Ultimate Sex in Bible

I'm starting to realize the secret to women. I know how many stubborn guys who feel they have the ultimate reason that girls would love them say that their method is right. It's quite creative and amazing how being a moral person through facing inevitable rejections could really help you cope with being on the losing end.

The secret to women is that there isn't really any. The Bible explains most of it so nicely. It's just like women asking why men don't like any of them. We both coexist and the basics of marriage life is that women have to taken cared of by their hubby. It's an honest principle that a lot of masculine beefcakes fail to realize. The Biblical principles are amazing and really teach the core of a loving and happy relationship with the spouse. Basically, the man has to love God first and then put his wife second. The man looks out for his wife's needs first before his own. Just think of all the deserving women out there. Those who are not part of the "game" you guys would love to play.

Just when the man thinks he has a big load on his shoulders, wives also play a nice role for their husbands by submitting. This makes it easier for the man to lead the household and come up with solutions to manage daily dramatic affairs. Women were born to be perfect when Eve came along, but sin sent the world upside down. Therefore, women are a little more easier to lead astray emotionally. One girl carefully confessed that she bases a lot off her emotional decisions, which could make it hard to be logical sometimes- example, her going shopping and running a credit card bill a little high. Sin was not part of God's original intent which so many people have trouble understanding. We are loved by God and encouraged to multiply our faces in godly homes that disciple their children into holding their ground when being tossed around like waves.

Anyone struggling with their appearances? This is so amazing finding that I understand now. Women don't really care about a man's height, although some are negatively impressed by it. It can take some trivial convincing through the pursuance but that is not the main reason why women reject a man who so covets sexual attention at times. I find that women are not really too fond of men who like to flaunt their bodies and talk about being a model. This is one of the most lethal moves because women can't really use an uncommitted man's body for her being served. To be on the safe end and have protection from feeling doomed without a soul and no concern of living; the thrill of life includes sex and for it to become anything less than some fun with hormones is pointless. To have a dedicated and sexy wife, it's better to be rewarded a thousand times better than swinging with just a "consenting" adult.

Energy Testimony

I'm finding it a little difficult to battle my narcolepsy. I believe that it's all about having proper diet, rest, and utilizing time to work out. I did manage to control my diet for about two months, which helped me regain my physical level of energy. After that, I started to wind my way down the toilet a little. I think it's in this manly behavior that we as men would love to drink beer, party with pizza all the time, and watch a superbowl-type extravaganza as much as possible all year.

I personally find myself attracted to Jesus, even though the flesh tells me to ditch God's ideals. I don't do it for religious purposes but more for stability in my life and the hope attached with it. I think God does exist in heaven and that all should come to the knowledge of Jesus. I know it's a little hard with all these questions and from people not perceiving their hearts enough to turn to him. There are so many things to conquer in life, and all of it can't be done without the Lord's help.

I'm personally going to try my best to get enough rest, have enough healthy food to eat, exercise at least three times a week, invest some time developing spiritually through the renowned Bible, have tons of good fun like going on physical adventures (mountain climbing) and make some money...

My Thought About World Focus

I seriously wonder where all our focus has gone in this world. Like, it seems that people have a hardened heart for pleasing only themselves. I come to realize that everyone has a soft spot when they are in a weak position. I guess it's easy to judge how a few people can grow up having everything they ever wanted materialistically. Even though with all this money and glitz, some celebrities still resort to drugs and alcohol from trying to get a high in their life. Life can get seriously depressing for everyone at times.

I think most of us try to numb away the past pains that we have felt. We sometimes get hit in a position that could turn us into a shell. Having walked in a lot of misery over feeling like I was lacking in something, like money, recognition, and glory, I have come to realize that those things are influences that an average person doesn't need to worry about. We all seriously have a calling in life to find acceptance and be tuned in with the system. I myself had a little trouble finding a waking direction. My life all changed when I came to the realization of a simple faith has made a dramatic appeal to me. I was only a third grader when I came to realize a higher power in heaven, tugging on my heart. I remember that before I was not really accountable but trying my best to please my parents by obeying every command they told me. This faith to this day has been challenging to uphold with all the influences the world wants to uphold for selfish reasons. It's like friends support their selfish decisions as long as it appeals to them as well. Like a support group, and when someone in the group they love is acting weird they might have the heart to change the man. I am safe to say that I am not a religious person but someone who is experiencing an authentic relationship with God. If you feel like God is touching your heart, Romans 6:23 states For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. By repenting our sins and turning in the direction Jesus the true savior of this world, we can experience ultimate joy and peace of security for eternity. God has designed man to worship a creator and to live in full harmonious satisfaction with Him through our living out the teachings of Jesus that remain in born again hearts.

How I small guy feel left out in tall man's world.

People in general with the exception of those lovely and sensitive ladies and gentlemen love to complain a lot. I have some truthful complaints about only myself and not anyone else. I am going to share seriously about all the wrong things I've done with myself and the wrong feelings that I have with myself. This is to ensure that I am being totally honest with myself and ready to cry it out and then just live in my life being pleasing to the Lord. This could be fun and probably something you are grateful not having ever been caught up with. In a way, I hope to be of service with this truthful bashing of myself. The reason why I share it is because it is the worst part of myself and somehow not life ending for me, which has been a blessing. 1 John 5:16 states "If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that." Note: God does not want us to be in any sinful behavior. Please see Greg Laurie if you have any concerns or questions about self-defense killing, lying to enemies, death penalty, etc.

Okay where do I begin? I'm a person who gets really turned on and wants to view porn for my pleasure sometimes. It's wrong and cheats with being kind and gentle to every women who deserve to be respected. I have tempted thoughts related to fornication and act accordingly sometimes. I get these feelings of strong sexual desires sometimes. I guess I won't mind lots of babies for now with only one lady I pledge to...

Here's another bad thing about me. I feel super short for some reason. I feel like it's a hindrance to my health because of my relatively large build compared to others around my height. I also feel like I don't have the confidence to date taller women, even though I can talk to them now without too many problems. I feel that my life is being ruined sometimes by being short and want to give a quiet fit with myself. I see that the majority of Americans here are like way taller than me, with the exception of a lot of cute girls smaller than me. I don't know what macho part of me wants to make me to strive to become taller. I guess I don't want to be viewed as this short guy getting married to another short girl... I seem to really mind my height for some reason. I have had several battles with these emotions and has been drawing me closer to possessing less confidence in myself except when it comes to knowing Jesus. I know that I'm not super short and really diminutive to the point where an 8-foot man would need spectacles to see me. It still bugs me with being only a 5' 4" male and weighing in at 155 pounds at the moment. Last year, I was 5' 2" and up to 170 pounds. I'm sure I could making a few guys under 5' jealous, but that's not the point. This total height issue is about me and I think those guys under 5' could be total gentlemen and marry the hottest chick in town. They can be very gentle and even tempered!

A friend of mine really ticked me off when he wrote on his prank, which was a temporary restraining order, that I was 5' 2" and 200 pounds. I guess that's really scary to a 5' 7" 130 pounder. I personally see it as totally unhealthy with a ton of fat that can't move for any junk. That guy's name is Washington by the way and has a whole state supporting American-born idiots like him. No need to really bash him because I've been an idiot countless times too!

I can't seem to burn off this excess weight for me, so I really feel that in order for me to be considered healthy I have to work a lot of stressful hours to get super skinny. I can't do that because my body isn't shaped to. I know that many girls would feel pretty enormous if they had my stature. I guess it's a bothersome thing to care about your weight, and there are plenty of nice and honest folk around there to encourage you. I personally want to do the best I can to stay relaxed. The best solution for me is to pray my heart out and work at getting taller. I see myself a taller and stronger family man someday... By the way I'm reaching 25 and I read that you could work your bone growth up to the age 30. Hmm, I don't want to wait until I'm 30 to get married just to wait getting taller and then not get it. I will be super old by then and maybe with a sore back. This is a dilemma that I have psychologically, and I personally think it's really entertaining to share. I'm going to be part of God's kingdom one day too and I thought this would be something fun to enjoy. The worst part of me has been shown and confessed; I feel even more liberated now. There are some things we should not share, if we feel they will cause another person to sin.

