(Just to note, this might get pretty long, but you'll see at the end of this blog why.)
Yup, that's right, I'm going to talk about friends, sort of. Okay, last night, I went to church for thanksgiving, it was, well I don't know exactly what it was, but it was pretty much to celebrate thanksgiving. It was super sick (by the way, Zeena for Prom Queen!) and what I thought was super duper awesome was that people go to share what they were thankful for. It was very moving and so powerful. Every one that got to go up shared what they were thankful for and in one way or another, it all was because of God. Thank you Jesus! Totally awesome. Just to hear how many people were moved by God and how He is working in their lives. Also, each one shared a little bit of their testimony as well, just small kine, but either way it was awesome! I didn't get to go up, I wanted to though. By the time I got up to stand in line, they pretty much said that they were just going to do two more so that was a bit of a bummer, but I soon forgot about it because everyone else was awesome!
So if you hadn't got the hint, I want to share with what I am thankful for, and that is, if you hadn't got this hint either, my friends.
Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety."
This verse, this proverb, means a lot to me, and reminds me of my friends. I wanted to share this verse with everyone but i didn't get the chance. It's all good though. Anyways, like i've said before, if God hadn't provided me with these group of friends I'm with now, I most likely would not be typing this blog right now. Instead, I would probably be with my old friends, getting drunk, or smoking weed, or doing both. Either way, I would be doing something pretty bad. So I am so thankful for my friends, and so thankful for God just giving me this new life. Thank you God! Okay, so my old friends weren't bad. I mean I still love them, but I just don't hang out with them anymore. I know, I know, I could still hang out with them and turn them to christ, but it's just that I'm afraid to do it. If it was some stranger I would have a better chance at trying that with him than my old friends. I don't know why, it's just hard for me. Anyways, we'll maybe cover that some other time, but, they arn't bad. They're cool people, just they do some pretty stupid things sometimes, and I follow.
My parent's are divorced, and I was young. I always told myself that they would never get divorced, and that we would stay together as one big happy family, but in the end they did. I was totally crushed, and ever since (God revealed this to me about a month or two ago) that I have abandonment issues or something like that, and I think a lot of people whos parents are divorced have that problem but i dont know for sure. Anyways, I had that problem, and I didn't want to lose my friends so I pretty much did stuff like smoke weed and yeah. I would just like to say that I am healed of that problem thanks to a man named Jesus Christ! So yeah, but when I decided that one night, it was May 15, 2008, to give my life to christ, it was tough at first. My friends weren't really that supportive of my decision, in fact they pretty much teased me. So did my parents, they teased me too, so it was totally rough. I pretty much would have just dropped it all and turn away from God, but my friends, my totally wonderful friends prevented that from happening, whether they know it or not. If it wasn't for the support, the encouragment, and the love that they gave me, I would have been lost in the world. Thank you Jesus! Now it's cool though, my old friends now accept that fact and are cool with it, and so are my parents. We go as a family to church now on sundays, almost every week, and that's totally better from never going to church.
It's just like how i said in one of the previous blogs, when we first become christians, God provides for us what we really need just like what a father would do for his newborn baby. What i really needed at the time was friends. Friends that would love me, care for me, be there for me. Friends that would encourage me in God, to push me foward, to give me good advice, everything I needed to be where I am now. And I know for a fact that God was, and is still behind all of this, and I am so grateful and thankful! Our God is a good God, and His LOVE endures FOREVER!
Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." There is safety in the multitude of counselors. There is love in the multitude of friends. There is love in just one friend. There is love in God. And I am one of those living proofs that it is all true.
Eryck- You are awesome Eryck. God is moving and working through you. For His children, His sons and daughters, and He has given you Fatherly love towards us, just like how you prayed for it. He has answered your prayers and is still doing so. You ARE my big brother, you are OUR big brother, and we love you so much!
Shane- Bro, you are amazing. Just the passion in you is so amazing to see. You have so much love for God and for everyone around you, even the people you don't know. You're a strong son of God, and He has called you to do great things, and I feel that it's all going to happen soon. I love you Bro!
Orry- Moke Philippino, you are also so amazing. Your childlikeness is just so funny and awesome. Never ever lose it. No matter what other people say. That is something unique, and know that. God has put that in you for a reason, and it's going to be put to good use. Just wait, and be patient. I love you bro!
Aiden- You are an amazing brother in the Lord. We are so alike, you don't even know. You have so much love for everyone around you. To make people smile and feel loved. Your ministry is going to be known through out the world. Just never forget that God is with you through out all this. Just believe in His will for you, and remember that without Him it won't work. I love you Bro!
Josh- You know what, all I'm going to say is that I love you Bro! So much!
