Today, I'm going to share with the readers how I've been taking a spin on life. It's really interesting to me how people appear to be not paying attention somehow because of their thoughts being on something else. It could also be that they might be just basking in their glory or just thinking that this guy or girl whose talking is just a chump whose being full of it. I've had my share of those mixed experiences. The reason I brought it up is because my heart wants whoever is reading this to pay attention to the most important part of this post.
The Bible is my book of life. Without it, I've learned that I can't function very well. I always feel an uneasiness or deprived when I don't have it at my disposal. Going about living a normal life with everyone else, I just know that these people are missing out of a great piece of action. It's not conjured sex that I'm thinking about. It's much better than sex, porn, or the greatest puzzle piece in your life. It's all about having a relationship with Christ. He's our true source of happiness, and nothing can bring you out of hell better than God who came down personally to deliver a sinful world out of its bondage. In Romans 10:9, it says to "Believe upon his name" and confess him with our mouths that he is our Lord and Savior. I think many Christians today like me, have this big or small struggle of sin which causes us to doubt in Christ's name and the purpose in this book of life.
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Leaving Behind Old Trail and Going To New One
It feels like my life has been all about living on the old track. I think things started out pretty good for me, even though I tried to push those things away, out of trying to be like everyone else. Now that I've left behind that old trail and gone to a new trail, I came to be greeted along by fellow brothers' messages dealing with His Word of encouragement. It reminds me a lot about putting on the new wine skin. I haven't invested that much time into the Lord, as I should have when I was smaller. I really became grieved by the Holy Spirit and felt uncomfortable with the old life-style I had. There was always this missing link in my life; this true joy that I wanted to get. For a brief moment in my life, I looked to satisfying myself by worshipping the creation and not the Creator. I felt its lack of authenticity.
Now that I've been regenerated from that old life of mischief and misfortune, I realize that I'm a new creature with lots of knowledge that I will need to pick up. No longer is there that anxiety in me to push myself to doing something and waiting it out there, while feeling lack of motivation and sickness to the stomach. I need to think like His little child again, the person who put a lot of trust and concern and love for the Son who died on the cross for man's sins. The person who felt a lot of anguish over being ridiculed and tortured by his brothers, while going through elementary school. It's so funny to now think of it that I grew up sensitive and having come to terms to it, right now!
Now that I've been regenerated from that old life of mischief and misfortune, I realize that I'm a new creature with lots of knowledge that I will need to pick up. No longer is there that anxiety in me to push myself to doing something and waiting it out there, while feeling lack of motivation and sickness to the stomach. I need to think like His little child again, the person who put a lot of trust and concern and love for the Son who died on the cross for man's sins. The person who felt a lot of anguish over being ridiculed and tortured by his brothers, while going through elementary school. It's so funny to now think of it that I grew up sensitive and having come to terms to it, right now!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Joy of Giving
Once upon a time, a couple who lived in the carnal valleys of San Bernardino gave birth to Fudrucker. The mom and dad were adventurous and married happily- while the mom was eight-months pregnant, she insisted on a romantic trip in the wilderness of Mt. Whitney, CA. The husband being not so informed about the expected baby and that it looked like his wife was adding on a few pounds shrugged his shoulders.
Having an open mind, his parents felt that their child should start learning to get along with other kids early. The dad Peter, was a local sports columnist and his brunette-haired wife Mary Jane was a former baby sitter. Peter put up an ad in his paper and to his dismay received a lot of requests from parents with similar interests. At the age of two-in-a-half, Fudrucker became a master at ingeniously stealing from other toddlers around his age. His parents bought him a bag of toys to share with his playmates and asked their parents to bring toddler toys with them. What Fudrucker's parents didn't notice was that his toy bag would always be a little heavier when his playmate left their home. They didn't notice Fudrucker's mischievousness until they started realizing toys they hadn't even bought. It put them through a lot of trouble in calling back all of his grieving playmates' parents because it had happened for a whole year.
