In your life right now, what is most "urgent and pressing"?
In my life, my future is most urgent right now. specifically my relationships in the future with my friends, my boyfriend, and my family. Going away to college puts lots of stress on the relationships in my life. My best friend is going to Africa, none of my really close friends are going to Baylor, my boyfriend will be 1000 miles away in Michigan, and i will be very separated from my family who i am so dependent on. going away to college is like the end of an era, and its something i have been thinking about lately: i will be much more independent, something i am not used to, i will not have close friends anywhere near by to keep me sane and in a good mood all the time, and my boyfriend who makes me so happy will not be anywhere near me until next thanksgiving break. I am basically starting anew, and its stressing me out, because im pretty happy with where i am now.
How have your career plans and personal life schedule taken on an urgent status in your life?
My career plans have taken an urgent status in my life because i will soon start preping for my career, so i need to start thinking about what would be best for my major and what would be most beneficial to my life and my future family and career. also my social life has become more inportant because i am a senior and i am trying to have as much fun as possible with as many of my friends
How is that unhealthy?
because i fail to live in the moment and sieze the day because i am too worried with my school work, my future and my relationships.
There is little urgency to reap harvest. there is little urgency to share the gospel truth with others. How can this be the case?
we can not see the reality of the harvest, so we don't seem to care. it is hard for us to see something not tangible, so we are not radically urgent about it.
What must we do to change this?
we must pray to God to let us see the radical urgency of reaping the harvest over the importance of our own lives and life plans.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Radical blog 3
When you understand that the Gospel demands radical compassion, what does radical compassion mean to you and for your life?
It means that we should have radical compassion in our lives instead of being passive about stuff. Radical compassion means to have so much compassion that it makes others pale in comparison because this kind of compassion is from God. it means to put others before yourself in all things you do. it means that people should know you are different by how much you care for others. they should be able to say "there is something different about the way she treats people." it means that we should love people the way Jesus loved people and do things for them that will make them happy. it also means that we should tell them about Jesus in order to save their souls from going to hell. because that is what it means to truly love people and love their souls, you try and save them from hell even when you don't know them, because everyone deserves to know about Jesus and go to heaven instead of hell.
It means that we should have radical compassion in our lives instead of being passive about stuff. Radical compassion means to have so much compassion that it makes others pale in comparison because this kind of compassion is from God. it means to put others before yourself in all things you do. it means that people should know you are different by how much you care for others. they should be able to say "there is something different about the way she treats people." it means that we should love people the way Jesus loved people and do things for them that will make them happy. it also means that we should tell them about Jesus in order to save their souls from going to hell. because that is what it means to truly love people and love their souls, you try and save them from hell even when you don't know them, because everyone deserves to know about Jesus and go to heaven instead of hell.
Kyle Lake's Last Sermon
"Live. And Live Well. BREATHE. Breath in and Breathe deeply. Be PRESENT. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now."
This is my favorite excerpt from his sermon because as a senior in high school I am looking forward so much to going to college and to my future, but at the same time i need to have fun with where i am now. i have so much to be thankful for and so much to enjoy right now, such as a loving family, great friends, and a great boyfriend. Also it's like life is moving so so fast, and im NOT Breathing and pausing to smell the roses.
"If you bike, pedal HARD...and if you crash, crash well."
I like this excerpt a lot because not long ago i rode my bike and crashed HARD. I received 2 bruises and a scrape on my knee. to me, this piece of advice means give everything your all, put all of your best efforts into everything you do, and don't regret any of it, and if you mess up (which i do a lot) don't be afraid to accept the fact that you are not perfect. now that i think about it, i don't regret riding my bike that day at all, even though i crashed and it hurt (and i still have the 2 bruises almost 4 weeks later). It was fun because i did something out of the ordinary and i was adventurous and i gave it my best efforts.
