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Thursday, April 12, 2007

My first ever sermon!

I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 9:23-27 (NASB)

So most of you probably didn't know this, but I was in a preaching class the last few months offered by my church, Christian Fellowship Center, up here in Potsdam. I really enjoyed it and I think I learned a lot from it. For our final task we had to come up with a 10 minute sermon. So here it is! Tell me what you guys think...

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Brothers and sisters, I want us to challenge ourselves today, by asking ourselves the question "Why do I really try to live a God pleasing life if I'm saved by grace?"

We already know we are supposed to live a Godly life, this is without question. Titus 2:11-14 states...

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

But why? We are saved by grace, so what’s the real point of being zealous of good works?
Why get up in the morning pray?
Why fast?
Why put up with people that don’t like or respect you?
Why waste your time evangelizing to dozens of people who have no respect for God, just to see only one or two of them saved?
Why strive for holiness when both you and God know that you won’t achieve it?

Why not just live however you want? You only live life once.
Why not just do all of the sinful things your friends are doing now?
After all, you are saved by grace, God’s going to forgive you anyway, right?

Church, why should we be zealous of good works? Why should we live for the gospel?

The scripture we will be studying today is 1 Corinthians 9:23-27...

I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Imagine an Olympic sprinter. When training for a race, an athlete attends as many practices as possible, attend all the workout sessions they possibly can, get all the information you can about the event, learn all the rules and so on and so forth. Why? Out of a love for himself, out of a love for his own personal success, that sprinter treats himself in the best way he can because he wants to get the best possible output. They want to WIN!

As Christians, we are called to do this very same thing for God and others. The love that the sprinter shows for himself by training as hard as he can, the love that we show for ourselves, we to show that and even more for God, as explained by Luke 10:25-27

And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" And he answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

Why do we do all for the sake of the gospel? Because we love God!
This is why we put up with those who have no love for us
This is why we pray, why we fast
This is why we evangelize
This genuine heart-felt love for God is why we do everything we can for the gospel.

Brothers and sisters, run the race of Christianity in such a way that you may win.
When a sprinter runs in the Olympics, she runs for the gold medal.
Winning bronze or silver is an accomplishment, but ask any athlete that you find and they will tell you that they are running for the gold.
That’s what they train 4 whole years for.
We run to win the crown of life, our eternal imperishable wreath we know as Heaven.

James 1:12 says

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

If a sprinter runs this hard for a piece of metal that, from an eternal perspective means nothing, how much more should we run after our crown of eternal life?

For some of us, we understand that we should love God. But exactly does that really mean? How does this apply to me?

Jesus in John 14:15 says

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

1 John 5:3 echoes this same sentiment

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

Think of someone or something you truly love. How much would you do for that person or thing?
How much more would you do if the things they asked weren’t burdensome?
If you love God as you are supposed to, with heart, mind, soul and strength, then you WON’T run without aim, you won’t box to beat the air.
Your life will not be filled with shallow and superficial things that hold you back.
It would not be spent serving yourself, but serving God and others, as God commanded.

Make your body your slave as verse 27 commands you to.
The sprinter in the Olympic race will make her body a slave in order get out of it what she wants.
She follows the rules of the race so that she would not be disqualified, so that her training would not been in vain.
While she is definitely free to try to cheat and get away with it, the consequences of cheating are too great.

Romans 6:6 says

That our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

Verse 11 and 12 says

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts

Just like the sprinter, we as Christians must realize that the consequences are too great for us as well. Taking advantage of God’s grace sends a message not of love, but of hatred and unappreciation.

Galatians 5:13 says

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

If a sprinter understands that the consequences are too great to cheat, why don’t we as Christians understand that hell is an even greater consequence?
Why do we try to cheat God?
Why try to take advantage of someone that loves us so much?
For some, it’s because at times we lose sight of why we became a Christian in the first place, we lose sight of that love.
And for others, it’s because we honestly are not who we say we are.
We don’t realize that we can’t cheat God, we are only fooling ourselves.
Our desire to live for ourselves and live a life of sin shows that not only aren’t we free, but we don’t even know what freedom looks like.

