Hello again readers!
Ok, fishing for men. This is why Jesus was born and what the heart of God longs to do! Often when we think of fishing we think of sitting beside a stream, our line dangling in the water and peacefully sitting, waiting for a bite. We forget sometimes that we are called to fish, Jesus style.
Luke 5:6-9 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken.
Jesus didn't do things in half measures. If he's going fishing he might sink a few boats. In Reinhard Bonnke's book "Evangelism by fire" he said "If ten thousand people live around a church, according to statistics, four of them die every week. It is hardly satisfying, then, if only one is saved every month, or even every week." This is worrying! We don't have time for halfhearted fishing! We can, and must, fish for men Jesus style! Jesus is desperately searching for people who will rise up to save and disciple a generation.
Sometimes we think that it's too big a task and we settle for the small gathering that comes to our Sunday service. We need to remember the thousands of people who remain oblivious to the overpowering love of the Father that is being offered to them. David was a midget compared to Goliath but compared to David's God Goliath was the midget. When we understand how big our God is we realise that shaking a nation with the grace of God is no big deal! There are only 5 million people in Scotland... lets go get 'em already! If God can make 'em, God can save 'em. The question is, are you ready to fight and die for these souls?
Jack the church kid.
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
An apology...
Sorry readers!
This holiday has been hectic and I haven't found the time to put up another post! It has been fun to see what God did in our annual youth camp and this was probably the highlight of the summer. The worship was amazing and we just didn't want to stop singing! Myself and my friend were dancing and praying hard at the back of the room and the presence was tangible!
I was going to post Isiah 62 Pt.2 but God has laid something else on my heart. So I had this Idea: Tell me and the other readers what you think! I would like to challenge you, read Isiah 62:1-7 and comment below and tell us what this verse means to you! I really love this part of scripture and can't wait to hear your heart on this verse.
Jack the church kid
This holiday has been hectic and I haven't found the time to put up another post! It has been fun to see what God did in our annual youth camp and this was probably the highlight of the summer. The worship was amazing and we just didn't want to stop singing! Myself and my friend were dancing and praying hard at the back of the room and the presence was tangible!
I was going to post Isiah 62 Pt.2 but God has laid something else on my heart. So I had this Idea: Tell me and the other readers what you think! I would like to challenge you, read Isiah 62:1-7 and comment below and tell us what this verse means to you! I really love this part of scripture and can't wait to hear your heart on this verse.
Jack the church kid
Monday, 29 July 2013
Isiah 62 Pt1
Hey readers!
Zion was the promised land, the place where God's people called home. Jerusalem was where the ark of the covenant, the Glory of God, resided. Everywhere where Christians are, God has a divine destiny or 'default mode' called Revival for that place. The dawn is the rebirth of light and it happens everyday, wherever you are in the world. All nations know what a dawn is. That's what the church is going to be like! We are going to be the light that causes a universal awakening! Our righteousness will be so evident that all nations will experience the impact of it! Non-christian kinds will "see our glory and our inability to keep quiet will change the world! We will be God's precious treasure and he will never let us go! That's how present God is going to be in our lives.
One of my favorite parts of scripture is found in Isiah 62. It's all about revival and God's plan for the church. Fun stuff!
Isiah 62:1-3:
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory;you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
This passage is not about 'some other guy', it's about US! We are called to make an impact on a culture and change the course of history! If You are a Christian then then your town is God's town! Your city is God's city! Your home is God's playground! What is Revival if not a mess for Jesus?
Jesus had to resort to walking on water to get away from the multitudes. He never had to go looking for the people, they would just follow him wherever he went! If we are accurately representing Jesus then we won't have to strive for Revival, Revival will follow us around! The Church is Jesus' hands and feet. When the Church is being the Church, Revival is inevitable.
Jack, the church kid.
Saturday, 20 July 2013
The God Chasers
Hey peoples!
I have had a very eventful day recently and I just want to share with you guys what God did in my heart. I finally finished a book that I've been reading for a while but I haven't been able to find the time to finish it. The Book is called 'The God Chasers' by Tommy Tenney. It's a really great book but I've read great books before... This was the first book, however, that has made me cry. It's not a sappy romance novel and I am not a sappy kinda guy, but something in this book stirred me to the point of tears! It's all about a passionate pursuit of God's Glory and the revival that will follow such a mission. I wept as Tenney wrote of the lack of 'fresh bread' that haunts many churches today. The body of Christ was never meant to live off of crumbs! He spoke of past revivals and what the glory of God looks like when it becomes so present, so manifested, that it breaks out of the church building and flows out onto the streets!
