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God Wants All of You
5 years ago
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Here's a journal I'd love to share with all of my friends. :) While some of you may know all of this, I wanted to make it anyways. Just in case some of you don't.
God loves you so much that He wants you and all of you. And if you love Him, you will feel a great amount of joy in your spirit. God's not forcing you to choose Him. He loves you enough to give you free will. But that doesn't mean He wants you to choose the wrong choice. Here are a couple of things to increase your spiritual knowledge.
1. Have a Relationship
Some people think that the way to get to Heaven is just by believing in what Jesus did. Yes, you do have to believe in what Jesus did for you, but there's a bit more to it. Believing in Jesus' death doesn't just mean you believe that it's true about what he did. It means you believe and accept it into your heart that this was all an act of love. When you accept Jesus into your heart, that means you're having a relationship with him. But you have to keep that relationship. Once you have it, that doesn't mean you're guaranteed to go to Heaven. People can accept, and then later reject Jesus. So, make sure you keep God's word in your heart. Read the Bible. And pray as often as you can. Don't let your relationship with God go stale!
2. Share His Love
After you receive God's love, He wants you to share it with people who feel like they don't have anyone that loves them. As much as God wanted you, He wants everyone else. It's up to us to spread his love and share the Gospel. And know this. You'll have great rewards, eternal rewards up in Heaven for every good thing you do in Christ.
3. Know What Really Matters
Whatever you do on this earth won't be that much important in an eternal perspective. While doing things on this earth isn't bad, or something God doesn't want you to do, make sure you keep in mind that you've got to do things that really matter in the future. Only things you do to help people to Christ and helping to spread God's love really matter. And believe me when I say this. What you experience here, you can't even comprehend what's in store for you in Heaven when you're with God for all eternity.
4. Know Who Really Matters
Due to my experience of rejection in my childhood, I always wanted to feel loved. But I had it in me that people would be the source of that. But I was wrong. Knowing that God loves me is honestly all I need. God forbid this happens, but I'd rather have everyone on earth hate me and God love me, than to have everyone accept me but get judged by God. People are not your source of joy. God is. They can make you happy, but God's joy is eternal. And in actuality, if it weren't for God, people who help you out wouldn't have been there to help you. If someone rejects you, know this. As long as you're loved by God, what does their rejection matter to your personal life?
5. Trials Are Not Curses, Rather Blessings!
People go through many things in life that are beyond their control, and it can get very frustrating. I for one have, and I honestly haven't acted the right way towards them all the time. So, keep in mind, when you go through something after you've accepted Jesus, it's to help strengthen you. Your circumstance may not change, but your perspective can. Even if it feels like God isn't there, keep in your heart that He is. He'll give you the strength and endurance to get through what's trying to tear you down. These trials test your faith in God. If your problem doesn't change, then that doesn't mean God isn't listening to your prayers. Just keep strong in your faith, and then, better things will come.
6. Stand Against The Enemy
Your enemy, Satan, hates God with a passion. And if you walk with God, he hates you too. He'll try to put things in your mind to keep steer you away from God, and eventually flat-out turn away from Him. He's not going to just leave you alone. If he hates God, he hates everything He does, which includes creating and loving you. Know the lies the enemy tries to use, and stand strong against his wicked schemes.
With much love,
AttackPacPlus. ^^
God loves you so much that He wants you and all of you. And if you love Him, you will feel a great amount of joy in your spirit. God's not forcing you to choose Him. He loves you enough to give you free will. But that doesn't mean He wants you to choose the wrong choice. Here are a couple of things to increase your spiritual knowledge.
1. Have a Relationship
Some people think that the way to get to Heaven is just by believing in what Jesus did. Yes, you do have to believe in what Jesus did for you, but there's a bit more to it. Believing in Jesus' death doesn't just mean you believe that it's true about what he did. It means you believe and accept it into your heart that this was all an act of love. When you accept Jesus into your heart, that means you're having a relationship with him. But you have to keep that relationship. Once you have it, that doesn't mean you're guaranteed to go to Heaven. People can accept, and then later reject Jesus. So, make sure you keep God's word in your heart. Read the Bible. And pray as often as you can. Don't let your relationship with God go stale!
