You know you live in 2008 when...
1.) You accidentaly enter your password on a microwave.
2.) You haven't played solitare with real cards for years.
3.) The reason for not staying in touch with your friends is they dont have a screenname or myspace.
4.) You'd rather look all over the house for the remote instead of just pushing the buttons on the TV.
6.) Your boss doesn't even have the ability to do your job.
7.) As you read this list you keep nodding and smiling.
8.) As you read this list you think about sending it to all your friends.
9.) And you were too busy to notice number 5.
10.) You looked back up to see if there was a number 5.
11.) Now you are laughing at yourself stupidly.
12.) Put this in your profile if you fell for that, and you know you did.
Say WhaAaAt?!
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What has He done in you now, over time? You're not perfect, you're so far from it, it's so true. However, Jonelys, look at your life: are you what you used to be or are you really different? ANY changes that He has made? You see, the Bible explains that you WILL bear fruit: it does not say how fast. It also explains that there are people who produce more fruit than others: is it possible that not everyone grows at the same rate or produces as much fruit as others?
Satan is a liar, Jonelys. God is always saying "Come here." and Satan is always telling you "You can't go!". I want you to watch a couple videos, if you have the time. I hope that God uses them, that He speaks to you through them.
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The Unconditional Love of Christ - Paul Washer. This is 5 minutes and 36 seconds.
Lecrae - New Reality (ft. Chinua Hawk) Rehab. This is 4 minutes and 8 seconds.
Lecrae ft. Benjah - Gotta Know. This is 4 minutes and 13 seconds.
Song of Solomon (Prayer as Communion) - Paul Washer. This is 59 minutes and 19 seconds.
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You may have seen the Paul Washer ones before, I'm not sure. Regardless, they are good as far as showing that Christ really does love us and even exceedingly so. Unless you listen to Lecrae, you probably haven't heard the songs though.
You can't pay God back. You can't. Even giving your whole life and letting Him use you to "pay Him back", you can't. You see, everything you're trying to give to Him to pay Him back, He has given to you in the first place. The biggest thing I'd bet that is holding you away from God right now, which may well be holding you in all kinds of sin, too? It's not trusting Christ, it's not trusting that He really does love you like He says He does. You have to trust Jesus, Jonelys: faith in Jesus Christ is what saved you, not works. You have messed up so hard, you have, I know because I have too... but He doesn't love you ANY less! You see, to Him? You are spotless, you are so beautiful, there is NO blemish, you're not filthy at all. Why? How come He sees you like that, how can I say that? It's not because you're so good at doing works or you're so holy: it's because Jesus Christ died for you and paid for all of your sins, all of these things that are making you feel so far away and hated and unloved are all already paid for. He really does love you, Jonelys, He really DOES love you...
I can tell you, for several days now, when I do manage to just trust Him? I am at peace and just have joy, and whatever good works I do? They really do just flow out. Like, it's not begrudgingly doing what is right, it's just happily doing it, not because it will make God love me more but because I love God and I KNOW He loves me, that it doesn't matter how much I have messed up, even in that cult: Jesus already paid for all of it.