When I finished the book I felt the God speak to me and tell me to fast lunch, my first fast. I had been meaning to go on a fast for a while but I wasn't really sure what to pray for... That day though, I listened to worship music for a while and sang along; and then prayed hard for God's glory to fall! I have never felt that kind of conviction before, I couldn't go on unless God showed up! He did. I was weeping and shaking and crying out to God to birth a fire in a generation. This was something I had never done before but will definitely do again! God broke me, that's the only way I can describe it.
Reinhard Bonnke said it this way:
I'm not going to pretend like I'm some bible scholar or a world class preacher. I'm just a kid who loves God and want to see his kingdom come! I don't really understand what God did in my heart that day but I did learn this: the greater the hunger that God births in your heart and the more broken you are, the more powerfully he will show up! I've never been so desperate for God's presence and he has never showed up like he did that day. I would encourage you to take the time to pray hard to God and ask him to birth a hunger in you. You won't regret it!
Jack, the church kid.
When I finished the book I felt the God speak to me and tell me to fast lunch, my first fast. I had been meaning to go on a fast for a while but I wasn't really sure what to pray for... That day though, I listened to worship music for a while and sang along; and then prayed hard for God's glory to fall! I have never felt that kind of conviction before, I couldn't go on unless God showed up! He did. I was weeping and shaking and crying out to God to birth a fire in a generation. This was something I had never done before but will definitely do again! God broke me, that's the only way I can describe it.
Reinhard Bonnke said it this way:
"Intercession without evangelism is like an explosive without a detonator. Evangelism without intercession is like a detonator without an explosive."
I'm not going to pretend like I'm some bible scholar or a world class preacher. I'm just a kid who loves God and want to see his kingdom come! I don't really understand what God did in my heart that day but I did learn this: the greater the hunger that God births in your heart and the more broken you are, the more powerfully he will show up! I've never been so desperate for God's presence and he has never showed up like he did that day. I would encourage you to take the time to pray hard to God and ask him to birth a hunger in you. You won't regret it!
Jack, the church kid.
Sunday, 14 July 2013
A heart issue pt 2: Jesus in, Jesus out!
Hey church kidz!
Ok, in part one of this post I talked about how what we put into our hearts is a big deal. We need to "guard our hearts" because "everything you do flows from it!" (If you didn't read my last post you can scroll back on the home page and take a look!)
One of the dilemmas that many church kids face is that we like good music but we also want to guard our hearts. So, do we listen to good music or christian music? Is it too much to ask for both? I like the R&B and Pop sound but I don't necessarily like what they're singing about (got to stress though, I really do like some popular music! Not against the Black Eyed Peas!) A good compromise is to listen to good christian artists in the same genre! Here is a list of some of my favorites along with some awesome, hardcore worship:
R&B and Hip-hop:
You can find any of these guys on spotify or itunes. This is good sounding music and it's also good 'heart food!' Hey... What's not to love?
Jack the church kid
Ok, in part one of this post I talked about how what we put into our hearts is a big deal. We need to "guard our hearts" because "everything you do flows from it!" (If you didn't read my last post you can scroll back on the home page and take a look!)
One of the dilemmas that many church kids face is that we like good music but we also want to guard our hearts. So, do we listen to good music or christian music? Is it too much to ask for both? I like the R&B and Pop sound but I don't necessarily like what they're singing about (got to stress though, I really do like some popular music! Not against the Black Eyed Peas!) A good compromise is to listen to good christian artists in the same genre! Here is a list of some of my favorites along with some awesome, hardcore worship:
R&B and Hip-hop:
- Applejaxx
- 116 Clique
- Viktory
- Toby Mac
- The Ambasador
- DC Talk
- Tedashii
- Audio Adrenaline
- Plus One
- Barlow Girl
- Kerrie Roberts
- Casting Crowns
- Planet Shakers
- Jesus Culture
- Bethel
- Hillsong United
- Jake Hamilton
- Daniel Bashta
- Passion
You can find any of these guys on spotify or itunes. This is good sounding music and it's also good 'heart food!' Hey... What's not to love?
