There are no replacements for Jesus Christ! 🙂
Jesus
YOLO
Please don’t judge this post by the title. 😛
YOLO.
You Only Live Once.
Why has this become such a negative thing? True, people use it as an excuse to do a lot of things. “Hey, you only live once, you know?” It gives them an excuse to do crazy things, like skydiving or bungee jumping or going on cruises or literally shopping until they drop. It supposedly gives them an excuse to do bad or sinful things, like steal or murder or deceive or drink.
But as Christians, we can change that into motivation.
After all, if you’re only going to live once (which everyone does… *gasp*) then why not mention your faith to the clerk at the grocery store? Why not leave an encouraging note on the table in the restaurant with your tip? Why not tell someone that Jesus loves them? Why not pray in public for those around you?
Why not share your faith?
You only live once, people.
Live loud for Jesus.
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Bible Trivia: 9-6-14 Answers
From Genesis 6, who found grace in the eyes of the Lord?
1. Noah
In Revelation 3, Jesus tells us to be zealous and to do what?
1. Repent
In Mark 5, what was the name, “for we are many,” of the unclean spirits Jesus cast out?
1. Legion
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Bible Trivia: 9-6-14
From Genesis 6, who found grace in the eyes of the Lord?
- Noah
- Moses
- Adam
- Eve
In Revelation 3, Jesus tells us to be zealous and to do what?
- Repent
- Share
- Love
- Witness
In Mark 5, what was the name, “for we are many,” of the unclean spirits Jesus cast out?
- Legion
- Colony
- Flock
- Army
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True Beauty
What does true beauty look like? In 1 Samuel 16:7, God tells Samuel that: “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” We shouldn’t judge beauty by outward appearances’ we should look at people’s hearts. Instead of judging others or ourselves by what the media tells us beauty is, we should look at everyone, including ourselves, with God’s view of true beauty. The one who has Jesus in their heart and follows his commands is truly beautiful.
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Jesus Wept
Jesus wept.
-John 11:35
This verse is a pretty well-known verse. It’s the shortest verse in the Bible (although you can correct me if I’m wrong). But most people don’t really think about everything that this verse really says.
Yes, I know this verse is only two words long. Yes, I know that it just says that Jesus, well… wept. But you know what it also says?
(1) Jesus was human. Crying is something you can’t do unless your human. I’ve personally never seen anything other than a human cry. But you can correct me on that, too.
(2) Jesus had emotions. Jesus was sad. Hey, one of his friends had just died, and some of his other friends, who were also Lazarus’s sisters, were crying, too. Jesus wasn’t some stone-faced, stoic statue. He was real, human, and felt things just like we do.
(3) It’s okay to be sad. When people die, it’s natural for us to be sad. We shouldn’t take that too far, though. After all, if they’re Christians, they’ll be in a much better place with Jesus.
I hope these points have helped you to see what you can see when you look closer at verses and think about them. I pray that you’ll learn something from this and learn to do this with other verses.
Challenge: Study a verse in depth like this and come up with three points about it that aren’t necessarily obvious.
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Just A Few Rambling Thoughts and A Gut-Punch (Hopefully)
Please share this post! I’d love for this to reach as many people as possible and to hopefully motivate them to share with others.
Interesting title, isn’t it? 😀
Last Wednesday, in my small group, one of the girls was talking about a skit she’d seen at a church camp a few years ago. Basically (and this is probably not going to be the best description, sorry) there were two guys talking to each other, and one of them said “I found the cure for cancer!” And the other guy said, “Really? That’s awesome, let’s go tell people about it!” And the first guy said “Well, you know, I’m not so sure, I mean, I’m so small, and young, and insignificant…” etc, etc, etc.
You and I are that first guy.
We have the cure for cancer.
Well, not for cancer, exactly. We have the cure that can save people from having to spend hundreds and thousands and millions and billions of years in hell. All of eternity in hell. Which is kind of hard to wrap your mind around.
That cure is Jesus.
Also mentioned during small group was this: If you, knowing about that someone isn’t a Christian, don’t share the gospel with them, you’re refusing to give them eternal life.
So why aren’t we sharing it?????
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Song of Hope – The Josties
Take Out The Trash
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
James 1:21
When you accept Christ into your life, you’re inviting him to live inside of you. So doesn’t it make sense to take out the trash?
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Hulk Smash – Part Two
Let’s get something straight.
Anger is not a sin.
Jesus was pure. He didn’t sin, and yet, in Mark 11:15-25, Jesus is clearly angry with the people who are defiling God’s temple. This shows us that anger is not a sin, in and of itself. There is such a thing as “righteous anger”.
This is not righteous anger:
In a much later scene, the Hulk does have the good type of anger, when he’s fighting Loki and the Chitauri. Now, like I said before, anger is not a sin. It’s what you do with your anger that makes you sin. We’ll be talking about that in a later post, so, for now, just remember; even Jesus got angry. Anger is not necessarily a sin, as long as you’re angry at the right thing.
Proverbs 31 Teen 