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biblestudymiraclehealing
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harrisongardner654
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finding faith
- From: lilmissfaithful
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- 1 year ago
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Speaking of Labels...
- From: lilmissfaithful
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If there is one thing that bothers me about my faith, is the absolutely horrible label that it is given. As i have said, i am catholic. maybe i just haven't been getting around, but it seems that to a lot of people who aren't catholic, catholicism is a joke! i have had countless discussions with my non-catholic friends about my religion, and they think that all catholics are sluts and druggies. i honestly don't understand it! and when we are not talking about the catholic people we are talking about the actual religion itself. and supposedly there are all these stereotypes about what we do and why we do them... im constantly trying to explain my religion, and defend myself at the same time.
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- 1 year ago
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tweetie
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MySaviorLives
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JESUSFREAK777
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Faith, Love, and Happiness
- From: JesusFreak78000
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What makes someone a good pers
- From: chasinggzus
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As deemed by cultural norms and values we see a "good person" as someone who upholds the law, is nice to others, perhaps donates to charity, has a positive attitude, and (or) says please and thank you after you pass them the Heinz 57.
However, as a follower of Christ (note: I'm not a Christian. That word is passed around like the flu in a Kindergarten class. I don't merely just go to church and do the religious stuff. I am a follower of Jesus) I have to completely disagree with the idea that their is such a thing as a good person. When we describe someone as a good person by what standard are we judging them by? Perhaps by ourselves, the law, a person on a pedestal, some ideal, or what have you. Generally when one is describing someone as good it's by our own standard of what "good" is. As per se our own personal ideal of what good is versus evil.
Often we base our goodness on what we are not doing versus what others around us are doing. Such as we may say, "Well I know I'm good, atleast I don't steal like my brother." Or, "I'm basically a good person. I don't cheat on tests like my friend Jeff." Therefore, we have solely based goodness on the grounds of what others are doing not on what we are doing.
Ok, you say I am good because of what I do. I don't judge myself based on the outward characteristics of others. Maybe, you say, "I'm really a good person after all. I do my taxes correctly, I observe the speed limit most of the time, heck I even tip waitresses." Alright so you do some stuff well. However, goodness isn't based soley on keeping the expected norms and values of a few of societal ideas or beliefs. Goodness is dependent on a complete following of all of societal norms and values.
Where am I going with this argument, watch this. Ok, fellow Xangster do you believe yourself to be a good person beyond everything else bad that you do? So you think you're still a basically good person? Answer these questions for me then...
1. Have you ever been angry with someone?
2. Have you ever lusted after someone of the same or opposite sex?
3. Have you ever told a lie, even a little harmless white lie?
4. Have you ever taken the credit for someone elses idea or suggestion and claimed it as your own?
Most of ( if not all ) you said yes, yes, yes, and yes to all four questions. Realize something folkerolks, Jesus said if we are angry with our friends, family members, class mates, co workers or anyone and get mad at them and doing anything externally or internally in anger then we have killed them in a spiritual sense. Next, Jesus said that if we even lust after someone in our heart we have committed adultery with them in a spiritual sense. Next, so you've lied, even if you lied once that makes you a liar. Next, if you took anything whether physical or non-physical that didnt belong to you then you are a thief
So by your own admission your a murdering, adultering, lying, thief! Thus, are murdering, lying, stealing, adulters good people? Of course not, they're viewed as the scum of the earth by us all. Yet, how can you with the same characteristics look at yourself and still see yourself as a basically good person.
Rom 3:10
Rom 3:11
no one who is wise or who worships God.
Rom 3:12
All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong; no one does what is right, not even one.
Rom 3:13
Their words are full of deadly deceit; wicked lies roll off their tongues, and dangerous threats, like snake's poison, from their lips;
Rom 3:14
their speech is filled with bitter curses.
Rom 3:15
They are quick to hurt and kill;
Rom 3:16
they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.
