You · must · love · the · Lord · your · God

And You said, "I know that this will hurt,
but if I don't break your heart, things will just get worse.
If the burden seems too much to bear,
remember...
The end will justify the pain it took to get us there."
Reach out to me, make my heart brand new
Every beat will be for You...for You...

China is less than 3 weeks away!!

This entry is just from Church from the last day Jimmy was there before he left for China, so I thought that it would be important for more than just the people who go to that Church see it.

October 18, 2006 Church

-Heaven: OT Hebrew meant sky-universe-atmosphere

-“Kingdom of Heaven”-Matthew used heaven in place of God...

-Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Heaven is the kingdom of God. “You will be done on earth as it is in Heaven”. Our planet has been infected by sin, this planet is quarantined, sin has destroyed this planet...
-We have problems, but Jesus did not leave us!

-There is no dark, it is just an absence of light...'sin is the absence of love, His love...'

-The kingdom of God can be in our hearts.

-Those who are attached to the things of this world are missing it, this is not our home!

-Heaven is where God rules, there is love, there are people who want to do the will of our Father, patience...it is His kingdom.

-He wants us to see things others can not see.

-We have lost the ability to see. (Adam/Eve, until the fall were naked and were not ashamed, maybe because they were glowing...When Moses went to the mountain he came back glowing, Jesus came back glowing!)

-Matthew 6:22-23 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

-We have grown accustomed to darkness on this planet, we have lost our moral center...

-'Put your eyes, put your mind on things of My kingdom...”

J e s u s is the L i g h t of this world!

-No one can serve two masters, You cannot serve God and the material items of this world.-Churches try to come up with a way to serve both, but it cannot be done!! It does not represent what Jesus came to show us. Too many places are losing the truth.

-Matthew 6:25-26 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”

-Why worry? He will take care of us!

-“I will put my kingdom inside of your heart, my will will be done”

-He has already paid the price, He has redeemed us!

-Narrow is the road to life and only few who find it

-Allow Him to clean you, allow Him into your heart.

I don't know if this can relate to anyone else...but i've come torealize that with relationships (with people in general) that if youlove/even like someone, you think about them, you like talking tothem, you like to spend time with them...but sometime's time can makethose relationships grow apart, and even if you still love that person,not spending time wtih them or talking to them as much really doesn'tbother you anymore just because you and that other person have grownapart...it's happened to me before and it happens to everyone.

BUT,with God, you love him, He loves you...and if ever you start slippingfrom Him, it's not Him at all...but the thing is, unlike with 'earthlyrelationships' when the relationship feels distant, it doesn't feel ok.Because that feeling of being distant from Him is purely from thebattle between flesh and spirit. And that desire and WANT to tlak to,to LOVE Him, it just seems to burn at everything, even the flesh thatis saying stray away, just because of the God that loves us sopassionately. it's amazing!

and my point there isn't the relationships between me and another person but the relationship between me and God and how much it differs between other worldly relationships...
hmm i dont know if that made sense to anyone but it does to me and i was just thinking about that. 

buut that was written about 2 weeks ago on my xanga...so somethings have changed, but i just wanted to hit that up here...word. dig it.

kbye.

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Current Music:	stellar kart

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." Hebrews 11:1-...4?

By faith i understand that God is there, that God is a loving God, that He cares for us all, He is my protector, my strength, my hope, my light, my trust, my everything. By faith i know that even when things get rough, He is there with us every moment of everyday. That when our heart is breaking, that He takes our hearts in His hands. Cry out to Him and He will never fail to hear us...even if things don't go our way, He knows what's best for us...always.

"As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as You mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away"


It's amazing how time flies when you are sitting outside talking with someone looking at the stars.

PS- FCA RALLY ON TUESDAY 6PM IN THE WEST ORANGE COMMONS. FOOD, LIVE BAND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, JESUS.

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amused

First day of schoooooool.

