The church drives me crazy. I have been a youth minister for 8 years. I love the church, it is the body and bride of Christ. But we do such a poor job of loving each other.
We are lost sheep who often don't listen to our Shepherd. Unfortunately, I often fall under the same stupidity. I tend to be too quick to jump into things and over commit myself. However, for a long time I have been desireing to grow closer to God.
Believeing that there is more to the spiritual life than what most of us accept or believe is possible. I just can't believe that the life I see most Christians living is the same "abundant life" to which Jesus refered. I have been striving to grow closer to God through the practice of classic Spiritual disciplines and through accountabilitly.
This is not an experiment or theory that I am trying to prove. I am simply trying to seek God with all that I am. I have found this extremely difficult. It seems my flesh, my pride wants to live after all. But I refuse to let it. I will continue to seek God with all my heart and all my mind and all my strength till my dying day.
Oh God, let me be ever faithful to You.
Welcome to my world. Seeking God, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is my main goal in life. Before you think me, holier than thou, realize that I didn't say, I was good at it. I simply make it my purpose, my goal, my vision, my reason for being. I will share who I am, how I got here, where I hope to go later. For now, it is enough to state my beliefs:
1. Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God. He left heaven to be born of a virgin (Mary), lived a life where he committed no sin, at age 30 began a 3 year ministry in Israel to teach man what God was truly like, was sentenced to death and crucified for the sins of the world, died and rose from the dead 3 days later, appeared to his followers, and then rose to heaven to re-take his proper place at the right and of God. He will one day return to gather all of his believers to and take them to live with him forever in heaven.
2. Jesus is my personal Lord & savior. Even though I have sinned, along with all human beings, my acceptance of Jesus as Lord and His redeeming work of dying on the cross for my sins cleanses me from my past. Because of this, I am now a new creation; a new being. I still have the old habits, memories, and tendencies that I had before accepting Jesus; however, I now have God's Spirit living inside of me compelling me to do what is right in God's sight.
This is why seeking God, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is my main goal in life.
I hope that you will join me in seeking after God. Whether you believe what I believe or not, I invite you to check back and follow along as I tell my life story and journey from a non-believer to a believer.
1. Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God. He left heaven to be born of a virgin (Mary), lived a life where he committed no sin, at age 30 began a 3 year ministry in Israel to teach man what God was truly like, was sentenced to death and crucified for the sins of the world, died and rose from the dead 3 days later, appeared to his followers, and then rose to heaven to re-take his proper place at the right and of God. He will one day return to gather all of his believers to and take them to live with him forever in heaven.
2. Jesus is my personal Lord & savior. Even though I have sinned, along with all human beings, my acceptance of Jesus as Lord and His redeeming work of dying on the cross for my sins cleanses me from my past. Because of this, I am now a new creation; a new being. I still have the old habits, memories, and tendencies that I had before accepting Jesus; however, I now have God's Spirit living inside of me compelling me to do what is right in God's sight.
This is why seeking God, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is my main goal in life.
I hope that you will join me in seeking after God. Whether you believe what I believe or not, I invite you to check back and follow along as I tell my life story and journey from a non-believer to a believer.
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
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