Connection With Sermon Lesson

Paul states in Philippians 2:12, "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." (NIV) The senior pastor at a church I fellowship with said that Paul learned to be happy without having to compare others, while he was in prison. I think this brings up a connection with a lot of Asian family social circles. Some Chinese Christians feel left out because they are being compared to unworldly cousins or siblings in the family. This really deals with them being scorned upon because of a family gossiper viewing lack of success in their life.

1 Timothy 6:6 states "But godliness with contentment is great gain." (NIV) I believe that we don't really need to doubt in how God is working through us because of our faith. God counts us as righteous because of our faith. Romans 3:22 states, "This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe..." (NIV) I know we are all human and sometimes look to be pleasing in other's eyes so we could may be lead them to the Lord. I totally believe it's all in God's personal timing for us to be a witness. Romans 8:28 states "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Remember the story of David waiting in the wilderness to be the next king of Judah and how he went through lot of pain and suffering from Saul? Remember Job's lament that placed Job in a situation to wait for his death to face eternal happiness with the Lord? God delivered both the hands of David and Job. Let's not doubt what Jesus could do for us.

No Struggle No Life

What I really enjoy about my surreal life is that I'm enjoying my young age of being 24! Surely enough, I totally feel that my relationship with God has helped me overcome my immaturity with several things in my life. I feel totally free to do a lot of things that will promote my health, to pursue after a career I could be passionate about, and to be open about my genuine faith.

I think we all go through struggles in life sometimes. There are still moments when I write where I feel like I'm repressing some painful moments. I think it's my will to want to connect with others and totally make sense with them. Being highly balanced for me is starting to deal with my commitment and fun factors. I had a long drought of being productive because I spent numerous hours playing computer games that didn't pay for my food! It took a lot of heart for me to give up all my game items to new players, but I did it because I wanted to show these strangers love. I'm realizing that my head is starting to pound away at making key decisions in my life and that I'm capable of becoming responsible. Praise the Lord Jesus for all my progress.

Family Annoyances

I'm starting to realize that when close people who are feeling selfish want to control you, they tend to belittle your behavior; especially if it's hindering their desire at the moment. This brings me up to a new understanding of my mom and sister. I believe that I am entitled to make this negative judgment to them, as it will help me love them better. My sister and mom both exhibit a small heart with lots of screaming and yelling, which gets me really enraged! It is so pestering that I'm going to publish the memory and get on with it.

I realized that they want attention for themselves with trivial pursuit from viewing media. I think there are plenty of close women out there who would act really flustered with you, if they were missing their favorite T.V. show. What I do is play the piano so much, and it bugs the heck out of them. It's really important to me, so I can't stop all of a sudden in general. I feel like I'm serving people. I think playing an instrument and developing a skill is better than being entertained by an idol. I really wonder if my mom and sister are having some trouble with socializing or just in the mood for being totally lazy. I realize that when they tell me to stop, I'm not really obligated to because what they are doing is insignificant to life. I also have this feeling of them being jealous with successful people. Successful people need to get some practice time in. I think overall their hearts are not fully mature, no matter how intelligent they try to portray outwardly. I know they believe they can't be changed inwardly, so they submit if I keep arguing with them. It's really important for me to be honest with myself and not really care about their character attacks, as I know we all can adjust our outwardly appearance anytime temporarily.

My Meaning of Being Solely Devoted to Wife

The reason why I make this post is because I have been wrestling with the thought of placing a spouse above a relationship with God. I believe that all believers of the Word must make this journey of loving God before anything else. My real definition with this being solely devoted to a wife is to cast all my cares and concerns that belong in a marriage especially sex to the wife I have married and to not any other idol or person. The context of the Bible states to have sex only under the safety of marriage and not fornicate to protect our purity. More of my thoughts on this later.

I think it makes sense by being disciplined to a spouse, you are placing your primary devotion to the spouse without any other earthly thing interrupting the relationship. No one is perfect by all means, and we need to spend time with a spouse when apart for awhile. God also asks for a spot in our lives through meditating upon his Word. It's a simple thing with reading the Bible, just that not everyone does it enough. I myself have not really spent a lot of time building my faith through reading the Word. I do however study it as much as I can in my second Bible study service on Sundays.

The issue with sex is that I really struggled with piqued interest in the fifth grade for sexual maturity. I realized that a girl was really more special than deserving of being teased and taunted just as my other friends had done. Adding to this credit, it didn't help that I became ensnared with pornography. I really feel that my physiology became so aroused by the sight of pornography I lost control of it and ended up being dishonest by entering fake credit card numbers and passing through the account. I even disregarded the Deterrent page of "Must Be 18 to Enter." I don't think it was really quite enough to protect a struggling adolescent like me. I do know about filter systems nowadays that we could use to protect our children. I hope I can do a better job at leaving a greater impression of staying pure for marriage to my future children.

The thing that I'm realizing is that voyeurism of anything that may sexually pique our interest feeds our lustful temptations. This places us more near to enemy territory and may get us to discern some feelings of guilt and condemnation. I believe that God created our sexual energy for a beautiful purpose. Sex in itself is not a sin. The Bible states that for our happiness of expressing love for a husband and wife, we can enjoy this intimacy in a marriage. With the issue of pornography, I believe it cheats the person we are interested in or the spouse. It's because we are making porn an idol for getting sexually aroused and getting tempted to place it on par with the person we're in love with. "I don't know how this will make any woman feel, by her man having issues of being able to sexually confide only in her."

Another issue with pornography that I've been facing is that I feel a little worn out about getting married. It's been wearing out my natural feelings of being attracted to beautiful women. It's like my heart wants to condemn myself when natural feelings do arise for someone. It's an idol and not really a person. In effect, many feel that getting married to protect ourselves from porn will work. It's not the case because pornography is only used for piquing our sexual interest and not guiding ourselves to the person we want to make our wife. As a result, it causes these struggling feelings of viewing porn to still arise. There are many out there who face pornographic issues even after they marry. It's not to say that you won't be an exception. It's our physiological functions that have gone out of control and the only way to get back into being spiritually right is to learn to discipline ourselves.


I have learned that being turned on by a person is absolutely normal because God needs us to multiply. He also wants us to enjoy a creative expression of love in marriage with sex. It really helps out a lot with restoring our spiritual health in a fallen world. I believe that we don't need to make pornography a central focus in getting us aroused. We don't need it to remind ourselves that we are still in good physiological shape to have sex. Porn really interferes with what is supposed to be a natural feeling.

I believe that some men may feel that they can control themselves sexually by watching pornography. I don't think anyone would need porn to begin with if they didn't have any issue with having sex. Some men ignore fulfilling their wives' wishes of being sexually intimate with only the spouse. When porn is watched for sexual entertainment or for another purpose, it defeats the purpose of having a wife. It's because porn becomes like a standard and it's something you need to live up to the expectation of. Without experiencing a like experience, you can't be sexually happy. By humbling ourselves and letting go of porn, we will realize that there are so many blessings out there we can achieve. Therefore, repenting for the sake of Jesus gives us freedom to enjoy a more fulfilling and fuller life.

Bible Rambling

The meaning of the post is mainly what I feel like I've been doing. It's because I've been just saying stuff that comes out without really any effort.

I'm starting to feel a little base with my faith nowadays. This gives me a little concern that I may be biased. The Bible advises us to go from Genesis to Revelations to get to the full counsel of God. Acts 20:27 states, "You will think in a godly way as you receive the full counsel of God." I think we all like to get sharpened with a brother or sister who is knowledgeable in a key spiritual area. What I really like about the teaching ministry is that the gift of teaching is obtainable and able to be passed throughout generations. Paul stated he was really proud to teach the verse by verse Bible to a hard crowd of believers. I think ideally Paul intended on being an example of how teachers should model their teaching style also. A book of the Bible shows a synopsis of Ezra the high priest delivering the Word. It was taught by expository teaching and distinctive reading of the law of God. To be able to teach someone, the secret is to read the Scriptures and give a sense of its meaning with expository message; this will in fact give the understanding.

Condemnation is not the key

In response to my last post, I really feel putting this one up really deserves a short look. What I'm really starting to love about my relationship with Jesus is that there's no condemnation in worshiping him dealing with my posts, in light of my weaknesses. I'm really enjoying this fulfillment of my desires and living so freely away from bondage of worldly rules.

