I never thought I would listen to music on my I-pod again
but now that I have discovered this things called Christian hip hop
That has changed.
They preach the bible and make into nice catchy songs so IT STICKS IN YOUR HEAD
You know when you have a catchy song stuck in your head and the lyrics are ungodly?
so then you don't want to sing it?
well you shouldn't be listening to it soo much that its stuck in your head in the first place BUT
Now you can have the bible stuck in your head and you can sing it as loudly as you want cuz you're spreading the light hahahaha awesomeness
guys like
shai linne, timothy brindle, believen stephen
theres a lot more~
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Build it Proper
No other foundation can be laid except that of Jesus Christ. So we need to ask ourselves with what are we building our life?
For we are God’s temple in which He dwells. We are His house.
And the first thing we need is to have a solid foundation and we call that salvation receiving God’s grace through faith.
But for most Christians they receive a solid foundation but then start thinking after that they can build on it with their own hands but what they’re really building with is sand. But you see your life was already paid for at full price and so you can build with nothing save for faith in the finished work of Christ. If we receive salvation by grace then it only makes sense we also receive sanctification through grace and that the only way to build the kingdom is through His grace of course all by faith.
Because what we build on is going to be tried by the fire and what is going to be left? Will we build with wood or straw or hay the very things that will be burned away? Or with gold, silver and costly stones the very things that are founded on Christ alone and that are truly worthy of His throne.
So are you building in faith, on the grace of the cross? or are you building on flesh trying to save face to your loss? Things like man’s philosophy, religiosity, sociology, psychology, or churchology?
Things like just focus on the relationship but don’t let your light shine bright don’t say anything about your faith in Christ cuz if you’re just nice that’s the very things going to bring their soul that is in strife from death into eternal life! If we’re like that, we’re getting a bit whack not evangelizing the way that the bible says in fact we’re on the line of acting like a cult so we got people coming to church thinking their good but they’re false converts.
Because if your building on mans wisdom, you’re doing no work your probably doing more hurt. Though it seems like your training converts but deep inside the person’s spirit is still trapped in sin and hasn’t been cleansed within because the Holy Spirit’s work hasn’t been done for where the Spirit of the Lord is there is true freedom.
So we need to start getting on our knees and crying out Father please because we know that the only way that souls can be cracked and be brought back to the Father, The only way the Kingdom is gonna come in someone’s life is nothing short of a miracle like the one that resurrected Jesus Christ.
Not with all these concepts of talk that turn the soul sour but of a demonstration of the Spirit’s power because the Kingdom of God is not about talk but of power. See the true workers of Christ don’t need all these books created by the wisdom of man like Purpose Driven church or how to win fast converts, how to teach Sunday school to entertain by watering down the truth of Jesus’ Name, worshiping God with style but where all the book that teach on self denial?
Cuz if we’re using these things as tools to work for God we’re actually being used as a tool by the devil and we need go back to looking like fools for the wisdom of man is foolishness to God and the wisdom of God is foolishness to the world.
Because the bible is the only book that’s reliable and you don’t need any other book to help you exposit the truth because you have a deposit of the Holy Spirit within which teaches and guides you into all truth if you really seek to know the truth. He’s the line that sends the truth of scripture thats in your mind to your heart and then translates it to your spirit cuz its something that you have inherited by faith.
We need to kick it old school like the holy saints of the past who we’re brutally harassed because the Word of God and its the only thing that will last and has lasted throughout the ages despite all the misinterpretations of the pages. Cuz culture will change and is constantly being rearranged so being relevant or eloquent is like fumbling like an elephant when it comes down to God’s eloquence.
We don’t use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. But by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience and in God’s sight.
So if you think you got it right with a lot of fancy theology and epistemologies, these things that please men. Then maybe you need to resolve to know nothing but Christ crucified, because pharisaic knowledge is the biggest form of idolatry within the church. Knowledge that puffs up not build up and zeal without knowledge is dangerous but useless knowledge is contagious and strangles, mangles, entangles the work of God.
and setting forth the truth plainly may seem a bit insanely contradictory to what we’ve been taught in church lately. But let’s not do what makes sense in the eyes of the world but start to realize that we can’t compromise. Instead we need to trust in God like the Israelites who marched around the walls of Jericho 6 days and their faith was a little fazed on the way but in end they trusted and obeyed and so God made their path straight the huge stone wall came crashing down down down right to the ground all in the city died except Rahab who’s faith in God was what got her saved.
Only proper faith is going build the Kingdom up everything else is a waste it’s going to turn to chafe blown away and He that does not gather scatters so don’t be a detriment to the Kingdom cuz many want to be teachers of the faith but they play it safe and know don’t what they’re talking about its the very thing that 1+2 Timothy warns us about that’s why you need to read the bible for yourself.
