“Who Shall Separate Us From the LOVE of Christ ?”
Who Or What could separate us from the Love of Christ, Think of all the relationships you have and have had, Think of all the factors that may “separate” you from that relationship.
Think of all the times you may have questioned that God has Loved you, Or all the times or If you are now feeling that God doesn’t Love You.
Our Relationship with Jesus Christ is sooo important. Our Relationship with Jesus Christ, Is a Relationship, Immersed in God’s Love. There is not a inch nor moment, In that relationship that relationship Loses the Ever Present Love of Our Lord.
Romans 8:35 Says this :
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."[a] 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
From personal experience I have seen how Hardships, persecution, life threatening situations and in general times of struggle, May put us in a position where we feel as though we are not Beloved by God, That Jesus Christ does not Love us. That we are forsaken to the ways of this world.
This is not the Truth of the matter. God has said he did not Give us a Spirit of Fear, When we say these things, we are speaking out of Fear, Fear that our circumstance will not change, When we say these things we are doubting Our Faith in the Lord God, Who Reigns Above all Our Problems and Circumstances. Who Said He WILL Provide Our Needs. God did not give us a Spirit of Fear, So do not entertain Fearful Thoughts. Maintain Your Faith in Our Lord, He Will Provide.
Romans 8:37 Says :
“37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Another translation of this would be :
“Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.”
This is of Great importance to Us. We win Through Christ. We Win ? What do we Win, Jesus Christ, has not only Prepared Heaven for Us but also A Crown. By the Will of God, we are Given on Earth all we need to obtain that. By all we need I mean, Our relationship with Jesus Christ.
The Beginning and the End of Salvation : Jesus Christ.
In times of tribulation, We have no reason to distress ourselves, We have a God that Loves us so much, That He made a way for us to free ourselves from our Harmful Nature. Not only that But to Move Into a Relationship of Love With Him.
Jesus Christ Says in John 16:33 :
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
The context in which it is said is, Jesus Christ, is talking to His disciples and telling them of His leave and return to earth and telling them of what they will now face. In regards to the Tribulations that are ahead.
We must understand “Peace” Is such a Powerful word. “Peace” means we have no fear, We have no worries, We are secure, We are protected, We are without conflict, We are Without trouble, We are Saved.
We may face Tribulation from This World. Praise God in these Moments of Tribulation and Raise the Name of Jesus Christ, For In Him, Our Victory is Guaranteed.
“So that in me you may have peace”
In Him we may be peace, In Jesus Christ we may have Peace, In Jesus Christ we may be set free and Saved, He Says we WILL have trouble, We will face adversity, We Will have hardships, but he says “Take Heart!” another translation of this would be “take courage” or “Be of Good Cheer”, He tells us NOT to be Down heartened in these moments, Not to distress, not to let these moments take away our courage, or take away our Heart. Because He Who Died For Us, Has Conquered The World. He who has Guaranteed Our Victory Conquered All we face. He Who Promised Our Victory Through a Relationship Of Love With Him, Has Done This For Us.
Thank You For Reading, I Pray this message encourages you as it has me, That you may keep Faith in your hardships Through the Glory Of Jesus Christ.
JEREMIAH 31:3 :
The LORD appeared to us in the past, [a] saying:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.”
Feel free to make any comments, As we can all learn from each other :) Thanks for reading again and God Bless.
Chris
Monday 30 November 2009
Saturday 14 November 2009
Being Proactive Followers Of Christ
Being Proactive Followers Of Christ
This is one I believe is Extremely important and Jesus talks about it when he is talking about the End Times. It is one I think we should all aim to be aware of and understand ( I still am still in the process of trying to fully understand the depth of the message ).
The Scripture I am referring to, is Matthew 24. Jesus amazingly expresses the End Times in relation to us.
Jesus Says :
43 “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 Who then is faithful and wise servant, who his master made rule over his household, to give them food in due season ?