When I get into a state of aggravation, I don't really like to think that person I'm vexed with is going to end up in hell. I'm not quite so sure with what makes me moody but I guess it's getting me to open up my mouth. Whenever I open my mouth, my heart seems to want to speak out about Jesus or God or anything Biblically. It's kind of sensationally funny because I'm open to that person I'm mad at to give me Scriptures to apply to my life. I'll surely argue with him or her if I find disagreement in some cases. I've really embedded with my life with delighting in the Bible.

I think one of those mysteries is that God never condemns people who turn against Him. It's literally their choice to face Jesus or ignore him. I know that the world brings so many challenges that makes us want to reject our faith. Like, a tragedy that occurred in a person's life, being mad at a Christian for some reason, questioning about why you aren't fully happy with your life, or just not feeling it at the moment. There seems to be so many complaints that a person can petition against God. We do have hope though, that no matter how narrow your wants are in Earth like having prettier eyes or taller body. We'll be worshiping in heaven the moment this world passes away. We can't force ourselves to love God or change just because a pastor says you should be this way. It has to come from the will of our hearts. This heart that really feels the beat of the heart of Jesus while he lived here in this world. Isn't it amazing that our former lives are leaving us just because we get enlightened by the Word of God? I feel that we [the believers ] are aligned together in the Spirit and Truth. No matter how much Satan's stronghold gets a grab of us or life treats us, we remain in key communion with the Lord.

Consequences of raw honesty

I'm starting to realize that raw honesty towards self becomes a good habit to put on. It can definitely keep your hopes up. I'm starting to realize this perspective from looking at my updated resume. I have been trying to hide all the corners and promoting myself to employers. There are so many variables that could get them to misjudge my character. I realize that I have a really good experience in the things that I have accomplished. I managed to change my previous resume to include all the colors that represents me. I think my life's destination and path have been pretty reasonable so far. I know there are some encounters that has made me question my personal validity of existence, but coming through with the answers has made me a lot stronger.

I know that I have accomplished so little, but now I'm growing into a more fuller adult. It means good things to me because I am becoming more active about sacrificing my childish ways. I'm really learning to look after myself. To care the least about myself, the Bible teaches every believer to not worry about their materialistic and emotional needs. I can literally apply it in my life, and I'm seeing that I really appreciate the experiences that God has put me through with defunct relationships. There's a characteristic that I do have that I need to confess. I really love to state the truth, especially if it's going to affect someone after he or she aggravated me. The truth hurts, but it's better than lying and making them an enemy with kissing up to them. Being fake is totally pointless because the truth really does edify everyone engaged in it. Consider it an inconceivable gift that's going to make you happy by perceiving some retaliation upon a highly sensitive individual. Praise God for my self-defense mechanism with people who try to wrong me with their moral compromises.

Let's Get Happy, Biblically

What I enjoy most talking about God is that I can state the basic things about Jesus and then just leave it up to the Holy Spirit to invite the person I'm witnessing to. These days I am really starting to feel a little compassionate for everyone I meet. I realize that my emotions are becoming more sensitive and judging people in a sense that isn't condemning.

I know that raw honesty is one of the greatest tools that a person can have to tell their story of how Jesus has helped him or her. We have so many great teachers and opportunities available in this country. I find that many are still developing their faith because they are still unsure about everything the Bible says. Another reason I'm sensing is that a believer does not want to witness because he feels afraid he will stumble away from his faith. This is the emotion I felt because I was unstable for a period of time. The Christian walk isn't always that easy and in a way, the best relationship we can possibly find in this world. The Bible encourages to love God and others; it is very powerful because we see more love coming from the creator in Heaven.

There are many things that go on in my life. I personally don't want to define myself as a religious person. I have had so many failures in my life, and even a rock-bottom period. My parents have told me the emotions I've felt are entirely normal. I believe that I went through a period of stupidity and acted like a complete idiot at times. My thoughts and wants weren't aligned fully, until I repented into agreeing with every single word the Bible will truthfully induce. That's why the Bible says the path is narrow in our walk because there's only way, and it's Jesus!

Making Commitments

My life is starting to center a lot around commitments. It's pretty awkward having to write about a few things that could blow its cover. I believe that through honesty and placing our trust in the Lord, no matter what incidences we go through in life, the Lord will always be there. "Thy Word is a lamp onto my feet and a light onto my path." (Psalm 119:105)

We all should cast our cares and concerns with the Lord. I'm starting to think that prayer isn't about convincing God what we want, but rather spending time to know and grow in our relationship with God. 1 John 5:14-17 states that when we pray according to God's purposes, then we know that God hears us. It's a little hard to sometimes figure why God allows some things to happen in our lives. For this reason, the book of Job can stir a lot of questions for a believer when bad things happen for being faithful. The Bible is something we all can learn to trust and grow deeply rooted in. Sometimes, things may go wrong but that is only because sin affects the world too. We all do not have a full understanding of why bad things happen to good Christians. In this respect, it's something we all need to take consideration of with the Lord personally. I, myself, feel like I had problems emotionally before and that little things would test me. I've fallen because of me failing to use discernment from the Lord, which can help us to stay upright.

Staying Pure For Marriage

I've deeply found conviction on how it would be like to be married. A small worry that I have is that as a kid I watched a lot of pornography. It was a sin that I don't think will ever be excusable if caught in the present with a spouse. I have heard of some couples consenting to pornographic material to try to spice up their sex life. In my opinion, it's wrong to financially advocate these porn stars because it encourages them to live a life that could be filled with emptiness and guilt. Sex is among the most intimate acts that is treasured with a committed spouse. It's in our genes to be monogamous lovers and a lot of times, I think a special relationship gone bad can stigmatize the individual's emotions. God wishes to protect individuals who struggle with lust:

"Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers." (Hebrews 13:4)

I believe that when you factor in loving a pure woman for a wife, you want to really build her up and be solely devoted to her because you know that's how to make her life content. The influence where relying on porn like a drug to arouse oneself and use as a medium for sex is foolish. It's because pornography also promotes masturbation and ejaculation outside of the marriage box. This can make some lonely guys guilty and lack in confidence, which is in fact the most reported results of watching porn. I myself am finding that I want to keep pure for the reason of enjoying sex in marriage. Committing to having great sex with only the spouse reaps a great reward. We should be the judge of one night stands or relationships that don't seem to tie a knot.

Right Influences

Life in a nutshell for me feels like bonding with the right influences. Could the world be possibly be driven by powerful television ads that target emotionally driven teens and young adults? I'm personally starting to question the usage of my personal time off from a struggling sales environment. Of all aspects and of the least probability, I find myself associating with the principles of the Bible and as a believer of Jesus. This does not mean I have a religion of anything though. Religion to me is something a person subjects to authority other than a governing constitution, even if it be against his or her will. I personally find having a relationship with Jesus is not a religion because it's something I seek after out of my personal desires.

It's so much more powerful to exercise spiritual freedom out of having no human interference. A Muslim told me that he relied on a teacher to be able to connect to Allah. In contrast, the Bible states in 1 Timothy 2:5, "For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity- the man Christ Jesus." (NLT) Jesus stated in John 4:14 that "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst" (KJV). God came down to Earth in the form of man and sent his Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Jesus stated to the jealous religious leaders that he was the Savior of this world. I'm not quite sure how the Jehovah Witnesses have this idea that only 144,000 people are going to be saved. It implies a lot of laboring to find entrance in heaven, and obviously, being a prisoner to false teachings of the Bible. Ephesians 2:8-9 states that salvation comes from Jesus alone and that no man's works will convince God the person is holy.

Search For Controlled Direction

Life's temperaments fill us joys and sorrows.
Having a deeper sense of being creates a sense of belonging.
Words that form in the individual's heart to create a touched heart.
Subtle reminders that go unseen but can arise underneath the nose.

Questions continue to formulate in my childlike mind.
Getting to be polished and refined by trials of fire.
Taking control of time to fulfill the dreams of ourselves.
To be vaguely honest, suffering through lack of participating.

