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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:50:35 GMT

Words are powerful, its just the way it is..... Proverbs 18:21a reads, "The tongue has the power of life and death." Think about that!!! Each word you say, each word that comes out of your mouth could mean life or death.

Profanity is something that everyone deals with sometime in there life, whether or not during a long period of time or short, when their angry or even hurt. Let me ask you some questions. Why did/do you us profanity? Do you know when you started using these words? Chances are you can't answer these questions. Give me a good reason why you should have used these words? A reason that I can not debate agaist and I will be really surprised.

Wise men store up knowledge , but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. Proverbs 10:14

I don't us profanity anymore but I did a couple of times in my life. I was hanging out with friends that used words and their parents that also used profanity. I didn't try it but it just happened, it just came out. I was hanging out with thoughs friends way to much. I was letting their words and actions influence me, my words. Now that I am more grounded in my faith and know more about God I have self-control of those words. Jesus Christ gave me power over that sin in my life.

A fool's lips bring him strife, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Proverbs 18:6

I had heard from people, friends in my life that had gone for years feeling so badly because of words that people have said to them when they were little. It changed their hole life because of the scar's that were put on them. It is really sad. I heard of parents being scarred by their children, children being scarred by there parents. friends, and even strangers.

I encourage you, all of you who will read this to listen and listen heard to what comes out of your mouth and others that you hang around. This goes for my fellow brothers and sister in Christ too. We might say we a christian but we sure don't act it sometimes. You might say things that might be leading other people that I ready to receive Jesus Christ as their God astray, away from that truth. Ephesians 4:29 reads, Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who are listen.

God wants up to be holy like him but of course he know that we a human and not perfect. We need to try are best, with all our hearts and mind to be like him, holy and blameless. And when we are not he will forgive up if we a truly sorry and believe his forgiveness.

Colossians 4:6 - Let your conversations always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

This verse above just means that whatever we speak, our words should reflect God's nature and make things better around us.

I will leave you with some advice, choose words carefully and make them good think before you speak. Don't be so fast to spout off a bunch or insults that you will later regret.

In Christ Life Eternal,

Daniel

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:39:37 GMT

Hi everyone, I am back again to make another antry that I was inspired to type.

First, I want to just say that I am so amazed about how awesome, loveing and merciful our God is.

Second, I would like if you could get you bible and read alittle out of the book of Romans. Before going on I would like it if you could read Romans 2:6-11.

I hope that you all could understand that but if you couldn't that is ok because I my-self had to read it twise to uderstand it but I ant going to make you read it again I will just translate if for you. This little bit of scripture is talking about judgement day, about how God is going to Judge you and I.

v6: God "will give to each person according to what he has done."

God will judge you according to you works, according to what good things you do; But, yes there is a but....

v7: To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

Well yes, you still need to have Jesus in your heart to get to heaven, to have eternal life but there is more,if you Truly have Jesus in your heart or in other words believe Jesus died on the cross for your sins and have already asked for forgiveness of your sins then you should already want to do good things for God and it should come out of obeying God and loveing God that you already do good things, make sence? Well, anyways the but is that you need to look for Gods approval on the Good deads, in doing good things you need to do them because God says to do so and to thoughs who do that they will have eternal life they will get to heaven. "But Dan what about thoughs who don't?" I am geting there, haha.

v8-9: But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew then for the Gentile.

That is self explanitory don't you think? If you or I seek to do things for the glory of our selves to do things so that we may be well none or well liked and who reject the truth or in other words don't believe in Jesus Christ and there for follow evil there will only be wrath and anger. These people who do these things will get judged on all the evil the bad the sin that they did in there life and will get taken from then enternal life. Verse 9 I believe talks about hell. God dosen't want this for us he hates that hell is even an option but we as people were given a free conscience our on chioce for witch way we want to go. God loves us so much that he gave is son to die on the cross to give us a way out of hell, of sin. (John 3:16)

v10: But glory , honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

For all of us that do good, that seek Gods honor for the things we do and that help God further his kingdom or in other words bring people to him, to believe in him. For all who believe that he took are sins away by giveing his son to die on the cross and who don't self-seek will get jugded on all the good things that they have done. All the sin that you have commited will not be even brout about. They are already forgotten about. Here is a guestion for you. Why then should be worry about the sins that we have commited in the past if you already know that God took them away and you already said you sorry to God or confessed. God only worrys about the sin unless you don't confess. And God even says that we should just forget and moove on and try our best to do what God wants us to do, (...Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, Philippians 3: 13)

v11: For God dose not show favoritism.

Isn't that awesome!?!? That is great!!! I meen a kid the same age as me could be out right now doing drugs, drinking acohol, swering and haveing sex everyday with someone ells and sinning left and right and come to know Jesus Christ and ask him to come in to his heart tomorrow and turn from his ways and get in to heaven just as fast as I who have been a christion for 7 or 8 years now and have been following his plan for my life ever since!!!!!! That is incredable!!!!!! I meen a sin is a sin right?! Right! All sin has the same resualt and that is Death, hell. (Romans 6:23)

I would like right now if you could do me a big favor and answer this guestion truthfuly on you own just for your benifit. Who are you? Are you the self-seeker of glory and honor or are you the seeker of Gods glory and honor.