So let’s build our lives on the promises of God who is faithful and true.
And let me just say I say these things out of love because my joy would be to see that on that day you won’t be one that’s just barely saved barely escaping through the flames but that you built your life on the truth of Jesus Name.
For we are God’s temple in which He dwells. We are His house.
And the first thing we need is to have a solid foundation and we call that salvation receiving God’s grace through faith.
But for most Christians they receive a solid foundation but then start thinking after that they can build on it with their own hands but what they’re really building with is sand. But you see your life was already paid for at full price and so you can build with nothing save for faith in the finished work of Christ. If we receive salvation by grace then it only makes sense we also receive sanctification through grace and that the only way to build the kingdom is through His grace of course all by faith.
Because what we build on is going to be tried by the fire and what is going to be left? Will we build with wood or straw or hay the very things that will be burned away? Or with gold, silver and costly stones the very things that are founded on Christ alone and that are truly worthy of His throne.
So are you building in faith, on the grace of the cross? or are you building on flesh trying to save face to your loss? Things like man’s philosophy, religiosity, sociology, psychology, or churchology?
Things like just focus on the relationship but don’t let your light shine bright don’t say anything about your faith in Christ cuz if you’re just nice that’s the very things going to bring their soul that is in strife from death into eternal life! If we’re like that, we’re getting a bit whack not evangelizing the way that the bible says in fact we’re on the line of acting like a cult so we got people coming to church thinking their good but they’re false converts.
Because if your building on mans wisdom, you’re doing no work your probably doing more hurt. Though it seems like your training converts but deep inside the person’s spirit is still trapped in sin and hasn’t been cleansed within because the Holy Spirit’s work hasn’t been done for where the Spirit of the Lord is there is true freedom.
So we need to start getting on our knees and crying out Father please because we know that the only way that souls can be cracked and be brought back to the Father, The only way the Kingdom is gonna come in someone’s life is nothing short of a miracle like the one that resurrected Jesus Christ.
Not with all these concepts of talk that turn the soul sour but of a demonstration of the Spirit’s power because the Kingdom of God is not about talk but of power. See the true workers of Christ don’t need all these books created by the wisdom of man like Purpose Driven church or how to win fast converts, how to teach Sunday school to entertain by watering down the truth of Jesus’ Name, worshiping God with style but where all the book that teach on self denial?
Cuz if we’re using these things as tools to work for God we’re actually being used as a tool by the devil and we need go back to looking like fools for the wisdom of man is foolishness to God and the wisdom of God is foolishness to the world.
Because the bible is the only book that’s reliable and you don’t need any other book to help you exposit the truth because you have a deposit of the Holy Spirit within which teaches and guides you into all truth if you really seek to know the truth. He’s the line that sends the truth of scripture thats in your mind to your heart and then translates it to your spirit cuz its something that you have inherited by faith.
We need to kick it old school like the holy saints of the past who we’re brutally harassed because the Word of God and its the only thing that will last and has lasted throughout the ages despite all the misinterpretations of the pages. Cuz culture will change and is constantly being rearranged so being relevant or eloquent is like fumbling like an elephant when it comes down to God’s eloquence.
We don’t use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. But by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience and in God’s sight.
So if you think you got it right with a lot of fancy theology and epistemologies, these things that please men. Then maybe you need to resolve to know nothing but Christ crucified, because pharisaic knowledge is the biggest form of idolatry within the church. Knowledge that puffs up not build up and zeal without knowledge is dangerous but useless knowledge is contagious and strangles, mangles, entangles the work of God.
and setting forth the truth plainly may seem a bit insanely contradictory to what we’ve been taught in church lately. But let’s not do what makes sense in the eyes of the world but start to realize that we can’t compromise. Instead we need to trust in God like the Israelites who marched around the walls of Jericho 6 days and their faith was a little fazed on the way but in end they trusted and obeyed and so God made their path straight the huge stone wall came crashing down down down right to the ground all in the city died except Rahab who’s faith in God was what got her saved.
Only proper faith is going build the Kingdom up everything else is a waste it’s going to turn to chafe blown away and He that does not gather scatters so don’t be a detriment to the Kingdom cuz many want to be teachers of the faith but they play it safe and know don’t what they’re talking about its the very thing that 1+2 Timothy warns us about that’s why you need to read the bible for yourself.
So let’s build our lives on the promises of God who is faithful and true.
And let me just say I say these things out of love because my joy would be to see that on that day you won’t be one that’s just barely saved barely escaping through the flames but that you built your life on the truth of Jesus Name.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Enter the Rest
1Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.
Hebrews 4:1-2
It hit me today that not being able to enter God's is such a terrible thing.
because today I had so many burdens on my heart that weighed so deep.
