Is it True that God knows our steps?

Is It True That God Knows Our Steps?

 

This is a rhetorical question that I would like to ask everyone right now.  According to Job 34:21, it states as follows; for His eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all of his steps.  This Bible verse proves that God orders our steps.  Frankly, God sees all things both good and bad when it comes to man.

 

 

 

Next, when it comes to Proverbs 16:9 it says a man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord direct his steps.  A man’s heart will not be like God.  Even man’s thoughts are not like God’s.  In Isaiah 55:8 says for my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways says the Lord.

Moreover, I would like to emphasize that I will have to pray and ask God for wisdom and discernment.  Additionally, I would like to say that in Jeremiah 10:23 says O Lord I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.  This means that God has a plan for all of us.  Man cannot do things without God’s approval.

Further, I want to inform everyone that the Lord is always with us.  The lord will never leave you or forsake you.  God sees all of my steps.  To be honest with all of you; God’s Son Jesus Christ is my personal Savior.  It is His son Jesus Christ, who is doing for me more than I am doing for myself.

 

The 9th Step Promises says as follows: If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.  We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.  We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it.  We will comprehend the word serenity, and we will know peace.  No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.  That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.

We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.  Self-seeking will slip away.  Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.  Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.  We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us; more than we are doing for ourselves.  Are these extravagant promises?  We think not.  They are being fulfilled among us sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.  They will always materialize if we work for them (Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition Pages 83&84).

The reason why I put this inside of my essay is because I am working on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.  I thank the Lord each and every single day for allowing me to wake up in the morning to breathe His breath of life, and use my five senses, and to move my extremities.  Dear Lord, I thank you for allowing me to attend Bible Study each week, and to resolve all of my active issues.  I am thrilled to be a Child of the Most High God.  I thank God and His Son Jesus Christ for keeping me alive, and to help me to stay strong.

What is the Difference between a Soul and the Holy Spirit?

What is the Difference between a Soul and The Holy Spirit?

 

        This is a comparison and contrast essay that is based on two definitions.  First, what is the definition of the word soul?  The definition of the word soul is an entity which is regarded as being the immortal or spiritual part of the person, and though having no physical or material reality, and is credited with the functions of thinking and willing; hence, determining all behavior.  Another definition of the word soul is the moral or emotional nature of a human being.

        Second, the definition of the word spirit will be emphasized right now.  A spirit is the life principle, especially in human beings; originally regarded as inherent in the breath or as infused by a deity.  Your soul is your mind and body.  Your soul also consists of emotions as well.  Everything comes from your spirit.

      John  The definition of the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God; specifically the third person of the Trinity.  The definition of the word Trinity is the condition of being three or threefold.  It is also a union of three divine persons.  God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit; in one Godhead.  Your soul tells you what to think, act, and feel.  It is greater than what I feel.  The word of God is very powerful.  What we think, want, and feel comes from the soul.  In reference to Satan, he will use your feelings to keep you away from God.  I would prefer to have someone who is committed to me.  Satan controls us emotionally.  He wants us to be independent of God’s Will.  Satan keeps us preoccupied by putting negative thoughts in our mind. 

        We are addicted to convenience.  The Christian must not be emotional.  Emotional means to be led by our feelings.  We have power over Satan.  Whenever he is attacking us; we do not have to act like him.  The word of God is powerful enough to penetrate through bone and marrow.  We have to understand the importance of living for the Lord.  Satan will use your feelings to keep you away from God.  There is a big difference between excitement and commitment. 

        We have to learn how to live beyond how we feel.  Satan wants to control us.  He wants is to be passive.  You are waiting to feel and use an outside force.  The first place Satan attacks is your mind.  The mind is the battlefield.  People have lots of problems with their mind.

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 Satan uses suffering.  He will also attack your body.  He wants to rule us.  We have a spirit.  We have intuition.  We have a body.  We have a mind.  We can have a messed up soul and mind at the same time.  We can never get our soul right.  Our soul tells us what we are feeling.

 

        We become addicted to convenience.  We have to control our emotions.  To feel emotional means that we are led by our feelings.  We are supposed to act like God.  Decisions control our emotions.  We need to hear from the Lord.  Love is not a feeling; it is an action.  No matter how we feel and treat people, we must put on love.  We must make a decision to put on love, mercy, and praise.