As Fudrucker started aging into a kindergartner, his mother started becoming more attentive to him. One day, as Mary Jane looked through the toy bag and noticed a tonka truck that wasn't his, she became appalled by Fudrucker's whining and that Fudrucker insisted the toy had belonged to him. Being embarrassed, Mary Jane apologized to the other parent for her son's inconsiderateness and promised it would never happen again. During the next session, Mary Jane decided to emphasize on her son respecting her playmate's belongings. She routinely became accustomed to relocating the toddlers' belongings, before the end of the day to avoid breaking her oath.
School had finally begun for Fudrucker, and his dad Peter who once was a bully would always preach to him each morning to not pick on his classmates. Mary Jane started building good relationships as a devoted caregiver with the community of toddler and kindergartner parents. Her schedule became booked each day and started wondering if she should start charging a nominal fee to buy early-learning children's material. Mary Jane also became more crafted at preparing bakery goods and soon, expected a second child.
One day to the astonishment of Mary Jane, she noticed that her son's favorite toy was missing in the bag. At the end of the day, she started pondering and looking for it at all possible areas in the estate property. She decided to let it sit and thought that it would show up again sometime. As days went on, she noticed that her son wasn't playing with it each day and was nowhere to be found. At dinner time, she couldn't resist but bring the issue up with Fudrucker and Peter.
Fudrucker started explaining about how his playmate who had no new toys to share. Mary Jane later accounted his classmate's parents were struggling to stay in the working class. It soon became evident that Fudrucker had given his favorite toy to an unfortunate classmate who didn't have the luxury of toys. Mary Jane realized the generosity her son had developed and became touched in her heart.
Having an open mind, his parents felt that their child should start learning to get along with other kids early. The dad Peter, was a local sports columnist and his brunette-haired wife Mary Jane was a former baby sitter. Peter put up an ad in his paper and to his dismay received a lot of requests from parents with similar interests. At the age of two-in-a-half, Fudrucker became a master at ingeniously stealing from other toddlers around his age. His parents bought him a bag of toys to share with his playmates and asked their parents to bring toddler toys with them. What Fudrucker's parents didn't notice was that his toy bag would always be a little heavier when his playmate left their home. They didn't notice Fudrucker's mischievousness until they started realizing toys they hadn't even bought. It put them through a lot of trouble in calling back all of his grieving playmates' parents because it had happened for a whole year.
As Fudrucker started aging into a kindergartner, his mother started becoming more attentive to him. One day, as Mary Jane looked through the toy bag and noticed a tonka truck that wasn't his, she became appalled by Fudrucker's whining and that Fudrucker insisted the toy had belonged to him. Being embarrassed, Mary Jane apologized to the other parent for her son's inconsiderateness and promised it would never happen again. During the next session, Mary Jane decided to emphasize on her son respecting her playmate's belongings. She routinely became accustomed to relocating the toddlers' belongings, before the end of the day to avoid breaking her oath.
School had finally begun for Fudrucker, and his dad Peter who once was a bully would always preach to him each morning to not pick on his classmates. Mary Jane started building good relationships as a devoted caregiver with the community of toddler and kindergartner parents. Her schedule became booked each day and started wondering if she should start charging a nominal fee to buy early-learning children's material. Mary Jane also became more crafted at preparing bakery goods and soon, expected a second child.
One day to the astonishment of Mary Jane, she noticed that her son's favorite toy was missing in the bag. At the end of the day, she started pondering and looking for it at all possible areas in the estate property. She decided to let it sit and thought that it would show up again sometime. As days went on, she noticed that her son wasn't playing with it each day and was nowhere to be found. At dinner time, she couldn't resist but bring the issue up with Fudrucker and Peter.
Fudrucker started explaining about how his playmate who had no new toys to share. Mary Jane later accounted his classmate's parents were struggling to stay in the working class. It soon became evident that Fudrucker had given his favorite toy to an unfortunate classmate who didn't have the luxury of toys. Mary Jane realized the generosity her son had developed and became touched in her heart.
