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Saturday, July 18, 2015
How To Talk To God?
It it surprising to me how many Christians are unaware that they can speak to God and that God actually speaks back. And in case you are confused about what the Holy Spirit is, it is the spirit of God and it sole purpose is to be the line of communication between you and God.
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
So the idea of the Holy Spirit is confusing to some people since on the day of Pentecost, people spoke in tongues and different languages. But that is not just what the Holy Spirit is about.
So here you see that Holy Spirit is not about speaking in tongues, or even healing. The Holy Spirit gives different gifts in different ways. It is about the direction that God gives us in order to go about our lives. For this reason, I do not understand why so many people trust other people in what God has to say for their lives. I mean can’t they hear God themselves? Of course we can go to other people and get confirmation, however to trust solely on what other people tell us about our lives is not wise. Because they may not understand what God is telling you, they may discourage you from what God is telling you, and that is the reason why God is telling you not them.
The thing about the Holy Spirit is that the Holy Spirit will speak to you in a way that is best for you. I feel that this can include words or pictures. In whatever way that God chooses to talk to you is the way that He chooses to talk to you, and you must be open to the way that God speaks you in order to hear God clearly. And being able to recognize the fact that God talks you makes it easier to hear God talking to you.
I guess that I am getting at is that so many people ask how they can talk to God or how they can hear from God? Well it is easy just simply open up your mind, your hear, and be receptive to what God has to say to you. It may take some practice at first, to hear what God is saying or knowing that God is actually speaking to you, but once you do; you will know where God is leading you, what He is telling you to do, and then you cannot go wrong. Listening to God and knowing God’s voice will help prevent you going down the wrong path and doing a whole bunch of stupid stuff
I can recall so many times that I heard God not telling me to do something or get involved with someone, and me doing it anyway causing myself a harm because I should have listened to God. I can recall that listening to God has kept me out of trouble. Trouble that I did not even know what coming at the time was going to be trouble. Just because the idea of talking to God may sound crazy in this day and age where so many people are moving away from the traditional value of God, does not mean that we still cannot communicate with God. And allowing someone to tell you that talking to God and Him talking back to you is crazy will only undermine your belief system. What is Christianity if only about having a relationships with God? What is the whole point of the Holy Spirit? Do you think God is just sitting there hoping that we get things right? Or do you think that He has sent his spirit down done to us so that if we listen to it we know that we will get things right.
To all those people saying that I am crazy for talking to God and believing that He talks, back, I can tell them I can name a whole bunch of crazy going on in the world today that will override the notion that me hearing from God is crazy.
In closing if you want to hear from God you can, open your mind and even your mouth to do so, and it is as easy as that. I can recall when I was talking to God, I was not even aware that I was talking to Him. I would just have a conversation with myself in my head and a voice would speak back to me and tell me what to do, console me, or make me feel better. This went on for years before I realized that it was God talking to me. See no one had ever told me that we could talk to God in that way and He could talk back. I had to figure it out on my own.
Which is why I am saving you time and telling you. So that is about all for this post people, I hope you understand what I am saying and practice in your daily communication with God. Trust me it helps.
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
Acts 2:1-5
So the idea of the Holy Spirit is confusing to some people since on the day of Pentecost, people spoke in tongues and different languages. But that is not just what the Holy Spirit is about.
“Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not!” Corinthians 12:30
So here you see that Holy Spirit is not about speaking in tongues, or even healing. The Holy Spirit gives different gifts in different ways. It is about the direction that God gives us in order to go about our lives. For this reason, I do not understand why so many people trust other people in what God has to say for their lives. I mean can’t they hear God themselves? Of course we can go to other people and get confirmation, however to trust solely on what other people tell us about our lives is not wise. Because they may not understand what God is telling you, they may discourage you from what God is telling you, and that is the reason why God is telling you not them.