Rom 3:17
They have not known the path of peace,
Rom 3:18
nor have they learned reverence for God."
As the Scriptures say: " There is no one who is righteous ,We are all morally corrupt people who bathed in sin and moral corruption have no chance of standing in the presence of a holy God.
Isa 59:2
It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.Yet, some say well I believe that God will still let me into Heaven based on my good deeds I did throughout my life. Problem 1, those good deeds will be well counter balanced by your bad deeds. Problem 2, if you base your Heaven worthiness on good deeds who will your life be judged against? The sinless perfect life of Jesus. Something tells me the scales are in his favor. Problem three arises in Isaiah
Isa 64:6
We are unfit to worship you; each of our good deeds is merely a filthy rag . We dry up like leaves; our sins are storm winds sweeping us away.The Hebraic word for filthy is עד
ayd which literally means menstrual. Thus, God views our goodness as a bloody, nasty, filthy rag that a woman would have used back in the day for her period.
Our only hope for salvation is not and will never be found in anything good we can or will do. It's only found in Jesus.
Joh 14:6
Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.Rom 10:9
If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved.Rom 10:10
For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved.Mat 7:21
"Not everyone who calls me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only those who do what my Father in heaven wants them to do.Mat 7:22
When the Judgment Day comes, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message, by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles!'Mat 7:23
Then I will say to them, 'I never knew you. Get away from me, you wicked people!'Hit me up on myspace im, message me or whatever if you wanna talk, or talk to counselors at 1-888-need-him
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- 1 year ago
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God, Rose Bushes and Us
- From: Heatheroo
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Isn't it funny how Christians beg God to break them, beat them down, crush them and humiliate them? I went to a small group a couple of weeks ago and we were talking about prayer. One of the guys there mentioned this and I thought, "Oh yeah, that is kinda wierd." I didn't think much of it, because I understand the logic behind the request. Christians want their own will and their own flesh to be broken so that God can live in and through them. But, the thing is, God doesn't want a broken and bleeding body. He doesn't want children to who flinch when he speaks because they are waiting for the blow from his hand.
I was praying the other night and I ran out of words. It was odd- I think I ended up praying in the spirit, but I wasn't speaking in tongues (which is normally what happens). I had the coolest feeling... Anyway, I started asking- "What do I need to pray about? How do I need to pray?" I've felt God withdraw His presence from me. He is now like a soft, invisible wall that I can lean against, but I can't see it or anything. I want Him to be like a blanket, surrounding me completely. A picture of a really pretty rose bush popped into my head. I began to think how a rose bush is carefully tended to grow and bloom to it's fullest potential. It is fed on a regular basis and watered daily. It enjoys the sunshine and has to endure wind and rain. When it starts to get wild or grows in a way that the gardener doesn't like, it gets pruned. Bees come and pollenate the plant, and then you get beautiful, sweet-smelling flowers.
I felt that I needed to ask God to tend to me like a gardener would a rose bush. God doesn't want to crush me, he wants to prune me and let me grow. He wants to feed and water me when I need it, and let me soak up his Son. He has to let me endure hardships to strengthen my roots and help me to grow better. He wants to love me and nurture me, not beat me down and dominate me. All this time I have been asking his to force me into obedience so that I could do his will better. Now... Now I think God would rather grow me so that I can do His will.
Another way I could put it is with horses. Today, most riders want a horse as a partner, not a robot. Today good trainers slowly teach the horse everything it needs to know in such a way that the horse has little to no stress in the breaking process. The result is a horse who is willing to do what it is asked because (a) it knows what it needs to do and (b) it trusts the trainer. However, all of that time and patience and energy can come crashing down if the rider is what's called heavy handed. If the rider is always jerking on the horse and kicking it's sides and slapping it with a crop, the horse will start to tune the rider out and will no longer have any desire to do what it's asked. A good rider will whisper as quietly as possible before resorting to the shouting methods of kicking, jerking, and slapping.
