When I've talked to young people in Western and Eastern Europe, or deep in South America, or on secluded islands and here in the States.. they explain to me how they hate feeling bored more than anything else. There are indeed some things to hate. Who likes being bored? Never met anyone like that. Have you?
Boring ain’t how he rolls. Never has been. We don’t have to go there either. May I say it straight? People that often get bored are boring people. Live in the center of His will instead.
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” — John 10:10
“Without question the Christian life is the greatest life there is. I’ve become more convinced of this as time passes by, especially when I look at some of my old high school friends and the course their lives have taken. More than ever, I’m so thankful that at the age of seventeen I chose to follow Jesus Christ. But the Christian life is more than just praying a prayer or walking down an aisle and getting so-called fire insurance. God intended the Christian life to be dynamic, to be exciting, and to have a radical effect on our outlook and the way that we live. That’s because Jesus Christ not only wants to be our Savior, but He also wants to be our Lord. He not only wants to be our friend, but He also wants to be our God. I’m afraid, however, that many of us live a substandard Christian experience. In many ways, that’s an oxymoron because if it’s Christian, it shouldn’t be substandard. Yet, in a sense, many Christians fail to receive all that God has for them. So why is it that in the first century, a handful of ordinary people turned their world, as they knew it, upside down? They managed to accomplish it without social media, the Internet, television, or radio. How were these Christians able to do it? I think we could sum up their success in one word: discipleship. They were true disciples of Jesus Christ, not fair-weather followers. They didn’t live an anemic, watered-down, ineffective version of the Christian life. Instead, they lived the Christian life as it was meant to be lived, as Christ Himself offered it, and as the early disciples apprehended it. And if we’re going to impact our culture today, then we, too, must be true disciples of Jesus Christ.“ ~ Greg Laurie
The Christian life is more than just praying a prayer or walking down an aisle and getting so-called fire insurance. God intended the Christian life to be dynamic, to be exciting, and to have a radical effect on our outlook and the way that we live and affect the world.
"Time is limited so listen well, serve and win them to Christ by God's love. Pray this one like I do - Help Lord, now is good. Being a witness and giving a clear witness of Jesus is a dynamic-adventure! To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of biblical reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding needy human-beings in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by pushy preachiness minus any grace of kindness or earnest prayer." ~ Kurt W.v.S.
We each should be a part of a praying Bible teaching local church, because it’s where we hear the Word of God that we can wisely apply. Right where the rubber meets the road. It’s where we worship God and receive untold spiritual benefits. And it’s where we encounter God. The church is an oasis of hope in a desert of hopelessness.
That fallen angel the Devil aka the defeated Mr. Lu-Cifer, is a cunning liar, destroyer and killer. He too has a plan for your life -- to end it slow fast.. as early as possible. He's a deceiving murderer -- a complete loser. He won’t come to us and say, “The Bible isn’t the Word of God.” Rather, he’ll say, “You know, it’s really not that bad for you to do that. Other people do. So why can’t you?” Don’t listen to him. He is the father of lies.” See John 8:44.
We don’t focus on this loser or live in fear. We are to focus on and wholeheartedly worship the mighty Lord ..who is far stronger that all fallen angels put together.
God has a plan for you, a life that He has intended to be very dynamic. We each can choose to walk with Him.. in His will. Come to him as you are. No charge. Now is good, right where you are. fish4souls.org
