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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Not-so-ordinary people

You may wonder why I say that we Christians are not-so-ordinary people. Allow me to explain... in the Bible, Jesus was talking to the disciples about miracles. He had just cast a demon out of a little boy, "19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' He said to them, 'Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move, andnothing will be impossible for you.' [1] (Matthew 17:19-20, ESV) I don't know about you, but I haven't seen any amazing miracles lately. We (Christians) have the spiritual power of the Hulk, but are afraid of the little mouse called Failure and his brother Scorn. We are NOT ordinary. We have a "Superhero" Who lets us use His power to do good, but we don't act on this. Imagine how the world would be shocked if all of the not-so-ordinary people rose up and did something. I know that there would be a BIG difference in the way that Christians are viewed. Right now, most people think that we civilized Christians talk big, but walk little. Now I know that there are a lot of us that go unnoticed, so the world is a little misled, but they do have grounds for this assumption. Let's change what they think of us, all of the not-so-ordinary people. Let's DO HARD THINGS, and make a change. Whether it's one conversation, one tweet, or one act of kindness at a time, you never know how God can use you. 


Press on, friends, 
"Be strong and courageous" God is with us, 
So never fear to follow where He leads,
Simeon.
2. Cor. 5:17-21

Friday, January 21, 2011

I'm a Sinner

Here's an interesting thought, we should be happy that we are sinners. We shouldn't continue in our sin, yes; but, Jesus died to save sinners, this is truly wonderful.


Simeon. 
2 Cor. 5:17-21

Thursday, January 20, 2011

My Hope SHOULD BE Built On Nothing Less

Have you ever heard Hawk Nelson’s song “Friend Like That”? Part of it says “I, I need Somebody on the inside. I, I want Somebody who can set me free. I’m not the only one who feels like this, I’ve got a few others around me. Hey! Hey! Let me hear you say, make some noise if you feel this way. Hey! If you got a Friend like that. Hey! Let’s scream and shout if you know what I’m talkin’ about! Hey! If you got a Friend like that.” I thoroughly enjoy this song and I feel like screaming and shouting. Anyway, to move on to my point. Sometimes, as Christians, we lose sight of where our joy comes from in life. We place our hope in things of this world and when those things fail us, we become disheartened. A good friend of mine told me recently, “You can’t rely on other humans for approval or acceptance, the only person you should care about approving you is Jesus, if you have His approval, then nothing else matters. He has already accepted you.”  This friend of mine is rarely serious and if he reads this, he would probably be surprised by the impact that his statement made on me. I already knew what he said was true, but God knew I needed that wake-up call. Christians should be the happiest people on earth, but because we place our hope in something other than Jesus, we constantly lose our joy. We need to remember that we have “Somebody on the inside” and we have “Somebody who can set us free” so we should “scream and shout” because we have a solid Rock to place our hope on. The world should know, without a doubt, who we serve because of our happiness (besides our love). Jesus has saved us and He will NEVER let us down. This should make us happy. We have a “Friend like that” and this should cause us to be extremely joyful.

Thanks for reading,
Simeon
2 Cor. 5:17-21

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

My Redeemer's Love

            As the shadow of the Christmas season fades, I think about our AMAZING Savior. Does it shock you that Jesus was willing to die for you and me? We can be very sinful at times and He knew this all along, but He didn’t think twice about it, He came.
            For this next section, I will use the parable of the prodigal son to help illustrate my point. At the point of conversion, God the Father takes our filthy rags and gives us a clean robe, a ring, and a new life. He only asks two things of us, #1 to not get our clothes dirty (that was a BIG paraphrase of when Jesus said “Go and sin no more, but only I use this for the purpose of illustration) and #2 to live for Him. But, we, being human, don’t listen. Then we repent of our wrong, ask forgiveness for our sin, and the Father says, “You know what, My Son died for all mankind, His blood is definitely enough to cover this sin. I forgive you.” And you know what? He does it again and again, because we sin again and again. It blows me away that He forgives again and again, without thinking twice. This is love. I have five younger brothers who I love, okay, most of them can take care of themselves now, but when they were younger, I can remember getting them ready for church and washing their face, getting them clean. Nevertheless, they were little boys, and no matter how hard I tried, they wouldn’t stay clean, so after the tenth, scratch that, the fifth time of washing them in a short amount of time, I would start to get frustrated with them, I was like, “Why can’t you just stay clean?,”  but God NEVER gets even mildly upset with us after all that we do, He just cleans us up and pushes us on. I just picture myself at the end of all things and Satan will stand there pointing at the faintest, little smudge on my white garment, perhaps a sin that I didn’t repent of, and he laughs, “Aha! Aha! Look here, he was not forgiven of this sin!” and my Wonderful Master Jesus Christ looks from the smudge to His Holy and Just Father and says, “Father, I died for Simeon’s sins, didn’t I?” and God will say, “Yes, Son, You did.”
            Jesus will continue, “And is he in my Book of Life?”
            The Father will say, “Yes, he is.”
            Then Jesus will turn to Satan and say, “Be gone, Satan, My blood is enough to cover this last sin.”
            Wow, “How Marvelous, How wonderful is my Savior’s love for me.

Hallelujah, Amen.
Simeon
2 Cor. 5:17-21

Mark Driscoll on Twilight

So here's the deal: thousands of Christians are being sucked (no pun intended) into the demonic world of Twilight. So here is some good, solid preaching on why it is wrong... This guy is amazing.
Note: If you are under thirteen, please have your parents preview this video.

My First Post

Hey to my readers, just a minute, let me count them... zero. Well, whatever, I will write until I get some and keep writing after that. I am sick with a cold at the moment, but will endeavor to write something with meaning............ Okay, I guess not, can't really think straight. But, to leave you with an encouraging note: "Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might." Remember that without Jesus, we are nothing.

Until next time, 
Simeon
2 Cor. 5:17-21