What is the result if we don’t acknowledge these commands?

Romans 8:13 says

For if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Remember why you are here.
You have been freed from the slavery of sin to be a servant to Christ. Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower once said “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”

From that quote and the scriptures we have studied today, the only thing left to say is this. Use your liberty to completely serve God and others, or you may find that you are not truly free.

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So what do you guys think? Be honest! Be as nice/brutal as you need to be! :-)

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

So is Bush a Universalist or a Christian?

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Acts 4:10-12 (KJV)

Well I was looking on YouTube and I found an interesting video from our President, George Bush. What I saw nearly made my eyes jump out of my head. How come I didn't see this earlier? Why didn't any other Christians show me this or tell me about this. Here apparently George Bush is basically admitting that he's converted from Christianity to Universalism. You decide:

YouTube Video

Now some of you may be saying "Well he just probably doesn't really understand just yet. Maybe he just needs someone to explain to him." This isn't someone who just became a Christian recently. If this was the case, I would let the comment slide. Nor it this someone who doesn't have access to dozens of Christians and pastors to ask any question he so chooses. Again if this wasn't the case, I'd cut him some slack. No. This is the President of the United States of America, he can talk to whom ever he pleases. He has the right to tap my phone and hear me calling him names if he so pleases. That's how much access to information he has. He has claimed to have read the Bible front to back twice. How did he miss these crucial scriptures that make the case clear, Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to heaven:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6 (KJV)

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 2:14 (KJV)

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.
Galatians 2:21 (NAS)

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 (KJV)

No good deed justifies us God's eyes and no one else can make up for the sins that we have committed, but Jesus! Is our President really a Christian as he says he is? Some of you may say "Well its not my place to judge". Other than God and yours, who's is it really? We all know that God will judge us in the end, but does this really mean that we just accept everyone who says they are a Christian as such? Was Jim Jones one just because he said so? Or how about David Koresh? What about Hitler? He believed that he was doing the work of the Lord when he killed 6 million Jews. I believe that it is best for us to reserve judgment as much as possible, especially one such a decision on one's salvation. However, the Bible clearly warns us against false prophets, false Christs, and false brethren. And simply put, President Bush just went against one of the core beliefs of Christianity.

Let me make myself clear: I do not believe in judging anyone based on disputable matters, to any degree. I don't think it is right to say someone is or isn't a Christian based the number of times they got drunk, how many times they missed church or how high their skirt is - no matter how strong my convictions are on the subject. However, I do believe that in order for me to stand firmly behind someone and refer to them as brother or sister in Christ, I think their core beliefs need to be in order. This is not the case here.

There are many who will point out Matthew 7:1 which says "Judge not, that ye be not judged." Those people should understand that this scripture, when read in context, is condemning hypocritical judgment. Don't believe me? Look at verse 4- 6 of the same chapter:

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? "You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 7:4-6 (NAS)

In otherwords, it is not right for me to condemn and pass judgment on someone who is fornicating when I am doing the same exact thing. That scripture is not condemning all judging. You have to correct yourself first in that area before you can say something about someone else. Still don't believe me? Look at verse 6. Who are the dogs? Who are the pigs in this scripture? How do we know unless we use righteous judgment? (Hint: Jesus isn't talking about farm animals here, folks). Jesus even later on goes on to talk about false prophets and knowing them by their fruit in the chapter. There is a correct form of judging, even though popular opinion would have you thinking otherwise:

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
John 7:24 (NAS)

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.
1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (NAS)

Unfortunately church discipline is a lost tool among todays' body, but that's another post in itself. Quite frankly, I doubt many of the President's of recent history were believers even though they claim to be. You have to be too corrupt as a politician nowadays to get into higher office. Too many deals with special interest groups and lobbyist to get into office.

I will not make a decision for you, I am simply using this opportunity to make you think about how you view your President, how you view your beliefs on Christianity, and how you view judgment in general. Because if you don't, who will?

