Don't Waste Your Life

So, I've been reading this book, called Don't waste your life by John Piper. And let me tell you, its pretty amazing. This is where my heart is, this is what I want to help with. It chimes right along with Radical, by David Platt. Now what's really cool, is I have been listening to some amazing podcasts by David Platt and Louie Giglio. I have over 382 podcasts. Let me tell you whats awesome, sitting in school, when someone things I'm listening to music, I'm not I'm listening to sermons. Im listening to the Word, and guys its challenging me in ways that even hard to explain. Like, Platt asked in one podcast, "Do you have a 2 months plan to help someone grow closer to Christ, after 1st leading them to Christ?" My answer was no. But then he said this, "If all of us do not have that, there are two reasons why, one: We don't believe that we will Save someone tomorrow, and then we doubt our God. Or 2: we fully believe we can lead someone to Christ tomorrow, but we can just wing it. The problem there is that it's about us doing. So by planning out a period to come beside someone and disciple them involves prayer, bible reading, etc. But how can we lead someone in any of that if we ourselves don't pray, or read our Bible. This is some amazing stuff. Whilst listening to these podcasts, I've been reading Don't Waste Your Life, where Piper pleas with everyone who reads to no let our lives count for nothing, wasting away on the pleasures of the World. It's all about God, guys. Letting our life reflect his glory. Modeling our lives after Jesus. Taking his commands seriously, and taking up our cross daily and following him. Don't Waste Your Life...

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Thoughts of tonight

Thoughts of the day

- I guess my main problem with mainstream christianity is how fake and shallow we can be. One day we can worship our abba. The other 6 we can do our thing. Somehow that doesn't connect to the whole dying to self thing...so how did we get this way? And what about this denomination garbage? I don't hear about it in other countries who are actively persecuted. Why does everyone make such a big deal of it? You know? Why can't we recognize the Body of Christ? Why can't we recognize that without unity in the church we are nothing, can a person look both left and right at the same time? No. Likewise can the church be split in petty arguments. Heck, does it really matter if someone says they can use tongues? Our goal and mission here is not about that, we have a direct purpose! Go and make disciples. Go. Go to your school, your family, across the ocean, just go. Be willing to risk comfort, if you really believe that Jesus Is worth it. The least you can do for the atoning sacrifice, is do what he makes us able to do. Aren't we living for something more? My challenge, to whoever... Be a disciple. And a disciple-maker. Not just a comfortable church goer. Get past these differences. We have a goal that can only be achieved through unity. Ate we really that different?

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