CONFIDENCE

God can speak to you through anything. God can use anything.

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I think its a pretty well known fact that I like Marvel Comics. (And DC and Shonen Jump, amongst others.) I Like the graphic novels, the films, the clothing – you name it! My work bag is even a marvel bag! One of my favourite marvel characters is Iron Man. I always liked how intelligent and outspoken he was; how much confidence he had. And also the whole metal flight suit thing is pretty darn cool!  So yeah, I like iron man. (There is a point to this; i’m CONTEXTUALISING!)

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Last weekend, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I was at a soul survivor naturally supernatural conference. It was awesome! I hung out with God! At one point in the evening session, the leader of the session (Mike Pilavachi) felt that, in the Holy Spirit, all the people in the room under a certain age needed to be prayed for. Naturally, I stood up and went for prayer.I’m a bit of an introvert, so the concept of standing up in front of a lot of people scared me a bit. Its an issue i’ve been needing to deal with for a while. But standing up and going out for prayer was the right thing to do. I could feel it in my soul. Two guys ended up praying for me. The first guy prayed some really nice things and it was really encouraging. But its the second guy that I want to focus on.

As he was praying for me, he was getting things from the Holy Spirit; like, by this I mean the Holy Spirit was giving me spiritual gifts/ doing things spiritually for me as he was praying for me. That night, as the man was praying for me, he suddenly got from the Holy Spirit that God was going to build up my confidence; that I would no longer rely on my own strength, but that I would rest in His divine power. And then the guy said something peculiar. (I had my eyes closed at this point and was in the generic ‘receiving’ pose). He said that he was getting the word for me that I would become more confident. And then he said, it would be like an iron man. Which he then quickly corrected from an iron man to iron man. At this point I opened my eyes. Never in my whole life has God spoke to me through iron man! Then the guy asked me if this meant anything to me. Being the big comics fan I was like yeah it does. I was slightly confused though. I don’t know why! God made me – He knows I like iron man too! He knows how I admired the confidence of iron man/ Tony Stark. The guy looked a bit confused too. I don’t think it meant anything at all to him. So I closed my eyes again and the guy continued to pray for me. Then as he was praying, he got a word from the Holy Spirit that God was going to bestow upon me the confidence of iron man and it would be like a physical iron strengthening of my bones! Although I was still a bit confused, I was excited by this! It was from God and through His holy power – I’m all up for that! And as the guy prayed for me, I did feel the Holy Spirit do something to me. Some of my bones did physically shake at the time too! It was great!

Since then, I’ve already seen a change in myself. In leading worship on Sunday morning, I went all out in worship. Apparently I moonwalked. That hasn’t ever happened in church before.

In seminars and things, I’ve felt more open to speaking up.

In evangelism, I’ve felt prompted and just gone with it.

In meeting new people, I’ve just had the drive to go for it.

In prayer, I’ve felt the need to pray for certain people about certain things. I’ve been moved to tears in prayer. I’m becoming more sensitive to the Holy Spirit and i’m loving it.

I have the confidence of iron man, but it is through the power of God! And God’s strength beats iron man’s any day!

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I was reading my bible earlier tonight and a psalm caught my eye:

Psalm 30

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Psalm 30

Psalm 30^[a]

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.^[b] Of David. ¹ I will exalt you, LORD,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
² LORD my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.
³ You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit.

⁴ Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people;
praise his holy name.
⁵ For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.

⁶ When I felt secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”
⁷ LORD, when you favored me,
you made my royal mountain^[c] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.

⁸ To you, LORD, I called;
to the Lord I cried for mercy:
⁹ “What is gained if I am silenced,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
¹⁰ Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me;
LORD, be my help.”

¹¹ You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
¹² that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

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Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

 

Some verses in particular spoke to me. I will print them together:

² LORD my God, I called to you for help, 
   and you healed me. 

⁴ Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people; 
   praise his holy name. 

⁶ When I felt secure, I said, 
   “I will never be shaken.” 

⁹ “What is gained if I am silenced, 
   if I go down to the pit? 
Will the dust praise you? 
   Will it proclaim your faithfulness? 
¹⁰ Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me; 
   LORD, be my help.”

¹² that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. 
   LORD my God, I will praise you forever. 