        We must set our minds for the Lord.  Never let Satan steal your joy.  There are times when we live by our emotions.  It is our responsibility to live within our means.  When you are led by emotions, we tend to do things excessively.  We also have to learn how to keep our commitments.  We do not want to do things that are based on emotions.  Never let your emotions give you trouble.  1st John 4:4 says Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

        Use your time wisely.  We must be obedient to God.  Discipline and Self Control are very important.  We must discipline our thoughts and our words.  Obedience is connected to how we love Jesus Christ.  We are supposed to be lights that are shining in a dark place. 

       Isaiah Getting our way is not reality.  God is telling us to do for our convenience.  God tells us things to save us from a lifetime or agony and pain.  Sometimes it is not what we say; it is how you say it.

        The mouth is the most difficult to control.  God, I want you to do things through me.  The tongue is a consuming fire. I am nothing without you Lord.  We have to humbly allow God to teach us.  Only a fool hates correction.  Satan will try to irritate you just to get your attention.  Complain means I remain.  Praise means to be raised. philippians_4-6_3x5

        We need self-control in our lives.  We have to allow God to control our emotions.  Believe in God and also believe in me.  Am I being obedient to God? If you let God be in the driver’s seat.  Always pray and then plan to work on the Holy Spirit, and allow the spirit to plan for you. God, I want you to lead me.  Always make a decision to be good to people.  We need to start praising God for His mercy and goodness.  Thank you for reading my essay.

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The Essence of Man, Woman, and Child!!

The Essence of Man, Woman, and Child!!

 

        This is an essay that pertains to the essence of man, woman, and child.  The definition of the word essence is the basic nature of something.  When we look at the basic nature of man, woman, and child; it is composed of the fleshly nature of being.  The fleshly nature of being consists of dust and clay.  The existence of mankind is derived from the earth.  This means that our existence is made up of the dust, clay, organs, cells, bones, as well as blood and plasma that comes from the composition of both parents. 

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        Next, when it comes to my personal existence, my blood type is AB+.  This means that my father’s blood type is A, and my mother’s blood type is B+.  Therefore, when you put the two blood types together, you get AB+.  During the past 27 years, I used to donate plasma from 1983-2010.

 I used to earn money from donating my own plasma for money.  The money that I used to receive was nominal.  The definition of the word nominal means relatively very small.  This means that I did not earn very much.

        Moreover, when it comes to the makeup of our existence, an average person have a total of 610 muscles and 208 bones.  An average person has 23 chromosomes and the DNA structure that is derived from both parents.  According to 1st Corinthians 11th Chapter, it states that woman comes from man and man from woman.

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 Both men and women are independent of each other.  However, woman comes from the womb of man; in Genesis 2nd Chapter.  Whenever a child is born into this world, it has 46 chromosomes from both parents.  The blood type of the child varies.

 

 A chromosome is any of the microscopic rod shaped bodies carrying the genes.  A gene is any of the units of chromosomes by which heredity characteristics are transmitted. 

Further, I want to say that nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord; this comes from 1st Corinthians 11:11.  The two might be different, but both man and woman become one flesh.  According to Genesis 3:20, Eve is the mother of the living.  Adam is the father of mankind.  In modern times, a mother is the head of the household.  The father is the breadwinner.  In a single parent home, usually, the mother is the head of the household and is the breadwinner.

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The essence of men, women, and children are very important when it comes to creation.  Currently, some children consider their father’s as a sperm donor.  This is an insult to the father himself.  It is up to both parents to raise their children.  There are times when parents would consider co-parenting. 

This is a process itself.  This means that an average child or children would spend time with both parents equally.  In most cases, children would prefer to spend most of their time with their mother. 

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Finally, the essence of man, woman, and child is very important.  In my estimation, the creation itself is very important.  I know that it is very important for men, women, and children to get along with each other.  During the last days, things are going to get worse.  I understand that the essence of mankind is based on man’s existence on earth.  It is very important for everyone to relate well with each other and oblige each other as well.  I want to be perfectly honest with everyone, I have a total of 36 nieces and nephews and 14 great nieces and nephews.  I do not have any children because of an injury that I had sustained back in 1979.  I was playing football and I got speared inside of the breadbasket.

 

In Conclusion, my parents admonished me when I was growing up, and they eventually told me not to have any children.  I am not saying that it is too late for me to become a father, but God has other plans for me.  I know that the essence of man essay is very important to me as well as others that are involved in my life right now.  To be perfectly frank with everyone, man determines the sex of any children.  It varies according to the type of woman that man is connected with.  Everyone has to be very careful when it comes to making a child.  Thank you for reading my essay.

