God is good!

I haven't blogged for a while, but i am bloggin again today to tell that God is good.

Ive been on a interesting part of my journey, it hasn't been to hard, but i have spent alot of time without Jesus as my first priority. I've been thinking a lot about my future and what am i to do with my life?

I have also got caught up in things of my past that have led me to feel guilty and not recieve the full blessings of Christ. Today has only just started but God is good, you see i went to work like every other day and thought today won't be any different, but i put on some music and God started to talk to me, he was stirring something in my Spirit, he was calling me, he was asking me to live closer to him, he desired a relationship with me. How can he want that? I am a sinner, a slave to the world, yet he tells me of freedom, of love and acceptance, a love that forgot my sin and paid the price for my life upon that cross.

How can i not believe in him, he looks at me and loves me, he wants more of my life, he isn't out to condem me rather he wants whats best for my life. I was bought at a price and by his stripes i was healed! God wants me to enjoy a abundant life. A life full of his glory and full of his promise.

I was alone and empty without this saviour, i was nothing but dust until he told me my worth! and what am i worth, im worth the world! for he gave his life to set me free, i know longer have to be a slave to the world for now i am a slave to Christ.

A God that is above and beyond, the alpha and omega, the prince of peace, the bright and morning star, the great 'I AM', the history maker.

That is my God, and i choose to serve and honour him, for i was not first to choose him, rather he was first to choose me.

God is good!!!

Blessings

No better place

There is no better place then being in the will of God, i heard some amazing news the other day to do with my application for college, i had put it to the board and they had decided to defer me indefinatly. I wasn't accepted!!! how amazing! You may think that i am being sarcastic but i know that this wasn't Gods timing, that this wasn't Gods will for my life.

I wrote before that Jonah was a man that ran from the will of God, i explained how dangerous this is and how unwise that is, so i am stoked that i didn't get in. I want to be in the will of the father no matter what.

So i understand that my journey at this stage isn't taking me towards college. I however did face a few speedbumps that i won't go into great detail about, but the main message was that in order to get into the training college i have to work in the secular employment. I prayed about it and i know that this isn't Gods will for my life, i am not called to work in secular employment, rather work in full time ministry in the secular world.

This may mean that i won't be in college for a while, but thats alright because i do not want to be a Jonah in the sense that i do not want to put off God's will on my life to get into college, i would consider this to be very unwise.

So i feel that right now i am in God's will, my Christian friends on the board may think im being stupid, but its God's thoughts that matter.

So walk in God's will for your life. I know i may never end up as Salvation Army Officer, but i will however be in full time ministry and God's will for the rest of my life.

Can you say that you are in the will of God? Think hard about that, and what do you need to do to line yourself up with the will of God?

Blessings

Get up sinner! Walk Blameless

Choose today to walk free from the sin which grips your soul. Do you continue to look at the things you do and think that you aren't worthy of the cross? Do you think that you are too much of a sinner to be effective in full time ministry or in any service of the king? Is your sin a constant weight on your back? Well the news is it doesn't have to be!

Why carry weight that was crucified at the cross? Jesus came so we may have abundant life! A abundant life is a weightless life! You as a sinner can be used by the king to tell the world about the love of Jesus Chirst! For his grace is sufficient for you!

There are too many people living in bondage when they don't have to! As soon as we repent our sin is forgotten! God remembers it no more! He hasn't just pushed it into the back of his memory he completely wiped it from his memory!

Psalm 103:12 says:

as far as the east is from the west,so far has he removed our transgressions from us

Thats not just talking about the eastern and western points of the earth rather it is talking about the easter and western points of space itself!!! That is a long way!

So it is possible to walk this life without the chains of sin hanging off our body, and its about acknowledging that Christ took those chains to the cross and our sins past, present and future have been paid for!!!

So stop looking back on your sin and beating yourself up for it, Christ isn't condenming you for he has already forgotten! Why then are you condenming yourself?

The more you think about your sinner the more likely you are to fall back into it.

Its like a runner, running in a hurdle race, imagine your the runner, your running the race and you hit a hurdle, you then start beating yourself up for hitting that hurdle, thinking thoughts like im stupid, how'd i hit that? things like that, your coach (Jesus) is saying "focus on the next hurdle i have forgiven you for hitting that hurdle" you however keep looking back at the past hurdle and becasue your focus isn't on the next hudle you hit it! you keep hitting hurdles because you aren't focusing on how you can jump the next one!

Get up sinner! look forward and see that the next hurdle is infront of you! how can you effectivly dodge it?

You can't change your past, Go change your future!!!

Blessings

Face to Face

Ive been told to blog again so that's exactly what i am going to do!

Yesterday i went to a Central Holiness meeting and my first thought was, well this is going to be boring and traditional. See if you know me well you will discover that i am not the biggest fan of the physical traditions of the Salvation Army. But i went in with the Spirit that i will worship God with whatever music is played, with whatever style is used, because God is above our worship styles! God is above what we conisder contemporary and Traditional. And fair go for me to be so selfish to refuse to worship God becasue it may not be a style that i enjoy.