46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’
49 And begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour he is not aware of,
51 And will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing teeth.”
During this passage and a little bit prior to the extract I quoted. Jesus talks about the Hour Of Judgement. He Says Only God Knows when the Hour Of Judgement will be. He puts Great emphasis on this. We should not take for granted the time we have, We can not be so relaxed in our approach to Worshipping God and Living Through Christ. We have been Blessed with all the Tools we need, It’s time we make use of those Tools, Not only For Our own sake, But also for the Sake of Others around Us. We can not think that we will not give the Entirety of ourselves to Christ because it isn’t perceived to “fit in well with our worldly plans”, Jesus Christ is above all that we hold dear in the world.
Hold Jesus Christ in your Heart, Give your Heart and Soul and Mind to Him. Worship our God with Everything You Are. Live Your Life everyday Trying To Be More Christ-Like.
When the day Comes, Which of the two servant would you like to be ??
You can seize the so-called opportunities of this world and place them in higher priority than The One opportunity God Has Blessed us with. This will lead you down the very “broad” path Jesus spoke about.
We as Christians have to be very aware of our priorities and what we keep in our hearts.
If your in a relationship and you feel that relationship is the centre of your world. I believe you should walk away from the relationship and find God. To seek everything from another human being, When your not in a committed relationship with God is very dangerous in my eyes. Relationships are beautiful things and they can lead you to God, But the Focus of your Life should be God. Find Love and Security in him and everything else, Involve yourself in a committed relationship With God before moving into a committed relationship with another.
I will leave with a question I ask myself every morning, That has provided me with great clarity on certain situations. I hope it may aid someone else also.
Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what your doing ?
Thank you for reading, Any questions , comments or amendments are more than welcome.
Thank you again for reading, I hope this will help on your Journey Towards Christ,
Much Love and May God Truly Bless You
Chris.
The Two Greatest Commandments
I was drawn to a few messages Christ spoke about that really intensely got me thinking. I was doing my daily reading Matthew 22-24. I felt there was a number of messages spoken upon we as Christians really need to take to heart.
The message I wanted to speak about is one that is commonly spoken about but I feel it is one that we constantly need to keep in our hearts, minds and souls.
A little pre-roll to The Scripture I have taken, Jesus is Preaching onto a mass of people of which there are Pharisees there, They group together in order to form a plan to test him. Then one of them steps forward, A lawyer and says : ..
Matthew 22:36-40
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment of the law?”
37 Jesus said to him “ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, With all your soul, And will all your mind”
38 “This is the first and great commandment.
39 “and the second is like it : ‘you shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
40 “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”
I find this incredibly powerful , it is often asked to Christians which of the commandments is the greatest or which commandment is the worst not to abide by. I have often heard “Thou Shalt not kill” in response to this question.
As Jesus has expressed to us in the passage quoted. Everything in our everyday lives ( mentally, physically and spiritually ) on our journey walking towards Righteousness is sourced in Loving God with all our Heart, Soul and Mind. From that all Righteous behaviour stems.
I think we often overcomplicate what God’s expectations are from us, These complications lead us down a path of confusion and may even lead to us become quite lost and inflicting the illusion that we are isolated from God. Jesus has told us Love Our God with everything we are, Then Love Our Neighbour as yourself. From this every other law will fall into place.
Our Primary Goal as Christians is : To Love Our God, With EVERYTHING we are.
I believe this also means, We should be Mindful of all God’s works in Everything we do and in all our Success’s as well as perceived Failures ( I say perceived failures because I do not believe any of us fail at anything, that everything that seems to have a negative impact on our life has a greater positive influence with God’s Grace ).
Through prayer so much can be achieved, Asking God, We are Sooooo Blessed to have a God who will Help us and Guide us and Influence our lives and our decisions. He has Blessed us with being allowed to ask him and receive such Knowledge and more so Wisdom, As well as being able to part take in the Beautiful experience that is His Love and Grace.
