Have you heard of the that book called Crazy love? By Francis Chan? powerful book. Tonight I am looking at life through the eyes of about 6 young adults and man is it painful at times. I look back to the first time I accepted Christ when I was 11 years old. I didn't even know what I was doing really. Then I can go back farther and remember sitting in the catholic church watching where they go around the church to each station...ahhh the stations of the cross and my young experience of Jesus dieing on the cross and not quite understandingbut how powerful it was to hear that this man died a horrible death for me.... not knowing then that GOD knew me when i was in my mothers womb. THEN he called me by name..His name was tattooed on my heart. He had a plan at that point in my existence. Stacie was going to surrendar her llife to God and he was going to use her life story to bring many to Christ.
Francis Chan talks about GOD's movie. and how I have a very tiny small bit part in it. The crazy thing is that all of my life I didn't get it. Life was all about ME!!! ME ME ME ME!! What did I want in life? So what if my 'flesh" was screaming with lust or to live it up, that was "normal" right? I just wanted to be normal... The word says, we are not of this world and boy is that the truth. God is working in me. he is the one who lives in me now. When I said YES to jesus I said goodbye to the world, so when I try to go back and live life like others I CAN"T!!! Hello jesus the SON OF GOD lives in me. I have the power to raise people from the dead ( I haven't LOL) but I have the power of Jesus living IN ME!! So yeah when I try to live life my way and its not working out and I keep hitting brick walls , there will come a day when a light will come on or my eyes will be opened and finally I will be FREE... ITS NOT ABOUT ME... I need to seek him to swiftly find out what my calling is and get with the program, THEN, I will say that again THEN.....he will give me the desires of MY heart along the way.... Hello people we ALL have the same FLESH!! We all have a SINFUL nature!! sin is pleasurable for a season. I used to smoke and there would be times I would crave a cigarette and finally get one and then all anxiety would go out the window..I was in a blissful peaceful place with that cigarette smoke moving slowly down my throat into my lungs...aaaahhhhh. But what was really happening??? First I was believing a LIE...that smoke could kill me.. that cigarette would only last a few minutes then I would need another and another...no REAL peace or no real freedom from my anxieties..all was still there and I was adding to my problems by believing that lie. ANd the consequences (aww thats a word we don't like to talk about) could be cancer, death, coughing shortness of breath..That smoke did not belong in my lungs.. SAME thing with sin people. SIn is deceitful and separates us from God, then we are lost. without God we are LOST!!!! So sin has to go. Through Jesus death on the cross our sinful nature is dead, we are free in christ, our FLESH (those desires we hate to let go of) will die eventually the closer we draw to Him... Quit fighting your destiny..Let go and Let God...stop sinning and start living...in JESUS, He paid the price, his life...let the word of God dwell in you richly....let it come into your heart and breathe, then you will soar like never before... Life is short and we have already wasted enough time!!! People are dieing and going to Hell, we could be the light in their darkness.....they are not promised tomorrow, those friends god is bringing into your life may not be for your benefit but for you to share the gospel, DON"T SHRINK BACK!!!! GO FORWARD YOUNG PEOPLE!!!!!! DON"T LOOK BACK!! LET IT GO AND MOVE TOWARDS YOUR MAKER....AMEN!!!!
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