Although this is an older blog post, It is something I'm reminded of daily... This is my Testimony. What's yours?
This is NOT for the SELF RIGHTEOUS; This is for the SINNERS who have recognized that they need a SAVIOR...you may know God; but is your heart & your life style allowing God to know you...i'm not here to Judge; that's Gods job. but i am here to share my testimony. OBEDIENCE is better than SACRIFICE...so your doing good in school, making money, "doing something with yourself/life"; congrats...sad part is you putting more into ya career, yourself, ya reputation than your putting into your final destination ! Oh you the flyest; congrats. sad part is you worried more about ya rims, ya bling, ya clothes than you are ya soul. Just bcuz you go to church every Sunday, sing in the choir, ya daddy, ya mama, ya granny, are ministers...DOES NOT mean your going to Heaven. God doesn't care about your works. He cares about whats in your heart. We use the phrase "God Knows My Heart" so lightly; the bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 (The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?) if you were honest about the things that were truly in your heart Or for that matter apart of your lifestyle. You would know that neither are pleasing to God. i don't care who you are; you are NOT exempt from death Nor are you exempt from Judgment. These things here on earth are T E M P O R A R Y....i repeat T E M P O R A R Y; that dude/woman you idolizing, that car you drive, that house/apartment you live in, your style, your swag, your abilities, sex, money, fame, celebrity status; ALL T E M P O R A R Y. & when your standing before GOD; its NOT going to matter. So i say its time to start choosin up; the WORLD or GOD. Its simple. EITHER YOUR OF OR YOUR OUT; OF THE WORLD or your OPPOSING it. BUT its to hard to serve God; but truth is the only thing holding us back is "FEAR OF MAN" you can say your not scurred of nothing..but if you care what others think of you or what they might say. or your not doing something, wearing something, going somewhere bcuz you don't wanna be embarrassed; Whatever the case may be...YOUR SCARED ! what you really should be afraid of is how this world is destroying you BIT by BIT. you see the enemy is very subtle and patient. and a lot of the times "we follow our hearts" right into what the devil has set up. and we're so blind to the truth that we don't even know its him setting us up to FAIL. nothing Good come out of Sin (wickedness, darkness) while your still in it and enjoying it; that's like you trying to squeeze water out of sand. its impossible. unless of course God chooses to make that happen (yes; he's that good) the only way out is through the blood of Jesus Christ; and think about it; if we all were not "that bad" why would he have come to earth to become a pure, holy, blameless MAN (the only man who can call himself a savior; EVER) & die a gruesome and painful death; FOR OUR SINS. if it wasn't that serious !! I'M GOING TO BE REAL; i not to long ago in my life went hard for the world & thought i was OK because i waited until i was 20 to lose my virginity, i didn't really do bad things like kill, went to church on Sunday, & through out the week, wrote facebook post about him, blogged about him...i actually convinced myself that the drinking, smoking, fornication, lust, idolatry, parties, pride, attention seeking, vain,and the list goes on Artisha Nicole Ivey i use to be; was just me having "FUN" & living my life to the fullest. even tried to convince myself that i was happy ; but i can remember how i always felt a void; all these things i did was me trying to fill a place that only God can fill; let me tell you something you can NOT fix something that was meant to be mended by God... i learned the hard way; went from a lot of things to Nada. But truth is i gained so much more. (happiness, joy, peace.....) & i'm not saying that now i'm perfect because i'm far from it; i still face a lot of temptation, but i now have the key to going through a situation; without having to GO THROUGH; & JESUS CHRIST is that key, & i'm not saying that the walk with God is easy bcuz it isn't, i personally Lost friends, family, followers. lol i mean you name it i've probably lost it. but i've gained CHRIST; the one who loves me so much that through my sins, through the times i hated him, through the times when i could careless about what he did for me. HE KEPT ME, PROTECTED ME, CALLED ME, STAYED WITH ME...his Love is everlasting; it NEVER ENDS, EVER !! that alone makes me want to surrender EVERYTHING to him. ive been delivered & set free so that's why i can walk around with this "EX" on my chest (Ex-Diva, Ex-Narcissist, Ex-fornicator, Ex-Masturbator, Ex-Hypocrite, Ex-Liar, Ex-Conformist, Ex-Pharisee, Ex-Rebel, Ex-Failure, Ex-Slave, Ex-Deceiver...this WAS me; but i died to myself & allowed God to consume my life; & in me he reigns supreme =) !! (Sin can only take you deeper, & deeper & deeper. truth is there is no limit to what you'll do when your in sin...even the ones in that "things ill never do" list) Tomorrow, next month, 5mins from now is NOT promised to anyone; not even our President; God has given us so many chances, yet we still think we have time WE DON'T; YOUR SOUL IS ON THE LINE HERE !! so choose; GET RIGHT; WHEN EVERYONE'S GONE LEFT or OR GET LEFT; WHEN EVERYONE'S GONE =) God Loves you; if he can do it for me; i know my God can do it for you !!
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