An Active Defense

Purity

Jesus gives us advice in Mark 14:38, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Keeping ourselves free from sin is not passive. It takes effort on our part. We have to actively avoid sin. Jesus tells us to do two things:

1. “Watch,” be on the lookout, We need to watch our actions, our thought patterns and our mouths. We need to watch who we let into our lives and what influence they have in our lives. And watch out for the little by little degrading of our purity.

2. “Pray” This second thing Jesus tells us to be active about prayer. Life goes better when we are in constant communication with God, our Savior, and the Holy , as if we are walking and talking with them. It empowers us to live better cleaner and purer lives.

The world is getting to a scary place these days. And if we don’t stay close to the One who created us. We can find ourselves in turmoil, lacking faith and having no hope at all.

God Bless You!

Spiritual Disorder Leads To Physical Chaos

If we could lol back at the layers of the Bible and really see what is taking place from God’s perspective, we would see at the core of every physical problem described in the Bible there was a problem with the spiritual condition of the people. As people moved farther away from God, choas increased.

If our generation continues to move farther away from God, chaos will also continue to increase. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the chaos. I can’t stop madmen to shoot hundreds of people enjoying a weekend out, but I can choose to use my voice to reach people with the hope of Jesus. Many people who find themselves bound in shackles of sin are not usually people you and I want to associate with regularly. However, if we don’t speak up and talk to them about Jesus, Who will? My sin, your sin, and their sin affect us all whether we like it or not.

Christian Persecution Today

Christian persecution is defined as any hostility, experienced from the world, be of one identification with Jesus Christ. That can cause hostile feelings, attitudes, word or actions.

But what does the Bible mean by the word “persecution?” In Matthew 5:19-12 Jesus says in the Beatitudes that persecution is a blessing Not one that many of us ever desire..

Jesus also defines the word for us in Luke 6:22 using four verbs. He says, “Blessed are you when man hate you when they insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.” Not that it is Jesus in you who is the reason for and the target of persecution.

In Romans 8:17, the Apostle Paul tells us “Now if we are chili, then we are heirs of God a d co-heirs with Christ if indeed we share in His suffering (hatred, exclusion. insults, and rejection) we become heirs who will share in His glory. The four verbs above can be experienced in varying degrees of intensity.

Unfortunately, many Christians today operate under the assumption that persecution is a part of the Church’s past. The truth is that there are members of the body of Christ who currently face severe persecution and restrictions because of their faith of Jesus. Every day of every year, and on every continent, men and women face persecution because of their beliefs.

Examples Of Persecution Christians Face Today:

  • Physical and verbal abuse
  • Imprisonment
  • Kidnappings
  • Bribes
  • Deportation
  • Destruction of property
  • Fines
  • Torture
  • Murder

How Does Prayer Draw Us Closer To God?

In our spiritual life it is important to continually be moving forward and growing stronger in our faith. In our relationships with family and friends, our connections grow as we talk with each other. We share dreams, desires, and struggles with them, they do the same, which causes our relationships to move forward and onward. The same is true in our relationship with God. We grow closer to God as we spend time talking to Him through prayer.

James 4:8 says, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” As we pray to our Heavenly Father, we draw closer to Him, and in turn, He draws closer to us.

As we communicate with God, we become more in tune with what He wants us to do and how He wants us to live. The deeper we get into prayer the easier it becomes for us to love others well, to make wise decisions and to become a light in a darkened world.

Waiting To Die Continued

My last post was me having a breakdown. I still have these every so often. I’m human and everyone has bad days. I watched a video that was a trigger for me, and get it shut off in time.

No matter what happens in life we have to be able to get back to life at hand. At uplift ourselves. No one is going to do it for us. We have to realize we all have something to live for. We have to pick ourselves up and move forward. Every living thing has worth and are useful even if we don’t feel like it sometimes.

I could have went back and deleted this post, but that’s not how I work. Take responsibility for who you are and work on improving your life. Tell yourself everything will be okay, because it will. Time doesn’t stop just because you’re having a bad day. Time keeps going and so should we.

Don’t give up when everything seems depressing or scary. Keep moving. There’s a quote that says “A rolling stone gathers no moss but it gains a certain polish. Always be a rolling stone and you’ll become polished and shine like a diamond.