At War

2011-08-16T18:39:00.000-04:00

"As long as there are millions destitute of the Word of God and knowledge of Jesus Christ, it will be impossible for me to devote time and energy to those who have both."

What is Love?

2011-08-02T13:48:00.001-04:00

The definition of Love: 1: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.1Corinthians 13:4-7~ 2: Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 ~ 3: Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. Romans 12:9-17~ 4: Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,~ In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, Ephesians 5:25&28-29~~ (for more definitions check out the Word of God.)

Love is not lust, sex, or outward beauty, it is much more. It is choosing to place your love on someone and loving them through thick and thin and till the end. It is loving like Christ loves the church (which is the greatest kind of love there is). It is a selfless attitude you have to all who you come in contact with. It is giving up your life for not only your love ones, but for your enemies as well. It is a Man on a cross who drank every last drop of Gods wrath... and He did it for you...is this the love you have???

Who am I?

2011-06-05T17:04:00.005-04:00

I love just to be loved,
I'm prideful and need to be humbled,
I'm lost and need to be found,
I'm selfish and need to be selfless,
I'm sorrowful and need to be joyful,
I'm depressed and need to be comforted,
I'm hateful and need to be peaceful,

Who am I?... I'm a sinner in need of a Savior.

There is one kind of people in this world and two types of that one kind.

2011-04-19T20:58:00.005-04:00

Everyone is a slave. What matters is, what are you a slave too? obedience? or sin?

"Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?" Romans 6:16

Where is your Heart?

2010-05-04T22:58:00.009-04:00

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21

Want to find out where someones heart lies?...Well... Answer that question with this one... What do they treasure?...

Clingers or Kissers

2010-03-18T07:58:00.004-04:00

"Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her." Ruth 1:14

go back and read through the 1st chapter of Ruth until verse 18 so you will understand and know the whole story.

This story can be looked on as just another Bible story or it can be more. If we would just dig in the Word of God, we would understand so much more than we do now. There are two kinds of people in this world actually three, but i'm going to just talk about two of them... There's the kissers and the clingers... Now there's not a lot of space on here to write a whole lot, but i'll try my best, to explain and hopefully teach someone, something, and also...everything i say here is not because i hate people who are lukewarm Christians, but i say what i say because i love you and don't want you to make the biggest mistake of your life... Now back to the message, kissers are people who say they're a Christian and they'll go to church and say they love Jesus, but yet their life doesn't show it and when Christ calls them, they will walk away from Him. They will live how they want to live and just put Jesus in their back pocket until they need Him. WHICH IS JUST PLAIN RIDICULOUS! We should depend on Christ like He is our breath... Do you know why? Because He is our breath! God is the one who keeps us alive and yet we don't even acknowledge that He's there! We just live out our own life... which will lead us down the path of destruction......Now! to the clingers, clingers are people who cling on to Jesus and will not! let Him go! Because they understand and acknowledge that He is everything... When the kissers and everyone else turns their back on Christ... and then Christ turns to me and says are you going to leave as well? Do you know what my answer will be? The same one that Peter (Jesus' Disciple) answered "Where am I to go" ... There is no where else for me to go, but to Jesus. So which one are you? the kisser who says they believe and yet when Jesus calls them to serve, they turn there back on Him... or a clinger, who clings to Jesus and recognizes that Christ is everything to them and continues to persevere and to keep their faith in Christ Jesus! I suggest that you think about it. Because if you are a kisser, most likely you are lost, and that's the worst place to be in...this world is not worth losing your soul!

To God be the Glory!

