Surrendering To Jesus Christ part2

Firstly I Want To Thank God For All His Faithfulness And Goodness and Blessing me with This Message, For He Is Truly Wonderful and The Only One Worthy Of Praise.

I talked before about Surrendering To Jesus Christ and the importance it bares and Also about how it is the Greatest thing you can do in your lifetime. I think it’s a very important factor of your Christian lives, We have to Surrender to God before He can Take Control.

We Serve a Good who understands Justice so Well, That He Gave us Free Will. In this, He is always there with a His Glorious Hand Extended to Us Through Jesus Christ, It is a question of whether or not we wish to Grasp onto His Love and Accept Him ( Jesus Christ Our Saviour ) into Our Lives.

So Why Is Surrendering So Important In Our Daily Lives ?

Every Morning, We march out into a world, that is Lost. A World Full of Sin. We Can walk into this world Confidently Because Our Hope and Faith and Assurance is in Jesus Christ Our Saviour, But along this journey to Everlasting Life in Jesus Christ, By our own devices we will undoubtedly get lost. So in surrendering to Jesus Christ, In Surrendering to Our God, We Place are Faith in Him. Knowing That He WILL Guide us. We often try to Trust in our own devices, logic, reasoning, opinions, and perceptions. Sadly to put it shortly, Our Vision Is CORRUPT.

This is Good News Though. It is through This Corrupt Vision, We can learn and become More Dependent on God. For As it Says :

"For of Him and Through Him and To Him are all things, to whom be Glory Forever. Amen"

Romans 11:36

Who would you rather trust in ? Yourself who was Created, Or He Who Created You ? The God Who Knows You Better Than You Will Ever Know Yourself.

Beautiful is The Love of Our God. He has opened an amazing opportunity to us, Not only to Have Salvation, Through Jesus Christ. Furthermore to Have Constant Counsel and Guidance Through The Holy Spirit. God is Truly Amazing.

So as we Learn to Trust in Our Father in Heaven, We will become more and more attuned to His Guidance. As His Grace Works In and Through Us, We Become Better and Better Followers of Jesus Christ Our Saviour.

We must be prepared to Surrender Everything up For Him. Our Life Style, Our Habits, Our Friends, Our Relationships, Our Family, Our Job, Our Goals in Life, Our Perceptions, Our Opinions, Our Desires, The Entirety of Ourselves.

We Must Surrender The Entirety of Ourselves and Follower Jesus Christ.

We Are Followers.

Our Desire is to be Good Followers of Jesus Christ.

To be Subject to God’s Will.

To Spread a Beautiful Message of Salvation to a Sinful World.

To Leave Our Old Nature Behind.

To Be Reborn in What Jesus Christ Has Done For Us. Every Single One of Us.

To Learn and Grow to Appreciate Our Father God Almighty.

To Be Better Children to Him,

To Trust in God with an Unwavering Faith.

To Find Out Hope in Him.

To Be Obedient to His Word.

To Be Used By Him.

To Be Pleasant in His Eyes Through Jesus Christ,

To Take Courage In His Grace,

To Revere Him Above All Things.

To Be Content Will ALL Our Blessings ( We Each Have Many ),

To Be Diligent in Seeking Him In ALL Circumstances ( High and Low ),

To Be Able To Discern In A Lost World,

To Accept Him Throughout Our Being,

To Find Wisdom In Relationship With Him,

To Humble Ourselves Before Him and Surrender To Him,

To Act Out of the Love He Has Shown Us.

To Praise Him ABOVE All Else For He is The Author Of Everything in Existence, It was By His Love we came to existence, Was By His Love That we were brought out of the Death WE Walked Into Life in Jesus Christ. He Through His Love Gave Us Salvation, Through His Love He Gave Us Guidance, Through His Love He Gave Us TRUE Strength Through Jesus Christ Our Saviour – That We May Overcome The Enemy In His Name and Further Overcome Our Old Nature In The MIGHTY and Powerful Name of Jesus Christ. He Who Made All Things, Made All things Possible To Us Through Him.

