I have just written a new song, literally, I just recorded it. And I am so pumped up about it I wanted to post about it right away. The song is entitled "My Faith in Angels" and it talks about the feelings and doubts you have in yourself as you start to move for God. These questions and doubts are very normal and not anything bad at all. Its ok to have doubts but its not ok to let them control your actions. When I first started to move for God and started making efforts to reach people for God I came up with every question and doubt in the book. I was and still am very apprehensive about it but at the same time its so exhilarating! I gets me SO FIRED UP every time i post on here and just makes me want to do something CRAZY! But I usually don't because people frown upon crazy and crazy usually gets me in trouble. Here are the lyrics to the song, just take them to heart and pay attention to the ending and what God says in response.
"My Faith in Angels"
Verse:
How can I
look into your eyes
knowing what I have done
How can we
as the children of God
Turn away, run and hide
How can your forgiveness
Run so deep and endless
Chorus:
Your love, shines right through me
It consumes me, your grace oh God
All my questions I've found answers
My faith in Angels, has taught me how
My Faith in You
Shows me exactly what I need to do
Verse:
How can I
Begin to do your work
Why would they listen to me
Why should I
Think because I'm here
They'll get down on their knees
Rest easy son believe in yourself
You can do it all and nothing else
Chorus 2x
I am very excited about this song and look forward to performing it in the next 2 weeks along with the song, "Amazing Grace(My Chains are Gone)" by Chris Tomlin. You can hear the Chris Tomlin song by clicking on the video feed at the top of this page.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Relationships
My girlfriend is my role model in being a Christian. She's pushes me and inspires me to be better and harder working Christian for the Lord. She wrote me a note one day and left it in my Bible to read that night and it marked a verse. The verse is Proverbs 31:10-31 and is entitled "Ode to a Capable Wife". The note read, "replace each "wife" with "girlfriend". This is who I want to be...please help me to become this woman and hold me accountable."
The passage is pretty long so I won't type out the entire thing but I will hi the highlites that really hit home for me.
It says, "A good girlfriend, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her boyfriend trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life."
This section of the passage is showing the respect and trust that should be instilled in the relationship from day one to the end. I struggle with this at times and seek the Lords help when I am in doubt. Lack of trust is straight up and down insecurity. If you do not trust your relationship partner then you do not trust yourself and more than likely anyone else. Practice trust with the little things and it will make it so much easier, through prayer and the Lords help, to trust and not worry so much about the bigger issues.
Continuing the passage,
"She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet."
This section is her goal to always be available to me for advice, guidance, and support. As my girlfriend she strives to have only positive effects on me and my life. As a result of that, making me a better person as is also the goal and purpose of the relationship is to bring each other up and never down. Don't be afraid to evaluate your relationship and definitely don't be afraid to change somethings. If God is ultimately first, only good will come. Even if the relationship doesn't last you will part on good terms and as a better person than before the relationship.
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her toungue."
This section establishing her respect that she rightfully deserves. I can't stand to see a couple, where the male treats the female as if she is a lesser being than he. If we as the Males of the relationship will find the balance of being the leader and provider and combine that with the deserved respect of strength and dignity; wisdom and kindness. We will all live happier, more productive lives.
Finally the ending of this passage that really hits me deep and this is also the best description in words that I could ever use to describe my girlfriend.
PROVERBS 31:30
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
There is nothing I can say to describe this verse. It says what it means and it is the love of my life who is my strength, my dignity, my wisdom and my kindness.
Never let a day go by that you don't praise the Lord for the gifts he has given you. Even on your worst day, there will be something to be thankful for.
The passage is pretty long so I won't type out the entire thing but I will hi the highlites that really hit home for me.
It says, "A good girlfriend, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her boyfriend trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life."
This section of the passage is showing the respect and trust that should be instilled in the relationship from day one to the end. I struggle with this at times and seek the Lords help when I am in doubt. Lack of trust is straight up and down insecurity. If you do not trust your relationship partner then you do not trust yourself and more than likely anyone else. Practice trust with the little things and it will make it so much easier, through prayer and the Lords help, to trust and not worry so much about the bigger issues.
