I was born into a home that loved the Lord. I remember at a young age, going to church many hours during the week praying and serving God. My parents continued asking me when I was going to allow Jesus to come into my heart. I was very reluatate. I truly believe that the Lord saved me based off the prayers and the commitment I made by parents constantly praying for me. When I gave my life to Christ, my life began to be transformed passionately towards Him. My father is a pastor of a church in the area so my childhood was mostly spent running through the halls of the church on Sundays and Wednesdays trying not to get caught. In high school I was involved in the church music ministry. I was a drummer for the choir and worship team. Every time …show more content…
So things were totally different for me than they were back home and I had to rely on something unique to keep me in line with Christ. I started reading a devotional daily along with prayer. Reading a devotional daily changed my life. It allowed me to make the right decisions, which resulted in God working things out in my favor. During the 4 years of college God blessed me with the chance to do the unthinkable and the impossible. I give total credit to God for allowing me to be successful because of my commitment, consistency and dedication in taking the time out to read devotionals daily to see what God was saying to me daily. The Lord really matured me during the time I spent in college reading. After several years of planning, the Lord called me to write a devotional. This devotional is called “Conquering Your Crossroad Experience” a 40-day devotional on conquering life’s challenges and …show more content…
Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove lampstand from its place.” Revelation 2:4-5 NIV
One of the most astounding revelations about our Creator is His passion for His creation. Our God is a passionate God and because we are created in his image, we are passionate people. God put this wonderful trait in us so we would be obsessed with Him and His kingdom. However, we live in a sinful world and the deceiver is always at work trying to divert our passions. Satan doesn’t care which distraction you’re passionate about, as long as it’s not our Savior.
We’ve all been there, we wake up one day and we’re obsessed with our hobbies. And then something happens that throws us off and causes us to not like what we once did as much. We’re not sure when it happened but somewhere along the way, we lost our passion for our lord and Savior. Often times when we lose our passion for God we lose our passion to fight strongly against our crossroads or whatever causes us problems. We tend to give up and not attempt to get
Have patience, like Job, and remember trials are only temporary. Even though Job, through his fear and ignorance thought God caused his trouble, he never turned from God. He cursed his situation, but not God.
Over the course of time, people have faced problems in order to survive, so they can live up to the legacy of family members and friends. During their journey, people have faced struggles that made them successful later on in their life. “Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to get you to the next place, and the next place, up to this very moment,”-Dr. Wayne W. Dyer ’s quote.
My lifestyle changed drastically. I didn’t know how to function. My mom had to get her first job since my sister was born. The stock market crash and the loss of our luxuries helped me realize the value of family, that money is not the most important aspect of life. As my family grew apart, my relationship with God grew.
Jennifer pulled me aside one day and asked me if I knew about Jesus Christ. I told her that I did. I was raised a Catholic and I had been taught that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Jennifer told me that there was more to God than just Him being the Son. She asked if she could meet with me and tell me more. At that point I was really que...
If someone told you “the life you save may be your own”, how would you interpret it? In the story, “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, Tom Shiftlet happens upon this saying as he is trying to escape his mistakes. The symbolism with this saying shows how Mr Shiftlet needs to change his ways if he wants to stop hurting the people he cares about. This short story by Flannery O 'Conner brings together the themes of gender inequality and the 1950s to formulate a story with such an impact. “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Conner is a timeless classic with values and themes that can apply to life in any generation because of its historical time period, its perspective, and its symbolism.
In addition to putting away the sins of His people, Christ's redemption secured everything necessary for their salvation, including faith which unites them to Him. The gift of faith is infallibly applied by the Spirit to all for whom Christ died, therefore guaranteeing their
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Growing up in the church has really shaped the way I live my life. My family started attending Roxana Church of the Nazarene in Roxana, Illinois shortly after I began going to their daycare when I was two years old. I grew up with the same pastor, Larry Lacher, for eighteen years, which was such a blessing. I was able to share times of joy and times of sorrow, times success and times of defeat, and everything in between with Pastor Larry.
When I reached my mid-thirty 's, I began to feel like all of my ambitions were flushed down the drain. Feeling too old to go back to school, but too young to be taken seriously, I felt stuck in life with no place to go. Sure, I was a single mother of three with more activities in one day than most have in a week, but I still felt like something was absent in my life. One day I was sitting on the couch watching TV, and a commercial came on for an adult learning college . Right away I knew that I could take this leap into the unknown. Although, this was not the right school for me, it did however point me to the right direction. It was God was directing me to CCU by providing me with a fresh start to a new vocation, based around Christian worldviews.
I accepted Christ as my savior when I was about six years old. It is one of my most vivid memories from that age. Although, when I got older there have been times of wondering if I was too young for such a big decision, I think back to that day and recall knowing exactly why I had made that decision. I loved Jesus and wanted to dedicate my life to him and that still applies for today.
Growing up in a Christian family I have always attended church. The typical bible stories and illustrations have been imprinted into my mind unlike anything else. My first memory of church comes around 1st Grade at First Baptist Church in Medford, Oregon. Although I ask the Lord into my heart at age four, First Baptist formed my spiritual foundation. Whether it was through "sword drills" or verse memorization, those Sunday School sessions proved valuable to me in my walk with the Lord. My first big step in my faith came at a time where my family was taking a big step as well. My dad took a job in Columbus, Ohio at Cypress Christian School. I knew nothing other than First Baptist and the thought of attending a 'Mega-Church' was scary to me.
Throughout life I have encountered and suffered some tremendous losses. The significance of faith, prayer, the support of family and God has helped me to overcome such affliction. I transitioned in careers from a Network Specialist to a Correctional Officer. In all sincerity this was one of the most dangerous and challenging jobs I held. From the time I can recall I wanted to be a school teacher.
My faith story is not terribly unique. I haven’t had to overcome any massively life-altering obstacles, like fighting off cancer or having a parent die; in fact, I’ve led a pretty normal life, if there is such a thing as normal. However, that does not mean that my life has been without challenge. I have overcome several challenges throughout the course of my life, and the growth from these challenges continues to impact my faith to this day.
I visited a different church every Sunday. I visited one church that I felt comfortable with. I started attending that church every Sunday and eventually gave my life to Jesus and joined the church. After about a year, I was very active in the Church. I was in the ushers, evangelism, and finance ministries.
I remember this day distinctly. I pulled my hat over my eyes because the sun was shining extremely bright on this hot summer day. I looked over to my mom to tell her that the gas had run out of the lawnmower. She was trimming the extra leaves on the bushes. My mother loved taking care of the lawn. She couldn’t take the lawn looking neglectful. I loved that about my mom she didn’t care how old I was she only cared that I represent her and my dad and no one else. As I am walking to the garage of our brick townhouse to get the gas little did I know that this would be one of the momentous days of my life.
Praise God; that was the phrase I would here every morning when my dad would drop me off for school. Although my family has gone through many hard times, they have grown to know Christ and wanted to share that with their kids. I grew up in the kind of household that if you said “shut up” then you were going to be spanked several times. I knew one thing on Sunday morning and Wednesday nights; you go to church. Church became a hobby to me, I didn’t hate going there but it was just what you did. I thought that all families were like that also, I didn’t realize till my teenage years that not everyone goes to church every Sunday morning and Wednesday night. But as I grew older and started really listening to what my friends would talk about at school, I saw that life wasn’t all about going to church and being a Christian for some people.