Verses at Heart

I've had two verses on my heart for a week or two, I was thinking about them a lot. The first has to do with trusting God in dire situations, the second is about living that balanced life, avoiding extremes.

Psalm 37:25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

And below is from, Ecclesiastes 7:16-18:
Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise -- why destroy yourself?
Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool -- why die before your time?
It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes.

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Posted by Jesse on Tue, 17 Nov 2009

Easily Distracted

I have spent the past few months striving to accomplish some goals. I've been studying Object Oriented Programming and I've written and rewritten applications. I have been working non-stop in front of this screen. I have made myself so busy that all I think about is work, preaching, and programming. My sleep schedule is backwards and I drink coffee to get more energy to work into until atleast 5am. I don't know how I get so easily distracted, but it's a cycle I keep falling into.

None of this is healthy. I don't know how to live a balanced life. I need help with everything. I feel like a busy body. I have few hobbies apart from this computer. Over this span there have been little things I felt the Lord put on my heart, but I dislike how easy it is to get occupied with something and put him in 2nd place. Then I don't notice until I feel as dry as a desert in my heart.

I miss the creativity that flowed by feeling alive. I don't need to know everything :(

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Posted by Jesse on Mon, 9 Nov 2009

The Worlds Wisdom is Blind

1 Corinthians 1:20-21 says, Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

You could sit down and converse with the greatest educated man or woman, or a world renouned philosopher, or an intellectual -- they may know much about life and education, but they do not know God the lover of their soul. In all a mans efforts, education, studying, earning, striving, and even people who dilligently study the scripture and stop there (which testifies about Jesus), they do not even know God! Isn't that amazing? You would think people like this who seem to have so much understanding and worldly wisdom knew God.

The cross is foolishness to those perishing but to us it is the power of God. To know God it begins with Christ crucified, if anyone rejects the Son they reject the Father. Eternal life is to know the One true God, and Jesus Christ. God always wants to restore man to himself, like in the days of Eden. You will never find God through mans intellect.

Note: It's great to be intelligent and well educated, but that is not all there is.

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Posted by Jesse on Mon, 5 Oct 2009

8 Reasons Life Might Stink

#1 Sin is a deceiver.
Deceive means: To be false, to fail to fulfill. Sin mostly satisfies the flesh and not the heart. Most people are stuck in this one because they love their sin. Sin can be very pleasuring, but to overcome they have to overcome evil with good. Nothing can wash away sin except the Blood of Jesus.

#2 They want God to trust them, But they don't trust Him.
People don't give God their first fruit offerings, but they want Him to bless their pocketbook. Sometimes people say, 'If I had a lot of money I would give', but the truth is: What you do with a little, you do with a lot.

#3 They Believe a Lie
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."  If they do not know the truth how can they exercise the truth to gain freedom? Some people can't hold on to a single promise of God, they just hope for the best and call it some Karma Shinnannigans. God is looking for people to speak faith verbally and act on it. Violent men take the Kingdom of Heaven by force.

#4 The devil is a liar
That snakes plan is to kill, steal, and destroy your life. The devil is also a deceiver. Many of the Christians I've talked to aren't aware of spiritual battles, that is because they aren't very spiritual. And they don't understand why thing go so wrong.

#5 Religion Doesn't Work
People allow man to place law, traditions, and works on their shoulders to try and meet Gods requirements. But God placed the sinless savior Jesus on the cross so we can meet Gods requirements.
Every religion tries to make you earn your way to a higher power, but Jesus is Gods way of reaching down to man.

#6 I'm Not Ready
Some people think their life is too out of order, 'When I got this right then I'll try'. They should come to God all messed up, filthy with guilt and sin, they shouldn't try to get it right themselves or they never will. And who knows, maybe it will be too late!

#7 I'm too Bad
Some people think they are too bad. But only once in History did the Son of God give His life freely for you, it will never ever happen again! He paid for every sin, not just some. The devil wants you to think the blood of Jesus is not enough, but the blood of Jesus is everything. And the blood of Jesus defeats the work of the devil.

#8 They don't Believe
If people will Humble Themselves, Seek His face, and Pray, then God will hear from Heaven and heal them. Wishful thinking and testing God doesn't work, someone has to deliberately go out of their way and break the usual cycle of habits to seek Him.

The most controversial person in History, Jesus Christ is the answer to everything. The authenticity of the Bible is backed up by Prophecy, if you want a book that foretells the future and fulfills it, this is only found in the Bible with unbelievable 100% accuracy.

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Posted by Jesse on Fri, 7 Aug 2009

Right Words, Wrong Actions

A coconut is hard to get inside. To do so you have a few options such as: chizelling away at it, hammering it, or smashing it. To get to the insides beyond the shell it takes much effort. One has to literally destroy the hard shell. I think God does the same thing with our hearts. It sounds painful, and it can be. Because sin hardens the heart, and God has to break the hardness so he can keep working with us deep on the good insides.

Another thought.. I can invite someone over by asking them -- but if I lock the doors when they arrive they arent getting in. Many times I say, "Oh God help me, I believe, I'll do anything", but whenever God wants to come in I lock him out because I'm busy sinning with my own agenda. That makes my words/confession/invitation good for nothing because my actions dont follow up.

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Posted by Jesse on Thu, 30 Jul 2009