It has been a while since I’ve made a post on L4J (sorry everyone), but God really smacked me upside the head with the following scripture, and I knew I HAD to share it with you all. I really hope each one of you really takes the time to soak it all in, and allow [...]
Attitudes
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 [...]
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” -Matthew 5:3 I never really understood this verse. “Blessed are the poor in spirit”…shouldn’t it be “blessed are the rich in spirit”? I mean, being poor means deficient or lacking in something specified…and the thing specified here is spirit. But now, I [...]
Read Graciously Uncertain part 1 here. Recently, God has been bombarding me with truths about faith. For the past year, I have thought my spiritual life was really dry, because I haven’t been exceptionally inspired by God for a quite some time. But God has really convicted me of a huge error in my life and way [...]
(Read Gracioulsy Uncertain part 2 here) Recently, I have been trying to figure out what is next for me. I have gone through a lot of changes in the past year or so of my life. Among them was ending a relationship with my girlfriend, whom I was with for four years, starting up a theology/discipleship course, my family [...]
Born in 1989, Colton (the author of LivngForJesus) is child of God, husband, soon-to-be father (baby on the way), the Outreach & Youth Director at Gateway Christian Church and a graphic/web designer. He has had a passion for ministry since his mid-teens....