14 "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
~Joshua 24:14-15
Amen
~Joshua 24:14-15
Amen
I am going to list 14 things, and I would like you to put these in order of how much time you spend thinking about each item in an ordinary day (please be as honest with yourself as possible), let’s begin:
Girls
The Guys
Cars
Games
School
Career
God
Family & Friends
Drugs & Alcohol & Porn
Daily Problems
Make up, hair product etc.
Shopping
Clothes & Accessories
Other
(god=Idea of God and God = Our Triune Creator)
god is the thing we do most; the very thing we focus on; the thing that we invest our lives in. We tell the World about our god, in the way we spend our time. We show them Christian ideas, by the way we live our lives. Our god is the headship of our lives.
When you put the 14 items in Order, which item was number 1? Which item, took up the most time in your day. For I propose that (at least the 1st reason) why many of Gideon's men are missing is because of this very problem: God is not at the Head.
In the movie called, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Ricky's father said something to Ricky like this "If your not first, your last". Though at the time it seeme quite funny, this has a very Christian ring to it. If God is not first, he is last.
Therefore my brothers, I ask you to come back to Christ. Put Jesus Christ at the head of you life and see for yourself the difference he makes in your life. A life with Christ has a dramatic transformation, that you begin to see actual fruits and change.
Israel stood against thousands of men, and God called Gideon to prepare 300 men to fight. Gideon that day was victorious because of God. I ask you to listen to God now, and hear God's call again, to prepare another 300 men. Not to fight this time, but to help create A God fearing nation, ready to do his Work. Will you take up the Call?
~Allan
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Family & Friends
Career
Girls
God
School
Daily Problems
The Guys
Other (Sports)
Cars
Games
Drugs & Alcohol & Porn
Clothes & Accessories
Make up, hair product etc.
Shopping
I like the God first mentality... but maybe not in conjunction with the movie. As the movie portrayed that coming first meant everything and you do whatever it takes to achieve it (deceit, betrayal, lost of trust, etc.). BUt I also do feel this call for us to live out our faith, especially with our brothers and sisters at ccf. Let's push each other and be 'that' difference on campus.
Brian Yee
God
Family & Friends
Games
The Guys
School
Career
Girls
Other (Sports)
Daily Problems
Drugs & Alcohol & Porn
Cars
Clothes & Accessories
Shopping
Make up, hair product etc.
The list is fluid and subject to change too often.
I want to fix my eyes on greater things.
-Richard
in retrospect, I would lower games a couple notches...but whatever.
Well Brian
if someone puts God first but practices deceit and betrayal. That person is definately double minded and is contradicting himself. Someone who puts God first would not practice those things because God lives in him. It's impossible for Light of God to reside with that darkness :)
Towards the movie bit, I just like the line. I really do believe for us to be God centred, God has to be the head. Therefore, God has to be first. If God isnt first, then it doesnt matter what place he is in, it is like he is last. God's power is most manifested when God is number 1.
^_^
I kinda group things differently but more or less the same groups and such, but
Friends
Family
God
Girls
Guys
Daily Problems (of Friends)
School
Career
Accessories (Gadgets)
Shopping+Clothes
and the rest (cause they arent reallly in my life at the moment.)
IT goes to say that God isnt First, and this has been brought to my attention by several friends. But I do feel that God moves up to first if we look at what we are doing / why we are doing some stuff (say, Friends, Family, Girls, Guys) with God in it. Like your interactions with those of God's children with the love of God, does it count as God first? or does God still take a backseat?
Cause looking at my list, I would say God is first, but when the mindset of treating others and the idea of God escapes my mind, it reverts to the above list. Its complicated.haha
-jacky rbk(2,3)
Music/worship - Games
Other (?????) Nothing at all?
Girls - God - Family - The Guys
Shopping
Clothes & Accessories
School
Career
Cars
Make up, hair product etc.
Daily Problems (varies, drastically)
Alcohol
Drugs & & Porn
hmm. yea. im narrowminded/simple minded/empty minded most of the time. i think. i dont know. no. i. dunno. argh.
ANYWAY the most important thing is that im not always thinking about God. I really need to change that and I really want to. Need help with that mind you. but thats what MSG is for right?
-drew rbk (???,???)(0.3)?
btw my list is all in comparison with each other. its ranking is not relative to the amount of time, just relative in comparison with the others
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