The source of life should be searched until grasped for its eternity.
Life has its positive moments, ups and downs, times of despair.
Pain that is unimaginable through some parts of the world.
A time and a place arises to be filled with God's love and show compassion.

Power of Freedom Decision Making

It is wonderful that everyone reaches an age of maturity where he or she becomes responsible for making big decisions. Being placed in this spot can be really exciting or possibly not that alarming for someone who possesses a lot of grit. I think the issue some people fail to address or meditate upon is their personal beliefs. I remember awhile back, someone told me that he was only living life for himself. It's really sort of a surprise that selfishness hasn't really generated happiness for him. God does love us so much that he inspired the greatest missionary Paul to give us this advise:

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." (KJV, Philippians 4:8)

I see this post has a way of questioning life philosophically. It may seem like a waste of time to read, in that being caught in the moment, one would need to raise money or go do something he or she likes. I personally recall being locked up in the flesh and keeping to myself to the point of having no friends to comfort me. This may be strange to bring up, but I think the Holy Spirit of the Bible really has an effect even on unbelievers. Acts 1:8 states

"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost [Holy Spirit] is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (KJV)

The Holy Spirit in a nutshell gives all believers the power to love unbelievers. It may not seem like they love you, sometimes because everyone falls under the thread of sin. This doesn't mean that God's Words contradict a Christian's life. The Bible is a non-conforming, God-breathed book (2 Timothy 3:16, Romans 12:2) that inspires a noble and repenting life (Matthew 3:2).

Porn Addiction Counsel From Grace of God

Matthew 5:28 states "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." (KJV)

The topic of pornography addiction is a really sensitive topic for me. I surely condemn all participations of it that I ever stumbled across. It's still bad enough that I messed myself up in it for awhile. There's really no excuse for the things I've done, and it's not very easy for me to write up on this. It brings me great regret to think that of all the people in the world, I have to be one of those Joes who get locked up in the fleshly mindset and ignore God's request to keep the heart clean. It's like battling with an off and on drug addiction and pride of being able to be stupid. Now that I've identified the problem and state God is larger than life, it's time to make prescription for myself and others if they want to follow:

1) It's just time to deal with the fact that some guys belong to a crowd of having hyper sex drives. Patience is a long tested virtue that will work on self and allow God to prepare the right companion for fulfillment.

2) The hormones will come and go. It's really rough when you want to blame someone, especially if you are fighting to stay single, when you get attracted to her. I really thank the Lord for giving me a mourning heart, whenever I was tempted to do something evil for sexual selfishness.

3) Learn to calm down and let it go quietly. The Bible instructs the man to love himself and not be in animosity with any imbalances. This is so that the man will also learn to lead his future wife, who tends to be a lot more sensitive!

4) Educate yourself more about Scriptures. I've found submitting to Scriptures and listening to the Word of God taught by bold pastors has made me discern things about myself a whole lot better!

5) Pray about it. I think a wonderful benefit to praying to God as ourselves is that it can keep us from gossiping. I'm able to transfer all my thoughts that I would normally be tempted to gossip to Jesus and not let it out with others. This is an extreme benefit in that I'm able to know that those gossip leaders have false powers that lead to nowhere in life and only inspire misery.

6) Make friends with some role model sisters in Christ. When I've fallen in darkness, what makes my heart break a lot is to think about those wonderful sisters. It's like I'm doing them a disservice. Last thing God needs is another lying scumbag taking advantage of people for personal use.

7) Get to know yourself. It's so important to be able to keep track of feelings, state of minds, and hormonal elevations. Every success in spiritual battles comes from relying on the Spirit of God. Being able to monitor ourselves and remembering to observe God's Word is a picture perfect model of a soldier of Christ.

8) Most important of all, be honest with self and God! Don't make reasonable justifications for the cycle of addiction that you are stuck on. This is totally a downfall. I'm sure the devil likes to mess with our heads and make us feel bad, as to give us reason to ignore the entire situation.

9) Take the leap of faith into the unknown. It's going to be difficult leaving behind the current life and maybe painful at first, but it has to be done if it's hindering with your life. If what you desire doesn't come to pass, why not let the addiction go? Let go of the security blanket. Repent and allow yourself to become a fully transformed creature in the eyes of God.

I write this in hopes to rescue that one person who needs it the most and happened to stumble on this page. Perhaps you will be used by God and become highly reputed by others as God's kingdom is established.

Staying Healthy According to Scriptures

The Bible expects every believer to honor their bodies with God. (1 Cor 6:20) I've noticed that a possibly common issue that pops out of the minds of brethren is to do good things to our bodies. Reasonably, we could conclude that God really loves us so much that He would like for us to be always healthy. I don't think this is always the case though and can really throw a lot of people off. For example, why do we have viruses and bacteria that makes our loved ones sick? The interpretation should instead be to follow God's standard because believers have been bought with the blood of Christ. The Bible sees our bodies as temples, and we should abide by the Word of God. I see it as putting our mind on heaven. Just think of it, how would people react once they are exposed of their foolish desires and how selfish it was? A friend of mine wants to be a fitness model to get all the girls. His dad, having been in the business, keeps advising his son to give it up out of concern for being bottled up in empty relationships- money is also a major factor that motivates a lot of intelligent people.

Being sick could also serve as a purpose of reminding us of how the world is filled with pain and until the coming of Jesus, we will be struggling under our sins. I myself have been enjoying communicating through writing and personally preaching to myself. Even with this benefit I have obtainable, I still struggle with the fact of how I wish I was taller, had more muscles, and more hair! I feel a little locked up because I can't find this absolutely satisfying reason in the Bible to exercise and put on Rogaine for gaining some benefits. The Bible definitely has its mind on Christ and won't be appeasing to any reader's selfish desires.

God states that we were all made in the likeness of Him and in Psalm 139:14, we were naturally born with beauty. Being a young guy still, I can still obtain these physical benefits to increase my confidence in myself. The question that's been a little headache is if I obtain big muscles, for instance, will I turn into an arrogant and conceited person? First off, the heart has to be right with God. Secondly, we should be doing all we can to serve under the influence of the Holy Spirit. This means being active in Bible study and obtaining wise teaching from anointed individuals. We must be doers of the Word, not just bench-warmers! (James 1:22)

A suggestion I have received from google searching is that if too much Bible study makes you backslide then get a hobby! We each have a certain threshold of faith, and God molds us individually with different trials. We all belong to the same body, even though we are different parts, we are all spiritually equal. Surely, one could do more but it's not by works we are saved! (Ephesians 2:8-9) It is a true blessing to walk with the Lord, and we should invest some time to increase our faith in Jesus. As one gets closer to the full counsel of God, he or she becomes more like Jesus in the Spirit! It is a satisfying journey to serve the Lord and to cast my eyes primarily on Him. Too often, I have been seeking for the approval of others and as a result, brought down. Anyone who has been away from fellowship could detail how Jesus is portrayed as peaceful man by turning the other cheek! John 5:22 states Jesus is the judge in heaven. We should keep in mind many do feel hell should be a logical place. I know this may be a little hard, but we should pray for those who wrong us to have a relationship with Jesus. Pastor Bob Coy of Calvary Fort Lauderdale said "Hell is a logical place." Raul Reece of Calvary Diamond Bar said it's a place of grinding of teeth (imagine slowly and painfully losing an inch off your vertical teeth length) and burning - so painful that only demons deserve to live there. Oh yeah, God totally deserves to be revered. Evaded the topic a little to discuss about God's undivided attention, but getting back!

My take about exercising or improving our appearances is fine, as long as it does not contradict the Bible. I think whatever could be done naturally without harming ourselves fits God's boundaries. Proverbs 16:24 describes the Word of God, "Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones." Jesus gave permission in the gospels to visit the doctor if we get sick. (Matthew 9:12, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31). 3 John 2 states that John wishes the elders to be in good health and to prosper in all things. Isaiah 6:10 and Proverbs 3:8 imply being lazy is a sin and producing fruitful labor in body comes after a literally physical transformation in the individual's actions that comes from the heart's attitude, which gives a definition of repentance. Keep in mind, the Biblical context shows that the men of Israel were called by God to train themselves to defend their nation during the times of war.

