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Just Walk Across the Room

Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by Colton.

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Recently I have relocated with my family. If you have ever done it, you know it isn’t an easy thing. You have to get to know the new area, get used to your new home that doesn’t have air conditioning (okay, maybe just me), find a new church, make new friends, etc. It is not [...]

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Journal Entry #3 – What Can Separate Us?

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Colton.

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The following is a entry from one of my old journals. I have felt like I should share them with you all, hoping that you may be blessed by from them, but that I too would receive something by looking at what God has taken me through. I hope you enjoy! What Can Separate Us? [...]

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Series – God’s Love is “Real”

Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Colton.

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Hello everyone. Welcome to the start of a series I am calling “God’s Love is _____”. The topic of God’s love is one that is very close to my heart. I am in no way an expert on the topic, I am just someone who has experienced it first hand. Over the course of the [...]

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Journal Entry #2 – Struggling with Sin, But Life Through the Spirit

Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by Colton.

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The following is a entry from one of my old journals. I have felt like I should share them with you all, hoping that you may benefit from them, but that I too would receive something by looking at what God has taken me through. I hope you enjoy! (For this journal entry I read [...]

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Journal Entry #1 – Dead to Sin, Alive In Christ

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Colton.

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As I’ve been spending time with the Lord lately, I keep feeling like I should pull out my old journals and share them with you, both for your benefit, and mine. I’m not quite sure what we’ll stumble upon, but it is always great to reflect back on what the Lord has taken us through, [...]

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Communication is Key

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Colton.

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Communication; it plays such a vital role in any successful relationship. Whether it be between a husband and a wife, a parent and a child, a friend and a friend, or even between us and God, communication is the piece that keeps the relationship healthy. People have often been surprised at how close I am [...]

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When Failure is Not the End

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Colton.

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You know what word scares me…Failure. Failure is such a strong, not so fun, word. No person ever wants to hear this word attributed to themselves, I know I don’t. But I’ll be honest with you; I have failed God many times. Someone else who has failed God was a man named Peter. I love [...]

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This is how I know what LOVE is:

Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Colton.

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What does love look like?….A question so many people have often pondered. Some say it is romance. Some say it is bliss. It is one of those words in our English language that have so many meanings to choose from. Dictionary.com defines it as: A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend Though those definitions are nice…I can’t [...]

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God’s Purpose or Mine?

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Colton.

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This is a great excerpt from “My Utmost For His Highest” by Oswald Chambers that I wanted to share with you all. It is about God’s true purpose for our lives. I encourage you to let it soak in. Here it is: He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to [...]

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Be Known For What You Do…Not For What You Can’t Do

Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Colton.

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The all too common reputation for Christians is being known for what they “can’t do”; we can’t party, we can’t have premarital sex, we can’t do drugs, we can’t this and we can’t that. And then what we are known for “doing” is being hypocrites, and judgmental…this was not God’s desire for us!!! Although there [...]

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Welcome to Living For Jesus!

Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Colton.

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Hello everyone! I want to personally welcome you all to Living For Jesus. This week marks the year anniversary of this blog, and God has definitely shown me so much through that time. My name is Colton Jansen, and I am the writer/author of this website. God placed this website in my hands a little [...]

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Read the Word!

Posted on 11. Jul, 2010 by Colton.

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I just recently got back from a youth camp where I was a counselor, and I witnessed some amazing things there! Many students found Christ for the first time, others found Him again. Some students found for the first time what REAL love is and feels like…I even witnessed a student get healed physically!! And [...]