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Friday, September 23, 2011

TV, Video Games, Cashews, Angry Birds, Peanut Butter, and Kittens(Guest Post by Paul)

This is an amazing post written my my Brother In Christ, Paul the author of Christaholic: The God Addiction. Enjoy!



TV, video games, cashews, Angry Birds, peanut butter, and kittens. What do they all have in common? I'll let you ponder that for a minute. For now,I want to tell you about something that will blow your mind. It's not the newest car or the the newest phone or when Justin Beiber woke up this morning; it's a whole lot bigger than that. What is it? Alien invasion? Well... kinda. I'm talking (you guessed it) Christ. I'm talking His life, His death, His burial, and His Resurrection.
My name is Paul. I'm the author of Christaholic: The God Addiction and I'm here to tell you that Christ is alive and He lives in me. I am a Christaholic. A Christaholic is a person who is addicted to Christ. A Christaholic is constantly 3G.
Now, about the random list of items featured on the top of this post... what do they all have in common? If you're not allergic to nuts (or cats), they are all extremely addictive. Give me one of those and I'm gone (give me all of them and you you won't see me for another week). But, nevertheless, you are addicted to at least one of those. But are you addicted to Christ? Why is it that some of us cherish kittens more than we do our own Creator? That doesn't make much sense.
Bad addictions distract us from what is good. In the same way, Good addictions distract us from bad things. God is a very good addiction. TV isn't, Video games aren't either; nor Angry Birds. Kittens... not quite sure. But still, all those things distract us from an epic relationship with Christ. Yes, it'll be hard. But you'll be glad you did it when God tells you, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" (Matthew 25:21) What an awesome experience that will be!
James 1:21 tells us to turn from sin and to humbly receive the Word (Christ, John 1:14) implanted in us. Which means make war against sin and get with Christ, replacing your sin with His love. It's as simple as that. Your mission as a Christian is to be 3G and to be addicted to Him. God loves you enough to give His own Son to take our place on that Cross. Who are we to ignore that? How selfish! It's not about you. Sorry. It isn't all about me either. Why? Because it's all about God. He's the only One worthy for the title of "King". He isn't your co-pilot. He never was and He never will be. It's all about Him. So, keep being a 3G Christaholic, and remember, He's the only one worthy enough to live. Life is a gift from God and we better use it for Him or else we have wasted it and we have lived our life in vain. I want my life to matter and the only way that will happen is if I give it all to Christ. Thanks, Courtney, for inviting me! (2 Corinthians 13:14)
In Christ,
Paul.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Pop Culture 3G

 In our world, everything revolves around Pop Culture. Celebrities, Music Stars and such. Someone is always talking about what Justin Beiber's hair looks like, or what Lady Gaga's next hit song features, or how many kids Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have. None of that stuff is of any major importance, so why are we focused on such things? Because Satan wants to lure us away from Christ and being 3G. In fact, one of the most popular songs right now is the exact opposite of what We R 3G is all about. It's Lady Gaga's Edge Of Glory. All she talks about is getting all the glory and publicity she can get. It makes me sick every time it even starts to come on the radio. (I apologize to all of the Lady Gaga fans out there, but her music STINKS!) I cringe as I write about it.
 So my question to you is, how can we be 3G through this? Seriously, let's stop and think about what the Bible says about this. In Philippians 4:8 the Bible says, And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. In my opinion, Lady Gaga's music, isn't exactly those things. So we shouldn't be thinking about it, and we have to think about it in order to hear it. Even though, you might just 'listen to it because of the beat,' it doesn't mean that you aren't listening to the lyrics. You have to hear the lyrics in order to listen to the beat.

 So, to get our minds off of that awful song, I'd like to announce that after a long time of searching, I've finally found a theme song!!!! It's called To God Be The Glory by B.IC. aka Brothers In Christ and it's awesome!!!! Check out this link to hear it: To God Be The Glory

So, My Siblings in Christ, Love God, and to him be the glory!!!
1 Corinthians 10:31