So as the service started i really started to connect with the living God. It is quite amazing as the song book songs were being played i just looked at the words and i thought to myself "hey i believe those words" So i decided to let loose and just worship God in the way i generally do. And God showed up, i mean he was already there it was actually me who showed up for worship. I didnt let wordly things stop me from connecting with God.

I read again today one of my faviourate verse in scripture and that is James 4:7 "submit yourself then to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you, Draw near to God and he will draw near to you"

That day i chose to draw near to the living God! It doesn't matter what our style is just a thing we enjoy, but God enjoys all music! Lets not limit our worship just becasue it may not be something we enjoy.

I admit this is something i find difficult but God has been continually shaping me in this area! and it comes from being constantly humbled and challenged.

So do you let your stlye of music stop you from encountering the king? For those of you who are traditional get out and taste the contemporary music scene who knows maybe God will change your perspective on worship and for those of you who are contemporary, get off your high horse and start appreciating that traditional worship holds significance!!!

Blessings

Divisional board interview

So pretty much today i had my Divisional board interview and i'm pretty disapointed in my effort.

I have been so caught up lately in this whole 'going to college' thing, Let me just get back to the heart of God aye! You see in Gods time and Gods year i will get in to college, its not by anything i can do. Its all out of my hands! I know that in all areas of my life i have to continually submit to the King of Kings but it isn't always easy.

Sometimes my mind wants to sort everything out itself. Questions like: When will i get a girlfriend (haha don't mind being single though) or when will i get into college so many questions filling my mind, all of which stressing over will achieve nothing.

It's hard though i do admit. To let Jesus just handle everything. I know he won't make a mistake that his timing will pull through but why then do i constantly think about it.

I believe in my heart 2009 is the year i will go in, but if i am wrong then it will just be another humbling process, God is in control and i am just saying to Him 'Here i am Lord, send me'

So Jesus i say to you know "when you want me in, i am ready! You say go i go, you say speak i speak. Im am your bond slave Lord!! Take me use me, Take away my stresses and keep my eyes constantly focused on you. I love you Lord"

Are you comprimising?

I haven't blogged for a while and always find it hard to get back into the swing of things. So i thought that i would comment on a issue that i've been finding in my own personal life and walk with God.

The last few weeks at work there has been this particular person in that i have found so hard to be real with. I have found that i have been comprimising my faith to impress this person, and i cannot understand why.

The person is not a Christian and my faith really seems to be nothing but a joke, but instead of sharing my passion and heart for Jesus i have just laughed along with the jokes that are made about my faith. It is disgusting, not what she is doing rather my response to that, instead of shoving my faith to the side i should stand strong in what i believe! there isn't room for Comprimise in the kingdom of God!

At school i would often shove my beliefs under the rug, but God has a way of bringing them out, and comprimise doesn't get us anywhere! So for you who reads this, remember that its not about what other people think about you! Its about what Christ thinks of you! So step up superstar and be who you are! don't comprimise yourself for others.

Im not saying im perfect at it, clearly you can see that it's hard for me aswell! But i choose to no longer comprimse but stand firm in my belief!

Christ is my KING!!! Christ is my ALL!!!

God a problem with that? Then comment on this blog and tell me!!! Bring it on! i don't care what you think of me!!!

Fasting day 4

It says Fasting day 4 casue i didnt blog on day 3

Wow i have finally gone 4 day's without the use of the internet (with the exception of email and blogger) God's been working in my life heaps over these past few days and i can start seeing the changes play part in my life.

Today however was a challenging one! Not becasue i wanted to use the internet, and not becasue people made it challenging but it was challenging because the devil was tempting me so much, and i didn't feel that i could handle it. I prayed and texted my accountability friend and told him the situation i was in then i went into my room and started doing my devotions!
I overcame the temptation and i didn't give in! I am seeing the breakthrough that Christ was promising me! i just had to walk in it.

You know i don't miss facebook and myspace and msn and all that stuff, because i have found that it was just replacing my time with God, and i cherish my time with God so much more then i did with facebook etc. So i won't end this internet fast until i know that God is my first priority.

This fast has allowed me to get a regular devotions routine with Christ, allowed me to fight off temptation, has seen me spend more time with my family. Given me more time to pray about things like college and work and friends.

I'm almost crying becasue i've seen how great things can be with Christ, im seeing him become my first priority and I realise how much i missed, but not any more. JESUS I LOVE YOU!!!

So i don't know when i will be on facebook again, but i don't really care.

So what's my challenge? I'm not going to ask you to give up things you enjoy (within reason) but i will ask is Jesus your first priority? or do other things get in the way? i know in my life that other things got in the way.

God bless! From me, a sinner saved by grace!