What is the Difference between Grace vs Mercy?

What is the Difference between Grace Vs Mercy?

 

        This is a comparison and contrast essay that is based on the definition of two words.  The first word is grace and the second is mercy.  The definition of the word grace is good will or favor.  When it comes to grace, the Lord always shows us good will and favor when it comes to all of us.  Whereas, the definition of the word mercy is refraining from harming others.  It also means showing kind or compassionate treatment.  It also means the power to forgive.

When it comes to the Lord God; He always shows everyone compassion and understanding towards us.  I remember when I was a high school student, I became truant and missed over half of the 1981-82 school year.

The reason why I became truant was because I was involved in street gangs and I also smoked marijuana.  During that time, I had to appear in court for not attending school.  The Juvenile Court Judge stated to me in my face that anytime a person does not go to school, they are considered as crazy!

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Moreover, I want to inform everyone that I managed to change my ways by attending Job Corps in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  The Juvenile Court Judge gave me a second chance.  I will admit that I was a B+ to C average student in school.  I exceeded my expectations by graduating from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio in 1993 and 1995 respectively.  It was not very easy, however, I did very well.       I want everyone to know that in spite of my pass mistakes,     God had never left me nor forsaken me.

 

Definition of God’s Grace – How do theologians define it? “What is grace? In the New Testament grace means God’s love in action towards men who merited the opposite of love. Grace means God moving heaven and earth to save sinners who could not lift a finger to save themselves. Grace means God sending His only Son to descend into hell on the cross so that we guilty ones might be reconciled to God and received into heaven. ‘(God) hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him’”

He was there every step of the way.  I will admit to making a lot of mistakes in high school from 1979 to 1983.  Therefore, I graduated from high school at the age of 20 years old.  I was one of the oldest high school students to receive a high school diploma at the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Dayton, Ohio.  My graduation class had over 300 students.

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In Addition, I want to inform everyone that I am a 53 year old man who have a lot of common sense.  I am a person who has learned from all of my mistakes.  I want to be honest with everyone that God has shown me both grace and mercy during my 53 years of existence.

I also want to give credit to Judge McCullough for giving me a second chance at life.  I want to thank her for being lenient but firm on me.  I have admitted guilt for the crimes that I have committed in the past.  I want to also thank countless of others for seeing the potential in me.  I want to thank everyone in the Charlotte, NC and Toledo, OH for helping me to shine when I need to.

Further, I want to thank everyone at the University of Toledo for allowing me to enroll in college; in spite of my bad grades in high school.  I also want to thank everyone at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for allowing me to work at the J Murray Atkins Library for 8 straight years.  I want to thank everyone that God have placed in my life because they have seen great potential in me.  It is God that is doing for me more than I am doing for myself.

 

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Finally, I want to say that grace and mercy goes hand in hand with me personally.  I thank Jesus Christ for being the Lord in my life right now.  I will admit that I have been baptized 9 times within the past 20 years.  I had dedicated my life to Jesus Christ on February 15, 2015.  I am very happy to be born again.  I owe it to my personal Savior Jesus Christ and many others for helping me along in my journey to success.  I want to say that Grace and Mercy is very serious when it comes to God.  I always take my life serious when it comes to God’s grace and mercy.

 

In Conclusion, I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for forgiving me for all of my sins.  I want to thank my mother, grandmothers, aunts, and uncles for being involved in my life as a role model.  I also want to thank all of my family members for bearing with me for all of these years.  I had put all of my family members through a whole lot of mess.  I also want to thank myself for learning how to forgive myself for all of my personal wrongs in my life.  Grace is the good will and favor that God has shown me in my life.  The mercy is the total forgiveness of all of my sins.  I am happy to be a member of the Lambs Book of Life.  Thank you for reading my essay.

What is Creationism?

What is Creationism?

        This is an essay that pertains to the word creationism.  What is the definition of the word creationism? Creationism is the belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution.  It also pertains how man, woman, and beast came into existence.  For example, in the Book of Genesis, it specifically states that God formed man from the dust of the ground, and He also breathed into the nostrils of man, and man came into existence.

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        Therefore, the air that we breathe does not belong to us.  Whereas, woman is derived from man.  This means that God is responsible for creating woman from man’s womb.  Early on, God stated that man should be made in His image.  Man and Woman are in the same image of God.

