The Narrow Way

{ May 29, 2009 @ 7:00 am } · { Uncategorized }
{ } · { Leave a Comment }

13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Matthew 7: 13-14

Read that and read it again. Think about what that means to you.

“Enter by the narrow gate” – to me this is simply saying the narrow gate is the right one to enter through without having read the rest of the above scripture.

“For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.” – This is something that is so hard for us to comprehend. Not everyone will go to heaven, actually by what this says, many people or most people will go to Hell because they will chose the wide gate and the easy way. By them choosing that way and following that path, they will find destruction in the end. Pain and suffering for eternity. What is eternity, I can’t explain because I don’t think the human mind is made to understand what that really is but I know its a long long long time. We can and should try to bring everyone to know God but in the end we can’t get everyone and the ones we do get will most likely fall back and chose the wide gate again… We are born to having already chosen the wide gate, it is only by the grace of God that we come to him.

“For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” – From what I said before that narrow gate is the right choice this says that not only is it right by leading to life but it is also narrow and hard to follow. The Christian life is so far from easy but it is very possible. This also says that those who find it are few meaning very few people will enter the Kingdom of God. As I said above we should try to help bring people to God but in the end very few people will stay on that narrow path.

If the way is narrow and you have truly become saved and you take a step off the path by committing a sin God will always pull you back to the path. You can run as far as you want from that straight and narrow path but he will always pull you back. I look back at my life and I have always said I got saved at 11 years old but sometimes I would questions it. I heard Paul Washer preach on this passage and some of the following verses and at the end I got all this from it and realized that since 11 years old God has always pulled me right back to him. Now I walk the path as straight as I can but as a human of course I stray off. the important thing is that I realize I am off the path and God guides me back to it.

This is just something i really felt like sharing with everyone so if you would like to comment or message me or anything, please do! Thanks for reading!

Josh

Why do girls….

{ May 27, 2009 @ 5:58 am } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , } · { Comments (1) }

Why do girls say one thing and do the other?

In other words what is on my mind right now is how girls say they want a good guy that will say they love them all the time and be there for them all the time and such. They say that because they are “tired of being hurt” but when they find that guy, its just too much for them….

If a guy beats a girl she will stay with him for years sometimes but when a good guy slips in she is uncomfortable for some reason and to that guy its like she misses being beaten by her x… like she wants that for some reason.

What is it about the “bad boy” that girls like when they always say they want a good guy and they want to settle down?

Please comment. I want to know what you all think!

Dancing with God

{ March 24, 2009 @ 5:42 am } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

(I did not write this, I received it in an email and wanted to share it with the world!)

When I meditated on the word Guidance,

I kept seeing “dance” at the end of the word.

I remember reading that doing God’s will is a lot like dancing.

When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.

The movement doesn’t flow with the music,

And everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky..

When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead,

Both bodies begin to flow with the music.

One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back

Or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another.

It’s as if two become one body, moving beautifully.

The dance takes surrender, willingness,

And attentiveness from one person

And gentle guidance and skill from the other.

My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.

When I saw “G”: I thought of God, followed by “u” and “I”.

“God, “u” and “I” dance.”

God, you, and I dance.

As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust

That I would get guidance about my life.

Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God’s blessings

And mercies are upon you on this day and everyday.

May you abide in God, as God abides in you.

Dance together with God, trusting God to lead

And to guide you through each season of your life.

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.

If God has done anything for you in your life,

Please share this message with someone else..

There is no cost but a lot of rewards;

So let’s continue to pray for one another.

And I Hope You Dance Through 2009!

A little encouragement for the discouraged

{ March 12, 2009 @ 1:25 am } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31 (ESV)

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Phil 4:13 (ESV)

Well, I am writing again so thank God for this! I haven’t written in a long time about the power of God and try to define him just a little but more. I could never define everything about God but I am surely not going to stop until I am dead. I have been talking to it seems like so many people recently about either coming back to God and giving him a second chance. The above verses seem to come to my mind so much when I am talking to them. To me, I would call these encouragement verses. These verses are so profound. “If God is for us, who can be against us” I use this one to tell people who are very discouraged and just want to give up. I ask them to give him a second chance because with the power of God behind you, nothing and I mean nothing will stand in your way. This verse gives us that comfort for sure and its so obvious. And the second one says “I can do all things” that does say ALL THINGS, not some or a few things. This mean you can do everything you have ever wanted to (within reason) with the power of God at your back.

