I was born into a home that loved the Lord. I remember at a young age, going to church many hours during the week praying and serving God. My parents continued asking me when I was going to allow Jesus to come into my heart. I was very reluatate. I truly believe that the Lord saved me based off the prayers and the commitment I made by parents constantly praying for me. When I gave my life to Christ, my life began to be transformed passionately towards Him. My father is a pastor of a church in the area so my childhood was mostly spent running through the halls of the church on Sundays and Wednesdays trying not to get caught. In high school I was involved in the church music ministry. I was a drummer for the choir and worship team. Every time …show more content…
So things were totally different for me than they were back home and I had to rely on something unique to keep me in line with Christ. I started reading a devotional daily along with prayer. Reading a devotional daily changed my life. It allowed me to make the right decisions, which resulted in God working things out in my favor. During the 4 years of college God blessed me with the chance to do the unthinkable and the impossible. I give total credit to God for allowing me to be successful because of my commitment, consistency and dedication in taking the time out to read devotionals daily to see what God was saying to me daily. The Lord really matured me during the time I spent in college reading. After several years of planning, the Lord called me to write a devotional. This devotional is called “Conquering Your Crossroad Experience” a 40-day devotional on conquering life’s challenges and …show more content…
Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove lampstand from its place.” Revelation 2:4-5 NIV
One of the most astounding revelations about our Creator is His passion for His creation. Our God is a passionate God and because we are created in his image, we are passionate people. God put this wonderful trait in us so we would be obsessed with Him and His kingdom. However, we live in a sinful world and the deceiver is always at work trying to divert our passions. Satan doesn’t care which distraction you’re passionate about, as long as it’s not our Savior.
We’ve all been there, we wake up one day and we’re obsessed with our hobbies. And then something happens that throws us off and causes us to not like what we once did as much. We’re not sure when it happened but somewhere along the way, we lost our passion for our lord and Savior. Often times when we lose our passion for God we lose our passion to fight strongly against our crossroads or whatever causes us problems. We tend to give up and not attempt to get
Have patience, like Job, and remember trials are only temporary. Even though Job, through his fear and ignorance thought God caused his trouble, he never turned from God. He cursed his situation, but not God.
In addition to putting away the sins of His people, Christ's redemption secured everything necessary for their salvation, including faith which unites them to Him. The gift of faith is infallibly applied by the Spirit to all for whom Christ died, therefore guaranteeing their
Revelations of Divine Love is a 14th century masterpiece written by Julian of Norwich. This book is an account of St. Julian’s sixteen different mystical revelations in which she had encountered at a time of great suffering and illness. St. Julian focussed on the many “mysteries of Christianity.” Through her many revelations she encountered God’s vast love, the existence of evil, God’s heart for creation, the father and mother-heart of God, and the need to obey her Father in Heaven. Amongst these revelations the most powerful was the revelation of God’s love and character. Revelations of Divine Love is a wonderful source of revelation to connect a reader to the Father.
Over the course of time, people have faced problems in order to survive, so they can live up to the legacy of family members and friends. During their journey, people have faced struggles that made them successful later on in their life. “Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to get you to the next place, and the next place, up to this very moment,”-Dr. Wayne W. Dyer ’s quote.
Jennifer pulled me aside one day and asked me if I knew about Jesus Christ. I told her that I did. I was raised a Catholic and I had been taught that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Jennifer told me that there was more to God than just Him being the Son. She asked if she could meet with me and tell me more. At that point I was really que...
If someone told you “the life you save may be your own”, how would you interpret it? In the story, “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, Tom Shiftlet happens upon this saying as he is trying to escape his mistakes. The symbolism with this saying shows how Mr Shiftlet needs to change his ways if he wants to stop hurting the people he cares about. This short story by Flannery O 'Conner brings together the themes of gender inequality and the 1950s to formulate a story with such an impact. “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Conner is a timeless classic with values and themes that can apply to life in any generation because of its historical time period, its perspective, and its symbolism.
My lifestyle changed drastically. I didn’t know how to function. My mom had to get her first job since my sister was born. The stock market crash and the loss of our luxuries helped me realize the value of family, that money is not the most important aspect of life. As my family grew apart, my relationship with God grew.
The next day I was getting in a car headed to Rockford, Illinois with my dad on a job interview. Christian Life High School in Rockford, Illinois is the home of a lot of good people in a city where there isn't a lot of them. Playing football for the first time lined me up against one of my greatest friends and another brother figure in Tim Moza. Tim is a bodybuilder who loves football and he is also one of the most spiritually mature person I have ever met. My Junior year was hard, but because of the leaders on the football team I met people and made friends quickly. God has put me in a lot of tough spots in my short 17 years, moving back to the Northwest has challenged me again, but this time I'm looking forward to the year ahead of
My faith story is not terribly unique. I haven’t had to overcome any massively life-altering obstacles, like fighting off cancer or having a parent die; in fact, I’ve led a pretty normal life, if there is such a thing as normal. However, that does not mean that my life has been without challenge. I have overcome several challenges throughout the course of my life, and the growth from these challenges continues to impact my faith to this day.
During my seventh grade year, my church went to a youth rally at a local church on weekend. Because of this rally and the message it sent, I realized and wanted to give my life to Jesus through baptism. It was awesome, I got home as a young teenager and actually talked to my mom about what it really means to be a Christian and to pick up your cross and follow him. So that very next weekend, my dad baptized me in front of the whole church on Sunday morning. It was an awesome feeling knowing that because of Jesus’ grace and mercy, I will be with him one day and spend eternity with him. Although I was on top of the world at this point, I still didn’t know fully what I had gotten into. So the next few years, I live the typical Christian life. I was trying to be the perfect person by doing the right stuff, I would try not to cuss, I would try to wear as many WWJD bracelets as I could so that I wouldn’t have to talk to them about Christ and they could just see it on my wrist, I would not join in on conversations with my friends that I knew were not right, I was just living life on cruise control.
Throughout life I have encountered and suffered some tremendous losses. The significance of faith, prayer, the support of family and God has helped me to overcome such affliction. I transitioned in careers from a Network Specialist to a Correctional Officer. In all sincerity this was one of the most dangerous and challenging jobs I held. From the time I can recall I wanted to be a school teacher.
There has been so many obstacles in my way as I have gone on this journey to success
I visited a different church every Sunday. I visited one church that I felt comfortable with. I started attending that church every Sunday and eventually gave my life to Jesus and joined the church. After about a year, I was very active in the Church. I was in the ushers, evangelism, and finance ministries.
It is an effort of myself from the beginning as unwavering search for union with God, to find God and to find my true self. My spiritual life needs God’s grace, without God I cannot accomplish my spiritual progress, therefore I should have strong faith in God, asking God for purification of my soul, my life and my journey to come toward to God because God is the dark night of my soul, my life. So that the love of God will join me to Himself and guide me to growth day by day in spiritual way. It sometimes difficult in my footsteps and challenges but I should not be impatience, and fault. I should rely on God’s providence and totally trust in His work.
Growing up I was given many opportunities to study the bible and further my understanding of God and his ways. I remember a time in my eight grade year of school, I attended a Christ In Youth Believe conference and during that short weekend learned what it meant to let go of myself and worship God. In that moment I had gained a new understanding of God and what it meant to