I just want to again say how awesome our God is, how loveing a merciful. Don't you think so?

In Christ Life Eteranl,

Dan

Saturday, April 02, 2005

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:14:07 GMT

* THIS ENTRY MAY BE VERY LONG BUT IT IS IMPORTENT*

If you haven't already asked Jesus Christ for forgiveness and asked him in to your heart please read this anyway because it is so importent. This is manly for you who already know truely that you will someday live with Jesus forever in heven, already asked Jesus Christ to be Lord of you life.

1"I am the true vine, and my father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch in me that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." - John 15:1-2

I these verses Jesus talks to the disciples. He says that he is the vine and God is the gardener. God cuts of the branches, the branches us believers, cuts off the branches that bear no fruit, fruit, what is the fruit? Well, the fruit is telling other people about Jesus (John 4:35-38), helping other Christions Romans 1:13), giveing to people in need Philippians (4:16-17), worshiping God (Hebrews 13:15) or any other good work that brings glory or owner to God (titus 3:14) Look them up!!

At the end of verse 2 Jesus says, "while every branch in me, keep that in mind (in him), "while every branch in me that does bear fruit he, meening God, prunes so that it, it meening us blievers, will be even more fruitful.

Prunes? You know what prune meens but what dos it meen in the passage? Well, If you ever pruned back a plant before, you were cuting off all the other lims that weren't needed or so that thoughs lims wouldn't take all the energy from the other lims that were trying to grow something on then so that you could grow more or bigger fruit, right? Well, thats what is meens in this verse, it meens that God will some how take the things that you are doing that are takeing all your time away from your life, the time that you could be spending with God and will cut them away from your life some how.

3"You are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by it-self; if must remain in the vine (Jesus). Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words (the word) remain in you, ask whever you wish, and it will be given to you. 8This is to my father's glory that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." John 15:3-8

The beginning of verse 4 Jesus says, "Remain it me, and I will remain in you. If you beleive in Jesus whole heartedly and ask him into your heart, follow his comandments(his guidelines) and know his word or study the bible then he will be in you because you are doing what he wants you to, what brings glory to him thus makeing fruit. If you do not strive to do these things then you will not be able to do anything, to make fruit.

John 15:3-8 gos on to tell you that you can not do anything, you can not make fruit unless you are in Jesus Christ and he is in you. If you are not in Jesus then you are like a plant that was thrown away and withers. Jesus says such branches are picked up, thrown in to the fire and burned that meens come judgment time Jesus will say that he never knew you and you would have to spend eternal life in hell.

Just a guestion that I need to ask you. You don't need to comment answer these questions if you don't want to, I just want you to think about them. How are you doing compared with what you just read? How is your relationship with Jesus if you have one and if you don't, please don't wait to have one, ask me and I will lead you through it so that you might have one so that Jesus might be in you and you in him.

How exactly might God move you up from one level of fruitfulness that you bear.

Only keep reading if you are really interested.

1. If your life consistently bears no fruit, God will disaplen you so that you will bear fruit.

* Hebrews 12:5-6 Please, look it up.

Rebuke = something you hear Chasten = something you feel Scourge = whip, causes pain

*If we are here and we are bearing no fruit what so ever the problem is most likely sin and we must repent!!

2. If your life bears some fruit, God will prune you so that you will bear more friut.

* God redirects and refocuses our energies and activities so that we will really impact out world for Christ.

* If we are here and we are not bearing that much fruit then the problem is most likly are selves, we must release!

3. If your life bears lots of fruit, God will inite you to abide more deeply with him because that's hom he produces much fruit, through you.

*Abide = remain or stay close

I love you all very much!!

Love in Christ,

Dan

Monday, March 28, 2005

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:12:08 GMT

What dos easter meen for you?

What is with Easter anyway that is so special? I meen Hip-hop there gos the bunny and find all the eggs and there you go, I meen come on, there has to be another reason for this holiday!! Well, there is.

A while back God sent his son Jesus in a human form to the earth only to leave hear for a little while. During that time he was on the earth he proformed miracles of many kinds and was temped by sin every way that is possible. You can read about this story in the bible about all that he did and what all happend to him, you can also watch the passion of the Christ to get the story too and I incorage you to do both. Ofter some time on the earth Jesus was nailed to a cross and died. He died so that you and I may be forgiven of sin that we may have comited and because of his death, if we ask for forgiveness and ask him to come in to our hearts and beleive in him truly and follow his rools for our life and seek him within all we do, we will live or ever in heaven with Jesus. Now your probibly thinking that I am crazzy about saying that, your thinking how can we live with Jesus if he died?? Well, during his time on earth he said that after his death he would rise to life in three day and he did. THAT IS THE REALLY MEENING OF EASTER! After his death he rose again to life after three days and showed him self to many people before he rose to heaven.