Thank you for reading, Any questions , comments or amendments are more than welcome.
Thank you again for reading, I hope this will help on your Journey Towards Christ,
Much Love and May God Truly Bless You
Chris.
The message I wanted to speak about is one that is commonly spoken about but I feel it is one that we constantly need to keep in our hearts, minds and souls.
A little pre-roll to The Scripture I have taken, Jesus is Preaching onto a mass of people of which there are Pharisees there, They group together in order to form a plan to test him. Then one of them steps forward, A lawyer and says : ..
Matthew 22:36-40
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment of the law?”
37 Jesus said to him “ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, With all your soul, And will all your mind”
38 “This is the first and great commandment.
39 “and the second is like it : ‘you shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
40 “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”
I find this incredibly powerful , it is often asked to Christians which of the commandments is the greatest or which commandment is the worst not to abide by. I have often heard “Thou Shalt not kill” in response to this question.
As Jesus has expressed to us in the passage quoted. Everything in our everyday lives ( mentally, physically and spiritually ) on our journey walking towards Righteousness is sourced in Loving God with all our Heart, Soul and Mind. From that all Righteous behaviour stems.
I think we often overcomplicate what God’s expectations are from us, These complications lead us down a path of confusion and may even lead to us become quite lost and inflicting the illusion that we are isolated from God. Jesus has told us Love Our God with everything we are, Then Love Our Neighbour as yourself. From this every other law will fall into place.
Our Primary Goal as Christians is : To Love Our God, With EVERYTHING we are.
I believe this also means, We should be Mindful of all God’s works in Everything we do and in all our Success’s as well as perceived Failures ( I say perceived failures because I do not believe any of us fail at anything, that everything that seems to have a negative impact on our life has a greater positive influence with God’s Grace ).
Through prayer so much can be achieved, Asking God, We are Sooooo Blessed to have a God who will Help us and Guide us and Influence our lives and our decisions. He has Blessed us with being allowed to ask him and receive such Knowledge and more so Wisdom, As well as being able to part take in the Beautiful experience that is His Love and Grace.
Thank you for reading, Any questions , comments or amendments are more than welcome.
Thank you again for reading, I hope this will help on your Journey Towards Christ,
Much Love and May God Truly Bless You
Chris.
Monday 2 November 2009
God Works In Mysterious Ways…
I’ll start at the very beginning, For a while I have been quite accepting and open to the Gift of Tongues, I’ve never asked God for it before. My view on Gifts from God has always been it will come in God’s times, So on that basis I didn’t ask God about it.
The Saturday just gone (31st of November ) I went out for a meal with Jennifer, Very Blessed Friend in Christ, During which Jennifer brought up the issue of Tongues and if I had ever spoken in tongues before, I replied no and explained my views on which. Upon which she also shared with me her views and in essences talked to be about the beauty of Tongues in relation to your relationship with God. So after dinner it was on my mind and I agreed with what Jennifer had told me and she prayed for me that night that I might be blessed by The Holy Spirit. That night I felt a great calm but no tongues were poured out of me. I went to my friends house where I was staying in London, There was a party so I took myself elsewhere so I could be alone and pray. I felt as though there was a barrier between God and me in relationship to being accepting of Tongues. I realised later that day what it was, But I asked God to please break down the barrier that was preventing me for being able to accept this Gift and agreeing that I only wish for His will be to done. Then I went on to bed.
I then proceeded onto Sunday, Was a truly Lovely service, Went to Hillsong London which is My Church. Was a blessing of a service about the Love of God and how that is reflected in Our Lives. After which i spent the rest of my day in London then headed home to Southampton which is where i live. While on the coach my mum gave me a phone call, She sounded very excited and proceeded to explain why. To my surprised yesterday she was at a Christian workshop evening, She has been a Christian for 30 Years and never once spoke in tongues. Yesterday evening near the time when Jennifer was praying for me, She began to speak in tongues for the first time ever, After sharing this with me i was amazed, I told her about Jennifer and the conversation we had yesterday and more so about her praying about me. God is truly amazing, The barrier that i had between me and speaking in tongues was to do with my mum, I Truly believe that Jennifer praying for me, enabled my mum to speak in tongues, My mum and i have talked about speaking in Tongues and we both shared the same view about it, We were both quite "lukewarm" to the Gift. After this conversation on the phone, i was very thankful to God for all He had done, Although i said a prayer on the coach, I very much wanted to go home and pray.
