Thought 24: Change

Change is the difference between was and isChange is not where you are coming from but where you are going
Change is taking courage to be what you have never been before
Change is giving up your old self, making room for a clean slate
Change is giving God your mistakes, your failures, your past
In exchange for wisdom, strength, a future that is forever
Change is the unknown
Not knowing whether He will be with you when you make that choice to choose Him
Not knowing whether you want to loose your home girls,
your home boys that you've known ever since you were five
for The Friend who knows your beginning to your end,
your pain to your healing,
your sin to your salvation
Not knowing whether to stop loving that tune that makes your heart swell with emotion
as it ridicules the real love that Jesus showed you
when those nails pierced his skin whilst looking into your eyes mouthing "This is for you"
Not knowing how Jesus in Heaven lived as Prince,
a King,
a God
Saw a need within us
A need for a Saviour
So He traded
NO!
He made the choice to CHANGE His environment,
chose to leave His Fathers glory,
His home
to come to this earth so that you
Can refuse Him
Can ridicule Him
Can disbelieve Him
Cling to your addiction to this world which does not last
This world whose glories, whose pleasures are but for a moment
This world which thrives on addicts
Addicts of (Enter your lust here)
Refusing to acknowledge the power of the blood of Jesus Christ the Messiah
Refusing to believethat the devil is real
The devil is as real as those lustful thoughts that enter your mind filling it with darkness
Making you assume that you are in control, oh how he easily fooled are you!
But we make his work easier when we think it's easier to believe he is not there
He doesn't need you to believe in him... He needs you to disbelieve in HIM.
The devil caresses your most sinful desires
But thats okay right?
It brings you happiness [short lived]
but doesn't God want you to be happy?
I mean so what if you are replacing the WORLDS creations and putting the name 'Christian' on it, it makes it Godly right ?
See, the devil knows hes going to cease to exist, but he needs you to NOT see what is real
As he clouds your mind enticing you to join him
And join him blindly you do, allowing him to seduce you slowly
Giving you empty fuel for your yearning soul
Soul that needs to be healed from the pain that man caused as he molested you physically when you were but a child
Soul that needs to be protected from all the explicit imagery being filled within your mind through porn addiction
Soul that needs (Enter your pain here)

Soul that needs change
Change is making a journey from your old past to your new future
Change is having the answer to a simple question:
Do you want to make a change for Jesus today?

Thought 23: Dare to be a Daniel

NOTE: Was a bit rushed. Apologies for Spelling&&Grammar mistakes

Dare to be a Daniel. 

What does it mean to dare to be something?

What does that mean if that something is a Daniel?

Quick history recaps:

Daniel and friends were put in a situation where they had to worship a god they didn’t believe in...eat food they didn’t eat...what could they do?

Surely just to keep peace, they could have just pretended to pray...

Surely they could have just eaten that meal...after all you only live once...why not try everything once, right?

Yet.

They chose to be stand up and say NO.

They chose to offend the King and say “Actually, I don't..."

They chose to CHALLENGE the King of a great nation.

Yet we can’t even knock next door to say Jesus loves you.

Dare to stand alone.

Can you ever see yourself making a choice that will single you out from your friends?

Can you ever see yourself being ok with loosing most of those friends because of such a choice?

Are you prepared to stand for what you believe in no matter the consequences?

Are you ready to be named an outcast from the world simply because of your beliefs?

Daniel was thrown in the lion’s den.

Imagine he had a phobia of lions...yet he went in there knowing God is with him...what kind of faith?!

Dare to have a purpose firm 

Are we sure of what you believed in?

Or have we downloaded God on our iPhone and inserted what suits us best and how He can work around that?

Are we here to mingle and make BFFs forgetting the forever that’s ACTUALLY promised?

Daniel stood for what he knew was the truth.

What’s our truth?

Dare to make it known

Talk about God?

Nah. I'd rather write about my night out from that rave last night! It was MAD!

Why should you talk to someone else about what you already know?

If they want to know, they can ask right?

We have let society define what we eat, drink, wear, read...basically what we put in our minds.

We have been taught not to let anyone’s thoughts get in the way of who we want to but surely who we want to be is like Jesus Christ who was perfect?

Jesus Christ who walked on this earth regardless of what people thought of the work he had to do, yet he showed a character that came from Heaven above?

Females, we hate to hear about what we wear because all we want is to look good. Because when you look good, that fine brother finally going to look at you twice right?

But who is he seeing, your exposed flesh or the beauty that is inside?

I mean how else is a girl meant to get attention these days?

With all the males surrounding by naked flash that it actually has started losing its appeal.

With all the males so addicted to what a women is meant to offer their husband...but can freely be given. With just a click.

Where are all the Daniels gone?

Where are all the brothers and sisters who are so deep in faith that when questioned, more than proud to show their love for their Christ?

Where are all the people that stand for what they believe in? Not putting 'Christian-the-name' in front of their desires. Yes there is something called 'Pole Dancing for Jesus' (!!!)

How DARE we disrespect the name of Jesus?

How DARE we try and make Jesus accept what we have fallen in love with?

How DARE we idolize the things of the world and expect God to follow our trends?

Dare to be a Daniel

Dare to be Gods Child.