Dying to ourselvesc

We have to die to ourselves. It's a basic Christian truth. And it's way easier said than done. I recently had to give something to God that I really didn't want to give up. It wasn't bad I just didn't want to give it to God. It was mine and I wanted it. I finally ended up giving it to God though. And the funny thing was, I actually almost felt something kinda shrivel up and die inside me. It was cool. A small part of me died, and in that space God came in. I was afraid that God would take the thing away from me if I gave it to Him, which is why I didn't. But He didn't take it away, I just gradually lost interest in wanting it. I think that all of us, at one time or another have something that we don't surrender to God. Just give it up. It can come between you and God and make you apathetic and whole lot of other bad things. It's not as hard to give it up as you might think either. You'll feel a lot closer to God and you'll be dying to yourself. Just give it up.

So Long Self-MercyMe

I like this video because MercyMe is just awesome, but besides that. It gives a humorous look at what all Christians must do, which is die to ourselves.

Giving God our lives

We hear about giving God our lives and surrendering to him all the time. But stop and consider this for a moment. God is so great and we are so lowly that the concept of God even wanting our lives is unimaginable. But for some weird reason He does want our lives. It is an unimaginable privilege that we could give him our lives, but so often we don't even do that. You know what I'm talking about, "I'll give you all of this part of my life, but I want to keep that part for me." When we give God our lives, we are letting him take over the management and running of our lives, all we have to do is obey. When we don't give God some small part of our life, not only are we being selfish and rebelling, we are telling God that we don't think He's competent enough to run part of our live, that we can do it better than he can. That is absolutely ludicrous. God created the universe and yet here we are telling Him he's not competent enough to run this small part of our life. Think about that next time God asks you to surrender something to Him.

Monkey-VeggieTales

It's easy, a very simple rule. If doesn't have a tail it's not a monkey, it's an ape.

Toothpaste

My toothpaste is two different colors. Shocking, I know. It's a twist of normal toothpaste that's green and this gel stuff that is also green. How can it be two different colors if it's both green, you ask. Because it's two different shades of green. It's just totally weird. Does anyone else have toothpaste that's more than one color? I read an April fools trick that said to replace the stuffing of an Oreo with toothpaste and watch someone eat it. Not only is that not really nice, it wouldn't work with my toothpaste. An Oreo with two tone green filling isn't very appetizing looking.

Glory Defined-Building 429

This song perfectly defines our hope of heaven. Someday we will go to sleep and wake up to find His glory defined. And when we do we will bow at his feet and praise Him forever. Think how amazing it will be!!

Busy

I recently saw a skit with three girls in it. Two of the girls were Christians and third one was pretending not to be one. The two Christians were peaceful, joyful, and happy and the other girl talked about how she felt so empty and alone all the time. How, every time she found it, a reason for living, it went away. In the skit, the unsaved girl always sat in this room, by herself, in a chair. The two Christians said that someone should go in and talk to her, but they were both too busy. They'd come early tomorrow and talk to her, though. The next day the got there and the girl was gone. She'd gotten so tired of being empty and alone that she committed suicide. At the end one girl said, "are we so busy serving God that we miss the opportunities around us?" Another one said "why is it easier for us to fly half way around the world, than it is for us to walk into the room?" My question is simply this, are we so very busy, even doing good activities for the church, that we can't be bothered to tell the people around us?

Reason

This video has such a good message. It's just... there aren't really words. You just have to watch it. None of us are perfect and Jesus is our reason to start over new.

Sorry

Sorry about the irregular post schedule. I went somewhere for the weekend and I didn't have access to a computer. Anyway, I'll be back to my regular posting schedule as of the day after tomorrow,

Bad news

I have some really bad news. Due to various uncontrollable circumstances this blog will be shutting down. April fools. Gotcha.