When i got home i very much wanted to pray, So i knelt by my bed and prayed i usually pray in my head but i felt it was important for me to speak out, So i followed that feeling i did. For the first time ever in my life i asked God to fill me with The Holy Spirit, Almost instantly, i felt a tremendous overwhelming amount of Love, I began to shake and my voice quivered intensely. I began to Thank God, My arms were shaking intensely. I continued to pray and Give Thanks to God. I am not the best with words but i was able to articulate perfectly everything i wanted to say to God, Everything that i didn't know how to say was pouring out of me, I felt my Spirit talking, It was such a amazing feeling to be able to express my Gratitude to The Lord in such a way, As i continued to pray i began to utter words that didn't know the meaning of, I began to speak in tongues for only what seems like a minute or so, The amount of warmth and Love i felt from The Holy Spirit Embrace is indescribable it still makes me quiver at the thought.
I thought i would share this, I am so Grateful towards God.He is constantly God Is Truly Amazing.
May God Truly Bless You
Chris
The Saturday just gone (31st of November ) I went out for a meal with Jennifer, Very Blessed Friend in Christ, During which Jennifer brought up the issue of Tongues and if I had ever spoken in tongues before, I replied no and explained my views on which. Upon which she also shared with me her views and in essences talked to be about the beauty of Tongues in relation to your relationship with God. So after dinner it was on my mind and I agreed with what Jennifer had told me and she prayed for me that night that I might be blessed by The Holy Spirit. That night I felt a great calm but no tongues were poured out of me. I went to my friends house where I was staying in London, There was a party so I took myself elsewhere so I could be alone and pray. I felt as though there was a barrier between God and me in relationship to being accepting of Tongues. I realised later that day what it was, But I asked God to please break down the barrier that was preventing me for being able to accept this Gift and agreeing that I only wish for His will be to done. Then I went on to bed.
I then proceeded onto Sunday, Was a truly Lovely service, Went to Hillsong London which is My Church. Was a blessing of a service about the Love of God and how that is reflected in Our Lives. After which i spent the rest of my day in London then headed home to Southampton which is where i live. While on the coach my mum gave me a phone call, She sounded very excited and proceeded to explain why. To my surprised yesterday she was at a Christian workshop evening, She has been a Christian for 30 Years and never once spoke in tongues. Yesterday evening near the time when Jennifer was praying for me, She began to speak in tongues for the first time ever, After sharing this with me i was amazed, I told her about Jennifer and the conversation we had yesterday and more so about her praying about me. God is truly amazing, The barrier that i had between me and speaking in tongues was to do with my mum, I Truly believe that Jennifer praying for me, enabled my mum to speak in tongues, My mum and i have talked about speaking in Tongues and we both shared the same view about it, We were both quite "lukewarm" to the Gift. After this conversation on the phone, i was very thankful to God for all He had done, Although i said a prayer on the coach, I very much wanted to go home and pray.
When i got home i very much wanted to pray, So i knelt by my bed and prayed i usually pray in my head but i felt it was important for me to speak out, So i followed that feeling i did. For the first time ever in my life i asked God to fill me with The Holy Spirit, Almost instantly, i felt a tremendous overwhelming amount of Love, I began to shake and my voice quivered intensely. I began to Thank God, My arms were shaking intensely. I continued to pray and Give Thanks to God. I am not the best with words but i was able to articulate perfectly everything i wanted to say to God, Everything that i didn't know how to say was pouring out of me, I felt my Spirit talking, It was such a amazing feeling to be able to express my Gratitude to The Lord in such a way, As i continued to pray i began to utter words that didn't know the meaning of, I began to speak in tongues for only what seems like a minute or so, The amount of warmth and Love i felt from The Holy Spirit Embrace is indescribable it still makes me quiver at the thought.