For Christions it is a reasurence that Jesus is still there, that he is alive!!

He died for you. If you are a christion or not he did this all out of love for you.

Love in Christ,

Dan

Monday, March 14, 2005

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:42:44 GMT

New song....Who am I by Casting Crowns. Hope everyone likes it!!

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:52:09 GMT

Who likes change?!? I am the last person in the world that you would find excepting change. I hate it, its just the way I am. I love everything the way it is and when it changes it hurts really bad.

I hear alot of people say this person changed or I never want this to change. Well, all I can say is to bad, its one of the things that, that you can count on in this lifetime. So many things happen that throw us off balance-best friends move away, people grow up and arn't around like they used to be, divorce, relationships of all kinds and a death of someone you love. Life is continually changing.

Sometimes I look back to when I was in middle school when my friends and I were really tite and we did like everything together unlike now when we are like almost uper classmen in high school everyone gots jobs, sports and thier studies and have almost no time just to hang out. I wish things could have staid the way they were in middle school (with some things anyway). I even look back in world history and just how the world was then and some of the things were just so awesome that I wish they could have stayed that way. I wish that I could have met some indians and could have hunted with then. My great great grand mother on my moms side was full blooded cheyene and still had the braded hair when she died.

Change is hard but it can be good, new things, great things can come of it. Isaiah from the bible says not to look back and long for what used to be, that God is creating something new, new roads in the wilderness and new rivers in the desert. One measure of your success will be how easily you adapt to change. You will miss all the blessing God has for you in this day if you continue to long for the past. Set your eyes toward the future and welcome the new paths that God is making for you.

Many time we feel afraid because everything is new and we feel uncofertable because everything we don't know anything, everything is different of course. (Acts 18:9-10) This passage of the bible is about a vision that paul had that God spoke to him and said that he was with him and that he shouldn't be afraid because God had people in the city that he was in. God trys to tell us that were ever we go he is with us and that he will confert us with friends that we meet and things that reminds us of home.

Love in Christ,

Dan

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:59:14 GMT

Hope you all like this as much as I did !!!

We need to hear that God is still in control. We need to hear that it's not over until he says so. We need to hear that life's mishaps and tragedis are not a reason to bail out. They are simply a reason to sit tight.

Corrie ten Boom used to say, "When the train goes through a tunnel and the world gets dark, do you jump out? Of course not. You sit still and trust the engineer to get you through." .......

Next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you he's still in control. It ain't over till it's over.

Jeremiah 32:27

I am the LORD, the GOD of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for me.

Love in Christ,

Dan

Thursday, February 03, 2005

Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:58:55 GMT

As you all know this site is about worship. You may ask why I maid this site about worship, where is God in worship or what about worship is so great??

Well, for me personaly it is the time that I can truly find a place in my heart were God is, were I can truly feel the most that he is there. I feel conforted, refreshed and most of all filled with his love and grace. It is hard for me to exsplain to you how I feel when I am in worship it is like I am focusing everything on God and not thinking about anything about what is going on in my life at that moment and almost just forget about everything that is going on around me.

You know, God promises to be there when we worship him, Moses in the bible didn't come across the burning bush untill God was there. God actually brought him to the place when he was already there.

You know whats so great about worship?? God loves to site there and watch us worship him and also is thrilled to receive our praises. May I ask if you would stand there and just sing to your-self and worship your-self, hahaha, no of course not, lol!!! Are worship shows God that we know that he exists and that we realize his importance. All God want out of our worship is simple, our whole hearted faith.

I hope that this antry makes you think alittle more about worship and why you do it. I hope that when you worship, you are with all you heart maind a soul.

Sing praises to the Lord, you who belong to him; praise his holy name. Psalms 30:4

Love in Christ,

Dan

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:53:54 GMT

I sometimes think about death..............................What will it feel like......................what will it be like.......................what will happen............It makes my stumic turn inside out and makes me so afraid, also sometimes makes me cry. I sometimes dout that there is a heaven and there is nothing wronge with that because even the greatest of those men in the bible douted. Deep down in my heart too I beleive that there is a God, that there is a heaven. Alot of times I have to tell myself that there is life after death there is eternal life with God in Heaven after death (to anyone who believes and excepts Jesus as there personal savure. I tell my self what I might find there in heaven, streets of gold, walls of dimonds, and also can't even start to think about what the angles are going to look like face to face and what I will do when I meet God face to face, its truly going to be amazing. If God would come back it would be cool with me too!! If God came back now where would you go, to hell for death for eternaly or to heaven for life for eternaly?!?! If you don't know please try to find out as soon as you can!!

Love in Christ,

Dan

Sunday, January 30, 2005

Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:12:03 GMT

Hope you all like this site as much as I do!! Do you?!!?!?

Dan