Jack the church kid
Saturday, 13 July 2013
A heart issue pt.1: Trash in, trash out!
Hey peoples!
Your heart is precious! What you put in your heart is a big deal to God and it affects how you act, how you speak and what you do with your life! That's huge!
Proverbs 4:23 says:
What does it mean to "guard your heart?" We've all heard the phrase "trash in, trash out" right? If you eat like a pig then you will put on weight! God takes it up a notch and says that you become like the things that have influence over your heart! if you feed on the world then that's what you are going to look like. This is a big dilemma for many church kids.
The cool kid at school is watching movies and listening to music that reflect the culture that those fatty foods were birthed out of and some of that junk is really bad for you! I like a lot of popular music and when my friends are playing it I will happily listen to it, I just don't want to be feeding on that stuff 24/7 and other music I just steer clear of altogether! When I go home I often listen to christian music that none of those friends will of ever heard of! A balanced diet will prevent us from getting fat on the world's junk!
I am not against good music, kinda like a dietitian is not against McDonald's. The key phrase is balanced diet! That doesn't mean you can't enjoy some One Direction sometimes!
We need to protect our hearts though, because our lives will reflect the state of our hearts! if our heart are cluttered full of lust, insecurity, distrust and unforgiveness then that's what's gonna show in our lives but if our hearts are full of God then we will be unstoppable, fearless, lovers! A pure heart is a flammable heart, and the Jesus fire is better than anything the world will ever come up with!
Jack the church kid.
P.s. pt 2 to come ;)
Your heart is precious! What you put in your heart is a big deal to God and it affects how you act, how you speak and what you do with your life! That's huge!
Proverbs 4:23 says:
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
What does it mean to "guard your heart?" We've all heard the phrase "trash in, trash out" right? If you eat like a pig then you will put on weight! God takes it up a notch and says that you become like the things that have influence over your heart! if you feed on the world then that's what you are going to look like. This is a big dilemma for many church kids.
The cool kid at school is watching movies and listening to music that reflect the culture that those fatty foods were birthed out of and some of that junk is really bad for you! I like a lot of popular music and when my friends are playing it I will happily listen to it, I just don't want to be feeding on that stuff 24/7 and other music I just steer clear of altogether! When I go home I often listen to christian music that none of those friends will of ever heard of! A balanced diet will prevent us from getting fat on the world's junk!
I am not against good music, kinda like a dietitian is not against McDonald's. The key phrase is balanced diet! That doesn't mean you can't enjoy some One Direction sometimes!
We need to protect our hearts though, because our lives will reflect the state of our hearts! if our heart are cluttered full of lust, insecurity, distrust and unforgiveness then that's what's gonna show in our lives but if our hearts are full of God then we will be unstoppable, fearless, lovers! A pure heart is a flammable heart, and the Jesus fire is better than anything the world will ever come up with!
Jack the church kid.
P.s. pt 2 to come ;)
Sunday, 7 July 2013
A good day to pray HARD
Heya reader!
When I saw the latest die hard movie I was on a plane. I was tired, hungry and quiet bored... until Bruce Willis started blowing stuff up. It got me thinking though, isn't every day a good day to pray hard? I'm not talking about a nice sounding, sugar-coated prayer before dinner, I'm not even talking about a faith filled prayer, I'm talking about PASSION!
James 5:16 says: 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth (helps) much.
A fervent prayer is really helpful. Its not all about who can shout the loudest or who sounds more like Shakespeare. The definition of fervently is this:
1. Having or displaying a passionate intensity
2. Hot; burning; glowing.
This is the kind of prayer that God answers! What if our prayers are not lacking faith but passion? Maybe, if we aren't seeing our prayers answered, what we need isn't a greater faith but a heart transplant? Are our heart ready to welcome in the next generation of revivalists that we are praying for?
I'm not against faith, it's key in the kingdom. I just don't think that the cause of revival is faith, but a universal, passionate pursuit of Jesus! Jesus himself was a passionate person! He upturned the tables, was filled with compassion, rebuked the pharisees, hung out with sinners, loved tax collectors, touched the lepers and died on a cross! How much more passionate can you get! Lets follow Jesus' example, and pray for a fire to be birthed in our nation that would only be matched by our own! Here is the challenge... Will we be a passionate people?
Jack the church kid.
