So earlier I was listenin to Lecrae, he’s a Christian Rapper, the song ” Go Hard”. And I was listening and a verse from it goes:

I done been crossed over see the full court press
I’m a full court mess if the Lord don’t use me

Running from my trials thinking everythings groovy
If the Cross don’t move me then I don’t wanna breath no more

If I ain’t seeing Christ partna I don’t wanna see no more
Rep every day without worrying about bruising
I been to china man I seen some real persecution
If U didn’t know him would your life look the same
Can they tell you value Jesus by the way you rep his name?
Man what’s the point of living if I’m living for myself
Lord empty out my life before I put you on the shelf

I thought that was soo true.

So I’m sitting here studyhall, just thinkin. Now when you think about
how we do things that we know are wrong. Why do we do things that we
know we aren’t supposted to do. Everyone does it, and usually the
response would be “We’re human, we can’t help it..” But my question
is, Can we help it? Maybe it’s the assumption that we can’t help it
that is making teens and adults think we really can’t help it. Ponder
about that for a while.

So I was pretty much crazy in love with this girl. She is amazing. I guess I was, pretty much, too in love with her. Well this put me down in the dumps, because well I thought this girl was “The Girl” for me, and maybe she is. But then I thought, wait I’m only 16 years old, you know, I have so much more life to live. And I’m happy to say that we are pretty good friends, and now I realize I would never want to give up that friendship. No matter what, it makes me happy to have a Great friend like her.:)

Well I was relating this to God’s Love for us. And well Love is a beautiful thing, but it can also hurt. And I was thinking, God’s love for us is greater than anything. I mean he gave his one and only son for us. Now ladies and gentlemen, that is the most beautiful Love there is.

So earlier today I was listening to Lose My Soul, by tobyMac. At the beginning of this song it goes:

Man I wanna tell ya’ll something, Man.
Man I’m not gonna let these material thing’s, get in my way, ya’ll.
I’m trying to get somewhere.
I’m trying to get somewhere,
Thats real and pure and true and eternal.

I think he’s saying that he doesn’t want to be distracted by the material things of the world, like the things that we don’t need. When we are focused on these things, we lose ourselves and it separates up from our father Jesus Christ. I just think that that is so true. We shouldn’t be caught up in these material things.

This was heavy on my heart. So I just pray that we keep our eyes open wide on Him. And we share our love for Him with the rest of the world. That we don’t become consumed by the things that won’t be there in the end, that we stay focused on the Greatest One of all.

So I end with my favorite scripture.

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:18

God Bless
Love,

Dillon

It’s been a little while. I had to take a little break from blogging. But I am going to have some good stuff coming in the upcoming weeks. But what I am really here to tell everyone, is that I am hoping to go on a Church Trip to Guatemala, in June, and I am trying to raise money for it. And if anyone wants to help me raise money so that I can go on this trip, contact me. This would help out so much. Thanks.

God Bless
Peace
Dillon

Has something so small, meant everything to you? Well of course, this happens to everyone. And later on we can’t believe that such little things affected us. But we get that way everyday.

For example:

I could be on the court, playing in a basketball game. And weather I win or not, at that moment, it’s all I care about. Right? It doesn’t matter if there are people going to hell, dieing, and starving all over the world.

or

-If the Dow drops tomorrow, that’s all that matters.
-If we don’t win this game, that’s all that matters.
-If I don’t get the raise, that’s all that matters.
-If this person gets elected, that’s all that matters.
-If I lose my house, that’s all that matters.
-If I lose my job, that’s all that matters.

You know, I mean we focus on these small things, and forget about the important things. And suddenly these things become everything to us, and sometimes the best thing we can do is take  a bigger view of life. And not think that one little thing is everything.

So we are going to start from the beginning.

Genesis 1:1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Okay, so there was a time, when we didn’t exist. Everything was fine, without us.

Genesis 1:10
10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

So, as God created things, he saw that it was good. Everything was good.

