The Storm

Matthew 24:7-8 (NLT)
Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. [8] But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands one nation "under" GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all! But see the problem is we are taking God out of the equation, and this nation is falling fast people wake up!!!!! The storm is coming, are u prepared?

Stirring

Recently a good friend of mine share a verse with me Ezekiel 22:30 (NIV)
[30] “I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. This verse immediately spoke to me, God has already been laying this on my heart, for I feel that God is saying he will spare this nation if we fall to our faces and repent, the "church" has taken Christ out we have watered down the gospels, dumbed down Christianity to make it more pleasant to our modern day sin filled fast paced lives, we have made it so when we come to church we don't feel guilty for what we have done, we go about our week without God, we think we only need God when we fall on hard times, but the rest of the times we tell God ahh I got it I'm I'm control, I've seen churches before that would not go on past a certain time we sang the same songs every Sunday they had it timed out, man I tell ya didn't feel God move there very often we didn't have time for that! Christians we need to stand together fall on our faces and humble our self before God before he pours out his wrath in this nation! If you feel God moving in your life it's time to stand up and do something about it God is stirring people in this nation, but if we don't humble ourselves before God then we will be left on the side lines! God is moving people and if w choose to ignore the signs then he will move over us, but if we humble ourselves then we will be part of something big. So please people lets stop all the nonsense and take out anything man oriented out of church!

Faith

What is faith, how do we describe faith, how much faith do we have? We show faith in hundreds of things everyday, but how much faith do we show in God? How many times do we use our brakes on our cars in a days time and yet every time we hit them most of us don't even think about if they are going to work or not, we just have faith that there going to be there when we need them like so many other things in our lives, but yet when it comes to Christianity, God, Jesus and the cross we tend to lack in the faith. Has God ever failed you, some may feel that way, I know I have at times, and now have come to realize the areas I thought God had failed me he had actually protected me, saved me from my own destruction, or had just simply made me wait because I wasn't spiritually ready, failed me God has never! Scientist tell us the earth is millions of years old and that the earth was created by 2 molecules colliding, but they have yet to prove it, they can't recreate it no matter how many millions of dollars they spend on it, the bible tells us exactly how the earth was created, how we were created in God's image so beautiful, and glorious. But yet some believe that it requires more faith to believe than a theory that can't be proven, they say the bible is just parables and that anyone could have written it, but the events in the bible can be proven, after all it is the written word of God! Christianity does not require much faith just a little, the devil has tried to complicate things by "Religion" mans rules and beliefs, but all that is required to be a Christian to be saved is the belief that God sent his only son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins and that he was raised from the dead so that we shall be forgiven and have eternal life, its quite simple! just a little faith that's all. We put more faith in everyday things that we don't even give a second thought to but yet when it comes time to put a little faith in God we are like woo hold on a minute, that's not for me, that's to dangerous, or that's out of my comfort zone, or that's not what I had in mind. Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
[20] He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Just take a moment to pray and think about that verse what a powerful verse!

Grace & Love

John 1:17 (NIV)
[17] For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Thru the blood of Jesus Christ we are saved by grace, and I think that a lot of time we as Christians get caught up in whats right and wrong, what the law says, but me must remember this passage, and realize that we are not perfect, and just look at the grace God extends to us, it is so beautiful that words can not describe that kind of pure love. Grace so powerful that Romans 10:9 (NIV)
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. I think it is really hard to express how powerful these passages really are for Gods love and grace

Do we have a purpose

Do we have a purpose? This is a good question, recently our Pastor did a sermon on this topic so I thought I would share some thoughts, God put each of us on this earth to fulfill individual callings, each of us have specific talents that could be used for his glory, it's up to us to pursue it, no one gift is more important than the other. God will take it to a level you could never dream of if you are willing to allow him to put u thru the "refiners fire". So if you are at a place in your life were it seams as if you are not important ask God to clarify the gifts that you have, to mold you heart to prepare you for something glorious !

Religion

Religion, what is it, was Jesus about religion?  I believe not, i feel like religion is something man made up to feel good about themselves instead of actually stepping out in faith and believing that Christ died on the cross for our sins, it sickens me when christians say you have to live a certain way or dress a certain way or act a certain way or you'll go to hell, that is the devil working against the body of Christ, for there is only one way to heaven, {Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.} acts, and works alone will never get you to heaven with out this belief.  God is the only one that can judge a persons life for he is the only one who knows what is really in their hearts, God will work in their life in the things that he feels is wrong, we as christians need to remember this and just be there for people, love them like God loves us, let our actions do the speaking, as the old saying goes actions speak louder than words.  Let us remember the way that Christ loves us and is patient with our short comings.