2. Share His Love
After you receive God's love, He wants you to share it with people who feel like they don't have anyone that loves them. As much as God wanted you, He wants everyone else. It's up to us to spread his love and share the Gospel. And know this. You'll have great rewards, eternal rewards up in Heaven for every good thing you do in Christ.
3. Know What Really Matters
Whatever you do on this earth won't be that much important in an eternal perspective. While doing things on this earth isn't bad, or something God doesn't want you to do, make sure you keep in mind that you've got to do things that really matter in the future. Only things you do to help people to Christ and helping to spread God's love really matter. And believe me when I say this. What you experience here, you can't even comprehend what's in store for you in Heaven when you're with God for all eternity.
4. Know Who Really Matters
Due to my experience of rejection in my childhood, I always wanted to feel loved. But I had it in me that people would be the source of that. But I was wrong. Knowing that God loves me is honestly all I need. God forbid this happens, but I'd rather have everyone on earth hate me and God love me, than to have everyone accept me but get judged by God. People are not your source of joy. God is. They can make you happy, but God's joy is eternal. And in actuality, if it weren't for God, people who help you out wouldn't have been there to help you. If someone rejects you, know this. As long as you're loved by God, what does their rejection matter to your personal life?
5. Trials Are Not Curses, Rather Blessings!
People go through many things in life that are beyond their control, and it can get very frustrating. I for one have, and I honestly haven't acted the right way towards them all the time. So, keep in mind, when you go through something after you've accepted Jesus, it's to help strengthen you. Your circumstance may not change, but your perspective can. Even if it feels like God isn't there, keep in your heart that He is. He'll give you the strength and endurance to get through what's trying to tear you down. These trials test your faith in God. If your problem doesn't change, then that doesn't mean God isn't listening to your prayers. Just keep strong in your faith, and then, better things will come.
6. Stand Against The Enemy
Your enemy, Satan, hates God with a passion. And if you walk with God, he hates you too. He'll try to put things in your mind to keep steer you away from God, and eventually flat-out turn away from Him. He's not going to just leave you alone. If he hates God, he hates everything He does, which includes creating and loving you. Know the lies the enemy tries to use, and stand strong against his wicked schemes.
With much love,
AttackPacPlus. ^^
This is a really good message that you posted and thank you so much for taking your time to post this really important message. God loves you, me, and everybody else so much and He wants the best for everybody. Thanks again. You are too nice and thoughtful. God Bless you and everybody else.
Sincerely,
AustinTheHuskyPup ^ ^
I've read the bible, I've studied His word- it just never made sense to me. The concept of christian furs doesn't make sense to me either.
If the dusty middle eastern cavemen that put the Bible to paper would've known that furries and fetishists would exist 2000 years in the future, they would have written us in as sinners. We'd be right next to the homosexuals, shellfish-munchers, and fabric-mixers in Leviticus.
Even so, as an atheist I do respect your right and your passion to believe in God, though I may not follow in your same path.
And you would have to tell me what you did in terms of studying.
And I do appreciate your respects.
Trials aren't always cut-and-dry, not always the fault of the person on the receiving end.
As for studying: reading the Bible from front to back, multiple times. It's a book chock full of contradictions and evil actions- both in the name of God and under his command. Pedophilia, mindless slaughter- you name it.
And no, trials don't come from the person's faults, but it's just the world we live in. It's not always going to be easy, but that's why we have to push through it instead of giving up, because the real rewards come when we endure what challenges come against us.
And the Bible is not full of contradictions, but truth. Its meant to help you grow in wisdom.
I was diagnosed with Aspergers' around 6 or 7, but with time I've learned to control it to some degree and act somewhat neurotypical.
God Bless!!