Armando's Christian Blog

1 st John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. My fellowship with God is sometimes shaky but only when I don't read my Bible, its shaky when I don't live like I'm suppose to live. My fellowship with my Lord should be strong and durable, it should be so strong that nothing or no one will take it away with, not even myself. When temptation rises and my flesh wants to be satisfied, my Spiritual will be already satisfied so no need for my flesh so be all excited. I need to feed my soul not every now and then, but daily. 1 st John 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth If I say that I have fellowship with God and do the things that the world does, where is my Christianity? Where is my walk with the Lord? Having fellowship with God means not living the way that t...

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually. 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. In today’s' reading of the Bible (my utmost for His Highest reading plan) I found out that I am destroying myself not coming to God when I most need Him, I am destroying my convictions, the strengths that God has given me; I replaced them with strengths from the world. The world has no say in your life; remember we are not of this world, we are just passing by. Built up your convictions and renew your strengths from within, let the Holy Spirit work thru you, let Him strength you with all His power. Adopt the strength of your Lords' as your own. I need to turn to God when I am destroying myself by sinning and by not giving though that God is right next to me; that is what sin and temptation do, they blindside you, they block you from God's presence. Be judgmental on unmoral values that might appear as ...

Last Sunday I learned from my Pastor during one of his sermons that the mercy of God is putting value on one who is miserable; we were all miserable before God came into our lives. Who are we that God will put value on us? We are sinners, lowest than dirt lowest than worms; they all have a purpose. God loves us, he showed us love and mercy while we were yet sinners. Misericordia es amor a la miseria.

You are my strength, You are my motivation, You are that gets me going, Without you, I am weak I am hopeless Without you, there is no reason for my existence. Without you, my whole world comes crumbling down like big block of leggos. Without you, I'll be sitting duck for demons. Without you, I am but dirt. You are my air that I breath, You are the Person that puts more value to my life. Life without you is like a race without cars, Like a race without spectators; Just pointless and empty. Forgive me for not coming to you when my going was getting tough, Forgive me for not wanting to nourish my soul, Forgive me for avoiding you since my last fall. I need you, I want you to change me to what I used to be when I was just a baby in the faith.

Life may have its ups and downs! But God says otherwise. A Christian's character lies not within our own strengths, but from endurance from everyday life. Christians shouldn't bother about living the high life, but a humble one ( not too humble though) If by any chance you fall by your own actions, be wise to not stay grounded, because that's what the devil wants.

I love my Lord and God, I love my family, my lil sister, my brothers, my mom and dad. I love where I work, I love my church, i love my sisters and brothers in the Lord. I love because I was loved first and HE showed me His secret; unconditional love. No one on this whole earth can love the way God loved us, it will be tru trial and tribulations where we will learn the true and real meaning of True Love. We know the meaning of love, we know what it is; but we will never know the true concept of it till we are in the brink of a crisis, troubles, misunderstandings. I love, but I don't show it, I don't scream it; I just practice it. My love consists of  forgiving, it consists of  accepting and it consist of forgetfulness.

Look at you, all weak and unreasonable; it seems that the power of the Holy Spirit has no effect on you, it seems that something is in the way of you and the Holy Spirit. Boundaries exist for reason, and making a wall between you and the Holy Spirit is not one of those reasons. You are a child of God, bought with great price and here you are like nothing changed when Christ died on that horribe cross. God sees that you are struggling, He knows your pain, He knows because He has been there; He suffered a great deal and it was all so that you believe in Him, it was because He had and has a great Love that He wants to share with you. Jesus died for you, to give you victory over sin, so you can be strong and stand tall to temptation and its adversaries. Jesus didn't die for you to be all comfy and what not, He didn't die for you to enjoy life, He didn't die so you can go thru life all miserable and without hope; He died so you can one day choose to believe in Him, t...

Do not put your back to sin, its like putting your back to a tiger or teasing it when your at a zoo. We need to face it and deal with it like man, like a soldier of Christ; its now or never when we stand our ground. Sin is the dress of the devil, sin is like to shadow of devil; don't put your back on it or you wont know what its planning behind your back.