I thought i would share this, I am so Grateful towards God.He is constantly God Is Truly Amazing.
May God Truly Bless You
Chris
Seeking Counsel
This blog is very inspired by God’s actions in my life and God guiding my words and actions.
I will give a brief history about myself, My name is Christopher Crentsil, I am a university student in Southampton, England. I study Live and Studio Sound, so I am a “technical music student”. I’m in my second year of university, In my first year of university I was extremely overwhelmed by temptation, peer pressure and freedom. Coming from a home where my parents gave me what I would call a good blend between freedom and restriction, To an environment where the only voice I viewed that mattered was “my own”. This lead my down negative paths. I went clubbing/partying a lot, was drinking excessively and all the while I was moving further and further away from God. I was spiralling downwards and I didn’t like it but in an effort to regain “happiness” in my life I continue to turn to these shallow activities for Joy. Towards the end of university I decided not to continue doing these things but was still very unhappy and self-focused, I still was unsure why as now I was back to reading my bible on occasion and trying to reconnect myself with God. It wasn’t until I went to Hillsong Summer Camp; I was extremely touched by a message Pastor Judah Smith talked about. After which I went to my room and prayed, At which point God prompted me to Let Go. I carried a lot of things going far back to childhood incidents to more recent ones. Which prevented me from really being able to give the entirety of myself to Him.
After I did this that same night, I have never felt such a release, such a magnitude of Joy and Clarity. From that point onwards I have not been going out as I did before, I am very Christ focused. My views and attitudes have completely been shaped and I’m so grateful to God for allowing me to embark on this Journey.
I am still learning through the Love of Christ. I am still learning to turn to God in all situations. I extremely
Today I wanted to talk about Seeking Counsel, It is something I think that is very important as Followers Of Christ we should be aware of. In times of hardships and times of need, We often look to this world for reassurance, We are extremely Blessed. God has opened us to his Counsel, When we do go through these hard times, we can turn to him for guidance. When we are lost, we can turn to him to light the way. God will always provide what we need, Don’t ever be afraid to talk to him. He will never turn you away, Come to him with both your success’s and your problems. We are very Privileged to be in a position where we can ask God questions and ask Him for help.
Psalm 10, Talk about how pride will prevent you from talking to God and prevent you from keeping God in your Heart and Mind.
Psalm 10 : 4 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
When you have these struggles, Put all your faith in God, Put all your faith that God will turn things around for you. Have Faith that what you are going through is for Your benefit!!
There is a direct result from not keeping God in your decisions, problems and successes. I do believe it produces a level of pride and a very self-focused behaviour. As opposed to one that is Fixated on God. We have much to benefit from God’s Counsel and WE MUSTN’T Underestimate Him. Do not fear in giving him everything that is You, Your Problems, Your Successes, Your Views, The Entirety that is You.
God will lead you on a path that will only benefit you, this could be seeking counsel from another person or turning to Bible or perhaps He will put something in your heart.
This is a relatively short message but I feel it is an important one.
If you have any comments or message please feel free, I would love to hear from you.
God Bless You All,
Chris.
