend he is. I need to change that, and now that it finaaly clicked that JESUS is PRAYING for ME!! It kind of got kicked up a gear. With the knowledge that the Master of the Universe praying for you, you kind of get excited, and pray like never before.
Now we get to the hard question. What about sharing your faith? Jesus is praying for you and he gives you the power to share your faith so now all you have to do it go out and do it. I usually am shy and am afraid to share my faith most of the time but with God on your side, how can you lose? Sharing your faith is important, and with Jesus' help, I am going to! Here is a Christian school, the problems like that don't really arise, but there is a starving world out there just waiting for it so why not give it to them. I am inspired to share my faith will those who are lost and with Jesus praying for me, I can and WILL do it!
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