Making Lists

MAKING LISTS:

1. People who have influenced me: 1.Jesus- I live my life modeled after Him so yeah, you might say that He's influenced me. 2.Brittany Bailey-She has really led me in bible studies, and everywhere else. I trust her more than almost anyone else. 3.Zach Bailey- He knows more things about the bible then almost anyone I know.4. Mark Holland- He was my youth pastor and got fired. But guess what? He's still my youth pastor. He's all of ours.5. Lauren Holland- I learned more bible verses on Sunday with her then you can even count. 6.My siblings- Yeah, they're jerks sometimes, but I do love them.7. My mother-Although we disagree a lot, we have had a lot of fun and I still love her.8. Avery Hunt- He's one of the funniest guys I know and he's showed me a lot about music. 9. Vera Haddix- I spend more time with this girl then anybody.
2. Places that make me happy: 1. Brittany and Zach Bailey's house- Five out of seven night a week I stay there and we get some good fellowship in. 2. Lizy Bailey's house- We have a lot of good times here on Wednesday night bible studies. 3.  Mark and Lauren Holland's house- Sunday night youth is very fun. I love being in their house with them hanging out and studying the bible. 4. Vera's house- It's not necessarily the place what who I'm with and what I'm doing. 5. Anywhere it's peaceful and I'm alone- Nature is a nice place for this. It gives me a lot of time to reflect on myself and have a little time with God. 6. My Bible- I know it's not a physical place, but spiritually when I'm reading my Bible I get to a place of understanding joyfulness.
3. Places I would like to go: 1.Heaven- The only place I ever want to go or be. I do things on Earth for God so that I can get to Heaven with God. 2.New York City- There is so many spiritual problems with New York City, that I think that I could really do some good work for God there and bring people to Christ. 3. England/Ireland- The reason I list both is that there is a mission trip with Global Expeditions that would be to England and Ireland like a double trip. 4. Africa-I would really like to go there to live for a while as a missionary to teach people who have never even heard of God about the Bible and everything God does for us. 5. Mexico- I'm actually rethinking my college plans to go and move to Mexico as a missionary with my friends Brittany and Zach. 6. Anywhere God tells me to go- It's not about where I want to go, it's where God needs me to go.
4. Characteristics in people that I like:1.Godliness- You're supposed to surround yourself with Christians. Not with people that will bring you down in your faith. You make friends with non-believers only to evangelize. 2. Loving- Someone that can talk about God in a loving manner is great to have. 3. Blunt/Straightforward- Loving is good, but they can't just sugarcoat God's word. They need to be straightforward with someone and be able to tell them that without Jesus they are going to Hell and do it because they love them. Sorry, but true. Actually, I'm not sorry, it's something everybody needs to hear. 4. Truthful-God is truth, so when you lie, what does that say? Pretty much that you're going against God. Revelation 21:27- Nothing evil will be allowed to enter, nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty--but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 5.Sarcastic- Since I myself find myself being extremely sarcastic, I tend to like that in other people. 6. Biblical- There's nothing better then someone you can see walk straight out of the book of Acts because they're living their life exactly as the bible says we should. 7.Modest- Things that we wear may tempt other people to think of things they should not.
5. Characteristics in people that I dislike- 1. Ungodliness- Yeah, I wish that everybody had God. When they don't their whole personality is based off of pointless things. 2. Dishonesty- As you can tell from my scripture reference in number 4, we all know why I do not like this characteristic. I mean, a Christian relationship should be built on trust not on lies. 3. Fake- You may have people fooled that you're a Christian, but they don't determine whether or not we go to Heaven or Hell. God does. And guess what God knows who you are so it won't matter that your whole church thinks that you're a Christian, because God knows that you're not. 4. Unbiblical- Those that don't follow the Bible do not live a very Godly life. 5. Prideful- Why would you have pride? You shouldn't walk around like you're better then everyone else because you're not. We all deserve Hell. We are supposed to come to God on Judgment Day broken knowing that we do not deserve anything that He has ever done for us and that we do not deserve Heaven. 6. Jerks- You're supposed to do all things with love, why are you bullying someone?