Monday, September 17, 2007
My Heart Must Focus Solely On God
My heart needs to start stirring again. My passion feels quenched and worn out. The repetitious moments in my life are filled with voids. There is something stressful in my life, and I cannot blame a single, outside source.
My mind is like a juice carton. The juice is drank with satisfaction in the beginning, but may become stale later. I think the bondage of sin causes the mind to not be alert at its fullest potential. Sin is anything that falls out of place with what God told us to do. Note, God never commanded us to chop our hands off, if we sinned because of them. It is a metaphor of speech that will help the reader realize that he alone cannot fulfil the Old Testament laws perfectly. What I feel that needs to be done, is constant prayer to Jesus at all moments. In both good and bad times...
My mind is like a juice carton. The juice is drank with satisfaction in the beginning, but may become stale later. I think the bondage of sin causes the mind to not be alert at its fullest potential. Sin is anything that falls out of place with what God told us to do. Note, God never commanded us to chop our hands off, if we sinned because of them. It is a metaphor of speech that will help the reader realize that he alone cannot fulfil the Old Testament laws perfectly. What I feel that needs to be done, is constant prayer to Jesus at all moments. In both good and bad times...
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Christians Have Joyful Adventurous Lives
Life for a Christian can be very exciting because they don't need to worry about the fear of death anymore. Most Christians already know that their old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in their lives.
"We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power of him. When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead from the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus." (Romans 6:6b-11 NLTV)
Our Christian faith is based off of Jesus being raised from the dead. Any daring and brave non-believer who pursued the path of disproving this belief has failed. Former atheists such as Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel were absolute opponents who are now serving God. In addition, Paul in the Holy Scriptures used to terrorize and murder Christians with a religious zeal that closely matches with the modern-day extremists' enmity towards Americans. The kingdom of God has even grown with the addition of former Jihad Islamists- the most likely and greatest opponents with Christianity. Now just think, how the fear of death with great guilt under our belt was a great burden for all of us. Charles Spurgeon wrote "What was said at our Lord's birth was also declared in His death. When the soldier pierced His side, blood and water came out to set forth the double cleansing by which we are delivered from the guilt and the defilement of sin." (All Of Grace, "Deliverance from Sinning").
Without the worry of fearing death anymore, we are free to care for others and to enjoy a wonderful fellowship with God. Lives of new believers will gradually change by their experiencing a new vigor. Even though in some cases it's possible, we can't always expect to have instantaneous growth in faith. As our walk in the Lord comes through reading his Word, praying, and following His commands, we come to experience the joys of God's promises:
"A new heart will I also give you, and a new spirit will I put within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh." (Ezekeial 36:26).
It is important to note that we are to work on being people of light:
"So live as people of light. For this light within you produces what is only good and true and right." (Ephesians 5:8b-9)
"We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power of him. When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead from the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus." (Romans 6:6b-11 NLTV)
Our Christian faith is based off of Jesus being raised from the dead. Any daring and brave non-believer who pursued the path of disproving this belief has failed. Former atheists such as Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel were absolute opponents who are now serving God. In addition, Paul in the Holy Scriptures used to terrorize and murder Christians with a religious zeal that closely matches with the modern-day extremists' enmity towards Americans. The kingdom of God has even grown with the addition of former Jihad Islamists- the most likely and greatest opponents with Christianity. Now just think, how the fear of death with great guilt under our belt was a great burden for all of us. Charles Spurgeon wrote "What was said at our Lord's birth was also declared in His death. When the soldier pierced His side, blood and water came out to set forth the double cleansing by which we are delivered from the guilt and the defilement of sin." (All Of Grace, "Deliverance from Sinning").
