John 10:10, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly."
This article tells of the transforming power of Christ in a young girl's life:
http://www.faithwriters.com/article-details.php?id=20399
In this story, this girl (we'll call her Sarah for this story) had been feeling in her spirit that she needed to visit her friend one night, and that something was terribly wrong. So she drove to her house and knocked on the door ten times. Sarah knew something was terribly wrong.
Sarah got to the house and drove the girl to a nearby hospital. Sarah's friend had attempted suicide. She took about 10 pills of a harmful drug, hoping to kill herself. Christ looks at us in our darkest hour and gives us hope in any seemingly hopeless situation.
On the way to the hospital, in the car, Sarah led her friend to a saving knowledge of Christ. The girl's life was radically transformed. Sarah's friend came to a realization of the amazing love of God. She realized the purpose she had in Christ, far exceeded her own feelings of worthlessness. Sarah simply asked this girl if she would like to place her faith in Christ. She told her all she needed to do was to ask God for forgiveness of her sins and believe on Christ and what he did for her on the cross, to save her. Sarah's friend knew what she had to do and believed in Christ for her salvation.How amazing that Christ met this girl in the darkest hour of her life! In the seemingly hopeless situation this girl was in, Christ looked down at her and gave her hope. In Romans 10:13 says, "For whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." The grace of God changed this girl's life and she was transformed because she chose to believe in Christ and placed her faith in Him.
At the hospital, the doctors told Sarah that her friend would have surely died if Sarah would not intervened and driven her to the hospital.
Sarah's friend was in a hopeless situation, and Christ intervened and changed her life. Maybe you are in a hopeless situation. In Romans 5:5, Paul tells us how the hope of Christ "does not put us to shame."
What hopeless situation are you in? Do you feel as if you have no purpose in life? Christ will meet you at your greatest need and transform your life. Only believe in Him.
I also was in a hopeless situation 8 years ago when I was in the hospital in a 40 day coma and paralyzed on my left side. My family believed for my healing and God truly healed me. I have had to daily believe God for my healing since then and God has continually healed me.
What healing do you need to believe God for?
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
Proof of God-The love of God...for you
So you have been struggling with doubts about God's existence?
Check out this video to find the answer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2HgzRMN-TM
God does indeed exist, and He is alive and well today.
Experience the love God has for you.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Has God's love been poured out into your heart? Experience God's love today through experiencing salvation through belief in His Son Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:9 says,9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
I would say after Jon Nichol’s
death I became more aware than ever of the needs of the people around me. I
remember that day that I heard of a list of probably six or seven people who
had lost their lives in car accidents. This happened one day after the time
when Jon had passed away. I also remember of the many reports of deaths from
cancer or new cases of cancer which had been diagnosed. I would say the very
things I have had to overcome in my recovery can be attributed to much of the reasons
of all the cases of cancer/disease which I heard of. The numerous
examples of cancer and disease find their source in anxiety/
depression/unforgiveness.
I
realized that my own past struggles with anxiety and unforgiveness to various
people was painting a picture for me to see the struggles of the vast majority
of the hurting and broken people in this nation.
The teaching of Living Waters
opened my eyes to the lies I had to fight in my own recovery. This opened my
eyes to the reality that so many people in this nation, so many tbi survivors, many
carriers of various diseases are believing lies which cause such physical and
emotional chaos in a person’s life. This is why so many families are split
apart.
What
I realized are the lies I believed about myself because of my issues with
others were warping my view of myself and my actions to others.
Because
my spirit was constantly being fed with hidden manna from heaven, (Matthew 7…?)
(Revelation 2:20) my body, or soul, was able to physically survive during those
forty days in the coma. In Psalms David says, “The Spirit gives life.” My
spirit was constantly being fed with the very Words of God. In a sense, God was
breathing life into my body through His Word. This is why in Psalm 23, David
prays, “He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He restores my soul.” It was
God who physically made David rest. It was God who restored David’s weary body.
During
those trying times in David’s life God strengthened him. It was God who
empowered David to slay the lion, bear, and giant. Outside of God’s help, David
was an insignificant and probably weak shepherd boy. However, God made him king
and infused him with strength.
In
the same way, God infused my mortal, broken body with strength and the life to
come out of the coma. I wasn’t aware of my surroundings, but God had me
perfectly in the palm of His hand during
that time in the trauma center, and even after.
I
know this may seem like a lesson you hear in elementary school, but it is a
powerful lesson anyone can learn from. So many people simply give up on life.
They become overwhelmed with the pressures of this life and decide the only
smart thing to do is to give up. I remember being tempted with this exact feeling
so often.
I
looked at my paralyzed knees in a wheelchair and my paralyzed arm and I felt
useless and utterly hopeless. I thought, “There is nothing I will ever be able
to do in this life and succeed at besides being a couch potato.
