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Who am I?
My name is joseph (aka joe and/or joey by friends and family). I'm a man after God's heart, I strive for righteousness in-Christ, and I seek God's will in my life. I'm not perfect and I do fail, but I follow Christ, am convicted by the Holy Spirit, and I continue to strive towards perfection. Things I like to do: talk to God and learn from Him throughout the day, achieve personal growth, cooking, loving, doing His Will, helping others, bible studies, fellowship, talking about the Lord, being around brothers/sisters in-Christ, etc. I don't watch a lot of TV or see many movies. When I do, it's usually the history, discovery, national geographic channels, a Christian channel, or some sporting event. Books on my bookshelf that I have read, not necessarily in their entirety yet: Choice Theory, the Bible, Jesus Did It Anyway, As a Man Thinketh, The Passion of Jesus Christ, Inspiration by Wayne Dyer, Healing the Shame that Binds You, Praying the Names of God, Mans Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, The Three Battleground, You must be Born Again (highly recommended) by Tom Harmon, Enjoying Intimacy w/ God (highly highly recommended, it's life changing) by J. Oswald Sanders, Praying the Names of God (highly recommended) by Ann Spangler, and a few other examining/religious/growth books. I'm not much into storytelling, fiction, etc.
Why this journal? What is it about?
I purchased this domain quite a while ago. I first started posting links to serious news articles..like global warming, peak oil, dumb things our elected officials do, etc. I began to notice (conviction) how I was spreading negativity and I thought that I should use the domain in a positive manner. Seeing that the largest joy in my life is when I'm helpful to someone in need, I decided to blog about things that can be helpful and positive in nature. With the blessed Helper, I did a lot of in-depth analyzing and have discovered quite a few things that have contributed to a better understanding of my life. Maybe many of these things are already known by quite a few people? If that's the case, I hope to receive some feedback and in-depth discussions that can contribute to my own and other people's growth. I have found through discussions with people that a lot of these things are kinda known, but they aren't practiced. I am hopeful that something here can assist someone's life.
As I searched further purpose in my life, the Lord continued to speak to me, show me things, help me, mold me, teaching me, etc. After contemplating "Why me?", "Why do you show me these things?", and after praying (and requesting prayers from others on the topic), the Lord answered multiple times - Go into the land of Egypt (the world) and reveal Christ. I kept questioning myself, over and over. Is the Lord really working here? Is He really showing me these signs, these visions, doing these works? Me? A sinner? In hindsight, I wasn't questioning myself, I was questioning Him. Even though He answered w/ many confirmations, I kept asking for more confirmations. At one point, I thought I was going insane. Too many things were happening... so many real time thoughts, prayers, internal questions, etc were being answered via things that surrounded me. Boy, it literally teetered me on thinking I was insane, even though I'm a very analytical, factual type person. Eventually, there was too much information to continue to question, thus I had to start listening to Him and surrender. Praise God, praise God.
After dozens of confirmations to show Him to the world, today 3/5/08, I received His final word on this topic. You can read the posting of what took place and what the Lord spoke to me. It's, without a doubt, my purpose to surrender to His Will and show the world what happens when such is accomplished. Again, I do not claim to be perfect. I am a sinner, and the Father corrects me for it. I am forgiven through the Blood of my King, Jesus Christ, and am made white as snow. The Lord knows what my heart desires, and that is to reach Christlikeness. Even though I sin, I strive to grow from it and reach the final destination of hearing the words: Well done, good and faithful servant.
What's next?
Who knows. My life is in the hands of God and I have faith that wherever I end up next is where He would like me to be. I try my best to not worry because it does nothing but distract and bring upon negative environments like anxiety, depression, stress, worry, etc. Then from there, we end up taking medication, we find an addiction to take our minds off of our woes, or basically, we sin. Experience says it snowballs from there unless we receive Him and grow w/ His help.
God Bless and I hope that our life's webs get joined. I'd like to say a quick prayer for any and all readers: God, I pray that you allow all readers to get the things out of this blog that will help them in a positive manner and please help me speak nothing but truth in accordance to Your Word. Please touch my lips and give me the correct words. Please show me any wickedness within so that I may keep all things that glorify the flesh away from the readers. Please engulf all readers in your armor and deflect away all words that should not be accepted into their souls. I pray that the readers can have eyes to see, the ears to hear and the hearts to receive. I pray that all that is done on this journal glorifies only You. Thank you Lord. Praise you Lord. In the name of our precious Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
joseph
Who am I?
