I’ve been doing some thinking lately and a few nights ago at a prayer meeting something struck me. I realized what a tremendous honor it is that God chose me. I happened to be playing drums that night and I was overwhelmed by the fact that the Creator of the whole universe chose me to play drums. He chose me to be responsible for this earth. He loves me so much that he has faith in me. It’s hard for me to fathom, but for some reason God chose to place His faith in little old me… and you know what the cool thing is??…. He chose you too

Something God has been showing me lately stems from this verse:

“…for whatever is not from faith is sin.” Romans 14:23

Every time we pray or worship or do anything with God, do we know the reason why? A question we need to constantly ask ourselves is “why am I doing what I’m doing?”. It ranges from the smallest things like “why do I close my eyes when I pray?” to “why am I even going to church?” As Christians, we need to know these answers because if we are not doing these things because the Spirit is leading, then we are doing them out of religion/routine. God is not routine. He is the most creative being in the universe. He likes to changes things up. He is interesting. He is fun. He is joyful. He wants us to know why we are doing the things we do so we can better understand Him. What I would encourage you to do is before you do anything, ask yourself, “Is this the Spirit leading?” and “Is this me acting out of religion? or out of faith?”. Thanks

P.S.- most of the reasons can be found in God’s Word. If you’re doing something that’s not in there, you might want to pray about why you’re doing it.

Ministering to someone means you are being Jesus to them. In some cases you might be the only form of Jesus they have at this point in time. In order for you to be Jesus effectively, you have to think… who is Jesus?? Jesus is the one that is always there for us. He heals us, physically and emotionally. He laid His life down for us. He is the only One for us… So, in order to minister Jesus to a person, you have to have all those same traits. You need to be the only One in there life that they know, without a doubt, they can count on(just like Jesus in your own). You need to be willing to do anything to help them, and comfort them, even if it’s not always comfortable to you(Jesus took a beating for you)… Thanks for your time. I hope this helps bring some insight on ministering for you. I know it did for me! Thanks Jesus!

I was listening to a message on the radio the other day and the preacher was talking about the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?”. But instead of answering it, he turned it around and asked the congregation “Why do good things happen to sinful people?”… Personally, I believe that bad things need to happen in our lives because if they didn’t no one would ever turn to God for help. If everything was good all the time and you tried tell someone they need Jesus, their response would be “No I don’t, everything’s fine.” If bad things never happened we wouldn’t need heaven either, because earth would be heaven. So, next time you find yourself going through a trial, instead of getting mad at God, thank Him, because you would be a lot worse off if He didn’t let you go through them.