So, why would God treat us like a robot? If even flawed and sinful human beings know what it takes to foster and nurture a caring, loving relationship with people and animals, would not God do even better? How many of us would love someone who was always yelling and screaming at us to 'do this' or 'do that'?? I sure as heck wouldn't! In fact, I would probably at some point turn around and smack that person so hard their would fly around backwards!! (Ok, so not literally... Focus people!! lol) We love God so much because he loves us so much more than we can fathom.
Yes, part of love is discipline. I'm not afraid to correct a horse- even going so far as to have it's nose on my knee and making it go in circles as fast as it can. Yes, I have used a crop, not that I like to. Yes, I've used spurs too. God will as well, when need be. But God will always, ALWAYS give us more than just one chance to get things right before he begins to think about correcting us. And he only corrects us as far as we need correcting. If a simple look will do the trick, he'll glance our way, and on from there. But for the most part, all God really wants to do is water us, give us the food we need, let us soak up his Son, and prune us on occasion to bring out the absolute best and most beautiful in us.
I think it's time for us to stop asking to be beaten into a heaving, bloody, bruised and degraded piece of met and start asking God to water our roots so that we can grow in His soil and do his bidding with a willing and happy heart. God won't ask a rose to produce a daisy, and he won't ask you to do anything that is not within your power and ability to do. Trust God, because he is worthy and deserving of our trust.
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- 1 year ago
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My Voice
- From: remorknevets
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Here's some rock awesome bloggin' for your noggin'
I've been thinkin' a lot lately 'bout people's views of Christianity. A lot of people that I know think that you've gotta get yourself right and stop doing 'bad' things before you can start going to church or get 'religious'. That word just drives me nuts! They think that God is going to send you to Hell because you curse or drink a bit much, or for about a thousand other things. I think that most of the time we judge harsher that Christ does. We all know John 3:16, but John 3:17 goes on to say that He came not to judge the world, but to save it through Him! If Christ left his place ruling the universe from heaven to serve and hang out with sinners like you and me, who are we to judge?
Christianity isn't about following a bunch of rules to gain God's approval of you. His love is unconditional and His grace is big enough to cover anything wrong that we ever have done or could do. So long as He gives us another breath in our lungs, He is still waiting on us to turn to Him. His love is so amazing that even those who deny His very existance, He gives that next breath. Christianity isn't so much a religion as it is a relationship with a real, living God. When we hurt, when we're confused, when we think that we just can't go on one more day, and even when we think that we're on top of the world and have it all figured out, He's there. It hurts Him to see us hurt and it hurts Him to see us turning further from Him with decisions that we make. There's a reason why there are consequences to the decisions that we make, so that we know enough that we messed up and shouldn't do it again. He'll do the same for us when we've done the right thing, especially when it was tough. Knowing that God's on your side, how can you go wrong?
We don't follow a rulebook written by someone who died long ago and who's grave you can visit like most 'religions'. Our God doesn't make us do the work to get to Him, but unlike no other religion, God did all of the work for us! We follow the One who wrote a book over thousands of years through over 40 men all inspired by one true and living God. Each book has it's own style and personality, but they all proclaim the same thing. Countless nations and men have tried to shut us up and to destroy that book like none other in existance, but it has stood the test of time. When the first followers of Christ faced death at every turn, they ran, but couldn't keep quiet about their relationship with God and people began accepting the good news and following Him like gangrene! You just can't stop truth!
Christ didn't just die to pay the price for the mistakes that we've made, but He rose Himself to life three days later. Never in history has that happened or will that every happen. He rose the dead to life, controlled nature, healed the wounded, loved the outcasts of society, and when He chose to give His life after being turned into a disjointed, disfugured lump of strips of flesh, the Earth shook and the temple was torn in two symbolizing that we now have the authority to have a relationship with God directly. There's tons more, but that's just not something that happens every day! Hundreds of detailed prophecy given hundreds and thousands of years before He even came to live with us in the flesh and He fulfilled every one! The ironic thing was that it was the 'religious' people who put Him through the agony at the end of His life wishing to kill Him.
