Men this is for you: How a GODLY MAN dates a woman...
http://marshill.com/2010/08/12/how-a-godly-man-dates-a-woman/
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
WHO ARE YOU?
If I could ask your five closet friends who are you?
I wonder what they would say.. Would I get positive feedback?
Think about this..
-Tell me your 5 closets friends and that will tell me who you are. The kind of person you are, Because y'all influence each other.
Q: I'm not good enough..
If only I was as strong as him..
Or if only I could shoot like he does..
Or if only I was as athletic as she is..
The wish will never end!
-many of us also wear mask..
Looks like we all have it together...
It's a false masks.
We use it to fool people, impress people, protect the feelings of the people we love.,
We wear masks time to time but most we wear it in church...
Behind every perfect mask there's a messed up life.
You can't fool God. Best impress you can make to God is just be you!
-Many teens spend their lives feeling as of they are not good enough and will never measure up.
God makes NO mistakes! Did u hear me. NO mistakes!!!
-so now I wanna ask you- are you who you wanna be??
God made us so special and each different. We are unique and we are his masterpiece!
We cannot and should not compare ourselves to what others are or have.
-the plan!
1) transformed the way we think about ourselves (Romans 12:2)
2) decide who we will surround ourselves with (Hebrews 12:1)
3) and what voices we will choose to listen (Jeremiah 7:23-24)
Challenge students-------—
1) read God's word, read scripture. And see what God has to say about you.
2) make good choices to surround yourself with people who would encourage you and build you up.
3) be positive be you be unique be happy bc God is not one with you yet!!
Our world tells us to be like everybody else. False false false!!!
Don't listen to the media to the celebrities.
Not way God intended it to be. Be yourself!
Song of Solomon 4:7
I wonder what they would say.. Would I get positive feedback?
Think about this..
-Tell me your 5 closets friends and that will tell me who you are. The kind of person you are, Because y'all influence each other.
Q: I'm not good enough..
If only I was as strong as him..
Or if only I could shoot like he does..
Or if only I was as athletic as she is..
The wish will never end!
-many of us also wear mask..
Looks like we all have it together...
It's a false masks.
We use it to fool people, impress people, protect the feelings of the people we love.,
We wear masks time to time but most we wear it in church...
Behind every perfect mask there's a messed up life.
You can't fool God. Best impress you can make to God is just be you!
-Many teens spend their lives feeling as of they are not good enough and will never measure up.
God makes NO mistakes! Did u hear me. NO mistakes!!!
-so now I wanna ask you- are you who you wanna be??
God made us so special and each different. We are unique and we are his masterpiece!
We cannot and should not compare ourselves to what others are or have.
-the plan!
1) transformed the way we think about ourselves (Romans 12:2)
2) decide who we will surround ourselves with (Hebrews 12:1)
3) and what voices we will choose to listen (Jeremiah 7:23-24)
Challenge students-------—
1) read God's word, read scripture. And see what God has to say about you.
2) make good choices to surround yourself with people who would encourage you and build you up.
3) be positive be you be unique be happy bc God is not one with you yet!!
Our world tells us to be like everybody else. False false false!!!
Don't listen to the media to the celebrities.
Not way God intended it to be. Be yourself!
Song of Solomon 4:7
Thursday, October 13, 2011
One Small Step
STUDENTS: 2011- New school year, new friends, new outlook
Q: Do you have any: Big changes?
Ambitious goals?
Lose 20 pounds?
Or read through the bible?
Maybe you want to run a marathon?
Or repair a broken relationship?
Passage: Philippians 1:27-30
à Challenge students: Believers only. 1. Share your faith (stand firm) 2. Lead in a Godly example 3. Lead (plant a seed) a friend, mom, dad, sister, bro, and an enemy, anyone to Christ. 4. Support, encourage, and build each other up.
*Context: Philippians 1:29 “For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him.”
We us believers are going to do whatever it takes. Be bold, stand firm in the name of Jesus. We are like stars that shine in this world. We are different, we are unique, and we are set- apart.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 “For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us.” v10-11 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
Q: Have you ever spent any time thinking about huge majority (that's growing daily) that don't believe in God or Jesus?
