Follow Jesus...Period

In Paul's first letter to cornth he addresses an promant issue in the time; that issue was that some people were saying they follow paul while others were saying they were following Apollos, or cephas. Paul writes in 1 Corth. 1:13 "Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?" Paul is telling them "i didn't save you, so don't follow me; follow Jesus". This was causing division in the church.

And now, even today, we have the same problems in churches today. "I like hymns, i like contemparory music", "i'm a baptist, i'm a meadothist". To that i say who cares? Who cares? Follow Jesus!

He is the only way to Heaven, the only way. John 14:6 "Jesus said 'i am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the father except through me'" He is the only way to heaven. so to all my fellow christians out there i say "stop putting on this front and making issues out of nothing and follow Jesus" it's that simple. How do we get the word out and stop this stero-type about christians fighting each other? We stop following people, stop following possessions, and simply Follow Jesus.

Timbizzle

"Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order that i may gain Christ" Phil. 3:8

My life verse and the progression of it

This is kinda a weird post if you ask me but it's something that struck me as intresting last night so i figured, "hey it's my blog i can do what i want" so here goes.

You may or may not have ever heard someone talk about their "life" verse before, i tend to interchange that with one's favorate verse. But i began thinking a couple weeks ago about what could my life verse be? i was looking for something that defined what christ has done for me or something that would show the faith i have in Him.

So as i began to think about what this verse has been in my life i realised that it has changed over time as i have grown in Christ. When i first accepted Christ i clung to Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" i'm not really sure why. Maybe because i had just realised that i was a sinner and i needed that assurance that others have sinned too. that i wasn't the only one who had done things wrong that in fact all had sinned, except Jesus Christ of course. Then, while still very young in the faith, i began to feel sort of a call on my life to the ministry and thats when God put 1 Timothy 4:12 in my path "let no one despise you for your youth but set an example to believers in speech, life, love, faith, and in purity" and looking back i suggest that God put that verse in my life to take away any negetive thoughts i may have had about that calling because i'm sure my first thoughts were, although i can't remember exactly, something like this "but God i'm too young to do any work in the church"

As i got more learned in the faith and more understanding of God's call in my life i think thats when the tone of these verses turned from favorate verse to life verse. and that shift happened when i began to meditate on Romans 8:28 "and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him." i mean now that i was sure of God's call i needed that assurance of, "hey, things are gonna happen in ur life, and have happened, that will be tough to handle, but God is in control" just sitting here looking back i call more clearly see how God had his hand on my life even before i was a christian.

And up until a week ago i was sure Romans 8:28 was it for me, but now i have a new verse im meditating over more and more, and i believe it's because im in a new stage of my walk with christ. Philippians 3:8 "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpasing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have sffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that i may gain Christ" This verse shows where i want to be. Early in my walk i was looking towards the past trying get comfort about the things i had done and the way i lived before christ, but im past that now and feel more a burden for the future. this verse describes what i'm looking for in life, what im pursueing in life above all things.

I hope u were encouraged by this, the character of God i want to convey to you is this; God's faithfulness. Through my life good and bad, easy and hard, righteous and unrighteous, God has been there and will be there tomorrow, He is never changing, and he has a plan for your life. "For i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" Jer. 29:11 Jesus is our hope.

Timbizzle

"Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpasing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the los of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that i may gain Christ" Phil. 3:8

Worship Celebration

I'm finally home from worshiping Jesus Christ this morning, no our service didn't just get out, i've just been hanging out with friends. But as always our service this morning was rocking. We sang one of my favorate hymns of all time "Jesus, Name Above All Names", then phillip weems sang a song that he wrote called "At the Gate of Beautiful" which is inspired from Acts 3 when peter, in the name of Jesus, healed a crippled begger. Just as that begger we are crippled, although we are spirtually crippled. And just as the begger we do not need silver or gold but we need the blood of Jesus.

Then Bro. Mike preached on the crucifixion from John 19, and im amazed at how the old testament and the new testament fit together so perfect. In Psalm 22: 14-18

"i am poured out like water, and al my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax it is melted within my breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death. dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet -- i can count all my bones -- they stare and gloat over me; they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots."

David wrote this around 1000 years before Jesus was crucified and it is exactly what happened to Jesus. Another amazing fact about this psalm that i didn't know until this morning was that David never saw a crucifixion in his life, they practice wasn't started untill about 600 years after he wrote this. that is amazing and proves God's power to reveal this to david in such a way to where people who read this could see exactly what would happen to Jesus.

Well that all i got about this morning, it was God filled as always.

Timbizzle

"Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpasing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have sffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that i may gain Christ" Phil. 3:8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (spoiler alert)

I'm home and finally blogging, and what better to blog about than the movie i've seen twice in four days? So let me start with the first viewing.

Me and Van took an adventure to Dothan to catch the mid-night showing of HBP and i hated it. You heard me right hated it. And i was justified it that as well. I mean looking at the movie from the point of view of a person who has read the books makes the movie really bad. Here are my beefs with the movie.

1) Death Eaters DO NOT FLY! i'm not really sure why that bothers me so much?!? it just does. i mean they apperiate. thats it. not flying. who ever decided "hey lets make the death eaters fly" should feel bad about it now.

2)the romance; not that theirs too much persay but i believe their are more important themes such as: Harry and Dumbledore dialog, it's so important not only to this movie but to the 7th movie as well, big messup who ever decided to leave that out. It could have used some more harry/genny in it also.

3) they leave out like three memory scenes! those do two things a) they get inside the mind of voldermort and we find out y he is who he is and b) and it sets up the 7th movie

4 and lastly) no fight scene in the end, that would have just rocked!

So after seeing it that first time i was dissapointed. But i just got back from watching it for the second time and it was auctuall pretty good movie. I tried to take my mind off the book and just watch the movie and it was decent. i really like the romance side of it alot more tonight, and their was some really cool parts. and snape played a really good part. anyway it was ok and i'm really pumped about the seventh movie, all im saying is they better make part one and two like three hours long each if they want to get everything in. Well im going to bed now i guess, no catchie sign off or anything i just got church in the morning. night to all.

Timbizzle

"Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order that i may gain Christ" Phillipans 3:8