Stand to Reason: 10 Tips to Help Your Prayer Life

The article from Stand to Reason are some tips that might help your pray life out more. I have noticed that I can always pray more then what I do. I think most people have the same problem so here a resource I found. STR is a great site also to find answers about different topics that people might have like post-modern thing to abortion. STR tries to present the facts in a logical way and also prove why Christianity is a thoughtful reason in the areas of philosophy and ethics. I hope that you enjoy the article.

Stand to Reason: 10 Tips to Help Your Prayer Life

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A verse that has shown a weak spot in me.

I had a gentlemen that might become my new witness partner to save the people of Lynchburg from the pending doom of the Lord. He called and asked me about Thomas Road Baptist Church not witnessing tomorrow. He also shared a verse that read in a book, I believe it is called The Road to Jerusalem, and it was Jeremiah 48:10, ""Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.". He was saying that how we are fighting a fight against Satan and how we should enter Heaven with blood on our swords. This verse is explaining that God desires to judge Moab is so great that he will not spare those who are slacking in killing them. Now I know that we are not to kill people because of God's desire to judge people unless in a just war. God's desire now is to have everyone saved and as Christians we must not work with the slackness. People are going to hell because of the sins and we have the what they need to be saved. I think that our works in ministry should be one that helps spreads the Gospel. I am not talking about giving to a ministry but instead one that will promote the gospel near where you attend church. Our job use the Sword of God so the Spirit of God convects people of sin, that will have the Father to save. This is applies to me more than anything else. I have so many opportunities to witness to lost people everyday and I am slacking in the work of the Lord. There are people in the world that preach the Gospel knowing that it might be the last time before they are beheaded. How much more should I be preaching since I have the freedom and knowing that they just can not behead me. Oh, how I need to trust in God more so he can same people. The harvest is ready to reap but the workers are few. Are you ready to promote God and share a message that will save people from an eternity away from God's goodness.

Has Calvinism Merged with the World.

I was reading an article from the Metropolitan Tabernacle's Sword and Trowel. Dr. Masters was talking about conferences and preachers in America that have seemed to merge Calvinism and the world together. Some on the names that are mention are people like John Piper, John MacArthur, Joshua Harris, C.J. Mahaney. As I read his review what the new Calvinist are doing here in the America, I see what he is talking about. The American church in general has embrace the world and accepted some of the culture that the world enjoys. I want to deal with music, and how we have lost the reverance for the Lord. I have been to the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London and have experience how Dr. Master has set up worship in the church. It is not like any American church, in fact, I do not think that you will find a church like that in America. The service was refreshing and simple. There was nothing special. The music was old hymns and an organ.

What Dr. Master is talking about is has the new Calvinist embraced the world to much. He uses an example of when a rapper made Curtis Allen was saved, he stop rapping but Joshua Harris convinced him to continue rapping but for Christ. Dr. Masters has a believe that we should not be do anything that resembles the world in our church or conferences.

I would agree that our churches have become less reverent for the Lord and that Christians are looking for like the world. I also think that some things like Christian rap is not bad as long as Christ is preached. He also states that we use the worldly things to attract the world to church, which I also think is wrong. If I want to attend a concert, I will go to a concert. When I want to attend church, I do not want to attend a concert with preaching. Can Christian rap have a place in a Christian life> I would say yes when working out or when you are at home and want to listen to music but not in church.

I do think the assessment of the new Calvinism is a valid assessment. Dr Masters is noticing that the New Calvinist are not following the standard Calvinist thinking by allowing the world to influence the church.

You can read the article here.

A more meaningful post.

I have been wanting to post something that kinda deals with what I am learning in school but for now here is something that I think we can never stop thinking about.

All I need is Christ. When everything else fails, Christ is the one that is faithful. Not only that, God also provides me the necessary material things that will keep me alive even if I can not afford them. This seem strange than he would do such a nice thing to a person that will never honor him with every waking breath and constantly dishonoring his name. The question is why has God, who hates evil, allow me a evil person to live? He does it so we can see his grace and ultimately glorify his name. So I deserve his wrath but he allows me to live so he can be glorified. He desires all to be saved because he personal set humans apart to praise his name.

