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| The Role of a Leader
A leader must pick-up his cross and continue to die to himself everyday.
Lord, your son is one of the best example of a true
leader, though 100% God and Man, He loves his people with an
unimaginable compassion that down on His own knees washes the feets of
his servant. Oh how unworthy we are of such love, continually we
try and satisfy our own desires that we forget about what Jesus Christ
has done for us on the cross. What a wicked human heart we
have...such deception that blinds our discernment between evil and
righteous. I pray that you give us leaders the courage to press
on no matter the lost in our temporary life for the sake of glorifying
your Sons name to the lost sheep and for the sheeps that are still in
need of guidance.
A leader must be satisfied with God first than anything in this world.
Lord, your Son sets a time to be alone with you
everyday knowing the importance of the guidance and strength you
provide for the upcoming trials each day. So let the coming
leaders follow this example and to see the importance on how much we
need you each day. You are the water that we continually thirst
for and oh how satisfying. Leaders I urge you to seek the Word of
God like you never did before...cause time is coming and satan is
targeting those who are unprepaired to cause destruction within the
church and bring the hopes of those seeking God to a slump or
pre-judgement on Christians.
A leader must learned to be thankful for what the Lord has provided to him all his life.
Be thankful for what you have because others do not
have the luxury of such goods. If you continue to seek what the
world provides you can lose focus on what God has provided you from the
very beginning the Bible. Oh, do open this book and take the time
to read the powerful message it provides. For the growing Leaders
and the baby Christians, do not continue to feed on milk alone but grow
and eat hard food...don't be contempt on your knowledge and wisdom that
is not yet perfected; but strive to sharpen the image that God is
painting on His art board by reading His word. Delight in it,
because this is the mirror you need to see the filth on your face and
whole body.
The message is to be the best you can be for
God. Why continue to live sin when you have been freed from
it? I'm so ashamed for not realizing my stupidity in continuing
to satisfy my desires in sin and to still be a slave to it when know
longer shackled to it. Like a person who is realease from prison
but yet climbs back over the fence and sleeps were he does not need
to. This is foolish!! but yet, this is me before. Our body
is no longer ours but God's, we were bought with a price..His
Son, so why do we continue to ruin it if we know this?? YOU
ARE FREE! Be thankful that you have a bible on your hand when ever you
need it, because in some parts of the world they would give their life
just to read one word from that LIVING BIBLE.
DO NOT be spoiled brats thinking you are not loved, that you are not
getting what you want or that money to buy your new pair of shoes,
clothes, watch, computer gadgets, wide screen plasma TV, cars,
motorcycle, girlfriend, boyfriend, unique food, attention, etc.
WAKE UP, is what I said to myself... What makes you think God can be
were sin is, if you do not repent from your ways he will seem distant
to you. This is because sin is what splits you from Him, clean
your heart from all evil and let JESUS feel welcome to take
charge.
I will end here, if you read this...thanks for taking the time
and may it sparks something in you to pursue our Saviour Jesus
Christ. Keep your heads held up high when it comes to suffering
for Christ.
No longer a child, but a MAN of God.
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| INTERESTING
God works in mysterious ways, sometimes we can't see what's going on
cause we are so blinded by pain...but when you step back and look
through trials the way God wants us to see it, there you will find his
great plan.
God
has forgiven us so much that we take advantage of what he has done and
continue to sin. It's interesting how a human heart can feel so
inlove with God and then can push away when it wants privacy. I
find my heart doing the same thing.
Why does God continue to keep me here on earth when i've hurt Him so
much? This is probably a question many people ask themselves when they
love God alot and know His abundant grace. The answer is pretty
simple, in God's eyes
that is, he knows our hearts more than we know ourselves. He has
accounted for all our mistakes and wants us to grow from it. One
thing he does not want to see is a person giving up because they were
knocked down.......get up!! continue to strive for perfection in Jesus
Christ. Don't quit! That is what satan wants you to do.
It's interesting to say that God knows my heart and knows my desires...
I pray that he may help me grow closer to Him. I'm nothing
without Jesus Christ and i'm glad he is in my life.
My future wife,
Continue to grow in God's grace and know
that it does not matter what you have done in the past but how you are
now. I will love you know matter what cause God has saved you for
me. I wish you will feel the same way too about me. Take
care of yourself because I want to be able to show you the love God has shown me
over my past years. Smile. =)
Your future Husband,
Conan C. Diaz
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| Ah, the beauty of the night skies once again.
Well, today was an interesting day...hmmm, beside the memorable time
with the Devry guys haha, it's a long story but Anthony knows about it
though.
Today at bible study, with some of the Amazon women of Olive Church
including Anthony and me, learned about the beauty of admiring
God. Take the time visualize this example:
(For the guys or girls too) You just got yourself the car you
have always dreamed of and everytime you look and ride in it, you feel
wonderful and just in awe, right? You would be very pertective
over your car...when there are long drives or when your friends wants
to go out you would want to drive your car just to use it and
experience that happiness.
(For girls) You just bought expensive name brand clothes, where the
fabric nice and its sized just for you. Everytime you wear these
clothings you feel so good about yourself, the day just got brighter,
and the world seems to be gazing on your new stunning look.
Protecting anything that might cause damage to these items is a must
for you.
Why is admiration the rarest and best of pleasure?
When you admire a particular item (or human beings, doesn't matter even
it is for a short period of time) you, yourself, feel this happiness
inside.
But things of this world has its limits and disappointments...because
these are not perfect, materials and people, it will ruin you in the
end.
God is perfect. He will give you everlasting Joy. Everytime we
remember what His Son did for us on the cross a long time ago, gives us
this happiness knowing that we are save forever. When we admire
God, we get this joy of overcoming any obstacles in life because of the
example His Son has shown us on how to live. In Peter Piper's
book LIFE IS A VAPOR he says "the reason God seeks our praise is not
because He won't be complete until He gets it. He is seeking our praise
because we won't be complete until we give it. This is not arrogance.
It is love."
God demands us to praise Him fully because He wants us to be forever
Joyful. The valuables we hold on to in the world prevent us from
experiencing true joy.
Let's begin to realize how blind we have become to continue to admire
things that will only ruin us, but instead focus on praising God for
the pursuit of great Joy.
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| It seems that I can no longer stay away from Xanga
There has been many things happening in my life that it drives me nuts
not expressing it and another reason for this motivation is to write
like my brother Chronotek1.
God has blessed me through trials that seem to be impossible to handle,
but yet provided strength. Women... was one of the trials I face
while away from xanga. Man! do they just seem to give you something to
think about.
One of the things they should know is that I won't feel pain until a
later time...this is why I dislike getting involve in simple or complex
emotional and/or physical feelings. It takes part of you away and
lessen the value of what is there left for your future partner. I
admit, that I have cause some pains too...but warning you seems to
ignite the reason for being closer. Why is that?
Confession, the week before this was the time of depression for
me...hidden scars within the heart seems to appear causing an intense
desire to reach into my chest and pull it out. I felt like
drinking the sorrows away, but didn't thanks to a friend...still the
pain lingers during the week. Why do I let this get to me Lord? An advice was given that, it was the time for strengthen my spiritual characteristics. True.
I made a promise to God and my fear of Him shall help through this journey.
To my future wife,
Forgive me for I have given bits and pieces of my heart and body
away. But, from this time on God is cleaning out all that is not
pleasing to Him within me. In this, may you be please of the new man
that stands before you with a vow to be yours forever. My lips
shall not be tainted till they meet yours on the alter when we both say
"I do". Till then, may God both keep us faithful to one another till we
meet.
Your future Husband
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