i just have some thoughts that i need to get out.
first, i think ive gotten to the point where sin bothers me. i think im more bothered when Christians (myself included) sin than when non-Christians sin. like i feel like we should know better or should be iono, representing Christ better. like iono, if ur life looks the same as someone who isnt saved, what good is it? what makes that person want to get to know God? if the only thing that separates u from a non-Christian is that you occassionally go to church, wats really good? like really?
theres something in me that thirsts for more. i thirst for more God in my life. i thirst for more God in my friend's lives. i feel like there is this huge other life that we are meant to live in Christ that we are just missing because we are caught up in the things of the world. theres something inside me that longs to just glorify God continually ALL the time in EVERYTHING and with everything. but i feel like we have kind of been conditioned to a comfortable Christianity that doesn't really require that much of us. it takes a literal act of God to get us out that mindset... and i know we all need our minds to be transformed with regards to everything. im learning that everything physical has something spiritual too. like lets stop trying to fix problems by thinking about them; how bout we try prayer? and how bout we use the Bible as a standard in our lives; not how we FEEL or what we've been taught. lets really read to understand the Word, and ask God and other spirit-led folk for help when we don't understand it.
im sorry if none of this stuff makes sense or seems really jumbled. i just have this passion for us to live the lives that we were meant to live. i feel like we are getting caught up in what society says our lives should be instead of completely surrendering to the wonderful life God has for us [and i am so not exempt from any of this. i have seen this stuff in my life more than anyone elses].
iono...wat yall think.
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All I can say is well said... It wasnt jumbled at all to me.
yooooouuuunnnnggggg! i'm SOOOOO on the same tip! I'm actually beginning to build the foundation for a ministry based on this very premise. Yo, that's....that's crazy.
I don't think I'm ready to have a formal vision-cast meeting or anything but I can definitely break it all down and email you what God's been downloading to me over the past FIVE years. Man, I really ..... ahhhh I'm so excited! I really hope God wants you to be a part of this. That would be unspeakably great to have someone I already know thinking the same way. But yeah, His will be done, not mine. I'll send you the vision later today!
@blaklyte - yes! send me!