"How was your last first day of high school?" Man that sounded good to hear. It's really wierd because it hasn't really hit yet that it's the last year of school, but yet at the same time the way i have been living my life since the spring and since i have given my life to the Lord, it just feels like something He has assigned me to quite truthfully. I wish i could explain the feeling but I can't. When i stepped into first period i found out that one of the people from last year who i used to be extremely close to is in my class and at first i didn't say hi or anything because i wanted to ignore it, but then i prayed and all of a sudden i felt different, i said hi to her and asked how she was doing just as if it was our first time meeting pretty much. It was an incredible feeling. But this year is going to be a test for me, every morning I am going to have to wake up and realize what i am stepping into and make sure i know WHO i live for and that the armor of the Lord is going to protect my heart and that any situation i am put into is for a reason there, there is always going to be a reason for it and it's up to me to ask God what this reason is. I feel extremely confident about this year and i'm really excited about the classes I am in and how this year is going to be. I am a new person this year. and the only thing i can really say about that is that I love Jesus Christ with every inch of my body and i wouldn't have it any other way. 
and i'm going to be honest i walked into today with a grand total of 3 and a half hours of sleep and still had the energy to keep going and i can only give Thanks to God for that.

Thank you Abby for the prayers.

OK BUT TODAY. so
First period-Photo II, one of my favorite classes <33
Second Period- Anatomy/Phsyiology Hon. (or however you spell it), seems like it's going to be good. Becca AND Bailey are in that class :-D. The teacher seems pretty cool too.
Third Period-right now i have aerobics wtih only 2 other kids in teh class, but i'm switching out because i don't need PE and i need economics to graduate.
Fourth- Pre-Calc, shouldn't be too bad, i like the teacher, i've known him since i was little and had him last year. annnnd Brooke is in that class with me!
Fifth-English Hon with some teacher who seems like he is going to be good, and everyone is in that class, so it should be fun for the most part.
Sixth-AP World History, decided to challenge myself with a history class since i love history because the Bible = History so i figured i better start somewhere since i can't have a bible class in public school. But Anna is in there, and federico. and Mrs Velez is probably one of the best teachers i've ever had (in 10th grade.) so it's definitely going to be awesome!

AND at lunch, i waited in line the whole lunch for a locker since i have 6 books annnnd i still don't have one :-( but i did get my SENIOR shirt <3

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happy

EDIT-Me and becca are going to the beach on sunday. I'm going to Church with her (possibly) then me and her are hitting up the beach to do some good ol' fashion "day for Jesus" (though it should be an everyday thing, this day is just special cuz becca and i are doing it together lol) kthxbye

yesterday-wasn't a great day. started with a horrible night, horrible day, then i slammed my hand in the car door, which is always fun...but the prayer meeting for China was awesome <33 and that lifted me spirits a lot.

Today-i'm going to the elementary school to set up the bulletin board for me mother then calling Becca and who knows we might go to Sea World or something after i leave my moms work...so who knows. 

<3

" God is here let the broken-hearted rejoice
God is here let the sick say I am well
God is here let the weak say I am strong
God is here"

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Word of God speak.

"I'm finding myself at a loss for words And the funny thing is it's okay. The last thing I need is to be heard But to hear what You would say."

Just imagine yourself. Worshipping in Church before your Lord.The next thing you know, you're stepping forward to the altar and kneeling down because standing just doesn't fit. You bow your head down and go to speak, but the words that come out mean nothing and silence feels the better choice. So you sit and listen to the music playing in the background although the music is just flowing through the air and within you everything feels calm and right. The next thing you know you hear a voice in your head start speaking to you and immediatly you know it's the word of God.

Why do I beleive? ...see above.

<3

I'm finding myself, at a loss for words.
and the funny thing is, it's ok.

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thankful

The other day on my way home from North Carolina i was thinking about dreams a lot...not going into detail, but man, it just made everything even more real, His miracles, His life, His everything...just it's so real, and truthfully, i don't see how people can say these things never happened...It's funny because saying this i feel somewhat hypocritical because i am the type of person that needs a solid explanation to beleive it and i need to see it blah blah blah but it's like...Wow, people...He is real, there's no denying it. 

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