Tag Archives: Lifestyle
Search My Heart O God
Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by Colton.
If you are like me, you know how easy it is to get distracted by things in life. In fact, I have written a detailed article about 10 such things, titled “10 Things that Distract Us from God“. What we really need to help us is a “heart checker”. Something much like a spell check [...]
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The Wake of a Life Lived For Christ
Posted on 10. Feb, 2012 by Colton.
Hey everyone. I want to thank all of you for the wonderful support you have given me and this blog. I want to apologize for how little I have been posting the past year. It is crazy how one can get busy. But I want to get back into consistently posting on here. I know [...]
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Daniel 1: Following God Despite Circumstances
Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by Colton.
I too often find it easy to compromise what God is leading me to do because of the circumstances I am in. Instead of fighting for what God wants, I just lay down and accept what the world is telling me to do…that isn’t what Daniel (and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) did in Daniel Ch. [...]
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Journal Entry # 7 | Love For One Another
Posted on 16. Apr, 2011 by Colton.
The following is a revised entry is from one of my old journals. I have felt that I should be going through these scripture journals to reflect on what God has brought me through and taught me over the past few years. My hope is that they may bring you all some form of encouragement, [...]
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Jesus Died for Me. So I Will Live For Him | Living for Jesus
Posted on 17. Mar, 2011 by Colton.
Lets start this out right; My name is Colton. I am a sinner. I fall short of the glory of God. God is just, and because I have sinned, I must pay the penalty; eternal separation from God (God cannot/will not be with sin)…death. But then there is Jesus; God’s one and only Son. He [...]
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Focusing Our Hearts on God, and Not on Worthless things | Psalm 119:36-37
Posted on 30. Dec, 2010 by Colton.
Living in this day and age, there are so many things to distract us from giving any of our time to God. Of course, like in any age, many of us have to work…but after that, we have so many forms of media (TV, Internet, Magazines, Video Games, Etc.), that so often we can get [...]
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I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me – Philippians 4:13
Posted on 29. Dec, 2010 by Colton.
The following is a scripture we should always keep present in our hearts and minds. Whenever we face difficulties, or things that are greater than ourselves, we need just to remember the God we serve, and how, through HIM, we can do anything: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me – Philippians [...]
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Journal Entry # 5 – Living Sacrifices
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Colton.
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 are blessed! Living Sacrifices Therefore, [...]
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Changing Today….Not Tomorrow
Posted on 11. Oct, 2010 by Colton.
In this current age, there are so many things that attract our attention and our time; such as work, hobbies, the numerous things to watch on TV, family and friends, etc. But many of us do not realize that what we give our precious time and attention to at the current time is what often [...]
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Sharing the Gospel…In Gentleness and Respect
Posted on 09. Sep, 2010 by Colton.
When Jesus left the disciples, he commissioned them (and us) the most important job ever…which ultimately is to go and share the reason for the hope we have; We once were lost, but now are found, we once were dead, but now we live. We owe it all to Jesus Christ, who died on the [...]
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Just Walk Across the Room
Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by Colton.
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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Be Known For What You Do…Not For What You Can’t Do
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Colton.
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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