6. Things that worry me:1.The American Church- Not going to lie to you, The American Church is sucking it up. Churches bring in new people everyday, but don't do anything with them. They don't go and mentor them or help them get on the right track. Not to mention church corruption. People in the church get fired all the time for teaching the bible and not what denominations teach. We teach the bible. 2. Friends that stray away from God-I don't want to lose people when they stray away. I try to get them to stay but I'm afraid that I'm going to lose them. 3. My Life-I have been stressing about what I'm going to do with my life forever. I just need to let God take care of it. But honestly, I'm worried that it will take me too long to figure out what I'm supposed to do. 4. The World- Christians in this world are decreasing very much so. As of this point, there will not be very many people in Heaven. I just want to save them all. 4. School- I don't really see the point of school, because that's time I could be glorifying God. Which I am, by evangelizing to students and by writing these blogs obviously, but I'm afraid that I'm losing my patience. But I know that I have more work to do here, so I will stay. 5. Family- My family disagrees with me on many things, and I'm afraid that I can't save them all in time. 6. America- It shouldn't be too long until Christian persecution just skyrockets here. Soon, this blog would be very illegal.
7. Things I would like to know how to do: 1.Talk to people easier- It's much easier to talk about God to someone when you're good at speaking to people. 2. Evangelize better- I want to have the courage to stand up at a lunch table and tell people what they need to hear about God. 3. Save money better- I'm going on a mission trip this summer and I'm trying to save money for it, but I'm not very good at it. 4. Turn every thing toward God- I try as you can see, but I'm having trouble turning every conversation into a Godly one. 5. Plan- I wish I was better at planning, but honestly I don't have to worry about it because God already has my plan written. 6. Reading the Crowd- When talking to a group about Jesus, I would like to know how to just determine what type of person they are and speak their dialect. I can do it with music people, metal people, gothic people, but other then that I have a hard time speaking their language.
8. Things that have moved me: 1. Jesus- He didn't just move me, he made me new and reborn. 2. Testimonies- Testimonies are when someone tells about their life before Jesus was in their life, how they got Jesus in their life, and what their life is like now they have Jesus. It's great to hear testimonies because they definitely inspire non-believers to do something for God. 3. Conversions- It's always great when new people decide to follow Jesus. 4. Preaching's- Now, don't misunderstand me, not all preaching's are great. Just the truthful ones from the bible not from a denomination or false teachers. 5. Concerts- Yeah, I know it's a little cliché to cry at Christian concerts, but sometimes you can't help it when you hear 10,000 people sing Amazing Grace. 6. When friends make a change for God- It's great to see when your friends step up to make their lives change to glorify God more.
9. Ideas that intrigue me: 1. Living ungodly life- Honestly, now, I can't imagine myself living they way I used to. 2. The idea that Hell does not exist- Yeah, it's there, stop pretending it's not. 3. Time travel- I highly doubt that this will ever happen. It's not in my Bible. 4. Selective memory- I think we remember what God wants us to remember and what will help us. 5. Other Bibles- I don't believe any of them, but it would nice to know what other religions believe so that I know what it right and wrong. It would be a faith booster to read other bibles and see what they have wrong. 6.Dating not to marry- Honestly, what is the point of dating if you're not going to marry them? Otherwise it's just a waste of time.
10. My personal favorites:1.Favorite food- Probably Brittany's spaghetti. 2. Favorite band-Oh, sleeper. Probably one of the best Christian metal bands. 3. Favorite song- Hush, Yael. A song by Oh, Sleeper talks about a Christian family living in Israel, when their home is invaded by terrorists who are there to persecute them. Yael, is hiding with her mother and makes a noise and the mom puts her hand over her mouth and accidentally suffocates her. The four year old daughter and dad are brought down to the beach where they make the four year old watch as they shoot her dad in the back, then they hit her on the head with the butt of their gun and smash her head on the rocks. 4.Favorite Book- The Bible, of course.5. Favorite game-Soul Calibur 4. Although, I haven't played video games in a while. They just seem to be a little pointless and definitely do not glorify God. 6. Favorite catch phrase- It will be legendary. 7. Favorite bible verse- Ephesians 5:6- Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.