Zeena- I love you Zeena. So much and I thank the Lord for you. For that passion in you to go places. Your going to travel places, minister to people all around the world. You're going to be the light to so many people that need help out there. And God is going to be with you, guiding you everystep of the way. Also, I thank you for being the only girl to actually talk to me and invite me to stuff when i first became a christian.
Rio- Rio, I am so deeply in debt to you. I thank God so much for you. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here. You got me to come one day, after asking me for a while, and look where I am now. Thank you so much, and I see so much motherly love in you. God has put that it in you, and I just see you in the future in childrens ministry. I love you Rio!
Alex- I thank you so much for being my friend. I thank our Lord for the passion of art in you. Your paintings, drawings, everything will be known and will bring glory to God. I love you!
Jessica- I thank the Lord for you. You are an awesome friend to have and fun to be around. There's a passion of worship in you that you need to let out. Just trust in the Lord, pray for strength and boldness to get up on the stage and sing with your heart, and who cares about whos around. I love you!
Eden- I love you Eden. So much. I thank God for you. I see the love you have for children, and I know that you will give them so much love. So much love. Your ministry to them is going to bring about so much smiles and laughter. You don't even know it yet. Always remember, you're beautiful, so beautiful. Proverbs 18:24. Song of Songs 2:2.
Whitney- You're an amazing daughter of God. You're so strong in the Lord and you have so much love for Him. And He loves you so much too. He smiles upon you everyday, all day. I love you and your love for Him encourages me!
Natasha- You are so funny, and you have such an amazing voice. What God has told me is that you have an Angels voice. You are amazing and I thank God for you. I love you!
Stephanie- You have so much passion in you. You don't even know. Your passion for everything is just going to rock everything. I thank the Lord for you. I love you!
Maria- O Maria, God's smile is just shining upon you right now. Your love, amazing love for everyone, and everthing around you is going to change things. I thank Jesus for you, your love, and our friendship. I love you!
Everyone else- I love all of you! So much! I thank our God, our King, our Saviour, our Heavenly Father for every single one of you! God bless all of you, His sons and daughters, prince and princessess, His children!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Well, I don't really have a message right now, well, actually I do, but it doesn't really relate to the holiday so i'll save that for next time. I love all of you guys and girls, even if I don't even know you, and God loves you too! So much you would drop to the floor in an instance. Well, yeah.
Have an awesome Thanksgiving Day and God bless you all!
Have an awesome Thanksgiving Day and God bless you all!
Monday, November 24, 2008
BFF's Yo!
(I LOVE THESE PEOPLE (and many others who aren't in this picture)!!!!!!)
Friends, oh how much fun they are. We all have friends, and we love our friends, even if you're to manly to admit it. I'm not ashamed to say i love my friends, I tell them I do here and there, and they say they love me back. Sure they're people out there that might think that I'm "gay" or "girly" but that's only because the media potrays that kind of thing like that. (I'm not by the way.) Love is a good thing, it's a great thing, and as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." And again in 1 Corinthians 13:13 "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." As you can see, love is awesome, and God loves you, with all His being.
Back to the topic, we all have friends, they love us and we love them. With out them, we would be lonely, we wouldn't be strong, instead we'd be weak Even if you look strong on the outside, inside your weak and alone. As King Solomon put it in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken." Remember how I said in the previous blog about how God provided me with wonderful friends after i made the choice to be a christian? And do you remember how i said that without them i would have fallen away? well its true, and the scripture i just typed proves it. Two ARE better than one. If you were alone, you would'nt have anyone to comfort you, to encourage you, to help you up when you fall. Your life would be sad, and depressing. Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." Don't you see? Where there is no counsel the people fall, it's pretty much saying that without someone there to give advice, to be there for you, you ARE going to fall. It's inevitable. I used to get depressed alot, and what kept me from committing suicide was my friends. I always had someone there to comfort me when i was sad and to lift up my spirits. That's what we need, you know. (More importantly God but i will get into that in the end of this blog). We need people out there to encourage us and support us, and better yet, we need to do that to our friends. We can't always recieve, we need to give back as well. That's how a friendship works. One gives, and the other gives back. Hebrews 10:25 "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." We are a light to our friends, as they are a light to ours.