I guess that I am getting at is that so many people ask how they can talk to God or how they can hear from God? Well it is easy just simply open up your mind, your hear, and be receptive to what God has to say to you. It may take some practice at first, to hear what God is saying or knowing that God is actually speaking to you, but once you do; you will know where God is leading you, what He is telling you to do, and then you cannot go wrong. Listening to God and knowing God’s voice will help prevent you going down the wrong path and doing a whole bunch of stupid stuff
I can recall so many times that I heard God not telling me to do something or get involved with someone, and me doing it anyway causing myself a harm because I should have listened to God. I can recall that listening to God has kept me out of trouble. Trouble that I did not even know what coming at the time was going to be trouble. Just because the idea of talking to God may sound crazy in this day and age where so many people are moving away from the traditional value of God, does not mean that we still cannot communicate with God. And allowing someone to tell you that talking to God and Him talking back to you is crazy will only undermine your belief system. What is Christianity if only about having a relationships with God? What is the whole point of the Holy Spirit? Do you think God is just sitting there hoping that we get things right? Or do you think that He has sent his spirit down done to us so that if we listen to it we know that we will get things right.
To all those people saying that I am crazy for talking to God and believing that He talks, back, I can tell them I can name a whole bunch of crazy going on in the world today that will override the notion that me hearing from God is crazy.
Which is why I am saving you time and telling you. So that is about all for this post people, I hope you understand what I am saying and practice in your daily communication with God. Trust me it helps.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Family Times Can Be The Best Time. My 4th of July Weekend VLOG
This past weekend was not only the fourth of July Weekend but it was also my son's 7th birthday. I went to visit my cousin in Jacksonville, NC. People who know me know that I do not like spending money. Spending money is not needed for you, your child, or your family to have a good time. Here is my VLOG on what I did for my son's birthday and for my 4th of July weekend.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Is America Becoming Anti-Christian?
The separation between church and state is something that most Americans are rooting for. But why? When our country was not founded off the separation of church and state, in fact it was founded of basic Biblical principals. Before this nation went on this crusade to have a God free nation, I feel like we had a lot less problems in this country.
When you look at the idea of America. Look at our money that says “In God we Trust.” Our pledge of alliance that says “One nation under God.” And in our court system when they use to place their hand on the Bible and give the famous quote that we all know “ I swear to tell the truth the whole truth so help me God.” Is now taboo, in the United States that we are living in.
I will not get into the whole passing of gay marriage or the recent agenda’s to get rid of the Christianity that our nation has been built on The bigger picture is that we need to look at all of this and determine what in the world is going on here. Christians are no longer being seen as good people but rather as intolerant crazy people who do not want to change with the times.
The last time I checked, God was the same now, then, and forever. All the stuff that has gone on in the world and that is going on in the world today has been seen and predicted by God. And guess what, as Christians we can chose to recognize what is going on and prepare for it, or let go of our senses and go with popular culture.
When you look at the news with the shooting of a church. And it all was soon forgotten as soon as the supreme court passed gay marriage. What is going on in our world we we as people have become so fickle. Fox news reports that the 10 commandants are to be removed from the court building where it has been sitting and causing no one harm to anyone for all of this time. What is the sudden urge to erase Christianity from our nation’s history, when it is our nations history.
In the United States we are screaming our freedom from the mountain tops, but where are the freedom for Christians. And if we do not stay diligent and keep our eyes open, we will miss it all together. I cannot tell you how many news reports I have seen that talk about the “Doomsday Christian” that speaks out about the end of the world every time something bad happens. And they mock us as if believing in the Bible and being watchful as to what God tells us to be watchful is crazy.
But the end of the world is coming sooner or later. And overtime we have become desensitized to the weirdness and wrongdoings of the world. I do not care how progressive the world gets, it does not seem right to me that there are some people in the world that are half man and half woman. They have gotten breast put on their body but still have a penis. But for some reason or another, people being half male and half female has become completely normal, and to question this, means that we are unaccepting.
Have we ever stop to think about what God would think about all of this. Are we so busy trying to be open and accepting to everyone that our morals are just becoming a circus. And for me to even say this is unpopular I am sure. Christian people that either are afraid to say that because of what other people may think, or Christians somehow feel that the word of God is outdated.
