Call Me Jesus Freak

Hey, ya’ll! Before I even start, allow me to say that I really did not expect to be sharing this message with you today. I was asking God about what kind of things he would like for me to do, and he told me to send the following word out to the youth. So, just stay with me for a few. This shouldn’t take long.

Now, over the summer, I’ve been working on creating a better relationship between God and I. I want to become an even bigger Jesus Freak. In my past, everybody has just known me as Indiana Jones because I dress like him every day. However, you know what title I would rather hear come out of the mouths of my fellow high school students? That’s right… The Jesus Freak.

I was especially encouraged by a senior who graduated. No… She didn’t come up to me and say that I should become more serious about Christianity. I just saw the passion she held for the Lord and how she didn’t care about anything as much as she did about the Lord. It was a very extraordinary sight. I was determined to become like her. I wanted to be the one that everyone saw and knew as the Jesus Freak.

Don’t get me wrong. The reason I want for the world to know me as the Jesus Freak is this: I love God so much, and I want for others to see that love. I want them to see that love and say, “Wow! Really? God is that good? Hmm… Maybe I should give Christianity a shot.”

That’s my aim. I really want for it to be your aim, too. God is great and you should worship Him with true love for Him. Let the world see your forever burning passion for Jesus Christ. Yet, don’t forget to worship even when alone. For it is written in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “Pray without ceasing.”

So, what do you say? Will you become an even bigger Jesus Freak? I don’t know what your decision is, but you have my prayers. Even more importantly, you have the full love and support of God above. With that said, may God bless each and every one of you!

The Forgiven Route

When Route 66 was by-passed by Interstate 40, it lost the many travelers it had previously known and loved. Just like Route 66 is not the only road out there, Christianity is not the only religion out there. Let’s not let people by-pass Christianity and miss the opportunity to hear of God’s great forgiveness. Why? Because just like the good old fashioned Route 66 neon, God’s grace and mercy is forever bright and promising. As a matter of fact, the neon is nothing compared to the Lord’s forgiveness.

There are so many Bible verses that I could use to explain this grace and mercy that I speak of, but I will share the ones I feel the Lord urging me to cite. How about we open our Bibles to 1 Peter 2:24. There it is written, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” That is a powerful verse. It indeed is.

What it is saying is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was sent down to Earth to carry our sins. As he held them, he was beaten, whipped and the nailed onto a wooden cross. He went through all the pain and torture just so we could be forgiven. Also, may I remind you that he was perfect and sinless. 100% of those sins he carried were yours and mine.

God cared for you, and he will always care for you. His love for you is unconditional. No matter what his love for you will never change. No matter how many times you sin, God will still be willing to forgive you. God bless, ya’ll.