"I grew frustrated after watching person after person walk away from church conferences and youth rallies with an inflamed desire to serve God but no practical understanding of how to daily walk in faith. I saw people looking for God in an emotional moment of bliss more than they were looking for Him in the Word of God. They were looking for God's will through the latest song or magazine or book. God is speaking to us, but not necessarily through the latest song or sermon. These are good things, and God reveals Himself through those, but He's mainly speaking to us through the Bible."
Quote by David Nasser as printed in CCM Magazine
So what is God's will for your life? My question for you is, where are you looking for the answer? We have to DAILY walk in faith and follow Him.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
So it's been a week...
How are you doing with the challenge? Be like Jesus.
It is a daily pursuit.
What did you do last week to show Jesus to others?
Did you stand out/up for Christ or just blend with the masses?
What will it take for us a people to stand for the creator and Savior of the world?
We all have free time. what we do with it is our choice. Are we wasting our time with Idle junk(video games, Girlfriend/boyfriends, sleep, food) that doesn't benefit us or others? Why don't we impact people with the Gospel every chance we get?
Two Choices “Live with Risk or Waste our Lives” – Piper
So what is your choice?
Are you using excuses? "I am too young to make a differences." "I don't know what to do." 'Ii am a realatively new Christian."
Excuses are like boogers, everyone has them. Are you picking yours? If you are picking your excuses (what did you think i was referring to picking?) just remember that all an excuse is....an excuse is a reason for failure.
We live, and move and have our being thanks to the Creator God. He has given His all for us. Let's start giving our all for Him. And let's start by starting. Not by saying we want to start, by by doin. Let's put action in our faith and start a revolution! God is ready and we should be too.
Reflect Christ! It improves your whole appearance.
Let's strive to be Christ to those around us, it may be the only example they ever see.
Take your life SERIOUSLY...God is counting on you.
Peace
b
It is a daily pursuit.
What did you do last week to show Jesus to others?
Did you stand out/up for Christ or just blend with the masses?
What will it take for us a people to stand for the creator and Savior of the world?
We all have free time. what we do with it is our choice. Are we wasting our time with Idle junk(video games, Girlfriend/boyfriends, sleep, food) that doesn't benefit us or others? Why don't we impact people with the Gospel every chance we get?
Two Choices “Live with Risk or Waste our Lives” – Piper
So what is your choice?
Are you using excuses? "I am too young to make a differences." "I don't know what to do." 'Ii am a realatively new Christian."
Excuses are like boogers, everyone has them. Are you picking yours? If you are picking your excuses (what did you think i was referring to picking?) just remember that all an excuse is....an excuse is a reason for failure.
We live, and move and have our being thanks to the Creator God. He has given His all for us. Let's start giving our all for Him. And let's start by starting. Not by saying we want to start, by by doin. Let's put action in our faith and start a revolution! God is ready and we should be too.
Reflect Christ! It improves your whole appearance.
Let's strive to be Christ to those around us, it may be the only example they ever see.
Take your life SERIOUSLY...God is counting on you.
Peace
b
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Yeah I know it has been awhile
Have you ever gotten away from something and just missed it so much you would do anything to do it again?
Ever felt that way about your relationship with God.
We're never too close but sometimes we are too comfortable.
We feel that we are close enough to God and don't stretch ourselves. We start looking around and comparing. We start thinking maybe we are the most "Christian" person ever.
We need to wake up. Jesus is the only one who walked this planet and is worthy of that title.
God is good, but we aren't. It takes work.
I have been reading the 119th Psalm. Absolutely amazing.
Need encouragement? try it. You'll like it.
Well i will be back soon. until then read the 119th Psalm.
Just trying to be like Jesus. It's hard and i am not even close, but i t is definately worth the effort.
Not matter what!
Ever felt that way about your relationship with God.
We're never too close but sometimes we are too comfortable.
We feel that we are close enough to God and don't stretch ourselves. We start looking around and comparing. We start thinking maybe we are the most "Christian" person ever.
We need to wake up. Jesus is the only one who walked this planet and is worthy of that title.
God is good, but we aren't. It takes work.
I have been reading the 119th Psalm. Absolutely amazing.
Need encouragement? try it. You'll like it.
Well i will be back soon. until then read the 119th Psalm.
Just trying to be like Jesus. It's hard and i am not even close, but i t is definately worth the effort.
Not matter what!
Friday, January 26, 2007
Winning is everything
How many of you in here actually play sports?
What sports are represented?
How many of you like to win?
What does it feel like to win?
How many of you like to lose?
We like to win don’t we? It is an amazing feeling when you can push yourself to the limits and accomplish something.
Winning takes place on all fronts, athletics, school, home, and spiritually as well.
And this morning I want you to walk away with the main point:
WINNING IS EVERYTHING.
We are told by Paul. That if you are going to be the man or woman that God wants you to be, you have to be a winner.
If you have your bibles turn to:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others; I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Most of us in here get this passage. In one way or another we apply that to our lives. Probably most of us in here have applied it to our respective sports because we want to be the best in that sport.
