Sunday, November 29, 2009

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I didn't know whether I should eat dinner or not... the strong feeling of hurting for the lost today, felt like it could kill me. I ate, but, I still can't get the fact out of my head that there are people who don't have a relationship with God and I hate the fact that someone dies every second and most likly ends up in Hell.

Earlier, when I was getting close to the appartment door, another guy across the outside hall, walked out of his appartment, and I almost went to complete tears. Imagining a 'Bound for hell' sign on peoples' forehead, is killer. I don't like the idea of anyone being in eternal seperation from God... as the Bible says "God isn't slow as some understand slowness, but wants everyone to come to repentence.'

Do me a favor, and remember back to the time when you didn't know Jesus personally and think about other people, your friends, your family, your husband or wife in eternal seperation from God... it's not just the hell they're headed to, but the hell they are going through...

Listen to this song by JJ Heller - Love Me. Before you read any further. It tore my heart to shreds! I was in tears after the first few seconds of it..



Love. it's what we all desire and long for! is it not? I ended up in tears! Makes me think of how empty and hopeless people must be feeling when they don't have Jesus. How can they survive? It's like they're trying to breathe without the oxygen to supply the air... they're trying to live life to the fullest, but, they can't do it without the source of life. Jesus said in John 14:6 that He is THE life and in John 10:10 He says that He has come to give us life to the very fullest. Is that not what people want? meaning, purpose, love, hope, joy, peace? Why arent they finding it? Because they are rejecting the source of all these things they are longing for.

think I'll get all emotional and heart broken for those who don't know Jesus!! If I'm heart broken over this, God must feel the worst over it. If God knows everyon, how come everyone doesn't know God? Are we not doing enough? I don't think we are...

I'm soo heart broken for those who don't know Jesus and for those 'christians' who aren't heart broken for those who don't know Jesus.
How can they expect to do anything if they aren't torn for those who don't know Jesus?

He cries in the corner where nobody sees
He’s the kid with the story no one would believe
He prays every night, “Dear God won’t you please
Could you send someone here who will love me?"


Ever wonder what people are like at home? I mean, those who don't know Jesus.. when their alone, they must feel hopeless, unloved, so un full of Jesus...etc. What do they go through at home? They come to school in smiles and the next day you find out they killed themselves! What would make someones life that bad, that suicide has to be "the" option of escape? I don't understand it.

People NEED to be loved for who they are. Just love them..like Jesus. He cares for them just as he cares for you.

Her office is shrinking a little each day
She’s the woman whose husband has run away
She’ll go to the gym after working today
Maybe if she was thinner
Then he would’ve stayed
And she says…

Who will love me for me?
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me?
‘Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means


People try to do things in order to make themselves "better" in some way, but they just don't seem satisfied with the results. IF anyone truly loves you, they don't want you to change anything. They love you for you. God loves us not for who we are but for who He is. God has a CRAZY love for all of us..

"But God demonstrated His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that forwhoever belives in Him, shall not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16

"...I have come so you may have life and have it to the very fullest." John 10:10

He’s waiting to die as he sits all alone
He’s a man in a cell who regrets what he’s done
He utters a cry from the depths of his soul
“Oh Lord, forgive me, I want to go home”


Wow, in Self Development, Mrs. Hiatt said something about the class getting to a prison and talk to the inmates, I hope we can go. I'd love to share Jesus with them and then give them a Bible and tell them to read John. Pray that we get to go!! and pray Collosians 4:4-6

Oh and, tomorrow, during lunch, we're gonna have our first campus ministry "meeting"... its not a meeting, we're just going to exchange stories, pray and share ideas... and talk about THE cause. I printed 20 out for the other people... even though there aren't even 20... there's only like 7 or 8. pray more will join with us in turning staley high upside down for Jesus. Pray Collosians 4:4-6 ;)

P.S Jesus makes me smile! ;) so true... so chessy though. I have a shirt that says that. I got it at a Youth Convention in Branson, Missouri October 0f '08. He did make me smile and cry that weekend!!











Hillsong United was totally shreddin' the gnar on the Youth Convention in October. I think it'd be so cool if they were at a D2S conference before I graduate! It was during HU leading worship, that I fully gave my life to Jesus. ;) That feeling of being ALIVE for the very first time, leaves me speechless and amazed.

'For our God is a consuming fire' - Hebrews 12:29


-Katelyn

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Love Them Like Jesus

I get soo irritated with fake people. Mainly those who call themselves "Christian"... I hate how they treat people. Those who surrond us are so desperate for the love of Christ that I don't even understand it. We are called to love others just as we love ourselves.

MATTHEW 22:39 NKJ
39 "And the second is like it: `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'


I know I haven't been the best at loving those who happen to be around me.. and in no way am I going to justify that. It's not ok to not love your neighbor... What if their best friend in the entire world just died, and you say they are a jerk? They might snap at you... not always yelling, but they may cry... Why? I don't know, maybe because they still don't understand what just happened and why it was to them.. Whether their friend died, or the one they love is in the hospital in fatal condition... whatever the case, whatever their situation, Jesus' command is pretty clear. Love your neighbor as yourself. Can't make it any clearer than that.

