Tag: Christianity

I am a Millennial.

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I am a millennial.

I am not supposed to really care.

I should be an Independent.

I should be cool with pretty much anything.

I shouldn’t have an opinion, if I do – I shouldn’t share it.

I should be tolerant of anything and everything.

I should care more about animals than about babies in the womb.

I should never offend.

I should be politically correct all the time.

I should question the concept of free speech.

I should trust the government.

I should believe the nightly news.

I should always be lukewarm.

If I am passionate about anything it should be about art, or the weather.

I should blend in.

I should be passive.

I should be all about unity and not about individuality.

I should believe that America is not unique or exceptional.

I should vote based on my emotions.

I should not believe in God.

I should leave fate up to the Universe.

I should just go with the flow.

I should believe what I am told to believe.

I should never rock the boat.

I should avoid honesty if it could offend.

I should believe that all lives don’t matter.

I should be taking a selfie right now instead of typing this.

I should vote for her.

……….

I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

God knew me before I was formed in my mother’s womb.

I am unique.

There is no one like me.

I speak when others are silent.

I choose honesty over political correctness.

I stand when others sit.

I lead.

I give voice to those who have no voice.

I fight for individual liberty.

I am either hot or I am cold and I am ALIVE.

I seek the truth.

I find truth.

I am informed.

I will not be intimidated.

I will not be silenced.

I live with purpose.

I was born for such a time as this.

No history maker was lukewarm.

Be a history maker. Raise history makers. Have a say.

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Being a Christian Mom in today’s world

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Ten of my brothers and sisters in Christ were murdered yesterday. Had I been in that room with the gunman and had he asked me if I was a Christian, I would have said yes. My relationship with Jesus is the most valuable and priceless thing in the world to me….

I have watched the current Christian Holocaust taking place in the Middle East with tears in my eyes….

I have watched Christian Americans being told that their Constitutional rights of freedom of religion no longer hold value.

I have watched a Nation founded on Christian doctrine, become a nation of “whatever.”

I have watched God removed from schools.

I have watched prayer removed from schools.

I have watched church after church water down the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that no one be offended.

I have watched Christmas and Easter become holidays with no tie to the saving grace they represent.

I have watched Christianity become a lingo of ‘love’ with no road to redemption.

I have watched the biblical scriptures be twisted and perverted to fit agendas.

I have watched God’s chosen people of Israel be denied support from their allies.

I have watched political correctness suffocate the truth time and time again….

So much violence, so much rabid hate in the world today….

As a mom, I asked God daily for guidance on how to raise children in these trying times. How do you hold fast to your faith when the world hates it? How do you stand strong in the midst of the storm? How do you stay true to your beliefs when it is specifically being targeted by hate?

How?

We as Christians are called to be ‘in this world but not of it.’

Quite simply-if the world loves you-you are doing something wrong.

If all Jesus preached was ‘ooooey goooey-ness,’ He would have never been crucified.

But He was. He was murdered.

He was bruised, beaten, whipped, scorned, mocked, abused and tortured for this human race.

You see, that’s LOVE.

He cast out demons, healed the sick, preached forgiveness of sin -but he didn’t embrace sin-no he said: go and sin no more, he flipped over tables with anger, he befriended the unfriendly, and operated in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus was a Radical. He didn’t fit in and he knew he’d pay a price for it.

So how….how do you live in a world that despises Christ?

What is being a Christian?

Simply, a follower of Christ or like Christ. Jesus called followers of Christ to be like him, to do what he did.

Jesus knew his time on earth was for just a spec in time. But that spec in time changed the world.

If you follow Christ -you live this life knowing that it is a temporary holding tank to your eternity. But while you are in this holding tank, change your world-be radical-be like Christ.

Those students yesterday-knew this. They knew that this world offers nothing compared to what Jesus offers. They knew that uttering the words “yes” meant that they would soon be meeting the Creator-the Alpha and the Omega, the one that Was…Is….and Is to come.

