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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
RELIGION VS. CHRISTIANITY
I think one of the things that gets under my skin the most is when people categorize Christianity under religion. They always seem to say "Christianity has too many rules" to which I always want to respond "well did you read the whole bible"? The only commandments that Jesus gave was to love God and love people. Now of course when you are following those 2 commands you are following all of the commandments. But when it comes to religion, Jesus basically shot religion down with everything he had.
Christianity is about the Gospel of Christ. Pure and simple. While Jesus walked the earth he was constantly shooting down religious leaders because they were used to the old testament rules. Yes, the OLD testament had rules and guidelines to follow so they would not die in their sins. But that is not what christianity is about, yes it's good to know the whole bible and things that happened during those times but the whole book at the core is about Jesus coming to save the sinners.
When Jesus came to earth he started performing miracles and telling people to repent of their sins as he was constantly forgiving them. Now of course the religious leaders called this blasphemy because nobody is to call themselves God or act as If they are God. As jesus performed many miracles and forgiving sins, he was also fulfilling a ton of prophecies that had been written by him. And of course the religious leaders continued to hate him.
Jesus made it perfectly clear throughout the bible that if we just believe in him and God that all of our sins would be forgotten, and this is the full simplicity of Christianity, the word is called Grace. By Jesus dying on the cross he took all of our sins upon himself so we wouldn't have to die and be put into outer darkness. What does this mean? That we don't have to make sacrifices for our sins anymore. All we need to do is come to christ and repent. He is always faithful to forgive and you will receive everlasting life.
The bottom line is this. In the old testament they always had to do certain things and make certain sacrifices for their sins to be forgotten. And that is where religion came in,( religion=you screwed up here and here so you need to do this and this). But jesus said there is no more need for that. He was the ultimate sacrifice and his promise still and will forever stand. Whoever believes in him will be saved and have everlasting life.
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Christianity is about the Gospel of Christ. Pure and simple. While Jesus walked the earth he was constantly shooting down religious leaders because they were used to the old testament rules. Yes, the OLD testament had rules and guidelines to follow so they would not die in their sins. But that is not what christianity is about, yes it's good to know the whole bible and things that happened during those times but the whole book at the core is about Jesus coming to save the sinners.
When Jesus came to earth he started performing miracles and telling people to repent of their sins as he was constantly forgiving them. Now of course the religious leaders called this blasphemy because nobody is to call themselves God or act as If they are God. As jesus performed many miracles and forgiving sins, he was also fulfilling a ton of prophecies that had been written by him. And of course the religious leaders continued to hate him.
Jesus made it perfectly clear throughout the bible that if we just believe in him and God that all of our sins would be forgotten, and this is the full simplicity of Christianity, the word is called Grace. By Jesus dying on the cross he took all of our sins upon himself so we wouldn't have to die and be put into outer darkness. What does this mean? That we don't have to make sacrifices for our sins anymore. All we need to do is come to christ and repent. He is always faithful to forgive and you will receive everlasting life.
The bottom line is this. In the old testament they always had to do certain things and make certain sacrifices for their sins to be forgotten. And that is where religion came in,( religion=you screwed up here and here so you need to do this and this). But jesus said there is no more need for that. He was the ultimate sacrifice and his promise still and will forever stand. Whoever believes in him will be saved and have everlasting life.
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Sunday, November 2, 2014
IN NEED!!
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So I wouldn't normally do something like this but I would greatly appreciate every bodies help. I am in need of a new laptop. It will be strictly for my ministry classes and blogging.
This is the reas on I have not posted a video blog in some time. My laptop is crazy.
So if you would please head over to my campaign and donate however you feel led. As I said I wouldn't normally do this, but am desperate at the moment. I have plenty of videos and notes to go through. Just need the equipment. Thanks again and God Bless!
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So I wouldn't normally do something like this but I would greatly appreciate every bodies help. I am in need of a new laptop. It will be strictly for my ministry classes and blogging.