But the most important light of all is God. He is our marvelous light. The light that will always be there for us, especially when the storm crashes in our lives and we're surrounded by darkness. When you feel as if all hope is lost, and that you're all alone, God will always be there with open arms. In fact, when you cry out to Him, when you give Him all your worries and pain, He holds you in His arms. He holds you close and He is constantly whispering to you that He loves you, and that you're not alone. He is what you need most in the world, especially now, with all the chaos, pain, and suffering going on. God is the only one that can fix your problems, I learned that. I felt as if no one could ever fix the depression inside of me, but after i gave it all to Him, i was healed. THERE NO LIFE SO DARK, NO SIN SO SHOCKING, NO ATTITUDE SO BAD, NO RELATIONSHIP SO APPALLING, NO PIT SO DEEP, NO SICKNESS SO DREADFUL THAT GOD CAN'T HEAL OR REDEEM! Always remember that. Also remember and know that God wants to be your friend and your lover. He is your most important friend and lover. Listen to what Jesus says in John 15:14-15 "You are My friends if you do what i cammand you. No longer do i call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that i have heard from My father I have made known to you." God doesn't want slaves, He wants friends. Just look at the relationship King David had with God. Whenever David was to go to war, he would consult with God on whether he should do it or not. And look at the relationship Adam had with God in the beginning of Genesis. God allowed Adam to name all the animals of the world, and to name his partner, woman. God just doesn't want people who listen and do His everyword, and that's it. He wants us to do that and also have a relationship with Him. Like i said before, God wants our hearts, as well as our friendship and love.
Lord, our God, we are so deeply grateful for the friendship we have with you, and the friendships you have provided for us. I pray God that our relationship begins to grow, and to never stop growing. That we would not see our selves as slaves, but as co heirs with christ, and friends with you. To develop that relationship You and King David have, to be able to talk with you openly and not as slaves. We love you God, and we are yours, as you are ours. In your sons name we pray, Amen.
Back to the topic, we all have friends, they love us and we love them. With out them, we would be lonely, we wouldn't be strong, instead we'd be weak Even if you look strong on the outside, inside your weak and alone. As King Solomon put it in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken." Remember how I said in the previous blog about how God provided me with wonderful friends after i made the choice to be a christian? And do you remember how i said that without them i would have fallen away? well its true, and the scripture i just typed proves it. Two ARE better than one. If you were alone, you would'nt have anyone to comfort you, to encourage you, to help you up when you fall. Your life would be sad, and depressing. Proverbs 11:14 "Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." Don't you see? Where there is no counsel the people fall, it's pretty much saying that without someone there to give advice, to be there for you, you ARE going to fall. It's inevitable. I used to get depressed alot, and what kept me from committing suicide was my friends. I always had someone there to comfort me when i was sad and to lift up my spirits. That's what we need, you know. (More importantly God but i will get into that in the end of this blog). We need people out there to encourage us and support us, and better yet, we need to do that to our friends. We can't always recieve, we need to give back as well. That's how a friendship works. One gives, and the other gives back. Hebrews 10:25 "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching." We are a light to our friends, as they are a light to ours.
But the most important light of all is God. He is our marvelous light. The light that will always be there for us, especially when the storm crashes in our lives and we're surrounded by darkness. When you feel as if all hope is lost, and that you're all alone, God will always be there with open arms. In fact, when you cry out to Him, when you give Him all your worries and pain, He holds you in His arms. He holds you close and He is constantly whispering to you that He loves you, and that you're not alone. He is what you need most in the world, especially now, with all the chaos, pain, and suffering going on. God is the only one that can fix your problems, I learned that. I felt as if no one could ever fix the depression inside of me, but after i gave it all to Him, i was healed. THERE NO LIFE SO DARK, NO SIN SO SHOCKING, NO ATTITUDE SO BAD, NO RELATIONSHIP SO APPALLING, NO PIT SO DEEP, NO SICKNESS SO DREADFUL THAT GOD CAN'T HEAL OR REDEEM! Always remember that. Also remember and know that God wants to be your friend and your lover. He is your most important friend and lover. Listen to what Jesus says in John 15:14-15 "You are My friends if you do what i cammand you. No longer do i call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that i have heard from My father I have made known to you." God doesn't want slaves, He wants friends. Just look at the relationship King David had with God. Whenever David was to go to war, he would consult with God on whether he should do it or not. And look at the relationship Adam had with God in the beginning of Genesis. God allowed Adam to name all the animals of the world, and to name his partner, woman. God just doesn't want people who listen and do His everyword, and that's it. He wants us to do that and also have a relationship with Him. Like i said before, God wants our hearts, as well as our friendship and love.
Lord, our God, we are so deeply grateful for the friendship we have with you, and the friendships you have provided for us. I pray God that our relationship begins to grow, and to never stop growing. That we would not see our selves as slaves, but as co heirs with christ, and friends with you. To develop that relationship You and King David have, to be able to talk with you openly and not as slaves. We love you God, and we are yours, as you are ours. In your sons name we pray, Amen.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Choices choices choices...
