Who Am I

So this was a sermon i did for a class, and i thought hey why not put it on here! enjoy

Everyone goes through a stage in life when they have to find out who they are. Some even start to compare themselves to others; they measure themselves on how many friends they have, how they look, and what they think about themselves, until they find their Identity in Christ they wont really find out who they are.

Do you know who you are?

Since I was 12 I realized that I could no longer hide under my family, I had to find out who God made me to be, and if I liked it or not, I had to find it out by my self, no one could tell me who I was, because that would be who they thought I was.

This isn’t just a one moment thing, it’s a long journey, and unfortunately some don’t find out who they were really meant to be.

Am I Worth It: As some people wonder who they are, they go down a road of depression, it’s either because they don’t have many friends, or because they get teased a lot, or they don’t think well of them selves. They often wonder if their worth it, if life is worth it, and Shame.

(Luke 12:6-7)

Am I Beautiful: Every teen girl go through a time when they question if they are beautiful, some because they think their ugly, because of what others say, or in my case because of what people said about themselves. I went through a stage when people I knew who were thin and beautiful said that they were ugly, or fat. Because of what they would say about themselves, I began to wonder if I was beautiful, I debated with my self and what I knew God thought of me, but I yet kept wondering if I was beautiful.

(Psalm 45:10-15)

Who Am I: Something you need to know, you are worth it, you are beautiful, and you are God’s Sons and Daughters, that’s who you are. Even though we’ve sinned and fallen short of the glory of God we are forgiven. (Psalm 32:1-5)

We are created in the image of God. (Genesis 1:27)

He made each of us uniquely and special, He was careful with each detail from our hair on our head (even if we don’t have hair) to our small toes. (Psalm 139:13)

I understand that even though I might not be the tallest person, that I’m unique and wonderfully made by the hands of Christ.

Conclusion: You’ll never know who you were really meant to be until you except Christ, and realize that you are His Child, one who God made such a wonderful plan for. (Jeremiah 29:11)

Furnace

Yeah i haven't blogged in awhile, and i apologize.
So life is getting pretty hectic, such as studying to take the placement test, I get my license on Wednesday, and I'm trying to get a job, and getting Taylor's room ready for when he gets back. lost of stuff to do.
But i cant help but think, you know how Pastors or just anyone talks about the "normal" Christians, their talking about how the normal for Christians is going to church during the weekend and then on the weekdays filling your self with loads and loads of crap. In other words their heart is a furnace, and instead filling it with something that would make it bigger, and live long; instead they fill it with something that stays makes the fire stays the same size and it soon dies, and then they feed it again, soon their addicted to the filth they fill themselves with.
Well if you fill your heart with the useless materials and things, then you reach a high that will fade fast, then you will put more and more in so you can feel that "high"; but if you fill your heart with God's word, prayer, and worship, you have to work to get it to burn in your furnace, but that fire will never go out.

Don't let your fire fade, cause if you don't pay attention to it, then the light wont shine, and others wont see it.