We Must Now Subject Ourselves To His Will…Remember as You see your Life and Your Plans, Through your eyes, God has a Better Plan for You

I Shall finish with a Beautiful Passage from Romans

Romans 12

Living Sacrifices

¹Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual^a]">[a] act of worship.²Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

³For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

Thank You For Reading, I Pray That This Message May Give Your Strength in Your Walk. As God Has Blessed Me With This Message, I Have Been Encouraged. I Pray That You May Continue Your Walk In The True Peace That Only God Provides.

May God Truly Bless You

Christopher Crentsil

Outpour

Views on Relationships

Okay, I’m speaking very freely about a few things I have seen, that have somewhat saddened me, how people feel the need to do certain things in a relationship or to gain someone’s attention. From that alone you can probably see where this is going but it is something probably a lot of us see often, or have been in similar positions before.

I shall begin, I’ll give a round-a-about story of what has triggered this. In my life I tend to have more female friends than male friends, which is surprising considering how terribly shy I have been in the past around girls. Quite a few girls has blessed me and shared there inner most thoughts and emotions for which I am grateful. There is one theme that seems prominent, in a lot of girls and this stands for guys aswel.

When people see someone or realise someone they like, There is a huge amount of effort that goes into trying to “please” or gain “acceptance” from this person. I’ve seen this a number of times, I have done it myself and most of my friends have also done this. It’s interesting, because when you are so focused on trying to get someone else’s approval, you forget to seek your own approval. This is the first problem, The next is when you are so focused on another person you are not focussing on God.

These are two fundamental issues with this way of thinking/acting. I see a bucket load of people, trying to get the approval and often trying to “appeal” to someone desires, to try to get them into a position of “wanting” them. I say “wanting” not necessarily in a physical sense but in the emotional sense to.

"Why Paint a Picture of Who You Think the Other Person is Looking For, As Opposed To Revealing The Beautiful Picture That Is You In Jesus Christ"

Aside from the moral aspects of manipulating another persons desires. We have to realise, this will not find you any kind of solid fulfilment. If you appear false, what kind of basis is that to start a relationship ?. If you are not looking for a relationship and are looking for means to satisfy yourself, Then ask yourself

“How long will this cycle repeat until you are satisfied ?”

Surely if we as humans could be satisfied by such physical interaction, the people who live by these practises would be spreading so much love around the world. Fact of the matter is, people who jump from person to person, looking to satisfy themselves, Generally have a big void to fill within themselves. A void that can only be filled with Love. Love that can ONLY Come From Our Saviour Jesus Christ.

We all need to learn to seek Love in Jesus Christ.

Why Turn To Another Man/Woman For Confidence… Jesus Christ is Available To You and Ultimately More Satisfying than Any Person Could EVER BE.

Why Turn To A Substance For Satisfaction Or Freedom From Your Burdens ? … Jesus Christ is Available To You, His Love Will Lift Your Burdens From You and Breaks The Chains That Bind You. ALLOW Yourself To BECOME Free In Jesus Christ Holy Name !!

I will forever be unveiling who Blessed we are to have the opportunity to be in a relationship with Jesus Christ, If You are not in a relationship With Jesus Christ. Allow yourself to release your insecurities and fears.

He who loved us, enough to Give us salvation, Loved us enough to suffer on behalf of mine and your sins, Loved us enough to Guide us on our Day to Day lives through Relationship With Him, Loved us enough to be a CONSTANT answer to us. Blessed are those who have accepted into Relationship With Jesus Christ, Blessings are awaiting those who haven’t should they decide to step into relationship with Jesus Christ. We are ALL Sinners, Through accepting Jesus Christ, We are not only Accepting this as Fact but accepting Jesus Christ into Our Lives. That He may guide us and make us into the kind of person He like us to be. If you have a desire to be free of your sins and your burdens. That you may have eternal Life In Jesus Christ. That You may be Set Free and Find Your True Self in Jesus Christ. God Loved You So Much, Jesus Christ Loved You So Much.