This is the reas on I have not posted a video blog in some time. My laptop is crazy.
So if you would please head over to my campaign and donate however you feel led. As I said I wouldn't normally do this, but am desperate at the moment. I have plenty of videos and notes to go through. Just need the equipment. Thanks again and God Bless!
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Sunday, August 24, 2014
FISHERS IN AMERICA!!
Yesterday I went fishing. I love fishing, just being on the beach when the sun is rising, its relaxing and I get to spend that time reflecting on what God has been doing in my life. When I first cast my line out I got an almost instant bite and reeled the fish in. Cast out another time and got a little bit bigger fish. I thought after that I may as well go out a little bit in the ocean, mainly just waist deep to see if I could cast out further and possibly get a different type of fish. I cast out a few times and got a few nibbles but never a full bite. After casting out a couple times I figured id try to fish back on the shore line, as I cast out on the shore I again got almost an instant bite. As I was reeling in the fish I just caught I thought, "well I'll just stay here then since they are actually biting here".
Whats the meaning to this little story?
Ive said it many times and I'll say it again, WE NEED TO BE MISSIONARIES IN AMERICA.
Now you can say, "well Andrew we have a ton of churches here", yeah well that might be the problem. Ive seen, especially here lately, that we as Christians like to ask people if they go to church. My stand on this question is, well so what if they go to church, going to church doesn't make you a christian, and sometimes and pushes the non-believer further away from christianity. We tend to focus so much on church and asking people where they go to church that we fail to tell them about Jesus and the Gospel. We will talk to a stranger and ask them if they go to church and when they say no we always like to invite them to our church, but as I can recall I don't remember Jesus ever asking any of the sinners that he healed and had mercy on if they went to church. Why is this? I think the answer to that question is one major reason, WE ARE WANTING TO START MORE CHURCHES THAN WE WANT TO ACTUALLY BE. That is a major word right there for christians, BE. It seems we all know how to go to church, how to worship God, and how to thank him and even give an offering, but when it comes to actually being the church, we fail miserably. Jesus said that when he left, WE(the church) would be doing even greater things than he did. Where is this power? Ive read before someone had said that if the holy spirit left the church nowadays, nobody would even know it was gone. As harsh as that statement is, it is very true. We get so caught up in church tradition and rituals (lets be honest, thats technically what they are.....rituals) that we forget to actually BE the church to the lost. We go to church and say, "oh yes im gonna change today", then we leave and do the same exact routine. We need to break out of that routine! We constantly send people to foreign countries to witness and share the gospel and meanwhile a mile down the road we have drug lords running our communities. WHERE IS THE CHURCH!?!? We always seem to be seeking people in different countries but we have so many lost people in America. Just like the fishing story, we start on the shore but we wanna go out, there is no reason to go out, we have plenty on shore that needs food. We have lost souls right in our neighborhoods that are starving and ready to eat and drink.
So I challenge everybody including myself. This week as you go to work and do what you do every week, witness to somebody. Dont just do something good for them, share the gospel with them, and dont ask them to come to church, they dont need church right now, they need Jesus.
DON'T GO TO CHURCH, BE THE CHURCH
Whats the meaning to this little story?
Ive said it many times and I'll say it again, WE NEED TO BE MISSIONARIES IN AMERICA.