Choices. Should i do this, or do that? I think i'll go to the pool today instead of doing homework. Maybe i should ask that girl out on date.....or maybe i won't. If you just stop and think, our lives are filled with a lot of choices. I struggle with choices personally, and everyone does, but for me it's usually about whether i should go home or not. I'm not saying i'm one of those kids that disobeys their parents and goes home whenever they feel like it. Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you." A good boy, and girl, always listens to their parents :).......anyways, today, i just didn't feel like going to church. I mean, for junior high, since i am a junior high leader over here at our church's youth group. But yeah, i just didn't feel like going, so i didn't. I really don't think that's very good because i havn't gone in two weeks but those times i was busy. Well, right now i'm just tired and a little bit down so yeah. Back to what i was saying, we all make choices everyday, and sometimes we struggle making them. But that's a good thing.
Just think about how many people out their can't make a choice. They're slaves that have no choice and say in anything they do. They just follow orders otherwise they will get killed. So i am thankful for being able to make choices. Better yet, thankful to God that He allows us to choose. I don't know if you know but God gives us freewill. He gives us the chance to make choices, and that is super awesome. This is one of the reasons why i believe there are so many bad things in the world, because He gives us the choice to do good or do bad. He gives us the choice to choose Him as our God, or not. And well, for the people who don't choose Him as their God, their busy having fun in immoralities. Stealing, raping, committing adultery, lying, and all those evil things. You know why God gives you that choice? Because He wants your heart. He can easily cause all of us to turn to Him at this very moment, but He doesn't because He wants us to love Him with our hearts. Not because He forces us to. That's what's so wonderful. He want's us to CHOOSE Him with our HEARTS. And when we do, He will give us so much love that our hearts will not be able to contain it. He will give us joy, happiness, and everything we need, just like a father providing for everything his baby needs.
A long time ago, well not that long, but about 6 months ago, a really good friend of mine invited me to church. She had invited me to church many times before that but i just did not want to go because to me, church was lame, and i didn't really believe in God then too. But one night i decided to go, so i went with a friend of mine, and that night, now one of my super awesome friends was giving a message and it spoke to me. His message was on a verse in Proverbs that i cannot find right now so im just going to leave it at that. Okay, so his message spoke to me and the next week i went, i made the most important choice of my life. I chose God to be my savior, to be my king, to be my heavenly father. I cried that night, wait, bawled is a better word. My eyes were blood shot red, but i will never forget that night. Soon after, God provided for me new friends, and i still hang out with these people to this day, and i love them to death. They all love God, and are super awesome. And i'll tell you, if God had not provided for me these wonderful friends, i would have fallen away because we all need people in our lives to help us move up. To encourage us in the Lord, and well, my parents and my other friends weren't very supportive of the new choice that i had made. My parents are cool now and are going to churh every week. Now, i am so good and happy, and am so loved by my heavenly father.
Just to lay it out, i led a pretty normal life. My parents are divorced, but still are friends. I used to drink alcohol and smoke cigaretts and weed. I wasn't really into cigs really, and stopped after a month i started, and i only tried weed twice, so i wasn't really a bad person, and didnt really drink often, but when i did i would chug drinks down. I also used to swear alot. Every other word was a cuss word, so you can just imagine talking to me. Also, i had a bit of a temper problem, where i would punch things and swear alot and loud. Oh yeah, can't forget i used to get depressed alot. So there you go. I probably wasn't the most likely candidate to become a christian, but look at me now, i am one, and i am proud of it!
So just to end this blog, i would like to note, i hate how the media portrays christians, and alot of things. The media shows christians to be goody two shoes from birth till now and have no idea to have fun. They don't know what it feels like to drink, or do drugs, to not follow the rules, or even to do anything bad in their life. I'll tell you right now, sure there may be some christians like that, but majority of christians don't have the best pasts. They're people i know that have done drugs alot, and have had sex. I know christians that used to steal, were in gangs and were gangbangers, been arrested, caused so much trouble, and have been raped. It's so stupid how the media does that, and alot people believe it. That's why one of the reasons why people don't go to church is because the media shows it to be all goody goody. I'm not saying that that isnt true. We are good, we follow the rules, we love one another, we love God, but the way the media shows it, it's not very appealing. You just have to experience it for yourself, and you'll see how it really is. Also, just to let people know, that when people choose God, He wipes their slates clean. They are given a new life, and their past, their old self, is no longer a part of them. So yeah, just wanted to let people know that.
O God, I thank you so much for allowing us to choose things God, especially to choose you. Lord, I pray that people around the world begin to see how good and beautiful you are and start to make that life changing choice. That choice to make you their heavenly father, and to give their hearts to you. I love you God, we love you, and we can easily say that from our hearts. Please continue to bless us and pour your wonderful grace upon our lives. We pray this in your sons holy name, Amen.
