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Ephisians 5:15-17 “ So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.” It is very easy to get into the routine of not realy thinking about our actions, and what they mean. To just fall into a routine of not being bad but not being the best either, and not making the most of each day. When we do this we could miss out on many opportunitys that the Lord has put in our lives. When our eyes are not focused on the Lord but of the world we start to act up and then think that the Lord is not speaking to us. When in reality God has provided many opportunities for us and we just walked right by them without a blink of an eye. God wants us to understand His will for our lives and to do this we need to be focoused more on Him daily. Which is not always easy and takes constant focous on growing with the Lord. Before I came to Ignite I would

2 Chorinthians 1:12 “We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.” (NLT) If we didn’t depend on God’s grace but on our own wisdom I don’t even want to think about where I would be today, probaby not sitting here in Guatemala writing an IBS. Our human wisdom is so scued from that of the Lords and I can only thank Him for continuing to give us grace and pour out His wisdom into us. When we have the Lords wisdom it is much easier to act more like Christ and thus be a witness to the world. Having confidence that the Lord has our backs and is willing to guide us no matter where we go brings great comfot. Making it easier to follow His ways and be a light for the community we are pouring into. God wants us to have confidence in Him and have full trust in all o

James 1:5 “If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” Reading this I am amazed that God wants us to ask Him questons, and not just try to figure things out on our own. But rather trust Him that He won’t disgrace you because you asked Him a supid question. And there is no judgment for whatever you ask Him. But when we grow closer in the Lord and learn more about His character and become more like Him, you will know which questions to ask. Then it won’t seem like God is ignoring you or always telling you no, but instead it could give you more hope and a deeper personal relationship with Him. For me I forget to bing God my own needs, I will pray for everyone else and neglect myself. My roommates have been reminding me that I need to bring God my questions and my own personal prayers ontop of everyone elses because God is wanting more of a personal relationship with me. So these past few weeks I have been practing giving m

Psalm 111:10  “ Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise him forever!”  (NLT) “The  fear of the Lord is the begining of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.” (NKJ) How do we obey the Lord? Obeying the Lord could be responding to the Holy Spirit when He convicts us of something or tells us to do something and we then do it. Where disobeying could be rejecting the Holy Spirt which is just trying to comfort us and give us counsle. Also following the world and not what the Lord calls us to do. When we disobey the Lord we don’t give ourselves the chance to recieve the wisdom the Lord is so willing to give out. This past couple of weeks I’ve been struggling to give God the full control of my life, I Iike to think that I have some sort of controll,  and because of not fully surrendering and obeying God. I could have missed out on reciving some wisodm from

James 3:13-17   “Who  is wise and understanding amoung you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the  meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, denomic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and wothout hypocrisy.” Im sitting here asking God for wisdom on how to write this IBS, on a passage about wisdom. How often do we ask God for wisdom without truley knowing what wisdom means?  We just want to have knowledge about certain things, recieve the answer and then move on. Where wisdom is more than just thoughts it is also actions, and a change of heart. That could be a reason why when we ask God for wisdom on certain things and we think God is

Mark 10:47-49 “ When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” “Be quiet!” many of the people yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” When Jesus heard him, he stopped and said, “Tell him to come here.” So they called the blind man. “Cheer up,” they said.   ”Come on, he’s calling you!” I admire the faith of Bartimaeus, he knew of Jesus’ power and had faith in him to keep calling for him. Even when every one else was telling him to stop. Almost like telling him that it was a pointless feet that would never come true. I went to a public high school so the second you metion God in school you get mocked and told you are wasting your time. Almost like with  Bartimaeus. I was blessed that God gave me a stuborn personality to not care that others thought in their minds that I was being stupid, although I was stuborn in my belifes it still was hard at times to trust in God and know tha

Luke 8:22-25 “ One day Jesus said to his disciples,” Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and srarted out. As they sailed across, Jesus settled down for a nap. But soon a fierce storm came down on the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in real danger. The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” When Jesus woke up, he rebucked the wind and the reaging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm. Then he asked them, “ Where is your faith?” The discipes were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a comand, even the wind and waves obey him!” This shows that God knows what is going to happen when we follow HIm, He dosnt promise that it will always be easy but He is always there, and we know that He has a plan no matter what. Even if it seems like He is being silent or in case of this passage taking a nap. God is still watching over us. Why is it that

Matthew 8:9-10 “I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, “Go,” and they go, or “Come,” and they come. And if I say to my slaves, “Do this,” they do it. When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “ I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel! “ (NLT) Reading this I get convicted because in the past there has been times where I heard God say go but I chose not to because it would have been out of my comfort zone. Even now there are still times where I question Gods decisions but I know thats not what He wants for me, so little by little I have been trying to trust when God says go and I go. For instence when I heard the call to go to Ignite and said yes to the Lord, that decision has helped me grow deeper in my faith with Him. I want to keep growing in that faith so that there is not even an ounce of doubt left in my mind for t

Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must belive that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (NKJ) It is so easy to think that to please God is to do works. Our culture is that you always have to repay someone if they do something for you. So it is confusing to just accept and not worry about repaying God but just trusting completly in Him. Although we don’t please God by just doing works, if we don’t put our faith into action then we truely aren’t seeking the Lord because He doesn’t just want us to have knowledge but instead He wants us to apply that knowledge. This is so amazing and mind blowing that the creator of everything would only ask for such a simple obedience. This just makes me want to grow more and more with the Lord. He could have easily made it complicated to please Him but He loved us so much and wanted a real relationship with us, so He showed us the grace we dont deserve. It seems like

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (NKJ) Faith is hard, and if you have a shallow understanding of what it means to truley trust and have faith in God it could feel empty. That’s where hope comes in. Hope isn’t just hoping for a sunny day, but hoping in God. Hope is believing in Jesus Christ  and knowing that we are saved and will be going to heaven . Also hope is that because of Gods promises you know that he will have a plan for you. The things that we truley hope for are the things that we do not see nor understand at the moment. Although having hope is good, hope without faith could be some what pointless. If you’re going through a hard time and you hope that God will bring you out of it but dont have faith, it leaves you empty and feeling like you were given false hope.  Then your actions dont show that you truley trust God, and you try to take things into your own hands.  Faith is a fundemental foundation in gro