July 31, 2008

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  earlier today i watched this…

   

  i remember that i watched it about a year ago and remember how much i
  love it. is my heart in the world…or is it totally for Christ alone?
  do i have one foot in the world, and one foot following Him? He said
  that if we are going to follow Him we are to pick up our cross…and
  follow Him daily. not every once in a while, not only on Sundays or when we feel like it…but daily.

  my heart is broken for those in my generation. mainly, the ones who
  call themselves “Christian”. yes, there are people my age out partying,
  getting in trouble, doing whatever young people usually do but i’m not
  going to judge them–why? because they don’t know Christ. they don’t
  have the knowledge of Christ and the love that He poured out for their
  life. however, there are those who are young Christians and profess it
  with there mouths but–the lives don’t match up to the talk. they are
  talking all the talk but what about the daily walk with Jesus? the walk
  where we pick up our cross, pursue righteousness and look back to the
  world and are able to say “hey! come with me…i have found something,
  i have found Someone so much better than those temporary pleasures that
  you run after…”

  it may be that my generation has become so numb to sin, so desensitized
  to the media. it may be that we think that good works will show others
  that we’re good enough. or it may be that we seem to think what the
  world has to offer looks better than the One who died a death for our
  lives to be saved. however, i do know that there needs to be those who
  whole-heartedly live a life without compromise, without the mediocrity
  of much of what modern Christianity portrays. i deeply hope and pray
  that this becomes true in my own life. that the way i life my life-my
  standards- are not set by the world.

  when people look at a life that is totally saturated with the love of
  Christ, they are taken aback. they wonder how someone could be so
  satisfied with a God who made all the heavens and the earth. they
  wonder how Jesus could be someone’s treasure.. how He could make a life
  worth living, and a life worth giving. they wonder why you don’t give
  in to the pressures of the world. they wonder why there is peace in
  trouble, why there is healing in suffering, and why there is so deep a
  joy found daily.
  they wonder why you aren’t living like most of the others your age.
  they wonder what sets you apart, what makes you different. …. make them wonder. let them see a life in love with God, a life that glorfies Him. a life that is always, all for Him.

   

   

  “for the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. and we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. we should live in this evil world with self-control, right conduct, and devotion to God, while we look forward to that wonderful event when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing what is right…” (titus 2:11-14)

   

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