I want to explore an anthropological argument on why God desires all to be saved. I think that it will help us to understand why we need to preach the gospel to lost people.

God of this City

Here is a song we sang in convo today. It is by Chris Tomlin called God of this City.

[Verse 1]
You're the God of this City
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are

[Verse 2]
You're the Light in this darkness
You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless
You are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]
For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
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I want to use this song to encourage us that God is never done with a city. There is always hope to change a community and it starts with out choose to reach the lost. Let us not forget that our God wants all people to be saved because he create people to glorify his name. Let us fight for the glory of God. Not all have been called to preach on the streets day after day but we all are called to share our faith. One person at a time. I feel that we have been praying for a revival but we fail to get out to start it. Let us start to be faithful in sharing our faith so God can start the revival.

Books, Books, and More Books.

So I have to use $400 to use at the campus bookstore. I making a careful consideration on what books I want. So I bought:

The Truth War Dr. John MacArthur
Just do Something Kevin DeYoung
One Thing You Can Not in Heaven Mark Cahill.

I also ordered:
Christless Christianity Michael Horton
Stop Dating the Church Joshua Harris.

I still have about $220 left to buy books. I am thinking about about getting some on my textbooks for next semester. I know that I will not need all new books because I am taking the first part of my theology class (that class teaches theology proper, if you do not know what theology proper is then I think you might not be a Christian. Just kidding about being a Christian but look it up) .

I also went to Lifeway Christian Books to get Worldliness by C.J. Mahaney. I guess I have some books to read.

I Know, 3 posts in one day.

I thought that this is LU File worthy. I meet a young woman today named Sarah. I guess she is a fan of hot tea, guess she spilled some on me. I thought it was coffee because of its whiteish brown color. I guess it must have been British tea. Anyways, I used that to introduce myself. She is the 2nd person and a female on the bus this year. I would notice that she is also in my BIBL 105 class. She was carrying the study book with the notes in it. Fun times here at LU.

MORE SONG LYRICS!

I have to say, a lot of the lyrics are going from Coveant Life Church in Maryland. It is the same here. This is the NA Band and I have is Christ. Enjoy. Here is a video with song at Sovereign Grace Music. The video is at the bottom.

I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to Your will
And if You had not loved me first
I would refuse You still

But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace

Hallelujah! All I have is Christ
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life

Now, Lord, I would be Yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow Your commands
Could never come from me
Oh Father, use my ransomed life
In any way You choose
And let my song forever be
My only boast is You

The Difference Between Professing Faith and Possesing Faith.

In the last post, I mention that there was 150-200 people now have a professing of Faith in Christ. I wanted you to pray that it becomes a possessive faith. Some might not know I mean when I use these terms. First, let me began with what I believe of salvation. This will help a little to understand where I am coming from. I will use scripture to show the difference.

I do want to note that people might not have the same view. They are not heretics, we just do not believe in the same. They are still saved.

First, I believe that you are either saved or not saved. There is no middle ground called carnal Christian. The term comes because we have people who profess to have faith but do show signs. This happens because the church will pronounce them saved. We do not know if they are truely saved unless God tells us that person is saved. I know the promises and if they true repent and trusted there is more.

So a person who professes to be a Christian just says that they believe. They will have faith without works.

So a possessing Christian is a Christian that professes with their mouth and HAVE works to back up their claim. NOTE: WORKS DID NOT SAVE THEM, but merely prove that one is saved. We see this clearly in James 2:14 and surround verses.

The main reason I do not like it when people pronoun people saved when they first convert is because 98% of evangelicals will not be part of a church within 1 year. The sad part is that we proclaim to them that they are saved.

I hope this cleared up what I mean. Any Questions, please comment. I will do my best to answer but remember I am no preacher or a theologian. I am merely a college student with a desire to see people saved and to study the word of God.