Rest

I havnt posted a blog up because ive been slacking but tonight i want to talk about Rest. the past Sunday  i was at the Pastors house eating dinner and what we watched on the Televsion was interesting we were talking about rest and the sabaath. Now in the begining god created the Earth in seven days and on the seventh day he rested and he called it the sabaath day. it actually is one of the commandments is to keep it holy. and thinking to myself i just figured out this year that the sabaath day was meaning to rest. God did it and even Jesus did it because when you have family kids a job and trying to work out all at the same time and your working on only like five hours of sleep then its going to catch up to you and your going to break down. Jesus even rested the one who saved all of man around the world. he had to rest. he would do what he does best and then go and recharge and pray. the video was discussing a part in the bible about a man who was have a bet with another man and told that man, who had a different god that he prayed to, and told him now lets build an atlar on two different mountains and who ever god throws his fire down is the god we shall praise. now the one guy who believed in the one and only God say to throw buckets of water three times on his altar while the other guy was making excuses about where his God was. now this first guy had said to the heavens for God to throw his fire down and in that instant God threw his fire on the water drenched altar and the people said that the first guys God is the real God n the first guy had killed almost 500 people by himself. now when the other guy had challenged him to fight the first guy left and ran scared. because he was exhausted and was tired. he went under a tree and prayed to the Lord and said to him please take me away lord please.  he was done with everything and everything was to much for him. so as he feel asleep an angel came to him and gave him something to eat and drink. when we awoke a drank and he ate. then he went back to sleep and repeated this once more. once he awoke he walked a distance and found a cave to rest. in the passage this man had killed over 500 men and after he was afraid from the one person because he was exhausted. This man Needed rest as well as Jesus. Jesus at times needed time to Charge up. he would go and pray and rest. God showed us this by resting on the seventh day he made the universe to show us that we has people need to rest because without rest we will suffer the consequences or we will discover gods glory.
God is artistic

Jesus ate with sinners and publicans

 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?  When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Mark 2:15-17
in this passage Jesus's Disciples wondered why Jesus would sit with these Sinners because a person as great and noble as the Son of God should sit with such people as the righteous. But, Jesus says that he is here for the lost as a Doctor is not there for the healthy but for the sick. Sometimes as people we look at others who are sinners or who are doing wrong and we look at them and judge them when sometimes maybe we should put the light into the dark room to show them the way and to show them that there is a better life out there for them. sometimes people dont want to listen but lead by example.  If Jesus was here for only the righteous then there would be people lost in the dark. some of our friends/ family do things that we do not like or wish that they werent doing but if we love these people then we would show them the way either by example or by telling them that this way isnt the right way and that there ways will sometimes lead them into the wrong direction and we are only telling them this is because he care for them and if they were really your friends or loved you then they would atleast listen to you and also maybe God wants us to do this for not only our friends but maybe to strangers or to our enemys because you never know it might just take that one thought and atleast you tried. Bring the light into the Dark room as Jesus did to show people the right path because Jesus is our role model to do what is right and to be what god wants us to be.
God is the Light in the Dark room

you give them something to eat

When it was evening, his followers came to him and said, "No one lives in this place, and it is already late. Send the people away so they can go to the towns and buy food for themselves." But Jesus answered, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."
Matthew 14:15-16
in this passage Jesus's disciples didnt think they had enough bread to feed the 5,000 men besides women n children and told them to go to the village to buy their own food but Jesus's says no you feed them. in the end the disciples themselves were full and were able to feed the 5,000 men besides women and children. 
in life people do this, we dont want to give up our possesions or our values for others because were affraid there wont be any left for yourself. people in life are greedy. they have to much money or have to much material things and they dont want to share or give it up because they are affraid theyll be left for nothing or people that see people who are hungry or who need to be sheltered usually, people think oh someelse will feed them or someone else will shelter them. people wait to think that the next person will stop to help when Jesus wants us to stop right then and there to help. everyone has been there. driving down the rain thats pouring a tsunami and your driving. you ponder and see that person on the side of the road and think. should i stop? or should i go ahhh the next person will pick them up or theyll be alright. but Jesus wants us to act right then and there.
the disciples felt with little faith thinking that there wouldn't be enough food for everyone for them and 5,000 men but they had extras left over. people do that today. they dont think  or have faith that they will lose everything when they share there value or food that there will be none left for them but god and Jesus want you to have faith. if you have faith god will provide for you. he will bless you for your faith and provide for your needs. the object is to love and share with one another and to have faith. and the world would be that much better if everyone shared and everyone didnt wonder if they had enough for themselves but to feed their neighbor. everyone would be happier and loving because we would depend on one another.
God is Fruitful

