August 2009
43 posts
Quick reviews on some books I recently read...
Crazy Love by Francis ChanThis book is a challenging book. It shatters the illusion of American Christianity and brings to light what real Jesus Christianity is suppose to be about! Loved this book!! If you feel something just isn’t right, you want more Jesus, and you do not know what to do…read this book! I didn’t know what to say but exactly what is ...
“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of...”
– Ephesians 5:1-21 Couple highlights from this passage. 1) Says to Expose evil deeds, instead of passively not saying a word which comes accross as we might agree…expose the sin for what it is!
2) Keep Jesus number 1! Give Him thanks for everything and all throughout the day, find the positives...
Thoughts of the inner self.
The past week I have not felt you God the way I long to and I find myself slacking rather than working even harder to press forward. I want you God, I want to feel your presence with me all day long! I desire to have a heart after you, waking up in the morning just praising you name and excited to enter into your presence. Instead I wake up and want more sleep and shrug off prayer saying you will...
I want to fast, but I've never done it before..?
thefirstlight:
In your experience…how long? Only water? Absolute fast? Just give me any and all information/knowledge you have..I’d certainly appreciate it.
It doesn’t allow you to comment much, but I do recommend you read “Fasting” by Jentezen Franklin.
According to his book, fasting should always be food. Now I am no expert on fasting and fairly new to practice myself but...
Fox News did an article on the children tobacco... →
Child Tobacco Pickers Suck in Two Packs a Day — Through Their Skin
New info released on the 'typical gamer' →
wellithoughtitwasfunny:
And the article is entitled: Forget Teens: Gamers are 35, overweight - and Sad.
Yikes!
7 things the Lord hates, fix your eyes on Jesus!
Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
1) haughty eyes 2) a lying tongue 3) hands that shed innocent blood 4) a heart that devises wicked schemes 5) feet that are quick to rush into evil 6) a false witness who pours out lies 7) a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today...
World Challenge - Newsletter
I found this on the World Challenge website and thought yall might find it interesting! http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/6863
Scripture Balloons Into North Korea
“Grandma, look at what I found!” The young North Korean girl was so excited. She was holding something she had never seen before. The grandmother looked at it with her failing eyes but could not make out the details. So she called the girl’s mother. “Please come tell me what this child has found.”
The elderly woman’s daughter entered the room and took the item from her mother’s wrinkled hand. Her...
Bibles Unbound →
Even as you read this, persecuted Christians from around the world are gathering names and addresses from their local communities. These names are then submitted to Bibles Unbound where members have the opportunity to mail New Testaments in the appropriate language directly to the field. This unique program gives you the ability to stand alongside our persecuted brothers and sisters and help...
Prayer or Outreach...which is most important?
Here recently my (recent) current way of thinking is being challenge and I feel I am in the wrong. Now it is much better than my last but through this recent burst of growth in Christ in my life I am finding myself challenged to do even more in order to get where I want to be in Christ!
Now I still feel that prayer is by far the most important tool of a believer in Jesus Christ! However, I found...
Remember to Pray for our persecuted brothers and... →
12 Christians killed and 20 churches burned by an islamic sect opposed to western education.
Pray that Christ will be reflected by their lives and actions to open the eyes of the muslims and/or other nonchristian religions! Pray that God will give them strength and courage to endure the conditions they have to live in, preaching the gospel no matter the cost! Pray that God’s will be done....
Muslim Teen Who Converted to Christianity Says... →
Rifqa Bary, 17, testified Monday at a custody hearing in Orlando that she’d recently changed religions and is worried her relatives will do something drastic, according to WFTV in Orlando and Central Florida News 13.
“They have to kill me because I’m a Christian. It’s an honor (issue),” the girl told WFTV…
“1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live...”
– Deuteronomy 8:1-20
Do you feel this applies today, to America?
“People who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to mask the...”
– Francis Chan (via peacenotwar)
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame...”
– - Steve Prefontaine
via hilker
Seeking Jesus...
Just want to encourage everyone to first and foremost seek Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! There is nothing we can say or do that can change any mans heart! We are nothing but He is everything, we are weak but He is strong! Our only place to fight is on our knees before the Lord!
Pray Church PRAY! Find the meaning of pressing through!!!!!!!!!
Anything you do for the Lord that is not founded on...
“1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
2...”
– Romans 6
something to think about...
I posted this several weeks back…but wanted to point out something God revealed to me last night.
Look at the daily income and think about this. Over 50% of the world makes around $2! If you make $20/hr…they have to work 10 DAYS to make what you make in 1 HR! I imagine these people work almost all year around so if they work 350 days a year, $700/ year! If you make $20/hr * 40hr work...
Weak Foundations!
This morning the Lord shared something with me to write about. It is something that is troublesome yet at the same time it is a revelation like no other and the solution to everything.
In America we are lazy gluttons! We accept what we hear but only the few read and pray seeking God for them self. I believe people’s hearts long to be right but they are just following their leaders. According to...
Revise to 8/4 Post, "The Gospel is Illegal in 52...
I made this statement, “A buddy of mine mentioned the other day at lunch…”This is our generation and we only get one chance…what are we going to do to make a difference for Jesus!” A fantastic place to start is on our knees seeking Jesus and as we develop our relationship with the Creator!!! Everything will begin to fall in place! That is just the start…”
Its only been a couple of...
journey into a life of Humility...
Jesus there are so many things in scripture that it says to do or not to do. Now in my very nature I am not able to follow or keep these commands but I am convinced that by your nature it is natural.
So since I am not able to do anything on my own then it is your nature I need you to clothe me with so that I can follow you whole heartedly and without hinderences of the commands keeping me from...
Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women... →
Be aware not all countries share our rights & freedoms.
A Life of Love & Humility
Jesus please continue to break my spirit into a humble servant you can use!
I feel no need to explain, for the scriptures explain themselves!
“Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being? declares the LORD. “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.” Isaiah 66:2
“Teacher, which is the greatest...
“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not...”
– C.S. Lewis (via christ-follower)
“The heart babbles out its secret when the tongue is in motion.”
– Charles Spurgeon (via projectglockenspiel)
The Gospel is Illegal in 52 countries →
Click the link to learn which countries are hostile or restricted! Then remembered to pray!
Its almost like we are living in an alternate reality…The American Show! We are so blind to the outside world and only concerned about our lives! If you can see that your cup is already running over compared to most of the world, comtempment might be easier to grasp! Get outside the American bubble...
Remeber to Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in... →
Christians in Pakistan killed for allegations charged 3 christian youths in defileing a koran. ALLEGATIONS…no proof and they found it justified murdering women, a child, and men! Makes me realize that my fears are petty compared to many christians across the world…51 countries where the Word of God is illegal!
Amazing American are not aware of the persecution across the globe! I have...
journey into a life of Humility...
If you have been reading my blog you can see how over the past several weeks God has been dealing with me. Praise Jesus, He has not stopped! I have been thinking about what it would mean to be best friends with Jesus…and I was reminded how kids become bestfriends, they become almost 1. Their speech begins to become the same, they like the same things, they hate the same things, they find...