Like the burden for the lost people around me
but also the burden of always WORRYING about it and thinking of all these things I had to do or I should do but I'm not doing and I really just wanted to be free from them.
like maybe if I said this or that or prayed more or prayed harder or prepared my sermon more or was able to open up more then these people would listen and live their lives for God.
but the next part of this passage says....
3Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
"So I declared on oath in my anger,
'They shall never enter my rest.' "[b] And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. 4For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."[c] 5And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
Hebrews 4:3-4
God is SO BIG
in one way He has already finished His work and in another He is still working
so for us who believe in one way we rest knowing that God has finished it but we also work knowing that its not done.
The hard part is figuring and discerning and
I dunno its just weird.
I can pray and worship God
but I also pray and cry to God.
and I have no clue which I should be doing!
cuz I feel guilty if I'm not crying and enjoying God instead but then I feel like I'm missing out on something God has given to me when I'm always crying or that I'm not getting the full picture!
0.o
Hebrews 4:1-2
It hit me today that not being able to enter God's is such a terrible thing.
because today I had so many burdens on my heart that weighed so deep.
Like the burden for the lost people around me
but also the burden of always WORRYING about it and thinking of all these things I had to do or I should do but I'm not doing and I really just wanted to be free from them.
like maybe if I said this or that or prayed more or prayed harder or prepared my sermon more or was able to open up more then these people would listen and live their lives for God.
but the next part of this passage says....
3Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
"So I declared on oath in my anger,
'They shall never enter my rest.' "[b] And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. 4For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."[c] 5And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
Hebrews 4:3-4
God is SO BIG
in one way He has already finished His work and in another He is still working
so for us who believe in one way we rest knowing that God has finished it but we also work knowing that its not done.
The hard part is figuring and discerning and
I dunno its just weird.
I can pray and worship God
but I also pray and cry to God.
and I have no clue which I should be doing!
cuz I feel guilty if I'm not crying and enjoying God instead but then I feel like I'm missing out on something God has given to me when I'm always crying or that I'm not getting the full picture!
0.o
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Heart of the Psalmist
Whom have I in heaven but You?
There is none I desire besides You.
Show me your ways and teach me your paths
guide me into your truths and teach me.
Let my heart not be drawn to evil
and keep me from willful sin
O Sovereign Lord I am greatly afflicted and so to you I cry
Save me or Lord for the sake of Your name
Cleanse me and wash away my sins
Remove my transgression far from me so that I may be free
and songs of praise and joy to the Lord my God.
May the peoples praise You
May the peoples praise O God.
and Your salvation be made known to all nations
teach me to number my days that I may gain a heart of wisdom.
Grant your servant strength to do your work for his spirit is weak
There is none I desire besides You.
Show me your ways and teach me your paths
guide me into your truths and teach me.
Let my heart not be drawn to evil
and keep me from willful sin
O Sovereign Lord I am greatly afflicted and so to you I cry
Save me or Lord for the sake of Your name
Cleanse me and wash away my sins
Remove my transgression far from me so that I may be free
and songs of praise and joy to the Lord my God.
May the peoples praise You
May the peoples praise O God.
and Your salvation be made known to all nations
teach me to number my days that I may gain a heart of wisdom.
Grant your servant strength to do your work for his spirit is weak
Friday, August 27, 2010
foolishness
So today I lost my self control and decided to pick a fight with my dad on the issues involving the second coming of Christ. Which was so stupid because not only was I doing it because I wanted to be right and didn't really care about my dad, it also hurt my family because we were arguing so much about it.
In the back of my head 943094 verses came up that totally warned me to stop and not be a fool but of course I didn't listen.
SO now I feel like an idiot and very ashamed of myself
I let myself get caught up in "disputable matters" and in knowledge that puffs up and doesn't build up.
1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
1 Corinthians 3:1-4
if anything this taught me that even though I am right and can prove it with like 2930293 bible verses at the end of the day if its not done in love its a useless and it does more harm than good.
In the back of my head 943094 verses came up that totally warned me to stop and not be a fool but of course I didn't listen.
SO now I feel like an idiot and very ashamed of myself
I let myself get caught up in "disputable matters" and in knowledge that puffs up and doesn't build up.
1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? 4For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
1 Corinthians 3:1-4
if anything this taught me that even though I am right and can prove it with like 2930293 bible verses at the end of the day if its not done in love its a useless and it does more harm than good.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
It Feels
good to trust in God.
and to serve Him in faith
because He gives you the strength to work for Him
and blesses you for it.
it also feels good to know the truth about God
as I grow in the grace of Jesus Christ
I am being released from all the legalistic, superstitious practices that I was brought up in the church to believe in.
So many things are attributed to God when they AREN'T.
and its very freeing to UNDERSTAND in my spirit faith and grace and apply it to my life.
So many things I used to think
for prayer I used to think that the more I pray the more God will hear/answer as if it were by works. When really I pray through grace to receive even more grace for the work of God to be done.