 It was spoken, and everything came into existence.  When it comes to mankind, God is solely responsible for creating all things.  In evolution, it specifically states that man and beast have similarities.  The only difference is that beasts does not have a spirit like man. 

Next. When it comes to beast; they return to the ground in the same way that it came into existence.  Ecclesiastes 12:7 says; then the dust will return to the earth as it was and the spirit will return to God who gave it.  This means that when we die, our body returns to the ground, and the spirit returns to God.  Job 32:8 states that; but there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.  This means that man’s existence and understanding is derived from God.  I will be perfectly honest with everyone that my existence was known in advance.

 

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        In the Book of Job Eli hue spoke to Job concerning his situation.  I really like the Book of Job because it has a lot of very interesting Bible verses.  Job lost everything and he also lost members of his own family.  However, Job remained faithful with God.  Job’s friends criticized him about his personal losses.  Eventually, he was blessed by God.

According to Psalms 139:16, it states that God knew us when we were inside of the womb of woman.  He also knows how long we are going to live.  God knows all things.  This is the reason why God’s thoughts and feelings are not like ours.  This is the reason why I believe in God.  I also believe that God came to earth; in the form of a man, born of a woman, and lived and died for the sins of mankind.  This is the reason why I have Jesus Christ as my personal Savior.

 

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God has an assignment for all of us.  We are also called to live for Him.  I want all of you to know that God has special plans for all of us.  This means that God is in charge of our lives.  He has all of us here for a reason.  God has a job for all of us to do while we are on this earth as well as heaven.  This is the reason why my whole life as changed for the better.  My life has changed because I have dedicated my life to Jesus Christ.  Even though I do not have any children.  God is in charge of my life right now. 

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Finally, I read God’s word out loud because I hear voices that are not the Holy Spirit.  I refuse to live for Satan, man, and demonic spirits.  I am very happy to be a child of the Most High God.  Ephesians 2:10 says; For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.  I am happy to be God’s Masterpiece.  I am so happy to do His work by sharing my personal testimony with everyone that I know and do not know.

I know that I am a temple of the Living God.  We are all God’s Children as well as the temple of the Living God.  1st Corinthians 3:16 says; do you not know that you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?  Thank you for reading my essay.

The King Saul Effect and How it Relates to me personally.

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The King Saul Effect and how it relates to my Personal Life!

        I would like to start off by saying that the King Saul Effect has a whole lot to do with disobedience.  Frankly, I will admit that I am guilty of disobeying God’s word myself.  For example, I am solely responsible for looking at porn in the past.  However, I have been consulting with psychics and numerologists on a daily basis.

 The reason why I am expressing about this particular topic is simply because I have made a whole lot of mistakes throughout my personal life.  An example of my disobedience consists of having sexual relationships with harlots from 1986-2010.  Currently, I am no longer engaging in sexual intercourse with harlots. 

Let’s look at King Saul right now, he is responsible for disobeying God by not destroying Amalek.  Next, I want to say that the King Saul Effect applies to my personal life right now.  The reason why I am saying this is because I have been hearing voices for the past 9 years.  I suffer from schizophrenia right now.  I feel at this time that my spirit has been broken because of my disobedience and my mental illness.

Further, I want to inform everyone that this can happen to anyone anytime.  Right now, I have been rendered powerless because I am hearing voices that are not the Holy Spirit.  Moreover, I want to say that my physical and mental problem cannot be cured right now.  The voices have really changed my whole life.

SamuelIn Conclusion, I also feel that God is punishing me for all of my wrong doings.  Even though I have been baptized on Sunday February 15, 2015; I feel that God is still mad at me for wasting my seed numerous of times within the past 39 years.  In Summary, the King Saul Effect applies to me personally because I have been disobedient all of my entire life.

 

Finally, I would like to say that I feel that my Holy Spirit has been removed from me.  I am losing my memory right now because I hear voices.  I will also admit that I have sent $16,977 dollars to people that I did not know.  I will admit that I am hearing voices because I have been behaving terribly during the past 21 years.  I also admit that have put people’s names on my report in vain.  I will admit to having numerous of pictures of women in my past.  I also have a chemical imbalance inside of my brain right now.  I feel that having a mental illness have made me a very strong person.  I have casted all of my burdens on the Lord.  Thank you for reading my essay.

Where is your heart?

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Where is your heart?

 

          This is an essay that is based on the above posted.  First, I would like to ask a question.  What does this really mean in our lives?  I would like to inform everyone that it applies to all of our lives.  My heart is at this time is with God.  However, I will admit that I have gained too many idols in my life.  For example, I have had excessive pictures of women on a certain website.  It is not that I really wanted to acquire anything like this, it is that I only wanted to establish myself inside of a changing society. 