Now you can say, "well Andrew we have a ton of churches here", yeah well that might be the problem. Ive seen, especially here lately, that we as Christians like to ask people if they go to church. My stand on this question is, well so what if they go to church, going to church doesn't make you a christian, and sometimes and pushes the non-believer further away from christianity. We tend to focus so much on church and asking people where they go to church that we fail to tell them about Jesus and the Gospel. We will talk to a stranger and ask them if they go to church and when they say no we always like to invite them to our church, but as I can recall I don't remember Jesus ever asking any of the sinners that he healed and had mercy on if they went to church. Why is this? I think the answer to that question is one major reason, WE ARE WANTING TO START MORE CHURCHES THAN WE WANT TO ACTUALLY BE. That is a major word right there for christians, BE. It seems we all know how to go to church, how to worship God, and how to thank him and even give an offering, but when it comes to actually being the church, we fail miserably. Jesus said that when he left, WE(the church) would be doing even greater things than he did. Where is this power? Ive read before someone had said that if the holy spirit left the church nowadays, nobody would even know it was gone. As harsh as that statement is, it is very true. We get so caught up in church tradition and rituals (lets be honest, thats technically what they are.....rituals) that we forget to actually BE the church to the lost. We go to church and say, "oh yes im gonna change today", then we leave and do the same exact routine. We need to break out of that routine! We constantly send people to foreign countries to witness and share the gospel and meanwhile a mile down the road we have drug lords running our communities. WHERE IS THE CHURCH!?!? We always seem to be seeking people in different countries but we have so many lost people in America. Just like the fishing story, we start on the shore but we wanna go out, there is no reason to go out, we have plenty on shore that needs food. We have lost souls right in our neighborhoods that are starving and ready to eat and drink.
So I challenge everybody including myself. This week as you go to work and do what you do every week, witness to somebody. Dont just do something good for them, share the gospel with them, and dont ask them to come to church, they dont need church right now, they need Jesus.
DON'T GO TO CHURCH, BE THE CHURCH
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HELP!!
How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak! - Job 26:2
We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield. - Psalms 33:20
Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. - Psalms 124:8
Friday, June 27, 2014
THE PERFECT MARRIAGE!!
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25
Now I know what you're thinking, "oh great hes going to tell us what a perfect relationship he has with Jami." Well....yeah.. the only difference is that God revealed to me that we don't have a perfect relationship in the worlds standards but in Spiritual Biblical standards. And I can also admit that we still have Biblical growing up to do as we are being made perfect.
We get into arguments like any other couple, like I said we are far from the worlds knowledge of a perfect couple but when it comes to Biblical this is what I mean. I love the fact that we do argue and we do fight. I love that fact that she worries constantly and I dont worry at all. I love the fact that she loves me in all my faults and I love her in all her faults. I love the fact that when we do fight we sometimes do go to bed angry. The fact is in all of our faults I love her unconditionally and I believe that's how God is with us.
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:32
We see constantly in the Bible how God shows mercy, grace, and love to the most sinful of people. The fact is that me and Jami are far from perfect. We are just two completely broken (even if it is hard to admit it) crazy, out of line goofballs who are always in need of God's and each others love, mercy, and forgiveness.
Jesus tells us to love our wives as he loves the church. No you most likely wont always be happy, but thats human, and if you are a Christian you've already made the decision that you are dead already and you are living in Christ. So as husbands we need to always strive to make our wives happy, as when pastors strive to keep the church happy. Yes youll have disagreements and arguments but in the end it will all be worth it.
(I was not trying to boast or seem proud in this article. I am simply showing that without God we can't make it. I am showing that God is our strength and in that I am boasting of my weakness. I apologize if anyone has taken this as me being proud or boasting.)
Now I know what you're thinking, "oh great hes going to tell us what a perfect relationship he has with Jami." Well....yeah.. the only difference is that God revealed to me that we don't have a perfect relationship in the worlds standards but in Spiritual Biblical standards. And I can also admit that we still have Biblical growing up to do as we are being made perfect.
We get into arguments like any other couple, like I said we are far from the worlds knowledge of a perfect couple but when it comes to Biblical this is what I mean. I love the fact that we do argue and we do fight. I love that fact that she worries constantly and I dont worry at all. I love the fact that she loves me in all my faults and I love her in all her faults. I love the fact that when we do fight we sometimes do go to bed angry. The fact is in all of our faults I love her unconditionally and I believe that's how God is with us.
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:32
We see constantly in the Bible how God shows mercy, grace, and love to the most sinful of people. The fact is that me and Jami are far from perfect. We are just two completely broken (even if it is hard to admit it) crazy, out of line goofballs who are always in need of God's and each others love, mercy, and forgiveness.
