Maranatha
Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for the encouragement earlier, it means a lot! :) Have a lovely day and God bless!
You’re welcome! May God bless you and continue to encourage you through many others.
In Christ,
Wesley
June 2011
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“When people come to your gatherings do they see so much love that they actually get a glimpse of God or do they just see a lot of knowledge?”
—Francis Chan
You know you're walking in Truth when persecution soon follows.
“And you will be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” - Matthew 10:22
So, ever since graduating 2.5 months ago, life has been. Well…Slow and sporadic. I know that I’ve been getting some texts that generally say, “What have you been up to since graduating?” or “Where have you gone?” and “You disappeared.”
Well, it would appear so that I have indeed “disappeared” to most people, but isn’t it like that for most people after graduating from college? Whether they live in the area or not you do not see them as much.
I’ve been told that I have a gift of staying in touch with people and I thought it to be true, but honestly it’s very difficult to stay in touch with hundreds of people all over the world. Seriously now. Occasionally, though, I do like to get in contact with some people I haven’t had contact with in a while, so you may or may not get a text/call/fb message at some point in the near future.
For those that do read this, here is what my day generally looks like: wake up, check my e-mails (yes, I have multiple accounts, but who doesn’t?), do a devotional, search for companies to apply for, cook/eat lunch, shower (weird time to shower eh?), apply for those companies, work out, worship jam sesh by myself, check e-mails again, cook/eat dinner, wind down the day.
As you can see, it’s very uneventful, but in the past 2 months I have had work at UCLA School of Law and Pepperdine. I’ve also had a few tests at Edison and a few job interviews for Edison. I’ve also turned down a few jobs because they didn’t pay enough to live where they were located.
So, you can’t honestly say that I’ve disappeared, but that we have yet to communicate with each other to get together on my part as well as yours. My schedule is generally wide open and I don’t know what your schedule is like, which is why I let you decide when to get together so that it is based on your busy schedules. I love you all more than you know and I pray for each and every one of you.
May 2011
64 posts
“I’m willing to bet there are millions of churchgoers across America who cannot confidently say they have experienced His presence or action in their lives over the past year. And many of them do not believe they can. The benchmark of success in church services has become more about attendance than the movement of the Holy Spirit. The “entertainment” model of church was largely adopted in the 1980’s and ‘90’s and while it alleviated some of our boredom for a couple of hours a week, it filled our churches with self-focused consumers rather than self-sacrificing servants attuned to the Holy Spirit….The light of the American church is flickering and nearly extinguished, having largely sold out to the kingdoms and values of this world….We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God….shouldn’t there be a huge difference between the person who has the Spirit of God living inside of him or her and the person who does not?”
—Francis Chan (Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit)
Heavenly Father, dear King and friend Jesus, please speak to each of Your children and open their ears to hear. Your sheep know Your voice. Teach us to hear. Teach us to spend time with you. Help each of us to wake up earlier or stay up later, just to talk with You. Forgive us for caring more about the concerns of this world than eternally valuable time with You. Speak and we will listen. Teach us to be still and know that You are God. We pray for opportunities this week to be Your hands and feet. To love You and others with a burning zeal that can not be easily quenched. More of You in each of these readers. More boldness, more courage, more faith, more love, more joy. Rejoicing always! Help us to drop our worries and to stop being upset by the ways in which you seek to disrupt our schedules and our routines. Take us deeper. Bring us higher. We want You!
“Lukewarm people think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven.”
—Francis Chan (Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God)
“He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.”
—Francis Chan (Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God)
“Sometimes I’m asked why the music I create tends to sound like it does — why the optimistic flavor? Is that because you’re an excessively happy person? Do you ever have bad days? It’s an innocent question and I enjoy answering it because music has always been my way of “dealing with life” by way of escapism. Rather than create art that mirrors the inevitable dark days I’m plagued with just like everyone, I prefer to let my daydreams carry me away into places where one can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone, in a way that only the mind can allow. And rather than express whatever angst and malaise that gets dealt my way by writing profane songs littered with curse words or crude allegories or sexual vulgarities, I’d rather spend my time imagining how immensely BEAUTIFUL this life has the perfect potential of being.”
—Adam Young
Both of my knees have in hurting quite a bit lately. Every time I put weight on my right leg my right knee hurts. My way of “remedying” the pain? Exercising it until I can no longer feel the pain. I’ll see if it hurts tomorrow.
Either way, I see this pain as a reminder of how temporary our lives are here on Earth. This pain won’t last forever. I fix my eyes upon the cross and what Jesus did for me. This life is not mine and I pray that the way I live my life will glorify my God. I’d rather have Jesus than anything.
This is my devotion; This is all I know; This is all I have to bring, a life laid down in worship to honour You my King. I live to glorify Your Name. Now my past is swept away by the sacrifice You’ve made. I am Yours, set my heart on fire for You. Take my life, take it all, I surrender heart and soul. From now on I live for You. In every joy and heartbreak, in trial and temptation be the centre of my heart.
You chose the cross You chose me
Surrendered Your life You chose me
Though I did not deserve You chose me
So I choose to love just as You chose me
I put You first as You first loved me
I’ll treasure Your grace as You died for me