I sometimes think that for when I work for God as well
when really God wants our worship when we do these things like prayer or serving
we do it in faith with all our heart soul and mind
Sometimes we say we do things in faith when were not
for example in the way we witness or preach we use other methods to try to bring people to God or entertain them
many fancy philosophical, psychological, socialogical things
ex. building the relationship, not really true. Sure the person might be more patient with you in listening if they know you but for a true working of the Spirit it doesn't matter as long as the message is being proclaimed in truth and love with prayer and faith.
actually the way you live your life is more influential then the relationship
(1 Peter 2:11)
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
we don't use anything but preaching the truths of the bible
and prayer for His Spirit to bring forth faith in the lives of the people we speak too so that His name can be glorified.
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
1 Corinthians 2:1-3
If you look at my older posts you should be able to see a progression
from a very worldly understandings of God that were almost or basically heretical to a more biblical understanding of who He is
to the praise of His name!
and to serve Him in faith
because He gives you the strength to work for Him
and blesses you for it.
it also feels good to know the truth about God
as I grow in the grace of Jesus Christ
I am being released from all the legalistic, superstitious practices that I was brought up in the church to believe in.
So many things are attributed to God when they AREN'T.
and its very freeing to UNDERSTAND in my spirit faith and grace and apply it to my life.
So many things I used to think
for prayer I used to think that the more I pray the more God will hear/answer as if it were by works. When really I pray through grace to receive even more grace for the work of God to be done.
I sometimes think that for when I work for God as well
when really God wants our worship when we do these things like prayer or serving
we do it in faith with all our heart soul and mind
Sometimes we say we do things in faith when were not
for example in the way we witness or preach we use other methods to try to bring people to God or entertain them
many fancy philosophical, psychological, socialogical things
ex. building the relationship, not really true. Sure the person might be more patient with you in listening if they know you but for a true working of the Spirit it doesn't matter as long as the message is being proclaimed in truth and love with prayer and faith.
actually the way you live your life is more influential then the relationship
(1 Peter 2:11)
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
we don't use anything but preaching the truths of the bible
and prayer for His Spirit to bring forth faith in the lives of the people we speak too so that His name can be glorified.
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
1 Corinthians 2:1-3
If you look at my older posts you should be able to see a progression
from a very worldly understandings of God that were almost or basically heretical to a more biblical understanding of who He is
to the praise of His name!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Lack of
self-control destroyed me yesterday.
the computer is a dangerous thing for your spiritual life.
it can become like a super idol where you can worship anything and everything all at the same time! The T.V. is just pure well junk 99.99% of the time
I started off with just checking my emails (which I do way too often)
and then I just clicked on Wongfu and started to watch..and watch and watch
and the stuff wasn't anything violent or sensual but it still convicted me like crazy as I was watching it because it definitely didn't glorify God
anyway I ended up watching till like 2:00 am
and the whole time there was like a heavy spiritual force in my heart
so that afterward I felt so condemned and guilty that I couldn't pray that night and the feeling stayed until I finally shook it off and cried to the Lord with all my heart!
I have these spurts where I am crazily self discipline+control (as it says in the letters to be)and just pray and then I get discouraged and give up and lose it all.
and then I have to do it again because my spirit feels so dead.
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter 1:5-9
So I need to PERSEVERE at being self controlled as it says in the verse and that will lead me to be more godly because I am living a life of servitude.
Also I must always remember that the Lord is FAITHFUL and will not condemn me based on what I do because I did NOTHING in the first place!
this is NOT EASY.
especially with today's culture where the main problem is no self control!
the computer is a dangerous thing for your spiritual life.
it can become like a super idol where you can worship anything and everything all at the same time! The T.V. is just pure well junk 99.99% of the time
I started off with just checking my emails (which I do way too often)
and then I just clicked on Wongfu and started to watch..and watch and watch
and the stuff wasn't anything violent or sensual but it still convicted me like crazy as I was watching it because it definitely didn't glorify God
anyway I ended up watching till like 2:00 am
and the whole time there was like a heavy spiritual force in my heart
so that afterward I felt so condemned and guilty that I couldn't pray that night and the feeling stayed until I finally shook it off and cried to the Lord with all my heart!
I have these spurts where I am crazily self discipline+control (as it says in the letters to be)and just pray and then I get discouraged and give up and lose it all.
and then I have to do it again because my spirit feels so dead.
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
2 Peter 1:5-9
So I need to PERSEVERE at being self controlled as it says in the verse and that will lead me to be more godly because I am living a life of servitude.
Also I must always remember that the Lord is FAITHFUL and will not condemn me based on what I do because I did NOTHING in the first place!
this is NOT EASY.
especially with today's culture where the main problem is no self control!
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