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.  

Whom Shall We Fear?

Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed for I am your God, I will strengthen you,Yes I will help you, I will up hold you with my righteous right hand.
and  
Romans 8:31
What shall we say to these things? If God is with us who can be against us?

The answer is NO ONE! Its really cool how many times God tells us "not to fear". With Faith we know that this saying is true! A pic I saw once said that saying was written 365 times! Now I'm not sure if that is true, but it sounds amazing. And isn't it great that we can claim this as true? That we don't have to fear, but yet a lot of us still do. I fear what I don't know, especially this week, I'm going to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament this Saturday and I'm kinda nervous. But I'm not going to worry about it, Because He is all ready there. God is not bound to time so He is all ready there helping us. Why should we fear? What do we have to fear? When God is for us then who can stand against us? Now we may fail or we may lose but with God we will still be known as victors. We can't give up and try to hide under our beds, and try to pretend that "if we just stay here, nothing bad will happen." Well Guess what you just missed out big time! You must have more faith my friends, For with Faith, Everything and Anything, is possible! Isn't that a wonderful Blessing!? I read something a few days ago that said that "a thankful person remembers God's protection." try it, it works remember all the things you can be thankful for and you won't be so scared. When we try to fight the fears ourselves we will be destroyed every time, but with God all things are possible! So like it says in Veggietales we shouldn't fear when God is on our team we are the victors every time. Don't let Satan beat you into hiding, because that's what he wants. God is on our side so we need not be afraid of what happens tomorrow,  " Because Tomorrow has to worry about itself" Matthew 6:34a. If you are worried you can always pray, Prayer is the strongest way for you to get rid of your fear. "Ask and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full" John 16:24b.

 He who kneels before God

Can Stand Before anyone.