We follow One who loved His creation and longed for them to turn to Him so badly that He lived a perfect life and gave it for us. We follow His rules simply because we are so thankful for the freedom that He has given us and because we know that following them allows us to keep living a life of freedom from the pain that comes by not doing so. He gave them for our good, not to be a fun-killer. Hey, He created fun and true joy! There is only one reason that He will send anyone to Hell and that is for not accepting His free gift of salvation. It's a no-brainer! Ever since the beginning of time, God has simply desired us to place our faith and trust in Him; that's it!
I can't wait to meet Him and to see what He has in store for us at the end of this short, and temporary existance as we pass on the the one that never ends.
Don't wait until it's too late to accept His free gift. Knowing about Christ and that He died to pay the price for what we deserve is meaningless unless you accept it and put your entire life and trust in it. God will never force us to choose Him, but is waiting on us and has given us the ability to choose for ourselves whatever we want in life. I can keep shoving a gift in your face, but if you simply accept the fact that it is a free gift for you and never open it and make it your own, it does you no good. The same goes for His salvation. Don't wait till it is too late, who knows what tomorrow brings or if it will come at all! Put your trust in Him and He'll never let you down!
Life will still throw curve balls your way, but when He is with you guiding you through it, your life has purpose and you never go through it alone!
Hardcore follower of Christ, thankful for the work that He is doing in me and what He has in store for you if you'll let Him! Faith isn't evident by your words, it's evident by your life! Live life like your dying! Hey, you never know when that moment will come!
Let Your Voice Be Heard!!!!
Steve
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- 1 year ago
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Being Percieved As...
- From: Jewelz_for_Jesus
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My Name is Jewel. You know who I am. I attend Summit High. Formerly known as Freshman Class President. To you I am, “Straight forward, outgoing and arrogant. I am a typical teen full of attitude and ‘spunk.’” I am “Every English teachers’ favorite student.” I can “Only be talked to when I feel talking.” I am, “The smart girl in all honor classes.” Unlike most of your friends I tell you what I really think.—I am Jewel. Perceived as, “All together, all the time.” Wow, thanks. But you’ve got the wrong perception.
My name is Jewel. I attend Summit High. Formerly know as Freshman Class Co- President. ‘Formerly’ comes in because, believe it or not I wasn’t (and still am not) “All together all the time.” All classes that I am enrolled in are regular education classes. No, I do not take any honor classes. I am a teenager, therefore, yup; I consist of tons of attitude. I care about my friends as if they were my own blood related relatives. I tell them what I really think. I’m not really outgoing. I often have trouble stepping out and showing you what I’m really like. I’m not conceited. If anything I put up a front of arrogance only to show my lofty self image.
When beginning to write this, I had to ask a group of diverse people a question; What they thought of me, when first meeting me. (All of their answers, with the exception of a few, were in the first paragraph.) The group consisted of acquaintances and friends from school; Teachers, Youth Pastors, believers and non believers. Just to give you an idea of the broad responses I received.
When it all came down to it, I was surprised. Not about what anyone said, but what they didn’t. You see, being a Christian we should strive to be different. In asking the group of people, not one of them said they thought I was different, diverse or that I stood out from everyone else.
1 John 3:1 says, “ 1 how great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
I’ve learned that in order for the world to see Jesus in us, we must first find ourselves in him. We need to realize that by God’s lavishing, wonderful love, we are his children. “And that is what we are!”
When people think of you wouldn’t you like them to think of you being different, which could ultimately cause them to stand out and be different?
One person’s opinion that I didn’t include was Moriah Smith’s. Here’s what she had to say.
“I first want to say I admire your strength to be able to request the truth.
When you first started coming to our meetings I could see physically that you had a strong faith. I think it's really cool, and definitely something I admire, that your faith is visual. My perceptions of you were and still are of a girl that just wants to know God. That seems like the most simple of things to ask but when you seek God you will definitely find him.”