Jesus tells us to love our wives as he loves the church. No you most likely wont always be happy, but thats human, and if you are a Christian you've already made the decision that you are dead already and you are living in Christ. So as husbands we need to always strive to make our wives happy, as when pastors strive to keep the church happy. Yes youll have disagreements and arguments but in the end it will all be worth it.
(I was not trying to boast or seem proud in this article. I am simply showing that without God we can't make it. I am showing that God is our strength and in that I am boasting of my weakness. I apologize if anyone has taken this as me being proud or boasting.)
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
GOD ANSWERS THE UNGRATEFUL!!
A little over a month ago I started working for a drug and narcotics recovery center. I loved everything about it. There was God talk, weird talk, crazy talk, and all around just a fun place, but that was mainly because I was hanging out with the client which were a bunch of 18-24 year olds just having a good time and sharing their stories. I loved hanging out with them and just observing what they were doing and talking about.
About a week or two into it they made me a "hall monitor" which basically took me away from the group all together. I wasn't really upset about it, but was definitely bored standing in the hall so I decided to just ask God to put me back in with the group. A couple weeks later they put me as an In-house tech, which meant that I was at the clients houses with them at night. I of course was aggravated that I got night shift since I was used to the day shift, but I like the fact that I got to hangout again with the clients and go into their house meetings.
So why am I telling you this?
If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. -Matthew 21:22
This goes back to my "notice answered prayer" blog. I as a Christian did not notice that God has answered my prayers. I was sitting there being aggravated that my schedule got messed with and I didnt even notice that my prayer had been answered. I am now able to hangout with the guys and talk with them and hear their stories and just talk with them about life. It just goes to show that no matter how ungrateful we are, God is always there for us. Thank you God for your grace and blessings.
About a week or two into it they made me a "hall monitor" which basically took me away from the group all together. I wasn't really upset about it, but was definitely bored standing in the hall so I decided to just ask God to put me back in with the group. A couple weeks later they put me as an In-house tech, which meant that I was at the clients houses with them at night. I of course was aggravated that I got night shift since I was used to the day shift, but I like the fact that I got to hangout again with the clients and go into their house meetings.
So why am I telling you this?
If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. -Matthew 21:22
This goes back to my "notice answered prayer" blog. I as a Christian did not notice that God has answered my prayers. I was sitting there being aggravated that my schedule got messed with and I didnt even notice that my prayer had been answered. I am now able to hangout with the guys and talk with them and hear their stories and just talk with them about life. It just goes to show that no matter how ungrateful we are, God is always there for us. Thank you God for your grace and blessings.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
EXPERIENCE GOD!!
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Luke 9:46-48
An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child, and put him by his side and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
NO REGRETS!!
Christians have all been through those weeks where we feel like the devil is just riding on our backs reminding us of our past and all the sins we committed, and reminding us that we aren't worthy of Gods love or to get into heaven.
The day I met up and talked with my grandpa about the God stories was a Wednesday. I felt like the devil had been riding my back that past weekend up to that Wednesday. As we talked I kept having an urge that I needed to go to prayer meeting with him that night, it was almost like I felt that something amazing was going to happen that night at church and I needed to be there and also like I said the devil was riding on me hard that week.
That night we went to prayer meeting and the pastor told all of us to gather around the altar and pray as you would do at any prayer meeting....hopefully. As we knelt down I felt myself just say to myself "alright Andrew nows the time to let it all out and tell God how you feel". We knelt down and I remember specifically praying and telling him that the devil had been riding me and I didnt feel like I was going to heaven or in "good standings" with God. I told him that if I was fine to show me some kind of sign that he was still living in me and he was still with me. I remember saying to just break me down so He could lift me up...little did I know what was about to happen.