These 2 verses go hand-in-hand to me. Not only can we do all things through Christ but when Christ if for us, nothing can be against us. I love these verses. This one is not as long and may not be as powerful but I wrote this for the people who needed to hear it. Because everything happens for a reason and I dont know who you are, but Im glad you can be my reason foe this note! I thank God for you!

If this is my first blog/note you have read of mine, please read my others! I pray they bless you as much they have blessed myself and others! Thanks for reading!

Josh

My Ministry

{ January 11, 2009 @ 12:59 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

Well I have had an interesting ministry I must say from the beginning of this. It has been powerful and strong, and it has been powerless and weak. I have recently been thinking about my ministry and what that means to me. Well lets start with that. What does my ministry mean to me. like what do I consider to be my ministry..? Well I feel that my ministry is anything I do or say that involves God which is most of my life but there are parts I let it fade away… I should but I do because I am not perfect therefore it will happen but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t work on that… Well now that my ministry to me has been defined what do I see me doing with my ministry.

I have witnessed to countless people and most of them are people I will probably never meet. See I do a lot of witnessing over the internet, well let me not lie, I used to. I haven’t in a while but that is my in my thoughts and something I am working on again. My ministry follows me to work where I talk to people about God or just what he has done in my life and how blessed I am all the way to how crappy my life gets sometimes but how I still thank God for those trials in my life. My ministry has been so so strong its amazing and it has been so so weak its pathetic. I have prayed sickness out of someone with my hand on their heads and I have sat there when God called me to do something. I have introduced people to God and I have sat on my hands because I was to scared to say anything to people. I have done something as small as help them get over a fear or depression, on the other hand I have caused fear and depression in other peoples lives. I have seen God work in so many lives and at the same time I have prevented him from working in peoples lives. there are so many goods, but when I think about it, there are probably more bads… This is something I have put in my mind to work on.

I had the privilege and honor to work with the kids at CrossPointe Church. This is the most amazing group of kids I have ever met and I love them with every inch of my soul. I would say this is where my ministry started taking off. I have helped them through things sometimes without knowing it and others when they came to me just to talk. I learned a lot and my ministry was built mainly on those kids. Then I lost it all, some say for a bad choice but personally I would say one of the best choices I ever made. No matter good or bad, I made it and that choice caused me to lose the ability to be a part of these kids life as a leader in the church. I must admit, my ministry died at that moment. I let it go, I started thinking about me and didn’t care about anyone else. I made a choice and it changed a lot of things and I felt like my life had been pulled out from under me. I felt like all my friends was against my decision and just didn’t care to talk to me anymore, and honestly, I still don’t know what some of them think about it but thats ok. Through all of this I let myself become cold hearted towards one person in particular and that will be handled soon enough. I did something stupid and turned my back on that person and didn’t care if I ever saw him again. I let Satan get in my head and tell me all this CRAP.

Well right now, I want to let everyone know. My ministry is about to be building up again with help of others around me and I am excited about that. But I also want to let that person know I am sorry from the bottom of my heart for everything. I turned my back on you but I want you to know I love you and always will. I may have turned my back on you but never stopped loving you. Anyway I will finish that later sometime in person. So it will start building again and I pray that everyone that reads this will pray for me and my ministry. Its all in God hands and I know he will put me in there perfect place where I can grow in him and he can help me help others to grow in him. Well this is all for now, comments are more than welcome and actually I hope you leave one or at least message me and let me know what you think. God Bless you all!