Let Love be Sincere

2010-03-06T10:31:00.002-05:00

"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality." Romans 12:9-13

Love Must Be Sincere! You can not love people the way Christ loved them, if your love is not...sincere. The best way to love like Christ is to be selfless. That's what true love is all about. It's about putting your needs off to the side and caring and taking interest into the needs of others around you. It means to worry about what needs to be done for that person or this person, to be able to help them out in their life and not expecting or wanting anything in return. It means to place your life down for your friends without hesitation because you love them. Which sadly the world doesn't love this way and sometimes it's so frustrating to see what love the world does see as good genuine love and expects us to love like it. NEVER! The world's love is not Christ's love! it is not based on putting others first or allowing your love to have sincerity, the worlds love is ALL ABOUT SELF! It's about what can I get out of this relationship or what can I get out of this friendship or what can I get out of this certain situation in life! IT'S A BUNCH OF NONSENSE! How can love be for self? IT CAN'T! do you know why? We point at a great relationship and say that's true love, but guess what my friends... it's not! Because God points to His murdered Son on the Cross and says this is true love. "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13. That my friends is true love. Our Savior Jesus Christ who took on the sin of the world has true love and yet the way the world repays Him is by lowering the value of true love! We should fall on our faces in repentance, because we have lowered God's true meaning of love. Love like Romans 12:9-21 put others before yourself. Love...Protect...and give hear to God's Word!

To God be the Glory!

Go into all the World

2010-02-26T15:08:00.004-05:00

"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!" Romans 10:14-15

There are many people who have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and will die and go to hell because we Christians are staying in our comfort zone and not preaching the Good News! It is a commandment to preach the Gospel and yet we ignore the Word of God. It says "And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Mark 16:15-16. See, it is not our job to saved people, that's the Holy Spirit's job. Our job is just to present the Gospel to them. If they turn away from your teaching, don't look at it like they're rejecting you because they're not. They're rejecting Christ who is knocking on their door. Here is a question for you, How much do you have to hate someone, to not tell them the Good News? Think about it, if they never hear the Gospel and turn to Jesus, they will spend all eterity in Hell! Don't say to yourself "I don't hate people" when you won't pick up your Bible and tell them the best news they'll ever hear which is able to save their soul. I speak for myself as well. Please take in what I am trying to get across and practice getting out of your comfort zone, because the things of this world is not worth or what we should look forward to, but the gifts of God are. "preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." 2 Timothy 4:2-5
To God be the Glory!

Be a doer not a hearer!

2010-02-23T07:25:00.009-05:00

"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." James 1:19-22

There's a lot of Christians out there that keep their Religious laws and go to church, but are hearers of the Word and not doers. Don't deceive yourself, don't be a hearer of the Word who just hearers the Words of God and then goes about their own business, but be a doer. Be someone who does something for Christ, Christ bought us when He died for our sins, so we're supposed to be slaves to Him. We ought to pour our lives out for the one who gave His life for us. Like it says in James 2:17 "So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." Our faith by itself isn't going to get us any closer to God, we must put works behind our faith otherwise our faith is no good. When i mean no good i mean that God isn't going to be saying to you "well done my good and faithful servant." Do you know why?... Because you were not a servant at all!! You sat comfortably in this world and said to yourself "I'm going to heaven because I believe in God." Yeah Right! I don't think so! If you can sit comfortably in this world and not be persecuted in some kind of way then most likely your not saved, because in 2 Timothy 3:12 it says "Indeed, all who desire to live a Godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" There you go, right from the Word of God, if you're a true believer and live like a true believer then you will be persecuted for your faith in God. A true sold out Christian is to be looked on by the world as a fool, because if the world does not look at you as a fool then you look like the world and are not serving Christ. You can only serve one master which will it be, the world which will pass away or God Himself the Creator of Heaven and earth, the One who sent His Son for our sins, and the One who is coming back as a judge, to judge the sins of all mankind. The choice is yours! Don't play with your soul!
To God be the Glory!

A God Centered Prayer

2010-01-06T22:35:00.008-05:00

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: "O Lord, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made Heaven and earth. Give ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God. It is true, O Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by mens hands. Now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Lord, are God."

