Sharing Life and Christ

Here is a little book report of the preface and first chapter of a book by Francis Chan (yes, Clint, he's a real person!). The book is called Crazy Love and you should all go buy it and read it and live what it has to say. I pray that this summary is motivating and encouraging to all of you in your desire to see God for who He truly is. God bless! First off, I find Francis Chan to be incredibly motivating. One thing in particular that i admire is his ability to meditate on God's Word and really pull out the full meaning behind the words. It's something I will continue to aspire towards. Page 21 "I hope reading this book will convince you of something: that by surrendering youself totally to God's purposes, He will bring you the most pleasure in this life and the next." This has been the cry of my heart for several months now. God has shown this to be true and shown Himself to be faithful in blessing me with unspeakable joy as I continue to seek Him mor...

I wanted to share the lyrics to a song that has really touched my heart lately and share with you how God is working in my life. While I'm Waiting by John Waller I'm waiting I'm waiting on you, Lord And I am hopeful I'm waiting on you, Lord Though it is painful But patiently I will wait. I will move ahead Bold and confident. Taking every step In obedience. While I'm waiting I will serve you While I'm waiting I will worship While I'm waiting I will not faint I'll be running the race Even while I wait. I'm waiting I'm waiting on you, Lord And I am peaceful I'm waiting on you, Lord Though it's not easy, NO. But faithfully, I will wait. yes I will wait I will serve you while I wait I will worship while I wait I will serve you while I wait I will worship while I wait. As followers of Christ, we wait for His glorious return. We wait for the Kingdom of God and for our new bodies. We wait for this earthly existence to pass so that we can exp...

In this Easter season, God has been showing me so many amazing things that I hardly know where to begin. So, I thought I would just go straight to the heart of the matter and share as Paul did saying " For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified ." 1 Corinthians 2:2 I've been thinking a lot lately about where my focus is and where it should be. The Nehemiah Bible study tonight reminded me of what the faithful men of God in the Bible consistently did in the midst of anything life confronted them with. They remembered the Lord. In the midst of opposition and fear, Nehemiah remained faithful to what God called him to do and encouraged his people to continue rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. He urged them to remember the Lord and remember who it was that they were working for. I think of my own life and the struggles I face. Maybe it is the desire of marriage or the uncertainty of my future career path that screams for my attention. ...

God has really been showing me what it means to wait on the Lord. In my simple-mindedness, I always thought it meant waiting on things in life to happen whether it be marriage or a career or anything that I hoped would happen for me in this life. It is now obvious to me that this thinking is wrong, and, as I grow in Christ, I see two very important ideas on waiting for the Lord. The first is that I am waiting on the Lord to finish the good work and make me mature and complete in Jesus Christ. What a miracle! Only with God is it possible for this lowly body and this dead spirit to be consumed by the life of the Spirit of God. We need to realize this and be waiting expectantly for Christ's return to finish the work that He has started in our lives. The second idea (which is very similar to the first) is that we need to live a victorious life now waiting for Christ's return to confirm that which we have been living in Christ from the moment the Spirit gave us life. I see two...

I've been listening to Cornerstone Church: Simi Valley podcasts of Francis Chan lately. He is a radical thinker who lives the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His messages have been convicting me of a lot of things and I wanted to share with all of you and confess as well that I have not been living a life worthy of the calling of Jesus as I should. I pray that we may all be convicted by the Gospel to live as Jesus has called us to. God Bless. What would life look like if we were only concerned with displaying Christ in our lives? Would I be worrying about getting married? Or what seminary to go to? Or how much money I want to spend on shoes or my car? Or would I simply be desiring to know God in a way that has an eternal impact on the lives of others? When I think about it, what worry of my own do I really have any more? God loves me. He is faithful and He will give me everything that I need when I need it. He will grow me in the ways that He desires. He will finish the work...

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe" (for Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father." After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." John 6:63-69 The Spirit gives life. The flesh is of no help at all. Notice what happened when Jesus said this. Many of His disciples left and followed Him no more. Why is that? Perhaps they were trying to ear...