Just think about how many people out their can't make a choice. They're slaves that have no choice and say in anything they do. They just follow orders otherwise they will get killed. So i am thankful for being able to make choices. Better yet, thankful to God that He allows us to choose. I don't know if you know but God gives us freewill. He gives us the chance to make choices, and that is super awesome. This is one of the reasons why i believe there are so many bad things in the world, because He gives us the choice to do good or do bad. He gives us the choice to choose Him as our God, or not. And well, for the people who don't choose Him as their God, their busy having fun in immoralities. Stealing, raping, committing adultery, lying, and all those evil things. You know why God gives you that choice? Because He wants your heart. He can easily cause all of us to turn to Him at this very moment, but He doesn't because He wants us to love Him with our hearts. Not because He forces us to. That's what's so wonderful. He want's us to CHOOSE Him with our HEARTS. And when we do, He will give us so much love that our hearts will not be able to contain it. He will give us joy, happiness, and everything we need, just like a father providing for everything his baby needs.
A long time ago, well not that long, but about 6 months ago, a really good friend of mine invited me to church. She had invited me to church many times before that but i just did not want to go because to me, church was lame, and i didn't really believe in God then too. But one night i decided to go, so i went with a friend of mine, and that night, now one of my super awesome friends was giving a message and it spoke to me. His message was on a verse in Proverbs that i cannot find right now so im just going to leave it at that. Okay, so his message spoke to me and the next week i went, i made the most important choice of my life. I chose God to be my savior, to be my king, to be my heavenly father. I cried that night, wait, bawled is a better word. My eyes were blood shot red, but i will never forget that night. Soon after, God provided for me new friends, and i still hang out with these people to this day, and i love them to death. They all love God, and are super awesome. And i'll tell you, if God had not provided for me these wonderful friends, i would have fallen away because we all need people in our lives to help us move up. To encourage us in the Lord, and well, my parents and my other friends weren't very supportive of the new choice that i had made. My parents are cool now and are going to churh every week. Now, i am so good and happy, and am so loved by my heavenly father.
Just to lay it out, i led a pretty normal life. My parents are divorced, but still are friends. I used to drink alcohol and smoke cigaretts and weed. I wasn't really into cigs really, and stopped after a month i started, and i only tried weed twice, so i wasn't really a bad person, and didnt really drink often, but when i did i would chug drinks down. I also used to swear alot. Every other word was a cuss word, so you can just imagine talking to me. Also, i had a bit of a temper problem, where i would punch things and swear alot and loud. Oh yeah, can't forget i used to get depressed alot. So there you go. I probably wasn't the most likely candidate to become a christian, but look at me now, i am one, and i am proud of it!
So just to end this blog, i would like to note, i hate how the media portrays christians, and alot of things. The media shows christians to be goody two shoes from birth till now and have no idea to have fun. They don't know what it feels like to drink, or do drugs, to not follow the rules, or even to do anything bad in their life. I'll tell you right now, sure there may be some christians like that, but majority of christians don't have the best pasts. They're people i know that have done drugs alot, and have had sex. I know christians that used to steal, were in gangs and were gangbangers, been arrested, caused so much trouble, and have been raped. It's so stupid how the media does that, and alot people believe it. That's why one of the reasons why people don't go to church is because the media shows it to be all goody goody. I'm not saying that that isnt true. We are good, we follow the rules, we love one another, we love God, but the way the media shows it, it's not very appealing. You just have to experience it for yourself, and you'll see how it really is. Also, just to let people know, that when people choose God, He wipes their slates clean. They are given a new life, and their past, their old self, is no longer a part of them. So yeah, just wanted to let people know that.
O God, I thank you so much for allowing us to choose things God, especially to choose you. Lord, I pray that people around the world begin to see how good and beautiful you are and start to make that life changing choice. That choice to make you their heavenly father, and to give their hearts to you. I love you God, we love you, and we can easily say that from our hearts. Please continue to bless us and pour your wonderful grace upon our lives. We pray this in your sons holy name, Amen.
Friday, November 21, 2008
I want that!..but do I need it?
I want that! I want this! Have you ever thought about how we are always wanting this and that. Especially now, with all the new technological developments that have been created. People want the newest cell phone, the newest car, or even just a car. Some want a little money here and there, or even to just be with that girl/boy thats been on your mind for the past week. We are always wanting things, no matter how big, or small it is. Sometimes we want something so badly that we pray for it. We ask God, can I please have that car? And we either might get it, or not. Who knows. I'll to you who does, God does, and you know what else He knows? He knows what you NEED, and that's more important to Him than something you want.