After prayer we all got up and went back to our seats and of course my grandpa did his shout of, "well praise the Lord". I sat down and felt fine, and as this guy in front of us stood up and started testifying my heart began to beat the hardest ive ever felt it, then I just started busting out laughing and crying and I just couldnt control myself. I felt the deepest and sincere joy and peace just rushing all through my body. As a couple people stood up and testified Gods spirit just became stronger and stronger in me to where I was hunched over and just laughing and crying. Finally I stood up and said my piece and the service went on from there with singing and again people shouting. I think that was the first time I had ever in my walk with God felt that much joy and peace. Just goes to show that when you are sincere with God he will give you way more than what you asked for. I asked for a sign I was in good standings and he gave me a whole church service filled with the spirit of God.
Back to one of the nights at promise keepers I was thinking about my past and thought to myself, I would never go back to that life for anything in the world. That joy and peace I felt that day was more than enough evidence for me that I am on my way to heaven and no marijuana smoking or getting stupid drunk will ever compare to that feeling. And then I thought its sad that not everybody will get the chance to have that feeling of peace and joy to the point of "why would I ever go back".
My last thought of me thinking of my past was now that Im a Christian and I know God is always with me, I have NO REGRETS of following him.
The day I met up and talked with my grandpa about the God stories was a Wednesday. I felt like the devil had been riding my back that past weekend up to that Wednesday. As we talked I kept having an urge that I needed to go to prayer meeting with him that night, it was almost like I felt that something amazing was going to happen that night at church and I needed to be there and also like I said the devil was riding on me hard that week.
That night we went to prayer meeting and the pastor told all of us to gather around the altar and pray as you would do at any prayer meeting....hopefully. As we knelt down I felt myself just say to myself "alright Andrew nows the time to let it all out and tell God how you feel". We knelt down and I remember specifically praying and telling him that the devil had been riding me and I didnt feel like I was going to heaven or in "good standings" with God. I told him that if I was fine to show me some kind of sign that he was still living in me and he was still with me. I remember saying to just break me down so He could lift me up...little did I know what was about to happen.
After prayer we all got up and went back to our seats and of course my grandpa did his shout of, "well praise the Lord". I sat down and felt fine, and as this guy in front of us stood up and started testifying my heart began to beat the hardest ive ever felt it, then I just started busting out laughing and crying and I just couldnt control myself. I felt the deepest and sincere joy and peace just rushing all through my body. As a couple people stood up and testified Gods spirit just became stronger and stronger in me to where I was hunched over and just laughing and crying. Finally I stood up and said my piece and the service went on from there with singing and again people shouting. I think that was the first time I had ever in my walk with God felt that much joy and peace. Just goes to show that when you are sincere with God he will give you way more than what you asked for. I asked for a sign I was in good standings and he gave me a whole church service filled with the spirit of God.
Back to one of the nights at promise keepers I was thinking about my past and thought to myself, I would never go back to that life for anything in the world. That joy and peace I felt that day was more than enough evidence for me that I am on my way to heaven and no marijuana smoking or getting stupid drunk will ever compare to that feeling. And then I thought its sad that not everybody will get the chance to have that feeling of peace and joy to the point of "why would I ever go back".
My last thought of me thinking of my past was now that Im a Christian and I know God is always with me, I have NO REGRETS of following him.
Monday, May 12, 2014
LUKEWARM CHRISTIANS!!
I had a great conversation with my Grandpa the other day. We talked about our convictions and certain things that God has put us through. He talked about how he came to know God and how my dad came to know God. I talked to him about how I was convicted and God smacked me right into place and how certain things I've prayed about have been answered, some funnier ways than others, yet still answered.
One of the main things we talked about was my grandpas mom and how she had a bunch of stories about people getting blessed in the church and they would do things that only God would allow. Two of the ones that stuck out to me most was a story about a time his mom was in church and she said the congregation was all sitting on folding metal chairs. She said there was a guy that got blessed and was, I assume, sitting in the middle of everyone he got up and through the chair straight up in the air and the chair landed perfectly right where the guy had picked it up from. The second little story was one of the churches she went to, they had a furnace that was always burning in the church, my grandpa made it seem like it was maybe in the shape of a big egg so I'll go with that, well one day a guy in the church was filled so much with the spirit that he got up and walked up to the furnace and hugged it for a few seconds. When he was done hugging it he left without any burn marks or anything on him.
