It has been a while since my last posted...I don't even know when my last post was...I will be sure to do that when I finish posting this blog...I have a lot to say...so we should start talking...
Hey...I may or may not know you...most people that read this blog are my family and friends...I realize that some people have never met me...so I want to introduce myself to you...so that you feel like you know me...okay where to start...I'm 24...I'm a career student (unintentionally)...I've been preaching for 4 years...oh did I mention I have issues...Now these issues may not be your issues...but I have issues...there are things I struggle with...things I don't understand...so a lot of times I find myself on the wrong-side of a bad decision...I have a good idea as to what I want out of life...but I have a hard time "pulling myself up by the bootstraps"...and living my dream...
So I pray...and I pray...and I pray some more...I read the Bible...I study the Bible...and I attempt to live the Bible...which leads me to keep praying....not for just myself but for others too...I hope that you do the same...Intercessory prayer is our greatest weapon in our struggle with Satan...with the evil (not to sound like a Harry Potter novel) forces that seek to destroy our communities...It is important to understand that the world is as spiritual as it is natural...and our Faith can shift things in the spiritual world...that's not me talking that is the Bible...
Ephesians 6:12,18 (NIV) says...verse 12 says "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." and verse 18 says..."And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."...
With that being said...I can get into the blog now...Where I've been...like I said it has been a while since my last blog...I've been growing...I've been away from the computer and bearing my cross...it has been interesting because my blog has always served as an outlet for me...when I wasn't blogging...I was sharing with a friend or a church...and when I wasn't sharing...I wasn't growing...I was sliding backwards...and blogging was the last thing on my mind...I found myself in storm...and the only thing I knew to do was pray and wait...and when that got old...I started to pray and work...
What I've learned is that praying and sitting still doesn't accomplish anything...praying and doing the work of the kingdom is what brings God's blessings...I got off my butt and started visiting the sick...I stopped making excuses about participating in the worship service at my church...I started to do more...teach more...pray and study more...and slowly but surely I found purpose again...and with purpose came passion...and now I am ready...
Where I'm going...I don't have the slightest clue...but that is the great thing about this Faith walk...everything is up to God...all I have to do is pray and live according to His will...and everything I need and want will be made available to me...not by my worrying and stressing...but it will be made available to me in God's time...I know this sounds like a stretch to you right now...but I can only tell you what I've experienced and know to be true...God works...He moves on our behalf...it is His desire that we prosper and live abundant lives...
Let's pray...Thank you God for all that you have done for us...You are so Holy...we want to be just like you...so Lord forgive us of all of our sins known and unknown...we know that You have a plan for us...A plan to prosper us...A plan that leads to true righteousness...Thank you for your Word...for revealing yourself to us daily...God help us where you see fit...make us into the kingdom seekers you called us to be...Bless our families...bless our friends...save us from our flesh...Thank you for offering your Son for us on Calvary...for allowing His great sacrifice to be enough...Help us to trust you...and we ask all these things in Jesus' name...Amen!
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