Why, when we hear the word 'rebellious' we think of someone whose doing drugs, drinking, rebelling against authority etc?
Here's my question, is that really rebellion? How's it rebellion if everyone seems to be doing it?
If you do do drugs, drink, disobey etc are you not a rebel but a conformist?
Doing those things that's called sin...
Ya know Jesus was a rebel. Christ rebelled by shunning the culture. He ate with sinners. Talked with a Samaritan woman (John 4)
I know in our day, rebel means sinner. But everyone is sinning so it's no longer rebellious to sin. Jesus was a rebel who was counter culture. So, if you're following what this world is doing, you're not a 'rebel' but instead you're a conformist.
2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind... (Romans 12:2)
What does that mean anyway?
It means stop doing what this world says what you 'should' be doing, because, supposedly, that's what 'everyone' is doing. Stop acting like the world and start acting Christ-like.
1Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
3But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a] 6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7Therefore do not be partners with them.
8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10and find out what pleases the Lord. 11Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:
"Wake up, O sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."
15Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. 18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. 19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
How exactly does doing drugs, drinking, disobeying etc make you not a rebel but a conformist? It makes you a conformist because those are sins...and everyone is carrying on Adam and Eve's sinful legacy...
The only thing that falls under the worlds deffinition of rebellion, is when Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden... think about it.
If you want to be a rebel, read your bible. 'cause no one seems to be doing that.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Love?
While I'm sitting in the cafeteria at my high school the song 'My Jesus' by Todd Agnew was playing on my mp3 player. At that moment I felt convicted because I was judging people's personalities based soley on their looks. And when Todd started singing these words that I'm going to put down here, I felt bad for doing that. Because God has a crazy, self-sacrificing, relentless love for them and I was judging them. So here is what he sang...
Which Jesus do you follow,
Which Jesus do you serve
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ,
Why do you look so much like the world
Cause My Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and liars,
He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant
So which one do you want to be
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
or do we pray to blessed with with the wealth of this land
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness
Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sands
Judging people is such a worldly thing. My God, My God, help me to show them the love of Christ more and more everyday. Shape me into the image of your Son. Amen.
I don't know what these people have gone through, but I do know this; They NEED Jesus!! Now. And, as Christians, it is our God-given duty to be burning bright with such an overwhelming passion for Jesus that people will wonder what we have within us and then, we get to share the greatest message of all time. The gospel.
Who is this that You follow,
This picture of the American dream,
If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side,
Or fall down and worship at His holy feet
holy
Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion,
Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins,
But the Word says He was battered and scarred
Or did you miss that part,
Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him
My Jesus bled and died He spent His time with thieves and the least of
these,
He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable,
So which one do you want to be,
Cause
My Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet might stain the carpet,
But He reaches for the hurting and despises the proud
And,
I think He'd prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd
And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud
I want to be like my Jesus
I want to be like my Jesus
I don't know what else to say except that God is the best ever. So, I challenge you, in the next 48 hours, to share with someone, I don't care who, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Go and SHRED THE GNAR!!! (means go big or go home)
Lord, I pray for strength for all of us students on our campuses. Just give us the strength to stand up and live for You. Let us be the light in this darkness. Here we are Lord, take us and use us for Your glory. Give us the words to speak and the actions to show the other students. I pray that You would help us raise up a generation of people who seek your face in all that we do and help us to not be ashamed of You. Lord, I want to thank you for it in Jesus name, Amen.
Which Jesus do you follow,
Which Jesus do you serve
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ,
Why do you look so much like the world
Cause My Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and liars,
He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant
So which one do you want to be
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
or do we pray to blessed with with the wealth of this land
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness
Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sands
Judging people is such a worldly thing. My God, My God, help me to show them the love of Christ more and more everyday. Shape me into the image of your Son. Amen.
I don't know what these people have gone through, but I do know this; They NEED Jesus!! Now. And, as Christians, it is our God-given duty to be burning bright with such an overwhelming passion for Jesus that people will wonder what we have within us and then, we get to share the greatest message of all time. The gospel.