God took my problems and my insecurities and placed them in His hands. And He gave me confidence. But If I do not use it, then what good am I? No good, thats what! So, I’m going to make use of my new God-given confidence and live out His will. My heart will sing His praises and not be silent.

He lifts me up when I am insecure. He gives me the confidence of iron man when I need it most. He gives me exactly what I need to keep moving forward. O LORD my God, I will praise You forever!

[Worship] and [Treasure Hunting*]

Today, I went to the Soul Survivor Naturally Supernatural conference in Salford! Above is the wristband! And God met powerfully with me. He filled me up with His Holy Spirit. We sorted some things out. We hung out together, and He built me up! But thats not the main focus of my blog today. No no no. My focus today is worship and also treasure hunting.

Worship

Worship runs through everything we do. Worship is central to our lives. With every breath we draw, we even breathe in and out the hebrew for God’s name.

Today I heard a brilliant talk from Mike Pilavachi, which I just have to share with you. He was talking about worship in relation to moving in the power of the Holy Spirit. (If you do not know what this is, it basically means that you humble yourself before God and ask Him to do what He wants through you. This can involve things like AoKs [acts of kindness], healing others, encouragements, prophetic words and much much more). Mike made a few brilliant points. I will try and remember them/ write them down. One of them was this: “worship is the greatest weapon in spiritual warfare; it is what brings heaven closer to earth”. Wow! Love it! So true!

Some people see worship as a couple of songs before a meeting in church. Others see it as a warm up act for a sermon. HOW WRONG THESE PEOPLE ARE!!! Their eyes are blind to what worship truly is. If you are one of these people reading this, I pray your eyes would be opened to the truth about worship. Although worship does involve music, it is not solely about songs. It can include poems and drama and dance, amongst other things. BUT it does not stop there. Worship is wired into us – and we can worship God with EVERY part of our lives. From washing up the dishes to being faithful to those you love to being nice to people at work to cleaning out the cat’s litter tray. Like I said, we can worship God with EVERYTHING we do. Its a choice we have. Worship is not a warm up act – it is the main event! It happens continuously.  And it will do far into the future.

I’d like you to think towards the end times. If you haven’t already, read the book of Revelation. It will tell you about whats going to happen in the future, and its all true. So, assuming you’ve read that (SPOILER ALERT: GOD WINS AND REIGNS FOREVER!), think to the creation of the new heavens and the new earth. The perfect ones. I don’t know if it will be like the earth now – I don’t know if we’ll drive cars, have jobs, study hard, go on holiday and whatnot – I can’t tell you this. But one thing I do know – we (those who believe in God and who believe Jesus died to take away their sins) will spend an eternity in God’s presence. And it will be a thick and strong presence, like being honey-glazed with God’s spirit. I think its safe to say, we’ll spend most, if not all of our time worshipping Him. Because He is worthy to be praised. I love the King and the King loves me. And in those days, there will be no evil; there will be no pain or suffering; there will be nothing to tear us down – it will just be us and God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit spending eternity together. Its going to be wonderful!

To summarise we worship God with what we do now, and we will worship Him in the future! Every knee will bow to Him and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. SO yeah, not just the christians, EVERYONE will end up worshipping Him. Everyone! That includes you too! Even people who are atheists will worship Him. Those who slander His name in this life will worship Him. EVERYONE WILL WORSHIP HIM! Got it? good!

But why wait until then? There is always a reason to give God praise! Why not take a moment to worship God right now?

So, as we worship Him in this life, God can do amazing things; draw close to God and funnily enough He draws closer to you. Psalm 22:3 says that God inhabits the praises of His people. What does this mean exactly? It means that God is never far away from us; He is even closer when we bring Him praise. And when we ask Him, He can work through us. Like, sometimes in a worship session, you might get the need to pray for someone or go and talk to them – and through that, God can heal someone and really break into their situations; like, if they’re in need of something, God can give it to them! Or it may be something that you personally need – physical or emotional healing or something else. When we worship God, we focus on Him. We place our worries and our pains in His hands, we lay them at His cross. And as we keep our eyes on Him, He can do wonderful things for us. We just have to put our faith in Him. The anointed one; the Messiah; Jesus Christ! There is tremendous power in His name! Sometimes, even as we focus in on God, the Holy Spirit can sneak round the back as it were and heal us/ build us up/ give us exactly what we need! Hallelujah!