"At a family with friends and family, LAUGH"
this is influential to me because i LOVE to laugh, i will laugh at anything because it brings myself, and others, happiness. also it reminds me of how i need to be in the moment and love/enjoy where i am now.
"Taste every ounce of life. Because it is most definitely a gift."
sometimes we pass through this life and don't know what happened. we should always be attentive and perceptive, taking in all around us and enjoying every moment. we are way too busy for our own good. in college i am not getting nearly as involved in stuff as i am now in high school. it's nice to do stuff at school and be involoved, but not to the point where life is moving too fast and we are going going going non-stop! this causes us to not relax and be happy.
This is my favorite excerpt from his sermon because as a senior in high school I am looking forward so much to going to college and to my future, but at the same time i need to have fun with where i am now. i have so much to be thankful for and so much to enjoy right now, such as a loving family, great friends, and a great boyfriend. Also it's like life is moving so so fast, and im NOT Breathing and pausing to smell the roses.
"If you bike, pedal HARD...and if you crash, crash well."
I like this excerpt a lot because not long ago i rode my bike and crashed HARD. I received 2 bruises and a scrape on my knee. to me, this piece of advice means give everything your all, put all of your best efforts into everything you do, and don't regret any of it, and if you mess up (which i do a lot) don't be afraid to accept the fact that you are not perfect. now that i think about it, i don't regret riding my bike that day at all, even though i crashed and it hurt (and i still have the 2 bruises almost 4 weeks later). It was fun because i did something out of the ordinary and i was adventurous and i gave it my best efforts.
"At a family with friends and family, LAUGH"
this is influential to me because i LOVE to laugh, i will laugh at anything because it brings myself, and others, happiness. also it reminds me of how i need to be in the moment and love/enjoy where i am now.
"Taste every ounce of life. Because it is most definitely a gift."
sometimes we pass through this life and don't know what happened. we should always be attentive and perceptive, taking in all around us and enjoying every moment. we are way too busy for our own good. in college i am not getting nearly as involved in stuff as i am now in high school. it's nice to do stuff at school and be involoved, but not to the point where life is moving too fast and we are going going going non-stop! this causes us to not relax and be happy.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Radical blog 1
!. Do i want satisfaction without sacrifice? Because i am lazy, satisfaction without sacrifice would be the easy thing to do, but i know that true satisfaction comes from hardship and sacrifice, so i want to be truly satisfied by sacrificing my life for Jesus.
2. What are we willing to give up to get true, abundant satisfaction? we are willing to give up time, which would be devoted to the word, and we would give up the mainstream teenage living. we would also give up our lives to Jesus so he can provide us with true happiness.
3. If Jesus requires all of us to relinquish all our lives in pursuit of His glory and desires, how do their lives change in terms of priorities?
their priorities are as follows: 1. God. God is THE ONLY priority.
What should be the center of our lives?
God. with him as the center, we will love others correctly and other things in life will be well organized the way they should be.
4. If we are dead to ourselves. who makes the decisions in our lives?
We give Jesus the control, and we have no control. He makes all the decisions in our lives.
5. Should we seek Christ in decisions such as where we go to college, what we wear, what we eat ect.? Why does it matter? What would that look like? We should not only seek him, we should let him make the choices for us. we should listen to the spirit as it is talking to us and telling us what we should do. it matters because he knows what is best for us, so we should listen to him. this would require lots of prayer and listening to the spirit. it would also require time in the word so we know what our guidelines for things like clothing are.
6. How do your attitudes toward our possessions reflect our relationship with Christ and our desire for His mission? How would our lives look if we sought to glorify Christ in the way we purchase and obtain possessions? Our attitude towards our possessions tells us where our hearts are. if we are obsessed with our stuff, then we can not love God with our whole hearts. our relationship with God is lacking if we are obsessed with our stuff.
7. What does it mean to carry your cross as a disciple of Christ? Are you living your life this way? to carry our cross means to live the life of Christ everyday. we are to live as Jesus did and try to do what Jesus did.