Now why did I tell you these two stories? Because me and my grandpa came to the conclusion that CHRISTIANS NEED TO WAKE UP!!! It seems like nowadays Christianity is just a weird trend going on and thats not how it should be at all! Christ said to be BOLD, walk HOLY, be COURAGEOUS. Too many of us in the church now are so scared of what people might think if we stand up and shout or run around a few times. I remember when I was little and I saw my dad run the aisle. Yeah it was weird becasue I didnt know God then, I had never felt that blessing or that Holy Spirit hit me like that. Now its been years since I've seen anybody run any aisle, much less stand up and give a good Godly testimony or shout something to God. Christians are just mixed in with what society does anymore which is NOT RIGHT at all. Christ said "I did not come to bring peace, but a sword". We are suppose to be standing up for God and not backing down for society. Its time to wake up Christians!! The end is coming whether you're ready or not. Is you're spirit on fire for God? Do you feel his presence wherever you go? if not you might want to check yourself and check where you're at with the Lord. WAKE UP CHRISTIANS!!! WE NEED REVIVAL!!
One of the main things we talked about was my grandpas mom and how she had a bunch of stories about people getting blessed in the church and they would do things that only God would allow. Two of the ones that stuck out to me most was a story about a time his mom was in church and she said the congregation was all sitting on folding metal chairs. She said there was a guy that got blessed and was, I assume, sitting in the middle of everyone he got up and through the chair straight up in the air and the chair landed perfectly right where the guy had picked it up from. The second little story was one of the churches she went to, they had a furnace that was always burning in the church, my grandpa made it seem like it was maybe in the shape of a big egg so I'll go with that, well one day a guy in the church was filled so much with the spirit that he got up and walked up to the furnace and hugged it for a few seconds. When he was done hugging it he left without any burn marks or anything on him.
Now why did I tell you these two stories? Because me and my grandpa came to the conclusion that CHRISTIANS NEED TO WAKE UP!!! It seems like nowadays Christianity is just a weird trend going on and thats not how it should be at all! Christ said to be BOLD, walk HOLY, be COURAGEOUS. Too many of us in the church now are so scared of what people might think if we stand up and shout or run around a few times. I remember when I was little and I saw my dad run the aisle. Yeah it was weird becasue I didnt know God then, I had never felt that blessing or that Holy Spirit hit me like that. Now its been years since I've seen anybody run any aisle, much less stand up and give a good Godly testimony or shout something to God. Christians are just mixed in with what society does anymore which is NOT RIGHT at all. Christ said "I did not come to bring peace, but a sword". We are suppose to be standing up for God and not backing down for society. Its time to wake up Christians!! The end is coming whether you're ready or not. Is you're spirit on fire for God? Do you feel his presence wherever you go? if not you might want to check yourself and check where you're at with the Lord. WAKE UP CHRISTIANS!!! WE NEED REVIVAL!!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
FOLLOW HIM!!
Ive been watching the Bible series for the past few days and when I heard what Moses said after he splits the red sea in the clip it really stuck out to me. After Moses parts the red sea he looks back at the Israelites and says "follow me".
I was thinking about this clip the other day (mainly cus I thought the visuals looked great) but then I thought of those 2 words moses said, "follow me". It reminded me that thats how God is with us. As Christians we go through so much struggle of not giving into the world, what am I gonna do about this situation, how am I gonna pay this. Its almost like we see a huge sea in front of us and its a dead zone.
