Questions, Questions, Questions!

Questions come to me a lot. Not questions that can be answered by man. Questions that if you ask man they will give you a spin around and leave you more confused than when you started. Some of these I have gotten answers to and others I'm still waiting on. The most recent of my questions though is "Since we have the joy of the Lord and he has given us so many things to be grateful and thankful and happy about, is it right to allow ourselves to have moments of depression or grief?" Even in the event of the loss of a loved one, we can only hope that we will meet them again when the trumpet sounds yet we still grieve and feel sad. I believe that if I feel this way there must be someone else out there who feels the same or maybe I'm wrong. LOL!
These questions I get most times can only be answered, at least for me, by Jesus. These questions are what cause me to search his word and really seek after him. Really chasing after God seems to be the only answer to my questions. Most of the people who were healed in the New Testament searched and chased after Jesus for their healing. They desired a word they followed Jesus all over. The concept of Chasing after God is a concept that I grasped recently and its a concept that I have grown to love and accept. My encouragement today is that. The answer to your situation, the map to your treasure, the cure for your sickness is Jesus. Chase after him and you'll see.

The Awesomwnesssssssssssssssssssssss of God.

God has the ability to speak to every situation going on in your life with everything that happens. Today I went to church and with every song that was sung to every side note made from my Pastor to the guest speaker it seems like God was saying I am able. I needed to be reminded today that God is able to be everything we could ever ask or think off. I just sat in church today and all I could do is smile. I was so overwhelmed by God's presence just being there and meeting with him it was like wow! I just had to sit in that church and smile...i couldnt really sing. Its like my very heartbeat was worshiping God. Oh the joy! Man God is really awesome and even if we dont think so he still is. Thank God for his presence.

What is it all for?

What o we really need as Christians. Do we need to do God's work and be an example of what a good christian should be. Do we need to be counted in the most Holy of them all? Do we need to be the best worship leader, pastor,minister of our church? Do we need to operate in the spiritual gifting that is placed on our lives. Do we need to hear the best preacher preach and the best song evangelist minister? Is that what we need to enjoy christianity? Is that all we need to sustain us as Christians. Is our christinity down to the who we minister to and if we were ministered to?
I have reach the point in my life where none of those things really mean anything to me if God doesnt say he loves me and I belong to him. All the ministry, the music, the opportunities, the life I live doesn't mean a thing if I dont know thhat God loves me. Its preety basic you may thing, really very simple. Of course God loves us, he created us and we do his work, we do all these things in his name. Why would he not love us. We speak these things all the time. But have we ever really taken a moment to bask in his love. To really feel the kind of love that he has for us and wants us to show others. I have recently and it was a life altering experience that will now and forever change my outlook on many things. The words of Fred Hammond's song simply put is a perfect example of what i'm talking about. Here are the lyrics:-

don't really need to tell someone their future
I don't really have to see the things that can't be seen
I don't need another hyped up church encounter
Or another clever New Year's theme
I'm not looking for another goosebump sermon
Or a word that leaves me passed out on the floor
My basic needs are really very simple

To know You love me, You like me
And I am Yours,I am Yours

My learning could go on throughout the ages
But I just need the plain and simple of what's real
I could memorize and quote a million pages
But I'd rather just express the way I feel

I tried so hard to know the deepest revelation
So I can still and tell the nation what it means
But I found the greatest gift
Wrapped in Your salvation
It's really much more simple, than it means

So I relinquish all my witty observations
Leave my so-called sacred knowledge at the door
When You died You answered every single question

You said You loved me, You liked me
And I am Yours, I am Yours

I pray this song ministers to you as it did me. What really is important? What is important to you? Is it really what matters?

Fire Fire Fire!

During crusades and camps we see God move in magnificent ways. We see him really do a new thing and set in us a fire. We leave these events on a 'spiritual high' and think that nothing can get us down. We believe we are invincible and we let our guard down because we are on top of our game. There is nothing the devil can throw at us that would ever bring us down.I have been there...I think I'm actually at that point now where I'm just coming down from a 'Holy Ghost High'. The question now is what next? After the hype and the living in the moment is gone what now?
Continue seeking God and stay around the people who will keep your fire burning. Sometimes we cant do it by ourselves. We need oxygen from someone and a little 'pitch oil' or some lighting fluid to help keep us as fresh as ever. Think about it in order for us to help other ignite, something needs to be feeding our fire. Between God and friends that should and would not be an issue. So two things my friends. 1- Lets not wait on a crusade or a camp to really have that fire ignited, allow it to be ignited continually. secondly, allow God and friends (persons God has placed in your life for your benefit) to fuel that flame that has been ignited. God has work to do in us and he needs us to be completely emmersed in his word and allow his fire to ignite the persons we come into contact with. Love ya'll.

Christian Cliches

"Everyday with Jesus is sweeter than the day before" We all know the song, or we all should know the song. It speaks of our daily walk with God and the fact that everyday it gets better and better. I realised this week that for a long time I was lying to myself. I would sing the song and say it because all Christians do but it never really has been so. However this past week I have really been experiencing everyday with God being sweeter and sweeter everyday and I'm loving it. What caused it, nothing short of a direct touch from God for which I am grateful. It has been great living in the cliche and I am enjoying the journey.
But this week had me thinking about all the Bible cliches we use. God is good, All the time and all the time God is good for starters. And there are many more, PUSH pray until something happens. But do we really. Have we really seen the goodness of God through our own lives or are we living through the experiences of others. Lets really think and do some introspection of the Bible cliches we use and see if we are telling the truth or unbeknown to us we are lying. I have done some serious introspection on this and I tell you it is not easy, however I do believe that you will become better evangelist and carriers of the gospel for it.

The Power of Agreement

At this point there is so much I can blog about so I will begin with the most recent. There is a week of services going on at my school right now which focuses on the spiritual growth of the student. Today the message was entitled 'The Power of Agreement'. It seems simple and something we have heard over and over again yet still I don't believe we have really grasped the concept.
The essence of the message was simply this, before the two and three which are gathered can agree, and agreement must first be had between the persons and God. The first arrangement is between God and the individual.Then all you got to do is believe. Believe that God is going to do what he said he is going to. that he will do what he promised and Amen. So let it be.
Instantly that theory was put to the test and I have seen the power of Agreement work. God knows what he's doing and all we need to do it believe. 'Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen' Are you walking by faith?