Continuing the passage,
"She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet."
This section is her goal to always be available to me for advice, guidance, and support. As my girlfriend she strives to have only positive effects on me and my life. As a result of that, making me a better person as is also the goal and purpose of the relationship is to bring each other up and never down. Don't be afraid to evaluate your relationship and definitely don't be afraid to change somethings. If God is ultimately first, only good will come. Even if the relationship doesn't last you will part on good terms and as a better person than before the relationship.
"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her toungue."
This section establishing her respect that she rightfully deserves. I can't stand to see a couple, where the male treats the female as if she is a lesser being than he. If we as the Males of the relationship will find the balance of being the leader and provider and combine that with the deserved respect of strength and dignity; wisdom and kindness. We will all live happier, more productive lives.
Finally the ending of this passage that really hits me deep and this is also the best description in words that I could ever use to describe my girlfriend.
PROVERBS 31:30
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
There is nothing I can say to describe this verse. It says what it means and it is the love of my life who is my strength, my dignity, my wisdom and my kindness.
Never let a day go by that you don't praise the Lord for the gifts he has given you. Even on your worst day, there will be something to be thankful for.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
God just crushed my heart.
Read this qoute. It fired me up for God and is what I want for my life and walk with God.
" I am a part of the "fellowship of the Unashamed". The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. the decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my quide reliable, my mission clear. I wiont give up, back up, let up or shut up until ive preached up, prayed up and paid up, stored up and stayed up for the cause of Christ. i must go until He returns, give until I drop, preach until all i know, and work until He comes. And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My colors will be clear. "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ".
This qoute will touch the lives of any and all who read it. Join the club, "The Fellowship of the Unashamed".
" I am a part of the "fellowship of the Unashamed". The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. the decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my quide reliable, my mission clear. I wiont give up, back up, let up or shut up until ive preached up, prayed up and paid up, stored up and stayed up for the cause of Christ. i must go until He returns, give until I drop, preach until all i know, and work until He comes. And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My colors will be clear. "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ".
This qoute will touch the lives of any and all who read it. Join the club, "The Fellowship of the Unashamed".
Jeremiah 29:13-14
My blog today is a short one. Just a simple note to remind everyone what God is doing in their lives. If you are struggling in your faith or finding your self doing things that wouldn't be pleasing to God and you know it. Then you are a lot like me. I fall of the path a lot but the Lord is my shepard and he will always protect you and accept you back in the herd, NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU HAVE WONDERED. The verse in the Bible that has touched my life in the most intimate and meaningful way is Jeremiah 29:13-14. It says that the Lord sometimes puts you in situations to teach you a lesson and to prepare you for greater things in life. Well God certainly did that for me. I strayed away from the Lord for the hundreth time and was doing things very unpleaseing to God. To stop me from doing this the Lord put me and someone I am very close to in a very bad situation that would have altered our lives forever. We then searched the Bible for guidence, because it is always so much easier to come to God when you're in trouble. And the Lord pointed out this verse. It says at the end of the verse, "I will bring you back out of the exile I put you in." This verse touched me on a deeper level than any you could imagine. It showed me my mistake and showed that the Lord wanted to forgive me if I would only come back, because as I have said before, "The lord never leaves our side, We are the ones that walk away."
Back to the first sentence in BOLD. Christians, we should never treat God as a saftey net. We should never have the mentallity, as I often do, "I'll do ti this once I know the Lord will forgive me later." When things are going great, PRAISE HIM! When its just a normal nothing too special day, PRAISE HIM! And when things are not going the way WE planned, PRAISE HIM! Because HIS plan is so much better than anything we can think up. He's smart like that ;).
