Continued Education

So it's probably no surprise to most of my friends and family, that through the years, I've always been a pretty judgmental person. I realize how wrong this is, and God has really taught me over the past few years that my Judgment of others, isn't something he's going to put up with.

I'm thankful that God loves me enough, to discipline me when I do something wrong. Even now, he's nudging me in a new direction, by putting things on my heart. I have family that do really messed up stuff. Family who, the majority of their time, can't even afford electricity, or water, because of the decisions that they make. Sometimes I find myself saying "Well if they didn't do this, or that, they'd not be in this condition."

It's easy to say something like this, and then just brush it off. But even though it's taken me awhile to realize it, I am now starting to understand, that it doesn't matter what you do... Jesus still loves you. Some people may be closer to him than others, but it doesn't change the fact that he still loves the people who sin, as much as he does the people who spend all of their time trying to please him.

Jesus says:

Luke 5:31-32
And Jesus answered and said to them, "{It is} not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. "I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

It is easy to kick someone while they're down.. The flesh loves to gossip, and to judge others because of the things that they do. As a Christian, it gets even easier to do this. You start thinking, "Well look at what all I've done.. They don't deserve mercy." But that's not true. God has been so good to me. I can think of many times, that I'd have been in some very bad situations, if it weren't for Christians, who said that they would not look at the person outside, but at the person inside. People who have helped me, when the majority of the world would have said that I didn't deserve mercy, or help, because I was the one who got myself into the situation that I was in.. It's like the old saying, "You made your bed, now lie in it."

This isn't the way that Christ wants us to treat each other. He is the head, and we are his hands and his feet on this earth. My only comfort on this earth, is that while I was still a sinner, Christ stretched out his arms, and died a cursed death.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Thank God, for grace.

Cutting Ties.

So today, I got into an argument with a girl who has been my friend for many moons... We were talking about religions, and such, and she got really offended, when I told her that certain sects of anti-christian satanism sometimes have human sacrifice. She said I was crazy. She said that she was tired of hearing about all of this "God and Jesus Shit." .... So this really hit me hard. I told her at the start, that if I ever began to irritate her, with my ramblings, to tell me, and I'd stop... She said it was fine. I kinda have a 1 track mind. Anyway, when she said what she did, it really knocked all of the air out of me. You can insult me, all you want, but when you start talking about my God, you're crossing the line.

Anyway, I may have been a bit harsh, to cut all of my ties with this girl.. We've been friends for so long... I don't know.

Maybe it's better this way. :/

Insecurity and Inferiority BOUND

Today I watched Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural" and his guest was Steve Foss. It was one of the most revealing shows I've ever watched.. I recommend you watch it several times. Basically, he says that he found himself caught up in a vision, and saw a highschool... And He was Binding, and Rebuking all of the demons that he saw, their names were on them... Most are common for highschool students... Drugs, Rage, Lust, Depression... But he said that everytime he would fight against them, it was like they were blown back, but then came back full force... They were connected to two large tentacles, that came out of both sides of the Highschool... And he realized that this was where these demons got their strength... He prayed, he says, for about 40 minutes, because these demons didn't have a name... Finally, he says, God showed him their names, which were in their roots, under the ground... The first was Insecurity, and the other was Inferiority... It's an amazing revelation, because I realize from past experience, most of the sins that I have knowingly done, stemmed either from Insecurity, or Inferiority...

You can watch the episode Here.


If you check out Steve Foss's website, he also offers courses on Discipleship... They seem pretty cool.


Matt

2 Timothy 3:16-17

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of god may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.



First verse memorized, in a very long time <3


I'm not the best studier.

Praise God.

Mens Ramp 2009

Mens Ramp 2009 was amazing. I learned so much about who God expects me to be as a man. I'd never jumped so much in my life.. The Worship was awesome.. Eddie James was there, and Chosen had Dramas. Dutch Sheets, and Damon Thompson were the main preachers. I made a vow to wake up every morning an hour earlier, so I could spend 30 minutes reading the word, and 30 minutes talking to God. He named it the 30.30 Club. Go Figure.

Matt

Praise God!

I was on my knees the other night, actually praying to God that he would give me a chance to advance his kingdom here on earth. I said Amen, and got up and was about to get into bed, when I received an instant message from a friend of mine.

He started off by telling me how depressed he was, and how he just didn't want to wake up in the morning. I kinda got the feeling that he was suicidal. It really bothered me to see him in this shape. He was home on leave from the military, and his ex-girlfriend wouldn't let him see his babies. I was afraid he was going to kill himself. As far as I know, he's never been a very religious person.

Well, I told him what the lord had done in my life, and told him that he could do the same for him. I told him that he could take away the depression out of his life, and that if God could change the hearts of Kings, he could change the heart of a young woman.

I put up some scriptures for him to read on the internet, that have helped me (they're still up right here), and talked to him for about 4 hours... I pointed him to a program on Sid Roth about my cousin Rick Madison (here), and ultimately at the end, led him in the sinners prayer.

God is so amazing. I give him praise, honor, and glory, for letting my friend get saved.


Until next time,

Matt

God's Blessings

Well, if any of you know me, you know that over the past few weeks (ever since I contacted someone, and asked them to pray for my family and I), my computer has been giving me an insane amount of trouble. It got to the point that I couldn't even plug in my Ipod without getting the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death".

I've been praying that God would fix my computer, because he only knows that I don't have the means to have it fixed, or the knowledge to fix it myself.

So I took it back to Rent A Center, to have them send it back to the company, so that they could fix it and it'd be free of charge.

While I was in there, the man taking my computer payment, decided to show me a computer that he had in stock. This computer was not a Vaio.. It has a monitor, and a tower, in several different pieces. But the RAM in it is 6 GB, Vaio Had 4, this has 640 GB Hard Drive Space, compared to the 320 GB hard drive space my Vaio had.

I thought "Wow." Well, the computer itself is cheaper, and the payments will be less per month, and it'll end up costing 1,000$ less than the computer I was buying originally. As an added bonus, he took all the payments that I've made on my Vaio, and put them towards this one.

Ain't God Good?

Matt