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A Follower of Christ
  
Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in
churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble
if you try and let him out.

-- G. A. Studdert Kennedy


A Christian……..a follower of Christ……how do you follow Christ? How do you love Christ? Whose will………His will? How do you hear Him when He speaks? Do you hear Him? Do you listen?

Which are you…….one like the woman caught in adultery……..or the prideful scorner hurling stones?

Are you like the humble tax collector who comes before God admitting your brokenness……….or are you like the Pharisee…..better than the broken one?

Are you saved? You know the beginning…….you know the ending…….but what comes between?

What does this mean?
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

What does it mean to you?

I have to admit, there is nothing easy in being a follower of Christ. It’s easy being saved, easy reading the Bible, going to church, praying but when it comes to actually living our belief and faith……we fail miserably.

Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I have taken these two verses to heart in a big way. Because being a follower of Christ is sometimes burdensome. Giving up your desires for His desires, asking for His will in your life as opposed to your own….this is not an easy thing. But He equips us, and gives us the strength we need to walk the walk with Him.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When you ask God to create in you a clean heart…….it means sometimes He has to break you down, bring you to your knees……..and it hurts! Coming face to face with God with all your brokenness has got to be one of the most painful things you will ever do….but I can tell you from the depth of my heart that it is the most spirit refreshing thing you will ever do!

The closer you draw to God, the lonlier you feel as a Christian. There is nothing sadder than talking with a fellow believer about the wonders of the Holy Spirit, the amazing grace of God, and they look at you with glazed eyes. I know this because I too once stood with glazed eyes, just “not getting it”. When I talk about listening to His Word while I sleep, or listening to His Word on my IPOD as I walk, other Christians look at me as though I am whacko!

Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

What does that verse mean to you? It means exactly what it says to me.

And if we are mocked for loving God this way……….who is being mocked……is it me………is it God’s work in me……..is it God Himself?

Mt. 11:15
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A post that needs to be seen! Aug 8, 2008 11:50 pm
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Often we are rushed and don't have time to look at every post. I know I am guilty of only going to posts of people I know, or posts that have grabbed my attention in the past. Sadly by doing this, we sometimes miss a little "gem".

So check out this lady's post coz it speaks a Truth that we need to be reminded of.

While We Where Yet Sinners,Christ Died for Us.
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Blinkin Murphy...why'd you have to make a blinkin law??? Aug 8, 2008 3:29 am
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Today I woke up feeling out of sorts...I had some nasty dreams...rotten sleep...and I looked a shocker with bags under the eyes and everything!

But that's not the worst of it.....

Some days I don't have time to straighten my hair after I wash it so I kind of pin it up on my head au natural and it has that just got out of bed look...which usually isn't too bad, but when you wake up with bags under your eyes etc it just doesn't look good!

But that's still not the worst of it....

I got to work and realised I left my cosmetic purse at home...so no lippy...no perfume I felt so naked and vulnerable

But nooooooooo that's NOT the worst of it....

Want to know the worst of it????

Let's backtrack to one of my posts not so long ago...remember the blast from my past who wanted to take me out to dinner and I said no?

Zoom back to the present....

Here's a girl rushing to the store after work, hair with the just got out of bed look, bags under the eyes, no lippy, no perfume, work uniform....

Walks past a coffee shop...
who is in the coffee shop??????

BLAST FROM THE BLINKIN PAST IS IN THE COFFEE SHOP!

AND HE SAW ME!!!

AND HE WAVED!!!

Did our eyes meet over his blinkin capuccino????

NO BLINKIN WAY!!!

I waved and walked so fast you would think a bunch of rabid cannibals were after me!!

See.......I really do need that bowl of high fibre Special K cornflakes!
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Spring fever???? Or a fibre problem????? Aug 8, 2008 2:53 am
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Spring is a whole month away......but I am feeling all kind of mooshy and googly giggly girly....and I feel like being romanced...and I want flowers....soft music....I want grunts in the moonlight....I want to hear a whisper, "you take my breath away"....(see what you've gone and done, Marilyn??? ) I want a love song just for me....I want ice cream out of the same cone...forget the chocolate coz I aint sharing that....but I would like to be fed chocolate coated strawberries....


Soooooooooooooooooooooooo......

I think I will have me a nice bowl of high fibre Special K cornflakes.....hmmmmmm ought to fix that little problem!!
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