Interlude: Psalm 24

Psalm 24

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Psalm 24

Of David. A psalm.¹ The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
² for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.

³ Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?
⁴ The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.^[a]

⁵ They will receive blessing from the LORD
and vindication from God their Savior.
⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.^[b][c]

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
the LORD mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates;
lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
The LORD Almighty—
he is the King of glory.

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Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

Selah. Pause and reflect on what you have just read. 

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Now give God the Glory!

Practical application: Treasure Hunting

Now, I know what you’re thinking and no I haven’t lost my mind. There is a link between God and treasure hunting, but it isn’t for conventional treasure. Its not like something from Pirates of the Caribbean or anything like that. We are not looking for gold or relics – we search for people!

I was alerted to the concept of treasure hunting today, and I think it is something I am going to start doing. It is a practical application of a) worshipping God, b) being sensitive to the Holy Spirit, c) living out the great commission and d) being naturally supernatural. In short, its all good stuff. And if you mess up, its OK – just keep trying and keep listening to God’s voice. Ask Him to speak to you. He will! Besides, there are many occasions in the bible where people that God had chosen to do things messed up (one example of this is samson, who neglected his God-given strength because of a woman, and then ended up losing it along with his eyesight.) Here are some practical steps on how to treasure hunt.

1. If you haven’t been baptised in the Holy Spirit already, then make sure you do this. Being baptised in the Holy Spirit is inviting God to work through you/ to minister to people through you and do what He wants. Oh, and there are many cool things that come with being baptised in the Holy Spirit, i.e. the gifts of healing and prophecy, amongst others. The first time people were ever baptised in the Spirit was called Pentecost, and you can read about it here.
2. Invite the Holy Spirit to work through you, to talk to you, and to give you words of knowledge about someone, or ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to someone who needs His help. Perhaps you could ask Him to guide you to someone who needs prayer or healing, or to someone who needs to know the unfathomable love of Jesus. Ask for certain details about the person so that you can find them. The Holy Spirit can reveal them to you. This can be physical features, locations, names, clothing – whatever! Just ask Him to reveal these things to you.
3. Write them down so that you don’t forget. Then, search for the person that you have asked the Holy Spirit about.
4. When you find the person, tell them what you’re doing and ask them if you can pray for them (or at the least tell them about Jesus). If you have a word of knowledge for them, share it. If the Holy Spirit tells you that they need prayer or healing, do it by His power! If the person asks for prayer for something, then pray it through with them. Spread Jesus’ love to people. You’d be amazed at the results. And don’t worry if you mess up or get it wrong – we all get it wrong sometimes! Just keep trying and asking the Holy Spirit for guidance.
5. Repeat as necessary.

Thank you God for hanging out with me today. I pray that Your will would be done in my life. I know my days are gifts from You, and I pray I’d use them as You want me to.

 

Mage Preesh!

This bear looks to be Mage Preeshin' the lunchbox in his hand.

Theres a show that I like to watch from time to time. I would watch it all the time if you could get it on the TV here, but since it is an American show, I’m forced to watch it  (or clips from it) on the NBC website. I discovered this show a couple of years ago whilst visiting New York – heck, I even somehow managed to get into a mid afternoon run through for the evening’s show. It is a hilarious show called ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’. Its LOLtastic. Watch it!

Every friday, he does a slot called ‘thank you notes’, where he writes out a little (hilarious) thank you to a person or an object. I was watching the latest clips  on www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com when I stumbled across this one: http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1358143  It is worth a watch. This particular clip starts with Jimmy saying he would “mage preesh” writing out his thank you notes. It stands for major appreciation. He preeshes. He preeshes mage. He’s mage preeshin’. This phrase of ‘mage preesh’ along with the notion of thank you notes got me thinking. How do we show God our mage preeshin’?

