Armando's Christian Blog

My pastor's sermon; is it a sermon or monologue? What is a sermon? Is it the same as preaching? What does a pastor preach? His own words? If it were his own words, it would be a monologue, where no one as a say, where they are forced to listen to what a person is talking about.  A monologue is a conservation with oneself without any input or backing of outside sources like for example, an interjection or a disagreement.  No one in this world is forced to listen what they don't want to hear for this is the reason why free will exists; to do what we want to do, no matter the consequences that might follow.    Pastor preaches God's word. but for what purpose? To edify, to build, to shape ones thinking. What I think or what you think is not applicable to God's will. In God's will there are no buts and no excuses; one must come out of comfort and face the reality that is life. Do you regard your time as precious and valuable? or do you just waste it like it has no purpos...

How am I that God calls his own? Who am I that God came to this world in human form to suffer and ultimately  died for me? I haven't gone to church since this health crisis started back in March. I haven't opened my Bible since March. I can only go as far as God permits. He has control of everything that I do. If it wasn't for Him, I wouldn't be married now, there wouldn't a baby on the way.      For me to fall away as east is from the west, it only takes one choice. Everyday we make decisions and those decisions are what shapes us, for the better or for the worse; but in all of that, God is in control.     My life is hanging by a very thin thread and if I'm not careful, my life as I know it will be very chaotic. Right now, my life is going smooth, but bumpy  in a spiritual sense. Sometimes I ask myself when I will turn back to God. I've been very negligent when it comes to reading my Bible and attending church (I do say my prayers now and then). ...

Good morning to whomever is still following me in this little corner of mine in the web. So many things have happen since last time I was on here. In a very suspicious way, the virus that originated in China or somewhere else, has taken over the world like it was nothing. No one was prepared, not even the big companies with thousand and millions of employees (is there such a company with millions of employees?) Anyways... I owe it to God because my life is what it is, if it wasn't for Him, I wouldn't  be married now and if it wasn't for him (why give thanks to devil?) I wouldn't have my job even though someone else gave it to me so I can distance myself from the One the lives and gives life.  God was been so awesome with me, I don't deserve it. I don't deserve anything that I have now. I live because of Him and not because of my choices. I know that He has everything in control, which is why I don't always pray when I'm about to drive because ...

What ever happen in the past two months is already forgotten, the past did that. Everything in the past are only distant memories of your falls and shortcomings. Leave everything in the past; do not succumb to the same thing like you did in previous months. Confessions and change is what your soul really needs; The Word of God can do so much more but you must be willing to do a full circle. Oh how I wish that I can stop sinning, there was a moment in my life when I asked God to take me, to kill me so can stop sinning and to stop letting Him down.  This corrupt body will never go away and how can I live with it? Mi concupescencia siempre me tumba, y aveces he querido quedarme tirado; para que continuar viviendo si voy a seguir pecando? Everytime that  I fall short, I tell myself; no more. In one month I fall short again. I really need to learn what it means to truly repent, maybe knowing that I will stop sinning. 

When I don't read my Bible, I misaligned myself from God, I start loosing interest into what He loves; but there is the Holy Spirit that nudges me, that pushes me to not stop going to church. I need to start aligning myself with God so that I can my first love back, soul-winning and helping out at church like I used to. I may never be the same as  I was before, but being slightly like I was before is worth the victory.  One needs to be careful into believing too much of what one can do and what one cannot do. One needs just to obey and the rest will play out like how God wants to.  I need to figure something out fast before I  take a turn for the worst.    

How can one know when you have tried God's patience again and again and again? He has given me so many chances and every time I fail to take it. Sin and temptation are always close behind me, waiting on me to make una burrada in which I will drop bottom and never get back up. I have had hiccups but every time I get up again and I try and try to regain my foot hold but those hiccups always happens. They happen because my focus is not on God or in my church, my focus is to get enough rest and sleep so I can work well for Vons. I need to focus my strength where it matters, in God's vineyard. God hasn't discipline me yet because of my hiccups brought by temptation and sin and of not having dominio propio; of having my flesh and its desires in check.   If I don't get those hiccups in control and my flesh in check, sooner or later I will find myself in rock bottom and  my friends and family will giver their back to me; that will be when God's patience has run out ...

Parties or gathering can really depress me. I don't see the sense in being at place for a very long time just chatting it up, because I am not the typical chatting mouth. I am terrible at parties; when I'm in a room with people, it feels like the walls are caving on me and I "suffocate", before I show a sign of depression or "angry" I just bolt; I don't say bye. Yesterday I tagged along with a brother of mine from church because he was invited to a "party", once I get to place that people have already showed, I hesitate to enter (even with people that I know) I ate and I'm done, nothing more to do, just wait until its over but with convivios like this one, they get long... I just don't get it why they last so long. We got there like 7ish, I didn't last long, but they did, maybe they came home around 10ish... so much time.... I guess I need to change, but why can't I be myself? Why can't  I keep to myself? When I...

How many times can one fail God before spiraling out of control? How many times can fail before God calls it quit and doesn't respond to one's prayer? God demands that we forgive others 7X70 just like He has forgiven us.  God's forgiveness is limitless and surpasses our understanding of what it means to forgive. God is the only one that should call the shots and the only that can trow in the towel. He knows our limits, He wants to push us past those limits because when we are weak, we are strong  through Him. I'm trying my best to not fail God in every way.  I just learned now that I can go in early on Saturday nights for Sunday morning so I can be on time for church.  My church is passing through some patches but with God we  will pass with flying colors.   

