Monday, October 17, 2011
Snoop's life: Friends to die for
Snoop's life: Friends to die for: Great friends stick up for you. They are there for you in times of need and struggle. Christian friends share the common faith. They buil...
Friends to die for
Great friends stick up for you. They are there for you in times of need and struggle.
Christian friends share the common faith. They build each other up in Christ in all that they do. They have the desire to be with their friend.
Deep down in the core every man needs a brother to lock arms with. Every man needs someone to be there for them. Men need someone to bond with and live life with daily.
Christian brothers build accountability with each other. They ask each other how they are doing in life. They ask each other they are doing in their walk with God. They are not transparent, they are honest with their friend in everything they say or do. They are truthful with their friend in all things in life.
Friends love being with each other. They love being together as friends.
A covenant friendship is based on unselfish love for one another. Deep loyalty to one another. A friend speaks up for you. Is founded on transperancy, honesty, and accountability. We have nothing to hide with our friends. This kind of friendship is rooted in shared spiritual values.
Our covenant friends should have the same God. This builds us together in him in growth in him.
My best friend Andrew Boone has been there for me in good times and bad. He knows me well and knows just about everything about me and how I interact.
I have that same relationship with my friend Zach Hughes. We have that unselfish love for each other in how we interact with one another. We interact and know each other so well.
Jim Douglas and I also have that unselfish love and deep loyalty for each other. We have known each other through college and crazy times in BYX.
One of my best friends from D-focus, Carlyle Aguren, knows me because we lived together in the summer of 2010. He knows things about me from hanging out together in our cabin all summer. We are unselfish in how we interact with one another. God led us to D-focus for a purpose so we could become good friends.
This kind of covenant friendship I have with these people I have discussed. These kinds of friendships help us grow in Christ in all that we do.
Christian friends share the common faith. They build each other up in Christ in all that they do. They have the desire to be with their friend.
Deep down in the core every man needs a brother to lock arms with. Every man needs someone to be there for them. Men need someone to bond with and live life with daily.
Christian brothers build accountability with each other. They ask each other how they are doing in life. They ask each other they are doing in their walk with God. They are not transparent, they are honest with their friend in everything they say or do. They are truthful with their friend in all things in life.
Friends love being with each other. They love being together as friends.
A covenant friendship is based on unselfish love for one another. Deep loyalty to one another. A friend speaks up for you. Is founded on transperancy, honesty, and accountability. We have nothing to hide with our friends. This kind of friendship is rooted in shared spiritual values.
Our covenant friends should have the same God. This builds us together in him in growth in him.
My best friend Andrew Boone has been there for me in good times and bad. He knows me well and knows just about everything about me and how I interact.
I have that same relationship with my friend Zach Hughes. We have that unselfish love for each other in how we interact with one another. We interact and know each other so well.
Jim Douglas and I also have that unselfish love and deep loyalty for each other. We have known each other through college and crazy times in BYX.
One of my best friends from D-focus, Carlyle Aguren, knows me because we lived together in the summer of 2010. He knows things about me from hanging out together in our cabin all summer. We are unselfish in how we interact with one another. God led us to D-focus for a purpose so we could become good friends.
This kind of covenant friendship I have with these people I have discussed. These kinds of friendships help us grow in Christ in all that we do.
Monday, September 26, 2011
doubts
Some people have doubts have hard times in their life. Other times, people may doubt the choices they make in certain situations.
Jesus casts away all doubt and fear in our life. He can do this only by our depending on him and trusting in him. Jesus says in Matthew, 11:28-30 "come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened." Even the great John the Baptist who foretold the future coming of Jesus doubted. One of Jesus' disciples Thomas doubted that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
This concept is not limited to some people. All people in some way, shape, or form have doubts about things in life. Some are decisions they should have made or regrets from the past. Other ways to doubt if this is the right thing to do in a certain situation. If this move is the right move or wrong one. We have to analyze our motives and make sure we do not stress over these things.
Sometimes I doubt whether this choice was the right one or that one was. I will stress out over certain situations that I may come across in my life.
I just need to remind myself that he is in control of my life. God wants the best for us no matter what we may think or do. We have to give our fears, stresses, and doubts of this world to God.
Jesus wants all we are and all we have. We can't hold anything back from him during any hard time or good in our lives.
Jesus casts away all doubt and fear in our life. He can do this only by our depending on him and trusting in him. Jesus says in Matthew, 11:28-30 "come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened." Even the great John the Baptist who foretold the future coming of Jesus doubted. One of Jesus' disciples Thomas doubted that Jesus was resurrected from the dead.
This concept is not limited to some people. All people in some way, shape, or form have doubts about things in life. Some are decisions they should have made or regrets from the past. Other ways to doubt if this is the right thing to do in a certain situation. If this move is the right move or wrong one. We have to analyze our motives and make sure we do not stress over these things.
Sometimes I doubt whether this choice was the right one or that one was. I will stress out over certain situations that I may come across in my life.
I just need to remind myself that he is in control of my life. God wants the best for us no matter what we may think or do. We have to give our fears, stresses, and doubts of this world to God.
Jesus wants all we are and all we have. We can't hold anything back from him during any hard time or good in our lives.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The man post
This post is about the great saying that I made up called "If you're a man you're a man."
If you're a man, then you will stand up for what you believe in life. If you're a man, then you won't get knocked down by others who will try to push you around. If you're a man, you can take anything thrown at you. If you're a man, you will stick up for your best friend in any situation.
