not again...

Well I'm home again.

There is a lot to say but little that has any importance.

This is what has been on my heart. Please hear me out.

The Gospel is being lost. Everywhere I look and turn my ear to the Gospel is being perverted. I had Red Letters by Tom Davis shipped to my house to read when I came home for Christmas break. I get but fourteen pages in and this is what I read "The gospel I believe offers a cup of cold water in Jesus' name. The only gospel worth living is the one that incarnates love. The only gospel worth giving our lives for is the one that elevates the needs of others above our own. That's what the "good news" is all about."

NO!!!

That is not the good news and that is not the gospel!! Do people not think that the TRUE GOSPEL is good enough for people? What the heck? Listen, hear my frustration. Should we put others needs before our own? yes. But is that what the "good news" is all about? NO! Why pervert the real good news!?! That news does not even come close to what the real "good news" is.

For a moment lets compare.

Tom Davis' "good news" Giving a cup of water in Jesus' name while elevating the person above your self.

or

Jesus' "good news" You are a wicked evil sinner who desirves hell and everlasting darkness but Jesus (being God became a man) came down to earth, lived a sinless life, died on the cross, shed His blood to cover your sin and rose on the third day so that if you would repent (Luke 24:47) of your sin and put your trust in Him you might have everlasting life in Heaven glorifying God forever.

Are you kidding me!?!? Thats a joke, why...why can't people just take the true Gospel and stop giving people false hope of salvation? I could cry just thinking of the people who have been told "just pray this prayer and you will be saved." NO, that is not Biblical!...ah.

The true Gospel must be preached, who will do it?

"If people are to be saved by a message, it must contain at least some measure of knowledge. There must be light as well as fire." Charles Spurgeon

My cry...

Christ to sheild me today against poison, against burning,

 against drowning, against wounding, so that there may come to me aboundance of reward.

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,

Chirst in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,

Christ when I arise, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,

Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me.

I arise today through a mighty strength,

the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the threeness, through confession of the oneness,

of the Creator of Creation.

Little did I know...

Psalm 5

"Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give head to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I will pray."

I need to meditate more on the Word of God. I need it to continue to renew my mind, heart and heck my actions. If He is the King then why do I treat Him like a car wash?

Tim.

Love.

Consuming Fire…

       So last Saturday night guys went to the back forty and had prayer and worship for three hours ending at 11ish. I was not able to make it until the last hour or so. I had to walk back there…and I was in shorts so it was very cold. After prayer we were walking back to the car and I felt like God was telling me “You need to walk back to the dorms.” And in my head I was like “walk back? Are you joking? It’s stinkin cold out and I’m in shorts.” As we arrived at the car Ben said to me “Tim, hop in the car.” At this point I had to chose, am I going to do what I felt God wanted me to do (walk back) or am I going to ride in the heated car? Well needless to say I walked back. I told Ben “na I’m going to walk back.” The group was kind of shocked because well, it was cold, I was in shorts and it’s about a mile walk. They gave me light and drove off into the night. As I was walking I was shaking and very cold, I could not figure out why God wanted me to walk back. I then proceeded to pray this prayer “God, I know you have provided me with shorts to wear, but in my idiocy I wore shorts on a cold night. However, please make me warm because I’m freezing.” Then within an instant I was over come with warmth! I had my hands in my jacket pocket and I could feel heat coming from my stomach. God provided me warmth and I was no longer cold for the rest of the walk home.

It was a miracle of God and He gets all the glory. It blows my mind to think that God even cares about the little things in my life, like being warm on a cold night. God is good.

Praise the Lord.

The Family...

I love my core, I thank God that He gave them for me. There is no doubt that each one is ment to be in my core and that God has a purpos for each one of them. God, continue to work in their lives...shape them into men.

I well for the past while I have had just a stering in my spirit. I don't know what it is, or was or why it was there. Something was bothering me, I prayed a lot about asking God to reveal it to me...but I was not able to figure it out. Keith and I went out and layed in the Horse Shoe at night...about 1:30ish in the morning. He prayed for me that God would reveal to me what it is. Then we just chilled and looked at the starts. I saw about four shooting starts. We talked and talked and talked some more. We did not cover very many topics, and I can't even remember what it was that we talked about. I know he prayed for me...but that was about it. it was an awesome night none the less. One thing I do notice now though, is that I forget a lot of things. *nods* yup, very few things do I really remember without someone else brining it up. Theres a little fun fact about me for all you readers.

Word.