When I saw the latest die hard movie I was on a plane. I was tired, hungry and quiet bored... until Bruce Willis started blowing stuff up. It got me thinking though, isn't every day a good day to pray hard? I'm not talking about a nice sounding, sugar-coated prayer before dinner, I'm not even talking about a faith filled prayer, I'm talking about PASSION!
James 5:16 says: 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth (helps) much.
A fervent prayer is really helpful. Its not all about who can shout the loudest or who sounds more like Shakespeare. The definition of fervently is this:
1. Having or displaying a passionate intensity
2. Hot; burning; glowing.
This is the kind of prayer that God answers! What if our prayers are not lacking faith but passion? Maybe, if we aren't seeing our prayers answered, what we need isn't a greater faith but a heart transplant? Are our heart ready to welcome in the next generation of revivalists that we are praying for?
I'm not against faith, it's key in the kingdom. I just don't think that the cause of revival is faith, but a universal, passionate pursuit of Jesus! Jesus himself was a passionate person! He upturned the tables, was filled with compassion, rebuked the pharisees, hung out with sinners, loved tax collectors, touched the lepers and died on a cross! How much more passionate can you get! Lets follow Jesus' example, and pray for a fire to be birthed in our nation that would only be matched by our own! Here is the challenge... Will we be a passionate people?
Jack the church kid.
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Peace, the perfect fertilizer
Hello again!
Today I want to talk about peace. Peace is one of the fruits of the spirit and it's really useful!
Philippians 4:6-7 says: 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Paul says to "present your requests to God." When we live in a state of being fully dependent on God then we open up the door for supernatural peace to enter our lives. That can be a scary place to be... Like a trust fall... blind folded... off of a cliff. It doesn't make sense to our minds but God's peace is a peace "that transcends all understanding." If you thought about it, it wouldn't make sense but God's peace totally bypasses all reasoning and deals direct with the soil of our heart. The perfect fertilizer!
So often we go to receive from God and our minds get in the way. Human instinct tells us to stay away from things that we don't understand. We like to be in control. The problem with receiving all these amazing things from God is that when we are doing business with God we are not in control! He is! When we are in pain we take a pain killer, but when these worries start to threaten your receiving healing or deliverance, you need to take a chill pill and receive God's peace!
Jack the church kid
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
A poem
Hiya readers!
Everyone's got their own nerdy secret right? Well, mine is poetry. Every now and again I'll just grab a computer and type something up... I wrote this a while back and wanted to share it on here. Hope you guys like it!
Everyone's got their own nerdy secret right? Well, mine is poetry. Every now and again I'll just grab a computer and type something up... I wrote this a while back and wanted to share it on here. Hope you guys like it!
Among the whispers
Audible silence
all falls deathly still
dreams are awaking
they are whispering still.
Heroes are born
and burned at the stake
in the eerie silence
that none dare break.
But from among the whispers
one stands tall
one still, small voice
to challenge them all!
To tear down the walls
and rattle the gates
to shake the ground
with mighty earthquakes.
A vision is born
in the dead of night
a passion ignited
it is burning bright.
A pillar of fire
on top of the mount
as bright as the sun
it will never burn out.
Should I long for this whisper
and chase after this flame?
For those not yet born
to remember its name?
The time has now come
for my destiny
you’ll find me in the desert
in pursuit of glory!
Jack the church kid.
Monday, 1 July 2013
Love till it hurts
Hey peoples!
I wanna talk about love. People have basic needs like food, water and oxygen but did you know that you also need love. The media today has perverted love itself and now a battle rages in the hearts and minds of young people everywhere! What is love? Where is it? How will I find it if I don't know what it looks like?
Philippians 3:18-21 says this:
18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
The world is led by their flesh (or stomach) but they are following the wrong guide! The church follows after the spirit because the spirit leads us in all truth! The spirit look to God for love, acceptance and identity but the flesh wears a mask of insecurity and dabbles in sin in order to earn the affection of other, like-minded mask wearers. The thing that we have in common is that, once upon a time, we were all love seeking orphans.
We were once where they were! Now WE must demonstrate to the lost the true definition of love and show them the way to adoption. We have been adopted by daddy God and they can be too! We have the brother hood that the gang members are looking for, the peace of God that the drunk is seeking and the family that the outcast is desperately looking for!