Back when I was in college, I had exams in 2 different languages (not counting English). And before these exams (especially the speaking ones), I got pretty nervous. Well, relatively nervous. As nervous as to be expected. The year before I took these exams, my sister had got me a new testament in 4 languages for my birthday. It included the new testament in the four languages that I have studied (this time, with English included). I had read my bible in the different languages before the language exams for a few reasons: a) to calm me down, b) to immerse myself in language, c) to pick up interesting vocabulary and d) to get closer to God, but in a different language. Just before my college language exams, I found myself praying to God. But get this – in multiple languages! I managed to pray to Him in the different languages I was studying and there was something beautiful about it. And the fact that I set off praying in these different languages was even more surprising for me! Theres just something about praying to God in different languages that is wonderful. You can capture different things in different languages that you just can’t express in English. For example, in English we have one word for love whereas the Italians have many words for love.  So, I prayed to God, Jesus and the Holy spirit in various languages. And sometimes, I still do. If God has granted you the gift of linguistics and has opened your eyes to the magnificence of language, why not use it to give Him glory? Why not use it to show you’re mage preeshin’ all He’s done for you?

To further this preesh fest, I tried to acquire some worship songs in different languages, but there do not appear to be many in the languages I know that are readily available for purchase. I did, however, discover that Hillsong record some songs in Spanish. I’ve never studied Spanish though. I now own ‘Desde mi interior’, which is ‘from the inside out’, and ‘Fuego de Dios’, which is ‘Fire fall down’ in Spanish. It is nice to worship God in other languages. Its indescribably different, but in a good way. I recommend it.

Thinking about this, I asked one of the leaders at our church If he had ever just praised God in a different language. He replied with “mate, thats what tongues is”. That wasn’t what I was getting at, but he was right nonetheless. I was meaning something more along the lines of modern foreign languages. But its true, the gift of tongues is something we can use to worship God. Its a gift we can use to show our mage preesh of God. Lets look at the first time that the gift of tongues was bestowed upon the world.

Acts 2

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Acts 2

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

¹ When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. ² Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.⁵ Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷ Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome ¹¹ (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹² Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

¹³ Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

Peter Addresses the Crowd

¹⁴ Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. ¹⁵ These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! ¹⁶ No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:¹⁷ “‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸ Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰ The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹ And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

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Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

I like the fact here, that one of the first evangelistic sermons started with “we’re not drunk. Its only 9 AM! This is from God!”. But lets look at what happened on the day of pentecost. Tongues of fire came down and rested on the disciples, and then the Holy Spirit enabled them to praise God in different languages. Even people around at the time who were from different places in the world recognised these languages as their own and were surprised, as these languages were not common languages spoken by Galileans. But, by the power of God through His Spirit, the disciples were able to speak these languages, despite never having learned them. Wow! Isn’t that amazing?

Speaking in tongues is something we can do today, if we have been enabled to do so by the Holy Spirit. We often do not know which tongue we have been given – it could be a tongue of men or a tongue of angels; a current language or an ancient language. Even though we have never learned these languages, we can praise God with them. We can use them to worship Him, we can sing them to Him, we can pray in them to Him. We can use the language we are given through the gift of tongues to talk to God, just as we can use the languages we have learned to talk to Him. We can worship Him in many languages and in our God-given language of tongues to show Him major appreciation for everything He has done for us, or mage preesh for short.

Like the disciples did, worship God! Lift up His name in multiple languages! Show your mage preesh!

Live like the world will end tomorrow

 This morning, as I was preparing for worship, I heard something that made me think.

But before I get into that, I’ll give you some context , in the style of Worship Central’s 10 Questions blog:

1) Where are you right now?

At home, sitting on the couch and enjoying a hot beverage.

2)What’s in your pocket?

Nothing at all.

3) Latest set list?

Holding Nothing Back (Tim Hughes), Happy Day (Tim Hughes), I Lift My Hands (Chris Tomlin), My God Reigns (Abundant Life Church/ ALM:UK), The Lost Are Found (Hillsong)

4) Last album you purchased?

“All things bright and beautiful” – Owl City. Support christian musicians!

5) Best piece of advice you ever received?

Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit.

6) How do you stay sharp?

I do my daily bible readings and pray, and I try to worship every day (rhyme there was unintentional). I also look at new music and dance and art styles, to look for things I can try to bring into church.

7) what do you do 5 minutes before you lead worship?

I’m usually chatting to the rest of the band. Then we have the pre-roll video, followed by a quick psyche up and a quick pray.

8 ) Biggest worship horror moment?