2 Kings 19:15-19

This prayer that Hezekiah prayed didn't start out by telling God his needs, but started by lifting God up, worshiping Him and just giving Him all the glory. Yes, he ask God for a favor, but the focal point of the pray was on God. This my friends is a God centered prayer. Think about how we start our prayers today, most of the time it starts out like this "Lord I need this, this, and this and I pray for this person and if you can answer these prayers, then I promise I'll read my Bible tonight" This is not a God centered prayer, we have got to start our prayers by lifting up and praising God Almighty who is such a Holy God. I mean think about it, He is The Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and the End, The Creator of all things. I believe He deserves to be #1 in our prayers and not our needs. Now I have had trouble with this for a long time now and God just opened my eyes about a month ago that I was praying just for my needs and for my own life, as well as others lives. It is good to pray for others and ask for good things such as wisdom and knowledge, but when it gets in the way of giving God His praise and His glory then it becomes, in a way, wrong. God should be our focal point in our prayers, Bible reading, and life. A wise man once said that "we are most satisfied in Christ when Christ is most glorified in us." which means the higher God is lifted up and the more He's glorified the more we gain from Him. It's hard to understand, but it's the truth. We have got to put God first in not just our prayers, but in everything we do. He has to be the center of our lives and if we put Him first in everything then we gain everything there is worth to be gained and that is Christ Himself.

To God be the Glory!

Philippians 2:3-5

2009-12-09T12:51:00.004-05:00

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interest, but also to the interest of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:"

This is a great verse to remember when you start thinking way to much about yourselves. We get so caught up in our own little world that we just don't care about others around us. We need to start looking at others interest and start helping and not asking for help. One major thing is, we have got to start caring and helping others without expecting a reward, just help people because it's what Jesus did and we are called to do as He did. Christ calls us to be humble and He said the humble will receive lots of blessings, but we should not be humble and kind because we want the blessing, but because we want to please our Heavenly Father. If we will humble ourselves and put others first, they will see that humility and Christ can use that to change their lives. I try very hard to worry about others interest and not my own and I do struggle a lot with pride, but Christ helps me and when I pull through the feeling is amazing. So I challenge you to worry less about yourself and start caring more about others, because in the end, it's worth it.

To God be the Glory!

Psalm 18:1-3

2009-12-09T10:34:00.004-05:00

"I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies." Psalm 18:1-3

This is a great verse that encourages me in troubled times and just lets me know that God is always there. It's good to know that no matter what, God is there and He will take care of things. Jesus Christ will be our deliverer and save us from our enemies, but only if we let Him. We have to surrender everything we own physical and spiritually, for Him to be able to be our savior. God will not let us down as others do around us, that is why we must put our trust in Christ and not people. He will be our friend when we are at war against the world and He will be our fortress and shelter when trouble comes our way. It is He and He alone I trust my life with and you should too.

To God be the Glory!

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

2009-11-30T19:28:00.008-05:00

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

This is one of my favorite verses along with so many others in the Word of God. We should practice this kind of love in our daily life. This is a great example of what Christ acted like here on earth and the way He always acts, He does not envy, as we do, He does not boast, as we do, He is not proud, as we are, He is not rude, like us, He is not self-seeking, as we are, He is not easily angered, like we are, He keeps no record of wrong when we ask for forgiveness, as we do. Christ is love; the reason He came down from Heaven and died a horrible death to save us worthless sinners, is because He is love. We need to show people the same love that Christ showed all people. Is it hard? of course it's hard, but we must persevere through the tough times and turn to God for help. This is what I try to practice daily, I want to be the man that, is trustworthy, that can protect the ones he loves, that can persevere under trials that come his way and that doesn't seek things for himself. Will it be hard? sure, but I'll put my trust in Christ and he will guide me. Like Proverbs 3:5-6 says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." That's why I have nothing to fear and neither should you, this is not something Christ is asking, but is commanding us to do. In Matthew 22:36-39 Jesus says that loving others is the second greatest COMMANDMENT, with Loving God being the first. Which means that it is law and we shouldn't take it lightly. The real problem is that, the real meaning of love has been done away with in this world, we tell our girlfriends, boyfriends and other people that's in our lives that we love them and yet it's not the same love that Christ talks about. Romans 12:9-10 says "Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." Lots of people these days aren't sincere when they say "I love you." They just want the other person to think they're nice. Now are all people like that? no, they're lots of Christians out there that understand the love of Christ and practice it daily, but the word love in this world has really lost its value. I would like to close with this, if you don't love then you can't know God and I can say this because in 1 John 4:8 it says "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."

