Posted by: Caleb Rutkowski
on Feb 22, 2012
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? when you see that you think "huh?" or question or "what." So what am i talking about. I'm talking about all three. This is my question to you, What is God going to do with you next? Tough one, huh? We have to open our hearts and let God use us! We can stand back and build walls to be comfortable but you will feel trapped in those walls at the same time. You might not see that the walls are trapping you. You might make yourself think that it is something else that makes you feel trapped.
Example: Your job, your relationships, your organizational skills, where you live, how much you get paid, what your boss thinks of you, what town you live in, what your friends think of you, your own lusts, how your parents raised you and even the way you are raising your kids(mentoring someone if you don't have kids yet).
These are things that we add to our walls. All of those things are like posters and stickers hiding the walls we built so that God and others can't get too close. To break those walls you don't have to do it brick by brick(that's not a bad place to start though) but you can kick it down. Yes, you might feel vulnerable but God is standing next to you. Things might tempt you to started building those walls again but He is there to hold back the main force of satan, only letting enough temptation through for you to fight along side God. You can ask for the strength to fight the temptation and He will give it to you.
You must know that it wont be an easy road though. It will be hard at times but those times are the times where God is watching for you to shine and deny the devil and praise the Lord. The more you fight the easier it will be to fight that temptation. Though you will start having things thrown at you that you would have never been able to fight before but because you have been faithful, God knows you will rely on Him. He lets us go through stuff that we never dreamed of because he knows you and your love for Him and he wants to see how much we will fight for him.
You are thinking why would i want to put myself through all that. Well let me just tell you. God will bless you in many different ways after each temptation overcome. He will see that you want to be closer to him more and more. You might not see every blessing but one thing i can say is that if you are asking for Gods help you will feel so much peace. My brothers kick down that wall and remember: James 1:2-4(NKJV)
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
Posted by: Jeff Mom
on Feb 16, 2012
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James 1:2-4
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete lacking in nothing.
James 1:2-4
Posted by: Jeff Mom
on Feb 11, 2012
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VOW = Verse Of the Week
Isaiah 50:4 -
The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. - Isaiah 50:4
Let's memorize this verse together and say it next week to each other.
We are called to be like Jesus. We should get up early morning by morning and listen as a disciple and be one. (I'm speaking to myself MORE than to any of all men. I need to allow myself to be woken by God and to get into His word.)
Posted by: Caleb Rutkowski
on Feb 5, 2012
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So I really don't know what I want to do with my life but what I did find is that i have a paaion for kids. I love to see them smile and I love to watch them have fun and I really love to teach them something that they will use for God. Right now i am at Springhill Camps, way up north in Evart, and i just had some chances to connect with kids and make them feel as if they were the only ones in the world I cared to talk to. I was once that kid that was unsure of himself but when that someone stepped in and just encouraged me I wanted to grow and be like him. It looks like the passion I had is still with me ten years later. I know i am young and i have more of a chance to change what im doing. I think you should follow your passion, and use your passion for God!