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Darkness CANNOT drive out darkness!

May 31, 2011 Category General

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

So about this quote, I was really thinking about it! For some reason I was thinking really really hard about how true this statement is. My brother and dad have both spoken some stuff about worldliness.I think about how so many Christians are deceived and don't comprehend that when you're acting just like everyone else, you can't change anything.

So to me this quotes sums it all up quite nicely, darkness cannot drive out darkness, so when you are just like the world, you can't make a difference, you can't change what you are yourself. Hopefully that makes sense...lol

"Do 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."
-Romans 12:2

To me it's crazy that us as Christians seem to act just like everyone else in the world, ones that don't even follow God. We listen to the same stuff as them, we watch the same movies as them, we act the same way as them, we date the same people they do, we say the same things they say, we lower our standards, we desensitize ourselves. People, we CANNOT let this happen to us! People want someone who's different then them, because why in the world would they follow someone who is just like them in every aspect, answer is they won't! We are called to be different, and if you want to make a difference to those you hang out with, you can't be just like them. Because you lose your credibility when you party with them, cuss like them, and hook up with people like them! Don't trash your testimony guys, God has called you to be greater, we are supposed to be different and make a difference!! Darkness can't drive out darkness..

So let's be set apart, let's stop conforming to this world in every aspect! We are called to make a difference and in order to do that we need to be different, we need to be light that drives our darkness, because being like everyone else does nothing.
As my dad would say..."We need some REFORMERS not REFUGEES!"

&& remember ALWAYS BELIEVE

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Sowing Generously

Mar 23, 2011 Category General

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" -2 Corinthians 9:6-7

So I remember sometime towards the end of 2010, I was at the Campus Awakening Conference and Jake Hamilton spoke a quick 5 minute thought on giving. As I listened in, I immediately felt convicted, not because I wasn't giving at all...but because I could give so much more. He then went on to say that he was doing this thing where he gave something away everyday, this struck me. How easy is that? Yet, we don't do it! Whether it's buying a homeless person lunch, treating your friend to coffee, or smiling at a random stranger and telling them that Jesus Loves them. We are capable of giving so much, but the culture around us has created this stingy (scarcity) mentality where we think we have to hold on tight to everything that we own. We need to break this mold of being so selfish and self-centered and start giving back!

Coming into this new year I had a goal in mind, that I wanted to sponsor a child from Africa :) I was very hesitant at first, because 1 I'm a college student, 2 because I don't have a job..meaning that I don't have any income coming in. But I felt the Lord breathe on this thought and I knew inside of me that it was something I should/could do! Just think, with a mere $35 a month I can help to provide a child with safe drinking water, food, health-care, and an education! I guess I said all this to say, GIVE!! What we sow out into the world, we will reap. Just like the verse ^^ up there talks about...Let's sow generously...bless somebody with your words and actions!!

&& Remember ALWAYS BELIEVE!!!