Okay, so today, I took my driver's test to get my license, and I was praying to God the night before and today. I would ask Him, "please God, let me pass, allow me to get this license. If it is your will, then please let it happen." But in the end, I failed, again. Yeah, again. You know, I really want my license too. So, I was really bummed that I didn't get it, but you know, it took me a while to get my head out of the blue, but, I remembered. God knows what I really need. I mean, sure, it could also be the possibility that Satan is at work here, preventing me from getting my license, or it could alse be my fault, but i will get into detail more about Satan and other stuff in another blog.
Back to what i was saying, God knows what I need. He knows what you need. I mean, this is God. He is all powerful, all everywhere, and ALL KNOWING. He knows all things. Just as David said in Psalm 139:4 "Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O Lord." So He knows everything that you've done and are going to do. He knows your deepest secret, and He knows things about you that you don't even know. So why wouldn't God, the creator of all, know what you need? I'm not saying that it's bad to ask God for this and that, and that He's never going to give you what you want, I mean He will, I'm just simply saying that sometimes God will not give you what you want because they're better things than that, like what you need. As one of my good friends told me, just imagine a line in front of you, floating in mid-air. Now you can look at this line in any way, at the bottom, the top, the side, at an angle, however you want to. So, now that you have this image, just think of the line as a timeline, and you are God. Do you get it now? God is out of the timeline that we are in. He can see the future, the present, and the past. So He knows what is going to happen if He gives you what you want, and I'll tell you, sometimes what you want isn't always the best thing. Sometimes it can ruin you. So if you're mad one day, about why you didn't get this, and that person did, or whatever, and you start getting mad at God, just stop and think.
Why wouldn't He give it to you? Well, for a couple of reasons, like i just said, it could ruin you. Another is that it could be one of the pleasures of this world, and that isn't really that good. Also think, what would you benefit from it? Five minutes of fame? You could be giving God fame in that five minutes. And, what i think is very important, what God actually just told me, is that if God kept on giving you what you wanted, that would ruin the relationship you two have, and that's not what God wants. That's whats so important to God you know. Your relationship with Him. It's kind of like a spoiled kid whose parents always gave him what he wanted. Eventually, that's all the kid would think of his parents. As people who give him what he wanted. He wouldnt have any need to talk to them, spent quality time with them, instead he'd be busy doing who knows what with what ever he just recently got. So, before you go getting mad, or start crying, just stop and think. Ask God why He didn't give you this or that.
So to finish this blog off, im going to share a little testimony i heard a while ago. I dont really remember well, so bare with me. One time, this girl was planning to move off to the mainland, but had trouble raising up money. The trip was 600$ (just for example) and she only had 238$ saved up for the trip, so she did a fun raiser. She prayed to God to help her with raising up money and to provide her with what she needed. And you know what, after the fun raiser, she raised exactly how much she needed. EXACTLY 362$.
You see, God will provide for you what you need, most importantly, and sometimes what you want. It doesn't hurt to pray for this and that, but just don't get mad at God for not getting what you want. Remember, He knows more than you could ever possibly know.
O father, my God. I thank you so much for the knowledge you have given me, and I love you so much for everything that you have provided for me. I also thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the great and awesome things you have done in so many peoples lives. I pray that you continue to provide for everyone out there what they need most in life, and to continue to pour your beautiful blessings upon all of our lives. Heavenly Father, please send your gathering angels out to bring people to this site, and to many other sites similar to this one. Please also send your gathering angels to bring more people to your churches around the world. God, this is all for your glory, to spread your word and love. All to you my King, none to me. I love you and continue to use me, and many others, our savior. Amen
Okay, so today, I took my driver's test to get my license, and I was praying to God the night before and today. I would ask Him, "please God, let me pass, allow me to get this license. If it is your will, then please let it happen." But in the end, I failed, again. Yeah, again. You know, I really want my license too. So, I was really bummed that I didn't get it, but you know, it took me a while to get my head out of the blue, but, I remembered. God knows what I really need. I mean, sure, it could also be the possibility that Satan is at work here, preventing me from getting my license, or it could alse be my fault, but i will get into detail more about Satan and other stuff in another blog.