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:2-5 (NAS)

What are your thoughts?

P.S.: No, I wasn't originally planning on writing this much, but you know what happens when I begin to write :-P

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Monday, January 01, 2007

New Year's Resolutions

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

So I haven't posted in a while, right? Well I plan to write more, but for now I will post my New Year's Resolutions. As I mature in Christ, things will become even clearer for me, and I believe these are some of the correct steps for me.

1) Grow closer to Christ :
This should be everyone's #1 New Year's Resolution EVERY YEAR! Pray more, read my Bible more, be more patient, be more faithful, more loving, caring, more righteous and holy!

2) Step out in faith even more:
Evangelize even more than I did last year. Take new roles of leadership to advance the Kingdom! Don't be worried about what may happen to me or what harm may come my way. Remember that when I signed up to be a Christian, preaching the gospel to all nations as a part of the package, and it wasn't like if it was in fine print.

3) Get rid of dead weight:
Unfortunately there are still too many leeches in my life. The parasites. The ones that are your friend when they need a shoulder to lay their head on, or someone to pray for them or their boyfriend's cousin's baby daddy, or they need to borrow money, or they need help with a computer. You know what I mean. You know who you are. I realize that part of being a Christian is being taken advantage of. I don't like it, God doesn't want it to just happen all the time either, but being that our nature is to be selfless and put others before ourselves, its going to happen from time to time. Well I want it to happen JUST time to time. Getting rid of this dead weight will enable me to better realize the following resolution...

4) Do more community service:
This has been severely lacking throughout the entire duration of my walk with God. I started it last year, my church in Austin went to an Alzheimer's home to sing gospel songs for members there. I went and participated in that, but I know I can do more. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do right this moment, but there is more that I can do in the world.

This is my story and I'm sticking to it! Hope you all encourage me to keep my word. I will hold you to yours!

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Vanity of Vanities

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives. All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor. Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun. So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done? And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

- Ecclesiastes 2:3,10-13

The 4th of July usually is a fun time for me. In the past I had BBQs at my house and in recent years I went to other family member's houses for BBQs. This 4th of July was different though, I didn't do anything at all. No one that I knew was having a BBQ and I wasn't organizing one. So I sat at home and watched TV. I ended up watching the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on TV. I wanted to go see it live, considering I like 8 blocks away from it. However, I woke up too late. And when I watched it on TV, there were TONS of people waiting out there.

So I watched as Kobayashi destroyed the competition... again. He ate 53 1/2 hot dogs. I can't even eat 3 in one sitting. It's amazing that he can actually do that, we all have interesting talents that we just need to cultivate. With the events that just occurred still fresh in my mind, I visited an online forum that I frequent and a thread about the event was made. It had various pictures and commentary about what happened. A user in the forum posted a comment that has stuck with me ever since:

I want to show this to the starving kids in Africa.

That hit me like a ton of bricks. Here we have a guy stuffing 53 hot dogs down his throat as "sport" and a kid in Africa would just like 1. Here we are a plentiful nation revelling in our excess... again. Here I am watching him on TV when I could be out feeding the homeless. There is the guy down the street stuffing burgers and hot dogs from his BBQ and he won't give passersby any because he doesn't know him. Here we are as a nation rushing to the Chinese buffet eating way more than we need, but yet we quickly switch the channel when we see the "Feed the children" commercial. The scripture "To whom much is given much is required" comes right to mind. I've been evaluating just how much excess I've been living in for some time now, trying to see if I could make a fair excess/non-excess boundary for my life. One person in the thread laughed at the comment, that forum is known for saracastic jokes. So it is very possible that the person who made that comment was just saying it in a sarcastic manner.. I don't know, but after reading that statement, I realize that some things in my life need to change, I just need to figure out the how and what.