To God be the Glory

1 John 2:15-17

2009-11-23T18:22:00.006-05:00

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."

How many times do we catch ourselves loving the world and believe we still love God? Well it just said that if we love the world then we can't love God. In other words, you either hate the world and love God or love the world and hate God. The choice is yours, but make sure you choose wisely because it's your soul your dealing with and if you wrongly choose, then it'll cost you everything. Are Christians going to struggle with loving the world? Absolutely, I know I find myself loving the things of this world and turn them into idols, but then the Holy Spirit calls me out and I repent and turn from my evil. The major issue these days is that people call themselves Christians and yet are in love with the very thing God hates. They crave sinful things, they lust with their eyes, and boast about themselves, and yet they will suffer an eternal death because they loved the creation more than the creator. See it doesn't matter if you know God, what matters is that God knows you. Heres an example, if you walk up to the front gate of the White House and say to the security guard "I know the President, please let me in." You know what he's going to say? He's going to look at you and say "yeah right," but now if you walk up to the gate and the President says he knows you and is expecting you, then you will be able to enter. The Same thing with God, if you say you know God, but God doesn't know you. Then you loved the world and disowned God so then God will have to disown you because God can not be with sin. It says in 2 Timothy 2:12b that "if we disown Him, He will also disown us;" So stand firm in the faith because this world and everything in it will pass away, but if we surrender ourselves to Christ and do His will. Then we will spend our eternity in Heaven with Him.

To God be the Glory!

1 Peter 5:10

2009-10-29T10:55:00.005-04:00

"And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast." 1 Peter 5:10

I have noticed, that when we as Christians have been mocked or persecuted, it makes us feel like nobody cares about us and makes you feel left out, but really we're not left out at all. We need to understand that there is absolutely no reason for us to fear people or worry about what they think. The worst thing they can do is kill us, but God Almighty can send our soul to hell for eternity. I don't know about you, but we need to fear God more than man, but not a fear of being afraid, but a fear of respect and honor. Because God loves and cares about us, why do you think He sent his Son Christ for us because it's the sin He hates, not us. Christ wants us to turn to Him and take shelter when we are persecuted, because this world is a war zone and we will be persecuted and it will make us feel alone. That's why it says in 1 Peter 5 that He will restore us and make us stronger, He will be our shelter and our comfort. He is where we should get our strength, joy, and peace, they are from Him and only Him. We are going to be persecuted like it says in 2 Timothy and the world will think of us as fools, but does it matter? Who gave you life? Who is in control of everything? Who is going to come back again and destroy this earth that everyone is so in love with? The answer is God. So we should not be afraid of what man can do, but we should lift up the name of Christ and give Him all the Glory. Because we have done nothing to deserve any kind of glory. All we do is sin, and then pray to God for forgiveness and then go right on back sinning. The amazing thing is, He forgives us, so many times have I sinned and asked for forgiveness and I know for a fact that He forgave me because in 1 John 1:9 it says "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." All I can say is "Thank you Lord!" and really that is all we can say because nothing we do can ever repay Christ for what He did for us.

To God be the Glory!