Matthew 13:23 “The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God's word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!"
You plant the seed, and God will do the rest. You yes you might not even know it but you can make a difference. And your life is a huge impact on someone else’s. Take heart and I pray that you have a burdened in your heart for your friends that don’t know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. I pray that you toss and turn and can’t sleep at night because of your family or friends that don’t know Christ. I pray that God MOVES you to share what He has in your heart so that you can tell them. I know it’s not easy but when we let Christ talk its easy. Let Him take over.
*(Remember students little steps, one step at a time)
1 John 4:16 “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.”
Q: Are you wasting your time?
1. GOD must and shall be our priority
2. Prayer Life and Reading the Word
Whatever your “big goal” is temptation is expected to go from here to here or from here to here
The reality is there are a lot of small steps between big decisions and big results.
Challenges and obstacles await and sometimes at one point you might just want to quit. BUT stand firm!
Don’t be disappointed with slow progress. Don’t be overwhelmed by the destination.
RATHER, focus on what you can do today!!!
Skip dessert, read a chapter, go for a run, make a phone call.
The more difficult the journey the more rewarding the destination.
And it can ALL start today just by one small step….
à Challenge students: Believers only. 1. Share your faith (stand firm) 2. Lead in a Godly example 3. Lead (plant a seed) a friend, mom, dad, sister, bro, and an enemy, anyone to Christ. 4. Support, encourage, and build each other up.
Philippians 1:29 “For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him.”
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Come Awake!
We all carry various burdens and struggles that sometimes prevent us from living the life God intended. Christ's sacrifice reminds us that he defeated every last thing that might get in the way of His people. The charge to us all is to come awake and be one with Christ again.
· Where are you today?
· Are you ashamed of your past?
· Are you scared of what God wants from you?
· Are you drowning in your poor choices?
· Are you alone in your journey? Etc…..
Come awake come awake... wake up people!
I’m not sure where you are today? But I know where he was that day! But I know what he was doing for you that day! He was standing in your place…
Christ is risen from the dead… Our God is not dead… He’s ALIVE.!
"Let no one caught in sin remain Inside the lie of inward shame But fix our eyes upon the cross And run to Him who showed great love
And bled for us Freely You’ve bled for us
Christ is risen from the dead Trampling over death by death Come awake, come awake Come and rise up from the grave Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again Come awake, come awake Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin You bowed to none but heaven’s will No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown No burden great can hold You down In strength You reign Forever let Your church proclaim
O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory? O church, come stand in the light The glory of God has defeated the night
Our God is not dead He's alive! He's alive!"
Behind the Song:
God really is a genius (duh!). He used death to destroy death. He did not even have to lift a finger. He literally tricked death into destroying itself. Jesus used the process of death to completely destroy it. So now it just becomes a process of transformation, now it is a window or a doorway. Every Easter in the Ukraine, congregations chant the phrase, “Christ has risen from the dead trampling over death by death, and redeeming us from the grave”. I thought, “that is an amazing thought to sing. We should sing it in the west.”' - Matt Maher
And bled for us Freely You’ve bled for us
Christ is risen from the dead Trampling over death by death Come awake, come awake Come and rise up from the grave Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again Come awake, come awake Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin You bowed to none but heaven’s will No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown No burden great can hold You down In strength You reign Forever let Your church proclaim
O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory? O church, come stand in the light The glory of God has defeated the night
Our God is not dead He's alive! He's alive!"
Behind the Song:
God really is a genius (duh!). He used death to destroy death. He did not even have to lift a finger. He literally tricked death into destroying itself. Jesus used the process of death to completely destroy it. So now it just becomes a process of transformation, now it is a window or a doorway. Every Easter in the Ukraine, congregations chant the phrase, “Christ has risen from the dead trampling over death by death, and redeeming us from the grave”. I thought, “that is an amazing thought to sing. We should sing it in the west.”' - Matt Maher
I’m not sure where you are today? But I know where you could be…
You could be a new creation! You could be one with him again! You could come awake with Christ today! Is today your day?
