How can I serve God when the world mocks me for doing so?

Hello dear one, 


I had been very quiet for a while  but I thought I'd drop a line or two about this topic. Occasionally we may find that in deciding to step out boldly in faith and following God through his son Jesus Christ, the world is quick to mock. They may call you foolish for believing in the unseen, they may laugh at you for refusing to participate in the things you used to do together, you may even find people "spitting" in your face because you chose to make God's work priority over you degree/career path. But DO NOT LET GO!

Remember James 4:4 in all your endeavours for it is written :Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God (KJV)


Meditate on Matthew 5:11 which says: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (KJV)


Luke 6:22 even further encourages us with more words from the Lord: Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.


Above all things, remember that the goal for all children of God believers and non believers, SHOULD be to make heaven, although this generation often forget that we have a maker, a father, a comforter, a redeemer, a friend, who died to set us free.

As one who hopes to one day be called to spend eternity with the Maker himself in communion with the Angels; remember Matthew 6: 19-21 and let your actions, words, and thoughts be to the  glory of him alone:

Matthew 6:19-21
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.


Stay Rapturable, 
W x

What are you doing this December?

There's a lot of controversy surrounding Christmas; many believe it's the day Christ was born and many other believe it's the wrong day and wrong month and that it's a pagan festival and as such Christians shouldn't be celebrating it... Well which group do you belong to?

Whichever group you belong to, lets not forget the fundamental and key important part of being a Christian. It is to be Christ-like; meaning living a life like Christ. There is little point putting up a Christmas Tree if you are not Christ-like well that is if you believe it's a celebration of Christ's birth. If however you are an atheist and still give and take gifts this season then ask yourself this WHY?? 

There are others that despite being born Christians, renounced God and then when Christmas comes around they celebrate, they go to "Christmas Parties", these are parties that take place in a lot of settings especially workplaces and guess what- What is Christ-like about getting once-self in a drunken state and participating in utter debauchery and base behaviour??? 


There is no point standing half way. YOU ARE EITHER CHRISTIAN (Christ-like) or NOT... This mish-mash of in-betweener is not glorifying unto God or yourself for that matter... 

I'm sorry to sound like I'm Judging I'm not... I myself see Christmas time as an over commercialized season for a day like every other where every Christian/every Bible-Believing Christian should reflect and make every effort count towards salvation. I know deep in me that I engage in gross gluttony during Christmas and eat myself into a food coma, then resolve over the new year to be a better person. Question is AM I A BETTER PERSON? Gluttony is wrong in every form... consuming excesses when others starve around the world... I know what I want to do this season... I want to get closer to God while making efforts at salvation, I want to reach out to others who are less well off than I am... I want to remember that getting and giving gifts is secondary if not tertiary to the main point of the season... 

Any way RANT OVER :D 


Stay Blessed x

If he could see a way out, so can you!

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STAY BLESSED xx