Josh

Docotr Visit

{ November 24, 2008 @ 4:04 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

A woman takes her 16-year-old daughter to the doctor. The doctor says, “Okay, Mrs. Jones, what’s the problem?” The mother says, “It’s my daughter, Debbie. She keeps getting these cravings, she’s putting on weight, and is sick most mornings.” The doctor gives Debbie a good examination, then turns to the mother and says, “Well, I don’t know how to tell you this, but your Debbie is pregnant – about 4 months, would be my guess.” The mother says, “Pregnant?! She can’t be! She has never ever been left alone with a man! Have you Debbie?” Debbie says, “No mother! I’ve never even kissed a man. I’m still a virgin!” The doctor walked over to the window and just stood there staring out of it. About five minutes pass and finally the mother says, “Is there something wrong out there doctor?” The doctor replies, “No, not really. It’s just that the last time anything like this happened, a star appeared in the east and three wise men came over the hill. And there’s no way I’m going to miss it this time!”

Barack Obama

{ November 5, 2008 @ 4:06 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , } · { Leave a Comment }

First things first, if your reading this, please comment and say hey or something let me know you read it. Opinions welcome but if a debate is what you want please comment this then message me… Thanks for reading! Ok I have so much I want to say but let me start with the RACE issue everyone has. Barack Hussein Obama is not a BLACK MAN nor is he a WHITE MAN. He is half white/half black or best of both worlds if you will… haha anyway, everyone is getting pissed and threatening to kill this man, for what reason, because hes a “black man”? Honestly are we not more mature than this? I did not vote for him but check this out. I know of a lot of churches and people who were praying for our country last night. I myself was praying, but selfishly at that. I did pray for our country and I did pray for the best choice, and I did pray for McCain, BUT, has anyone stopped and thought about it this way. What if Barack Hussein Obama is a better choice? What if he is gonna be a better president than McCain would be? What if he drives this country into the ground? What can we do about it… NOTHING. So sit back, shut up crying about him being black and worry about yourself and respect your leaders. Maybe you do disagree with everything he is for, he is still OUR FUTURE president of the United State of America. Will he drive us into Socialism or will he truly fix this economy? Only time will tell, but no matter where this mans faith lays, pray to God that he hold President Elect Obama in his hands and Obama makes the same choices God would have him make. There is nothing we can do but pray. Again, I voted McCain, but I will respect and support my leader even if I disagree with him. Now, next point I want to get out. George W. Bush is currently our president of the United States of America. I voted for him and indeed I do support him. He may not always make the best decisions but we voted in there 2 times… He is the most powerful man in the world and our leader and yet everyone hates him. He is the root of all evil as far as most people are concerned. He is your leader and mine, it is our duty as a citizen to support our president no matter what we face. We are supposed to support him but do we? No, in fact the media cant go to many days without basically calling him an idiot. Again he may not make the best decisions but you still should support him and pray for him. If Obama messes up, which he will, will we support him or will we call him stupid to his face and expect him to care about us to? Come on America, grow up and support your leader. Everything happens for a reason. Ok now Im done, Thanks for reading and dont forget please please please comment! Josh

Sitting Back And Watching

{ October 6, 2008 @ 4:07 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

Its amazing to see these kids worship God so freely. As a person who was blessed with the chance to help lead and teach these kids has become more of a blessing than I ever expected. As I sit here and listen to them worship and sing I can’t help but to be wowed. These kids are for real and it’s so awesome to be able to be a part of their lives. I look at myself and I see my faults and sins in great detail and never forget them. God is so good and continues to pour out his spirit in all of our lives . Since I see my faults and I know that I am not perfect I feel like sometimes these kids should be leading me. And in a way, they do lead the staff. We learn so much from them and continue to learn things everyday. But I am put in the leading position for a reason. And I would say one reason is that I have been there and I know how I should have handled certain things and since I did chose the wrong way to handle them I know the consequences of my actions and I can help these kids understand before they make the choices I did. OK so this is way shorter than I wanted it to be but I am 100% out of ideas… Thanks for reading and God Bless! Josh

Randomly Weird Feelings

{ September 10, 2008 @ 4:09 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

Ok, I know I do this quite often but here is another one, this on is going to be different from most any others. First off, if you reading this period, Thanks for taking the time to either be nosy or you just enjoy reading my notes/blogs

Ok so first of all, I’m 100% tired of giving into my selfishness and giving into the temptations put in my life. I am doing everything within my power to fix this but that main thing I need to do is just open my heart to God, give him my life. I live my life the best I can for MY GOD but I am only human. As I sit here tonight trying to think of things to do my first lesson/sermon for my youth group I can only think of all those worldy/sinful things I have allowed myself to do.

