The Dusty Shelf

Life is funny combination of ups and downs, good times and bad, joy and sadness.

How many of us get caught up in the roller coaster ride that is life itself. I know i do, a few months ago i was all the way down, getting ready to walk out on church and just leave all togeather, but God had other plans, he put me in a position were i had the choice to run back into his arms, and thankfully i made the right decision and i ran back into his arms

Because of that night my whole world changed, that one decision, i don’t know were i would be if i had of skipped church that night as i had planned to. Since then everything has been on the up and up, of course i have still had my bad point my lows, but as a whole with Gods help i have been on the raise.

Then we had our youth camp and God just hit my life so massively, his presence was flowing out of me with uncontrollable laughter, was the strangest feeling ever, i had no control every word came out as laughter. and since then God has been in our youth stirring peoples spirits and just moving with such a might power.

and me personally my relationship with God has grown and grown, and then life sort of levelled out, on this nice high. Were everything was kinda just working, and because everything was going ok, my relationship with God got put to the back, and i fell into a trap, were in the bad times i looked to him but in the God times i just lived my life.

And without realising it my life with was going well keep going well but my relationship with God started to fall away, and problems started to arise but instead of giving them to God i started to deal with them myself, and my life started to go down, fortunately someone very close to me pulled me up on this. and i realised that cause life was going well i had put God to the back and if i didn’t fix it quick i would fall back into that terriable life of jealous and depression and all those other things that are just around that corner.

But I can do all things through Christ who strengthens Me. Jesus you are the Lord of my life, forgive me for putting you away and forgetting about you.

If you are feeling far from God, like you have put him on a shelf and he has started to collect dust, its never to late, run back into his arms daily.

A Life without Christ is a life that is never Fixed

One Step

All it takes is one step, one decision made in one moment of time to change your life.

So many things latly have happened or resulted from one step or taking the fist step. My best friend is now a christian because God told me to msg her. And that lead to me an hour and a half later sitting on her couch leading her in a salvation prayer.

When God calls you to take a step, don’t doubt it, don’t question it. Always be open to Gods voice.

God will say take this little step, and when we do, God says i am proud of you. And now son or daughter i can trust you with much more.

When god calls, you might be scared it might be hard but God will never give you a situation you cant handle, it will stretch you, push your boundries but never break.

Remember that by takin one little step, u might be giving the gift of salvation, eternal life, but by ignoring Gods call what might you be taking away from that person u were called to help.

I Think bout this somtimes if i hadnt of sent that message that night and somthing had of happened to her that night, she wouldnt be here and she wouldnt have eternal life. Dont take that gift away from anyone.

The devil whispers Lies

Don’t you hate when u fail sombody you never want to hurt. When ur actions cause someone else pain.

Well thats what i did, and what was worse it was to my best friend.

I know that there are many things in my life that arnt perfect and that i need to work on, i admit that but what sucks is when one of these things hurts someone you love.

For me its jealousy, i hate the feeling of being jealous, but i still struggle with it. Basically my best friend was hanging out with one of her friends, she had a dinner to go to. We had planned to hang out after the dinner, but the dinner went for ages and they were hanging out afterwards.

See none of this should of effected me, she didnt plan to ditch our plans, she didnt know they were gonna go back to someones house. She did nothing wrong

But of course i was upset that she decided not hang out, but as soon as i got upset about it the devil, swooped in and started sayin things in me ear, sayin things like, shes ditchin u to hang out with someone else, hes better then you, shes likes him better, just puttin these jealous thoughts in my head

See the devil is out to put you down, if you give him an inch he will run a mile, he turned an innocent act of my friend gettin caught up at a party and turned it aroumd in my head tellin me i was losing my best friens which is really what i fear most. I cant lose her but at the same time my jealousy hurt her.

I disapointed myself, and once i realised that i had hurt my best friend, i started to hate myself, and again the thought started flooding in, shes not replyin cause she hates u, u did wrong by her and its over

The devil is sneaky and will attack at every chance he gets. But from this day on i rebuke the lies of the devil, and i rebuke the mentality of jealousy over my life will be gone cause i dont need to hold onto it because jesus died for my sins, he took all my hurt and pain, and in return gave new life.

Never let the devil whisper lies in your ears, dont give him the opportunity.