 

 

 

          Second, our hearts at this time should be on establishing an intimate relationship God.  I understand that my relationship with God has changed tremendously.  I feel that by gaining too much stuff means that I am gaining things that I do not need.  This Bible verse and how it applies to my life right now meaning that I can live for the Lord and serve Him and others.  I will admit that my behavior has changed in regards to this Bible verse. 

          Third, I know that my life for the Lord consists of stewardship and service.  Currently, as it relates to this verse, I feel that I must do things for the Lord by emphasizing how well I deal with my personal possessions and finances for myself for the Lord God.  I will admit that I had been placing too much emphasis on the world, and how live in it.  I will also admit that there are too many that influence our behavior.  I would like to receive your opinions on this Bible verse.

Encouragement for the troubled heart.

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Encouragement for the trouble heart.

 

          This is an essay that is based on the encouragement for the troubled heart.  First, let me inform everyone that whenever a person has a troubled heart, it is either a broken spirit or a form of depression.  There are times as human beings that we might suppress our feelings.  Therefore, there are times that we do not allow others to enter our personal space.  The only person who is able to comfort us is Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. 

          Second, I have a very important question to ask everyone right now.  Who comforts us in our afflictions? The answer is Jesus Christ.  This is the reason why I trust Him on a daily basis for everything in my personal life.  We should trust Jesus Christ, who has died for the sins of mankind. There are times when there is strength inside of our weaknesses. God is by nature an encourager.  He uplifts us and we should take advantage of it.

 

          Third, I want to inform everyone that there is a real need to talk to our heavenly Father.  God feels exactly what we all our going through.  God wants us to talk to Him about all of our problems.  He also wants us to praise Him as well.  Whenever, I read the Bible, it enlightens me personally.  God talks to all of us through His word.  There are also times when the Bible is an implication of my daily walk with Him.  God also reveals Himself to all of us in prayer.  He also seals our heart, and helps us.  You cannot beat talking to Jesus Christ.

          Fourth, when it comes to the word of God; He searches our heart and spirit.  I want to tell everyone that my heart and spirit has been revived.  God is a good God.  He encourages us in all of our afflictions.  He is always available 24 hours per day.  God is forever unending because He is always there for us.  This reminds me of the footprints inside of the sand poem.  He is always strive with us.  He is there to comfort us.  God enjoys building into our lives by encouraging us; so that we can encourage someone else.  We must learn how to get out of our own self-pity. God enables us by being there for us.  We just need to take the initiative to be there for others.  We cannot allow sin to overwhelm us.

          Fifth, we always hear God speaking to us.  Being thankful is a learned behavior.  It does not matter how far we are in despair, God and His son is always there for us.  He is there to rescue us.  The Holy Spirit will be able to help us in our time of need.  Finally, it begins with the very first step by asking God to save us.  We have to allow Him to speak to our heart.  There is someone who will pull you out of the grips of stress and despair.  Jesus Christ will help you.  God also uses others to encourage us in our time of need.  God knows what we are all about personally.  He always keeps His promises.

The Beatitudes and How it relates to all people.

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The Beatitudes and how it relates to all People!!

        This is an essay that is based on the Beatitudes and how it relates to all people. First, let’s examine this as it pertains to the Holy Bible.  The purposed of the Beatitudes is to teach common people how to conduct themselves; when it comes to God and the brethren.  The Beatitudes are the key to maintaining a good relationship with God.  For me personally, I can identify with all of the Beatitudes in my personal life.  The Golden Rule comes from Matthew 7:12 which states that: Do unto others as others have done to you. 

       

Next, I apply all of the Biblical principles in my life each day by spending quality time inside of the House of God as well as His word.  The Beatitudes are the beginning principles that makes sense in our lives.  Another example of a way that we apply the Beatitudes in our life is through humility.  Humility comes in to play as well as patience; especially when it comes to dealing with people as a whole.  I have to completely submit to God’s Will.  The Beatitudes are very interesting to me personally because it reveals that I belong to Him.  I have to remain obedient to His Will. 

 

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Further, I want to inform everyone that the Beatitudes are a benchmark when it comes to common sense.  For Instance, I can identify with the Beatitude when it pertains to being a peacemaker.  It states blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.  The reason why I say this is because I am the type of person who does not like to argue or cause divisions among God and the brethren.  My personal life has consisted of ups and downs as of late.  The reason why I am saying this because I have experience issues that pertains to the Spirit of depression and death.

