Actions

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Our actions not only affect us, they affect all those around us. If we thought about how those decisions affected othersthere would be a lot fewer problems in the world. Men especially, that second look at a beautiful woman, or a comment can affect those we love. Once down that road it can be hard to turn around, without the help that is foumd in christ.

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Most are too hard-headed to admit we need help, or to admin we are wrong. If we would only seek the help found in christ, for his yoke is easy and his burden is light. He never wants us to bear our burdens alone, question is will we run to him, or away?

Trust and obey

I've heard people say look at what that person has, or man I would love to trade places with that person. When in fact god has a plan for your life and mine. It may not always seem like he is in control, but even when the waves are tall and coming over the bow of the boat, dont be afraid.

Psalms 91:1-16 NLT

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the L ord : He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished. If you make the L ord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet! The L ord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”


Psalm 46:1-11 MSG

God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us. River fountains splash joy, cooling God’s city, this sacred haunt of the Most High. God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn. Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us. Attention, all! See the marvels of God ! He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, Bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee. “Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.” Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God -of-Angel-Armies protects us.

Even when the storm is strong, wind blowing, waves washing over the bow of your life...god has a plan trust him!

Worship his holy name

When was the last time you really worshiped our lord and savior? Most men love football. I beleive I am correct in my assumption. Close your eyes and imagine combining all the football stadiums, pro and college, into one stadium. Now imagine god with his son seated in the middle. The seats, any standing room, and any space in the air is filled with angels singing holy holy holy is the lord god almighty.

Imagine that scene in your head for a minute. God surrounded by trillions of angels, and he loves you and me enough that he intimately enough to know how many hairs are on our head, or what are next thought is going to be before we think it. Pray to him with all this in mind, pray humbly, dont babble. Pray out of gratitude for what you have been blessed with, and I dont mean posessions. We all have something, or someone to praise and thank god for.


The presence of god is on this woman as she sings. I beleive it is an audience of one she sings for.


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Worry, or worship?

I'm reading Francis Chan's Crazy Love book and the chapter that I'm reading now there are two statements caught my attention.


" Worry implies that we don't quite trust in God is big enough for phone off for loving me enough to take care of what's happening in our lives stress is the things we are involved in our port enough to merit are impatiens or lack of grace towards others or tight grip of control basically these two behaviors communicate that it's okay to send to not trust God because the stuff in my life is somehow exponential both worry and stress Reek of arrogance."

While watching wall-e there is a statement on that movie that caught my attention also says "by n large superstore all you need to be happy." There's no commercial goods that can be bought that can satisfy what God wants to give us. God wants us to nor worry or stress about life. Surenwe are going to have troubles. There's no reason to worry or stress about stuff when God wants us to hand it to him. When the enemy is trying to take your peace, trust and pray that god has it under control. I admit it is humanly hard not to worry...or stress about stuff that happens to us. We get wrapped up in thing its all about us...we were sent here to worship, not worry.

God in a box?!

How often do we try to put god in the places in our lives where it is convienent? Do we declare him lord of all or lord of some? He wants to rein in our lives, all of it not some of it. He wants us to store our treasures in heaven, not here where they can be destroyed.

Matthew 6:19-24 NLT

“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. “Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

It seems to me that all too often we try to put god in a box. We try to put him in the places of our lives where it is convenient. We want to be called christians, as long as it suits our plans, as long as it keeps him in the box.

Oh the freedom we would have if we would only let him out of the box. He wants to be lord of our lives all the time, not some of the time.