How much do you think about God? How much of your life belongs to God? We are constantly in the moves and we don't bother to spend time with God, the One that created everything in order for you to have a life, an existence. As Christian we have an obligation as Children of God Almighty, we are to love Him with everything and leave to stone unturned. As I was hearing Pastor's Gil sermon yesterday, I realized that I haven't loved God the way He wants to be loved, by obedience. God should be the sole purpose  of our love, we should act upon it. Love is a verb not a feeling as the Bible mentions it.( John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.) As you can see by the verse above, love is a verb. The way we show love to God is by obeying what it is written in the Word. Today was the first time I open my Bible since 2 months, and I realized that I can't go on without reading my Lord's promises. The only way to be ful...

Its been awhile since I made a new post; My christian walk isn't what its supposed to be, I have been unfaithful to my Lord and my local church. Its been a long time since I've been to church. My local church has her 15th Anniversary on the 6th of October, and that i will not miss it for the world. Its very important to go to church where you get to hear God's word from the pulpit and getting your heart operated by the sermon. I should listen to the Holy Spirit more often,  I should leave the flesh behind and let it die!! I should feed my spiritual side more often. A question, how often do you read your Bible? Every day? 3 times a day? two times a day? once a day?

Being Right with God means: Being right with everyone else. You have more motivation You have what the world lacks; a reason a to live What other people say about you, it don’t matter; cause your too busy pleasing God When your right with God, you are right with everyone else, even thou you cant see it. Being right with God means that you pray and fast, not every now and then, but its your spiritual habit. God should be the most important person in your life, because He is the reason for what you have. God shouldn't be a footnote in your life, you should be the title and the conclusion. Everything starts and finish when God says so, being right with God is the most important thing on earth; everything depends on it. We should always be aware of His presence where ever we go. It should matter to you to be right with God, because He wont bless your hands. Some blessing are conditionals.

Forsaking God is to stop praying. Forsaking God is to stop reading the Bible. Forsaking God is when we stop respecting his Will. Forsaking God is quenching the Holy Spirit. Forsaking God is wasting His Time in mundane and worldly matters. Forsaking God is a big error that needs to be fixed and right away. What did God do me? Why should i be arrogant when God gave everything in order for me to get saved? God has not abandon me, He just letting me be, He knows me better than I know myself, He knows my limits, my capacity. That only person that can throw in the towel is Him, If He wants to call me home, let it be. If He wants me to live more, let it be. His grace and mercy are renewed every morning. Lord, please forgive me. Please, I ask of you to forgive me, for I have sinned against you. I should be heading towards HELL, but you Lord gave me a detour to EVERLASTING LIFE IN HEAVEN.

This verse I read during my vacation (that whole week I saturated myself in God's word) I wrote it Spanish. I need to re-learn the fear of the Lord, to be take seriously His Promises, to have reverence; which He deserves. To respect His will, even thou sometimes I wont understand it, to live sacrificially and faithfully. Here's the original note: "Necesito  a re-aprender el temor de Jehova, de tomar en seriedad  la reverencia  que EL merece; de respetar, vivir sagramente (consagracion)  y fielmente" Here's Google Translation: "I need to re-learn the fear of the Lord, to take seriously the reverence he deserves, to respect, to live sagramente (consecration) and faithfully"

25  Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. 26  Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. What God says, He will do. What He promises, He will keep his word, live up to His word.

As I was on my way to church, I had an accident on my bike; trying to make a turn but silly me, I put all of my weight on one handle bar and my bike got twisted. Thanks to God there were no cars behind me or it would've been more serious, I would've ended up in a hospital. God's faithfulness surpasses our own understanding; we are sinners and we the deserve the worst. I  should have ended up in the hospital for the sinner  I am;but by God's amazing grace I am still alive. I am alive for a very good reason and I haven't been faithful to God, but He still he wants to use us. What ever happens in your life, know that God permits it for a good reason; be it for you to grow strong in the Lord, to show you a lesson that He and only He can give you happiness and joy, and to mold you into a great master piece for the advancement of the Gospel. Words cannot express how I feel towards God, for the things He has done; even though I don't deserve it.

