> some words of wisdoms

This week, I decided to take a different direction and just offer some words of wisdom to everyone. I am going to take five of my favorite quotes and give my intake on what it means.

01. "Remember, Jesus Christ is inside of you watching and listening to the media
you listen and watch." Jeanne Mayo

This should a eye-opener to all the Christians out there. You may not know this but Jesus lives inside of you and is listening and looking at everything you do. You know the whole 'WWJD' and that we should act and try to be like Jesus. But just think for a moment... 'WWJT' (What Would Jesus Think). Just think the next time that you decide to watch or listen or do that is perceptionally wrong. Just say to yourself... "What would happen if Jesus was sitting next to you and you thought what Jesu would think?"

02. "Your destiny is defined by what you do... not what you did" Steven Furtick

I know I can speak volumes to this quote. Your past does not define your future, the things you are doing now does. I know I had a past that was very less than perfect and that my past didn't stop me from reaching to the potential and the place that God has me now and what He is going to put me in 5...10...15years from now.

03. "Politicians tell you what you want to hear; Leaders will tell you what you
need to hear." Daniel Norris

We know in America that politicians are really good about tell the people what they want to hear. And sometimes they never deliver the promises that they say that they would give. Sometimes that is like some of the leaders in the church. The pastors and the board tell the people what makes them feel warm and happy inside. But we need people to become leaders and tell them what they need to hear. As a person... if you were going to talk to me in a meeting or at the pulpit, I want you tell me what I need to hear and not candy-coat and baby me about it. Leadership of the church... "BE LEADERS AND NOT POLITICIANS" PERIOD!!!

04. "Show me your friends and I'll show you your future." Jeanne Mayo

Your friends is one of your biggest influences in your everyday life. You are the one that decides the kind of friends and your future will be the result of it. If you have friends who like to do bad things (drugs, drink, smoke, porn, etc.). Then you are going to live a life of torment and despare. But if you have positive influences from your friends then you are going to have a positive and fulfilled life.

05. "Don't seek the things of God more than you seek God." Cory Henderson

This is probably one of my favorite quotes of all time. We have so many people including Christians that are seeking more of the blessings of God in their lives than who and what God is. People, we should not be doing that. Cause then we would be considered to be spiritually greedy. Brothers and sisters, we should not be giving God the 'I want...' speech. Instead we should be telling God 'God, what are you like' and 'God, what makes You... YOU?' In your quiet time this morning... go and seek God and not what He can give you.

Confessions of a...

During this week, I was listening the series podcast "Confessions of a Pastor" from Steven Furtick (Lead Pastor / Elevation Church)... and it made me realize something. There are so many pastors in America that can't be real and authentic with their congregations because someone might get ticked off and leave the church because the pastor wanted to pour his/her heart out and for the slightest reason that person leaves cause the pastor decided to get in their face from the pulpit and might cut them emotionally. Well people of the Christian World, if your pastor decided to say something that ticked you off... then that maybe God's way of getting your attention and all I have to say about that is "Hate it for ya, suck it up and deal with it!"

All the pastors who have their 'Confessions of a... ' message... i conmend you and I am so happy that we have pastors in America that is willing to get in their congregation's faces and 'tell it like it is!' For those who does not, I challenge you as a pastor to tell your confessions to your church. Tell them... "Church, I HATE __________!" or "Church, I WANT TO ________!"

Cause sometimes in leadership, you have to tell it like it is and let your heart just be expressed once in a while. In the New Testament, there were many of times where Jesus was getting in people's faces and 'Telling it like it is!' Also that we all know that Jesus got pretty ticked off sometimes with the way that the church was going.

In my next blog entry... (...coming next week) I am going to do my own "Confessions of a..." entry. I am going to cover my roles a Intern, Kids Leader, and a Youth Leader

Modern Day Job

2Samuel 22.4 // I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

Wow... so little simple words, but a huge emotional impact. Even though we sometime forget about who we worship at times.

For the past month, with all the attacks that I and my family have endure. I have been a spiritual battle or a lesson that I have never faced in my life. At first, I thought it was one of them blow-over things that the devil just put on me and that I will go over. But, I came to face with something that was bigger than I can handle in the spirit and that I needed the spirit of God to take this and guide me through this battle.

In a facebook conversation that I had last night with one of my spiritual brothers, it had me thinking and we talked about in the Book of Job. About whenever Job lost everything he had including his family... but he always praised God no matter what the devil destroyed when it came to material things to his personal life. And with that I commend Job for keeping a heart longing after God even though he got down to the bottom of the barrell and still praised God for things He has already.

This lesson is one of them lessons that I had to fall on my face and had learn the hard way. Cause I am got to the point where I almost thrown in the towel and started questioning God in a huge way. Just like in the book of Habakukk, when Habakukk was cursing and questioning God about the injustice that have been happening in the city. So I caught myself in the middle of a Habakukk / Job situation.

1Peter 1.3 // Praise to be to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

What I have learned is that I should be praising God instead of questioning Him cause I should have known He was doing it for my sake and that He knows what is best for me in the destiny that He has prepared for me down the road (whatever that may be). Also, that to keep my head high of any attacks that the Devil have been putting me through.

So today... I challenge you, if you are like me and going through the same thing that I have been going through, starting praising Him more and ask for His guidance and mercy that He has given us in Him.