Spirit Filled Life

God's Word never comes back with void. I know how many of us hopeful evangelicals wish how we could be so on fire for God. It's really important that believers spend at least a little time studying the Bible and praying. It's amazing how we could gain better understanding by the little we give to God. Hebrews 4:12 says that the "word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword."

It's true that a lot of Christians can cut themselves short from reading the Bible daily. I myself have this issue. Addressing this starvation of receiving God's daily bread, I believe that we just need to discipline our walk. By being more determined on what we state as "Yes" and "No" and then sticking to it with an undivided heart. It's by our faith that we are able to discern each other's principles. Ephesians 6:12 states, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Brain fry

Wow, I put too much thought on a little thing. I think my life is characterized with no structure whatsoever at the moment. Putting the focus all on myself makes me realize that I am very limited with skills. I've been doing a lot of thinking over the last few years, and there's just like nothing that can dissaude me about how Jesus came to save man from his own sins (John 3:16). The hard part about it is that it's been really a struggle to share it boldly with others.

I have a lot that I wish to mourn about. Jesus states "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." No matter how much I give to be like Jesus, I can't stop the habit of being a sinner. The Holy Spirit definitely works to convict believers into being righteous people. My emotions have been a large part of my life and have always brought me down by relying solely on them. The Bible says we shouldn't use our feelings to judge ourselves or others.

Manager's Grasshopper

Boy, look on the bright side. Some people seem like they have what it takes and then just blow it. I feel like that type of person is me. I remember faking like I was a smart student, by always being quiet and putting my head down to sleep. I would smile at the teacher- try that for a change.

I realize that I just don't want to disappoint myself and still have nerves popping all over the place. I am still young and probably because of these nerves blowing up on me every once in awhile- it's probably going to have to be my lack of concentration. I think when I don't give it all or have a fixated thought on a performance that already passed like ten minutes ago, I totally meltdown when people need to rely on me.

God's pretty amazing with my ability to communicate to others. I don't think I'm always the center of everyone's life. There are others who like to generate their talk by sharing with others. I think my honesty has gotten to a point where I can literally state my negatives because I know that the inevitable is going to happen. For me, being a Bible believer fills me with credibility that a new day is coming where the world will be at perfect peace and harmony with our Creator.

Fast Start

Stuff is happening to me and things are very dear.
God's ways are not intrusive and help constructively.
Humbleness to develop and being stuffed with inventive gravel.
Frustrations can come from recovering and then it goes reappearing.

What's the limit to our creative expressions with the Spirit's impressions?
Need to read in the morning the Bible and become again stable.

Freedom Apart From Sin

Freedom in the Holy Spirit is characterized to me as infathomable. It's all an exercising of faith especially in that this body which so many people have trouble figuring out or even doubting discuss about it and even partake in it without ignorance! My problem all along has been listening to men of God and other brethen. It's been getting really easy for me to talk and talk about everything happening in my life, in regards to my spiritual walk. All I know is that Micah 6:8 commands all Christians to love justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God. 

 

I'm realizing that many unbelievers are basing off Christians as a bunch of hypocrites and ignorant men who stay in the way of others who want to go through with sensitive things such as abortion, fornication,  homosexuality, and cheating just to name a few. It should apparent to everyone who use their brains that we can't possibily satisfy all our needs in this lifetime. People form or partake in families to be engulfed by loving their own to find happiness. Ultimate happiness is selflessness folks, and surly possibly a downloading of free MP3 music, playing video games, watching favorite T.V. shows, drinking at bars, or watching pornography could satisfy today's single men but do you ever see them go without complaining?! Complaints are feedback to the outward soul that something isn't going right. Is there something you wish to complain about? It's all about pleasing God because it's good for us. We take it in by REASONABLE faith in the Bible because it's an annointed document- don't interpret it wrong now because the Lord will get you for that.     

Curiousity with New Faces

Imagine this: you meet up with a bunch of new people and then you start hanging out with them. You absolutely know nothing about their past life, but continue to associate with them out of just wanting to. One day, you feel like you have a good understanding of each of their personalities. Perhaps, your single-minded heart wants to captivate one of them who you can't get your mind off of.

I've had the privilege of typing in some of these friend's names on a search engine. I discovered that many of these names come out with some interesting searches. One of these friends have a really unique name and it made me laugh to see his front-page photo in a colorful background. In conclusion to my subjective research, I really question if these friends are more mysterious than meets the eye. For example, could one of them have been actively aspiring to be a CEO for a business? Could another be an extremely well communicator and know a lot of things, even though she always comes out humble? I'm glad these names associate with a lot of positive characteristics. Believers in the name of Jesus tend to have this "Salt of the Earth" mantra. They are numerous and attractive. We all should strive to be selfless individuals with the God-given talents we were all given.

Coolness in Restored Friendships

I've found a quick revelation. The Bible states that the best friend is someone who lays his life down for someone. It becomes a really headache or annoyance sometimes, if a friend gives you a hard time because you can't see eye to eye with him. Furthermore, when there's no other physical support around it's easy to get carried away with the thought of getting vengeance.

I realize that my strengths and weaknesses should not be complemented with a fake surface of pride. With all this pride in my past relationships with mending wierd friendships, I became slightly confused as to what the right thing to do was. The Bible states to not to be yoked upon and fellowship with unbelievers, but does it mean that we shouldn't carry the yoke of their burden? The answer to that is no because Jesus laid down his life for us sinners, who hadn't yet to come to know him yet. John 3:16 states "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life." This is amazing truth, and when our lives become all about focusing on ourselves then we are bound to fall somewhere along those lines. I realized the amazing simplicity of placing trust upon God with these words, "I'm sorry." By stating them with sincerity I noticed that life for me became more free and realized that the things I have been doing were for God's kingdom.

New Vision With Studying

This is just a small fun post. I figure that learning for me is all about learning a material as comprehensively and rapidly as one can. And then you review the material you didn't retain. I think learning is rewarding and actually a fun drive to have. It also helps you out with discipline and trains you to let go of some thoughts that would make you unproductive.

I'm so glad that God is around to accept our apologies for having anxiety in our lives. We simply have a loving Creator who would never want to see us going on living life miserably. Biblical values are keen, truthful, and literally feel good to uphold. Allowing God to come into our hearts once again and having a restoration of joy and faith is a miracle for our individual identity.

Joy In Faithfulness

I believe that I haven't written anything so compelling for the masses to hear. It doesn't matter to me how many lives I am able to influence through leadership. What I am really aiming for is the full counsel of God's Word. It is amazing how the simplicity of the gospel can get believers carried away with a few unanswerable questions. Perhaps, some things that we can't understand about life will be revealed to us in heaven. An interesting note to make is that all believers have the mind of Christ. This means that even though our hearts are still evil and make sinful judgments daily, our minds are able to conform with Christ's seed in our hearts. 2 Corinthians 5:17 states:

"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" (NLT)

All believers will study the Bible and fellowship with others at a church, not out of feeling chores, but out of genuine love that can only originate with God. Meeting at a big decision in my life, being in the state of desiring marriage gets me to examining how much I'm able to rely on God for strength when doubts of the right spouse surfaces. Philippians 4:13 states "I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me."

Our relationship with God is greatest thing to invest in because no love beats God's love. If we simply come to accept this new life with Jesus Christ, we are free from the bondages that once held us captive. We no longer fear death and have uncertainty with our lives; in other words, we have reasonable joy!

How it feels to have no job

I am feeling very stupid at the moment. I am having a hard time finding a job! I invested in some home-based businesses for the moment because I feel like they can make me some money. The things I have invested in are: website marketing, air purifiers, and liquidated kid's clothes. Boy, I am having a really hard time getting a job. I'm looking around different government sites and notice the competition is so high for me. It's really hard for me to get a job for some reason.

I feel like I am branded because I can't get a job by submitting resumes online. I think I'm just one of those hopefuls looking for an interview but not getting one. I'm just going to find any job related to my degree.

An Inconvenient Choice To Consider

I'm not really proud of all my accomplishments. Mainly, I don't think it's me who makes everything happen. It's all really about seeking a relationship with God and growing in faith with Him. Believers just can't look up to the sky and expect a miracle to happen anytime they want. This isn't how God designed people to behave. God designed us with the privilege of being able to choose to glorify His name or not. Man was designed to never enter sin, which was God's intention all along. Then Satan came, who proclaimed Himself to be God and tempted Adam and Eve into eating a forbidden fruit. Of all likeness, it's been of human curiosity with some of us to want to stick our hand in the cookie jar without the approval of our parents.

