Hey guys, sorry for being a tad bit late on this. But I'll give you a bonus week with TWO videos...mainly because I had a hard time picking. But hey, whatever works :P. So here are two awesome videos from Tim Hawkins!

 
 

Pride, it's a huge stumbling block for a lot of Christians. I would tend to think that is that way because it is a sin that is easy to let creep in. I mean, we are all for self preservation. Why wouldn't thinking that we are good be, well good!

Lately, I have been feeling really close to God, and well, I have to admit I let a little bit of pride slip in with that. Not that I think that this is new. I think I have always had a small seed of it in the back of my head. But, I mean, I'm tons better than all those people who sin a lot, right? ....O wait, I DO sin a lot. Crap, guess that takes me off the "righteous" list.

Over the past weekend I noticed a gap in my relationship with God. It just didn't feel "full strength". I think that was God's way of letting me know about my pride. And it cost me something, as sin often does. It cost me closeness with my amazing God. Which I am starting to believe, is one of the worst punishments we could receive. I can't imagine the feeling of complete separation from God in Hell *shivers*. Anyways that is not always the punishment, but it is one.

Luckily, God showed me my folly, and I'm working on getting that taken care of right now. I now remember that I am not perfect. I will always try to live righteously, but now when I start to think that I am getting better than you. I'll think back to this moment and remember that I am not perfect. I will always be prone to falling down. I just have to remember that I am not holding myself up. But rather, it is my
Savior's love and grace that holds me up and keeps me moving forwards towards His will. I hope I never have to forget that again.

 
 

Pride, it's a huge stumbling block for a lot of Christians. I would tend to think that is that way because it is a sin that is easy to let creep in. I mean, we are all for self preservation. Why wouldn't thinking that we are good be, well good!

Lately, I have been feeling really close to God, and well, I have to admit I let a little bit of pride slip in with that. Not that I think that this is new. I think I have always had a small seed of it in the back of my head. But, I mean, I'm tons better than all those people who sin a lot, right? ....O wait, I DO sin a lot. Crap, guess that takes me off the "righteous" list.

Over the past weekend I noticed a gap in my relationship with God. It just didn't feel "full strength". I think that was God's way of letting me know about my pride. And it cost me something, as sin often does. It cost me closeness with my amazing God. Which I am starting to believe, is one of the worst punishments we could receive. I can't imagine the feeling of complete separation from God in Hell *shivers*. Anyways that is not always the punishment, but it is one.

Luckily, God showed me my folly, and I'm working on getting that taken care of right now. I now remember that I am not perfect. I will always try to live righteously, but now when I start to think that I am getting better than you. I'll think back to this moment and remember that I am not perfect. I will always be prone to falling down. I just have to remember that I am not holding myself up. But rather, it is my
Savior's love and grace that holds me up and keeps me moving forwards towards His will. I hope I never have to forget that again.

 
 

I wrote this a couple of weeks ago and today I finally decided to post it, so.....here it is:

The past few days I've been going through something emotional.
Something I couldn't quite understand or grasp.
I even got a little frustrated a few times because I couldn't understand what exactly these feeling's were or who they were for.
Last night I was in bed staring at the ceiling listening to Danyew's "Beautiful King", I was all mixed up and still frustrated and then suddenly as the song got to the chorus...this amazing, beautiful, wonderful feeling came over me, it felt like....like...I can't even explain it....but I know it was the Lord because only He could make me feel the way I felt in that moment. In that moment I finally understood what the feelings were and who they were for.
I realized just how much in love I am with my Lord and Savior Christ Jesus.
And with these feelings came such a hunger and longing for God that I have never felt before. I feel so incredibly wonderful now and I will never ever forget the feeling I felt that night...I
wish I could explain this feeling to you but alas I have no words to describe it....I just know everything's different.
Lately I've been less distracted with tv, Internet and such things. I'm so focused right now on what the Lord wants me to do for Him that I can barely think of anything else. But I am evening things out, I've learned if you live too much in the past or the future you can't enjoy the present. :) And I intend to enjoy every moment, every person, everyday, every step of the way on this rocky but steady road the Lord has us on, called "life".

Written by Wookiee

 
 

You may or may not have heard about an organization by the name of Gospel for Asia. Their founder, K. P. Yohannan, is originally from India and now lives in Texas. They specialize in funding Native Missionaries in Asian countries where it would be hard for a foreigner to adapt to or even come into the country and preach the gospel.

Today's video is a sermon from K.P. in a local church in his area of Texas. I thought it was very good and definitely worth watching. Although it runs a bit long(53minutes if you want to watch it all--but I'd say about 40-45minutes into is all you need to watch to get the core message. The end of the vid is him asking you to sponsor a Native Missionary, so if your interested in that you should definitely keep watching.) Hope you guys enjoy it! Just follow the link below...

http://www.gfa.org/to-live-is-christ

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