Who is this that You follow,
This picture of the American dream,
If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side,
Or fall down and worship at His holy feet
holy
Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion,
Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins,
But the Word says He was battered and scarred
Or did you miss that part,
Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him
My Jesus bled and died He spent His time with thieves and the least of
these,
He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable,
So which one do you want to be,
Cause
My Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet might stain the carpet,
But He reaches for the hurting and despises the proud
And,
I think He'd prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd
And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud
I want to be like my Jesus
I want to be like my Jesus
I don't know what else to say except that God is the best ever. So, I challenge you, in the next 48 hours, to share with someone, I don't care who, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Go and SHRED THE GNAR!!! (means go big or go home)
Lord, I pray for strength for all of us students on our campuses. Just give us the strength to stand up and live for You. Let us be the light in this darkness. Here we are Lord, take us and use us for Your glory. Give us the words to speak and the actions to show the other students. I pray that You would help us raise up a generation of people who seek your face in all that we do and help us to not be ashamed of You. Lord, I want to thank you for it in Jesus name, Amen.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Status Quo
So, as I'm listening to the song Brave by Nicole Nordeman, I think of this one girl at my old school who was wearing this shirt that said 'Status Quo' and it made me think about how many people actually attempt to reach something that the people who make it can't even reach it. Like in magazines, they're totally photoshopped. Those people who are in there don't even look like that. annoying.
But, seriously, it's unrealistic. Oh and the other day at school in Self Development, we watched this video of these teens who are from different cliques...if you've seen The Breakfast Club you know what I mean. And at one point they went to this place where they met a model and were shown how they do the pictures... photoshop. I remember seeing the one girl who was in there just cry. It made me mad more than anything. But, I was also hurt. Mad because they're ripping people off and sad because we're buying it.
Look this way, act, talk, think...etc. this way. It's the complete opposite of what the Bible says. In 1 Corinthians 14:20: "Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults." (NIV) Our culture says, "Be mature in evil, but in your thinking and behaviour be childish."
This just makes me think of the song More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz... oh and if you're a lady join the group More Beautiful You (Ladies Only) on facebook.
My laptop is being a pain, so I'll go. blehk, I hate technology!
But, seriously, it's unrealistic. Oh and the other day at school in Self Development, we watched this video of these teens who are from different cliques...if you've seen The Breakfast Club you know what I mean. And at one point they went to this place where they met a model and were shown how they do the pictures... photoshop. I remember seeing the one girl who was in there just cry. It made me mad more than anything. But, I was also hurt. Mad because they're ripping people off and sad because we're buying it.
Look this way, act, talk, think...etc. this way. It's the complete opposite of what the Bible says. In 1 Corinthians 14:20: "Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults." (NIV) Our culture says, "Be mature in evil, but in your thinking and behaviour be childish."
This just makes me think of the song More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz... oh and if you're a lady join the group More Beautiful You (Ladies Only) on facebook.
My laptop is being a pain, so I'll go. blehk, I hate technology!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
No One Else Knows...
As I listen to this song by Building 429, I can't help but to think of how my family acts when they ever-s0-easy bring up the topic of divorce. Something you should know, my parents have been divorced since May 8th 2009. They talk as if it doesn't phase them one bit, while I'm over there with them trying oh so hard to distract myself from it. In my mind, I'm hoping they'll ask how I'm handling it. It hardly ever happens. I just don't get how they can act like everything is a-okay and NOTHING happen. Um, hello? My family fell apart and this is how they choose to respond? It hurts me, I just don't understand how they can act like that and assume that's how I feel too. If only they knew that I've cried myself to sleep because I'm sooo hurt by this.
As a teenage girl, having broken relationships with family isn't good nor is it easy. I hate having a broken relationship with both parents. As if it weren't bad enough that my parents are divorced. The divorce seems to have hit me the hardest out of mom and kayce. I think it hurts my dad too. I'd like to think that we all went through it, but I'm convinced I'm wrong on that one.
I know in the past I've said that my parents need to get a divorce...if I knew how much pain and sleepless nights it would've caused, I wouldn't have said it. I knew somewhere in me that I didn't want that to happen. I, honestly, just wanted things to change. Well, they did. Alot. Now, my parents are divorced, I live with my mom in North Kansas City, Missouri, and I go to a new school...
