1. Reading your Bible and Praying does not equal growth.
The kingdom is not a rewards system. Reading the bible will not grant you more favor with God, and not reading your bible will not grant you less favor. Being forced to read words out of a book every single day of your…
If you are dealing with anxiety, torment, fear, low self-esteem, depression or any other negative emotion, it is very likely that you have forgotten that the Creator of the universe loves you.
Kris Vallotton - Spirit Wars (via lovegoddaily)
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
Romans 8:26 (NIV)
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Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Mother Teresa
Reality Check.
September 11th, 2011.
Today, while I was getting ready to go to bed, my phone went off. My friend- who I’ll call “Jack”- notified me in a text message that he was going to end his life. He said he loved us (this was a message being sent to multiple people), but he couldn’t handle what was going on in life anymore. Out of reflex, I said a quick prayer.
20 minutes later, it hit me. What if I woke up tomorrow and Jack was dead? What would his family feel like? Will I ever see him again? Where will Jack go if he dies? I don’t think I’d ever felt more on fire to tell people about Jesus. My good friend felt like he didn’t matter. He felt like life was not worth living. The love of the people around him was not good enough to keep him going. He felt unloved.
I hit my knees. “Jesus!” I called. “Keep him safe!” I pleaded with God for hours, and I notified his mother, but that didn’t stop how I felt. I felt so guilty. I felt so ashamed. I felt that somehow, this was all my fault.
For some reason, I had not lead this person to Christ. No matter how long I’d known Jack, I had not successfully shown him God’s unconditional love. Jack had been like this for a while. Desperate and hopeless. Sure, I’d had long discussions with him about Jesus, and all He’d done for me, but had I really invested as much effort as possible in Jack, and all the other students at my school? The truth is, I hadn’t. I would tell people about God, or “plant the seed” so to speak, but for the most part I never stayed around to water the seed I’d planted!
After that night, I got a message from Jack’s mother. Jack had lived to see another day. God had His hand on the situation completely. Jack received the help he needed, and a few friends and I received quite the reality check! Time is not a luxury we have!
No one around me is guaranteed tomorrow, so why am I waiting to show Jesus?
Miles for Smiles!
My current fundraising event is a “Miles for Smiles” day! The event is planned to take place in the Fall! I’m so excited for this event! The plan for the fundraiser is for participants to enter either individually or in teams! I will have online signups, and more information will be out soon!
