There are no coincidences when you live a life in Christ. Everything DOES happen for a reason, and God DOES talk back--whether it be through the written Word, the Holy Spirit, people, or the environment around us. We pray, we ask questions, we ask for guidance, for a response, for signs... and God gives them to us. What we need to do is listen.
There is no secret code. There is no genius method or philosophy that needs to be understood. God speaks to us in ways only WE can understand. He knows what we pay attention to, what we appreciate, what catches our eyes... and He uses those familiar ways to speak.
Many Christians live "holy" lives following strictly to the teachings of the Gospel. But how many of those Christians actually have an intimate relationship with God our Father (the whole point of Christianity and following those teachings)? This doesn't just mean praying and reading the Bible. Yes you have a relationship from communication... us praying, God speaking through the Bible. But it doesn't end there. God speaks to us through so many other ways... in ways only WE can know and appreciate. This is intimacy! This is the creator of all seeing us, seeing YOU, and specifically puzzling in ways to catch your attention so that He can talk to you, guide you, teach you..... love you.
Don't let the world blind you from God. "It's just a coincidence...." Think deeper. What have you been praying to God about lately? Connect the dots. Yes God speaks straightforwardly, but we also have to have that ounce of effort, that "seek and you will find", to show God we're ready to listen. Seek and you will find....
Just some random thoughts.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Forever 21 (pt. 2)
I forgot to write about my birthday. I am now 21 :)
God as I grow in the flesh, I only hope that You'll allow me to grow double time in the Spirit.
"Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of Your presence." -Psalms 21:6
This birthday has definitely been filled with God's blessings.
Thank You, God. I love you, God.... for I know You're working. You hear my every prayer.
God as I grow in the flesh, I only hope that You'll allow me to grow double time in the Spirit.
"Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of Your presence." -Psalms 21:6
This birthday has definitely been filled with God's blessings.
Thank You, God. I love you, God.... for I know You're working. You hear my every prayer.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Unfailing Love
"What a man desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar." -Proverbs 19:22
Humans are spiritual beings. We were made in the image and essence of our Father above, and from the dirt of the ground. We're hybrids. But one thing we need to understand is that our identity is not in our fleshly bodies (that were made out of dirt). Our identity is what was made in the image of God. That is, our spiritual beings. Our minds, our hearts, our spirits.... this is who we are. We are children of God.
And yet we get distracted... disorientated, and we live to satisfy our flesh. Or we try to satisfy our souls, just in the wrong ways which lead to... sadness. We live for this world: for money, for rank, for status. Or we realize our deeper desires and try to satisfy those with what we think is love, only to get hurt by broken relationships and to be left in a lonlier state than where we began.
"What a man desires is unfailing love...." Only God knows what we need. Only the creator, OUR creator, knows what we really, really need. And only He can provide us with what we really, really want. That is..... love. An unfailing love. An unfailing relationship--which can only be found in Him. Because HE IS LOVE. HE is this unfailing love. He never fails. He was, He is, and He will always be. He never changes. You can look for this in other people, but they will always fail you. In the end they will always fail. And at the same time you will always fail them. Unless you know and experience what unfailing love is.... who God really is.... then can you share this with others and really LIVE in the fullness of what is really love.
"Better to be poor than a liar." Better to be poor in this world: poor in money, poor in status, poor in rank, yet be rich in love... than be .... a liar. Don't fool yourself. Don't let the things of this world distract you from what you really need.
You don't need to go to church to know God. You can talk to Him now. You can pray right now and tell Him that you want to experience this love--the fullness of unfailing love~ Then leave the rest up to Him. Religion is a problem because it's so distracting. There are so many elements, rules, standards. There's so much history. But all of that comes secondary. You don't need to worry about that. All you need is an honest desire to know Him, a prayer to TELL Him that desire... and He'll do the rest.
Let's be living people~
better to be poor than a liar." -Proverbs 19:22
Humans are spiritual beings. We were made in the image and essence of our Father above, and from the dirt of the ground. We're hybrids. But one thing we need to understand is that our identity is not in our fleshly bodies (that were made out of dirt). Our identity is what was made in the image of God. That is, our spiritual beings. Our minds, our hearts, our spirits.... this is who we are. We are children of God.
And yet we get distracted... disorientated, and we live to satisfy our flesh. Or we try to satisfy our souls, just in the wrong ways which lead to... sadness. We live for this world: for money, for rank, for status. Or we realize our deeper desires and try to satisfy those with what we think is love, only to get hurt by broken relationships and to be left in a lonlier state than where we began.
"What a man desires is unfailing love...." Only God knows what we need. Only the creator, OUR creator, knows what we really, really need. And only He can provide us with what we really, really want. That is..... love. An unfailing love. An unfailing relationship--which can only be found in Him. Because HE IS LOVE. HE is this unfailing love. He never fails. He was, He is, and He will always be. He never changes. You can look for this in other people, but they will always fail you. In the end they will always fail. And at the same time you will always fail them. Unless you know and experience what unfailing love is.... who God really is.... then can you share this with others and really LIVE in the fullness of what is really love.
"Better to be poor than a liar." Better to be poor in this world: poor in money, poor in status, poor in rank, yet be rich in love... than be .... a liar. Don't fool yourself. Don't let the things of this world distract you from what you really need.
You don't need to go to church to know God. You can talk to Him now. You can pray right now and tell Him that you want to experience this love--the fullness of unfailing love~ Then leave the rest up to Him. Religion is a problem because it's so distracting. There are so many elements, rules, standards. There's so much history. But all of that comes secondary. You don't need to worry about that. All you need is an honest desire to know Him, a prayer to TELL Him that desire... and He'll do the rest.
Let's be living people~
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Forever 21
Tonight, Chris (BK's cuzzo) reminded me about blogger... so here I am again. I have a lot to say. So that's why I'm not going to say anything cause it's freakin' 2:40 am and I have to go to church tomorrow morning.
To be continued... ^^
To be continued... ^^
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