Change

Change

Stand and lift up your bible and repeat after me.

This is my Bible.

I am what it says I am.

I can do what it says I can do.

I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be.

Today I will learn more of the word of God.

The indestructible, never ending, living word Of God.

I will never be the same.

I will never be the same.

In Jesus Name.

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were

meant to be there. To serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or you

help figure out who you are or who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be but when you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible,

painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming

those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, will

power or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of

good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer

stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small

tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.

Safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you

experience can create who you are, and the bad experiences can be learned

from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them because

they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious

to whom you open your heart.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they

love you, but because they are teaching you to love and to open your heart

and eyes to little things. Make every day count.

Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can,

for you may never be able to experience it again.

Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let

yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high as you go through change..

Hold your head up because you have every right to. God made you in His image for a purpose. Learn about having faith in your daily life. Tell yourself you are a

great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in

yourself, no one else will believe in you.

Except one.

Jesus.

Why did Jesus come to earth to be among people?

Faith.

In the New Testament the word faith appears 243 times in a New King James Bible. In an NIV it appears 250 times.

In the Old Testament it appears twice in the New King James and 9 times in the NIV.

The New Testament is about Faith which comes from a true relationship with Jesus Christ. That is why He came.

Having faith was taught to those who were fortunate to spend personal time with Jesus while He was here on earth. The disciples were commissioned by Him to share it and show it to others.

The disciples were average ordinary men who were called to follow and learn from a man they had never met and they learned the love and ways of God. In the book of Acts these men were called to show the love and teachings of Jesus Christ to all that they would meet.

A few others were called also.

Turn with me to the book of Acts, Chapter 1 and say, ‘Amen” when you are there.

Let's read verse 8;

Acts 1:8

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Whoa. Wait a minute. I am going to have to tell people about Jesus.

In the world we live in?

People are going to think I am one of those Jesus freaks.

How do you share Him to those you know and those you are going to meet in your life here on earth?

You show the love of Christ in all you do.

There is a lot of change going on in our world right now. People are taking a stand to express how they feel about life.

Many people are upset with how life is now here on earth. Can you blame them?

We have all kinds of things going on right now that are disturbing and it creates an opportunity for us to look at how we do things in life.