But how many of us daily apply it to our walk with God?
God has a course laid out for us.
Matthew 7:13-14
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
So we all know that in this life. We have a course. God has something for each and every one of us to do here. According to the text, it is a small path. Not many people will be on the same path as us.
Jeremiah 29:11 tells us:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
God has it all planned out for us. He has something that is right for each and every one of us. God wants us to succeed.
He wants us to accomplish the thing that he has set out before us.
But sometimes we get in the way. Whether it is because of arrogance or pride, whatever it is it blocks us from the provision and blessing that God has for us.
We need to rely on God wholeheartedly here on earth.
Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Does that mean that if we trust in the Lord with everything that it will be easy? No way. It is a daily battle. It is the battle or competition if you will that builds into exactly what God wants us to be.
There will be trials in this battle there will be persecution.
The bible tells us that in
2 Timothy 3:12
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
But the good thing is we know that already. We know what we’re up against. We just need to train and prepare ourselves everyday.
We need to take on the challenge like James, in James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Our coach and biggest fan, God, is training us to be the person (athlete if you will) for Him, in this battle.
What a privilege!
What an honor!
But what are we doing?
Are we training like we should?
Is anything besides winning even an option for us?
Those are questions you must answer.
If you’re on the side of the cross, you’re on the right team. I have read the book and know who wins. But what are we doing for our friends and family? Are we taking a winning mentality into battle on a daily basis? If not, we need to start praying for that area of our lives.
What happens if you’re that person that says, “Brian I try to do great things but I always fail.” Or “I try to do stuff for God but it never works out.”
God sees your heart. He sees you are doing your best for Him.
Remember what god wants from us?
God wants us to be all about him.
What are the two greatest commandments?
Love God
Love others more than ourselves.
We win when we do this daily.
Let’s be about winning. Let’s be about winning at home, at school and in life.
Let’s take this challenge head on, because as Paul said and we know:
WINNING IS EVERYTHING!
What sports are represented?
How many of you like to win?
What does it feel like to win?
How many of you like to lose?
We like to win don’t we? It is an amazing feeling when you can push yourself to the limits and accomplish something.
Winning takes place on all fronts, athletics, school, home, and spiritually as well.
And this morning I want you to walk away with the main point:
WINNING IS EVERYTHING.
We are told by Paul. That if you are going to be the man or woman that God wants you to be, you have to be a winner.
If you have your bibles turn to:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others; I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Most of us in here get this passage. In one way or another we apply that to our lives. Probably most of us in here have applied it to our respective sports because we want to be the best in that sport.
But how many of us daily apply it to our walk with God?
God has a course laid out for us.
Matthew 7:13-14
13"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
So we all know that in this life. We have a course. God has something for each and every one of us to do here. According to the text, it is a small path. Not many people will be on the same path as us.
Jeremiah 29:11 tells us:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
God has it all planned out for us. He has something that is right for each and every one of us. God wants us to succeed.
He wants us to accomplish the thing that he has set out before us.
But sometimes we get in the way. Whether it is because of arrogance or pride, whatever it is it blocks us from the provision and blessing that God has for us.
We need to rely on God wholeheartedly here on earth.
Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Does that mean that if we trust in the Lord with everything that it will be easy? No way. It is a daily battle. It is the battle or competition if you will that builds into exactly what God wants us to be.
There will be trials in this battle there will be persecution.
The bible tells us that in
2 Timothy 3:12
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
But the good thing is we know that already. We know what we’re up against. We just need to train and prepare ourselves everyday.
We need to take on the challenge like James, in James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Our coach and biggest fan, God, is training us to be the person (athlete if you will) for Him, in this battle.
What a privilege!
What an honor!
But what are we doing?
Are we training like we should?
Is anything besides winning even an option for us?
Those are questions you must answer.
If you’re on the side of the cross, you’re on the right team. I have read the book and know who wins. But what are we doing for our friends and family? Are we taking a winning mentality into battle on a daily basis? If not, we need to start praying for that area of our lives.
What happens if you’re that person that says, “Brian I try to do great things but I always fail.” Or “I try to do stuff for God but it never works out.”
God sees your heart. He sees you are doing your best for Him.
Remember what god wants from us?
God wants us to be all about him.
What are the two greatest commandments?
Love God
Love others more than ourselves.
We win when we do this daily.
Let’s be about winning. Let’s be about winning at home, at school and in life.
Let’s take this challenge head on, because as Paul said and we know:
WINNING IS EVERYTHING!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Have you considered...
Job?
His life has some amazing attributes. He was abandoned by all his friends and those close to him. But what did he do? He took the high road! In everything, his attitude and words. AMAZING!
Have you ever had a rough day? week? year? how did you handle it? Read Job it could change your life.
Love truth. defend truth, and truth will set you free.
PEaCe to all
B
His life has some amazing attributes. He was abandoned by all his friends and those close to him. But what did he do? He took the high road! In everything, his attitude and words. AMAZING!
Have you ever had a rough day? week? year? how did you handle it? Read Job it could change your life.
Love truth. defend truth, and truth will set you free.
PEaCe to all
B
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