I will give a brief history about myself, My name is Christopher Crentsil, I am a university student in Southampton, England. I study Live and Studio Sound, so I am a “technical music student”. I’m in my second year of university, In my first year of university I was extremely overwhelmed by temptation, peer pressure and freedom. Coming from a home where my parents gave me what I would call a good blend between freedom and restriction, To an environment where the only voice I viewed that mattered was “my own”. This lead my down negative paths. I went clubbing/partying a lot, was drinking excessively and all the while I was moving further and further away from God. I was spiralling downwards and I didn’t like it but in an effort to regain “happiness” in my life I continue to turn to these shallow activities for Joy. Towards the end of university I decided not to continue doing these things but was still very unhappy and self-focused, I still was unsure why as now I was back to reading my bible on occasion and trying to reconnect myself with God. It wasn’t until I went to Hillsong Summer Camp; I was extremely touched by a message Pastor Judah Smith talked about. After which I went to my room and prayed, At which point God prompted me to Let Go. I carried a lot of things going far back to childhood incidents to more recent ones. Which prevented me from really being able to give the entirety of myself to Him.
After I did this that same night, I have never felt such a release, such a magnitude of Joy and Clarity. From that point onwards I have not been going out as I did before, I am very Christ focused. My views and attitudes have completely been shaped and I’m so grateful to God for allowing me to embark on this Journey.
I am still learning through the Love of Christ. I am still learning to turn to God in all situations. I extremely
Today I wanted to talk about Seeking Counsel, It is something I think that is very important as Followers Of Christ we should be aware of. In times of hardships and times of need, We often look to this world for reassurance, We are extremely Blessed. God has opened us to his Counsel, When we do go through these hard times, we can turn to him for guidance. When we are lost, we can turn to him to light the way. God will always provide what we need, Don’t ever be afraid to talk to him. He will never turn you away, Come to him with both your success’s and your problems. We are very Privileged to be in a position where we can ask God questions and ask Him for help.
Psalm 10, Talk about how pride will prevent you from talking to God and prevent you from keeping God in your Heart and Mind.
Psalm 10 : 4 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
When you have these struggles, Put all your faith in God, Put all your faith that God will turn things around for you. Have Faith that what you are going through is for Your benefit!!
There is a direct result from not keeping God in your decisions, problems and successes. I do believe it produces a level of pride and a very self-focused behaviour. As opposed to one that is Fixated on God. We have much to benefit from God’s Counsel and WE MUSTN’T Underestimate Him. Do not fear in giving him everything that is You, Your Problems, Your Successes, Your Views, The Entirety that is You.
God will lead you on a path that will only benefit you, this could be seeking counsel from another person or turning to Bible or perhaps He will put something in your heart.
This is a relatively short message but I feel it is an important one.
If you have any comments or message please feel free, I would love to hear from you.
God Bless You All,
Chris.
My Christian Journey : Pride, Honest and Love
Over the course of my life, i can split the various segments of my life into 3 definitive mindsets. Each came with 3 different ways of living. This would be Prideful, Honest and Loving.
Like most children in my childhood i lived in a very innocent manor, i didn’t have many concerns as most children don’t, I had two close friends who i shared everything with, It wasn’t until i was about 10 years old where i began to be aware of other people’s perceptions of me. At this time i didn’t have much self-confidence or self-awareness to my name. This sent me down a prideful path, This began with me executing a false sense of self confidence which was based on the “I don’t care what others think of me” mentality, This caused my actions to be altered to accordingly fit in with this mentality, this relatively isolated the true me and left me feeling that that it was a case of me against others. I felt I always had to hold my head up high above everyone else’s and never let anyone see any weakness in me, this led to me attacking other people. Not physically but verbally and emotionally, At this time I was still very unaware of my surrounding and the affects I was having on the people around me, especially within my Family. It would take me 5-6 years to finally reach a state of awareness of my actions. Sadly over those 5-6 years I hurt a number of people.