Back to the first sentence in BOLD. Christians, we should never treat God as a saftey net. We should never have the mentallity, as I often do, "I'll do ti this once I know the Lord will forgive me later." When things are going great, PRAISE HIM! When its just a normal nothing too special day, PRAISE HIM! And when things are not going the way WE planned, PRAISE HIM! Because HIS plan is so much better than anything we can think up. He's smart like that ;).
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
My Testamony
I wrote this testamony in responce to a message I recieved on Facebook from Kaleb Davis. He also has a blog which is a great testiment to the Lord and is definitly worth the time to read, www.kalebdavis.blogspot.com . Please take the time to read and see what the Lord has done in my life and what I know he will do and so much more in yours.
Hey man,
I just finished classes so here's my story.
When I was younger I was very involved in church and in my youth group. I was saved at a Winter Jam concert at the Bilo Center in Middle School. Soon after I lost sight of it all, I began drinking and trying to get into the popular crowd only to soon find out that it is one of the lonliest places to be. My dad owned his own business all my life until around the seventh grade. It was around then that my Father despite some very heroic efforts, lost the business. The building where his business was, is now a church. I have always seen that as a sign. We almost lost our house and needless to say money was tight. It wasn't long that my Dad got another job which is where he works now that is a very good job. We got back on our feet and moved on with things after about 4 years of almost nothing. My grades in school were never amazing but they fell off very bad after the money problems started. I became very apethetic about everything. After my freshman year in high school and 2 years of me not doing anything or careing about anything I was threatened for the first time and certainly not the last to be kicked out of my house. I started drinking pretty heavily after this and slipped into a mild depression. I drank most nights of the week and everynight of the weekend. I smoked cigarettes, weed, and was up to try anything once. This was a bad attitude to have on life. After many years of this life style and another theat of being kicked out of my house I got better for a little while. I began dating a girl and settled down a little bit. We dated 4 months and then I was back at it again. But this time I ventured into new drinks and new drugs with bigger qauntities. Senior year of high school and freshman year in college was probably my worst time. I began making fake ID's and acting way beyond my age. I thought I was cool.
What turned out to actually be cool was when I met my girlfriend Andrea Ray. First couple weeks of sophmore year I met her and we began to hang out. She brought me back to church and back to the Lord. I have now been saved again and attend church every opportunity I get strictly for the sole purpose of trying to improve in my faith. I strongly believe that some of the best christians and strongest people in their faith do not attend church regularly. I have begun to write music and work for the Lord in that aspect. Just last sunday I started what I hope to be a long journey of performing the songs I wrote to share the word of God. Its been almost a year since I've been saved the second time and my relationship with my family and friends and especially my girlfriend has improved past any point I could ever imagine. I am the perfect example for HAPPINESS. I am very happy and it is because of the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.
Hey man,
I just finished classes so here's my story.
When I was younger I was very involved in church and in my youth group. I was saved at a Winter Jam concert at the Bilo Center in Middle School. Soon after I lost sight of it all, I began drinking and trying to get into the popular crowd only to soon find out that it is one of the lonliest places to be. My dad owned his own business all my life until around the seventh grade. It was around then that my Father despite some very heroic efforts, lost the business. The building where his business was, is now a church. I have always seen that as a sign. We almost lost our house and needless to say money was tight. It wasn't long that my Dad got another job which is where he works now that is a very good job. We got back on our feet and moved on with things after about 4 years of almost nothing. My grades in school were never amazing but they fell off very bad after the money problems started. I became very apethetic about everything. After my freshman year in high school and 2 years of me not doing anything or careing about anything I was threatened for the first time and certainly not the last to be kicked out of my house. I started drinking pretty heavily after this and slipped into a mild depression. I drank most nights of the week and everynight of the weekend. I smoked cigarettes, weed, and was up to try anything once. This was a bad attitude to have on life. After many years of this life style and another theat of being kicked out of my house I got better for a little while. I began dating a girl and settled down a little bit. We dated 4 months and then I was back at it again. But this time I ventured into new drinks and new drugs with bigger qauntities. Senior year of high school and freshman year in college was probably my worst time. I began making fake ID's and acting way beyond my age. I thought I was cool.