If you're a Christ follower man, you will stick up for anyone being pushed around. If you're a Christ follower man, you will serve and love your wife. If you're a Christ follower man, you will serve those under and around you in life in whatever ministry you're in.
If you're a man, you're a man then you are legendary in life. If you're a man you're a man, then everyone knows your name. If you're a man you're a man, then you have a certain ease about you and people can see you coming from miles away. If you're a man, you're a man then even pets can feel your presence. If you're a man, you're a man, then your presence emanates from the entire room.
If you're a Christ follower man, then people will see Christ's presence from how you act. If you're a Christ follower man, then the words you say glorify Christ. If you're a Christ follower man, then the life you live emanates how Christ lived. If you're a Christ follower man, then the words that you speak and say glorify Christ and doesn't demean,affect, or injure others. If you're a Christian or Christ follower man, then people can see Jesus through you from miles away.
That was my diatribe on the If you're a man, you a man. It is also my take on how to live life depending on who you are in life.
If you're a man, then you will stand up for what you believe in life. If you're a man, then you won't get knocked down by others who will try to push you around. If you're a man, you can take anything thrown at you. If you're a man, you will stick up for your best friend in any situation.
If you're a Christ follower man, you will stick up for anyone being pushed around. If you're a Christ follower man, you will serve and love your wife. If you're a Christ follower man, you will serve those under and around you in life in whatever ministry you're in.
If you're a man, you're a man then you are legendary in life. If you're a man you're a man, then everyone knows your name. If you're a man you're a man, then you have a certain ease about you and people can see you coming from miles away. If you're a man, you're a man then even pets can feel your presence. If you're a man, you're a man, then your presence emanates from the entire room.
If you're a Christ follower man, then people will see Christ's presence from how you act. If you're a Christ follower man, then the words you say glorify Christ. If you're a Christ follower man, then the life you live emanates how Christ lived. If you're a Christ follower man, then the words that you speak and say glorify Christ and doesn't demean,affect, or injure others. If you're a Christian or Christ follower man, then people can see Jesus through you from miles away.
That was my diatribe on the If you're a man, you a man. It is also my take on how to live life depending on who you are in life.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
God's love song
Here's an old song I wrote about God's love. I haven't practiced it to perform it yet though, it is just something I jotted down. It will be great song to sing one day.
“Your Love”
Chorus: Your love,
Breaks me,
Shakes me,
It fills me up to the brim of the cup,
Verse 1:
I can’t fathom what you’ve done,
Because you gave you’re only Son,
To give us life and life to the full,
This love you have for me I can’t understand,
It doesn’t bend,
Chorus: Your love,
Breaks me,
Shakes me,
It fills me up to the brim of the cup,
Verse 2:
And I know without this love I would be nothing,
Because all I have is you,
You are my everything,
You wipe away all frustration, guilt, doubt, and fear
And bring them into the clear
You give me joy and a trusting heart
Sometimes I’m not so smart
Lord you’re bigger, longer, and wider than I can see
You make me so free
Friday, August 5, 2011
Snoop's life: God's love for us that never ends
Snoop's life: God's love for us that never ends: "I'm going to describe God's infinite love for us today. God called out the people of Israel. He still loved them and pursued them even tho..."
God's love for us that never ends
I'm going to describe God's infinite love for us today.
God called out the people of Israel. He still loved them and pursued them even though they had fallen away from him. His love never ends, it goes on forever.
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zoboiim?
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion is aroused.
I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I turn and devastate Epraim.
For I am God, and not man-
the Holy One among you.
I will not come in wrath."
In the same way, Hosea loved Gomer though she had been with other men. This gives us a picture of how much God loved the people of Israel though they had fallen far from him. He loves us that same infinite and boundless way as Christ followers in the 21st century. He pursues us through our failure and trials in our life and the times he we fall away from him. We are the bride and God is the bridegroom who calls us out in the midst of life.
He also sent his son Jesus Christ to show his ultimate love for us on the cross. He died so we could have life and life in him.
Remember these truths as you read this blog today or next week.
God called out the people of Israel. He still loved them and pursued them even though they had fallen away from him. His love never ends, it goes on forever.
In Hosea 11:3-4, God says this about his love for the people, "It was I who taught Ephraim how to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them. I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love."He never gave up on the people of Israel even when they sinned against him and disobeyed him. He still loved them. He still had compassion on the people though they had fallen far from him. He never let them fall too far, in the same way he will never let us as Christ followers go. He is bigger than our own problems of this world.
God says this describing his fierce passion and compassion for his people, in Hosea 11:8-9, "How can I give up you up, Epraim?How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zoboiim?
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion is aroused.
I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I turn and devastate Epraim.
For I am God, and not man-
the Holy One among you.
I will not come in wrath."
In the same way, Hosea loved Gomer though she had been with other men. This gives us a picture of how much God loved the people of Israel though they had fallen far from him. He loves us that same infinite and boundless way as Christ followers in the 21st century. He pursues us through our failure and trials in our life and the times he we fall away from him. We are the bride and God is the bridegroom who calls us out in the midst of life.
He also sent his son Jesus Christ to show his ultimate love for us on the cross. He died so we could have life and life in him.
John 3:16, says this "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
God's love is infinite and eternal. It never ends and lasts forever. It also gives the most abundant life that you could find.
In John 10:10 it says, The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so they may have life and life to the full."If we depend on him, his unending love will take us away from anything in life. He will never let us go. His love and passion for us is eternal.
Remember these truths as you read this blog today or next week.
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