Closing: (I want to do something different today guys, everybody bow your heads and close your eyes, im going to ask you a question: anyone here that wants to come awake and be one with Christ again or for the first time? Raise your head… no body look up, close your eyes… continue to pray on your own guys… anybody just raise your hand up, anybody that surrenders there life bc your done and tired of running fighting hiding from the life your living that’s not Gods way… your always more than welcome to come talk to me or ken about your decision. Love you guys, lets pray……)
Philippians 3: 7-10 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
“Love” (Are YOU looking for true love?)
What is love?
Everybody seems to believe that love is a good thing. However, not all agree what is love. Is love that warm touchy-feely feeling a person has when he is with a familiar person? According to the Bible, love is caring in action. Love isn't what we feel, but what we do.
Love is….
Never fall in love with the concept of love. Instead fall in love with the Creator of it. Only through Him will you find your perfect other. Bc: Love is the greatest gift God ever gave man.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Take this passage phrase by phrase to see how God wants us to love.
Love is patient
The dictionary meaning for patient is; “bearing annoyance, pain, etc. without complaint or anger.”
So love will stand up through hard times for as long as it takes.
So love will stand up through hard times for as long as it takes.
And kind
Synonyms for this would be; gentle, tender, and compassionate. It implies a willingness to do well or to give pleasure.
Love is not jealous,
The word jealous implies being resentful or envious of other’s attainments.
Or boastful,
This is the habit of speaking with excessive pride or vanity. (Bragging) Facebook last night: 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your bragging is NOT good.
Or proud,
Being proud is believing in one’s power in some respect.
Being boastful or proud involves having your attention focused inward and not on others. (conceited)
Being boastful or proud involves having your attention focused inward and not on others. (conceited)
or rude
This is being discourteous (impolite) and is the opposite of being kind.
Love does not demand its own way.
Loving someone involves compromise. (give and take)
Love is not easily anger,
Being irritable is being easily moved to impatience or anger.
and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.
Each and every offense is forgiven and forgotten. (Forgive and forget)
It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Romans 12:15
When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow.
When others are happy, be happy with them. If they are sad, share their sorrow.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Love is strong through the good times and the bad.
Can we reflect this kind of love in our own lives? It is a tall order, yet we are told to love everyone, not just our husband, wife, family or even close friends. Proverbs 17:17 A friend LOVES at ALL times. (dads favorite verse)
John 15:12. I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you.
As you can see, this is a difficult commandment. On our own we are not able to love in the way God describes. Will you ask Him, today, to give you the strength to love as He commands it?
To describe the attitude of God toward His Son
(a) I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them." john 17:26.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
It was love, not nails, that kept jesus on the cross.
"For God so loved (agape) the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
The gift3 of God's son as a provision for sin4 was given to all humans,5 regardless of who we are.6 God's love is unconditional.7
In contrast, our love is usually conditional and based upon how other people behave toward us.
(b) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
(c) Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” john 14:21
(d) This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:9-10
(e) For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (Compel- beg or cry out). I am so unworthy, yet still you love me. Your love never changes. You are the creator of love and I am nothing but human. I need you God.
We love because HE first Loved us. On Google I typed the word ‘’Love” and got this. Love is the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Love is action. It’s a verb it’s what we do. The definition of love is: Jesus Christ. God is love, love is God. God is true love. Love is God’s greatest commandments in bible. Matthew 22:36-40 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
So I encourage you my friends to do as what the lord says, keep his commandments. To LOVE. In order to love others you first have to love yourself. Who doesn’t want to be love? Doesn’t everyone want too, because I know everyone in this room does. You can love someone in so many ways by first of all telling someone about the good news: Jesus Christ bring the word to them. Second telling them how much you and God loves them. Encouraging then being there for them making them smile and laugh, there’s tons of ways. My God pours He’s love towards and to me each and every day. How? Why? How, because each day I realized how bless I am to have LIFE. Bc he is life he is the creator of life. The reason why I breathe and I woke up this morning. How blessed I am to have freedom to read his word at school at home in the U.S. Also I’m blessed to have Christian family and friends that help each other in situations, encourage each other, and correct each other. Why does God pour out his raining love to me each and every day? Bc first of all I am not just a Christian I am a believe I am his most precious daughter of the king of kings and lord of lords. No one can stop us! I am proud of it and not ashamed of it as it says in Romans 1:16 favorite verse. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.” The LOVE JESUS has for you is the same yesterday, today, and forever. No matter how overwhelmed you may feel by your circumstances know that you can cry out to the Father and He will give you peace that surpasses anything you can understand!