Back to what i was saying, God knows what I need. He knows what you need. I mean, this is God. He is all powerful, all everywhere, and ALL KNOWING. He knows all things. Just as David said in Psalm 139:4 "Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely, O Lord." So He knows everything that you've done and are going to do. He knows your deepest secret, and He knows things about you that you don't even know. So why wouldn't God, the creator of all, know what you need? I'm not saying that it's bad to ask God for this and that, and that He's never going to give you what you want, I mean He will, I'm just simply saying that sometimes God will not give you what you want because they're better things than that, like what you need. As one of my good friends told me, just imagine a line in front of you, floating in mid-air. Now you can look at this line in any way, at the bottom, the top, the side, at an angle, however you want to. So, now that you have this image, just think of the line as a timeline, and you are God. Do you get it now? God is out of the timeline that we are in. He can see the future, the present, and the past. So He knows what is going to happen if He gives you what you want, and I'll tell you, sometimes what you want isn't always the best thing. Sometimes it can ruin you. So if you're mad one day, about why you didn't get this, and that person did, or whatever, and you start getting mad at God, just stop and think.
Why wouldn't He give it to you? Well, for a couple of reasons, like i just said, it could ruin you. Another is that it could be one of the pleasures of this world, and that isn't really that good. Also think, what would you benefit from it? Five minutes of fame? You could be giving God fame in that five minutes. And, what i think is very important, what God actually just told me, is that if God kept on giving you what you wanted, that would ruin the relationship you two have, and that's not what God wants. That's whats so important to God you know. Your relationship with Him. It's kind of like a spoiled kid whose parents always gave him what he wanted. Eventually, that's all the kid would think of his parents. As people who give him what he wanted. He wouldnt have any need to talk to them, spent quality time with them, instead he'd be busy doing who knows what with what ever he just recently got. So, before you go getting mad, or start crying, just stop and think. Ask God why He didn't give you this or that.
So to finish this blog off, im going to share a little testimony i heard a while ago. I dont really remember well, so bare with me. One time, this girl was planning to move off to the mainland, but had trouble raising up money. The trip was 600$ (just for example) and she only had 238$ saved up for the trip, so she did a fun raiser. She prayed to God to help her with raising up money and to provide her with what she needed. And you know what, after the fun raiser, she raised exactly how much she needed. EXACTLY 362$.
You see, God will provide for you what you need, most importantly, and sometimes what you want. It doesn't hurt to pray for this and that, but just don't get mad at God for not getting what you want. Remember, He knows more than you could ever possibly know.
O father, my God. I thank you so much for the knowledge you have given me, and I love you so much for everything that you have provided for me. I also thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the great and awesome things you have done in so many peoples lives. I pray that you continue to provide for everyone out there what they need most in life, and to continue to pour your beautiful blessings upon all of our lives. Heavenly Father, please send your gathering angels out to bring people to this site, and to many other sites similar to this one. Please also send your gathering angels to bring more people to your churches around the world. God, this is all for your glory, to spread your word and love. All to you my King, none to me. I love you and continue to use me, and many others, our savior. Amen
Thursday, November 20, 2008
God loves YOU
John 3:16
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only son to die for our sins so that we would not perish but have eternal life."
Well, that's is pretty much self explanatory there. The way im going to explain this into more depth is by breaking it up into sections. So lets begin with the first section.
"For God loved the world so much.."
Do you get that? God loves the world. He always has, does, and always will love the world. I mean come on. He created it, so why would he create it but not love it? As it says in Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." So there you go, God created the heavens and the EARTH. Simple as that. He not only loves the world/earth, but he also loves everyone, and everything on it. He loves us with unconditional love, love that no one on this earth can give. We'll get more into that in the next part, but for now, just realize this. Even if you, the reader, doesn't really care much about this, just realize this. God loves you no matter what, and will always love. He loved you even before you were born, and He'll love you in the future when your on your death bed. God loves you no matter what sin you commited, in fact, when you repent for that sin, He's already forgotten about it. No matter what you've done, not matter how bad it may be, whether you have killed a person, stolen, committed adultery, or whatever, God loves you! Can you even begin to imagine that? Think about this, if you had a lover, a wife/husband, and you cheated on that person, do you think they'll take you back? or if they do, do you think they can forget about it? i highly doubt it, so if you think about it, everytime we commit a sin, everytime we turn away from God ever so slightly, we're cheating on Him. It hurts him, but He doesn't turn away, He tries to reach out to you, every single time. And when you do return, when you do repent, He is so happy, and forgets all about what you have done, because He is happy just to have you back, because that's all He wants from us, our love. So as i said before, no matter what sin you have committed, God is still going to love you, which brings us to our next section...
"..that he gave his one and only son to die for our sins.."
Now look here, God gave his one and only son to die for your sins, our sins. If God was to judge us for the sins we've committed, then we would ultimately be skrewed. But God doesn't want us to be skrewed, He wants to spend eternity with us. Just like how two people get married, and spend the rest of their lives together, that's what God wants. He wants to spend all eternity with us. So He gave his one and only son to die for our sins upon the cross. That's pretty intense don't you think? Imagine you, letting your own son, the son that you love so much, to die upon a cross, for the sins of people who don't even deserve to live. Now these are people who have stolen, killed, ripped people off, raped, done drugs, committed adultery, and your son, your only son, is going to die for their sins. That's pretty rough, I don't know if i could do it but God did it. And He did it for you and I. He did it because He loves you and I. Just imagine if God didn't do that. We would all be sent to hell where we would spent all eternity in pain and suffering, and so this brings us to our last section..