John 3:16 (NIV)

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

If This is Your Desire Please Pray The Prayer Below with a sincere heart.

"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be."

Romans 6:23 (NIV)

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Truly Blessed are we who walk in Relationship With Jesus Christ. May You Find Happiness In Your Relationship With Him, For Things of World Will Perish. The Love Of Our God Will Never Perish. May You Find A Lovely Church and Truly Be Blessed In Your Relationship With Jesus Christ, Seek Him in All You Do. His Word ( The Bible ) Is Available to You as a Constant Truth.

I Thank You For Reading This, May This Message Be A True Blessing To You.

In The Name Of Jesus Christ, May God Truly Bless You.

Humbling Yourself Before Jesus Christ

The last few weeks, I have been struggling. I have felt like there has been a inner conflict. Which is correct of me to say because they has been. I have been poorly following The Holy Spirit, Rather I have been following the things I “thought” I knew. Thinking to myself, that I was “okay”. This is wrong now and will be wrong tomorrow.

I Thank God for Speaking to me. For answering my prayers. Showing me the errors of my ways and the mentality I had adopted from Pride. I shall go into depth in Hopes that through this message you may become more aware of the Traps Pride uses.

God revealed to me in Prayer what was troubling me. He exposed the barrier that I was attempting to place between me and Him. Though my intention was never to try create a barrier between me and Him, But in my conflict this is what I was attempting

to do.

Romans 8:31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Read Whole Chapter of Romans 8 Here

I found the above scripture to be true. Please read the entire Chapter It is a great spiritual Asset to have the Word of God available to us. We are Truly Blessed in This.

God never leaves you, God wants to shine in your dark moments. Call onto Him with all your heart and He will respond. It was not until I let Go of my pride ( though at the moment I did not perceive it as pride ). That I was able to fully reach out to God with my Heart and Spirit.

Prior to this, I was continue with my Spiritual Life as usual, For I knew God had not left me, Rather I knew the conflict was within myself. I could not pin point it. I prayed on it but I still had Pride in my heart. I continued to read scripture on it, I read although I did not understand. Pride had blinded me. Pride further prevented me from seeking guidance from my Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ. ALL of this was by my own will . None of this was actions I was incapable of walking away from, But Rather Choices I walked into. I further realise how Foolish I am, to ever think that I had wisdom.

Foolish am I, in all the moments that I am not standing in Jesus Christ’s Name.

It was not until, I kneeled before God in Prayer. I gave up my pride, I admitted my weaknesses and I humbly asked God to Break the Shackles off of me that where causing me conflict, to remove any unholy spirit that was dwelling within me, To cover me and cleanse me with the Blood of Jesus Christ. IT was only then, that God revealed to me exactly what had been happening in my Life. Why I had felt that conflict, Why I felt so spiritual conflicted.

Proverbs 16:18-19

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁹ Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.

This conflict was between My Spirit and My Mind.

Though My Mind appeared to be speaking louder, The Words of Wisdom, where coming from My Spirit to which relies and is Led By The Holy Spirit.

We are Forever Dependent on God, I was foolish in my actions and thoughts to think I was “okay”. I was many things in the decisions I made. I was blinded by pride. I turned to the Word of God but understanding was not with me, For I disallowed myself to rely on God.

I did not consciously decide this, but rather unconsciously did through my actions. Always seek God in all you Do. He who created the Great Miracle and Act in Our Salvation. Has Promised if We Seek Him, We Shall Find Him. For He is always with Us. We will never understand His Love, Mercy, Glory and Justice.

I Pray For Myself and You May Keep A Humble Heart That Seeks Him in ALL You Do, So He May Bless You In So Many Ways.