God decided to create us to have autonomous function in worshiping by His Spirit or not. Isaiah 59:2 says "But your iniquities have separated you and your God." Our sins create a barrier with a relationship of God. God will never hear our selfish prayers, even though we sometimes carry out our actions to get what we want, which could be unethical sometimes. Many in this world today are still ruled by their own conception of a god. It is a fact that atheism is also a religion. To prove it, it's a set of beliefs that glorifies the existence and humanity of man above any other conception- it makes man their own god. So many are lost and chained to this world; I once witnessed to someone who was living for his family. He sounded like a sound fellow, but I think he was too focused on trying to please his kids instead of disciplining them. I believe undisciplined kids can be a handful to deal with.

It could be seen as an understatement to state it is foolish to neglect wise counsel. Most of us know that the elements of being financially well-off comes from investment of time, the amount invested, and having the right knowledge. The Bible has a plan that will set the right course in any man's life. An example of a consequence that results from sin is the story of Pharaoh. Exodus 7:3 states "And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt." This shows God judged Pharaoh because he would not stand out of God's plan for the people of Israel. Israelites have a bad history of getting oppressed and for being stubborn in their own ways. In a way, many of us can relate to their culture in that we could very well be controlled by other principalities that hinder our fulfillment of desires. Christianity isn't about having a religion, but a true relationship with a loving God who knows what's best for us. Want to challenge this (?)- read the Bible and bring some issues to me. I assure you that no man who does not live in the Spirit will have an accurate discernment of God's Word. The Bible explains Christians are like sheep who are tended to by the Great Shepherd, Jesus and pointed in the right direction for the field of harvesting. (John 10:27) Jesus said, "I came that they may have life abundantly." (John 10:10)

You may sense the Holy Spirit is knocking on your heart to open it. If you feel there needs to be a great change in your life, then accept your Savior Jesus by faith. Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life. (Romans 5:8, I Corinthians 15:3-6, John 14:6). We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives. (John 1:12, Ephesians 2:8,9, John 3:18, Revelation 3:20). If you have never accepted Jesus and want to do it now, simply repeat this prayer, "Lord Jesus, I need you. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I confess to you of all my sins. Please forgive me. Wash me. Cleanse me. Baptize me by your Holy Spirit." Congratulations, respond to your new faith by using this verse: And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. Acts 2:42 ... Mainly it's stating to read the Bible, fellowship with others in a loving and growing church, and pray to God daily for others and yourself, as well. Try to gather enough facts to convince an unsaved friend.

God's Grace Upon All of Us

I'm really starting to feel that I'm taking on Biblical concepts that work against my flesh. I can't really pinpoint a verse at the moment but I'm thinking about how Christians contend with people who do not have a relationship with Jesus. I feel that the last two posts I have conjured up may really be unpopular thoughts that could be portrayed by few as an attack in their lifestyle. I really feel this emotion of wanting to close my heart to the Scriptures, when I fully don't understand some aspects. I've been receiving them from the last two posts. I think it's probably mainly because I was trying to think about how popular this blog is. As long as we stick to the guidelines of wanting to follow the Bible, who can really be against us? This is not brought up during a lot of sermons, but the Bible confirms that anyone who never accepts Christ and blasphemies the Holy Spirit will end up in hell:

"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men, Matthew 12:31"

The Holman Bible Dictionary states that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is being in a state of hardness in which one consciously and willfully resists God's saving power and grace. Theologically speaking, if one comes to a point of recognizing and repenting of sin even in his or her last breath on Earth, then he or she has not committed the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Joyfully, it's neat that God's grace is really cut and dry- it's free and requires no religion. It's basically about establishing a personal and real relationship with our Creator of this world. The acceptance of Christ can be done anywhere in the world at anytime- the Scriptures do state that Jesus chose and blessed his believers with the Holy Spirit (John 15:16 NKJV). This implies to me that our Savior has an appointment for each one of us to agree upon the true doctrine of his name!

I'm not sure where this part is in the Bible right now, but I remember what the well-respected evangelical Pastor Greg Laurie said. Literally speaking, a verse in Hebrews shows that when God judges an unbeliever, he or she will need to really step over the body of Jesus to enter into the fires of hell.

My Motivation to Share Love of Christ

To be in a different state of desire, I've truly come to a point in my life where the focus should never be on me. I know a lot of people struggle with the issue of self-confidence and that by looking at this verse Phil 3:3, it states "For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh." What it says to me is that whenever we get thoughts of how we can rely on ourselves, then it's stating that we are not letting God take care of that aspect in our life. Meaning, we should consider leaving behind everything in this world to get closer with God.

I think always being in a struggle with my life has not been easy in the beginning. I used to feel that others had way more than I did and that if I had those possessions then I would not feel like an outsider. I believe God placed me in a childhood that was really hard for me fathom emotionally. To come to terms with the embarrassing feelings and shyness over others, I really had to stop avoiding those thoughts by distracting myself with other things.

I was a typical smart Asian boy who excelled in school, but felt like an inward loner who was not accepted by people. I felt like in order to be accepted, I would need to keep my opinions to myself, especially thoughts that could equate to gossip. That's how I managed to live throughout my childhood; with hearing sayings like how "Silence is Golden" and other things with teachers yelling at noisy kids and rewarding the quiet ones with citizenship awards. I do recall how I really complained about some issues of hypocrisy with my friends, but hey we are all boys rebelling just for fun to look tough with one another. I didn't always have a clear sense of direction in my life, but I managed to find some caring people who opened themselves up with me. It was awesome to be accepted without me ever saying a word.

A lot of people, especially Catholics in general, like to judge others by their actions. Many see the human faulty nature in how we may appear to be holy outwardly, but in private we do things that we would prefer to not let anyone know about. As a result, rumors have tended to destroy some people's images. I'm not saying that everybody can be perfect all the time. There are areas where we all falter and wish we could develop more on, but something is holding us back. Isaiah 43:18 states to "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past." Jokingly, it's a little hard to tune out that I'm a short man who wishes to be taller. I've gotten used to it because it's like if I don't live as a human, then might as well die not trying.

The value of sharing the gospel is that we are all sinners proclaiming that Jesus died on the cross for us. God himself came down in the form of man and claimed Himself to be the Son of Man. No one can do this except for God- as Luke 1:37 states Nothing shall be impossible with God. (KJV) Our paths can't be blinded especially when we have a heavenly relationship waiting for us. Today in a sermon, I heard that it is all about establishing a relationship with God first and then packing up on scriptural knowledge to assist our new walk with Jesus. I just love challenges that unbelievers place, as long as I don't get hurt physically for sounding offensive to them, even though it may be that they are still hiding in darkness. I think I'm ready to go out there and make friends with the whole world and tell them how lovely it is to have a relationship with God.

Life With Our Distractions

I know life really has its temperaments and things are out there to distract us. Sometimes our lives seem to be tied together in a bowl. We each have differences and other circumstances to deal with; for me, it has gotten to a point in my life where I need to rely on prayer. Even if our lives were growing up with the Lord, sometimes, chaotic moments stir our lives to come crashing down to a dark area of our lives. In a sense, without having faith life would really be meaningless.

Just because you wouldn't practice Christianity doesn't really mean that you will never place trust in anything. We either serve our own purposes in darkness or wake up to the fact that an ultimate plan was truly crafted for us. The Bible states that we can serve only one master. Our actions will either lead us away from the Lord's intended purposes or get us to truly experience fellowship with Him. Matthew 6 shows in the King James Version:

6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

The Bible states that God is love (1 John 4:8), and I think it means that anyone who does not advocate God's commands about love are practicing deceit. Jesus' great commandments are to love God with all your heart and soul and love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:28-31). Why are we inclined to love God or believe in Him? John 3:16 states that "For God so loved the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." The Bible is not a contradiction folks; we will not mystically live forever in this world because of our undying need to continue sinning even though the Lord has washed His true believers away with forgiveness. Most of us will die a physical death even though some die twice after being revived from the dead. It is through this death that the believers can have assurance that we will spend eternity with God.