I want to challenge you guys... Love till it hurts! Don't compromise, don't wait, don't hesitate, just love. I believe that out of the ashes of this broken culture with arise an army of lovers such as the world has never seen! Will you join it's ranks?
Jack the church kid
I wanna talk about love. People have basic needs like food, water and oxygen but did you know that you also need love. The media today has perverted love itself and now a battle rages in the hearts and minds of young people everywhere! What is love? Where is it? How will I find it if I don't know what it looks like?
Philippians 3:18-21 says this:
18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
The world is led by their flesh (or stomach) but they are following the wrong guide! The church follows after the spirit because the spirit leads us in all truth! The spirit look to God for love, acceptance and identity but the flesh wears a mask of insecurity and dabbles in sin in order to earn the affection of other, like-minded mask wearers. The thing that we have in common is that, once upon a time, we were all love seeking orphans.
We were once where they were! Now WE must demonstrate to the lost the true definition of love and show them the way to adoption. We have been adopted by daddy God and they can be too! We have the brother hood that the gang members are looking for, the peace of God that the drunk is seeking and the family that the outcast is desperately looking for!
I want to challenge you guys... Love till it hurts! Don't compromise, don't wait, don't hesitate, just love. I believe that out of the ashes of this broken culture with arise an army of lovers such as the world has never seen! Will you join it's ranks?
Jack the church kid
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Revival
Hey again!
I love hearing stories about revival. It stirs me up and I just can't get enough! If u don't know what I'm talking about, go read books on Azuza street or The Jesus Movement. Cool things happen when we chase after God. Signs and wonder begin to break out healings are common place and salvations are everywhere! When we honestly want nothing more than to sit on Daddy God's lap and experience his goodness, fun things start to happen.
Tommy Tenny, in his book 'Chasing after God' said this:
"If we're not careful, we can become so interested in developing the 'cult of the comfortable' with our comfortable pastor, our comfortable church buildings and our comfortable circle of friends that we forget about the thousands of discontented, wounded and dying people that pass by our comfortable church every day!"
Many churches are scrambling like mad trying to get ready for this HUGE harvest that is on our doorstep. Sweeping out the spiritual cobwebs and making room for God to move. We seem to have this impression that God only pours out what we are able to contain.
Luke 6:38 says: "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
The whole point of Revival is that no matter how hard you try you are never going to be ready for it! It's just plain impossible! Getting a bigger cup will not stop him spilling blessings all over the floor, the table and your nice new shirt. The trick is to share the new wine with as many thirsty people as you possibly can! It'll be messy and you won't be able to control it but It'll be worth it!
Jack the church kid.
I love hearing stories about revival. It stirs me up and I just can't get enough! If u don't know what I'm talking about, go read books on Azuza street or The Jesus Movement. Cool things happen when we chase after God. Signs and wonder begin to break out healings are common place and salvations are everywhere! When we honestly want nothing more than to sit on Daddy God's lap and experience his goodness, fun things start to happen.
Tommy Tenny, in his book 'Chasing after God' said this:
"If we're not careful, we can become so interested in developing the 'cult of the comfortable' with our comfortable pastor, our comfortable church buildings and our comfortable circle of friends that we forget about the thousands of discontented, wounded and dying people that pass by our comfortable church every day!"
Many churches are scrambling like mad trying to get ready for this HUGE harvest that is on our doorstep. Sweeping out the spiritual cobwebs and making room for God to move. We seem to have this impression that God only pours out what we are able to contain.
Luke 6:38 says: "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
The whole point of Revival is that no matter how hard you try you are never going to be ready for it! It's just plain impossible! Getting a bigger cup will not stop him spilling blessings all over the floor, the table and your nice new shirt. The trick is to share the new wine with as many thirsty people as you possibly can! It'll be messy and you won't be able to control it but It'll be worth it!
Jack the church kid.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Presence of God
Sup people!
I said in my last post that I like to hang out with God. This is true and I make no excuses for it! I think now though, I should probably talk more about what that looks like today. The glory of God is a powerful thing. It changes lives and births passion in the most unlikely of people. You never know what God is going to do next! We've all heard the expression 'another trick up my sleeve' right? Well God has sleeves so massive you would not believe! He's always up to something new! Being enveloped in his love is the best feeling in the world!
