3 Words People Don't Understand

1. Christian

- "Christian" is probably the most overly, erratically used term that we hear today. What we claim Christian, Jesus claims liars. There is a difference between believing in God and loving God. Even satan believes in God, but he does not love God. When we give scraps of our life to Jesus, but not nearly the whole thing to Christ, we reject God in his all in all beautifully caring form. 90% of you will read this and realize this is you and not do a thing about it, you will carry on with God as part of your life. Did you read that? PART. The creator of the universe wants to be the center of your life and he has a right to be! I mean come on, he is the CREATOR of the universe, of you and me.

"If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth" - 1 John 1:6

2. Religion

- This is my least favorite word of all. God did not mean for Christianity to be a religion. When I think religion, I think of the man who gets to the gates of Heaven and is standing in front of God, probably pretty nervous at this point, and God says "So what do you think of yourself by now? What did you do for me in your time I gave you on earth?" and the man responds in a shaky miniscule voice, "Well I was a good person, never did much wrong, went to church every sunday, held the door for people, good works". I think that's where God had a little giggle. God doesn't want just good works! He wants faith AND action! He wants you to love him with all your heart and everything else will come to it as it should.

"Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves, do what it says" - James 1:22

3. Life

I saved this for last because we see this as the biggest thing. I hate to break it to you, but this life is not about you. It's not about your girlfriend. It's not about your car. It's not about how big your house is or how much money you make. Life is not about YOUR life. "Busyness" or Laziness" is just our way of resentment towards God. This world is crazy, everyone is busy, everyone is trying to do something to please their life and their living to make things easier on them. Stop only talking to God when you need blessings! How about blessing God? You are not the center of your life, so stop acting like you are. We are all guilty of this and only God can take us away from this.

I want you guys to take 3 minutes of your life and realize how big God is, please watch this. I don't care if you didn't get anything from what I wrote, just please watch this and understand that God is bigger than you are.

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10 Things I'm Excited about 2010

1. GROWING!

- I'n only 5'8 and this is killing me! Just kidding :) -- Growing in Christ and those around me is going to be huge this year. I really believe that Christ will make 2010 THAT big. Don't ever doubt a God so big!

2. Set

- In two months, I think we've progressed more now than we have ever before. Not just with efficiency but spiritually too. We are all growing together and developing something even greater than any of us could have ever imagined.

3. Recording

- I think recording is probably one of the most tense and mind boggling activities that anyone could ever attempt. It really puts me in a creative state of mind and allows me to flood my prayers with "Thank You's"

4. Becoming a Senior

- Once I turn 65 this year I can get the senior citizens discount at Kroger! Let's face it guys, Junior year is killing me and let's hope the big guy in the sky gives me the strength to some how make it to senior year so I can walk down that aisle with my classmates!

5. Concert Events

- There's nothing like fist pumping and tense feet stomping at a banging concert! Granted, Worship concerts lay the smack down on any other concert. I hope this year is filled with intensified concerts that blow me away, top last years? Hmm..

6. Reaching out to Others

- The reason this is 6th is because I don't have the greatest excitement for reaching out to people about Christ because as of now it's really hard for me but as I attempt more and more I'm sure it will come at ease soon, But I really really want to talk to people about Christ, I just need the words.. Out of 5 brothers, not one of them is named aaron..dang!

7. Game Nights

- 2009 was filled with banging game nights! We had great people playing great games and having awesome fellowship and scrumptious food, who could ask for more fun? Well drug addicts and alcoholics but thats besides the point. 2010 Game Nights might top 2009!

8. Reading

- I can't wait to experience all the books that are to come, I hope to be reading a lot more this year than I did last year!

9. 2nd Degree Black Belt

- I think this year I might test for 2nd Degree black belt if I really feel like and for testing I always tend to do something that just makes people go "He must be on medication". This time I have a crazier idea than last year(Last year I kicked an apple off a sword) and it involves fire..

10. Car

- I might actually get a car this year and car's are nice to have and drive. A car would be absolutely magnificent so I hope it's written somewhere in God's plan: Give Alin an 01/03 Black Jetta for free and make it run on air instead of gas

Temptation in your life?

Is temptation a big part of your life? OF COURSE!

Temptation is a huge part in all of our lives and it is usually the thing that either brings out the best in us or brings out the worst in us. Temptation is God's way of saying "prove to me that I am better than what you're sinning for!". Think of that main addiction you have, whether it be smoking, lusting for girls, uncontrollable foul mouthing. Is it really worth not letting go? Is it really so big in your life that you can say this:

"This is worth more to me than God's love is"

If you can say that and not feel like a bolt of lightning is about to emerge from the sky on to your tiny little head, please call 1-800- Im - Screwed (wait for the beep)

If you find that you cannot say that sentence, good! Continue to ask for forgiveness(and mean it) and every time you feel tempted to do whatever it is you're addicted to, just ask:

Is this worth more to me than God's love?

I realized something today.

I really like to write. I use to hate to write, read, or anything with literature. It always reminded me of school and I was never a big fan of actually doing more than you're suppose to when it comes to school. Technically, I been writing for quite some time but in different standards referring to my musical development but never actually "writing". I don't want to write fictional stories or anything like that. I like writing stories about my stories, what God has given me today, what he put me through then and what I've learned from it. I love writing/singing songs but sometimes I have paragraphs and paragraphs to write and explain. It would be like me trying to sing out this blog post, it would probably have a sick solo in the middle but that's not what counts(usually..). So I'm going to attempt this writing concept and see where it goes.

P.S. Being in a band is still way cooler.

P.S.S. Especially my band.

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Purpose Driven Attitude

As I finished the book Purpose-Drive Life today, I really had to ponder all the information I've taken in since I have started reading it. It has been an enormous amount and I probably won't remember half of it but I do remember what got me most. Rick Warren said by the end of the book I would find my purpose in life. I want to say that I do know exactly what God wants from me, but I'm scared I'm wrong..

I will be praying heavily about this.

All I want is what God wants because I know he will make me happier than I could ever make myself.

Are you APPROVED?

Why is it that humans need the approval of each other so much? You try so hard to do things for others and be there for them so that THEY can say "thank you" or "it means a lot". Sure it's a good thing to help others and be there for them but when we do these things, do we really look for the smiling face of God after doing these things? If so, why do we get so disappointed when people don't show or say any sort of appreciation for them? I have a lot of questions in life that I know the answer to, but if you ask them over and over to yourself, it makes you think more in depth of them, sometimes learning something you never thought of.

I am going to stop trying to get the approval of people and think "What does God think of it?"

I LOVE Jesus with every inch in my body and I hope that I am developing myself more and more in him every single day.