Scriptures indicate that even an evil mother would not want to stop spoiling her child. Even believers sometimes have a hard time to place their trust in God to heal their child's sickness or deal with hardships in their life. Prayer is definitely an arsenal tool that comes free-it's talking to God for all of His believers. It is a privilege to have for someone praying by faith and in the Spirit. I think many who oppose Christianity are inclined to walk only by sight. We would rather place our own understanding before the Bible's statement. Maybe, it feels too high in moral standards. I hear a lot of critics trying to contradict the Bible and stir doubt by talking about vague passages. We certainly live in a different period as to when the Bible originated, but with some historical research, the Bible is only meant to get richer. Face it, too many are caught up about denouncing religion or wanting to handle things without the proper advice. Ultimately, we will all be responsible in the end for whether we decide to accept or reject the Savior of this world. Revelations 3:20 states:

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (NKJV)

The Holy Spirit works in everyone's life through the preaching of the gospel, witnessing by others, and your personal convictions about erring morally but those who reject it will not stand at the time of judgment. Naturally, before Christians come to know God; the Holy Spirit reveals Himself to them. It is of great value to our faith to not to take the Lord's name in vain, as it was highly cherished in the Jewish culture. I've learned that they would respect the Scriptures so much that every time the scribes would copy the word God onto another piece of ancient-like paper (perhaps papyrus), they would perform a ceremonial washing of their bodies. As one brother stated, those were some really clean scribes. This brings up another point that the body of believers were so meticulous about copying the Bible that it should not have failed in delivering accurate Messianic text from generation to generation.

If anyone wishes to receive the Lord, simply state this prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I acknowledge to you that I'm a sinner. I repent of all of my sins. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Please forgive me. Wash me. Cleanse me. Baptize me with your Holy Spirit and help me be the person you want me to be." If you truly meant this prayer, then congratulations! I pray you will find yourself investing some time to read the Bible, pray to God, fellowship and attend a good Bible teaching ministry with others, and eventually share your faith with your loved ones who do not know Christ.

Spiritual Reflection of Prosperity

Living before the footsteps of eternity,
Time being so vital and few obtaining goal.
Fixing our gazes upon what we feel are right,
Viewing attitudes at a distance with sometimes scorn.

Life is physical truth, and the way we live will perish.
World's knowledge is distributed to those who find favor.
Arduous hours and clean habits promote excellence.
Fix thoughts that are worthy of praises and excellent.

Light can shine in anyone's favor at any moment of day.
Waves of doubt shut out ignorant people's hearts.
Being two-sided negates one's spiritual journey.
Trials of fire test and separate the wheat from the chaff.

A Reflection of My Current Life

I've recognized something really important and that's how God's love for us shines brightly on believers in Christ. I cannot legitimately state that I am worthy of God's salvation. I have found out that worshiping God and living out a life for Him is good and meaningful. It is God who covers all of my sins and any problems that others try to fault me with. I personally don't really think about if I'm going to offend someone by doing so and so. It's pretty odd that with me playing piano, it would be really offensive to my dad and have him go crazy just because I'm playing. I don't really receive any recognition from anyone for the piano, I play. My dad further accused me that I had no degree because I didn't put it in my heart to tell him and should be focusing on getting a career. It felt like my dad was telling me to hunt for a job on a Sunday and to be more pragmatic about life.

Personally, I didn't feel pretty good about my dad trying to change me to fit his expectations. I sometimes get this feeling of courage to speak out my heart out and preach about things I learn at church. I mixed in my life experiences with my dad's and mine and some godly principles I know about. I think speech shouldn't be said out of anger because it looks adamantly foolish. I believe that is my dad's style of speech when my dad can't seem to let go of his anger. Short tempers are of course a temporary state, but it really has an effect with me. I believe that these short tempers from people I have experienced are really special and meaningful; when I get annoyed by their one-sidedness and start speaking on a mellow end, they like to change the subject and blame me more. I think it's temporary agitation on their end and all for no good reason, but I don't see it carrying through their normal conversations in life. I could be serving as a distraction to their anger problems; I'm not quite sure about this vexing volume of personal attacks I really need to live with. I have started communicating not out of mixing fear and anger, but out of wanting to speak boldly about the truth- this method is personally good for my heart. There is no wrong in the way I speak and with me not believing in negative gossip, I believe it's all because of God's grace upon me.

Sharing My Faith With Spiritually Weak Sibling

This is really interesting because my sister feels I do a lot of gloating. She says I have been attending a lot of church and that it should have humbled me, but it did not. She continues to add that I've been living with my parents and have no job and that I'm really lucky that I do not need to pay any rent. Ironically, she stated that the only reason I did work in the first place was because I was not going to school and that I would be going to school, if I didn't work. I guess your sibling knows you the best, especially if she is being honest with you. I think she feels that with me gaining more spiritual knowledge, it's been making me appear more prideful to her.

I'm pretty glad that I don't really get mad with her anymore whenever she says stuff like that to me. It really seems that my sister is still a little ignorant to the full meaning of me. If I do things so unwillingly and it is offending people, then God might as well just strike me with a lightning bolt and take me up to heaven. It's really funny that people really rely on other's opinions for reputation. I sort of see this ideology in my sister; she doesn't see herself as nearly that bad as me. She even continues to complain that I may be judging her too much. I think there is some lifestyle that my sister would prefer to hide about herself.

The Bible states to be wise as a serpent and soft as a dove (Matt 10:16). We should be discerning about others, especially when sharing our faith with them. We need to be ready to be witty with our tongues to thwart conflict. We should also not be in a really attacking mood with others, to go far as to offend them. This is something I have had to work on because I've grown up with a mom and sister whose countless frustrations have to be dealt with. I think they choose not to listen to me, so I always felt I would not have a big voice in the circle. Awhile back, I messaged an estranged friend about how he was immorally wrong for planning revenge even in a joking mood with a girl who hurt his feelings. It also didn't help that he had kept yelling at me and telling me irrelevant faults that did not directly deal with him. After that e-mail he said he was no longer my friend; two weeks later he was shaking my hand. Boy, was he pretty unstable about himself? I think my words really do have an impact on people because it makes them not want to see how sinful they are especially when they are in a prideful state.

Overall, I feel that my reputation is pretty good and appear to have a pretty high life, even though I honestly state I'm struggling. It looks like God has blessed me with a mother, father, and sister. Even though their cranks may not be satisfying to me at times, I still feel a privilege to be ordained to them by God. In these young years that I am in, I'm not going to foolishly waste them away anymore(!) like other acquaintances have done for their own pleasures.

Living In Joy With Goodness of God

The Lord is grateful to have His believers turn to Him, after realizing they need to repent to live a life of unsurpassed joy. For this very reason, Scriptures state:

"Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love." (1 Peter 1:5-7, NKJV)

Virtue reminds me of our repentance and being humbled, as man was born into sin. Romans 3:23 states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The goodness of God leads to repentance (Romans 2:4). Knowledge is about partaking in God's ministry- it's not about puffing ourselves with knowledge and keeping it to our own benefit; I've seen a brother in Christ do this and he was really getting convicted by the Holy Spirit of doing wrong. Self-control is about flushing our sins and cleaning out the system. I've heard of a useful technique where you inhale in God's love and faith of Christ's resurrection and then exhale a true confession of your sin. Perseverance reminds me of spiritual endurance, where dependence should be on God. I do not believe a person can eventually rely on his own strength to stop sinning! We have the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives to help us. We were all born in sin and will fall short. We need to humble ourselves daily.

Briefly, God's love is a reflection of our lives; how the Holy Spirit has transformed the lives of others who had no where to go. God's love upon us is our testimony to unbelievers! To brotherly kindness, we have a glorious privilege and that's prayer. Renowned, Senior Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa recently came out with the book, "Prayer, Our Glorious Privilege"! This verse is saying to me to keep on prayer for your friends, family, country, and good people:

"Look after each other so that none of you will miss out on the special favor of God." (Hebrews 12:15, NLT)

Quick reflection

My life is getting a little hectic. I've been really busy with church and trying to find a good source of income so that I could tithe and get more Christian resources. Maybe it's not in my blood to write anymore because I haven't been doing this for so long now. I think the best writing has been set forth with me by mainly thinking about God.

