"Life isn't life, it isn't what you perceive, it isn't what you expect, it isn't easy, it isn't useless, it has purpose, it has its moments, it may surprise you, it is incomprehensible. But isn't that what makes life, life, the moments that challenge, the moments that keep you on your toes, the moments that cause you searching for truth, the moments that in the end build your faith. God intended life to be something more that what we are experiencing, the life God intended for us is being labelled as something uninteresting, and people so easily misunderstand it, misrepresent it, and judge it for what it's not. God is Christianity, Jesus and the Holy Spirit too. It isn't following rules that you can't understand, he gives us understanding when we ask. He is willing to do anything for us, and he proved that by giving his son... He loves us and life is meant to reflect that. Don' t twist love to what you think it is. Seek God's truth on love what it looks like and how it affects us. Life isn't life...without love, without his truth, and definitely without God's presence. Life is with all those things and God wants to give this to all of us, regardless of where we are at He offers and extends this life to us... Are we willing to accept this? Or toss it aside and live the life that was never the intent and a chance to loose the best relationship you could ever experience and be apart of? The choice is up to you, but know that. No matter what God loves you and desires to be with you for all eternity!"
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Life isn't Life
This post may be encouraging it may offend and it may inspire or it could motivate you. Regardless of what it does everyone should at least read the last sentence, but to read it all would be best. Hope this goes well. Here is my rant:
"Life isn't life, it isn't what you perceive, it isn't what you expect, it isn't easy, it isn't useless, it has purpose, it has its moments, it may surprise you, it is incomprehensible. But isn't that what makes life, life, the moments that challenge, the moments that keep you on your toes, the moments that cause you searching for truth, the moments that in the end build your faith. God intended life to be something more that what we are experiencing, the life God intended for us is being labelled as something uninteresting, and people so easily misunderstand it, misrepresent it, and judge it for what it's not. God is Christianity, Jesus and the Holy Spirit too. It isn't following rules that you can't understand, he gives us understanding when we ask. He is willing to do anything for us, and he proved that by giving his son... He loves us and life is meant to reflect that. Don' t twist love to what you think it is. Seek God's truth on love what it looks like and how it affects us. Life isn't life...without love, without his truth, and definitely without God's presence. Life is with all those things and God wants to give this to all of us, regardless of where we are at He offers and extends this life to us... Are we willing to accept this? Or toss it aside and live the life that was never the intent and a chance to loose the best relationship you could ever experience and be apart of? The choice is up to you, but know that. No matter what God loves you and desires to be with you for all eternity!"
"Life isn't life, it isn't what you perceive, it isn't what you expect, it isn't easy, it isn't useless, it has purpose, it has its moments, it may surprise you, it is incomprehensible. But isn't that what makes life, life, the moments that challenge, the moments that keep you on your toes, the moments that cause you searching for truth, the moments that in the end build your faith. God intended life to be something more that what we are experiencing, the life God intended for us is being labelled as something uninteresting, and people so easily misunderstand it, misrepresent it, and judge it for what it's not. God is Christianity, Jesus and the Holy Spirit too. It isn't following rules that you can't understand, he gives us understanding when we ask. He is willing to do anything for us, and he proved that by giving his son... He loves us and life is meant to reflect that. Don' t twist love to what you think it is. Seek God's truth on love what it looks like and how it affects us. Life isn't life...without love, without his truth, and definitely without God's presence. Life is with all those things and God wants to give this to all of us, regardless of where we are at He offers and extends this life to us... Are we willing to accept this? Or toss it aside and live the life that was never the intent and a chance to loose the best relationship you could ever experience and be apart of? The choice is up to you, but know that. No matter what God loves you and desires to be with you for all eternity!"
Saturday, May 7, 2016
2 Corinthians 8 bible study
2 Corinthians 8
(v.2) “They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.” They weren't rich or blessed in an earthly manner but a heavenly manner, like Joy and Love of service, and those things even amidst trials. Which for most of us is hard to do. When we are tested with troubles we don't always think of love and generosity when we are dealing with trials, we just get all caught up in ourselves and our own problems, and turn inward instead of turning outward and giving praise to God because he has given you this trial and because it could be worse or even because he can and he will deliver us. Shifting our focus or perspective can help us turn to God and not our problems. We as a culture are so self absorbed into our own problems and we are supposed to focus on us and fix our self get myself out of this... But God created us for dependency on him, and giving us community to carry and uplift one another and we share our struggles and move forward knowing that we don't have to do it on our own and the fact that God is eagerly expecting and waiting and wanting to help us.