If you are not a Christian, I hope you desire to express love as defined in the Bible. However, wanting to do so and attempting to do so in the power of your own will is guaranteed to fail. This kind of love is only possible through relying on the power of God, through faith in Jesus Christ. Even if you are a Christian, you will not succeed if you do not abide in Christ. May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.11
John 15:12. I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you.
As you can see, this is a difficult commandment. On our own we are not able to love in the way God describes. Will you ask Him, today, to give you the strength to love as He commands it?
Saturday, June 11, 2011
It’s YOUR turn
So what’s up, how’ve you been? How have you really been? What’s going on? What’s new? How’s life? We all hear those questions from people and we hear them a lot…
The truth is, every one of us is put in this world to contribute and make a difference to the world in our own unique way… God has a plan for each and every single soul living in the room in this building in the community in Texas in the usa in this world!!! Believers (children of God) this goes for you non Christians listen closely because my prayer is one day you can one day be in love with Jesus and have that intense relationship with Him…
Story…. About workout trainer-
What are you doing in your school, or job or at home? Are you making a difference, maybe a little difference? If not…. Common believers WAKE UP. This world is crying for help they are so desperate and they don’t know what to believe or what their purpose in life is. They are helpless.
Now I want to ask you some personal deep questions… Please answer honestly not for or to me but to God. He knows your heart already but talk to Him right now, this might be the last time ever you talk to Him... Think about these questions…
So what’s up with you and God? How have you really been with Him? What’s going on between yall? What’s new with yall? How’s your walk with God? The things you done in everyday life glorifying God or are you just pleasing yourself? Is it all about YOU or GOD? When was the last time you thanked God?
Before we get into our main topic for this morning, I wasn’t to ask you this one last question. Where are you right now in your relationship with Christ? Im not talking about going to church every Sunday or even maybe every Wednesday or everyday! Im not talking about rather memorizing all the verses in bible… Its not about a religion its about a real relationship with jesus Christ. B/c im not religious even though most of all think I am but im just in love with jesus my lord my savior hes my life and he can be yours. Just let go and let God!!! 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. So is it time today do u wanna encounter Gods love? Do you want we us believers children of God have? It’s a free gift from God. Take it its meant to be yours. Don’t trash it abaonded it or crush it, treasure it, admire it, and show this free gift to the world. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:8-10 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
Its time!
Many people believe that they don’t have what it takes to make a difference to the world. They believe only people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and the likes, are capable of making a difference.The truth is, every one of us is put in this world to contribute and make a difference to the world in our own unique way… God has a plan for each and every single soul living in the room in this building in the community in Texas in the usa in this world!!! Believers (children of God) this goes for you non Christians listen closely because my prayer is one day you can one day be in love with Jesus and have that intense relationship with Him…
Story…. About workout trainer-
What are you doing in your school, or job or at home? Are you making a difference, maybe a little difference? If not…. Common believers WAKE UP. This world is crying for help they are so desperate and they don’t know what to believe or what their purpose in life is. They are helpless.
Lots of people want to make a difference in the world. But how does someone make a difference? Does it have to be a big one? Big differences change the world; little ones fuel the big ones. What would happen if the fuel ran out? Here are the top ten ways to keep the fuel going:
one person can make a difference… have you made yours today?
It only takes one act of kindness to make a difference in a person's life. You change the world with one act of random kindness at a time.
The world is watching… Get up and stand.. the greatest challenge in human history is presented to you..but you are not alone…it will require everything, you have to give…but 1.4 billion unreached are worth it..go ahead change the course of history and join others just like you..
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