Tag: Jesus

God Knows What We Are Up To

No matter where we are or what we are doing, God is watching us. He knows our every thought. The picture below is a good reminder to us that we are going to be judge for our evils and rewarded for our righteousness.  God sees what we do in secret and what we do openly.  He knows what we watch on TV, view on the internet, and what music we listen to.  He is the all-knowing Almighty God.  I mean come on now, He SPOKE the entire world into being!  Do you not think that He has the power to see you when you are hiding from everyone else?  We not only need to watch how we behave around other people, but we also need to pay attention to what we do and say when no one is around.  It is when you are alone that you are your true self!  I will say it again, you show your true identity when you think that no one is watching because we let all of our guards down and we stop worrying about what other people think.  I encourage you watch your witness around other people as well as exhibit the attributes of Christ when you are by yourself.

1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.

-Psalms 139:1-4

Jesus is watching you rent that porn!!!

Life’s Storms

Funnel cloud over UNC Charlotte | Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | Source

Everyone has times in their lives that it feels like their troubles will never end. It feels as if God is a million miles away and you are all alone. The truth is that He never left you. In Hebrews 13:5, Jesus tells us that He “will never leave you nor forsake you.” What needs to be examined is, did you leave God? What have you been doing lately? Maybe you have been hanging out with your friends, partying, doing drugs, watching questionable shows on television, or using foul language. It is very easy to remove yourself out of God’s circle of fellowship. However, the good news is that if you are a true believer that you can never be taken out of the circle of Salvation. If you have been feeling that God is not close to you, then you need to make the decision that you are going to start praying everyday, all day. It is through prayer and supplication/petitioning that we can draw near to God. God loves to talk with His children. The truth is, He thinks that you are to die for! [Romans 5:8 | John 3:16]

No matter what your situation is, God is there for you and ready to receive you with open arms. All you have to do is run to Him. But we should not just run to God only in the bad times. He wants us to come to Him when things are going good in our life. That is how much He loves us. Many times when everything seems to be going well, we will just talk with Him every now and then. possibly we talk to Him for a short moment when we wake up and then right before we go to bed, or maybe we just pray before our meals, or only on Sunday and Wednesday nights, or maybe we just do not pray at all. We use God as a crutch to get through life rather than letting Him be our best friend and our everything. God desires to be your all-in-all.

Along with prayer, reading the Word and putting it into action in your life will help you draw close to the Lord. The Word of God is a powerful tool to use in you daily walk with Christ. The Bible is the only piece of the Armor of God that is meant for offensive use. The others are defensive pieces of armor. The Bible is the Truth that overcomes the darkness; it reveals Satan’s plans; it gives us hope for the future. “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” [Isaiah 40:8].

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If you need prayer or just someone to talk to, feel free to email me with your concerns. I will be glad to help you out any way possible!

Dry and Thirsty

For a while now I have been dry and thirsty. I had pushed myself away from the Lord. I have let my desires take precedence over His desires. I have not been praying and communicating with my Heavenly Father as much as I should. I have realized the need that I have for God. He is the one that my strength comes from. He is the only on that can satisfied this thirst that I have. He wants to be my everything. In John 4:14 Jesus tells me and He tells you, “whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

I am still a young Christian; I was saved in the early part of September of 2001 and baptized on September 30th. Even though I am a Christian, I am not perfect and will never be perfect. The only man/person that has ever walked this great earth with out committing a sin was Jesus Christ. But, I am righteous and holy because He is righteous and holy. He died so that I might live; He died so that you might live. “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” [Romans 5:8].

My prayer is that I will dive into the Word more and more each day and pay more attention to what the Holy Spirit has to say to me. If I would stop talking and just start listening more to what God has to say, then I would be much better off. The Church today has that same problem. They try to solve their problems with their own earthly solutions. However, their “solutions” just make things worse. Jesus tells us “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” [Matthew 11:28]. If you are burdened because of your past or whatever your situation may be, give it to God. Say, “Lord here I am with my burdens. I give them all to you. Vindicate me O God” If you will do this and have faith that He will take your pains and worries, then you will truly have peace.

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“The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” [Psalms 9:9-10].

Two passages that caught my attention

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Corinthians 3:17

8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying,

..Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth…

11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, ..Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!.. 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, ..To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!.. 14 And the four living creatures said, ..Amen!.. and the elders fell down and worshiped. -Revelation 5:8-14

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For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. -John 3:16
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -Romans 5:8
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. -Romans 3:23

As it is written:None is righteous, no, not one. -Romans 3:10
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. -Romans 6:23
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. -John 1:12
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. -1 Chorinthians 15:3-4
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him. -Revelation 3:20a
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. -Romans 10:13