8. Will Jesus be your supreme joy, or will you forsake him for the fleeting pleasures of this world? Sometimes it is hard, but i will chose Jesus to be the supreme joy in my life
2. What are we willing to give up to get true, abundant satisfaction? we are willing to give up time, which would be devoted to the word, and we would give up the mainstream teenage living. we would also give up our lives to Jesus so he can provide us with true happiness.
3. If Jesus requires all of us to relinquish all our lives in pursuit of His glory and desires, how do their lives change in terms of priorities?
their priorities are as follows: 1. God. God is THE ONLY priority.
What should be the center of our lives?
God. with him as the center, we will love others correctly and other things in life will be well organized the way they should be.
4. If we are dead to ourselves. who makes the decisions in our lives?
We give Jesus the control, and we have no control. He makes all the decisions in our lives.
5. Should we seek Christ in decisions such as where we go to college, what we wear, what we eat ect.? Why does it matter? What would that look like? We should not only seek him, we should let him make the choices for us. we should listen to the spirit as it is talking to us and telling us what we should do. it matters because he knows what is best for us, so we should listen to him. this would require lots of prayer and listening to the spirit. it would also require time in the word so we know what our guidelines for things like clothing are.
6. How do your attitudes toward our possessions reflect our relationship with Christ and our desire for His mission? How would our lives look if we sought to glorify Christ in the way we purchase and obtain possessions? Our attitude towards our possessions tells us where our hearts are. if we are obsessed with our stuff, then we can not love God with our whole hearts. our relationship with God is lacking if we are obsessed with our stuff.
7. What does it mean to carry your cross as a disciple of Christ? Are you living your life this way? to carry our cross means to live the life of Christ everyday. we are to live as Jesus did and try to do what Jesus did.
8. Will Jesus be your supreme joy, or will you forsake him for the fleeting pleasures of this world? Sometimes it is hard, but i will chose Jesus to be the supreme joy in my life
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
THe American Dream
How is your personal dream for the rest of your life similar to and different than the American Dream?
My dream is somewhat similar to the American Dream. The American Dream is like wanting a better life than what you already have or wanting to be successful. My dream is to be a successful sports physical therapist or a pediatric occupational therapist. I also want to be married someday (after I have started my career) and have a family in a nice house. I don't aspire to be super rich and live in a mansion and have tons of maids, but I hope to use my talents God has given me to help others through physical or occupational therapy. My real dream is to help heal those who need healing and help children because i have a passion for them. then i also have aspirations other than that; such as to be married and have a family and be happy.
My dream is somewhat similar to the American Dream. The American Dream is like wanting a better life than what you already have or wanting to be successful. My dream is to be a successful sports physical therapist or a pediatric occupational therapist. I also want to be married someday (after I have started my career) and have a family in a nice house. I don't aspire to be super rich and live in a mansion and have tons of maids, but I hope to use my talents God has given me to help others through physical or occupational therapy. My real dream is to help heal those who need healing and help children because i have a passion for them. then i also have aspirations other than that; such as to be married and have a family and be happy.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Stewardship: God Gives
How is the stewardship of our time talent, and treasure related to the character and glory of God?
Jesus used all of his time talent and treasure to serve others while He was here on earth, so we should use all of our God-given time talent and treasure to serve others in His name.
What is the ultimate purpose of the spiritual gifts and treasure that God has given you?
The ultimate purposes for the God-given talents that we all have is to serve God and show others God's love with what we do with the rest of our lives. I should (and am trying) to base my future on what would serve and glorify God.
What is the difference between the Old Testament tithe and stewardship?
Tithe was required, and stewardship is encouraged.
How does the way you view and use your money reflect the condition of your heart?
What ever you love the most, you will spend your time talent and treasure on. I love dance, and I spend a WHOLE lot of time talent and treasure on dance. What you love in your heart of hearts will be reflected in your life with what you spend your time talent and treasure on. If you love money, you will pend your time getting money, you will exploit you talents to get money, and you will sacrifice your treasures for money.
