We met two people today.
The first man was a "Christian." I do not know his name. He thought we were homeless. He came up and offered money to us. And I asked him what made him come over to talk to us. And he said Jesus had told him to. And I asked if he could tell me about Jesus...
and he said "Some other time."
And then there is Clarence.
Clarence is homeless. We talked with him for about ten minutes. And we bought a puzzle from him. And he gave us words of encouragement. And we gave him some food. And he gave us a hug. And we talked about Jesus...
and he said "Right now."
Please, Lord, let me be like Clarence and want You right now.
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Clarence's Words of Encouragement:
Peace, will it ever come?
Like a stream it will be on the run.
If it came, how will we act?
Will we stand up to it, or make it go back?
Will we be able to see the light?
Will we be happy or will we fight?
I can tell you how we will be,
because peace is something I would like to see.
Until the day comes I will say again,
as long as we fight, woe will never end.
For when life is difficult and you want to fly away...here is a motivator to inspire your day.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Not So Typical 25
So it seems to have become a popular trend to write "25 Things About Myself." And so many times it seems as though the last fact is "it's so hard to name 25 things about me!" Well how about Christ Jesus?
1. Jesus was homeless.
2. Jesus made a whip and used it.
3. Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine.
4. Jesus put spit in someone's eyes.
5. Jesus walked on water.
6. Jesus was beaten, bruised, flogged, hit over the head, spit upon, speared, escaped death, and died, but...
7. Jesus is alive.
8. Jesus called one of His best friends "Satan."
9. Jesus talked to demons.
10. Jesus did not eat food for 40 days...and survived.
11. Jesus was a storyteller.
12. Jesus was a fortuneteller.
13. Jesus hung out with the drunkards, homeless, thieves, murderers, prostitutes, but told the Pharisees (aka the "church goers") that they were hypocrites.
14. Jesus "ran away from home" on several occassions...starting when he was just a kid.
15. Jesus got his tax money from a fish.
16. Jesus killed a tree.
17. Jesus invited Himself over for dinner.
18. Jesus sweat was like blood.
19. Jesus was a SUPERCHEF--He fed over 9,000 people...in just 2 occassions.
20. Jesus came from a family of sinners (have you looked at his family tree lately?)
21. Jesus COMMANDED several people to become poor and thought it dumb to worry about money.
22. Jesus "broke the law."
23. Jesus became angry.
24. Jesus cried.
25. Jesus loves YOU.
Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in )the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."
Once we were crucified, we became dead to self and alive in Christ.
1. Have you died?
2. Are you living FOR Christ AND is He living IN you?
3. Did you read those 25 things about the Christ who lives in us? How acceptable would it be to put SPIT IN SOMEONES EYES, or to admit that you TALK TO DEMONS, or that you go around hanging out with the DRUNKARDS, PROSITUTES, MURDERERS AND THIEVES? When did Christianity become the NORMAL thing to do and those who are Christians are ACCEPTABLE.
BE STRANGE! BE WEIRD! 1 Peter 2, Ephesians 2, Philippians 3...(I weary at putting any scriptures because of the fear you will just stop here.)
Jesus loves you.
Jesus live IN you...
Or does He?
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To find out more about Jesus, you should know how do I get salvation.
1. Jesus was homeless.
2. Jesus made a whip and used it.
3. Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine.
4. Jesus put spit in someone's eyes.
5. Jesus walked on water.
6. Jesus was beaten, bruised, flogged, hit over the head, spit upon, speared, escaped death, and died, but...
7. Jesus is alive.
8. Jesus called one of His best friends "Satan."
9. Jesus talked to demons.
10. Jesus did not eat food for 40 days...and survived.
11. Jesus was a storyteller.
12. Jesus was a fortuneteller.
13. Jesus hung out with the drunkards, homeless, thieves, murderers, prostitutes, but told the Pharisees (aka the "church goers") that they were hypocrites.
14. Jesus "ran away from home" on several occassions...starting when he was just a kid.
15. Jesus got his tax money from a fish.
16. Jesus killed a tree.
17. Jesus invited Himself over for dinner.
18. Jesus sweat was like blood.
19. Jesus was a SUPERCHEF--He fed over 9,000 people...in just 2 occassions.
20. Jesus came from a family of sinners (have you looked at his family tree lately?)
21. Jesus COMMANDED several people to become poor and thought it dumb to worry about money.
22. Jesus "broke the law."
23. Jesus became angry.
24. Jesus cried.
25. Jesus loves YOU.
Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in )the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."
Once we were crucified, we became dead to self and alive in Christ.
1. Have you died?
2. Are you living FOR Christ AND is He living IN you?
3. Did you read those 25 things about the Christ who lives in us? How acceptable would it be to put SPIT IN SOMEONES EYES, or to admit that you TALK TO DEMONS, or that you go around hanging out with the DRUNKARDS, PROSITUTES, MURDERERS AND THIEVES? When did Christianity become the NORMAL thing to do and those who are Christians are ACCEPTABLE.
BE STRANGE! BE WEIRD! 1 Peter 2, Ephesians 2, Philippians 3...(I weary at putting any scriptures because of the fear you will just stop here.)
Jesus loves you.
Jesus live IN you...
Or does He?
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To find out more about Jesus, you should know how do I get salvation.
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