I realized
I had to hold unto God for strength. Just as Psalm 62:6 says, “He only
is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense, I shall not be moved.” Only God
could provide the solid rock I needed for strength. Only He daily would nourish
my spirit with His Word.
I looked at my old friends
deserting me and driving off in their cars and having blast, and I felt
hopeless and as if I had no purpose. I
knew I could not count on them for strength and comfort. I had to rely on God
for my source.
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
A Purpose- Filled life
On the trip to Florida when I was in the terrible accident which nearly took mine and my family's life, I had been reading Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life". I began reading it out of a quest to find what my purpose in this life truly was. I know God had created me for His glory, but I wanted to know exactly how He wanted me to serve Him and people. Thus, I began reading "The Purpose Driven Life" at the start of my spring break from highschool that 24th day of March of 2004.
The book suggests you take 40 days to read it, but I wanted to read it in about a week, so I began reading as fast as I could on that morning before the car accident. It is interesting how the next forty days I spent in a coma. I believe God was trying to get my attention that in order to find my purpose and calling in this life, He needed to first take me on a little journey. That Journey began with the forty day coma and progressed into 72 days in the hospital. It has continued for the past eight years of intense therapy, which ended about a year ago. Though I am still in daily training with physical and mental conditioning, I believe God wanted me to learn a powerful lesson from that little book.
That "Purpose Driven Life" was bookmarked at a key passage. One quote reads on page 30, "Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life. We were meant to have meaning." Again on page 31 the author writes "Hope is essential to your life as water." These two words have been two of the of the most meaningful words that I have experienced in the past eight years. So many people don't really know what purpose they have in life. And, they don't know who the ultimate purpose-giver is.
So many allow the cares and trials of this world to cause them to forget their purpose. Many young men and women simply get overwhelmed with the stress and pressures in this life and give up on life. They look at their circumstances in which they live and simply lose hope that they will ever better themselves.
There was many times I could have lost hope that I would ever get out of that wheelchair or that I could ever figure out a math problem again, but in my spirit I knew God had an ultimate plan and He still had a purpose for me. Praise God I am now running and in college. However, even if God had chosen to not fully heal me, He still would've had a purpose for me.
I believe having a personal relationship with my Savior Jesus Christ has given me the most purpose and meaning in life during the past eight years of my recovery. Many times I have been tempted to give up, but somehow I have known that if I would just keep pressing, and just keep fighting and giving a little effort each day, I had an assurance that God would honor that and He would be true to His Word and Promises. He promised me, "I will never leave you or forsake you" and in Psalm 62 He has promised to always be my rock and source of strength.
So I ask you, who or what is your source of strength? Do you place your faith in your bank account, which possibly will fail? Do you place your faith in your retirement which is never an assuring principle? Or do you put your faith in your spouse who lets you down all the time?
I challenge you to place your faith in God. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and become Lord of your life. Put your trust in Him, and I promise He will never let you down.
He never has let me down. Rather he has taken me from life support to a kindergardener's mental capacity to now a senior in college. Romans 10 says, "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
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The book suggests you take 40 days to read it, but I wanted to read it in about a week, so I began reading as fast as I could on that morning before the car accident. It is interesting how the next forty days I spent in a coma. I believe God was trying to get my attention that in order to find my purpose and calling in this life, He needed to first take me on a little journey. That Journey began with the forty day coma and progressed into 72 days in the hospital. It has continued for the past eight years of intense therapy, which ended about a year ago. Though I am still in daily training with physical and mental conditioning, I believe God wanted me to learn a powerful lesson from that little book.
That "Purpose Driven Life" was bookmarked at a key passage. One quote reads on page 30, "Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life. We were meant to have meaning." Again on page 31 the author writes "Hope is essential to your life as water." These two words have been two of the of the most meaningful words that I have experienced in the past eight years. So many people don't really know what purpose they have in life. And, they don't know who the ultimate purpose-giver is.
So many allow the cares and trials of this world to cause them to forget their purpose. Many young men and women simply get overwhelmed with the stress and pressures in this life and give up on life. They look at their circumstances in which they live and simply lose hope that they will ever better themselves.
There was many times I could have lost hope that I would ever get out of that wheelchair or that I could ever figure out a math problem again, but in my spirit I knew God had an ultimate plan and He still had a purpose for me. Praise God I am now running and in college. However, even if God had chosen to not fully heal me, He still would've had a purpose for me.
I believe having a personal relationship with my Savior Jesus Christ has given me the most purpose and meaning in life during the past eight years of my recovery. Many times I have been tempted to give up, but somehow I have known that if I would just keep pressing, and just keep fighting and giving a little effort each day, I had an assurance that God would honor that and He would be true to His Word and Promises. He promised me, "I will never leave you or forsake you" and in Psalm 62 He has promised to always be my rock and source of strength.