And when you hurt a friend apologize and ask for forgivness because friendship is one of the most important things in life.

Past

Our past is a funny thing. With one incident it has the power to hold us back, scared of the future but on the other hand if we learn from our mistakes, it can create a better and brighter future.

Every decision in life is important, because its the decisions and consequently our past that shapes who we are. Its a complex idea because there are many decisions in my life were i wish i had choosen the other option, so many times i have regreted my actions and my lack of self control, but ever wrong decision and every regret has shaped me into the person i am today, so if i could live life again would i live life differently knowin i wouldnt be the same person?

All i know is God has not given me a spirit of fear. Never fear your past, as hard as it is, embrace your past, let god work through it, and learn from your mistakes.

Never let your past hold you back from living the life God has called you two live. Never let ur past take ur Happiness, your Life or your Love

Carry you through

How is it that everytime we take a step forward we end up taking 2 steps back. Lifes a funny thing, even when life is moving at 100 miles an hour, one thing can happen that can stop us in our tracks.

And when this happens we have a choice, and its scary how many people revert to there old ways in this situation. We have the choice to take 2 steps back and forget about all the progress you have made latly, or you can choose to take the pain and the pressure and give it to god.

Jesus went through unimaginable pain, just for you, he wore the weight of the world on his shoulders, somtimes we feel the pressure pushing us down, and we give in and say we cant take it anymore

But we have to remember that jesus took the weight of all our pain and sins, and he still walked to that cross and gave his life for us.

Next time your in a situation were u feel that you cant take it anymore And that things are two hard, remember that God will never turn his make on you, give him ur situation and he will carry you through.

Hurt

Y do we hurt people?

Y do we always do the wrong thing even when we so desperatly dont want to stuff up again.

Y do our thoughts change from one moment regreting our mistakes we have made and the next moment wishin to do it again.

Y does our life seem so impossible at one time then seconds later feel lyk we dont hav a care in the world

Human life is fragile, thats all i can say, Human life is fragile

Why does life just push on through, while we ignor God then as soon as somthing bad happens we run back for help, why do we wait for somthing bad to happen so that we can get back into a relationship with God.

God Cant be second best in our life, we cant wait till we need him to turn to him.

The devil is Out to take you Out

I am reading a book at the moment called “Perseverance, The character of Champions” written by Greg Biddell

I think that many christians these days forget that there are 2 players in this game, christians dont tend to forget that jesus died on the cross to save us, and that without him we would be lost.

Why on the other hand do we forget that the devil is hear to kill, steal and destroy. “the devil is all bad news and his empty promises will turn out to be nothing more then misery, sickness, poverty, loneliness and death”

As christians we have to remember that if we open the door at all satin, he will take opportunity to take you out, to distract you from what god wants you to do

You hear christians these days saying we need to not be part of the world, saying that the world is an evil place, and they think we should just go to church and life quiet safe lifes

But i beleive that these people are not fulfilling gods purpose in our lives, Gods called us to be the light of the earth, as christians we need to take the light of jesus and shine wherever we go

We as christian should not be of the world but we can no longer hide back, we have a duty to take the gospel out to the world, because if we dont do it, No one else will

Butterfly

” A butterfly flaps its wings, and on the other side of the world a Hurricane is formed “

I Love this saying right, and i think it relatrmes so much to our lives.

We make decisions everyday and everyone of those decisions has a consequences

Think about this everytime we make a decision, the consequence of that can effect things across the earth

God gives us things to do, and think about we even if it little or even if its just talkin to someone and being nice, can plant a seed, and u might not see the fruit but it opens the door for someone else, and then that person talks to someone else, and to grows and grows

The butterfly flapping its wing is us doing what god has given us to do, and the hurricane is the reaction of our actions moving through the earth.

Time

Time is and interesting thing, because if you think about it, it Goes slower, but if you ignore it, it flies by

Lately i have been thinking about how easy it is to fall of the tracks, and just do life, i have just kinda been floating around just living my life, but i am not happy with that anymore, i am not happy to just be another person on this world, out of the Billions of people on this earth God made me, me and there is not one other person who is the same as me, and God has given me certain talents and skills to do the jobs that he wants me to do, and lately i have just been living my life and just being another person but i have decided i need to step up and live the life i was meant to live, to be the person God Created me to be.