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

What the Bible does NOT say

I look sometimes at how we as people live and it strikes me oddly how we either don't know what the Bible has to say about a subject, or we conveniently ignore it. I mean, I don't expect everyone to completely understand and know every last thing in the Bible, there is none of us like that. Having said that, it seems that we either interpret things in a way to keep us in our comfort zone, or we listen only to those that tell us what we want to hear. Just hearing the different sayings that people around me often go by, it sometimes makes me wonder why people believe in such sayings, even though they are not in the Bible. Its like they think its scripture! So I took moment to just brainstorm and write this:

What the Bible does NOT Say!

Living life both for God and against Him is fine. After all, lukewarm Christianity pleases God. Half-stepping is good enough. (Revelation 3:15-16)

If you see someone sinning, ye who are spiritual, don't say anything or try to correct them at all, that would be judging! (Galatians 6:1)

When asking God for something, its ok to ask against His will. So praying that your ex-boyfriend gets in a car accident for cheating on you is A-OK! (1 John 5:14)

When evangelizing to people, tell them that things are only going to get easier for them once they become a Christian. God will definately take away all of their sicknesses, their marriage problems, their money problems and they will have absolutely NO PROBLEMS to deal with! (Matthew 10:21-22, 2 Corinthians 11:25-30)

If you see someone with false beliefs and/or a misunderstanding of the word, let them be. Everyone's entitled to their own interpretation, even if its dead wrong. As long as they are happy and they aren't directly harming you, everything's ok! (2 Timothy 4:2-5)

All scripture is from God... well, except the few times it condemns the actions that you like to participate in. (2 Timothy 3:16)

Go ahead and just sin if you please, its just one time, its just a little. After all, God's gonna forgive you tomorrow anyway! (Hebrews 10:26-31)

Giving up your desires for God isn't necessary, you get to have your other life on the side. You know, the one where you get drunk as much as you want, you spend enormous amounts of money on rims for your car, you live a self-centered life as opposed to a God-centered life. You live in so much excess, you make the prodigal son look like a Red Cross worker. (Matthew 16:24-28, Luke 9:23-26)

I want my women to dress with modesty, shamefacedness and sobriety... well, um, except for when you go to the beach, a party, the club, a banquet, a dinner or a night out on the town. Oh yeah, this commandment also doesn't apply during the Summer. (1 Timothy 2:9)

When talking to others about why they need to accept Jesus as both Lord and savior, don't include the law and don't you DARE mention Hell. Hell is too imposing and scary and will just scare away a potential convert. (Galatians 3:24-25, Ezekiel 3:17-21)

Love the Lord your God with the majority of your heart, mind, soul and strength. That's more than enough. Oh yeah, and 2nd hand love for your neighbor is fine too. It's not like if your neighbor is a relative! (Luke 10:35-37)

Judge not by appearance, judge righteous judgment.

Exceptions to this rule:

All women who dress how you believe to be inappropriate are obviously false Christians. Don't ever accept the "I can't afford anything better" excuse, they are always lying when they use that one!
All people who lose their cool have anger management problems, their circumstance doesn't matter in any way, shape or form.
All overweight people are obviously horrible sinners, they are in visible excess. So what if they actually happen to eat a moderate amount? Just look at them!

(John 7:24)

Be hearers of the word, obeying God isn't important, you're saved by grace! (James 1:22-25). As long as you go to church once in a while, hear a nice message, feel a little tingle inside, then you obviously love God! Obedience has absolutely NOTHING to do with the love of God! (1 John 5:3).

So what do you all think?

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

We're running out of time!

Another year, another season of 24. The greatest show in the history of mankind. Period. So good, it has a website that outclasses even Chuck Norris! Can you believe it? As if it were possible!
http://www.notrly.com/jackbauer/index.php?tophundred

American Idol is only popular because it has a commercial for 24.