Either you believe that God’s word is true now, then, and forever or you think it is something that can be changed by man. And if you think that it is something that can be changed by man then you mine as well say that you do not believe in God at all. Because believing in God is understanding that God is all knowing, He created everything, knowing that He is unable to lie, and knowing that what God wants us and commands us to do is the truth.
I am going to tell you a little true story about myself. At a job I was in, my supervisor was gay and she invited me to her wedding. I chose not to go. However, I did not hate her as a person, I just did not want to go to her wedding. Just like if she did not want to come to my wedding I would have to accept that. Well she did not accept it. She knew I was a Christian and chose to openly persecute me for not wanting to go to her wedding. For not believing in what she wanted me to believe in. This was done on a smaller scale, but can you imagine that this type persecution are going to happen to Christians everywhere. We are not going to be allowed to practice our beliefs and be left alone, but rather other people’s beliefs are going to be forced on us. And if we refused to accept others people’s belief, then we are going to be seen as intolerant.
Now you may think I am going too far, but these things have already happened. Christians have been sued because they did not want to make a gay couples wedding cake, a firefighter fired for openly praying with a man that was dying, a child in suspended from school for saying God bless you when a fellow class mate sneezed. Is this freedom of religion why have so many Christians gotten in trouble for trying to verbalize their beliefs? Just some food for through for you to digest in your system for the day.
When you look at the idea of America. Look at our money that says “In God we Trust.” Our pledge of alliance that says “One nation under God.” And in our court system when they use to place their hand on the Bible and give the famous quote that we all know “ I swear to tell the truth the whole truth so help me God.” Is now taboo, in the United States that we are living in.
I will not get into the whole passing of gay marriage or the recent agenda’s to get rid of the Christianity that our nation has been built on The bigger picture is that we need to look at all of this and determine what in the world is going on here. Christians are no longer being seen as good people but rather as intolerant crazy people who do not want to change with the times.
The last time I checked, God was the same now, then, and forever. All the stuff that has gone on in the world and that is going on in the world today has been seen and predicted by God. And guess what, as Christians we can chose to recognize what is going on and prepare for it, or let go of our senses and go with popular culture.
In the United States we are screaming our freedom from the mountain tops, but where are the freedom for Christians. And if we do not stay diligent and keep our eyes open, we will miss it all together. I cannot tell you how many news reports I have seen that talk about the “Doomsday Christian” that speaks out about the end of the world every time something bad happens. And they mock us as if believing in the Bible and being watchful as to what God tells us to be watchful is crazy.
But the end of the world is coming sooner or later. And overtime we have become desensitized to the weirdness and wrongdoings of the world. I do not care how progressive the world gets, it does not seem right to me that there are some people in the world that are half man and half woman. They have gotten breast put on their body but still have a penis. But for some reason or another, people being half male and half female has become completely normal, and to question this, means that we are unaccepting.
Either you believe that God’s word is true now, then, and forever or you think it is something that can be changed by man. And if you think that it is something that can be changed by man then you mine as well say that you do not believe in God at all. Because believing in God is understanding that God is all knowing, He created everything, knowing that He is unable to lie, and knowing that what God wants us and commands us to do is the truth.
I am going to tell you a little true story about myself. At a job I was in, my supervisor was gay and she invited me to her wedding. I chose not to go. However, I did not hate her as a person, I just did not want to go to her wedding. Just like if she did not want to come to my wedding I would have to accept that. Well she did not accept it. She knew I was a Christian and chose to openly persecute me for not wanting to go to her wedding. For not believing in what she wanted me to believe in. This was done on a smaller scale, but can you imagine that this type persecution are going to happen to Christians everywhere. We are not going to be allowed to practice our beliefs and be left alone, but rather other people’s beliefs are going to be forced on us. And if we refused to accept others people’s belief, then we are going to be seen as intolerant.
Now you may think I am going too far, but these things have already happened. Christians have been sued because they did not want to make a gay couples wedding cake, a firefighter fired for openly praying with a man that was dying, a child in suspended from school for saying God bless you when a fellow class mate sneezed. Is this freedom of religion why have so many Christians gotten in trouble for trying to verbalize their beliefs? Just some food for through for you to digest in your system for the day.
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