Proverbs 11:13

2009-10-23T16:22:00.012-04:00

"A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret." Proverbs 11:13

Trustworthy people are hard to come across these days because of all the gossip and lying, but someone who you can trust is a great treasure. Some people don't realize it, but gossip can hurt a lot. In Proverbs 18:8 it says that "The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts." When people don't have Christ, they can get depressed pretty easy and if someone has been gossiping about them, then it just makes things worse. Gossip is more of a problem with people who talk, more than they should, but everyone as gossiped in some point of their life. Harsh words against someone can really hurt especially behind their back. That's also how rumors start and rumors can ruins some one's reputation whether the rumor is true or not. So next time you feel like gossiping about someone, say this to yourself "is gossiping about them, worth them taking their life," and if your a true Christian then the answer is No! Because people take their life all the time because they feel like the whole world is either laughing at them or that everyone hates them, so they decide to end it. Without Christ people's minds don't have that protection, joy, and peace and it is easy for the devil to get in their head and mess things up. The point I'm trying to get across is that many of us Christians hurt people with our words and yet were the ones who are suppose to be lifting others up. That is why you should give God praise for your friends who are trustworthy and you know they won't gossip about you. Because those kind of people are hard to find these days.

To God be the Glory!

1 Peter 4:12-14

2009-10-07T10:49:00.007-04:00

"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange is happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the suffering of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of God rest on you."

1 Peter 4:12-14

A lot of the time, we as Christians don't think of the word suffer to be a good thing, but to suffer for Christ is the greatest thing a Christian can go through for his Master, God Almighty. The thing is, if the world don't see the difference in us, then they have no need to persecute us, which means we are living like the world and not like Christ. When you suffer it could be physical pain or emotional pain, you could be beaten, thrown in prison, killed or just mocked, put down by others, and not having popularity. We should rejoice when we go through these sufferings because we're suffering for Christ which means we're serving the God who gave us life and He looks down and says "Good job my good and faithful servant." That should be the only thing that matters in a Christians life, to be able to hear those words come out of the mouth of God Almighty. And yet we sit at the house watching tv, playing sports, driving in our nice car, caring about our reputation, rather than the God who spoke and everything was put into place. We should be so ashamed of ourselves, because we have denied Him over and over again, and yet he still forgives. That is why we must suffer because he suffered for us. We are so worthless and yet he suffered so much for us and every time we deny him, it's just like we spit in the bloody face of Christ and say "we don't care what you did for us." That's exactly what we do when we deny him and turn to the world. And when we call back for forgiveness, He looks down at us and says three amazing words "I Forgive you." All I can say is Wow! what grace and mercy that our God has for us selfish beings. We should praise God like Paul and Silas did when they went through suffering in prison. In 1 Peter 4:16 says "However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name." We need to rejoice and not curse God when we are persecuted because we bear the name of Christ, which should be the greatest honor, since He's the Creator of the universe! Just remember next time you get persecuted for your faith or things just don't go your way, that you don't even deserve to be alive and yet Christ has given you so much. How Great is our God!

To God be the Glory!

Forgiven

2009-10-06T00:02:00.004-04:00

"I'm in our secret place, alone in Your embrace, where all my wrongs have been erased, You have forgiven. All the promises and lies, all the times I've compromised all the times You were denied, You have forgiven."

Forgiven by Skillet

Psalm 119:11

2009-10-05T10:10:00.005-04:00

"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you"

Psalm 119:11

What a great verse to remember and live by, if only we would live by it. We must read and memorize scripture if we are going to get through this spiritual war. Not only will it help when you are telling others about Christ, but also through Christ you will be able to conquer the temptations that the devil's demons throw at you. That's what it means when it says "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you". Because if we know God's law and His Word we are not going to want to sin or have anything to do with sin. Our minds will be pure and we will have understandings that others just don't have, because they are not in His Word, which makes them deceived. We will start to see through the lies when we pick up God's Word and dig in. God's Word is like our map or instructions for life and without it we will start to believe the world side of things and not God's. We will not have that understanding and won't be able to see through the lies that are put out by the world. This is why we need to hide God's word in our heart and use daily in our life.