What turned out to actually be cool was when I met my girlfriend Andrea Ray. First couple weeks of sophmore year I met her and we began to hang out. She brought me back to church and back to the Lord. I have now been saved again and attend church every opportunity I get strictly for the sole purpose of trying to improve in my faith. I strongly believe that some of the best christians and strongest people in their faith do not attend church regularly. I have begun to write music and work for the Lord in that aspect. Just last sunday I started what I hope to be a long journey of performing the songs I wrote to share the word of God. Its been almost a year since I've been saved the second time and my relationship with my family and friends and especially my girlfriend has improved past any point I could ever imagine. I am the perfect example for HAPPINESS. I am very happy and it is because of the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.
I Need You
This song is entitled, I Need You. I wrote it very recently, probably about a month ago. It talks about what we do and what we deal with when we are alone. Just you and God know what you do in that time. I struggle with this at times and I felt led to write this song to kind of vent my frustrations with myself. I have done much much better with it due to a lot of prayer and a lot of help from the Lord. This song is a prayer we should all say from time to time even if you don't feel you need it, you never know.
Verse:
When I'm all alone
I need you
When I'm by myself
I can feel you
You see its not so much what I do around them
It's what I do
When there's nobody else around
Just me and You
Chorus:
So help me now to follow you
and give me strength to follow through
I need you love
I need your strength
to help me follow you
So help me now, I need you
Verse:
Going through my day
I see you
Walking through my time
I can hear you
You see its not so much what I do around them
Its what I do
When there's nobody else around
Just me and You
Chorus:
So help me now to follow you
And give me strength to follow through
I need you love
I need your strength
to help me follow you
So help me now, I need you
Verse:
When I'm all alone
I need you
When I'm by myself
I can feel you
You see its not so much what I do around them
It's what I do
When there's nobody else around
Just me and You
Chorus:
So help me now to follow you
and give me strength to follow through
I need you love
I need your strength
to help me follow you
So help me now, I need you
Verse:
Going through my day
I see you
Walking through my time
I can hear you
You see its not so much what I do around them
Its what I do
When there's nobody else around
Just me and You
Chorus:
So help me now to follow you
And give me strength to follow through
I need you love
I need your strength
to help me follow you
So help me now, I need you
Internet Problems
Whats up anybody,
Just wanted to let everyone know that i'm having a lot of internet problems. Someone, I think we can guess who, doesn't want this blog to continue. It has allready reached lives and gotten attention and I can take no credit for that. I just want to leave you with this, "Pray for those who feel alone, its a terrible feeling. Pray that they come to find out that the Lord will take all of that away and through him they will have peace and happiness."
I love everyone and God does to.
Chris
Just wanted to let everyone know that i'm having a lot of internet problems. Someone, I think we can guess who, doesn't want this blog to continue. It has allready reached lives and gotten attention and I can take no credit for that. I just want to leave you with this, "Pray for those who feel alone, its a terrible feeling. Pray that they come to find out that the Lord will take all of that away and through him they will have peace and happiness."
I love everyone and God does to.
Chris
Sunday, August 19, 2007
The Master's Hand
This is one of the first songs I wrote after becomeing saved and is my girlfriend's favorite.
I am actually performing this one tomorrow morning at a church in Easley, SC. Anyway,
I wrote this song to show the awesome feeling of submission to the Lord. When my girlfriend and I first starting dating we ran into a few rough spots from each others past that are still haunting us today, but through our own fault. But after I became saved we talked and decided to ultimatly put God first in our relationship and began praying together every night before we go to sleep. This has turned our relationship upside down. We couldn't be more blessed or any happier than we are today and it is because of the Lord's amazing power and amazing will to have everyone succeed in life eternal. This song is intitled,
"The Master's Hand".