Dice Dios, me amas? Se repite, me amas? Entonces porque sigues derrotado? Por que sigues miserable? Por que sigues agotado? No sabes que yo tengo poder para borrar todo eso y mas? Acaso no confias en mi? Acaso mi poder es es suficiente para ti? Crees que perdistes todo? Eso no es cierto. Yo soy el Alfa y el Omega, El Principio y el fin.

How can God love me when I fail to obey Him? How can God love me when He is not always in my mind? How can God love me when I keep quiet about His awesome gift to humanity?  I am a born again Christian, and I need to start acting like one. I should leave anything behind that is a hindrance on my walk with God like for example: being a procrastinator.  I need to start loving God in my obedience to His Word.   

1 Kings 16:13 That which is not of God is worthless. Its worthless to slave away at work when God is not in your thoughts, when He is not your priority. If your are trying to be the best worker that your company can have, you are focusing on the wrong area. Focus being the child of God that you are and everything else will align properly. Be what God wishes you to be, spotless and with no wrinkles; sin and temptation are what causes the wrinkles y las manchas. Be what you are meant to be, sanctified and consecrated. 1 Kings 17:24 Why should I be taken seriously? Is it because I'm child of God? Because I'm older? Why should people care what I say and not say, what I do and don't do? Then again, I don't want to be a pointless somebody, but I am. Without God, I am nobody, without God, I can't be taken serioulsy. You want to be taken seriously? Man up and obey God. He needs to be your priority every time. Just like frozen should be your priority, l...

1 Kings 11:6 Me refused to follow God? I shall never stop following God but my actions speaks louder that typed words. You can say something today but later down the road you will do the opposite. One needs to be consistent in what one believes. I don't want to be something that I'm not. The way I portray myself online, am I living in real life?

Sometimes I want to grow wings and fly very far away, but why? Why the anxiety, what is troubling you? What ever is troubling you, God can take care of it if only you allow it. Work and family demand so much from us but that's life. Life is very demanding. Every where you go, you'll see people stressing, you'll see people worrying but do you know the difference between you and them? You have the Holy Spirit residing in you, what more do you want? The Holy Spirit is our Comforter, He is there to lend us a hand when doubts and stress come sneaking in. Life is demanding but you shouldn't go against it alone. 

I am against what the world is trying to do with Love; they want to change the meaning and want to change what it stands for.  Love stands for purity and the world is the total opposite. God's love shouldn't be confused with what the world calls love.  There are many types of love but God's Love is unique for nothing else is pure as God. 

God should be in all of my thoughts, when I'm at my job, at home and at church; I should always think about Him, in how to glorify Him, in how to live for Him, in how to obey him, in how to love him. My life should revolve around His Word. God should be in all of our thoughts; in how to obey Him, in how to live for Him, in how to glorify Him and in how to love Him. Every action that I make is to make Him proud. Psalms 10:4 If I am not firmed in God's word, problems and adversity will move me away from Him, away from His Word and from His Presence. I should firmly stand my guard no matter what comes against me. Psalms 10:6

Who Were the Nephilim and Sons of God? by  Rich Deem   Introduction There is somewhat of a controversy in Christianity regarding the identification of the Nephilim and sons of God mentioned in the Genesis flood account ( Genesis 6:2-4 ). Are the sons of God the human offspring of the godly line of Seth or angelic beings (demons)? Were the Nephilim a race of giants that existed before and after the flood or is the word just a generic term describing large strong people? Nephilim and sons of God: Genesis 6 Let's look at the passage in question, in context: Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." The Nephilim were on the earth i...

Other's people lives are not your business, why do you care how they live or who there friends are? Why do you care if they don't like you? Why do you care if you are invisible to them? It doesn't matter if they go to the same church as you do, it doesnt matter if they block you or not.  You need to keep an eye on your relationship with God and not how well you are with people, dealing with people, not matter their age should be a after thought because your relationship with God is priority. I myself don't interact that much at church, I just mind my own business and I try not meddle in other peoples conversation or lives. I have very few people at church that I do get along with but only for awhile (like 5 or 10 minutes then I go to be by myself) There is this girl that I like, I'm slowly talking with her (I don't do well when it comes chitchat)  One should not worry if one doesn't get along with everyone at church, everyone has a different persona...

Before the Fall Gen. 1:29-31 Then God said, “ I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it . They will be yours for food .  30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it— I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. After the Fall/Flood Gen. 9:1-3 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.  2 “The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.  3 “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you , as  I gave  t...

A lady after God's own heart deserves better; if one is not financially stable, if one is not active at church and always inconstant, what does one has to offer to a girl that is after God's own heart? There are moments in ones life when being timid can get in the way in capturing a girl's heart; but if one is unstable and inconstant, why should the girl notice him? A lady that is committed to her Lord deserves to be loved, respected and honored; not ignored. There are moments where there is a hint of progress in ones life but is that enough for a girl that loves God so dearly? A lady has every right to get tired if its been too long for one to come along to sweep her off her feet. Sometimes life can be cruel but that shouldn't stop one from growing and from experimenting new things. Why would you wait for the right moment to get to know her, to get to know who she is and what she lives for. Moments are meant to be created and cherished; there's no such thing as cha...

There is some truth to his phrase and I say it like that because some think that grace gives you the liberty to sin without consequences and to this kind of people the "The Once Saved Always Saved" do not apply because they werent' sincere and God sees the heart. Some say the prayer just so they can get rid of us.