Although I was truly amazed at what Moriah had to say, I was not happy. The reason for my unhappiness came from the realization that Moriah only sees me in a place of comfort—which is Christian Club.
I want to encourage you to be different. Even though it may be hard, and trust me, it will be…strive to be Christ like.
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I wrote this....
- From: ILoveBuzzers
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This is where the story ends, this is where it all begins.
The night swallows your shallow words, I close my eyes to wish the pain away.
Your upspoken words burn at the stake, my eyes slowly lift, then turn away.
A broken promise, a shattered trust. It lingers in the cold air.
A late prayer to stop the glares, a dying wish to hold your love.
It's over, but it's just begun, now the view changes once again.
Our lies are gone, our troubles done. The haunting memories now erased.
The distorted colors now black and white.
I search the streets for you. but your not here.
I fall to my knees to plead, to bargin with fate, to scream at life and death.
Somehow, somewhere, now.
You're there, I'm where your not
But somehow though grace or faith you're in my arms.
Showered in tears and scars.
You are worth it.
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Yup. It's like one of those things that don't really have a meaning when you write it, then you look back and see all these corrolating things. What thinkist you?
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- 1 year ago
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Childrens Ministry or entertai
- From: jubileegang
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Children's Ministry or Entertainment?
Over the years we have seen new ideas incorporated into children’s ministry such as; games, multi media, and technology at the expense of watering down the gospel message.
We use most of these methods during our Jubilee Gang events. However, the purpose of our events are not to just entertain and wow the children, but to lay a firm foundation from the word of God that they can build upon to strengthen their faith in Jesus.
Our Goal as the Jubilee Gang is to see as many men, woman, boys, and girls make a legitimate decision to be born again. To many time we have seen people herded to the altar to be saved without fully understanding what is happening to them.
True faith comes from the word of God, The Bible. Without teaching the bible in a way that people can understand they will not have faith to receive what is being offered to them.
If we play games for an hour, wow our audiences with multiple special effects and shout a few scriptures, then how do we expect them to be able to make a legitimate decision to follow Jesus?
We encourage people to use all these methods to teach, but the message cannot get lost in the methods. The word of God needs to always come first in everything we do and all these methods are used to reinforce the message.
By all means use all the new methods the world has to offer to make your lessons the more exciting. Make your Children’s Church the most exciting, spectacular, experience possible for children but, don’t replace sound biblical teaching and anointing with all fun and games. Ask yourself, do I want to have a service or a circus?
We must stay relevant to reach this generation. The message never changes, but the method must change. Games, multi media, lighting effects, and video are all very effective ways to get the message across. But if they replace sound biblical teaching and anointing we will produce a generation of fluffy Christians with no spiritual backbone.
By Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
www.myspace.com/jubileegang.com
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- 1 year ago
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A Fighting Spirit- Fight The
- From: Christi
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Description:Preaching By Keith Moore
- 1 year ago
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Faith && Holding on to it
- From: Unhinderfied
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the belief in God is a battle constantly fought by teens and adults all over the world today.
Faith is to have belief and hope in something we cant see, speak to or feel. Its the courage to hold on to the magic the Lord gives us with each birth and to stay true and pure to him. For those who cant comprehend what the Lords true divinity is... I pray you will see soon. - Blog post
- 1 year ago
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Faith
- From: espero
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Description:Just as we can't see heat, we can feel it. God is like heat, it's there, of course... But we can't see him, but we feel Him in our hearts. Sometimes, it really easy to lose faith, because we stumble on obstacles that put us down. But, sometimes we need to look past what we actually see of tangible objects and focus on what can't be seen. That's faith. Our faith can really bring us up or bring us down. Never lose sight of the purpose and motive for faith. Some people say, "Christianity is nothing without faith," however, this is true. God does not force us. Let's have FAITH, and see what God can do within us.
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