Honestly, I've been a little shocked to find brothers and sisters have been willing to view my profile. I'm not an excellent writer at all. God is amazing isn't he? It's really all about God's love upon us and the promises God has for His people. I can really state with conviction that the Lord is moving in this land and people really need to hear the gospel. Don't give up with sharing the gospel. It's really a great faith that we need to come to realize.

God Is Not About Affliction

God has truly saved us by grace. (Ephesians 2:8-9) I think it becomes a real consideration then in how our thinking should be like. God is not someone who we can really cut corners with because He's a Spirit with standards we will never be able to obtain on Earth. (Romans 6:23) This should not discourage believers into continuing their lives in sin. Paul states beautifully in Philippians 4:8 :

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

It's call cheap grace when one views God's gift to us as an insurance policy. It is not all about obtaining added assurance that our lives are about pleasing only ourselves. For the unbeliever, God will place judgment upon them. To the unbeliever, a Christian may offend him or her. It's a shame because my sister professes to be a Christian, but tries to be a friend of the world. She is borderline Christian, as far as she can compromise with her friends. It is more about not offending people.

It is quite strange that even though we do not want to offend people, we do so in oddity. Christianity is something we should all not be ashamed of. Paul states in Romans 1:16

"For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes-the Jew first and also the Gentile." (NLT)

We should rejoice in Christianity. Spread the love and joy around in Jesus. Even if it offends others, these people are totally out of it. They are only going through a seasonal pain; it's just like missing a day of not showering in a cold winter day. Make sure you do not get too comfortable with backsliding and confess right away. Best to do it daily because the world is not ours for the moment. We are battling principalities and our flesh is weak-we hear people excusing themselves that they are not perfect. We accept each other because we want to tolerate those who we can believe were brought up well enough. Let's pray for each other!

Fast Post

I'm just going to continue to spread my joy around. Keeping myself in constant check is what I yearn to do. I know that deep down inside, I have some selfish motives that really want to be appeased. It's like some people want to be at the center of attention. I think the focus should never be on ourselves because it is just plain foolish to be completely honest about ourselves. We all have some dirty sins that we do not want to let out.

I'm just going to leave it at that because I don't have a lot of time to focus on this thing. Becoming reliant on God is such a wonderful commitment to make. God is awesome, and we should always give our best stewardship. It's not like we cannot have fun in the process.

God Is Wonderful

Placing our focus on God is a really good thing to do. I know from firsthand experience that being really convicted with the Holy Spirit is a prosperous and worthy life. It does not matter how much one earns in income and let along, how big his possessions are. These things will pass away, as all individuals in the world must one day part and enter eternalty. How can I be certain that there is eternity? I am rightly convinced that there is a God. God is believed by 96% of all individuals in the world. To claim He does not exist is really bad merit because we all exist in a certain timeline and will never travel backwards or forwards to see the end of the world or its beginning. Evidence for the big bang and scientific research is always being tested. Likewise, it is not to absolute moral considerations that people can personally hold their own gods. Every exact detail, every person goes through in the world is not recorded in anybody's book! We certainly can't be 100% right all the time. It is of great value to trust and allow it to grow as you invest more into it.

The Bible is not just a work of art. It's the oldest book in the Bible. It details the creationism of God and His love for man. It is simple to base our beliefs off of conditional merits, but we are only human and not perfect. The egotist is always ignoring things he doesn't like- just think about taking things for granted and then losing them. The perfectionist is always constantly battling something. We are all driven to please someone or something in our life to obtain satisfaction at one point. Let's really consider how life would be like making God proud.

Life As We May Know It

Life is filled with many distractions. Currently, I'm trying to raise enough money to start a home business. I believe that when our life is away from the Bible, then we are missing out on being fed the word of God. Our walk with the Lord is a commitment and not always a very easy journey. We stumble across many different obstacles, but it's nothing to be alarmed of. Just imagine a person who cared so much for this world, he would sit 24-7 in the torturous weather of a desert day and night without any food for thirty days and thirty nights. This person would be at the brink of death, possibly highly annoyed with civilization, and in a proud mood for accomplishing a human milestone! Let's see what happened instead.

The man received three temptations from the devil: he stated "You claim yourself to be God, why not throw yourself off a cliff and let the angels catch you. Turn these stone to bread." The man then rejected the devil and said "Thou shallt not tempt God." The third time, the devil showed this man the world bowing and worshiping the man. The devil stated, "The world is yours, if you only bow before me." The man rejected this offer. It would be really difficult for any religious leader to pass up the offer of being idolized without any compromise or detecting the powerful devil was the man's enemy at the time. It seems fair enough that the man would feel he has authority over the devil. None of that long fasting really caught the man by surprise or turned him into a nut-case, as probably would have been for any of us in the world. This spiritual message has revolutionized the lives of countless millions in the modern world/ "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) This man who came into the world to fast in the desert claimed himself to be the Son of Man, Jesus. He would then later resurrect from an unfair crucifixion and be referred to as Christ by His believers. The Bible we know today is still relevant to this world.

Fwd: How to save yourself under heart attack when alone

Begin Forwarded Message:

From: lareyna tejada <lrynae@yahoo.com>

Date: November 8, 2007 9:17:36 PM PST

To: lrynae <lrynae@yahoo.com>

Subject: What are you to do

What are you to do if you have a heart attack while you are alone. If you've already received this, it means people care about you ...

The Johnson City Medical Center staff actually discovered this and did an in-depth study on it in our ICU The two individuals that discovered this then did an article on it .. had it published and have even had it incorporated into ACLS and CPR classes.

It is very true and has and does work. It is called cough CPR. A cardiologist says it's the truth ... For your info ...If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life.

Read This...It could save your life! Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an usually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.

What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course, didn't tell you what to do if it happened to yourself.

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack , this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint,< B> has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about very two seconds without let up until help
arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives!

From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter "AND THE BEAT GOES ON .."

(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)

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Prayers For Living

Being able to rely on God is a really important benefit for all Christians. We know through the Bible and His revealings of prophecies that have already been verified with the Dead Sea Scrolls, we serve the only and true Living God. It's a fact that is not taken very seriously by many intellectuals and other religious leaders today. I think it's really important for a person to go on his or her own spiritual journey, instead of trying to always stay inside a box- we do not always have to take an expert's word for it. All men of God tell their godly brethren to read the Scriptures, themselves.

I think the best way to start a closer walk with God is start through prayer, open up the pages of the Bible, and fellowship with other believers. It's hard sometimes, but we all could sure use just a little more faith in God. Philippians 4:6 says, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." (NKJV). Life can get really stressful, and sometimes we just want to rely on our own wisdom to get things done. Walking in the Spirit of the Lord makes tasks feel so much lighter and less burdensome. We all just want to amazingly get things done. It's like our bodies were made to worship a being and be reliant on an ultimate source for our strength, growth, encouragement, and provisions. Want to know what else is good? Caring about others and we can just as well intercede for them through our prayers and concerns. I know that I've been touched by prayers through the Spirit, just feels like a mystery. Friends, God is the answer to our problems!

Participatory Note

I'm currently involved with Calvary Chapel Downey, which is a great ministry to be a part of. I attend the prayer meetings from Monday-Friday, from 6:30-7:30 am. On Saturday, I attend a prayer meeting from 8:00 am - 9:00 am and then go for a door-to-door ministry. It's really exciting to take in a part of doing things that a normal Christian should do.

I sort of feel that sometimes we all want to do a lot of things, but get side-tracked with other feelings that discourage us from doing them. I think time does fly by fast and when a person just sits there idly, he or she is really missing out on a lot of fun things. It's a part of life that sometimes when we share something to others that we don't expect is a big deal but feel that it benefits, it affects those around us and these people can surly vex us. In a way, sharing sometimes promotes getting placed a chip on the shoulder by someone. I think it's good to share out of love and not just to inspire misery. All in all, it's a learning process and an adjustment period for everyone; as long as good intentions are being worked for, and we are in account to the Lord, I don't think any wrong that's been done to true Christians really matters.