Shine On Paradise

" I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me ." (Jesus speaking)   John 14:6 This is one of my favorite verses from the bible. This clearly states that no one comes to know God if its not through Jesus. You have to know Jesus. Have an encounter with him. "For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, that no man should glory. When beginning your walk with God it is very important to fix your eyes on Jesus and not on the works of man. See it is not mans job to reveal Jesus to you it is Jesus himself who reveals himself to you. It is only mans job to communicate the truth about the gospel. Some of us might say "no I'm to young to follow all these set of rules and really to young to not have fun". That's where many of us have failed to portray the real Jesus we make him seem unloving to controlling, and cruel but really he is the one that die

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10 "Do we really understand how far the American Dream is from God's dream for us"?  "See this world tells you to go to school and be successful and lets be honest success is determined by how much money you have in your bank account right?! See everyday of your life you are told go to school get a great career and you'll be successful have fancy things. But where are the people telling you to Trust in me your God in my perfect will and calling for you? You all work to be successful in this world but don't you know you are not of this world? Why do you promote worldly success over spiritual God given success? Where is your faith? Why are you willing to spend  years learning, studying, and