We act, we live and we survive in this world full of sin. People do stuff for a reason. We go to school for a reason, we work for a reason, we get marry for a reason, we suffer for a reason. Everyone know why they do what they do; but we as Christians, we have someone to live for, to suffer for. Life is full of troubles, trials, and suffering. The school of life is a wonderful adventure, an extraordinary experience. When we graduate, wow, what a great feeling we will have. Dear Christian friend, whether your 1 year in the Lord or 20 years in the Lord, we all face trials; they are a fact of life and the fact is, God will always have a open door. Do not worry about what the world say or do to you. Just know that you have Someone that is looking out for you and that He has your best interest. Don't you worry about thing. Have faith in God and believe in His word and promises.   

Judges 21:25, In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. What we consider to be right, to God is unacceptable. As Christian, our judgments are no longer necessary; for God gave us His Holy Spirit and His Holy Book. Our minds and thoughts should be shaped by what we read in God’s word, by the lessons that He has bestowed upon us thru our bad decisions and thru life (history exists so it will not be repeated); bad decisions are bad judgments and bad judgments a...

Have you let your mind wonder?             Have you wondered about who you are?                         Everyone in this world yearn to be something or someone in this travesty that is called society. It seems that everyone is trying to get approval from society in how they live. We will never know how society got so messed up, thinking that they can dictate how we supposed to live. Society is filled with people whom they think are better than anybody else; that they are the underdog.             Can you dictate every step, every decision of the the people that you encounter. Actually we do, but not directly. According to our expression, the faces that we make, give out what we think, you get me?         ...

I wrote this the other day, but I never got the chance to finish it. Once the feeling of writing somethings original goes away, it never comes back. Here's my unfinished work: Everyday people go on and about their business and worry about every little thing, thinking it will cause a domino effect upon the decisions that they make in life. They care more about life and is surroundings; but life, d oes it care about them? Life is like nature, they both are brutal and yet they complement each other; and that is where people are the most ignorant about life's and nature's plan. When life and nature complement each other, that is where humanism comes into existence. No one is immune to life's troubles and obstacles; some say they are the facts of life and its true what they say. Let me tell you this, we were not born to be enslaved to obstacles and distractions, we were born to overcome them and to have victory over them. There needs to be a different perspective from where ...

About the Blood Rev 1:5   And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood ,             1Pe 1:18   Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1Pe 1:19   But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 1Pe 1:20   Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Heb 13:12   Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Heb 12:24   And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of...

God’s wish for you God wishes for you to stop complaining, and to start living. He wants you to start seeing life thru His eyes. He wishes for your heart to be strong and for your will to be stronger, so that when you are faced with a dilemma; you’ll know what to do and you won’t have an excuse.  Excuses may work for the world, but it won’t work for God. He wishes for you to stop hiding behind circumstances and excuses. He wants us to go over the obstacles of life and to triumph over temptation and si...

God knew of me since i was born, He was always there for me. I got to know about Him at the age of 10/11 years old. I really loved the church that i was going to. "North County Baptist Church, did you hear that AMEN!!!" Everyone in the bus would scream that, and whoever was the loudest would get a dollar. During service, the second hour; whoever sat still, would get a dollar and most of the time, i would get that dollar. I remember one day that i saw from the corner of my eye, people coming out from a small building, back then,  I didn't knew who they were but now, I'm a member of that group of people that now are 300 hundred or so every Sunday. Who would've thought that i would end up as a member of baptist church!! Only God knew about that. Anyways, that point in life in my childhood i cherish it in my heart. I had a whole lot of fun going to Pastor's Millers church when i was just a boy. Now, when I was 16 going to 17, i got saved, it w...

Sometimes in life you will face problems that will shape what you are and what you think. Life is very complex, its full of misleading people and ideas. Everywhere you go, you see people confused with what they are or what they stand for. Tell me, what do you stand for, what do you live for? For what reason are you alive? For what reason do you breathe? I myself know what I stand for, for what I live. Everyone goes through life not kowning whats on the other end, but I do and its Heaven.

Would you allow life dictate the way you live? The way you go about your day? Don't let no one, not even life dictate the way you live. Live above the morals of life, don't live under the unmoral's of life. Life has taught me a lot about who  I am when I associate with people who contradict everything that I believe. Don't sell your beliefs for simple pleasures of life, it't not worth it.