PHILIPPIANS 2:4 NKJ
4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.


Jesus cares for you, just as He cares for them. Show those around you that you truly care about them and that you love them. It hurts me when people get treated poorly... especially by "Christians".

1 JOHN 3:14 TEV
14 We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death.

1 JOHN 3:18 TEV
18 My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.




Why don't you love people? You say you love everyone, but your life shows another story. Why in the world would anyone ever want to follow Jesus if your words and actions don't match? They may think that Jesus could very well be like us, having empty promises, leaving hearts broken... etc. Jesus is no where near like that... but we couldn't be farther from just that.

Love them like Jesus. Cut the crap, and get real. No one likes the attitude that fake people have...



If you really love them, you'll watch what you say. Take Ephesians 4:29 seriously. Let others know they are loved. God loves us, not for who we are, but for who He is. I wish people would get to know Him personally for who He is and not for who others think He is. I hate that we judge people and put a label on them and assume it covers their whole personality... did you know it would take over 9 years to read ALL the DNA in one person? One word doesn't define anyone.

My challenge, love them like Jesus. Stop being fake... are you pushing others away from Christ or pushing others towards Him?

1 JOHN 4:7 TEV
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God
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If you really love your neighbor, the first thing you will do is pray for them. As a human you are limited in how you can help your neighbor, but God is unlimited in how He can help. The greatest thing you can do for your neighbor is seriously pray for them.

God can do more for your neighbor in one minute than you could in a lifetime.

ROMANS 13:10 NKJ
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law
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4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love
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LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.


SHARE JESUS WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE. (NOT JUST FAMILY AND FRIENDS. RANDOM PEOPLE IN LIKE THE GAS STATION..OR WHEREEVER.) ;)






Sunday, November 22, 2009

I gotta be honest...

I can't do this! I'm trying to start a campus ministry at my high school and from my mom, I get no support. None. notta. nothing. ziltch. el zipo. (spanish? haha) No, seriously, I HATE this! but I also LOVE it.

hate it because, I don't see how I can do this if NO ONE seems to be behind me... :/ I know there are other teenagers who are willing to do this CM with me... but, who stands behind us? Parents? Youth Pastors? Youth Leaders? Other Adults? Where are you guys at? I know there are some, and I thank God for them. What about the verizon guy and the loads of people who tell the guy with the phone that "You're covered"... who's gonna tell us "you're covered"? huh? Will you?

Starting a CM isn't easy, it's hard. I told my mom the other day because I told her I needed to print somethings (okay, under statement of my life.). So she asked why..so I told her it's for a campus ministry I'm trying to start at the high school. What did she say in return? "Oh ok. cool" or something un-supportive along those lines. Not what I need or want to hear. saying 'oh ok. cool.' doesn't tell me you care.

Me and like 10 people are willing to do this. Willing to reach out to the lost, hurting, desperate teens at our high school.... I highly doubt the 'oh ok. cool' saying, will "push" us to go out there and SHRED THE GNAR for Jesus. That saying 'oh ok. cool' SUCKS. never use it again...ever. I mean it!!

Hopefully, we'll get approved and be able to start before January. I get to be the leader of it (awesomeness)!! With me as student leader, we're totally going to the malls (Independence mall and/or the Legends in KCK.) and totally shreddin' the gnar! I'm stoked to the extreme.

I (we teens) NEED people behind us telling us constantly that 'we're covered' and to challenge us and to "push" us like a coach pushes his or her team to go beyond their best on the field or court.

We have a challenge. To reach OUR high school campus with the message and mission of Jesus. Train teens to go and share Jesus...effectivly. Relational && Relentless. In Christ we ARE invincible.

Will you pray for us that we get approved to start a campus ministry? Will you pray the every student, before they graduate, hears about Jesus for who He truly is and not for what people view Him as? Pray for us as we go out the our mission feild and share the greatest ultimate love story ever known to man kind? The love of Christ for everyone. Pray, that I, as a leader of this awesome thing, doesn't loose her mind because she doesn't get support through her family, but that you will support her and tell her 'she's covered'? Pray for EVERY single Christian teenager on their campuses to effectivly share Jesus?! pray that we stay strong in Jesus and never lose heart. Just pray for me will ya? I didn't mention all of the prayer requests, but God knows them all.


Saturday, November 21, 2009

How do YOU spend your time?



How did it make you feel when it got to the average christian? No seriously, the God of the universe, from the average Christian, only gets LESS than ten minutes!? C'MON! If you truly did love Him, like you love your best friend, you're not going to want to spend less than ten minutes with them, are you? If you truly do desire to know God, the best proven way to get to know someone is when YOU spend TIME WITH THEM!! You're never gonna get to know someone if you don't. It's true. So, what's it gonna be? are you gonna sit here and read this blog or go read your bible? THE BIBLE IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!! I LOVE IT!