Thats when God steps in and parts our "sea" and looks at us and simply says "follow me". Yes we still see our struggles, yes we still see our bills, and yes we still know our worst sins and our smallest sins, but if we simply just look to him the whole time and walk right behind his path we make it through so easily that we almost forget that we are far from perfect.We almost forget that we were even struggling and we have a huge peace about it after we make it through.
Thats kind of whats happened with me this past week. God, as well as everyone else, knows I dont like my job at all. Ive been praying so long for another job or just some kind of opportunity. Finally the other day I got a call for an interview in stuart, which is also where jami has been looking at an apartment that she fell in love with, I went to the interview and the next day I got a call for, I guess you could say a "second" interview. So I dont have the job for sure yet, but its just one of those things where I know Gods working it all out, its almost too perfect to not workout, all because I kept my eyes on God when he just kept saying "follow me".
FOLLOW HIM. I PROMISE YOU WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
I KNOW YOUR WALK!!
Last night Jami had to run out and do a couple errands so I told her to drop me off at the gym and to just pick me up after she was done. After about a half an hour I wasn't feeling too good so I decided to walk over to Publix where I knew she was going to be. I walked in the store and started looking around for her and I saw her coming towards me but I noticed she didn't look directly at me. She had turned around to where her back was toward me and then she turned around again to look at me. I asked her, "how'd you know I was here"? she said "because I know your walk".
Now two things popped into my mind when she said that; one was, wow this woman knows me so well she knows my walk just looking out the corner of her eye.....kinda creepy. Second thing that popped into my mind was that's how we as Christians need to be when it comes to God. We should be so wrapped up in him and wanting to know him and talk to him and just spend time with him to the point where we can say, "that's his voice I hear, that's His grace, that's His touch I feel, that's His walk that I notice"
Now two things popped into my mind when she said that; one was, wow this woman knows me so well she knows my walk just looking out the corner of her eye.....kinda creepy. Second thing that popped into my mind was that's how we as Christians need to be when it comes to God. We should be so wrapped up in him and wanting to know him and talk to him and just spend time with him to the point where we can say, "that's his voice I hear, that's His grace, that's His touch I feel, that's His walk that I notice"
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
WARNING: MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC LANGUAGE!!
Okay so everyone knew this had to be coming on my blog sooner or later, so we may as well get it over with. The talk about sex and sexual things according to the Bible. I would love to hear what everyone has to say about the things I am going to talk about, but I know none of you comment on my stuff, I do appreciate the views regardless.
Lets get started!
Me and Jami (my wife) was talking the other day and somehow we got on the subject of masturbation, Jami proceeded to say that masturbation was a sin according to the Bible, and of course I came back with saying, no and that the Bible does not speak on it directly. I then proceeded to bring up Onan and how he was to sleep with his brothers wife in order for his brother to have offspring. Onan slept with his wife but just as he was about to "spill" he "spilled" it on the ground, upon seeing this the Lord was disappointed and put Onan to death. Now to me that is definitely not the same as masturbation, because obviously masturbation is a one man show, but the thoughts and desires that one has while masturbating is where the sin comes in. I told Jami that there are pastors that make a little joke about it and say "if you can think of a piece of cake while masturbating, then have at it" which obviously we all know wont happen.
As we were talking about this I figured I would bring up condoms and the morning after pill. I told her that I didn't understand how Christians can say they are against the morning after pill, but not against using condoms, and she brought up the fact that the morning after pill kills the sperm and the egg after they have already come together so its like killing a baby. I told her to me that didn't make sense because using a condom is the same as spilling your seed...or... killing the babies. As everyone like to say "it takes 2 to tango" the same goes for babies, its not just the sperm that creates the baby, its also the egg, so to me either way you are killing the baby.
