He Moves Mountains

  It's alright to think about it, right? I mean, I'm not actually going to do it, so it's no big deal. Right?   No. What we think influences what we do. It's like my Instagram feed. All these amazing Bible pages make me feel so motivated to study and illustrate my faith, but my own Bible doesn't have space to make so many notes and drawings. The more I looked at other people's journaling Bibles, the more I wanted one, the more I thought about it and started to stress over how to get the money for one.   This same thing happened last year when I was filling my mind with things that would make Jesus cringe big time. We're talking gross things; things that encouraged being gay, hated on Christianity and made death look kind of appealing (I'm talking mostly about sin because it leads to death, but yeah, I was suicidal for a spell).   And the same thing happened in grade one when everyone else had a zhu-zhu pet and I didn't (I got a zhu-zhu, don't wor...

  Jesus is my example for this. And not just Him, but Paul and all the other believers who have been killed for their faith. Paul was an incredibly strong Christian and faced opposition more than once during the time that he served on earth; ultimately, he died. I've been reading Philippians and he writes in chapter 1, verse 27-30.      "Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved - and that by God. For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have." Philippians 1:27-30 ...