I hate it when I can't sleep. I've been laying in bed for 3 hours and still can't seem to fall asleep.
I've been reading Francis Chan. Specfically, "Forgotten God". It's about how the church in the Western world has misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misused the Holy Spirit.
It's really made me question myself and what I really believe. Don't get me wrong, I know what I believe:
1. The Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity; equal to but distinct from God. I can't really explain it, but I've felt Him so I know He's real.
2. Every believer receives the Holy Spirit upon conversion. This was promised by Jesus, confimred by the apostles and evidenced through out the New Testament by believers.
However, does my life show evidence of the Spirit? Does my life show evidence that I really believe the Spirit lives in me and acts through me, giving me strength to do God's will?
If I'm honest, most of the time it doesn't. Most of the time, I strive to do things my way; to do what I want and I try to do it with my own strength.
And I don't think I am alone in this either. When I look around at the modern church, I don't see many people living by the Spirit as the Bible teaches. This really makes me sad, but how can I do anything about it unless I begin to live by the Spirit as well.
So that has become my mission: to yield my life to the Holy Spirit, to seek His will, and to do as He bids me.
Please pray for me as I seek Him. I know He lives within me, and if I don't feel His presence, it is because I have shut Him out. Pray that I am able to yield my life to Him more and more each day.
jrb
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.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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