I want to be.....

Three things in life I strive for....

1. A servant of God. I want to dedicate my life to Him. The most depressing thing to
me is that I fall short everyday. I know what I need to do but yet don't them .
That is my down fall. With reading the Word an understanding comes the
responsibility to obey what you read. I want to grow in my relationship with Jesus
and to overcome the sins that I hold onto. This is my top goal. To live a life
that is pure and holy and sanctified to the Lord for His liking is what will
help me to achieve the next two goals.
2. To be a provider for my family. I want to lead by showing my obedience to God.
To be the one who puts food on the table and makes wise choices to lead my family
into what ever direction they go. This is of the most importance to me. I see so
many people who do not hold up their commitment and really just sort of give
up at times. I don't want to be that man. I come from a family that uses
bankruptcy to get out of trouble. While it is sometimes unavoidable I do not want
to be the one to keep that tradition going.It starts with my family. It starts
with my finances, my lifestyle, and my choices. So I pray for guidance in this
area.
3. To be a mega nerd! Thats right. I want to be that nerd that my neighbors come to
when they cannot get any sound or their PC won't come on. Yeah when their family
photos and other documents get trashed by the 12 year old they have who need some
hard drive space to save some of their WOW on. I want to be able to go and help(I
can fix most of theses problems now). I plan to start school this fall and
hopefully land a decent Job. I want to use these skills to help start a web
ministry or to build a web page for my friends and family(Even Though I don't like
to write any code, but it cannot be avoided sometimes.

"I'll Pray for You"- Not!

Lazarus Resources wrote.....
A couple of weeks ago, we had a baby dedication during the church service. As part of that dedication, the congregation is asked to promise to pray for and care for that child. When asked to answer in the affirmative as a group, I stayed silent. That's right, I did not agree to pray for that child as he or she grew up. You know why? Because I know that I'm not going to.
For the full post click here

To shake the dust off our feet.

"If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust of off you feet as you leave." Matthew 10:14
If you have read the Gospels then you no doubt have heard this and even if you haven't you have no doubt heard some one say some version of this before. It is one of those scriptures that gets taken out of context alot.Most people take it has meaning to completely abandon the people or places who do not welcome your ways. This cannot be. Jesus instructs us to love every one. He teaches us through His actions that He has a distaste for sin but a love for everyone. We see this in Judas. He loved Judas and allowed Jesus to be with Him through out His ministry. If he meant to leave behind all those who did accept what we believed He would have never chosen Judas.
Judas remained a thief. The apostles knew this and so did Jesus. Jesus knew He would betray Him. He was self centered and only wanted what was good for Him. Yet Jesus let Him stay with Him and all the other apostles. He taught the apostles to shake the dust off of their feet. That includes the dust of Judas.
You see when He said dust he was using another parable. When people in those times would go into a town where they worshiped a pagan god they would shake off their feet as a symbolic refrence to them leaving the evil ways behind in the city. Do not worship their false gods, do not commit the sins they do. This is what Jesus was saying. If we go to a friends house and lets say they participate in drinking, drugs, or sex with out being married. We can still be their friends but we don't have to let their sins leave their house with us. We can leave that persons house and leave the sins them. Don't go do what they are doing. Leave the beer there, don't ask his girl's friend to come with you.
We do (and we have no choice in all cases) live in a sinful world and are close to sinful people. Just because they sin doesn't mean we have to do the same. Just because you boss cusses doesn't mean you have cuss. Judas didn't influence the others to betray Jesus or to steal because they knew that one persons sin should not be their own. Live your life holy and pure. You will fall short but don't live in sin. You will have to talk to friends and family who live a lifestyle you don't approve of. That in no way means you have to live that lifestyle. Just has the scripture of Matthew 10:14 does not give you the right to give up on people.

Faith vs. Unbelief

What I have recently learned on my blog while speaking to Atheists:

1. Acceptance of science’s theory of evolution is not belief that it is actually true, but merely holds that it is the best theory science has. The word “consensus” is used, meaning “opinion”, which cannot be used as authoritatively fact.
For the full story click here (link and post originate from Splinters of Silver

Elevator Mini-Thon!

Why didn't Jesus write?

I was visiting a a blog today when I chose to fly over to another page. What I found there was interesting. You can read it here
. However if you are Christian you may want to hold off for about one hour before you comment. It is an open bash and one in which the very picture at the top of the blog made my blood pressure go up.
The post is call "Why didn't Jesus write?" and it deals with why Jesus didn't hand write anything in the Gospels. So lets go over a couple of reasons that he probably didn't write.
The first reason actually came from the blog's comment line.
1.“Jesus didn’t write anything because he knew people would worship his writings”
How true is this. If Jesus had written a sermon, letter, or just signed
something it would be like those small crosses people put in their
pockets. People would worship the writings and not the one who died for
them.It is not about the cross but the one who died for us on the cross.
If you have a cross in your pocket you need to ask why you have it.
Is a tool so you can remember the Lord is it becoming your god?
2. It would not be like God!
Through out the Bible you will find people who are of no authority used
by God like Paul, David, Gideon, Matthew, Mark , Luke, John, Esther, Ruth,
Moses, Joseph, Peter, Philemon, Titus,Daniel, and on and on.
Jesus wanted us to believe by faith. You don't think the Bible says that?
Once Thomas touched the Lord Jesus said "You believe because you have seen
me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me."John 20:29
That means faith to me. Faith is the substance of things hoped for but
not seen? Back to the topic. If Jesus had just written it then people
would be like oh yeah well of course Jesus wrote a Bible. Once the
apostles wrote it through God's inspiration though people were
blown away. These guys are common folks! Not great teachers!
This must be God leading them. You see my point.
3. Why should He write?
HE LEFT HEAVEN FOR US!!!! HE WAS BEATEN AND BROUGHT UP ON ILLEGAL CHARGES,
IN AN ILLEGAL COURT PROCESS, BEFORE THOSE HE LOVED AND LIVED TO DIE FOR.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WRITE! HE IS GOD!

Is There Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God? How the Recent Discoveries Support a Designed Universe

The design requirements for our universe are like a chain of 1000 links. If any link breaks, we do not have a less optimal universe for life -- we have a universe incapable of sustaining life! The evidence I have present is daunting, but still short of "proof". I must conclude that it takes a great deal more faith to believe in an accidental universe than to believe in an intelligent creator, or God who crafted such a marvelous universe and beautiful place of habitation in planet Earth, and then created life (including human beings) to occupy it......

By Dr. Walter L. Bradley. This is a fantastic read that was passed onto me through a friend of mine. I found it great. To read the full story click here