The glory of God is kinda like the quickest road to school each day. Once you've been down it once it's pretty hard to get lost along that road. The more often you use that same route to get to where you're going the more you get to know that road. You get to the point where you could walk down that same road backwards, blindfolded. Practice makes perfect! Once we've been in Gods presence once we know the way back, we know where to find him!
We need to know God, not know about him! I know my friends. If I come knocking on their door asking if they want to come out and play football they are going to say "yeah, sure!" I know about the Prime Minister. If I go knocking on his door though, I'm gonna get nicked. See the difference? Christianity is not a religion it's a relationship. If we don't know the person we are living our lives for then we are standing on a rotten foundation.
The good thing about God is that he's not very hard to find. If you are a christian Jesus lives on the inside of you... He's not really hiding from us is he? So what are you waiting for? The tangible presence of God is on your doorstep!
Jack, the church kid.
I said in my last post that I like to hang out with God. This is true and I make no excuses for it! I think now though, I should probably talk more about what that looks like today. The glory of God is a powerful thing. It changes lives and births passion in the most unlikely of people. You never know what God is going to do next! We've all heard the expression 'another trick up my sleeve' right? Well God has sleeves so massive you would not believe! He's always up to something new! Being enveloped in his love is the best feeling in the world!
The glory of God is kinda like the quickest road to school each day. Once you've been down it once it's pretty hard to get lost along that road. The more often you use that same route to get to where you're going the more you get to know that road. You get to the point where you could walk down that same road backwards, blindfolded. Practice makes perfect! Once we've been in Gods presence once we know the way back, we know where to find him!
We need to know God, not know about him! I know my friends. If I come knocking on their door asking if they want to come out and play football they are going to say "yeah, sure!" I know about the Prime Minister. If I go knocking on his door though, I'm gonna get nicked. See the difference? Christianity is not a religion it's a relationship. If we don't know the person we are living our lives for then we are standing on a rotten foundation.
The good thing about God is that he's not very hard to find. If you are a christian Jesus lives on the inside of you... He's not really hiding from us is he? So what are you waiting for? The tangible presence of God is on your doorstep!
Jack, the church kid.
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Hello world!
Hello world!
This is my first blog post and so I figured it would be appropriate to introduce myself. My name is Jack, I am fifteen years old and I am a church kid. For those who don't know what this means: a church kid is one of those kids who's parents bring them along to church when they are little and all through their teenage years. I love God and I love hanging out with him. Some people think that is crazy, I don't think so.
God is an amazing person who is actually interested in our lives! If I were the king of heaven looking down at my life I'd probably just go "meh" and go find something more interesting to do. Yet God is constantly watching and waiting for us to turn our affections toward him! That sounds kinda weird but It's true! God is like the loving dad waiting to catch his three year old son's eye and see if he can't win a smile... Cool right?
Jesus said that unless you become like little children, you cannot even enter the kingdom of God. We are all called, by God, to be childish. I figure I have a bit of an advantage. I pull pranks on my friends every now and again, eat lots of chocolate and watch movies like 'Despicable Me' and 'Wreck it Ralph' (although I don't mind a bit of Star Wars every now and then!) It's probably a lot harder to be child-like when you're all grown up though... To all the other 'church kids' out there: Don't lose your head start!
Jack the church kid.
This is my first blog post and so I figured it would be appropriate to introduce myself. My name is Jack, I am fifteen years old and I am a church kid. For those who don't know what this means: a church kid is one of those kids who's parents bring them along to church when they are little and all through their teenage years. I love God and I love hanging out with him. Some people think that is crazy, I don't think so.
God is an amazing person who is actually interested in our lives! If I were the king of heaven looking down at my life I'd probably just go "meh" and go find something more interesting to do. Yet God is constantly watching and waiting for us to turn our affections toward him! That sounds kinda weird but It's true! God is like the loving dad waiting to catch his three year old son's eye and see if he can't win a smile... Cool right?
Jesus said that unless you become like little children, you cannot even enter the kingdom of God. We are all called, by God, to be childish. I figure I have a bit of an advantage. I pull pranks on my friends every now and again, eat lots of chocolate and watch movies like 'Despicable Me' and 'Wreck it Ralph' (although I don't mind a bit of Star Wars every now and then!) It's probably a lot harder to be child-like when you're all grown up though... To all the other 'church kids' out there: Don't lose your head start!
Jack the church kid.
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