You were meant for more!

Wow...Is this really the way it is? Heck yes! THe unfortunate reality is that most of us have gotten comfortable....we live a routine and regular life!

Acts 10:15 says " for that which God has made clean, do not you make common" - all things of God are uncommon, set apart... WILD AND DIFFERENT...shouldn't your life be the same?

I challenge you to live a life full of purpose! Moses parted the red sea. Peter was crucified upside down, Paul was stoned and left for dead...these are not boring men and they certainly did not live boring lives. David defeated Goliath with a slingshot because he was uncommon. While the common folk were frightened and running for fear of their lives, little David stood up to the Giant and cast him down!

Think about it...even today most of the people you look up to in life are people that have done something beyond the norm.

So stop trying to skate by...realize that you were meant for more! Jesus wants more from you.

John 10:10 "The enemy came but to steal, kill and destroy. Yet I have come that you might have life and that more abundantly"

The abundant life awaits you! Are you willing to fight the good fight and live the good life?

Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us!"

There is that word "abundance" again. Are you willing to tap into that power that God has given you to be more? To be great?

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Get out from Behind Yourself

One of the ways we hold ourselves down in our sin is keeping it to ourselves. One of the things Nate Larkin says in his testimony that resonates with me is when he realized that God never loved this false identity he was trying to portray for other people and God. I think sometimes we look at our lives and think "How can God love me?"

See, one of the things that was hard for me to understand when I was struggling with that question is the fact that God's love is UNCONDITIONAL. In other words, there are no conditions! I used to think God didn't love me unless I was doing the right thing. I used to think if I was struggling with problems or temptation I had to get myself fixed, so then I could present myself to him. The only thing wrong with that is the actual way God looks at me.

At the moment of accepting God's grace I received his righteousness not based on anything I did but based on what he did on the cross. Before I was born, before I knew him, he loved me. I didn't have to act and you don't either. We will fall, it's inevitable. But it's what we do after the fall that defines us. Proverbs says :For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.

Understand our weakness is the very thing that draws us to God! We don't have to put up this front anymore. God loves us in the midst of our sin. Look at Luke 15 in the story of the Prodigal Son.

¹¹ Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

¹³ “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. ¹⁴ After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶ He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

¹⁷ “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! ¹⁸ I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ ²⁰ So he got up and went to his father.

As you see the son didn't go off, get himself straight to come back to his father. He was at his lowest point. Look at the Father's response to his son who had gone out and squandered everything his father had given him.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

²¹ “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³ Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. ²⁴ For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

God loves YOU for who YOU are. So be real and share your struggle. Like Nate, you have to power to change other peoples lives with your struggle and your story.

Blessings! Jared

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Overcoming Depression: Creflo dollar

Overcoming Addiction: .5

Any addiction is difficult to deal with, whether physical or psychological. But there is hope in jesus and he can help you overcome EVERY addiction in your life.

-BUT WHY PURIFY OURSELVES FROM ADDICTION?-

-Addiction means That you are no longer in control

-Addictions are extremely difficult to break

-Often times people will sacrifice their family, friends, passions, money, and more to feed their addiction

God is our refuge; our safe haven; our rock; He is our everything! God helps us to reach our potential; that is in HIM. As a matter of fact no other entity in this world can help us to be all that we can be, except for our Creator. He knows every intricate detail about our body, our mind, and our soul. He knows what you are thinking every second of the day.

Have you let God take hold of your hand and guide you into His wonderful kingdom? Let God rescue you from the grips of addiction.

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Psalms 46:1-3

If you are battling with an addiction ask for God’s help in overcoming it and He will provide. God knows exactly what you are going through and He knows what you need! There has never been a time in your life that God didn’t know what you need. Therefore, reach out to God and allow Him to have power over the addiction that is ravaging your body, mind, and soul. If you continue to hold on tight to the addiction God will not take it away from you – you have to want to give it to Him!

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:2

When we pray and ask for God’s help in overcoming addiction, sometimes nothing changes in our lives because somewhere in our heart we just aren’t ready to give up the addiction yet – we are afraid to lose our best friend. Is it because we have more faith in the addiction than in God? Addiction deceives us and tells us lies about our self that we believe. We believe that we are in control of the addiction – we believe we feel better and look better while intoxicated. Addiction eases the pain inside of us and gives us a temporary “feel good” condition.

God wants to know that you trust in Him more than anything. He wants you to trust Him with your life! Can you do that? God will deliver you from addiction but you have to be willing to say good-bye to it, and hand it over to God, and allow Him to go to work in your life. God will do what He says! He will help us to overcome our troubles, deal with them straight on, and live productive happy lives. There is no fear when we have made God number one in our lives. Absolutely no fear!

For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13

Scriptures:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:8

Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 1 Peter 2:11

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 1 John 2:16

Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise. Proverbs 20:1

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galations 5:19-21

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age. Titus 2:12

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:18-20

Books:

•Storm Tossed: How A U.S. Serviceman Won the Battle of Sex Addiction
[Jake Porter]
•Only One Way Out Addictions: Alcohol, Drugs, Sex, Gambling...
[Sherri Cone]
•Stuck in a Rut: Power, Sex, Food, and Other Little Addictions
[BUNDSCHUH, RICK]

as always, I love you- .5

Can God trust YOU?: Jentezen Franklin

Gossip Destroys the body: Pastor Mike Franklin

Gossip is "saying something about someone even though you know you can't fix it" -lateral talking