Verse 1:
You turned my life around
You made me come unwound
You love me from the inside out
You saved my life
You gave me my wife
You make me want to scream and shout
Chorus:
You are Holy
You control me
I'm but a puppet in the Master's hand
I'm not worthy, of your mercy
You're my God and you're my best friend
Verse 2:
I've got a daughter and a son
Everything that you've done
for me is nothing short of amazing
When I live for you
My wildest dreams come true
Lord I love you and you love me too
Chorus:
You are Holy
You control me
I'm but a puppet in the Master's hand
I'm not worthy, of your mercy
You're my God and you're my best friend
I am actually performing this one tomorrow morning at a church in Easley, SC. Anyway,
I wrote this song to show the awesome feeling of submission to the Lord. When my girlfriend and I first starting dating we ran into a few rough spots from each others past that are still haunting us today, but through our own fault. But after I became saved we talked and decided to ultimatly put God first in our relationship and began praying together every night before we go to sleep. This has turned our relationship upside down. We couldn't be more blessed or any happier than we are today and it is because of the Lord's amazing power and amazing will to have everyone succeed in life eternal. This song is intitled,
"The Master's Hand".
Verse 1:
You turned my life around
You made me come unwound
You love me from the inside out
You saved my life
You gave me my wife
You make me want to scream and shout
Chorus:
You are Holy
You control me
I'm but a puppet in the Master's hand
I'm not worthy, of your mercy
You're my God and you're my best friend
Verse 2:
I've got a daughter and a son
Everything that you've done
for me is nothing short of amazing
When I live for you
My wildest dreams come true
Lord I love you and you love me too
Chorus:
You are Holy
You control me
I'm but a puppet in the Master's hand
I'm not worthy, of your mercy
You're my God and you're my best friend
Opening Post
I first just want to take this first post to let you know a little bit about myself. My name is Chris and I am a student in college. I play baseball for the school and majoring in Excercise Science with the hopes of continuing on to Physical Therapy or Athletic Training. I have always played sports growing up and in that time I gathered a group of friends that became a family. These friends got into drinking and everything that goes along with that and I followed. This lead to several years of partying and several years of separation from God. It's not that he separated from me, in fact just the opposite. HE NEVER MOVED. Looking back at those days I can see the Lord unfolding his plan for me even in the mist of everything that was going on. I'm extremly thankful for that.
The beginning of my sophmore year in college I met the love of my life, that I am currently still dating. We have been dating right at a year now and she is my motivation and example of what a christian is. A christian is not someone who is perfect, that was Jesus. A christian is someone who is strong enough to admit when they are wrong and are not too prideful to ask for help and forgivness. The Lord has worked very hard on me in the past year as I was saved at the church I began to attend with my girlfriend almost a year ago today. I have seen and felt his work with my own heart.
He has given me a gift in music and I feel him pulling me in the direction of sharing it with anyone and everyone. So that is why I am here. To share the lyrics and explainations of my songs that the Lord has given me. He gave me the words so I cannot take credit in anyway and I am forever grateful for him doing so. If at anytime you would like to actually hear my music I will be putting it up on MySpace soon.
Thank you for your time and enjoy,
Chris
The beginning of my sophmore year in college I met the love of my life, that I am currently still dating. We have been dating right at a year now and she is my motivation and example of what a christian is. A christian is not someone who is perfect, that was Jesus. A christian is someone who is strong enough to admit when they are wrong and are not too prideful to ask for help and forgivness. The Lord has worked very hard on me in the past year as I was saved at the church I began to attend with my girlfriend almost a year ago today. I have seen and felt his work with my own heart.
He has given me a gift in music and I feel him pulling me in the direction of sharing it with anyone and everyone. So that is why I am here. To share the lyrics and explainations of my songs that the Lord has given me. He gave me the words so I cannot take credit in anyway and I am forever grateful for him doing so. If at anytime you would like to actually hear my music I will be putting it up on MySpace soon.
Thank you for your time and enjoy,
Chris
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