(v. 7) “Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us —I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.” Even though you are good in those areas, there is still room for growth, we may think that we have grown so much but we never stop growing on this earth we will not amount to perfect especially not on our own. God comes in and he gives us the strength to carry on and grow and strive for perfection but we can't condemn our selves when we don't succeed it's about God's strength coming in when we are run down and his Holy Spirit filling in the rest of what we need. No it won't be easy but yes it will be possible. We need to continue to grow in every area. Some people... Me included...will think they need to tackle every situation or reaction perfectly all the time, without even asking God for help. We ask God when and how he wants us to grow. Being patient for an answer and even more patience and faith to wait for his timing. To me it seems like one of the common things in life is being for patience, for me it is almost an everyday basis.
(v.15) “As the Scriptures say, “Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough.” Sometimes God only gives us enough...enough information, enough money, enough this and that. The reason he gives us just enough sometimes is because he wants us to turn to him and as him to be enough for us just like the song "Christ is enough". We are asking him to be enough so we can trust that he will give us enough. Because our God is who he says he is.
(v.2) “They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.” They weren't rich or blessed in an earthly manner but a heavenly manner, like Joy and Love of service, and those things even amidst trials. Which for most of us is hard to do. When we are tested with troubles we don't always think of love and generosity when we are dealing with trials, we just get all caught up in ourselves and our own problems, and turn inward instead of turning outward and giving praise to God because he has given you this trial and because it could be worse or even because he can and he will deliver us. Shifting our focus or perspective can help us turn to God and not our problems. We as a culture are so self absorbed into our own problems and we are supposed to focus on us and fix our self get myself out of this... But God created us for dependency on him, and giving us community to carry and uplift one another and we share our struggles and move forward knowing that we don't have to do it on our own and the fact that God is eagerly expecting and waiting and wanting to help us.
(v. 7) “Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us —I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.” Even though you are good in those areas, there is still room for growth, we may think that we have grown so much but we never stop growing on this earth we will not amount to perfect especially not on our own. God comes in and he gives us the strength to carry on and grow and strive for perfection but we can't condemn our selves when we don't succeed it's about God's strength coming in when we are run down and his Holy Spirit filling in the rest of what we need. No it won't be easy but yes it will be possible. We need to continue to grow in every area. Some people... Me included...will think they need to tackle every situation or reaction perfectly all the time, without even asking God for help. We ask God when and how he wants us to grow. Being patient for an answer and even more patience and faith to wait for his timing. To me it seems like one of the common things in life is being for patience, for me it is almost an everyday basis.
(v.15) “As the Scriptures say, “Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough.” Sometimes God only gives us enough...enough information, enough money, enough this and that. The reason he gives us just enough sometimes is because he wants us to turn to him and as him to be enough for us just like the song "Christ is enough". We are asking him to be enough so we can trust that he will give us enough. Because our God is who he says he is.
2 Corinthians 5 bible study
(v. 2) "We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing." I know for me I really enjoy buying new clothing and wearing them, it is such a good feeling but if I imagine my new body, how much more will we be happy to put on our new bodies, it will be better than any feeling we have on this earth and it will be one that lasts so much longer. It reminds of a verse Isaiah 40:31, but in this case we will be sure we will never grow weary or faint but have God's everlasting strength.
(V. 5) "God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit." His Holy Spirit is such a huge promise, one that is always with us but sometimes hard to fathom. I know even when I hear not everyone has the holy spirit is shocking, I mean I get it, I just don't always think about it.
(V. 7) "For we live by believing and not by seeing." We believe in the Holy Spirit and we use it without seeing it but we sometimes don't recognize that that is an act of faith. In fact it just hit me now, I do believe in The trinity without really thinking about it. Wow this is a huge revelation... I have faith because I use the Holy Spirit and I don't see it but I believe it is there... Wow god you are so good!!
(V. 12) “Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart." What am I more concerned about? A spectacular ministry or a sincere heart? What am I living out? I feel like God is really growing me in this area. A sincere heart rather than wanting a spectacular ministry feel like I'm being really strengthen and shift into who I really am right now and God is really moving the clay of my life into who I am. Years ago I would have been more concerned about what I was doing and how I acted and now I'm more about the motivation of the heart that's most important thing we can do as Christians is to focus on our hearts and work on our hearts and
your minds are very important as well but I think the heart and the mind of two most important things to work on and to grow and strengthen.
(V. 17) "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" I love that we don't have to live in our sins we can grow from our mistakes we can move forward in Christ knowing that his spirit and his heart and mind are within us and you can choose to do good and experience peace and joy and be strengthened in those things knowing that God is in us we can do anything nothing is impossible with or through God
(V. 21) "For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” God gave up the most important thing in the world to him in order for us to do the same in response to praise and glorify him. What a god we have someone who gave up everything for us and he wants us to give up everything which is exactly what we deserve to give you my everything we're supposed to get our everything because he is the one who created us and deserves our heart soul mind and everything.
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