My name is joseph (aka joe and/or joey by friends and family). I'm a man after God's heart, I strive for righteousness in-Christ, and I seek God's will in my life. I'm not perfect and I do fail, but I follow Christ, am convicted by the Holy Spirit, and I continue to strive towards perfection. Things I like to do: talk to God and learn from Him throughout the day, achieve personal growth, cooking, loving, doing His Will, helping others, bible studies, fellowship, talking about the Lord, being around brothers/sisters in-Christ, etc. I don't watch a lot of TV or see many movies. When I do, it's usually the history, discovery, national geographic channels, a Christian channel, or some sporting event. Books on my bookshelf that I have read, not necessarily in their entirety yet: Choice Theory, the Bible, Jesus Did It Anyway, As a Man Thinketh, The Passion of Jesus Christ, Inspiration by Wayne Dyer, Healing the Shame that Binds You, Praying the Names of God, Mans Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, The Three Battleground, You must be Born Again (highly recommended) by Tom Harmon, Enjoying Intimacy w/ God (highly highly recommended, it's life changing) by J. Oswald Sanders, Praying the Names of God (highly recommended) by Ann Spangler, and a few other examining/religious/growth books. I'm not much into storytelling, fiction, etc.
Why this journal? What is it about?
I purchased this domain quite a while ago. I first started posting links to serious news articles..like global warming, peak oil, dumb things our elected officials do, etc. I began to notice (conviction) how I was spreading negativity and I thought that I should use the domain in a positive manner. Seeing that the largest joy in my life is when I'm helpful to someone in need, I decided to blog about things that can be helpful and positive in nature. With the blessed Helper, I did a lot of in-depth analyzing and have discovered quite a few things that have contributed to a better understanding of my life. Maybe many of these things are already known by quite a few people? If that's the case, I hope to receive some feedback and in-depth discussions that can contribute to my own and other people's growth. I have found through discussions with people that a lot of these things are kinda known, but they aren't practiced. I am hopeful that something here can assist someone's life.
As I searched further purpose in my life, the Lord continued to speak to me, show me things, help me, mold me, teaching me, etc. After contemplating "Why me?", "Why do you show me these things?", and after praying (and requesting prayers from others on the topic), the Lord answered multiple times - Go into the land of Egypt (the world) and reveal Christ. I kept questioning myself, over and over. Is the Lord really working here? Is He really showing me these signs, these visions, doing these works? Me? A sinner? In hindsight, I wasn't questioning myself, I was questioning Him. Even though He answered w/ many confirmations, I kept asking for more confirmations. At one point, I thought I was going insane. Too many things were happening... so many real time thoughts, prayers, internal questions, etc were being answered via things that surrounded me. Boy, it literally teetered me on thinking I was insane, even though I'm a very analytical, factual type person. Eventually, there was too much information to continue to question, thus I had to start listening to Him and surrender. Praise God, praise God.
After dozens of confirmations to show Him to the world, today 3/5/08, I received His final word on this topic. You can read the posting of what took place and what the Lord spoke to me. It's, without a doubt, my purpose to surrender to His Will and show the world what happens when such is accomplished. Again, I do not claim to be perfect. I am a sinner, and the Father corrects me for it. I am forgiven through the Blood of my King, Jesus Christ, and am made white as snow. The Lord knows what my heart desires, and that is to reach Christlikeness. Even though I sin, I strive to grow from it and reach the final destination of hearing the words: Well done, good and faithful servant.
What's next?
Who knows. My life is in the hands of God and I have faith that wherever I end up next is where He would like me to be. I try my best to not worry because it does nothing but distract and bring upon negative environments like anxiety, depression, stress, worry, etc. Then from there, we end up taking medication, we find an addiction to take our minds off of our woes, or basically, we sin. Experience says it snowballs from there unless we receive Him and grow w/ His help.
God Bless and I hope that our life's webs get joined. I'd like to say a quick prayer for any and all readers: God, I pray that you allow all readers to get the things out of this blog that will help them in a positive manner and please help me speak nothing but truth in accordance to Your Word. Please touch my lips and give me the correct words. Please show me any wickedness within so that I may keep all things that glorify the flesh away from the readers. Please engulf all readers in your armor and deflect away all words that should not be accepted into their souls. I pray that the readers can have eyes to see, the ears to hear and the hearts to receive. I pray that all that is done on this journal glorifies only You. Thank you Lord. Praise you Lord. In the name of our precious Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
joseph
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