Jesus is My Identity

                  When we are filled with the Holy Ghost, and baptised in Jesus name, when we are save we take on Jesus name.  We are adopted into his kingdom and his name becomes our own. I painted this picture with many finger prints to show that there are many who need Jesus in their life and the giant fingerprint shows within the print the words Jesus is my identity showing that I am no longer my own but that I belong to Jesus.

While You Were Sleeping- Casting Crowns

The Unwanted Christmas Tree

             I was walking home from school when I saw a Christmas tree laying on the curb.  I almost walked past when I noticed a brown cardboard sign right beside it.  Immediately I thought that's strange normally a person would throwout a tree after Christmas not before?  That's when I decided to get a closer look I walked around the tree and looked at the sign which read free tree.  Then I looked up to see a tree in the person's window that was bigger and more grand then this full of beautiful decorations.  Then I looked at this one it was nice and average, it was smaller then the other tree.  I started to think about how excited my two youngest siblings would be if I brought a real tree home I almost took it home, when I realized I should call my mom first so she would not get mad.  So I called her and can you guess what her answer was? It was no because we simply have no room to put it.  I started to walk the rest of the way home and for some strange reason I just could not get that tree out of my head.  Then I started thinking about the first Christmas and how their was no room for our Savior Christ Jesus.  Not in the inn (Luke 2:7), not even in his adult life (Matthew 8:20) and sadly in the place of allot of persons hearts not even now.  There is simply no room.  Where does that leave you do you have room for Jesus in your life?

• Luke 2:7

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

• Matthew 8:20

King James Version (KJV)

 ²⁰And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Broken on The Inside

In the darkness of the world. You must be broken on the inside to show God's light. 

Many people see a broken spirit as weakness while God sees it as an opportunity to give comfort to you and also to grow in faith.  It is easy to praise God when times are easy, but it shows much faith and love to praise God when times are hard.  When your broken God's light shines so much brighter when you follow him when the things in this life seem to be at there darkest.

Psalm 51

 ¹Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
 ²Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
 ³For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
 ⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
 ⁵Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
 ⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
 ⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
 ⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
 ⁹Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
 ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 ¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
 ¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
 ¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
 ¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
 ¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
 ¹⁶For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
 ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
 ¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
 ¹⁹Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Excepting God's Love

I have wrote about love allot. So you're probably wondering why is this blogger writing on it again? I have always prayed about topics before I introduce them. I know theres peace, joy, patience many different topics to write about but at the heart of all the topics I've studied it all comes back to love. Not just any love but God's love for you and me. This video at the end of it has a question on it that says will you accept God's love?  The question I'm now asking is will you and do you know how?  Many people say to except God is enough, but is it how do we except God's LOVE?

In John 14:6 it says "⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

So the only way is through Jesus Christ, but how do we receive this gift of salvation?

In the book of Acts a crowd asks Peter  "...what shall we do?" about this same matter and this is the reply "...Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts 2: 37-38)
So now your most likely wondering what does the word repent mean?

Repent means  to turn completely around. In other words ask God to forgive you and turn completely away from sin.  

Have you been Baptized? In whose name by reading this verse you must be baptized in Jesus name.
No other name or titles are right.  Now the word baptism comes from a Greek word baptizmo which means full submersion, otherwise buried. In Colossians 2:12 "Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead." So if you have been baptized at one point and it has not been according to scripture be sure to.

What is the Holy Ghost?  The Holy Ghost is a comforter and the Spirit Jesus said in John 3 that without one cannot enter the kingdom of God. How do you know if you've been filled with the Holy Ghost? Some have said it is a feeling that you know, but lets look in Acts 2 when people first received the gift of the Holy Ghost...  " ¹And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
 ²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
 ³And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
 ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. " (Acts 2:1-4)  Every time someone gets the Holy Ghost they speak in other tongues.

Okay now your probably thinking. All that happened a long time ago so it is not for me. But that's where your wrong. In Acts 2:39 it says " ³⁹For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call."

This promise of God's love is for everyone, the question is
ARE YOU READY TO EXCEPT GOD"S LOVE?

Undiscrible Joy

Everyone longs to be happy, every person that I've met so far has been in a search for true happiness a joy that is theirs. For a long time I was in search for joy and I found it after years of looking, what I found it was right in front of me. I looked toward many things to find happiness but none of them filled the hole in my heart that was out looking. I turned to music at one time,acting, art, even at one sports (which I am no longer good at) but nothing very filled that desire. Those things made me feel happy for a moment but none of it really ever lasted it took me to realise what I truly desired . I wanted a joy that would last like many others who search for joy true happiness I had searched in all the wrong places. Where I needed to look was toward Jesus, once I looked there I found the joy that I was looking for. 

   

Nehemiah 8:10

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹⁰Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

The BIG Picture

Have you ever gone through life just focusing on one day at a time then all of a sudden realize you where missing something? I know what this feels like the stress of only seeing a small snapshot of your life when you realy need to see the BIG PICTURE. You get so frusterated and it makes you conserned, you start thinking am what I'm doing now does it matter, does it make a difference, will it impact someones life, or would I be better off giving up? Only seeing a small picture drives me crazy exspecially in life it's the only thing we will see. It's kind of like a puzzle you can only see one piece untill all the pieces are in place, so don't worry if you can't see the Big Picture God has a plan for you and even though you can only see a small piece you have a hope and a future.

• Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)

"¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

• Jeremiah 29:11  (NIV)

^" For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. "