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If Jesus is worth anything, He is worth EVERYTHING

My friend Clay and I talked yesterday for a long time....of course if your talking to him its gonna be long, in a good way. Anyway, he suggested to listen to the Mark Cahill message online that is called Lukewarm no more and so I did. I have gotta say it is exactly what God wanted because through God's message in which He used mark, He told me through Revelation 3:19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent." I know that I have been so lukewarm lately. I have acted as though the Christian life is a playground instead of the battlefield that it is. Everyday I've woken up this past week or so I haven't woken up to the reality of the Christian life and the urgency of the matter of eternity. By making excuses to grow lazy instead of absolutely giving the Lord every fiber of my being, I have realized that when you are outside of God's will for you not only in your life, but in that day, you will become lukewarm and will grow sick and tired of who you've become....that is of course if you have at one point in your life surrendered all to Him. I hate what I have become and I want to do anything I can to shine the light of Jesus Christ EVERYWHERE however I can. I have just been thinking how I can do that and God has opened my eyes to several oppurtunities around me to do that. It is amazing how God never ceases to provide oppurtunities to glorify His Name. I know the people across the street from me do not know the Lord and the people next door to me do not know the Lord, so I have decided in my heart to pray for them and then go to them and share with them what I always have wanted to share but never have shared. If I become totally rejected, great....for great is my reward in Heaven! I need to start being a light for Christ that shines so clear and bright instead of a dim light that cannot lead anywhere. If you are reading this and feel that you want to repent of your sin and follow Jesus as being a true disciple, know that He said, "Those who forsake all cannot be my disciple" in Luke 14. I encourage you to repent and start pursuing holiness, start pursuing God. Don't be ashamed of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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