Being told mid song (whilst my hands were raised) by one of the other worship leaders that my flies were undone. Whoops!

9) How would you define worship?

The overflow of a joyful heart and soul bringing thanks to God.

10) Encouragement to worship leaders?

Firstly, be sensitive to the Holy Spirit. He can do things you can’t even imagine. Secondly, If you want to start a movement, you have to be the movement. Thirdly, be yourself. Don’t let people look down on you because you’re young.

So theres a bit of context for you. Now back to the headlines.

Straight after morning practice, the worship team goes upstairs to this little room to pray. Perhaps we’re trying to mimic the upper room from the day of pentecost (Acts 2:1-21). I don’t know.

I sometimes call it the prayer chamber, because its a funny little room; its like a batcave or something. Anyway, we were all praying this morning when one of the worship leaders said “Play, sing and dance today like its your last Sunday on Earth. Its not, but…” and before he could get any further, someone else reminded him that it could in fact be the final time we led worship. Don’t get me wrong, i’m not trying to be morbid here, but nobody knows when their time will be up. And so he returned to saying “It could very well be your last time leading worship today, so give it your all and worship like it is your last time”. It got me thinking about King David dancing and worshipping God with all his might, and so I thought, ‘go on then i’ll go for it’. And I did! (I mentioned yesterday about the dance moves I was thinking of introducing and I did try some of them).

Even though I had a dry throat and was losing my voice in practice, I prayed it through and with the help of God (and a pre-emptive flask full of apple and elderflower juice) I was able to sing and dance in the service a heck of a lot harder and better than I did in practice. I was going to make it count! And if that service was the last time that people were going to see me, I wanted them to see that I was going all out in worship to give God the glory. Because He deserves it!

But in a sense, why should it stop there? Sure, that was one good service that went well, but why should we just reserve our best praise and worship contributions for when we have just been reminded that death could be imminent? Jesus conquered death, so why should we worry about that? We have the same power that conquered death living in us! That in itself is something to dance about and shout out! (Wow i’m really on a roll today with unintentional rhyming).

It is good to live each day like its our last, because it pushes us to give the best of ourselves, and thus, as a byproduct, make the greatest impact in those around us. They see our passion for God, and it leads them to the place where they feel they can express their passion for God. An example of this is that dance is slowly coming into our church.  BUT! BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT! I would like to stress, we should not be living in fear of death, because A) Jesus conquered death and it now has no hold on us and B) worrying will not add another hour to your life; instead we should live audaciously, spreading God’s word the best we can in case we are called home tomorrow. It is better to tell people about Jesus and give your all, than to wait it out and fade away. At least that way, you can truthfully say you tried to show other people Jesus’ love, rather than you were going to, but the right time didn’t present itself. And now that time has gone forever and you’re trapped in the chains of maybe as the words “should’a would’a could’a” torment you endlessly. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. You have to be proactive, you have to live loud; Shout it from the rooftops, flash mob it, tell it over coffee – whatever your style is and however you ‘roll’, make sure you tell others about the love of Jesus before it is too late. Live each day like the world will end tomorrow – if you don’t tell people when you have an opportunity to, they may never get the chance to hear your message again. Lead by example.

AYE! No one knows when Jesus will come again, so we must live each day like tomorrow will be the day He calls us home:

1 Thessalonians 5

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1 Thessalonians 5

The Day of the Lord

¹ Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ² for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴ But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. ⁵ You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. ⁶ So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. ⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. ⁹ For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

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I would like to stress here that it is of the upmost importance that we tell others about God and His love for us. It is literally a life and death situation, but  we have the advantage of being able to  show others how they can choose life. Go tell the world of the things Jesus has done! And don’t forget, once you accept Him as your Lord and Saviour, He lives within you forever! He will never leave you nor forsake you! Brilliant!

So, to conclude:

Live loud; live crazy; be outrageous; be courageous. Scream it out; shout it out; write it; post it; text it; perform it; live it. No-one knows when He will return, so we must tell others about Jesus’ love until that day. We must be extravagant worshippers, and we must live out our lives to reflect the glory of the Lord. Show the joy of your heart to the world.

Live to make God famous. Live to make the name of Jesus known. Live like the world will end tomorrow.