When you feel like your not good enough and that you feel like you need to give God reasons as to why He should love you, welcome to the club. All you need to do is to thank Him for His sacrifice and show Him that you love Him by obeying Him.

-Phil-

10 Good Reasons – Hello Kelly:

This is the first thing I remember
I’ve seen black and white forever
But the mistakes I’ve made are making me afraid
That I might do something
Something that can’t be forgiven
So I’ve got this suit and tie
Something I can hide behind

And it feels like I’ve got give you

10 good reasons why
You still love me every time
10 good reasons
I deserve forgiveness every night
10 good reason why
You still love me when I
I ain’t got no reason why

And I remember laying everything down
Only to turn around and sell you out
It’s like I’m laughing in your face for the sacrifice you made
But you’re breaking my defenses
And you’ll carry me when it feels like

it feels like

it feels like I’ve got give you

10 good reasons why
You still love me every time
10 good reasons
I deserve forgiveness every night
10 good reason why
You still love me when I
I ain’t got no reason why
you still love me every time

i got no reason why

But this is everything I wanted:
To give you reasons I’m not
Everything you wanted
Theres blood on my hands
These 10 reasons I can’t give you
Is one more reason that I need you

10 good reasons why
10 good reasons why

10 good reasons why
You still love me every time
10 good reasons
I deserve forgiveness every night
10 good reason why
You still love me when I
I ain’t got no reason why
you still love me every time

I aint got no, I aint got no, I aint got no reasons why
I ain’t got no, I aint got no, got no reason why

10 good reasons

• We have taller buildings but shorter tempers.
• We have wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
• We have bigger houses and smaller families.
• We have more conveniences, but less time.
• We have more degrees but less sense.
• We have more knowledge, but less judgement.
• We have more experts, yet more problems.
• We have more medicine, but less wellness.
• We spend more, but have less.
• We buy more, but enjoy less.
• We write more, but learn less.
• We plan more, but accomplish less.

• We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
• We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
• We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life.
• We’ve  added years to life but not life to years.
• We conquered outer space but not inner space.
• We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.

• We’ve done larger things, but not better things.
• We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
• We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.
• We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait.
• We build more computers to hold more information, but we communicate less and less.
• We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and laugh too little and pray too seldom.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses but more broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

Give time to love and care, warmth and affection.

Give time to life!

Someone bought me a book recently called “The youth worker’s guide to helping teenagers in crisis.” FANTASTIC book by the way. There was a quote in the book that really caught my eye and caused me to read it over a few times: “Madeleine L’Engle put it nicely: In a very real sense, not one of us is qualified but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do His work, to bear His glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think we have done the job ourselves. If we are focused to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there’s no danger that we will confuse God’s work with our own or God’s glory with our own.”

In conclusion, let me say this. I’m so grateful that I get to be used by God!

The Lord has been challenging me with this. I have had to ask myself, am I the kind of person that sees the bad in almost everything or everyone or am I able to find, enlarge or create a blessing in almost situation? What kind of person are you?

As you go on doing what you do everyday, ask yourself, Whose approval am I seeking to gain?

Proverbs 27:21(NLT) Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is tested by being praised.

See, If the enemy cannot get you to turn your back on God, he will do everything in his power to ether keep you in sin or keep you oppressed or depressed. He just want to discourage you enough that you become inaffective as a christian. There is only 1 think worst then a non-believer and that’s a depressed Christian.

I want to encourage you and let you know that if you are currently feeling any of the feelings mentioned above, then you might just be on the enemy’s hit-list which is a good thing. It means that you are a threat to him. That means that someone down the line you might be doing something good. Never give up, never let go. God sees and knows what your going through. Keep on being faithful and everything else is bound to fall back into place!

-Phil-

Unfortunately the world’s standard of things is all face and no heart. It’s all about what we look like on the outside rather then to be right on the inside. I love James 4:10

• Authority
• Money
• Fame
• Power
• Privileges
• Benefits
• Etc

The reality is quite different from that though. I’ve heard it said that if someone WANTS to be in leadership, then that very person probably should NOT be in leadership.

Leadership IS about privileges yes, but not the same kind that most people would think of. These certain privileges are an honor to those whose hearts are right and to those who truly understand the meaning of leadership. Jesus in Mark 10:44-45 ⁴⁴ and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The privilege here is that we get to serve others. If you want to lead you MUST serve. If you don’t serve you can’t lead. Being in leadership does NOT mean to BE SERVED but rather TO SERVE!!!

Copy this questionnaire into the comment box and answer each one as if someone was asking you that question and truly wanted to know the answer to it. Answer as though this person knows very little about God or Christianity. I am interested in finding out how some of you would answer some of these. Have fun

#1 Who is God and what is He like?

#2 What is the Trinity?

#3 Who is Jesus?

#4 Why did He die on the Cross?

#5 How do I know He really rose from the dead?

#6 Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He do?

#7 How do I get plugged in to the power of the Holy Spirit?

#8 Is the Bible really God’s Word and does it relate to my life?

#9 What is truth and can I know it with certainty?

#10 What is sin and how does it impact me life and my relationship with others?

#11 Why does God allow evil in the world?

#12 What is a Christian and how does a person become one?

#13 If Jesus is the only way to Heaven, are all other religions wrong?

#14 What about the people who have never heard about the Gospel?

#15 what is The Great Commission and how does it relate to me?

#16 Is there a real Heaven and hell and what about they like?

#17 Is there a judgement day and what difference should it make in my life?

#18 Can I really be forgiven for all my sins, even the really bad ones?

#19 Will God ever leave me or forsake me?

#20 Who are satan and his demons?

#21 How do I engage in spiritual warfare?

#22 What is the Church and why should I be involved?

#23 What are Spiritual Gifts and how do I discover mine?

#24 How should the return of Christ impact my life?

#25 What is prayer and how do I do it?

#26 Why should I study my Bible and how do I do it?

#27 How do I defend my faith?

#28 Who am I, where did I come from, and what is my purpose?

#29 Which is true, creation or evolution, and why does it matter?

#30 How can I worship God in everything I do?