Jack Bauer works for CTU, Counter Terrorist Unit, and basically defeats terrorists and whole governments single-handedly. The plots are so good every year, how do the writers think up this stuff? Just a week ago, Jack snuck onto a plane through the baggage area, got into the main coach section, took out the air marshall with a quick elbow, hijacked the plane, found the secret recording that the co-pilot/terrorist had that implicates the President in a scandal, and then lands the plane himself all in 20 minutes. But all of this work is squandered because of incompetent help. They allow a traitor to erase the recording. If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer's instructions, the show would be called "12"! Its going to have a 2 hour finale that will be awesome, can't wait to see how everything ends. Lost doesn't compare to this show, neither does Grey's Anatomy, nor does American Idol. Simply put, 24 is the best there is. Hey, its never to late to start watching it. If you start now, you will simply buy all 5 seasons on DVD to get the full appreciation of the beast that Jack Bauer is. So watch it next week, 8pm EST on Fox. And remember, Jack doesn't believe in Murphy's Law, only Bauer's Law: "Whatever CAN go wrong, WILL be resolved in a period of 24 hours."

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Not good enough

For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY " And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE." It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

- Hebrews 10:26-31 (NAS)

So what do you do when you don't feel like you are good enough for anyone or anything? You turn to the one person who you definately aren't good enough for, but who accepts you anyway: Jesus. The person who died for your sins even though He knew beforehand that you would continue to willingly sin and trample all over His dead body. If that isn't love on His part, I don't know what is. So when you don't feel loved by those around you, when you feel mistreated, remember Who you mistreated first and what He did for you anyway. Then remember just how good you really have it.

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Thursday, May 04, 2006

If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving!

Ok, the title has nothing to do with anything, but... well maybe it does, I don't know.

I can pretty much kiss the 3.0 goodbye, 1st 2 finals didn't go well. But no worries, I still have a year left in my college career. I can still turn things around.

Why don't we ever learn from the past? This thing keeps bothering me. I saw it the first time, it bothered me and that was understandable. It was the first time. The second time it happened, I should have ignored it, but I couldn't. I didn't even sleep that night. Now, it happened again, and it still bothers me. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, I need a slap upside my head! Funny thing is, I check back again a few mins later and it was a mistake.

I need help for this, I need prayer. It's sad how it keeps creeping up when I least need it. Here I was about to get all down and depressed when I have a final in 11 hours and a lab report write up due in between then! Sad part is, I find it too pathetic to talk to anyone about it, so I rather not say what it is, I will just have to deal with it myself. At least I found out it was just a mistake, now I feel better.

Well back to work, I'll talk a lot more next week.

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Sunday, April 30, 2006

The journey

From clarity to freedom to peace to patience to longsuffering to maturation to victory.

On the last leg, almost there...

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

The final battle of the war

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:8 (NAS)

So I've got a week and half left, and I need to be victorious on the final battle. So I've got 2 projects, 3 finals. I've already lost one battle, but I can make up for that later. I've got a lab report due Monday most likely, which means I will barely be able to study this weekend for my exams! Then I have another project due Wednesday. Listen to my professors reasoning: Well some of you guys have an exam on Monday, some of you have one on Tuesday, some on Thursday... so I'm going to make your project due Wednesday! What a jerk! So I am going to have a difficult time next week, but who isn't? This is Clarkson!

On another note, I plan to hold people by their own standards from now on. No more leinancy. In everything. For example, I have this friend who said "If someone is your friend, they will make time to call you and return your calls no matter what. What you need to do is call the person once, then let them call you back. If they are a real friend, they will". I have not heard from the friend who said this to me in 3 months. So, is this person still my friend? Hasn't this person failed their own standards?

Personally, I wouldn't have held someone to that standard myself. Usually, I would make an excuse for them or forgive the person really quickly or something. However, considering this is the person's own statement, I think I need to hold them by it. So I think I will. From now on, be very careful what you say to me, I will hold you to it. No excuses. Well, if you got kidnapped, maybe... lol.

And I still don't have something to do this summer! I need to get something. I need money. I want a car. However all is well, I have my health and family. If I need to get something, I will get it through prayer and supplication. So I'm ready for a great summer and I'm ready to ace my finals, even with little study beforehand! By the end of this semester, I should have a 3.0 for the semester!

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