So I ask you, who or what is your source of strength? Do you place your faith in your bank account, which possibly will fail? Do you place your faith in your retirement which is never an assuring principle? Or do you put your faith in your spouse who lets you down all the time?
I challenge you to place your faith in God. Ask Him to forgive you of your sins and become Lord of your life. Put your trust in Him, and I promise He will never let you down.
He never has let me down. Rather he has taken me from life support to a kindergardener's mental capacity to now a senior in college. Romans 10 says, "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
God will use your suffering for His glory and for your purpose
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** So many times my life seemed completely hopeless. It seemed as if the purpose I had once possessed was completely over. The tide had turned and I felt as if I no longer could approach life with a sense of fulfillment and motivation to impact people. I knew Jeremiah 29:11 said, " For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I knew God was always true to His Word and I had always had the assurance that He was always in control. Yet for some reason, I felt as if that certain time in my life, when I was at my lowest, and completely helpless, it seemed as if God had forgotten about me. However, behind the scenes God was moving and working.
I knew God's Word was all powerful. I knew in my life before the time of my injury, that He had always been true in what He promised to me in His Word. I had just been studying in one of my classes of how God was sovereign and in control. Yet, when I looked at my paralyzed and broken body, my hope was almost depleted to nothing. When I realized my eyes were unable to view images with the same clearity as they had when I read in "The Purpose Driven" the poem by Russel Kelfer. Those same eyes which had been reading to find Purpose, now looked hopelessly at his disabled, broken body. I cried out to God, "Why", and I even asked my parents why they had prayed so hard for me to come back. I thought, "Man, I could have been in heaven right now, rather than sitting paralyzed in a wheelchair, and experiencing all this discomfort and hopelessness."
I believe the Poem by Russel Kelfer in "Purpose Driven Life" describes perfectly my life since then. It reads, "You are who you are for a reason. You're part of an intricate plan. You're a precious and perfect unique design, Called God's Special Man or Woman. You look like you for a reason. Our God made no mistake. He knit you together within the womb, You're just what He wanted to make.
The Parents you had were the ones He chose, And no matter how you may feel, They were custom designed with God's plan in mind, And they bear the Master's Seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy. And God wept that it hurt you so; But it was allowed to shape your heart So that into His likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason, You've been formed by the Master's Rod. You are who you are, beloved.
There is a God!"
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** So many times my life seemed completely hopeless. It seemed as if the purpose I had once possessed was completely over. The tide had turned and I felt as if I no longer could approach life with a sense of fulfillment and motivation to impact people. I knew Jeremiah 29:11 said, " For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I knew God was always true to His Word and I had always had the assurance that He was always in control. Yet for some reason, I felt as if that certain time in my life, when I was at my lowest, and completely helpless, it seemed as if God had forgotten about me. However, behind the scenes God was moving and working.
I knew God's Word was all powerful. I knew in my life before the time of my injury, that He had always been true in what He promised to me in His Word. I had just been studying in one of my classes of how God was sovereign and in control. Yet, when I looked at my paralyzed and broken body, my hope was almost depleted to nothing. When I realized my eyes were unable to view images with the same clearity as they had when I read in "The Purpose Driven" the poem by Russel Kelfer. Those same eyes which had been reading to find Purpose, now looked hopelessly at his disabled, broken body. I cried out to God, "Why", and I even asked my parents why they had prayed so hard for me to come back. I thought, "Man, I could have been in heaven right now, rather than sitting paralyzed in a wheelchair, and experiencing all this discomfort and hopelessness."
I believe the Poem by Russel Kelfer in "Purpose Driven Life" describes perfectly my life since then. It reads, "You are who you are for a reason. You're part of an intricate plan. You're a precious and perfect unique design, Called God's Special Man or Woman. You look like you for a reason. Our God made no mistake. He knit you together within the womb, You're just what He wanted to make.
The Parents you had were the ones He chose, And no matter how you may feel, They were custom designed with God's plan in mind, And they bear the Master's Seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy. And God wept that it hurt you so; But it was allowed to shape your heart So that into His likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason, You've been formed by the Master's Rod. You are who you are, beloved.
There is a God!"
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Friday, May 24, 2013
The Purpose of your suffering
I have recently been thinking on a new dynamic that applies to my testimony, which will be a new chapter to my book. The topic revolves around the question of "why". I know I have asked this question many times when I was in the midst of my suffering.I asked the question of "why did this happen to me God?" It took me about a year before I came to the realization that God was using the trying time I was in to mold me and shape me into becoming the man of God He wanted me to become. He had a master plan, and in order for me to arrive at the goal of His plan, I needed to and still need to suffer a little bit. I think this is a topic many of us can relate to at some level.
You may not be looking up at God and asking the exact question I asked; "Why did you allow this to happen, God?"
