Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Living now and moving forward

Living now and moving forward.
A spiritual growth depends on moving and growing farther than you were before.
You can never increase or continue on, if you stay where you always have been.
Letting go does not mean giving up or losing your way... it means “moving on”. It is one of the hardest things a person can do.
Starting at birth, we grasp on to anything we can get our hands on, and hold on as if we will cease to exist when we let go.
We feel that letting go is giving up, quitting, and that as we all know is cowardly.
But as we grow older we are forced to change our way of thinking.
We are forced to realize that letting go means accepting things that cannot be. It means maturing and moving on, no matter how hard you have to fight yourself to do so."
"Luke 2:52" - Even Jesus increased in wisdom and knowledge, by increasing means going farther than you were before.

Christian Value: Value God


Christian Value: Value God
A core Christian value is having God first in our lives. This means continuously seeking His righteousness and totally relying on Him. As humans we have the freedom of choice to decide what is right and what is wrong, but if we value God we will look to Him for what is right and wrong. Most of us have the resource of God’s Spirit and means of His Word to take care of ourselves, but if we honor God we will rely on Him to take care of our needs. We value God when we acknowledge that He knows better than we do on what we need in our lives.
Righteousness is a core Christian adoration. When a Christian accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, he or she is now in right standing with God. They are a “new man”. A Christian is now set-aside for God to be holy and righteous. Righteousness becomes more and more precious as a Christian grows in his or her love of God. A Christian seeks to do God's will and do what is right in God's eyes because he or she desires to strengthen their godly relationship with mankind and with God.
Love is a core of a Christian life. Christian love is called “agape” love which means unmerited favor. Christians realize this type of love through God. Because of God's unmerited favor and grace, He offers all of mankind eternal life through Jesus Christ. This is true love that comes from God. Christians in turn regards God's love and have a desire to provide this Godly love of unmerited favor to others.