Without the worry of fearing death anymore, we are free to care for others and to enjoy a wonderful fellowship with God. Lives of new believers will gradually change by their experiencing a new vigor. Even though in some cases it's possible, we can't always expect to have instantaneous growth in faith. As our walk in the Lord comes through reading his Word, praying, and following His commands, we come to experience the joys of God's promises:
"A new heart will I also give you, and a new spirit will I put within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh." (Ezekeial 36:26).
It is important to note that we are to work on being people of light:
"So live as people of light. For this light within you produces what is only good and true and right." (Ephesians 5:8b-9)
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Touch of God's Hand
Living in life with the farthest reaches that test the boundaries of extremities.
To find and reawaken one's true longing and seach in life.
Being once in a world full of deceit and catastrophic, anxieties create depression.
On a search for truth and wisdom, finding a physical medium to connect with God.
The Devil planned many different obstacles to get me from knowing Christ.
Nothing surpasses Christ, not even the greatest and sultry movie scenes.
No creation can be above God, who is the source of all inspiration.
Some deny the truth of their existence, and that is to downgrade to relativism.
Our hearts were created for a purpose to define and be illustrous in this life-time.
May the Word of God seek and make its way through your hearts.
Whatever temptations that prevent you from coming to know God.
Let them all pass by just accepting that we are all weak and need a savior.
Wise men choose the path of righteousness and fools take their own path.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
My Commitment to Forgiving Brothers and Sisters=)
God's so amazing to me because I can just attend church service and be released from all my troubles in the world. Recently, I engaged in some minor social delinquency, which is so minor and not serious. I think I may have exaggerated a person's emotions, just by giving her a drive to annoy her inadvertently, especially with the passing of a loved one. She's really cute actually, and I don't really see the reason in why I would want to displease her in the first place. Even though I thought I was communicating some harmless content and labeling as "not serious", these people who were also siding with the opposition were like "Whoa, not cool. Don't get me involved."
I guess I'm feeling that they wronged me more. Simply because they didn't take the time to understand me and have to make asonine assumptions that contests the distance of Earth and the Milky Way. My heart would have liked for them to do a positive thing because this guy has been skipping out on a relationship with God. (This guy is a friend that I'm not going to mention. I'm going to be so smooth, so please don't ask me, if you read this post.) I received a lot of this torture from just wanting to talk and be listened to. I need to do some forgiving, too. It gets really hard to forgive someone, without having a chance to retaliate with them. Just letting it go is so tough. I think if you deal with your offenders the Biblical way and then forgive them, then we are no longer a prisoner of who offended us. This verse needs to be viewed very carefully:
Jesus says, “I am warning you! If another believer sins, rebuke him; then if he repents, forgive him. Even if he wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4)
By the words "rebuke him", it's not talking about exacting revenge! I get tempted at times to want to do stuff to enjoy seeing people suffer. It's really hard though to get revenge on people you love, so I can see that God, who is the God of love, doesn't have any trouble showing mercy:
While we live in sin,
"But you, O Lord are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness." (Psalm 86:15)
When we ask for forgiveness with God,
"You do not stay angry forever, but delight to show mercy." (Micah 7:18b).
Apostle Paul states, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another just as in Christ God forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32).
What are the benefits of forgiving?