You may be asking yourself why a certain family member has to suffer or had to die. You may be asking God why did your husband/wife leave you. You may be asking why You had to be born with a defect like the way you are. You may even be asking why you were allowed to develop a disease which means a much shorter lifespan. The list goes on of the hard questions of "why" we face in life.
To be honest, we all are going to encounter some type of suffering in this life.If your not going through suffering right now, or you haven't been through a trying time in your life when you suffered greatly, then you probably are heading into some type of storm.
I'm not 100% sure of why God allows His children to suffer, but I do know that in my own life and in the lives of those heros in the Bible and other great Christian heros, suffering always is used to mold the person into someone with much more character than he/she ever had before the ordeal.
I know in my own life, my 8 years of intense therapy and the road to recovery that I am still on has caused me to develop a much stronger character and appreciation for the life God gave me.
I see life from a new and broader perspective now that I did not have before my almost fatal accident. God has blessed me with amazing friends.
Look at Job's life; he lost everything, including his family, house, much of his wealth, and a large part of his health. Yet God restored everything he had lost, but to a much greater degreee than what he previously had. Look at Joseph in the Bible. He lost much of what he held dear, but God restored everything back and gave him authority over his family and much of Egypt.
God has done much the same with me. I have been blessed beyond measure with so many resources and friends and opportunities.
The key to overcoming suffering is to not let your suffering cause you to grow bitter towards others and even to God. God is using your trial to mold you into the person he wants you to become.
You may not be looking up at God and asking the exact question I asked; "Why did you allow this to happen, God?"
You may be asking yourself why a certain family member has to suffer or had to die. You may be asking God why did your husband/wife leave you. You may be asking why You had to be born with a defect like the way you are. You may even be asking why you were allowed to develop a disease which means a much shorter lifespan. The list goes on of the hard questions of "why" we face in life.
To be honest, we all are going to encounter some type of suffering in this life.If your not going through suffering right now, or you haven't been through a trying time in your life when you suffered greatly, then you probably are heading into some type of storm.
I'm not 100% sure of why God allows His children to suffer, but I do know that in my own life and in the lives of those heros in the Bible and other great Christian heros, suffering always is used to mold the person into someone with much more character than he/she ever had before the ordeal.
I know in my own life, my 8 years of intense therapy and the road to recovery that I am still on has caused me to develop a much stronger character and appreciation for the life God gave me.
I see life from a new and broader perspective now that I did not have before my almost fatal accident. God has blessed me with amazing friends.
Look at Job's life; he lost everything, including his family, house, much of his wealth, and a large part of his health. Yet God restored everything he had lost, but to a much greater degreee than what he previously had. Look at Joseph in the Bible. He lost much of what he held dear, but God restored everything back and gave him authority over his family and much of Egypt.
God has done much the same with me. I have been blessed beyond measure with so many resources and friends and opportunities.
The key to overcoming suffering is to not let your suffering cause you to grow bitter towards others and even to God. God is using your trial to mold you into the person he wants you to become.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Your love Languages
Recently, I took Gary Chapman's test on love languages. Yes, its true that I, a college male college student took a test on how I express love. I challenge you to look at this website and find your love languages; http://www.5lovelanguages.com/. I promise you, this won't mean you are any less of a person, or your purpose is any less than any body else's.
Rather, if you know where you need love and where and how you should express it, this will make you a more dynamic, powerful person!
Here are my results and some of my own thoughts on relationships;
Rather, if you know where you need love and where and how you should express it, this will make you a more dynamic, powerful person!
Here are my results and some of my own thoughts on relationships;
A healthy
relationship is one in which a relationship prospers because all the people
involved know how to flow in love and interaction with eachother. People do not
get easily upset with eachother because they are full of the love of God. Thus,
any hurtful word or action that might be done to the other person simply rolls
off their back like a duck. They are secure in their relationships and love can
flow freely between them. In a secure
relationship, people are able to express their opinions and feelings with
eachother without offending one another.
In a secure and Godly
relationship, not only are people able to interact freely and share their
feelings freely with eachother, but secure people with a love for God are not
shaken as easily by outward circumstances which might otherwise negatively
affect an insecure/lost person. For
instance, a secure spouse can handle her/his children screaming, the demand of
bills to be paid, and the pressures of living with another person with different
habits, and not cave in under the pressure. Her love for God gives her a security and a
sense of being loved and valued that is not affected by circumstances. A secure
relationship is when two or more groups of people know how to connect with one
another in a genuine manner despite the stress of everyday life. They apply God’s
love to their relationships through forgiveness, speaking truth, and offering grace.
From
Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages Website
My love languages were ranked:
4. Receiving Gifts
5.
Acts of Service
5. Physical Touch
5. Words of Affirmation
11. Quality Time
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