In Addition, I have to change my behavior for the better.  God has already forgiven me of all of my sins both past and present.  I am totally submitting to God presently and forever.  My personal behavior has changed a whole lot since 2012.  This is simply because I have not been admitted into the hospital for over 6 years now. 

Moreover, as far as the Beatitudes are concerned, they are a starting point for me.  I am the type of person who is not in a position of judging others.  If I am not able to help anyone, I will be honest and tell them.  This reminds me of a counseling session as it relates to the Beatitudes.  By reading His word and praying each day; I will be in complete peace.  God’s word is therapy for my soul.

 

 

 

Finally, I want to say that I am happier than ever before.  The presence of the Lord in my life has made me peaceful and patient.  Whatever is inside of our heart, it tends to affect us and our circumstances.  Everything that we receive comes from the Lord.  Stewardship is based on how we seek God.  You cannot see God, but you can see people.  Everyone has the same impact in our lives by serving others.  Where you are is based on how well you respond to God. No matter how much we have, we will always seek God first.  Allow God to lead you to the right path in life.  In Conclusion, the Beatitudes are the teachings of Jesus Christ to help us to become better people.  Thank you for reading my essay.

What Are Some Reasons Why People Do Not Serve The Lord??

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What are some reasons why People do not serve the Lord?

 

            This is an essay that asks a very important question.  What are some reasons why people do not serve the Lord? I understand that we face ups and downs in our personal life.  We stumble and walk away.  According to Lamentations 5:21; it states, turn us back to you, O Lord, and we will be restored.  Some of the reasons why people do not serve the Lord is simply because they do not have the time.  They do not allow the Holy Spirit to lead them and guide them in the right direction.  Where your treasure is, your heart will be also.  If a person stops praying, how does God respond?  God feels very disappointed whenever we do not pray and do His will.

            Next, I have another question to ask.  How do you get your joy back?  Joy is the settled insurance and the determined feeling as well as the excitement in our life.  God is interested in doing things through us.  God will cause our thoughts to agree to His will.  Please ask God to give you the energy in your life.  God will show you what He wants you to do. 

            Over confidence is another reason why people do not serve Him.  There are times in our lives when we really need Him; He is there!! All things are possible through him who believes.  We must continue to pray and ask God for His will in our lives.  Some people think that they will not need God for anything.  I cannot say that.  Anyone is capable of sin.

  We do not know why some people are overzealous.  There are times when we do not know exactly what to do.  There are times in our prayer life; that God feels that we do not need at a period of time. Without the resurrected Christ, there is no Christianity.

         Psalms_26-2   Further, there are times that some people get a fear of disapproval.  I will admit that I have been giving to charitable organizations and to others.  I feel that I am overwhelmed and tired.  There are times when people tell me that they do not want me to pray for them.  I have another question.  Have you ever followed Jesus Christ at a distance?  I feel that I have at one point in my life.  I am a true believer of Jesus Christ right now.  I want to be accepted.  I want the Lord to accept me as a member of the Human Race.  God has accepted me as a new creation.

 According to Ephesians 2:10 says that we are God’s masterpiece and workmanship.  There are times when I feel that Mankind does not accept me as a person.  One of the signs is that we feel ashamed of Jesus Christ.  If you try to enjoy the world’s campfire, you will get burned.  When you start feeling ashamed of God; He will be ashamed of you.  Another reason why people do not serve the Lord is laziness.  We tend to feel lethargic and lazy some point in our life.  When you get tired, you are setting yourself up for temptation.  It takes a whole lot of effort and stamina to serve the Lord.  There are times when I feel unaccepted in certain places where I go.

Psalms_51-2 This is because I suffer from a mental illness.  I suffer from schizophrenia right now.  I have been suffering from a mental illness for 21 years now.  Therefore, I am more than likely to suffer from fatigue.  I will also admit that I am a Christian man who has a lot of common sense.  I am highly intelligent, polite, respectful, helpful, giving, kind, warm and compassionate.  I also will admit that I have allowed people to take advantage of me personally because I do not say the word “No!”  Lamentations 3:40 says Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord.  There are times when people take my kindness for a weakness.  I will also admit that I give to the Church all of the time.  I am on the verge of writing my own autobiography.  I am writing my own book because I feel that I have a lot to share with the world.