It is necessary for our own forgiveness. Jesus said, "But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.” (Mark 11:25, 26)
It restores Christian fellowship. Now it is time to forgive him and comfort him. Otherwise he may become so discouraged that he won’t be able to recover. Now show him that you still love him. (2 Cor. 2:5–10)
Spiritual cleansing. James says that the elders of the church should pray over those who are sick and the Lord will make them well, adding, "And anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven." (James 5:15-16)
Examples of forgiveness:
Esau and Jacob. (Genesis 33:4–15)
Joseph (Genesis 45:8–15)
Moses (Numbers 12:1–13)
David (2 Sam 19:18–23)
Solomon (1 Kings. 1:52, 53)
Jesus (Luke 23:34)
Stephen (Acts 7:59-60)
Paul (2 Timothy 4:16)
I guess I'm feeling that they wronged me more. Simply because they didn't take the time to understand me and have to make asonine assumptions that contests the distance of Earth and the Milky Way. My heart would have liked for them to do a positive thing because this guy has been skipping out on a relationship with God. (This guy is a friend that I'm not going to mention. I'm going to be so smooth, so please don't ask me, if you read this post.) I received a lot of this torture from just wanting to talk and be listened to. I need to do some forgiving, too. It gets really hard to forgive someone, without having a chance to retaliate with them. Just letting it go is so tough. I think if you deal with your offenders the Biblical way and then forgive them, then we are no longer a prisoner of who offended us. This verse needs to be viewed very carefully:
Jesus says, “I am warning you! If another believer sins, rebuke him; then if he repents, forgive him. Even if he wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4)
By the words "rebuke him", it's not talking about exacting revenge! I get tempted at times to want to do stuff to enjoy seeing people suffer. It's really hard though to get revenge on people you love, so I can see that God, who is the God of love, doesn't have any trouble showing mercy:
While we live in sin,
"But you, O Lord are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in love and faithfulness." (Psalm 86:15)
When we ask for forgiveness with God,
"You do not stay angry forever, but delight to show mercy." (Micah 7:18b).
Apostle Paul states, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another just as in Christ God forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32).
What are the benefits of forgiving?
It is necessary for our own forgiveness. Jesus said, "But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.” (Mark 11:25, 26)
It restores Christian fellowship. Now it is time to forgive him and comfort him. Otherwise he may become so discouraged that he won’t be able to recover. Now show him that you still love him. (2 Cor. 2:5–10)
Spiritual cleansing. James says that the elders of the church should pray over those who are sick and the Lord will make them well, adding, "And anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven." (James 5:15-16)
Examples of forgiveness:
Esau and Jacob. (Genesis 33:4–15)
Joseph (Genesis 45:8–15)
Moses (Numbers 12:1–13)
David (2 Sam 19:18–23)
Solomon (1 Kings. 1:52, 53)
Jesus (Luke 23:34)
Stephen (Acts 7:59-60)
Paul (2 Timothy 4:16)
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Making a good nusiance of myself
Okay, for this one, I'm assuming a few people want to know me, especially those who want to get with me and do some funk-ridden dancing! I've been doing some thinking- it's like God just fills your head with discernment sometimes. It's always a shame that I have to be the one to beg in prayer for all my troubles and not see the Father come down from heaven to personally deliver me a short cut in the form of a present. I see that there are boundaries I can cross in everyone's life. It's just that when I do, I will have to be accountable for all the mistakes that gets added onto it. I just have to be prepared to add in all the details to lay out my position in life. Normally, boys and girls, they will see me as a pretty good guy. It just sucks that I have to be a punching bag to others sometimes. It's like a repercussion pool, come join the party if you are mad for no reason, just make up a case that didn't even cross my mind and blame all the troubles that never is going to happen.
Thanks to that stupid full-time job, I lost a lot of interest in my feelings. I was like a zombie going about life, making phone calls, writing plain e-mail to strangers, and realizing that no one is out there, except for Jesus who reigns in our hearts if you let him:
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelations 3:20, KJV)
I broke out of my egg in a peculiar way. Then all of a sudden, I get like this huge pie in my face when I wake up in the morning with the alarm clock running through my cold flesh. I wake up to a mesmerizing world of long lost memories and the joy of having the gift of life.
Thanks to that stupid full-time job, I lost a lot of interest in my feelings. I was like a zombie going about life, making phone calls, writing plain e-mail to strangers, and realizing that no one is out there, except for Jesus who reigns in our hearts if you let him:
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelations 3:20, KJV)
I broke out of my egg in a peculiar way. Then all of a sudden, I get like this huge pie in my face when I wake up in the morning with the alarm clock running through my cold flesh. I wake up to a mesmerizing world of long lost memories and the joy of having the gift of life.
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