I Hope This Message Is A Blessing To You, May God Bless You and Carry You In All You Do, For God Almighty, Who We Have Privilege In Calling Him Father Is A Faithful God Who Is Made Strong In All Our Weakness. Praise Be To Jesus Christ Who Reigns Above All And Praise Be To Our Almighty Father and Praise Be To The Holy Spirit Who Constantly Leads Us. Praise Be To God

Much Love In Jesus Christ Our Saviour

Chris

Today Today Today…

Today, I felt very urged to place a message about this, I actually wrote a message about this on new years day. But I felt God did not wish for me to post it. So I haven’t but I have instead wrote a new one, which I have been led to by The Holy Spirit. So I know this will help someone.

In my past I have often thought that I would live till I have 70 odd years old, My theory of this was “God won’t kill me until I have served my purpose”, True as that may be. I was not saying that in the Truth of God’s Character. Instead I was saying that in a boastful nature, Holding pride in me while saying it.

The reason why I am sharing this, Is because often we perceive that we are going to remain on the earth for a long time. That “things” can be done tomorrow, that we can “amend” things tomorrow. We as humans we do not know what tomorrow holds. Only God Knows what tomorrow holds. For we are before God. We do not know when the Lord will come. In this, we do not know what tomorrow holds. So today is the day to prepare before The Lord.

Every new day we have, is a Blessing. A Blessing not to be spent selfishly, But to be spent preparing for Jesus Christ’s Return, For He Will Return.

Please Read Matthew 24:42-51

We Must be faithful as Jesus Christ describes. Faithful in all moments, That when Our Master Returns, We may not be shocked by His Return but instead Expectant and Ready. For Today is the Day of Preparation.

James teaches us how to look towards the future.

James 5-13

“¹³Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." ¹⁶As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.¹⁷Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.”

We must be faithful to Our God, in all we Do and Say. We must be mindful of the Words that Pass out Our Mouth. For our words direct a lot of what we do. Our words can lead a person down a dark path, Or be a helping hand.

I Hope and Pray this has been edifying.

May God Bless You All

Chris

Conquering addiction

Sorry i haven't messaged in a while, i have written material but i have been waiting for God to confirm to me a message to share. I hope you all had a Beautiful Christmas and a Wonderful New Years. This Year and everyday is a most perfect moment to Prepare for the Return of Jesus Christ.



This is a message, I felt very called to do. In a personal context is a very personal message to me. I hope and pray it does bless and touch someone and help them cope with this behaviour.

I shall talk about my own experience with this. In my life growing up as a teenager with sexual urges as most teenage boys do have. In my teenage years, I had no girlfriend or any kind of “relations” with any girls. As I grew to about 15-16, I got to a point after resisting and refraining from I began to masturbate. Initially this did not include pornographic material. Surely as I “invested” in this behaviour, it grew and eventually pornographic material did become a part of it. Before I was aware, it had become part the things I did. Though I was never content with this behaviour but I was taught it was the “norm” and I tried to reassure myself this was fine.

As things further progressed, I noticed how I viewed woman had shifted from how I originally was. My original thoughts and views, were that Woman were to be respected, valued and to be revered to some extent. After I had invested in this and began watching pornographic material. My view on women had shifted. I now had a view that it was okay to objectively look at women. During this period of my life, to no surprise I formed no respectable and positive friendships with women around me. My behaviour towards my mum had changed and overall in my unconscious mind I had to some extent devalued women.

This is one of the first issues I encountered in this behaviour. I have seen this and talked to others about this. They have also confirmed that pornographic material has led to this kind of behaviour. Not to mention the fact that when we do watch such things, we are inviting sinful behaviour into our hearts.

The second issue I encountered which is probably more common and not socially talked about at all. That is addiction. Fact of the matter is, masturbating as a practise will result is an attachment to yourself, which can and very likely will result in addiction to sexual gratification.