"..so that we would not perish but have eternal life."
Wow, can you believe that? Having eternal life, better yet, eternal life with the creator of all things, the true father of you and I, God. That is so amazing to me. Spending eternity with God, that is so going to rock my world. And if i dont add, that sure beats spending eternity in hell. You know, our God is such an amazing God. To love us no matter what, to give us his one and only son, and to allow us to have eternal life with him!
Alot of people out there may know this already, alot may not, either way, this is a message from God to you.
God, we love you so much. You gave your one and only son to die for our sins, and forever we are in your debt. You love us God. You love us our heavenly father. Lord, I pray that this blog that you have put in me to start speaks to people all around the world. That people will realize the creator of all things, loves them, and would do anything for them. God, please use me, use us, your sons and daughters, your mighty warriors, to spread your love and your word. I love you God, and we all love you, from the bottom of our hearts. Let your will be done in our lives, let your will be done on this earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only son to die for our sins so that we would not perish but have eternal life."
Well, that's is pretty much self explanatory there. The way im going to explain this into more depth is by breaking it up into sections. So lets begin with the first section.
"For God loved the world so much.."
Do you get that? God loves the world. He always has, does, and always will love the world. I mean come on. He created it, so why would he create it but not love it? As it says in Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." So there you go, God created the heavens and the EARTH. Simple as that. He not only loves the world/earth, but he also loves everyone, and everything on it. He loves us with unconditional love, love that no one on this earth can give. We'll get more into that in the next part, but for now, just realize this. Even if you, the reader, doesn't really care much about this, just realize this. God loves you no matter what, and will always love. He loved you even before you were born, and He'll love you in the future when your on your death bed. God loves you no matter what sin you commited, in fact, when you repent for that sin, He's already forgotten about it. No matter what you've done, not matter how bad it may be, whether you have killed a person, stolen, committed adultery, or whatever, God loves you! Can you even begin to imagine that? Think about this, if you had a lover, a wife/husband, and you cheated on that person, do you think they'll take you back? or if they do, do you think they can forget about it? i highly doubt it, so if you think about it, everytime we commit a sin, everytime we turn away from God ever so slightly, we're cheating on Him. It hurts him, but He doesn't turn away, He tries to reach out to you, every single time. And when you do return, when you do repent, He is so happy, and forgets all about what you have done, because He is happy just to have you back, because that's all He wants from us, our love. So as i said before, no matter what sin you have committed, God is still going to love you, which brings us to our next section...
"..that he gave his one and only son to die for our sins.."
Now look here, God gave his one and only son to die for your sins, our sins. If God was to judge us for the sins we've committed, then we would ultimately be skrewed. But God doesn't want us to be skrewed, He wants to spend eternity with us. Just like how two people get married, and spend the rest of their lives together, that's what God wants. He wants to spend all eternity with us. So He gave his one and only son to die for our sins upon the cross. That's pretty intense don't you think? Imagine you, letting your own son, the son that you love so much, to die upon a cross, for the sins of people who don't even deserve to live. Now these are people who have stolen, killed, ripped people off, raped, done drugs, committed adultery, and your son, your only son, is going to die for their sins. That's pretty rough, I don't know if i could do it but God did it. And He did it for you and I. He did it because He loves you and I. Just imagine if God didn't do that. We would all be sent to hell where we would spent all eternity in pain and suffering, and so this brings us to our last section..
"..so that we would not perish but have eternal life."
Wow, can you believe that? Having eternal life, better yet, eternal life with the creator of all things, the true father of you and I, God. That is so amazing to me. Spending eternity with God, that is so going to rock my world. And if i dont add, that sure beats spending eternity in hell. You know, our God is such an amazing God. To love us no matter what, to give us his one and only son, and to allow us to have eternal life with him!
Alot of people out there may know this already, alot may not, either way, this is a message from God to you.
God, we love you so much. You gave your one and only son to die for our sins, and forever we are in your debt. You love us God. You love us our heavenly father. Lord, I pray that this blog that you have put in me to start speaks to people all around the world. That people will realize the creator of all things, loves them, and would do anything for them. God, please use me, use us, your sons and daughters, your mighty warriors, to spread your love and your word. I love you God, and we all love you, from the bottom of our hearts. Let your will be done in our lives, let your will be done on this earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
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