So from about the age of 16, I had a lot of “emotional” baggage, I carried allot of guilt from my previous actions and the people I hurt, I realised allot of the negative traits of my life. These I wanted to get rid of. I felt the root of most of these problems was dishonesty. I thought i would embrace the power of the truth. So i became very honest, although honesty is very good, Honesty alone does not make you a good person or necessarily help you become a good person. So what I found through being honest, it did not necessarily modify my actions or stop the cycle of me hurting people around me, It was more of a case I was justifying my actions by the fact I was being honest about them. In addition to that it left me feeling very cold, although living “somewhat” more discipline life. I did learn a considerable amount about society and psychology during this period; I also investigated the psychology behind religions, societies, government and the human mind. Upon reflection i can see this was in a effort to find myself. All throughout my life I have never doubted God, nor have I ever felt a lack of his existence, Yet still I felt afraid to turn to him. I felt ashamed of my past, Ashamed of the decisions I had made.
It would take me another 2-3 years to realise what was missing. For me to realise the errors of my ways. I for the first time, consciously began my journey towards Jesus Christ, Although my entire life had been me walking towards him though I was unaware of it at the time. I began to learn about Christianity, I was fascinated by the teaches in comparison to the way it is often portrayed in the Media’s Eye. The Divine Teachings Of Jesus Christ, Astounding me, Not a single thing I could disagree with and part of me did want to find a fault in Following Christ. I found none, In the people I saw around me I saw nothing but Love. This was around April, I saw allot of sin around me i begun university in September, I saw so many of the negative effects of sin. On the mind, body and soul. While reading the bibles teachings and regularly turning to God. I began to notice my view on life was changing, My view on people, how I should handle certain situations all were changing. At the time i was not consciously aware of this change but it was a series of things i would want to do for others benefit. Since turning to Christ, i have never felt like there was anything i “had “ to do but rather allot of things i wanted to do. I wanted to be right with God; I wanted to be the Man God wants me to be. I decided unknowing I wanted to Live For God, I wanted everything i did to Honour God. Since Following Jesus Christ, I have been learning how to live in His Love; I have felt the Embrace of His Love in Abundance. My life has been transformed. In the last 2-3 odd months since coming back from a Camp where I had many amazing encounters with Jesus Christ. I was able to make sense of my past and let everything Go, from the issues of my childhood to the pride I held in my heart. Everything that was holding me down and creating barriers between me and God. I wanted to be a Servant Of The Lord. I feel so satisfied, so complete and so filled with Joy and Love. God has provided such wonderful people in my Life of which there are two I have to mention, The first is a young lady called Jennifer I met at Hillsong Summer Camp, I’ve never felt so close to someone in such a short amount of time, Her heart is so set on Jesus Christ. I can see nothing but God’s wonders in her future, I don’t tell her enough how wonderful she is. She’s helped me so much on my walk with Christ and I Thank God For Her, The second is my Good friend Amy ( Aymi ), I met her about a year and a half ago, We met going through the university process on a website called “yougofurther”, We had very similar interests and became very good friends in a short time, since then she has been such a wonderful friend to me. I am so grateful to have her in my life; she has helped me on my Journey a great deal. I Thank God For Her.
Since turning to Christianity I have met the most special group of people, I see the wonders of God working all around me, I am walking Towards Jesus Christ, I Thank Him for every single negative and positive thing that has happened in my Life and that will happen in my Life, It’s been because of these negatives and these positives that I have found myself Joyously kneeling before Him. Everything I am is Thanks to Him, and Everything He Is I Love.
I am eternally Thankful For Everything God has done in my Life. I can not express my Gratitude.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this,
Any comments feel free to express them.
May God Truly Bless You,
Chris.
Like most children in my childhood i lived in a very innocent manor, i didn’t have many concerns as most children don’t, I had two close friends who i shared everything with, It wasn’t until i was about 10 years old where i began to be aware of other people’s perceptions of me. At this time i didn’t have much self-confidence or self-awareness to my name. This sent me down a prideful path, This began with me executing a false sense of self confidence which was based on the “I don’t care what others think of me” mentality, This caused my actions to be altered to accordingly fit in with this mentality, this relatively isolated the true me and left me feeling that that it was a case of me against others. I felt I always had to hold my head up high above everyone else’s and never let anyone see any weakness in me, this led to me attacking other people. Not physically but verbally and emotionally, At this time I was still very unaware of my surrounding and the affects I was having on the people around me, especially within my Family. It would take me 5-6 years to finally reach a state of awareness of my actions. Sadly over those 5-6 years I hurt a number of people.