To God be the Glory!

Man of God

2009-09-21T16:09:00.007-04:00

"But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses." 1 Timothy 6:11-12

If you call yourself a Christian then you should flee from your evil desires and pursue these things it says in 1 Timothy. Is it going to be hard? yes, is it worth it? absolutely. Living for Christ is hard because a spiritual war is going on in this world, whether you believe it or not. So we have to put on the Whole Armor of God daily (Ephesians 6), so that we can stand against the flesh and the devil's fiery arrows. The only way to serve Christ is by being a servant and let him lead us. Instead of us having a say in what we want or want to do. We can't serve two masters, we can't say we serve Christ if we still are serving ourselves. We have to let go of the flesh and take hold of that eternal life which was given to us when we surrendered our life over to Christ. There is nothing greater than to be able to serve the God of the Universe, the one who gave us life. Praise be to the One who loved me and you so much that He took His wrath and put it on His only son instead of worthless old me and you.

To God be the Glory!

Psalm 32:1-2

2009-08-27T23:27:00.006-04:00

"Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sin are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit." Psalm 32:1-2

All I can say is wow! We are wretched sinners against the Creator of the universe and yet we can be blessed with our sins forgiven and forgotten. That shows right there, that God the Creator of Heaven and earth is a loving and merciful God. We should die to ourselves everyday because we are so unworthy to live a life for us. Everything we do, say, and live for, should be for God and Him only. Do we really live like that, No! Nobody lives their life for God 24/7. We need to get in His Word and meditate on it, study it, and keep it in our hearts so that we can serve Him 24/7. Scripture says that "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:11.

To God be the Glory!

Giving God Glory throughout life

2009-08-18T20:07:00.010-04:00

Life for Christians is not supposed to be full of parties with no trials, a lot of times we think life is suppose to start with school, then college, family, career, and then retiring. Really were suppose to give God all the glory in everything we do. Now I know we hear that our purpose here in this world is to give God the glory, but what does that mean. I believe that giving God glory in everything we do means that we should put Christ first in everything we do and when we get lifted up by others we should tell them that it is not by our doing, but God's doing through us. Those are ways to give God the glory through life. The Word says "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:16 We should give God His glory because we have done nothing to deserve any kind of glory what so ever! We are dreadful sinners, and not to mention that he created All things! Here's a great verse to remember throughout your life. "For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen." Romans 11:36

To God be the Glory!

The Narrow and wide gate

2009-08-16T13:39:00.007-04:00

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Matthew 7:13-14

As the passage said that narrow is the gate that leads to eternal life, and wide is the gate that leads to destruction. The wide gate will be entered by many. Those who decide to go down the easy path and stay in their comfort zone will go through life living for themselves and in the end destruction will fall on them. The narrow gate will be entered by few. Those who decide to live for Christ and put away earthly things, will have a hard life. If you choose to live for Christ you will be persecuted, the Bible says "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."2 Timothy 3:12 That clearly points out that we will be persecuted for Christ if you live for Christ. The thing is, are you walking down the narrow road and entering into the narrow gate. Or are you going down the wide road saying you believe in Jesus and yet you still love earthly things. Jesus said "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." Matthew 6:24 We need to put away the things of the world and follow down the narrow path, no matter what we go through.

To God be the Glory!

Seek Christ! not the world

2009-08-09T20:01:00.008-04:00

Us Christians need to start seeking after God, because without him we will be lost. The only reason we can even love God is because he first loved us. We must seek God's face because he is the only one who can get us through this life of suffering and pain. We need to love God with all of our hearts, soul, mind and we need to trust him with our lives. Like the Bible says "Trust in the Lord in all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 We should trust God with everything and acknowledge him in everything, and he promised he will make our paths straight. Come on Christians lets stand up for what's right and stop giving into the world. The world has already lost so why go on the losing side. Lets fight for the side that's already won, because that side has the God of the universe who created all things, loves us and wants us to spend our eternity with him in Heaven forever. So lets get rid of the pleasures that will send our souls to hell. Yes, I said hell, if we enjoy our sin and do it continually then we will spend our eternity in hell, whether you believe your a Christean or not. So are you seeking after God's Face? or are you wasting your life (that God gave you) away in the world?