I really want to encourage everyone to be the person God has called you to be, because only you can do the things God has called you to do, and if you dont do them no one else will, if you dont step out and be the person you were created to be, you will miss out on the plans God has for you life.

Follow him and he will direct Your path

Shout Out

This is a shout out to the people that matter to me Most, if your name isn’t here don’t get offended its a work in progress

Firstly To My Family,

Mum – I want to thank you for all the things you have done for me in my life, you have always been there in the good and the bad times, and i know we have our ups and downs but I love you very much and always will, you showed me how to worship from a young age, but u waited till i was ready to start playing and i think it turned out for the better Thank you

Dad – I know we dont always get along, but I know you are always there for me if i need help, or if i am in trouble i can rely on you to help me find a way out, i want to thank you for all the things you have taught me and all the things you let me learn on my own, thank you for everything

Matt – You dont know how much i look up to you, its crazy, you are absolutely brilliant, the way you do sound, the way you play guitar, the way you play piano, the way you play bass. I look at you and encourages me to try harder and strive for perfection, Sometime i feel that i am in your shadow, because your are better then me in so many things, but then i think i would rather be in the shadow of somebody great and learn from them, then to be out there on my own, God has a Huge plan for your life, and you just have to keep praying, keep pushing into him and he will show you the path he wants you to take.

Ben – It is incredible i remember when we used to go to youth, and look at all the leaders and now were it, I am so excited about this year and the years to Come, i Believe God has placed you in the position to great things in his kingdom, ben your full of ideas and plans and you just have to remember to write them down, and keep praying for them and pushing for them to happen, dont let your dreams slip away, believe pray and seek God and he will help you, God has called you to be a leader in our generation, all you have to do is step up and take the mantle he has placed over your life.

I want to thank all of you, for everything you hav done for me through my life and for always being there, i know somtimes we dont all get along but i know that if i ever hav a problem i can count on all of you and know you won’t turn your back on Me

To My Boys

Josh – well what can a say, josh and i had a shakey start, we were friends back in when we were a bit younger but we drifter away, and it wasnt till this year that we got really close and now you one of my best friends, i want to tell you that God doesnt care about what you have done in the past, or what your gonna do wrong in the future, nothing will ever change the way he loves you, just keep tryin to be the best you can be in God

Ty- well, from the first moment i met ty we got along, and over the next few months, we got to know each other better, while on the dance floor at parties, my best memory of back then was dancin at steves 21st, and muckin round with ty, so funny, tryin to dance to house music, haha now i can, hehe, and but lyk josh it wasnt till this year that we really got close, and now u r one of my best mates, and u hav really helped me through alot, ty your great cause you bring this perspective to our chats, that is unique, and is always helping.

Aidan – You are an amazing person, It is so funny how we met and instantly u were part of our group, and now i couldn’t picture of group without you. You are a very talented cabinet maker and i cant wait to start designing and building some stuff of our own, i want to learn how to build and i cant wait to teach you how to play bass, you will be better then jackson in no time.

Jackson- Its been a long journey hasnt it, i remember all those fights we had at school, i am so glad we have grown up since then, well at least a little, your a great friend, and your hunger for God encourages me, the way he talks to you, the way you listen to him, its really great gift to have, i really hope that everything works out for you in life, and ur dreams come true
your a great man of integrity, always hold on that, its your best asset.

Kuashal – Dude you are Crazy, seriously. Over the last few months we have got really close, and u know there is a big difference between seeing somebody as a member of there cell group and seeing someone as a friend, and i really see you as a friend. Dude you have a crazy future in God, seriously if you let him he will move mightily through you. I can see you as being a influence to the people around you, never be afraid to step out, If God gives you something to pray, pray it Out, If he gives you a prophecy, speak it out, and if he gives you a vision speak it out, because God is giving those things to you for a reason. Once You finish year 12 i would love you to be a youth leader along side me, i reckon we could do some crazy things. Be the person your called to Be.

To the girls in my life

Nelly – Hun you are amazing, i still cant beleive i have only know you for a few months. We moment we meet we had an instant connection, and i knew we would be best friends. I want to encourage you and say face your fears, leave your past and always put God first and u will be truly blessed. God has amazing plans for your life, and i cant wait to be there everystep of the way. Hun trust in god and he will direct your path. Xox

Roch –