Handling this is obviously not easy for me nor for anyone else who has gone through this and has actually felt that emense pain that it places on you. My mom, countless number of times, told me, and I quote "I know how you feel," and I'm thinking 'YOU LIAR!! You're parents are together still. and isn't 'I know how you feel' a statement saying you've been there?' and then after saying "I know how you feel,' she says, "I'd be hurt too IF my parents got a divorce." Um, did you notice the contradiction too?
Just thinking of how other teens handle this without Jesus, hurts me so much. I don't understand how they get through it without Him.. I have every single right to say "I know how you feel. because my parents actually got a divorce when I was a freshman in High School. It brakes my heart." My mom shouldn't say that, she has no right to. She is clueless on how I feel.
No idea of how it feels when the people whom you are supposed to look up to and never leave you, end up being the ones who do. And where/who do you go to from there? Who helps you through things that you don't understand why they had to happen to you?
The people who have meant the most seem to have been those who have left. When I was younger, I remember when my dad took me over to his parents house so they could watch me, I remember when he was supposed to leave to go to work, I wrapped my tiny arms around his neck and would not let go for anything. I hated it at his parents house. They were VERY boring for a 4-6 year old something kid to have to be around. And then when we would leave, I'd tell my mom how boring it was and we didn't get to do anything. Oh, and when my mom would take me, I screamed bloody murder...so she told me. I guess I really did hate it there.
I know that I'm not the only one who has felt pain like this. All over the world divorce happens. And I have realized that there is “someone” in my life that will never leave me nor forsake me. && no matter what, this “someone” will always love me and will never hurt me. This “someone” actually loves me even when I don’t love back. This "someone" knows all my faults, and still loves me. This "someone" doesn’t just give me broken promises, or empty words about love, but actually died to prove true love to me. This “someone” is Jesus. I love my Jesus
As a teenage girl, having broken relationships with family isn't good nor is it easy. I hate having a broken relationship with both parents. As if it weren't bad enough that my parents are divorced. The divorce seems to have hit me the hardest out of mom and kayce. I think it hurts my dad too. I'd like to think that we all went through it, but I'm convinced I'm wrong on that one.
I know in the past I've said that my parents need to get a divorce...if I knew how much pain and sleepless nights it would've caused, I wouldn't have said it. I knew somewhere in me that I didn't want that to happen. I, honestly, just wanted things to change. Well, they did. Alot. Now, my parents are divorced, I live with my mom in North Kansas City, Missouri, and I go to a new school...
Handling this is obviously not easy for me nor for anyone else who has gone through this and has actually felt that emense pain that it places on you. My mom, countless number of times, told me, and I quote "I know how you feel," and I'm thinking 'YOU LIAR!! You're parents are together still. and isn't 'I know how you feel' a statement saying you've been there?' and then after saying "I know how you feel,' she says, "I'd be hurt too IF my parents got a divorce." Um, did you notice the contradiction too?
Just thinking of how other teens handle this without Jesus, hurts me so much. I don't understand how they get through it without Him.. I have every single right to say "I know how you feel. because my parents actually got a divorce when I was a freshman in High School. It brakes my heart." My mom shouldn't say that, she has no right to. She is clueless on how I feel.
No idea of how it feels when the people whom you are supposed to look up to and never leave you, end up being the ones who do. And where/who do you go to from there? Who helps you through things that you don't understand why they had to happen to you?
The people who have meant the most seem to have been those who have left. When I was younger, I remember when my dad took me over to his parents house so they could watch me, I remember when he was supposed to leave to go to work, I wrapped my tiny arms around his neck and would not let go for anything. I hated it at his parents house. They were VERY boring for a 4-6 year old something kid to have to be around. And then when we would leave, I'd tell my mom how boring it was and we didn't get to do anything. Oh, and when my mom would take me, I screamed bloody murder...so she told me. I guess I really did hate it there.
I know that I'm not the only one who has felt pain like this. All over the world divorce happens. And I have realized that there is “someone” in my life that will never leave me nor forsake me. && no matter what, this “someone” will always love me and will never hurt me. This “someone” actually loves me even when I don’t love back. This "someone" knows all my faults, and still loves me. This "someone" doesn’t just give me broken promises, or empty words about love, but actually died to prove true love to me. This “someone” is Jesus. I love my Jesus
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