Think about it this way. God created man to multiply on earth, that is why we are to only have sex when we are married so we will only stay with the one woman whom we have had kids with. Now obviously nobody wants a ton of little Andrews running around, but I don't believe that it was Gods plan for us to use condoms or birth control or anything that prevents from having kids. In the end I believe that we are to trust that God will give you a baby when he knows that you are ready and can handle raising a kid, also having kids are suppose to be a blessing. Think about in the old testament, most of them had so many kids you have to read two pages of names, thats because their offspring was a blessing, they wanted lots of children so their name would always be around. I believe thats how we should look at it. KIDS ARE A BLESSING. It should not be in our control when we have kids, we shouldn't say, "I'll have them when im ready" we should be saying "God will bless us when he knows we are ready".
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CHRIST MINDED: GOSSIP!!
They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere. All who hate me whisper about me, imagining the worst. Psalms 41:6-7
Why is it that we all seem to have a need to gossip about everybody? We see it all the time whether it be at work or with family, or just a social gathering. The more I see it, it usually makes me laugh because most of the time the person who is doing the gossiping is just making themselves look idiotic. Why gossip? To make yourself look better? To make yourself feel better? I think the main reason is that we are so used to tearing people down to make ourselves look and feel better about the situation that when we finally turn our hearts towards God we almost subconsciously gossip about people. The gossip that I hear sometimes is so out of the ball park of what I already know about the person that I usually just want to say, "what!? that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!", but most of the time I usually leave the group or do what I do best and make myself completely zone out so I don't hear it. I believe it is better to walk away from the gossip than to be subject to it.
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people - Socrates
Are we still in high school? I am by no means perfect and ill admit that I do catch myself gossiping at times, but I also try to catch myself whenever I start so I can stop. I bring up high school because that's honestly all I think about when I hear gossip. I think it is time for us all to grow up and move on from gossip. My non-christian friends are usually the only ones that aren't gossiping whenever we hang out and its awesome that they don't, but its also sad knowing that Christians have the hardest time not gossiping. Me and my friends have better stuff to talk about, we make videos, we tell jokes, usually we get so caught up in doing something completely random that we just get indulged in what we are doing. The point is is that we STAY BUSY. We don't sit and wonder what someone else is doing. In my opinion if you have time to sit and talk about other people then you need to find a hobby, be creative, you have a mind, use it to its fullest extent. A better idea would be if you catch yourself gossiping, go to a different room and start praying, start reading your Bible, get your mind off the person that you are having negative thoughts about, and remember, an idle mind is the devils workshop, so keep your mind going with creativity and your own ideas.
Why is it that we all seem to have a need to gossip about everybody? We see it all the time whether it be at work or with family, or just a social gathering. The more I see it, it usually makes me laugh because most of the time the person who is doing the gossiping is just making themselves look idiotic. Why gossip? To make yourself look better? To make yourself feel better? I think the main reason is that we are so used to tearing people down to make ourselves look and feel better about the situation that when we finally turn our hearts towards God we almost subconsciously gossip about people. The gossip that I hear sometimes is so out of the ball park of what I already know about the person that I usually just want to say, "what!? that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!", but most of the time I usually leave the group or do what I do best and make myself completely zone out so I don't hear it. I believe it is better to walk away from the gossip than to be subject to it.
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people - Socrates
Are we still in high school? I am by no means perfect and ill admit that I do catch myself gossiping at times, but I also try to catch myself whenever I start so I can stop. I bring up high school because that's honestly all I think about when I hear gossip. I think it is time for us all to grow up and move on from gossip. My non-christian friends are usually the only ones that aren't gossiping whenever we hang out and its awesome that they don't, but its also sad knowing that Christians have the hardest time not gossiping. Me and my friends have better stuff to talk about, we make videos, we tell jokes, usually we get so caught up in doing something completely random that we just get indulged in what we are doing. The point is is that we STAY BUSY. We don't sit and wonder what someone else is doing. In my opinion if you have time to sit and talk about other people then you need to find a hobby, be creative, you have a mind, use it to its fullest extent. A better idea would be if you catch yourself gossiping, go to a different room and start praying, start reading your Bible, get your mind off the person that you are having negative thoughts about, and remember, an idle mind is the devils workshop, so keep your mind going with creativity and your own ideas.
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