Hillsong - Hosanna (High-Quality)

The Art of Persuasion

Now if you had an Enemy, or a nemisis who you are trying to destroy. How would you start to overthrow that person? Well, usually a person would learn everything from the inside to the outside to learn how that person works. The devil does the same thing. He knows the bible from left to right visverca. The devil wants to sererate you from god, and this is his goal. To over throw god. Now he would use any weakness you have or appetite that is your Kriptonite- if you will- to sin. The devil would even use Scripture to manipulate the person to sin or seperate you from god. In the begining of Matthew it says that Jesus Fasted For forty days and forty nights, as the devil tried to manipulate or persua Jesus into worshiping him. since the devil uses weakness against you, in this case it was temptation to eat and to worship the devil. for example in Matthew 4:3 "And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the son of God, command these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that preoceedeth out of the mouth of God. then the devil taketh him up into the holy city , and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, if thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down for it is written, He shall give his angels charge conerning thee; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dath thy foot against a stone. Jesus Said unto him , it is written Thou Shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil taketh him up unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will i give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. then saith Jesus unto him, get thee hence satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve..."  the Devil was clearly tempting Christ to give into temptation while using scripture to manipulate Jesus. But Jesus knew his faith is a mountain that cannot be moved by no wind nor storm would budge his faith. people in history may use scripture to manipulate people into changing its meaning, for some use it against slaves to now when people use it for an excuse for their sins. It doesn't matter what the person talks about but how they present and how they use the information to convince the other to sin against one another.  Hitler was a Great Speaker when he spoke and how he spoke convinced a plethora of people. what he spoke about was wrong but how he spoke is what persued people to do what he wanted to do. Hence 50% of Jewish culture was killed. it seem as dramatic as the holocaust but it can be as simple as stealing chocolate bar at the store. or as simple as a thought of lust. the devil will take what you desire most or your biggest weakness against you and use it to destroy you. alcohol, weed, partying drugs, stealing. it may start out with smokeing weed. which for some people its no big deal. then drinking and partying. your at a party and a friend asks you to try a pill, its no biggy he is your friend and he wants you to have a good time. next thing you know your stealing money from your parents for drugs. persuasion starts small and it works its way up.  its what you do with the temptation is the important thing. its easy to say no ones perfect and im only human but thats the easy way out of an excuse.God gave you the power to say no and the will to avoid temptation. God is high then any High or any pleasure/happiness someone can get from anything. so the next time someone persuas you to do somethin that is wrong or when your own mind persuas you into sin, just find your way to get away from it or awknowledge the thought and stop yourself before your manipulated
God is Holy

Dont Worry!!!

once at bible study we came across a subject of why it is a sin to worry. ask yourself why is it wrong to worry in life. god doesnt want you to worry or be lost. god wants you to have a peace in mind that he will catxh you when you fall. if a little child was trying to learn how to fish would your catch him a fish to eat or would you teach him. if your teach and show that child everything then he will never learn so sometimes in life when we think god doesnt listen to us when really its the opposite. if you want to grow more patient wouldnt he have an annoying person be your roommate. god has an image for you and you have to have faith that he will provide for you if you willl meet him half way then he will come through. so why is it a sin to worry? i cant do this or ill never make it in life or ill never make enough. if you have faith in god then you wont worry. if you worry then your faith in god isnt there. faith is underestamated  it can be very strong, and it helps out the most when you have nothing or when your in the darkest place in your life. faiith is truely the light in the darkness. when you have faith sometimes you have no idea how your going to make it through or whats going to happen to you but you dont worry because you have faith. its helped me out so much and it can help out anyone. faith is strong and wonderful that you know your maker is going to take care of you if you have faith in him. he has a plan and there is a reason for everything he will take care of you. when you in the deepest ditch black hole there is a light and a way. so if i fall down and hit my head will i wake up? most likely if i get knocked out ok so what im going to wake up and ill be ok. or if im in debt and i have no money to pay it off. its ok try your best do what you can do. if you cant pay it off whats going to happen ok credit will go down youll go to jail but then what? no matter what your going to be ok dont worry god will take care of you
god is trusting

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