Back from the Dead

Then Jesus shouted, "Lazarus, come forth!"... I'm back from the dead!!

Colossians 1:27 ..."Christ in you, the hope of Glory"... or another way to read this would be, "Christ in me is my confident expectation of God's view and opinion of me!"

I played basketball growing up, it pretty much was my life in high school. I was super competitive and really HATED to lose. I was probably one of the biggest babies when I lost especially if I didnt' play good. I wouldn't talk to anyone, and I would question what i could of done better to win or play better. But what I will always remember is my mom after every game. I don't care how much we lost by or how bad I played she was always there to tell me, "cey, you played really good", or "You were the best player out there". Of course my first comment back to her was "what game were you watching?"... But looking back she was developing my confidence and my self worth. Because after she would tell me that, and I quit crying, I would think "well maybe i didn't play that bad". I give credit to times like that in developing my self worth.

My thought is... How much more is God telling us that? Can you imagine how much God is wanting HIS view and HIS opinion to be established in you and it to become your reality! Even Jesus needed his self worth established Matthew 3:17 " And a voice from heaven said, " this my beloved son, in whom i'm well pleased". Can you imagine God saying that to you, "This is my beloved son (insert name), in whom i'm well pleased".... Thats what He IS saying and that's how He feels towards you. The bible says to write these truths on your hearts, because out of your heart flows the issues of life. Grab ahold of who and what God thinks and feels towards you because it affects every area of your life, it allows God's ability to overtake you and He become's reality in your life!

I've had this vision, well its not really a vision at all, more of just a picture in my head. A picture of how I see the church or christians. I see a big nest full of baby birds waiting to get fed... You know, you've seen it before on the discovery channel. Little baby birds with there mouths wide open, chirping, and crying waiting to be fed.

How many times can we go to church and hear how God wants us to have the best life, wants to bless us, has got a plan for our lives, loves us, wants us to be healed, and the list could go on and on. I just want to know when does it come down to us living that? When does it come down to us walking in that? When does it come that no matter what we cannot be shaken from the life that God has for us, that we know with out a doubt that Christ is in us and we are in Him? John G. Lake calls this the Strong Mans Gospel. That we LIVE in what God has called us to live in.

I saw this commercial and it said 1 out of 7 fathers suffers from depression, abuse, and some other things I can't remember, but I sit back and think what am I doing? How can I know and experience the amazing life in God and I don't share it with anybody? I can't open up and get off of myself enough to go deeper with somebody, to find out who they are or how there life is. Why? Why does it seem so hard?

John 7:37-38 says “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” Where does this come in. Out of my heart will flow rivers of LIVING water.
Living ~ active or thriving; vigorous; strong; pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence~

Doing

Alright well this is my first blog...EVER! And honestly i'm not real sure how i feel about this. I always thought this was retarded and made fun of people that did! and now look at me....WOW.

About 3 or 4 weeks ago, I'm not sure, I got to go to Vegas with some friends to watch the Liddell/Silva fight. I've been to Vegas a lot of times and every time I've been a had great time, but this was probably the best trip I've ever had. Not because of the fight, which was amazing by the way, but honestly it was because of the group of guys I went with.

I haven't been around these guys in a couple of years and I've kind of forgotten what it was to be around legit(that's right i said it) guys that are driven and passionate and truly care about people. Its not fake or a front its truly an overflow of the life they have and the life they experience in Jesus.

We were hanging out at this bar one night at we just started talking about how can we relay or present, for lack of better words, the life that God has given us to other people. How can we reach out and help hurting people. Sooo we came up with this blog! Noooo the blog is not the genius idea to affect people. It is more of a push in the back. We are just going to keep account of our wins and failures of our daily life, or i am anyways.

The purpose for me is to step up and get out of my comfort level and to stretch and grow myself in my life. Nothing will happen, no growth, no knowledge will happen if i don't try. I don't want to live my life unto myself, there is no fulfillment in that and that's not what God has intended for us. I don't want to change how people think or act or whatever, unless it is to change how they view God, or how they think God views them. I just want people to know how much He loves them and life that they can have in Him. Rom. 8:38 says nothing can separate you from Gods love. 1 John 4:8 says God is love.

I read this scripture the other day and it pretty much slapped me in the face. Luke 11:28 the NLT(new living translation) says " But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice"... 1 John 4:12 "... but if we love each other, God lives in us, and His love is brought to full expression in us"... You put the 2 together!