In This Life

In this life we will face hardships, people will hurt you beat you down until you are destroyed. And you may think that the world hates you because of your religion.

In John 15:18 ' If the world hates you,ye know that it hated me before it hated you.' If it seems like the world hates you right now. You should know that the Lord dealt with this things before you now should know that we do not need worry about it.

It says in 1 Peter 3:14 ' But and if he suffer for righteousness' sake happy,are ye and be not afraid of terror,neither be troubled.' If God said not to be troubled or afraid we should believe what He says is true.

One reason why people will be mean to you is because you are different and you have something they won't in John 17:14 it says ' I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world,even as I am not of the world.'

If God wasn't from the world neither should we. We should not be sinning because that is of the world. If we are not of the world then we should try not to sin.

Because sin is what separates us from God. God is perfect in every way He cannot sin or see sin. The Lord Hates sin he doesn't hate you but the sin that you did. The Lord will be more then glad to for give you of your sin all you have to do is say is," Lord I'm sorry for my sins, please forgive me of them." And whether you believe in Him already or if you haven't yet. Jesus will forgive you of them the Bible tells us so in 1 John 1:9 'If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.' For the people who do not have Jesus in their life will find it harder to apologies for their sins.  The Lord will forgive you of your sins all you have to do is say I'm sorry and believe what He did for you on the Cross. Jesus God's only son died on the cross bearing upon Himself every sin of the World. Jesus took all the sins to hell and left them there. Jesus' body was put in a tomb covered by a massive rock, and guarded by Roman Soldiers over a period of 3 days. On the Third day Jesus arose from the grave beating Satans plan and He saved you. 

Jesus was hated by the world, everyone turned their backs on Him. They even put Him to the point of Death. But He did it all for you. Jesus has made the way for a person to get to heaven all we have to do is believe that Jesus rose from the grave and believe that He saved you from something much worse then people saying bad things about you or whatever the problem is. God over came the World. John 16:33 'I have told you these things,so that you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart I have overcome the world' God has already won, and The Lord made the way just be willing to accept what He did. And you will be blessed The Lord always protects His children. And remember God made you special and he loves you very much. Later readers. 

Honor And Respect

Honor is a high respect for someone. Respect a condition of being esteemed or honored. You see Honor  and Respect go hand in hand. I can give you three strong verses on Respect and Honor.

'Honor your Father and Mother' Exodus 20:12 

Right there many children and teenagers will and do not respect their parents. How disgraceful it is for a parent to see his children blatantly disobey them. It drives me crazy to see that. I don't know about you but it is a huge slap to the face when the child does not obey. 

Proverbs 20:9 

Honor The Lord with your possessions,and the first fruits of all your increase. 

1 Peter 2:17 

Honor all men, Love the Brotherhood, Fear The Lord, Honor the king. 

Honor The Lord first,then your parents,and Honor the King. Keep the Lord first in everything you do no matter what it is. Honor your parents by obeying them and remember their teachings when your away from them. Honer the king or anyone in authority over you,such as the government. You should pray for them if you don't agree with their decisions and pray that they make the right choices.

When we Honor all men we must show some respect to them. But there are some people who do not deserve respect.

Psalm 40:4
Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,And does not respect the proud,nor such as turn aside to lies.

If you want honor and respect you must remain humble and trusts the Lord. When we are humble and Trust the King people will see us as a inspiration.

Matthew 5:16
In the same way,let your light shine before others, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. 

The Light we are shining is the Light of Christ and other people are trying to find it.

So lets show the world the light we have, when we let it shine we will be seen as a inspiration to those who don't have it. 

10 Things I Will Always Remember From my Time in Germany

I know it's been awhile since I have blogged on this fantastic page, what with moving and all.  So, I am here to rectify that.  As I begin my journey back to the States in a week, I just wanted to reflect on the past 3 and half years.  It has been a journey.  An amazing journey.

1.  I will always remember that excited, but slightly apprehensive, feeling of moving to Germany.  Excited for the obvious reasons, one of them being in the middle of history itself.  And then the apprehensive feeling of being overseas.  Far from my homeland.

2.  The food.  Man, do the Germans know how to eat.  From schnitzel to pizza, and from the bratwurst to the amazing gilatos.

3.  The culture that surrounds this place.  For instance, when you come to eat at dinner, it is a time to sit down and fellowship together, and to enjoy the delicious spread before you.  It easily takes about two and a half hours to eat dinner at a German restaurant.

