Jesus Christ
Joe Budden,
Ras Kass,
Terra Naomi,
Brigitte Ransom,
Immortal Technique,
That Crazy Shortae,
The people I see,
Places I go to,
Memories,
The things I do,
The friends I hangout with.
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.
Phillipians 4: 11-13"
The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exalts, And with my song I shall thank Him.
Psalm 28: 7
Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them. We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4: 4-6"
"The one mistake people often make is putting their utmost trust in people and the things of this world. They turn to things that perish for comfort, for false happiness, for satisfaction and for the time that these things remain people forget that these things perish and ultimately mean nothing.
In my experience, I've learned that there is certainty in the one aspect of life that does not perish; the Word of God.
People die, money fades, possessions became meaningless, but the word of God is eternal. I, like many others, used to turn aside this in pursuit of my own pleasures and desires only to realize that temporal things are just that; temporary.
Burdens, worries, injustices... story of everyone's life, yeah?
Jesus Christ said "Come unto me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy and
my burden is light."
Life's problems are never going to go away. The things we go through, the struggles we endure, only build character but if we allow these things to hold us down then the character that is built is one of corruption and darkness.
We struggle in vain if these struggles aren't for the greater good. If we endure hardships without proper motives then that endurance means nothing."
-Alexander in "A Letter to A Friend."
"I believe in God because it's quite obvious that there is a God. The world, and everything in it, cooperates too perfectly to have been made from an explosion.
Contrary to popular belief and mainstream stereotype, a real Christian isn't the spitting image of a perfect judgmental and prejudice by-product of a religious order that wallows in hypocrisy. Rather, a real Christian is one who follows in the footsteps of Him whose very name they take upon themselves; Jesus Christ. It's Christ who told us not to judge, having already a judge whose over us. Though often times the people who deem us judgmental and have that set view of us are judging themselves. Strange, aint it?
Were not perfect; if that were the case, Jesus wouldn't have had to die on the cross. It's just that simple. It's because were not perfect that those who take upon the name of Christ to themselves, yet do not live as He lived, make the mistake of being judgmental and prejudice.
A real Christian is far from a hypocrite. If we do the things that we are commanded not to and repent of such, how then can we be hypocrites? It is only when one carries the name of Christ and lives in such a manner that the disobedience toward the commandments is willful that one is worthy of the title of hypocrite; otherwise, no real Christian is likened unto a hypocrite, not by the least.
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