something we often forget….

i spoke this past sunday in 180 (middle school) and when i was thinking about what God wanted me to share he spoke something to me….

i spoke about how so many times through out the day we compare ourselves to other people and that one thought can destroy us for the rest of the day…. we start thinking im not smart enough, pretty-handsome enough,talented enough….the list could go on forever… fill in your own insecurities … and these insecurities begin to cause us to change the way we act,dress,talk… just to be accepted or feel better about ourselves… but even in the mist of changing all these things we still never feel complete or better about ourselves its just a race with no finish line… its like we fall asleep to who we really are to what GOD created us to be…. and after a while we can’t even figure out who we are under it all…

we all live with insecurities…. all of this brought me to the story of moses (exodus 4:10) when he ask GOD to send someone else because he has never been good with words and will never be, i get tongue tied… and GOD replied (this is my fav. part) who created your mouth who says if people can see or not, can hear or not…. is it not I the Lord…

in the mist of everything just like moses we for get who created us and who has all the power….
also to prove this you should read psalms 139:13:18 it say GOD knit us together… we are all fearfully and wonderfully made….he saw our unformed bodies… he know everyday ordained for us…. when we awake everyday he is still with us…

GOD created each of us different for a reason so why do we compare ourselves we are not suppose to be the same so it is impossible and will only bring disappointment…

…So during this season of Thanksgiving don’t forget to thank GOD for who you are who he created you to be…

GOD has been teaching me to be secure in who he has created me to be so i thank GOD for who I am

burn the ships

ok this week in masters the theme is DIE TO SELF sound harsh ya well it kind of is but its really good to and i think everyone goes through a time when you have to get past your self if you don’t how can God ever take control or how do you ever expect to truly  get closer to God is you are still depending on other things instead of God…

so there is this story in history of cortez he took his men on a voyage to an island to find treasure…. once they were all off the boat he burnt all the ships so no one would give up looking or desert him if they got tired….

so many times in our lives we give things to God or leave things from our past to follow God we get off our boat to follow God and we follow him for a while but when something doesn’t go our way or there is a bump in the road,or God asks you to give something you dont want to… we run backto our boat where we feel safe or comfortable and it most likely really isn’t anywhere near comfortable but we were so used to living that we have become used to sitting in the thorns of our past…

so i challenge you just i was challenged burn all the ships in your life weather it be bad relationships, habits, doubt, hurt, unforgiveness , the list could go on forever you know what it is in your life so burn your ship and move forward into what God has for you… stop retreating…

give the wheel up

ok today i actually had a day off its was nice i slept in, cleaned and study for my “life of Christ” test on Wednesday which might i add is an incredible book… any ways while i was studying i was listening to music (like i always do it helps block out all other noise or distractions) the song “Jesus take the wheel” by Carrie Underwood came on i listened to it once and then it played again… and i really listen to the words and God spoke to me i know weird God spoke through a country song unheard of right well not anymore…

there are so many times when i try and drive my own life even to the point of crashing i don’t know why we as people feel better when we are in control i think it has something to do with trust( thats a whole other issue). and when its comes to our lives we want to be in control so bad but still want to surrender to Christ which is bit of an issue because only one person can drive a car at a time… so God spoke to me today and said why do you continually ask me to take control but your still sitting in the drivers seat with a death grip on the wheel… so i sat and thought ouch wow thats harsh….

no its not its real all God is asking is for us to let go… and let him take control you would think we would hand him the keys after all the wrong turns, flat tires and crashes…. but for some reason we are stubborn imagine that humans stubborn… well im here to tell you im letting go i cant take it any more and let me just tell you i had the death grip… my hand prints are probably embedded in my wheel… but while i was holding on so hard to the wheel of my life i couldn’t recieve anything else God had for me because my hands were stuck to a wheel of a car that i was never meant to drive…

let me just tell you its not easy to let go but you will feel much better after you do he wants to take all of your burdens and worries you can trust Him even with your deepest hurts and fears. give him the key to your future let him take the wheel of your life he has the map to the road ahead so just give it to him….

are you smarter than the devil

i know that sounds weired but im serious are you? Do you read the bible because the one other persons besides God who knows the word of God the best is the devil because he used to be the highest angel before he tried to be higher than God so he really knows his stuff…  and let me just tell you he definitely uses it against us he know just how o twist it so we get confused or tricked… he is out to get you just as God has a plan for you so does the devil to kill steel and destroy…

so with this said i encourage you all to know your word don’t let it depart from you(joshua 1:8) i know reading the word of God can seem boring at times or you don’t know what to read… but ask God to give you a desire for his word and he will… He is faithful… you need his word inside of you to make it through every battle that will come.

i don’t mean to scare you but its the truth and you need to be aware and be ready you need to out smart the the devil… read God word its everything you need you just need to study it when you don’t read the word its like failing and open book test you have to be pretty crazy to fail something when you have all the answers written out for you…

study it… God has so much to show you…. its an adventure.