Born to be wild!

What were you born to do?
~this is one of the questions Pastor Byron asked this morning. A very though provoking question. He spoke this morning on Rahab the prostitute, the story is found in the second chapter of Joshua if you would like to read it, but it tells of how Rahab allows two of Joshua's spies to stay at her place and hides them from the King and tells him that they were there but were no longer. This eventually leads to the fulfillment of God's will when Joshua's army conquers Jerico. All of this to say that Rahab wasn't born to be a prostitute, but a servant of God. Pastor Byron asked the question, "do we let our biggest failure define who we are?" I know so often in my life i do, but i realize that i was born, like Rahab, to be a servant of God. My failures may not be as extreme as hers, but nevertheless i often let them define who i am. That is exactly what the devil would want me to do. But because of Christ i have victory over my failures. "The power of God works best in weakness."( 2 Chorinthians 12:9) We sang a song this morning that i know satan hates to here, it's called Shout unto God, it's pretty much a chant and the words are:

the enemy had been defeated
death couldn't hold You down
we're gonna lift our voice in victory
gonna make Your praises loud

shout unto God with the voice of triumph
shout unto God with the voice of Praise
shout unto God with the voice of triumph
we lift your name up, we lift your name up

Our lives should proclaim the truth of this song. No more living like were defeated. No more walking with our noses to the ground. But living every second to bring Glory, Honor, and Praise to our Creator, the One who gives us victory, the One who took our filthy lives and made use clean and whole.

Another EYE OPENING sunday at C3!

Sunday morning at C3 was amazing as Pastor Byron continued the series Barbaric Grace. Below I have typed a few of the things that He said that really hit me.

"Comfort keeps us from success."
~As humans we all tend to gravitate toward comfort, but God often calls us to do things that are outside of our comfort zone. I am confident enough to say that if God hasn't called you to do something that is uncomfortable then you aren't listening well enough.

"Faith is the only thing that defeats fear."
~One thing I like to remember when stepping out in faith is that God will never fail. I often have insecurities about myself and doubt that I’m good enough to do what God is telling me to do, but I have to remember that I didn't create myself. It was God who created me this way so if I doubt myself then I doubt God. Therefore, I should drown my fear in faith.

"Why do we define ourselves by what others think about us?"
~I’d like to say that this question doesn’t apply to me, but I would be lying to myself. It’s ok to be cool and to be liked by others, but when that becomes more important than being the person God wants me to be then we have a BIG problem.

"Jesus feared the cross, but His love for us was greater than that fear."
~Love from the father does a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick on fear.