So from about the age of 16, I had a lot of “emotional” baggage, I carried allot of guilt from my previous actions and the people I hurt, I realised allot of the negative traits of my life. These I wanted to get rid of. I felt the root of most of these problems was dishonesty. I thought i would embrace the power of the truth. So i became very honest, although honesty is very good, Honesty alone does not make you a good person or necessarily help you become a good person. So what I found through being honest, it did not necessarily modify my actions or stop the cycle of me hurting people around me, It was more of a case I was justifying my actions by the fact I was being honest about them. In addition to that it left me feeling very cold, although living “somewhat” more discipline life. I did learn a considerable amount about society and psychology during this period; I also investigated the psychology behind religions, societies, government and the human mind. Upon reflection i can see this was in a effort to find myself. All throughout my life I have never doubted God, nor have I ever felt a lack of his existence, Yet still I felt afraid to turn to him. I felt ashamed of my past, Ashamed of the decisions I had made.
It would take me another 2-3 years to realise what was missing. For me to realise the errors of my ways. I for the first time, consciously began my journey towards Jesus Christ, Although my entire life had been me walking towards him though I was unaware of it at the time. I began to learn about Christianity, I was fascinated by the teaches in comparison to the way it is often portrayed in the Media’s Eye. The Divine Teachings Of Jesus Christ, Astounding me, Not a single thing I could disagree with and part of me did want to find a fault in Following Christ. I found none, In the people I saw around me I saw nothing but Love. This was around April, I saw allot of sin around me i begun university in September, I saw so many of the negative effects of sin. On the mind, body and soul. While reading the bibles teachings and regularly turning to God. I began to notice my view on life was changing, My view on people, how I should handle certain situations all were changing. At the time i was not consciously aware of this change but it was a series of things i would want to do for others benefit. Since turning to Christ, i have never felt like there was anything i “had “ to do but rather allot of things i wanted to do. I wanted to be right with God; I wanted to be the Man God wants me to be. I decided unknowing I wanted to Live For God, I wanted everything i did to Honour God. Since Following Jesus Christ, I have been learning how to live in His Love; I have felt the Embrace of His Love in Abundance. My life has been transformed. In the last 2-3 odd months since coming back from a Camp where I had many amazing encounters with Jesus Christ. I was able to make sense of my past and let everything Go, from the issues of my childhood to the pride I held in my heart. Everything that was holding me down and creating barriers between me and God. I wanted to be a Servant Of The Lord. I feel so satisfied, so complete and so filled with Joy and Love. God has provided such wonderful people in my Life of which there are two I have to mention, The first is a young lady called Jennifer I met at Hillsong Summer Camp, I’ve never felt so close to someone in such a short amount of time, Her heart is so set on Jesus Christ. I can see nothing but God’s wonders in her future, I don’t tell her enough how wonderful she is. She’s helped me so much on my walk with Christ and I Thank God For Her, The second is my Good friend Amy ( Aymi ), I met her about a year and a half ago, We met going through the university process on a website called “yougofurther”, We had very similar interests and became very good friends in a short time, since then she has been such a wonderful friend to me. I am so grateful to have her in my life; she has helped me on my Journey a great deal. I Thank God For Her.
Since turning to Christianity I have met the most special group of people, I see the wonders of God working all around me, I am walking Towards Jesus Christ, I Thank Him for every single negative and positive thing that has happened in my Life and that will happen in my Life, It’s been because of these negatives and these positives that I have found myself Joyously kneeling before Him. Everything I am is Thanks to Him, and Everything He Is I Love.
I am eternally Thankful For Everything God has done in my Life. I can not express my Gratitude.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this,
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May God Truly Bless You,
Chris.
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