My Random Life

I can't really be stereotyped. My mood changes by the minute. But one thing remains the same: I love life, I love people, and above all, my heart belongs to the God of Wonders<3

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God cares about your holiness.

I keep seeing all these posts going around saying, “It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past! God will forgive you!”

And, yes, that’s true. God will forgive you for your past sins if you confess those sin to Him. 

But I think that we also need to remember that God can keep you from sinning in the first place. He’d rather you would strive to be holy than have to be continually forgiven. And while He will never stop forgiving, I think it’s just as important to stress that God cares about you not sinning. God wants you to fight sin in your life. He wants you to be pure and holy.

Think of it this way. We are ambassadors to the world for Christ. That means we are representing Christ to those who do not know Him. Obviously God can forgive us for sin, but how are others supposed to know that? Isn’t it better to be holy, since God is holy, and we are representatives of God?

Remember David? God forgave David for adultery and murder. In the 51st Psalm, David pours out his heart to the Lord and asks for forgiveness, genuinely heartbroken over how he had sinned and broken God’s heart. And God forgave him and was merciful to him. But God still rebuked him and punished him, because, according to II Samuel 12:14, it gave the enemies of God a reason to blaspheme. Now people who hated God could point at David and say, “Well, HE did it and he follows God, so I guess it doesn’t matter what I do!”

We ought to want to be holy because we love God, but we need to be holy because we belong to God. So, let’s not excuse sin because we know we’ll be forgiven. Let’s fight against sin, because we know that this will please God.

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Amen! Even if you fail, repent as many times as you need to because the road to holiness isn’t easy. But be encouraged that God knows your heart. Don’t stay stuck in guilt. Pursue God in the way He is leading you, and put your focus on Him. Don’t put your focus on your sins or your failures. By putting your eyes on God, He will lead you to freedom and breakthrough. 

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just listened to a teaching about this. salvation is not a transaction but a transformation. the goal of salvation is not just to go to heaven but to be drawn into union with God and apprenticeship to Jesus.

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[muddgoat40]

The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or — if they think there is not — at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.

—C. S. Lewis

[ohhelloitsa]

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.“

Isaiah 43: 18-19 (via ohhelloitsa)

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But this is what Jesus does. He takes the most ragged, rowdy, unlikely wanderer and puts us on the frontlines to flex His glory, to wield His love, to heal people just like us. He’s always doing things like that, His heart so patient and pursuing.

Grace Be With You // J.S. Park (via worshipgifs)

[dancingmiriam1520]

Sometimes life is about being logical. Sometimes you have to be prepared, plan things out, be responsible. And sometimes, you have to look up at the face of God, ask Him "Can I just jump?" and take the terrifyingly exhilarating plunge as soon as He smiles and nods His head... Sometimes it's worth it to do the illogical.

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You can know the Bible and not know the God of the Bible. You can Facebook stalk God. You can find out what he has done and where he has been and who he is hanging out with and not know him at all. In John 6, Jesus looks at the Pharisees and says, “You study the Scriptures in vain, because you think that in them you have life, yet you refuse to come to me to whom those Scriptures testify.” Jesus is saying, “The Scriptures are talking about me, so if you say you love the Scriptures but you don’t want anything to do with me, you don’t understand the Scriptures.” What happens when we have new hearts and the Holy Spirit is sealed inside of us is the mind is awakened to the Word of God, and the Bible starts reading us. At that moment, divine surgery begins to take place. All of a sudden, conviction begins to be fueled by the truth of the Word of God, and slowly but surely, our lives begin to line up with how God created us to interact, how God created us to engage, how God created us to walk in this fallen world, and we as people of God and as the people of God, corporately begin to push back what’s dark in the world. This is your only hope, my only hope, our only hope.

Matt Chandler (via kschlabaugh)

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Today, I am learning that it doesn’t matter whether or not our days get easier or harder, as long as God’s presence and grace fill our lives. Difficulties and adversaries will come, and our weaknesses are inevitable; however, as long as God is in us, and we are in God, no mountain is too daunting, no race is too long, and no challenge or setback is unconquerable. My expectations fail and my plans fail and I fail, but because I am in Christ, I cannot give up. I have every reason to fight, endure, hope, and believe. I know that good and beautiful things come from Him, because He is their reason to be.

[dancingmiriam1520]

Wow... It's been less than a year since I've known you and already God is placing all of these dreams on our hearts. Some of them just in general, but mostly pertaining to ministry. And I wonder, do all couples dream this big? So much of it seems impossible, but we really don't care. It's just me, you, and God reaching for the sky. And I so hope everyone else does this too because it's so amazing.... Love just came and hit me out of nowhere and I was so blissfully unprepared. This is so more than I've ever imagined... Take me on an adventure, Prince <3

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me: *cries cause of book

me: *screams cause of book

me: *throws book at wall

me: I LOVED THAT BOOK. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!

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