How we walk....

I was praying this morning, and with God's help came to the conclusion that Christians don't always walk the way they are supposed to. Let me explain, in my favorite version of footprints, it ends with Jesus dancing with the person in the story. It makes me wonder because I always thought that in order to dance you have to first walk. So how can we dance with Jesus if we don't walk with him? The other thing, have you ever seen dancers? They walk with this confidence amd with a gracefulness that makes people look twice. As Christians, we should have that walk. We should have ourselves so deep in Christ, that we know at the end of it all, we are God's children. We should be able to dance with the Lord at all times, even if its just a simple two step. That however only comes after we are so sure in our Walk with him that we feel comfortable enough to step out and be silly for a bit. I don't know about you but I want to dance....

Here's how you become more sure in your walk. You practice. Practice going to God with the little things, so it'll be easy when we need to go to him for the big things. Practice spending more time in study and reflection of the word.... Make it as much of an habit as getting dressed everyday, or even feeding ourselves when we are hungry. Remember Christ told us that man cannot live on bread alone. So if Christ had to say it, what makes you think that we in present day can survive without his word.... Also we have to surround ourselves with people who will help us spiritually, mentally and physically.......... This is how we walk.

Faith

Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)

Paul knew first hand about faith. Being knocked off his horse, blinded, and then told he had to meet this man of a way he had been persecuting so that he can get his sight back. Yeah, this is a true test of faith....

Paul had to go through that inorder for him to even begin to follow out Jesus' teachings. He was a Jew, born and raised, he didn't believe that Jesus is the Messiah and he was willing to take out anybody who believed he was. God already had his path marked out. Paul had a bullseye on his back. Now God had to put him in a position to completely rely on him in order for Paul to walk out God's plan.

Now Faith is the confidence or trust in a person or thing. How do we gain this confidence? We gain it by reading God's word and seeing how he operated in all of the lives of the biblical people. We gain it by constantly praying and worshipping God. We gain it by taking the time out to be filled with his Spirit so that it can teach us how to have absolute faith.
Have you ever seen a little child? They think their parents can do anything! We should be like that with God. He is our father and just because we may not be able to see anything that he does, he is doing it all. Who woke you up this morning? Who started you on your way? The father that we cannot see.

In conclusion faith is us relying on God to do what he does, cause best believe when we let God do what he does, he going to make it do what it do.

Gifts

Have you ever wondered why it is that you could do something with greater ease than someone else? Have you ever wondered why as long as you were using your gift for good it was always there, but the minute your intentions became anything but pure, you were stumbling and was no longer good at what you were doing? That's because the thing that you are good at is your gift from God. Whats good about having gifts is that he gave them to us freely, however we do have to use them to help advance his kingdom. Have you ever seen someone who has the gift of talking? They can talk for hours! They can talk to anyone, this is the person that should be an Evangelist. they person who has a gift for writing should write to encourage people in there heavenly walk. Those who can teach, teach about God. Those who can make music, make music proclaiming the goodness of God. Because there will come a time when we will not be able to do all of this, so do it now while the chance is still here. We all have a part to play in God's kingdom, and God wants us to use our gifts for good cause there is already so much evil in the world. Why not use our gifts to help uplift the people. Something to think about.

Other ways to show affection

We as a society are taught that the way to show affection is sex. Now does that make sense? How would you then show affection to your mate when there is no sex before Marriage? How are you supposed to show any type of affection if the only way to do it is through sex.
Fellas, I don't want to alienate anyone but you are more likely to take a woman showing affection as her wanting to sleep with you. However, 1 Corinthians 13 talks about Charity.
Charity is the utmost form of love. So it says:

1 Corinthians 13

¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

⁷Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

⁸Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

⁹For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

¹⁰But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

¹¹When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

¹²For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

¹³And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

To show affection is to be kind to them, help them in times of trouble, and so any other things.
Do you need to change the way you show affection? I know I do in a lot of areas.

When we get caught up: Ignorance being bliss

Us as humans have a natural inclination to sin because of our flesh. This is why people say the spirit is willing but the flesh is week. How many times have you gone along with the crowd because they were doing what felt good not what was good?
The thing that also is said a lot is that ignorance is bliss. But in reality ignorance causes death. we are ignorant to sin because we know not what it is. That does not mean that we, when we get to the throne, say that we didn't know that what we were doing was wrong. It's a steady uphill battle that we go through daily with a far greater reward then if we just gave into the flesh. When we get caught up we suffer eternally.
I don't know about you, but I don't think ignorance is bliss

He humbled Himself

Its interesting how Jesus Christ can humble himself, get lower than the Angels and become the seed of Abraham(Hebrews 2:16), and we think we don't have to.
In order to reach people we have to show them we can relate. Have you ever seen management that forgets they were once in that position? Its crazy how once we gain a bit of power we forget who we are. As Children of God, we should be following the example of Jesus Christ, and if no one wants to take heed to your words shake the dust of the town off your feet as you promptly exit it.

Anger

We should be slow to Anger. How do you be slow to anger when there is consistent chaos around? How do you be slow to anger when constantly you're asked to be flexible and there is no order? How do you be slow to anger when people are just nuts? I know being nuts is relative, but do you ever just want to put stupid people on a planet and blow it up? It makes you laugh, but Jesus Christ wouldn't have done that. Think about it. How any times was Jesus pissed off by the Apostles, the Pharisees, just everybody! I mean he's Jesus Christ, but why cant ewe adapt the same principles It's hard but we need to. He that is soon angry death foolishly. I know I've done/ said some stupid things being angry. Have you? Knowing that we are human, I'm willing to bet YES! but just remember we are to be slow to anger. When you get angry count until you've cooled down, then go handle the situation. Because he that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city(Proverbs 16:32)