A moment in the presence of God diminishes a lifetime here on earth, can you just imagine eternity with Him…..

Rest in peace my brothers and sisters-we will meet one day…..

What Church is supposed to look like

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I love this video and I thought I would share it with you all on this Sunday morning! It is a true depiction of what Church is supposed to look like and what Jesus intended it to be. If we had more of the Church Jesus desired for us in the world, I believe our world would be a much different place…..

It is not religion that changes the heart, it’s a relationship.

If the Church wasn’t so silent….

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I have noticed something that goes far and wide, it is silence at injustice -the inability to speak up and speak out against it. This silence is most loudly heard in the church. While many gather on Sunday mornings to worship and hear a cozy “feel good” message-there is no truth being uttered from the pulpit. Never would a pastor dare to speak about social issues or endorse a particular candidate-they’d lose their 501C3 (non-profit) status. But, I think this is the very reason why we see so much ugly in the world today.

Now let me be clear, I am a supporter of the separation of church and state. All throughout history time and time again-the church was found to be corrupt when influenced by the state and at times the two were as one. Declaring a “master” religion, Monarch’s corruptly influencing the church and it’s message, propaganda, the misuse of funds….it was a mess! The government should lack all authority when it comes to an individual’s conscience.The liberty of conscience and individual thought must not be infringed upon.

I get people don’t want to go to church and hear what side of the political aisle their pastor is on….but I personally think they should know! I think that people have become so “gray” in their thinking that they have no radar in deciphering black from white, right from wrong and this….this is a pastor’s role! Making it clearly obvious what is right and what is wrong through their teachings

Simple hearing a pastors views on social and political issues, I believe does not infringe on our Constitutional rights nor does it impede on our own individual rights. It rather challenges thought. The separation of church and state, should not prevent free thinking. No one is forcing one to vote a particular way, or pushing one to adhere to what is being preached from the pulpit….one is still able to choose for themselves what is right and wrong. I am simply advocating….that pastors should be speaking out on these issues, especially ones that directly correlate to a biblical truth of right and wrong…..because if you haven’t noticed it’s getting NUTS out here!!

For example-Supporting abortion….not something Jesus would support, stating this from the pulpit would be the right thing to do, so they should SAY SOMETHING!!

Addressing the enthrallment of misogynistic movies that are popular in our culture is not something Jesus would support, so pastors SAY SOMETHING!

Supporting any leader that does not stand with Israel, when it is clear in scripture that they are God’s chosen people, should be talked about from the pulpit-so SAY SOMETHING!

Supporting any candidate who sleeps around or can’t keep it in their pants-not something Jesus would support, so SAY SOMETHING!

Supporting any legislation that infringes upon individual freedom-which Jesus is ALL about-freedom, that’s what he died for, for us to be FREE in Christ! Ummmmm….He’s all about Freedom…..so SAY SOMETHING!

For the love….open up your Bibles pastors. I am not a pastor. I am not called to be a pastor….but if you are a pastor…it’s time to STEP IT UP!

“Oh but people will leave the church,” “we don’t want to offend,” “We won’t be tax exempt anymore,” “People will stop giving.” This is where your much talked about “Faith” really comes into play….

Church is to be a place of Truth. Truth hurts, it’s not fun to hear, it’s even uncomfortable at times….but truth-sets people free and that is your role! That’s it! Speak TRUTH….no matter how uncomfortable it might be! I think of the apostle Paul, being stoned, and held in prison-that wasn’t comfortable, I think of Peter-being hung upside down on a cross-not comfortable, I think of Stephen being stoned to death-not comfortable…..and I think of Jesus being crucified….he wasn’t crucified because he preached “lovey dovey” messages…..he was crucified because he spoke the truth…..

I believe that our country would not be in the condition it is in, if the church wasn’t so silent…..

so Say Something!