Masturbating is a lustful behaviour. We are taught by the Word of God that lust is a sinful behaviour. ( Job 31:11-12, Matthew 5:28 and Exodus 20:14, 17 ). You are inviting a sinful nature into your heart. Job 31:11-12 says:

11 For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.12 It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.

Let’s look at the definition of lust to clarify that it is a lustful behaviour, The Bible doesn’t talk about masturbation but it does talk about lust. When you masturbate I’m sure most of you feel shame, If you are born-again in Jesus Christ, Then the Holy Spirit lives in you and is a constant guidance to you, should you listen to Him.

The dictionary says :
· lecherousness: a strong sexual desire
· crave: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
· self-indulgent sexual desire

Can we agree masturbation is a selfish, self indulgent behaviour ? I believe we can.

Can we agree that masturbation is a craving ( an intense desire ) ? I believe we can.

So we can equate that masturbation is both a selfish act and involves a strong sexual desire. Where does that leave us Christians. For one of the fruits of the Spirit, is Self-Control.

As a man or woman we NEED to exercise self-control, God has blessed us and given us self-control but it is up to us to exercise and practise this self-control.

- We have the tools but we have to choose to use them –

Pornography is sinful material. It is sinful to engage and entertain such material. Why is it sinful ? Let’s look at Matthew 5:28.

“But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

Can we agree that when you look at pornographic material you are looking lustfully upon a women or man ? I believe we can.

Can we then also agree that then that this behavior is committing adultery? I believe we can.

Can we then conclude that masturbation and indulging in pornographic material is a sin ? I believe we can.

Jesus Christ said it is adultery to look upon women with lustful eyes. These are the Words of God. To be uncompromised. Adultery is a sin as outlined in the 10 commandments.

Exodus 20:14: “You must not commit adultery”
Exodus 20:17 : “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”

This is the reality of things. Masturbation can develop into an addiction, we are taught not to entertain desires of our flesh. Sex was invented by God. There is a time and place for Sex and that is within the sanctification of marriage.

We all face desires, that we must walk away from.

Remember 1 : Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

God is faithful to you, He will not lead you into impossible temptation. He WILL ALWAYS provide a way out. No Temptation is To much to bear.

Next time your in a tempting situation, Remember God who lives in you through the Holy Spirit. Is also in that situation. Submit yourself onto God and to The Holy Spirit. Let The Holy Spirit guide you out that situation.

We all fall to sin, but we must submit ourselves to God and accept Jesus Christ into our lives. That we may Follow The Holy Spirit, So that our sinful bodies and hearts, may be transformed.

If you are reading this and are struggling with this kind of addiction, or have been being masturbating or looking at pornographic material. I say to you, Submit yourself before your master and servant Jesus Christ, Repent for your sins. Submit yourself again to Jesus Christ Lay all your worries at His Cross. Lay Your Sins There.

God is always with us. The Holy Spirit is ALWAYS with us.

I shall conclude my story. After I got saved ( in august ) the entirety of my life had changed. My views, values, Everything that I once called me, had changed. I became to be transformed. Masturbation something that has been a on and off behavior with me. Thanks be to God, I Had a understanding on why this was such a negative action. I submitted myself, my actions, my desires, my heart, my life to Jesus Christ Our Savior. He saved me from my sin. He saved me from my negative nature. It is a battle that is on-going. I Thank God because in the last 2 years, when I began my journey towards Jesus Christ. I now respect Women as they ultimately should be. I have many friendships and fellowships with Women who I am so Thankful For. I no longer have a lustful eye Praise be to God. Lust no longer controls my life. When the Devil tries to pull you down, Remember God is there not only to allow you to sustain the Evil Ones temptations but To RAISE You Above Them.

I say this confidently to you – You being Subject to God’s Will, Will be more powerful that you perceive yourself to be. Mighty is Jesus Christ’s Name. Mighty is The Holy Spirit That dwells in You. Salvation from All Sin is Yours !!

I shall finish on a passage From Romans.

Romans 8:5-8

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

Please read the entire Romans 8 passage it is wonderful and inspiring.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%208&version=NLT

I Hope This Helps someone. God is Your Strength.
Thank You for Reading and May God Truly Bless you.