4.  The friends I have made.  They have been amazing blessings, and they have helped me grow in many areas.  I will not forget any of them!  I am immensely grateful for every one of them.

5.  The traveling.  It has been a blast going on road trips with my family.  We have journeyed all over the continent of Europe together, and have made numerous memories.

6.  A gathering of teens called "FAB Friday."  It was a time where we would gather every Friday night to enjoy food, fellowship, and fun!  But more importantly, we were able to dig into the Word of the Lord, and grow from what we learned.

7.  The castles.  By George, there are castles on almost every hillside.  I will definitely miss exploring these old ruins around here.

8.  The beauty of Bavaria.  My family and I were blessed to be in one of the most beautiful places in Germany.  One of the sixteen states of Germany, it (in my opinion) is the most fantastic.  It's rolling hills and forests will always have a place in my heart.

9.  My family.  I could not imagine where I would be without them.

10.  Every experience.  Every fall.  Every laugh.  Every tear.  Every smile.  All of it.  It has been an amazing time.  The Lord knew what He was doing the day He sent us to Germany!

*Note, that these are in no particular order.

Job's Trust in the Lord.

 Job  1 

There was a man in the land of Uz,whose name was Job; that man was blameless and upright,and one that feared God and shunned evil. 

Job was a man who was found blameless he was also a man who wouldn't take the name of the Lord in vain. Job faced terrible trials his kids were killed ,his property was taken from him, his body was covered in sores. And he still praised God in the end of it all!

Job's friends told him to curse God and just die, his wife told him the same. One friend even said that he did something wrong to get such a torment. But he never did. 

Even throughout his entire torment he never said anything bad towards God, He never blamed the Lord. He only trusted God and in the End of it all God told his friends to leave Job alone and He gave

Readers God limits our heartaches, our troubles, and He extends His Grace to us in abundance. If your wondering why then please understand that God Loves you because your special to Him. The Lord made you don't believe any of that Big Bang junk because none of it is true! Job believed in his Lord because he loved the Lord with all his heart and would never do anything to hurt the Lord. That's why he knew not to blame the Lord the second commandment of the Ten Commandments is 

 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.' Exodus 20:7. 

So please try to be like Job he wouldn't take the name of the Lord in vain and neither should we so please watch what you say when God comes into it. Because if you take the His name in vain He will not hold you blameless.  

Why we are free

"In God we trust" is the motto of America. It is a motto I trust dearly.

2 Corinthians 3:17 says," For The Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of The Lord is, there is Freedom." I think that's were the our saying comes from. But freedom comes at a price because without the brave men and women who laid down their lives to keep our land free. God has been gracious to and He has watched over us given us the strength to endure hard times. We may have struggled hard times but He will give us freedom because He can do all things.  Freedom can only happen with the Lord's help.

 Happy Independence Day Everyone!

How to Change the World

James 3:5-8

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 

Psalm 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil,and your lips from speaking deceit.

Cursing its terrible we defile ourselves by saying such bad words against one another. 
Have you ever heard the saying " If you have nothing nice to say don't say it."? That saying is fantastic.
It helps keep all type of relationships. You should be kind to everyone you meet because they could be going though something terrible and I bet you don't want to make them feel worse. 
A Saying from Veggietales was
"God doesn't want us to spread words that can hurt, God wants us to spread nice words." 

Words are a great way to change the world.

A step to gaining Honor

Proverbs 18:12b

And before honor is humility.

There you have it one of the first steps to gaining Honor one must be humble. If you are proud,my advise you need to stop or you will be humbled,and now one likes being humbled. 

James 4:6 says

But He gives more grace.Therefore He says: "God resists the proud,but gives grace to the humble."

A fantastic verse, one with much knowledge behind it. God resists the proud, God does not like a proud person who thinks that they know it all Because no one can. We all fall at one point or another we need to have Jesus' help, without it we get humbled faster,we fall faster. That's why its better to stay humble read that again its better to stay humble then to get your head into trouble.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a sport where it is better to stay humble because when you think that you can dominate everyone on the mat, you get submitted in a matter of seconds. I speak from experience.

Enjoy humility my friends because He give grace to the humble. Grace is amazing I may talk about that next time though.
But in the end any honor that we get we should give all the glory to the Lord because that's where it all comes from,Him.

Proverbs 22:4

Humility and fear of The Lord,are riches honor and life.