Right now I am listening to a song call “How he Loves Us”, the Kim Walker version, if you havent seen it you need to youtube it and just listen to the words. but its talking about how God loves us so so much. I mean think about it, he died a terrible death, he suffered, and what did he suffer for? He was beaten, and form my understanding you could see his organs through his ribs he was so badly beaten. Not only did he get beat, but carried a wooden cross that later he would be nailed to by his hands and his feet across a town and up a mountain. Then once he got to that top of that hill, he laid there on that cross and willingly let these men hammer nails through his hands and feet. then they hing him up mocking him, as he hung there suffering. Eventually he suffocated fro his own blood. That is so gruesome but thats the truth. Jesus, the human version of MY GOD did all this and for what? He did all this because he wanted to be an example of how to live a perfect life, how to have faith and work miracles. He healed so many people, loved everyone so much and he died for us, for all of our sins. “He became sin, who knew no sin”, that is from Chris Tomlin’s song Jesus Messiah.

Jesus became our sin so all we had to do is believe in him, believe in his father, except him into our heart and we are saved from an eternity of HELL. he lived on earth for us to follow his guidance and do the work of God as we are created to do. Anyway, Jesus went though all of that so we can act like he isnt real, so we can be selfish and disobey his every command. Why are we so selfish? Why is there so much hate, violence, sex, drugs, anything that is not of God? Why are people so selfish?

Anyway, so think about it. “How he loves us” The lyrics say this

Oh, how he loves us so, oh how he loves, how he loves us so.

think about that, this song is my favorite song and its not about anything but God love for you, Gods love for me. He Loves You, He died for you, he even went to hell for 3 days for you and me. Think about that for a little bit. Jesus went to the worst place ever, for YOU and for ME, and yet we dont believe in him or we just dont care about it. The name Jesus has lost its meaning. JESUS LOVES YOU as do I. Thanks for reading, I hope this has touched your heart and will also make you want to change your life. JESUS LOVES YOU!

What Is Love?

{ August 25, 2008 @ 4:11 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: , , , , , , , } · { Leave a Comment }

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. 5 It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Cor 13:4-8 (ESV)

I was listening to “Came to My Rescue by Hillsong” on Youtube and in the video I saw a picture where “LOVE NEVER ENDS” was pointed out and I thought I want to find out where that is in the Bible and read on it a little, I don’t know why it struck me but I wanted to read it. So I did, and I found it was loacted in 1 Corinthians 13:8. I read the entire chapter 13 to find out why the writer, in this case who would be Paul I believe, would write Love Never Ends. As I read I found out that LOVE is not only a very powerful word, but if you have true love, nothing will get in the way of you the one you love. Nothing can get in the way of you and the one you love.

I think these verses decribe and define love perfectly. This may not help you understand the feeling, but it will help you understand that love is way more than just a word. As I was sitting in church yesterday morning Pastor David said he hates the word Christian because it has bene watered down so much, because someone who does not live a Christian lifestyle calls themselves a Christian just to give themselves a religious label. I would say the same thing about the word love, I don’t hate the word but as we all know this to has been watered down, because a 13 or 14 year old tells their boyfriend or girlfriend they love them when really, they have no clue what love is or maybe even means.

I don’t have an inspiring words, I just wanted to share this with all of you. Read the above passage a few times if you have to, but read it and make sure you understand it. And when your done, think about the word love and hopefully, your view on this word has changed. God Bless You All!

Josh

« Older entries