We spend SOOO much time doing crap that won't mean a thing at the end of the day, the week, the month, the year....why not spend time with God right now? No, seriously. My blog doesn't mean anything... I just want everyone to know God for who He is and not for what people assume He is.

GOD IS THE BESTEST!! (Not sure if 'bestest' is an "offical" word, but I used it. get over it!) You can't forget another important powerful thing, PRAYER! *love it!* :)

Now, why do I want you to read your Bible?
1. It's THE coolest book!
2. God IS epically awesome to THE extreme!
3. It's a book that I will still be reading by the time I die and see Jesus! *YAY!*
4. Grow in your relationship with JESUS!
5. Nice, peaceful time with the God who created everything
7. cus it's awesome!

(I'm well aware there is no number 6 up there. why? cus that number sucks!)

now, you can comment. but you've gotta read the Bible. and Pray. :)

Saturday, November 7, 2009

I Don't Understand.

God gets treated like crap day in and day out. He gets called some pretty horrible names. Some people don't believe he exists yet they accuse him of the choas in their life. I don't understand how God gets treated like this 24-7 365 can still have a crazy, radical, relentless love for us. I hate how we give the typical response. Go to church, sing songs and try not to cuss... it's annoying. This is God we're talking about here. and that's what we do?

God has a radical, crazy love for us and that's how we respond? If I were God, I'd feel taken for granted and hurt. Yet he chooses to show us some crazy love. He lets us wake up, live, breath, talk, sing, hear, speak, see, walk, etc. And that's how we respond?! C'MON! Get real. I'm quite irritated by this...

if we really, truly love Him our responce should be CRAZY!!


I'm sick 'n tired of fake people. espically when it comes to Christians... we are to share the love and the hope that we have in Christ with gentleness and respect. As I have said before, people who are stuck in lukewarm christianity aren't Christians and in fact, if they didn't believe in God, their life wouldn't look all that different.

I don't think I can stress it enough with you, that you have got to get real. There is no such thing as 'lukewarm christianity'. The Word of God won't allow there to be room for it. See what Jesus says in Revelation 3:15-16:

15I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

See? I wasn't lying. It hurts me to know that there are people out there who say they are christians and yet deny Christ with their lives. Jesus clearly said that if you deny me before men, I will deny you before my Father in heaven. (John 10:32-33)

I'm irritated. hurt. and whatever else there is to feel. Irritated because they are claiming to be christians and not acting like the know Jesus personally. Hurt because of the same reason.

The same God who created us to be with Him, the same God who died for us so we can live life to the fullest. (john 10:10) the same God who loves us when we don't love back. This same God is treated like crap daily and would still die so you can live. This isn't how is supposed to be. God loves you and we know that... it just doesn't click with us just yet.

The whole concept of God loving me didn't click for me until October 16-17 2008 in Branson, Missouri at some youth convention. It was while Hillsong United was on stage. It was extremely amazing. That's why I still have my braclet on from then on my right arm. Its gray and says 'Extraordinary'.

Stop going through the motions of life and live for Jesus!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lukewarm Christianity

Alright, let me put it this way, I can't stand fake people. I get pretty frustrated with people who refuse to take the words of Jesus seriously and don't even act like they're christians. (all talk. no action) Well, when it comes down to it, they are not christians. In fact, their life wouldn't look too much different if they didn't believe in God.

In the bible, there is no room for lukewarm christianity...look at what Jesus says in Revelation 3:15-16

"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth."


ouch.

Have you ever drank coffee or something that was intended to be hot and you foget you've placed it on the counter. You come back a few hours later to find your drink at room temperture.. You drink it and spit it out. it's nasty... I say that we need to have a passion for Jesus that refuses to go to room (a.k.a world) temperature.

When I said world, I ment that you conform to the patterns of this world when you basically "sit" there and do nothing for God and are in comfortable with it.

Jesus, in Romans 12:2 says;

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

****i will try and finish this tomorrow after school. I gotta go to bed.****

Monday, November 2, 2009

What Do You Do When....

- Your best friend is pregnant and if her biological dad finds out, he'll kill her and you are scared of losing your best friend?

- Your parents are divorced and it hurts like heck and your mom is obviously missing the entire picture that you HATE it? (see thinks I'm perfectly fine with divorced parents. What?!)

- Your mom is of NOOO support? (spirtually, in school, etc)


- No one'll listen? Alright, so I know that answer. You go to Jesus.

- bordom seems like it'll kill you?

- You want so bad to tell your mom the truth and open her eyes to her teenage daughter but you know you'll go completely shut down the moment she opens her mouth about it and you leave and go to your room or go for a nice walk?

- You want someone to be 'the voice' for you? Someone who'll get behind that 'wall' and actually get somewhere, deeper?

- You close your eyes hoping reality will change and NOTHING happens?

I'm a teenager who has alot of questions. Not sure if that was all of them but it seems pretty close. This is driving me crazy!! )': it hurts sooo much.