Genesis 1:31
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good…

God was saying, Wow, that’s really good. And it says that when God was done on the sixth day, he saw that everything that he had made, and behold it was very good.

Okay, why was it very good?

Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

In other words he says you as a human being can just look up at the sky, look at the clouds, and look at the stars, or look at the universe through a telescope, and you see this declares the glory of God.

Romans 1:20
20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

He says ever since he created this world, his invisible qualities, and his devine nature could clearly be seen through the things made, so men are without excuse. Because what he made is so complex, that no person on this Earth has a reason not to believe in him(God).

I mean you can just look at the stars, and go “Shut up, no way.” How in the world does this work. How in the world do I just live on this little ball, that the core of this Earth is magma/lava fire stuff, and yet the covering is water, and yet it spins and it’s a circle it spins, and we don’t fly anywhere, and we fly around the sun, and all that stuff. And you’ve got these galaxies, that are just going forever.

He says that any human being can look around and go “Wow, this is good, this is so good!”

Like the sun, this ball of fire, that’s 93 million miles away, I mean, Wow, that’s just nuts!

You see, when God created everything, he goes, “Wow, this is really good, and this shows off what I can do, it declares my Glory.”

Now when God was creating this, he does something different, when he creates you and I, when he creates human beings it’s different from the plants and the animals because in Genesis Chapter 1 verse 26.

Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

When he makes man, it says, God says, “Let us make man in our image after our likeness,” Now remember this is the beginning, okay, And here’s God the father, God the son, God the Holy Spirit, and going you know what, lets make man in our own image.

Now isn’t that awesome, that somehow, I am created in the image of God, we are created in the image of God. Now that’s good stuff.

So I am going to challenge everyone who reads this blog. Maybe the best thing we can do is take  a bigger view of life. Just stop, and think about how Great our God is, and how everything on this Earth declares his Glory. Just take a moment, stop being caught up in everything around you, and Just Think about it.

Well that’s about it for now everyone.

Thanks

Peace
God Bless

Dillon

Well hello again,

I really haven’t blogged very much lately, and this is probably going to be the last blog I post in 2008, woohoo! But a new year is ahead and I’m ready, I might change the look of my blog, and I’m sure I will think of some great posts. So thanks to everyone that has looked at my blog and left their comments! And let’s just keep on keepin on, haha.

I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

God Bless

Peace
Dillon

What’s up? This is Dillon, I am going to write about what the Bible tells us about worrying. Alright.

The bible clearly tells Christians to avoid worrying.

6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
Philippians 4:6

In this Scripture we learn that we should bring all of our needs and concerns to God in prayer rather than worry about stuff.

25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”
Matthew 6:25-26

Jesus assures us that our Heavenly Father will take care of all our needs. Therefore, we need not worry about anything.

I have another good post, in the making, it should be posted either Monday or Tuesday.

Alright,

God Bless

Dillon

This is my illustration of what it means to Balance your Faith. You have to balance your connection with God, and Your good deeds.

Okay, well this is what I have been reading about and researching, and asking questions about. What is faith?

What is Faith?

Now in the Bible, it is said that Faith is being sure of what we hope and certain of what we do not see.

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1

My favorite bible verse is 2 Corinthians 4:18.

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:18

Faith causes you to know in your heart before you see with your eyes. This is what 2 Corinthians 5:7 says,

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
2 Corinthians 5:7

Faith and Deeds

The Bible says that a man who has Faith by itself, not accompanied by action, is dead. It says the body without the Spirit is dead, this is the same with Faith, Faith without deeds is dead. When the Bible talks about deeds it means your actions.

“What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? … In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
James 2:14-17

A little bit later the scripture says,

“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
James 2: 25

Hebrews 11:6 says,

“But without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
Hebrews 11:6

The Bible basically says, for if we have Faith, we will have Everlasting Life with our Lord Jesus Christ. Life has ups and downs with or without faith.  This is Faith.

The Bible also talks about Hope, it says, without hope there are no “things hoped for”, and therefore there cannot be faith. I am going to do a entry all about Hope later.

Alright,

God Bless

Dillon