How has tour view of money been challenged by this chapter?
I never though about how God gives us the money we have. God gives us the talents that earn us money. We cannot get it with out him, and He will only let us have it if He wants us to. I always thought it depended on how hard you work ect.
What does stewardship reveal about who or what you worship?
What ever or who ever your serve is obviously what your cherish or love the most. If you are a servant of money, then you worship money.
How are you using your time, talent and treasure? Do you need to repent and grow?
Jesus used all of his time talent and treasure to serve others while He was here on earth, so we should use all of our God-given time talent and treasure to serve others in His name.
What is the ultimate purpose of the spiritual gifts and treasure that God has given you?
The ultimate purposes for the God-given talents that we all have is to serve God and show others God's love with what we do with the rest of our lives. I should (and am trying) to base my future on what would serve and glorify God.
What is the difference between the Old Testament tithe and stewardship?
Tithe was required, and stewardship is encouraged.
How does the way you view and use your money reflect the condition of your heart?
What ever you love the most, you will spend your time talent and treasure on. I love dance, and I spend a WHOLE lot of time talent and treasure on dance. What you love in your heart of hearts will be reflected in your life with what you spend your time talent and treasure on. If you love money, you will pend your time getting money, you will exploit you talents to get money, and you will sacrifice your treasures for money.
How has tour view of money been challenged by this chapter?
I never though about how God gives us the money we have. God gives us the talents that earn us money. We cannot get it with out him, and He will only let us have it if He wants us to. I always thought it depended on how hard you work ect.
What does stewardship reveal about who or what you worship?
What ever or who ever your serve is obviously what your cherish or love the most. If you are a servant of money, then you worship money.
How are you using your time, talent and treasure? Do you need to repent and grow?
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Stewardship: God Gives
How is God's view of money different from our view of money in our culture?
God views money as something that tests us. It can be a good thing, or it can be something that distracts us from Him. God will take care of us whether we have money or not, so money is not important to God. God does not love us based on how much money we have, yet that is sometimes how we as sinful humans base our standards of love on. We tend to make friends that are in the same tax bracket as we are or maybe one above, but we look down on those who are poorer than we are, or we pity them for not having money. With God it's the opposite. He pities those who are obsessed with money and getting more money. This is not to say that God pities all rich people, but he pities the rich who do not use their money wisely, because God gave them the gifts that accrued their wealth.
What is stewardship and how is it related to the character of God?
Stewardship is serving others over yourself in God's name. It is related to the character of God because God serves us all the time. Jesus spent half his life being a steward. He helped others constantly; He healed the sick, the blind, He fed 5,000 people, He raised the dead and so much more.
How is stewardship a response of worship?
In response to God's love, we should love others like He loves us. We should love others for God's sake. We may be the only bible that some people see, so we should love others and serve them because that's what God and Jesus did.
God views money as something that tests us. It can be a good thing, or it can be something that distracts us from Him. God will take care of us whether we have money or not, so money is not important to God. God does not love us based on how much money we have, yet that is sometimes how we as sinful humans base our standards of love on. We tend to make friends that are in the same tax bracket as we are or maybe one above, but we look down on those who are poorer than we are, or we pity them for not having money. With God it's the opposite. He pities those who are obsessed with money and getting more money. This is not to say that God pities all rich people, but he pities the rich who do not use their money wisely, because God gave them the gifts that accrued their wealth.
What is stewardship and how is it related to the character of God?
Stewardship is serving others over yourself in God's name. It is related to the character of God because God serves us all the time. Jesus spent half his life being a steward. He helped others constantly; He healed the sick, the blind, He fed 5,000 people, He raised the dead and so much more.
How is stewardship a response of worship?
In response to God's love, we should love others like He loves us. We should love others for God's sake. We may be the only bible that some people see, so we should love others and serve them because that's what God and Jesus did.
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