As family, friends,
supporters and random blog readers I have done you a great disservice. Not only
have I not informed you of the most amazing things that occurred at training
camp, I have also not talked about them in my daily life with the people I come
into contact with.
Today, November 10,
2008 I vow to be raw with
you. Starting now, my cafeteria Christianity and my lukewarm Christianity are
gone. I no longer pick and choose what I believe and share and I no longer deny
Christ in my everyday life by not being raw and honest with people about whom
Jesus Christ is to me.
friend and supporter this weekend about the things that
camp. It is the first time I have shared the entire story of what
me at training camp.
for Christ.
the first time I had been open and honest because for the past two weeks I have
not wanted to share everything that happened at training camp for fear of what
people would think of me.
audience of 1 and I have not pleased Him.
My story is mine, I believe
what happened and no one can take that away from me.
I cannot begin to tell the
entire story of training camp in this blog but I will tell you some things that
happened. If you want more of the stories please contact me and I will tell you
every detail you want to know.
of my back pain, I saw others healed, I heard people speak in the prayer
language of tongues and I myself prayed in tongues. I saw people drunk on the
Holy Spirit and I saw people freed of past hurts. I heard people prophesy and I
heard people hear confirmations from God.
never before seen and I have worshiped the living God in ways I have never
before worshiped.
because the God we serve is still alive and active. We have to choose to
believe in every single thing in the Bible and when we do, when we realize that
the Holy Spirit is within us and allow Him to speak through us we are Baptized
in the Holy Spirit and it is a BEAUTIFUL
thing!
When we truly give ourselves
over to Christ we lose our lives.
“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses
his life for me will find it” Matthew 16:25
If we are to call ourselves
true Christians we must be willing to sacrifice our lives, everything we own,
think, and desire to Christ. Christ is not happy with lukewarm Christians. He
even says in Revelation that He wants to spit us out of his mouth because we
are neither cold nor hot Christians but we are right in the middle, lukewarm.
(Revelation 3:14-16) Lukewarm Christians have Christ because they want to get
to Heaven but they don’t play out the true meaning of being a Christian, which
is being Christ like. I know I nor you will ever be Christ but I am striving to
be as Christ like as I possibly can.
I no longer want to hide
because I am afraid of what others will think about me. I will listen and obey
Christ in my daily actions for as long as I may live. I will be used by Christ
for the things He chooses to use me in and I will do this because I call myself
a Christian. I have not been allowing Christ to use me 100% of the time but that
all stops today.
of Christ. Today I choose to inherit what He has for me. Today I choose to let
Him use me for whatever He needs me for. Today I choose to be wrecked for God. Today
I choose life in Christ.
