Giv Me Jesus

Luke 19:10   " For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. " As we learn and grow we should desire to become more like Christ. Christ had a desire to see the lost get saved, and so should we. I believe that, upon conversion the first and foremost desire of the new believer should be to delve into knowing his/her God and savior on a deeper and more personal level. The second desire of the new believer should be to begin having a desire to see the lost saved. Likewise, an “older” believer should be doing the same things. Sadly, the fire that new believers get, to save the lost, dies away the longer they believe. This should not be so! The opposite should be the order of operation! The longer we believe the stronger and bigger, the desire should be within us. Now, it’s not wrong that the new believers have such a passion. The older believers may even still have the fire burning strongly inside them, but they’ve grown numb, apathetic, and tired of fu...

            Deuteronomy 31:6 " Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."             What is courage? Courage can be defined as The strength that God gives to us, so that we can endure any trouble or difficulty that we encounter. Courage is such an under-appreciated concept. Many would consider courage a character trait, I would rather think of it as a gift from our loving God.             Whether you're a believer in Jesus Christ, or not, no one can deny that, in short, this life is hard. Thousands of discouragements come up daily, we have the constant temptation to just give into the weakness that is inevitable. We, as humans, don't like weakness; we want to be strong and noticed by all. But when the issues of lif...

            What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is responding to offenders so that the power of God’s love through me can heal them.  Therefore, in order for God’s love to heal them through us, we need to be full of God’s loving forgiveness right?             Now, the title of this post may seem a little weird to you, because, well, everyone forgives people don’t they? Well, sort of. People will say, “I forgive you” but often times that’s as deep as it goes, and they just hold the grudge for as long as is convenient for them. Forgiving someone means that you let your anger towards them slip out of your mind. I use the analogy of a business card for a reason. First of all, it seems that you never run out of business cards, likewise we should never “run out” of forgiveness. Secondly, a business card is different for every business so the Christians, by forgiving, truly forgiving, are giving a bu...

There are so many ways to communicate. In this day and age there is no limit to the possibilities of who we can talk to, and influence. Likewise, there is no shortage of ways to glorify God.  First off, I'd like to define some of the words that I'll use: 1. Glorify - to honor with praise, admiration, or worship 2. Insult - to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront. 3. Help - to make easier or less difficult; contribute to 4. Build Up - a process of growth; strengthening; development          I've found that there are three major ways in our life that we affect others: 1. Our Actions 2. Our Words 3. Our Thoughts             Our actions are one of the most powerful ways to affect others. Not only can you affect them physically with your body, but you can also, by the way you act or "carry yourself," set an example to everyone we cross paths with...