Think about that, don't play with your soul, Seek God!

To God be the Glory!

Psalm 7:10-11

2009-08-08T09:54:00.005-04:00

"My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day." Psalm 7:10-11

We as Christians do not need to fear anything for God is our shield. He will be our shepherd as we are his sheep. He is our shield, but he is a Just God and must judge those who are not righteous. God does express his wrath everyday and punishes those who disobey. God is God and he will judge those who need to be judge and forgive those who repent.

To God be the Glory!

Psalm 1:1-2

2009-08-07T15:59:00.005-04:00

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night." Psalm 1:1-2

Blessed are those who do not turn to their sin, but turn away from their sin. God will bless you when you turn away from your sin. We need to start hating our sin and loving God. We really need to start delighting in the law of the Lord and not just say we love it. We need to like it and enjoy it, as well as obey it. We don't need to read it and go on our way. We need to meditate on it and study it, learn what it says and follow what it says. We need to flee evil and run to Christ.

To God be the Glory!

Quote from Piper

2009-08-06T13:44:00.002-04:00

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”

John Piper

Psalm 4:2

2009-08-06T10:48:00.012-04:00

"How long, O men will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and false gods?" Psalm 4:2

How long will we put God to shame? How long will we love the lies satan put has put out into the world? We say we love God, yet we keep sinning. Sinning against God is the same thing as spitting in the bloody face of Christ who took on our sin, to save us from God's wrath. Why can't we as believers see that, how long until we do something about it. We sit there and say we love God and yet we go watch a movie with the very things He hates. We can only love one, if we love the world then we hate God. If we love God then we hate the world. It's your choice, will you stand up and love the God who loves you and can spend eterity with Him. Or will you stay comfertable, loving the world and spend your eterity seprated from God in hell.

To God be the Glory!

Great chorus

2009-08-06T10:31:00.009-04:00

"Angels surrounding His throne and
Worthy is the lamb who was slain
The whole earth is full of His glory
All nations bow to His name
His majesty fills the Heavens
Our hearts give thunderous praise chores
Declare the Lord is forever
Make a joyful noise in this place."

Flame - Joyful Noise

To God be the Glory!

2009-08-02T13:24:00.006-04:00

Everyday I hear people say that they are Christians and their life doesn't show it. As Christians we don't need to get saved just so we can go to Heaven, but we need to get out of our comfort zone and put on the Armor of God so that we can fight in this spiritual war. Lots of people think that as long as I believe in God I'll be fine so I don't have to do anything, but if you are really a believer, then you will want to do something for Christ. Think about that, if you don't have a desire to doing something for Christ you might not know Him as your personal Savior. This life is not suppose to get comfortable, it's a battlefield to win as many souls to Christ as possible and give God all the Glory. In Numbers chapters 13-15 there is a story about Gods people who had to wonder in a wilderness for forty years because they didn't want to take the land that God was going to give them, they feared man more than God. They didn't trust God with their lives, so they were not able to enter the land which God had promised them. Same with us, this world is our wilderness that we have to wonder in because we have sinned and Heaven is the promise land which God has promise to those who believe in him and trust him. We have to fight for the one who gave us life and who sent his son to die for our sins, so that we could have eternal life with God forever, like it says in John 3:16. This should make us want to serve God 24-7, but sin can get in the way that's why this is a battlefield whether you believe it or not, so lets take up our Crosses and fight for the one who gives us breath.

To God be the Glory!