LFTL (Living for the Lord)

What does Living for the Lord mean to you? Well, to me it means loving each other, worshiping him, doing what God wants you to do, and becoming less so that God can become more.
Becoming less so that God can become more. That seems weird right? I mean the American dream is to become rich, be famous, have a nice car, be on TV, and have a cute husband or wife, right? So, why do we need to be less? What does that even mean? Do you have to get rid of all of your money, sell your car and go away from all the fame that you worked so hard to achieve? No, not necessarily. That is a little extreme  but it's not bad. What you could do is use that fame and promote God and not demote him. Don't try to draw a bunch of attention to yourself but draw attention to God. Use your money  for God.
But if you don't have fame or money no big deal. You can still become less so God becomes more. What you can do is go out of your way and help a homeless person or sit or talk to someone that is not "popular" or is a "looser." People might make fun of you or look at you funny, but don't get sad or embarrassed because it's the right thing to do. Everyone can do something to promote God.
If you are an athlete like myself,do your best and show God's love to everyone. The light inside you will shine  through the darkness and touch people's lives.
If you live for the Lord, people will see that you are different and some will mock you and ridicule you. (John 18:1& 20,) while others will want what you have.These people will need someone to tell them about Jesus Christ. You need to tell all who will hear the good news. There is a quote by Penn Jillette. This is what he said "How much do you have to hate someone not to tell them about your faith?"
Here is the link to the Penn Jillette video that he says it in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fa9JE_ZVL88

Faith

In a previous post I just talked about faith a little bit. But now I am going to go in depth about it. Faith is believing in the unseen. With faith you do not need so called proof because you some how know that what or who you believe in is real and existing. I have faith in God, my dad has faith in him, my pastor has faith in him. And we don't have to ask for proof that he is real. If you want proof that God is real get a personal relationship with him and he will make himself known to you. If you do not have faith you don't know God.
Faith is very powerful. In Mathew 17:20 it says, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. NOTHING will be impossible for you." See if we have faith the size of a MUSTERED SEED we can say to a mountain move and it will! If you don't know how big mustard seeds are they are really, really small. Imagine what we could do if we had faith as BIG as a mountain.
The ones who remain faithful to the very end shall be taken up to heaven to be with God for 10,000 years and forever more.


So to bring this to an end if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and you want one you can do something called the ABC's of Christianity.
It is:

Giving your life to Christ is as easy as A-B-C:

Admit that you are a sinner and need forgiveness.
Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the cross and rose from the grave to bring you to God.
Confess, through prayer, that Jesus Christ is the only way to God, and commit to live for Him the rest of your life.

1.      God loves you and wants a personal relationship with you. "" (John 3:16 NIV)

2.      Our sin keeps us from having a personal relationship with God. "" (Romans 3:23 NIV)

3.      Jesus Christ is the only answer to this problem. He’s the only one who can bring us back to God. "" (1 Peter 3:18 NIV)

4.      You must personally trust Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and determine to obey Him for the rest of your life. (John 1:12 NIV)

Read these words as a prayer to God and mean them in your heart:

Dear Lord Jesus,

I know I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I believe that you died on the cross for my sins and rose from the grave to give me life. I know You are the only way to God, so help me to quit disobeying You and to start living for You. Please forgive me, change my life, and make yourself real to me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

I got this information about the ABC's of Christianity (becoming a Christian) from http://www.trettel.com/ccrc/christian/abc.html 



If you prayed this prayer that's above, congratulations on becoming part of God's family and also, this is what you need to do now. You need find a local church and you need to tell someone about you choice. Also keep your faith and remain in him. You need to find a bible and use it. Here is a website to find a local church. I would recommend after plugging in your state and city that you live in to scroll down to where it says "Spirit Filled" because that means that the Holy Spirit is in that church and is moving in it.
http://www.churchfinder.com/




Stay faithful my friends.