#impactaustin

Love is such a strong emotion/word. Who else agrees? Well the reason why i say love is so strong is because it can impact peoples lives in a mighty way. A lot of people do not get much love in the world based on their race, disabilities, and because they might just be considered an "outcast". Well if you were to tear down those walls and show love and compassion to people who are considered "outcasts" and just treat them like they were your own brother, well you would impact there lives like you wouldn't know. And a little down the road people will start to ask why are you so good to them and why do you love them so much, well then you can just tell them that you are doing it for the glory of God and to just show that i care about you and that you deserve love.

"Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Matthew 22:37-39)

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 corinthians 13:13)

"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." (1 peter 4:8)

It says in the bible that we must love others, our neighbors, and God. It does not say that you can pick and choose who you want to show love to and leave people you don't like want to be seen with or people who get on your nerves who are considered "annoying". It says we must show love to others. The others it talks about is everybody else, our neighbors would go along with that also.When it says love your neighbors, it means love the people around you not just the people who live in the same house beside you, it means every person you come in contact with and everyone around you. Finally when it says love God it means you must love others, and your neighbors to show your love to God and to prove that you Love God. I love you guys and I hope you take this to heart and love others and make an impact on peoples lives.

The impact generation! Our ministry is about making an impact on the world through our actions, our words, and how we go about things. If you read the bible, which i hope you do and i encourage you to do, well it has many verses about wittnessing and spreading the gosple to make an impact on the world for God. God calls us to wittness to other non-believers and believers that have strayed off the path and help lead them on the right path to God. 

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)

To me as a youth and about to graduate high school this verse just comes back to my mind and reminds me about wittnessing to people and showing the grace of God through my life.

Don’t let anyone look down on you for being young. Instead, make your speech, behavior, love, faith, and purity an example for other believers. (1 timothy 4:12)

even if i am young, i can still make an impact on the world for God as long as i am digging through God's word, praying continuously, and living my life all for God and not for idols. so hey lets make an impact on the world for God and increase numbers in the kingdom of heaven

So this is a good topic. I know many people who cuss...it's pretty sad isn't it? Our culture today has given off this idea that cussing is not bad and all it is, is words like any other words. At my work, i see 3th graders and up cussing because they have grown up with it. isn't this sad? We as christians are supposed to be setting the example to these kids and to our fellow peers. I personally hate cussing it is just a way to seperate a person from God. It shows people around you that you are not a christian, even if you are, and it has this effect that leads you down into the wrong direction away from God. Here is some few verses about what the bible says about cussing.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. (Colossians 3:8)

But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness. (2 timothy 2:16)

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. (Ephesians 4:29)

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. (James 3:10)

And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” (matthew 15:10-11)

Wow. That last verse truely says it all. doesn't it? " it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouthl; this defiles a person." Thats pretty strong. So i would like to end with this. I can't stop you from cussing, your friends can't, only you can, and God can. Im praying for my friends who i know are christians and cuss a lot. if you want to send me and email or any of our other leaders, please do we will talk to you and pray for you.

"Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves. If someone listens to God’s word but doesn’t do what it says, he is like a person who looks at his face in a mirror, studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like."(James 1:22-24)

People who listen to God's word will most likely not use it in life, for example, In church now a days we have come to this tradition of coming to church to hang out with friends, to impress people, or to be seen as this true follower of God...church should not be like this. We should be worshiping like youhave never worshiped before, and then you listen to the lesson to prepare yourself to wittness to other people. We should take to heart that just merely listening to God's word is not enough. We must put action into the lesson that we have heard.

"However, the person who continues to study God’s perfect teachings that make people free and who remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don’t merely listen and forget; they actually do what God’s teachings say. " (james 1:25)

I want to post up a bible study I found a couple days ago about a comparison between Adam and Christ. Well I hope that everyone knows about how sin came into the world through adam and eve by eating fruit from the forbidden tree. Well there are two Adams i want to talk about. The first Adam is from the beginning, the one filled with sin and who has brought death to everyone and then there is the second Adam, this Adam is pur, holy, sinless, thrives on God, and resists the devil. The second Adam is also known as Jesus Christ, the one who was, and is, and is to come. Jesus brings life into people while Adam brings death.

"there is no comparison between God's gift and Adam's failure. If humanity died as the result of one person's failure, it is certainly true that God's kindness and the gift given through the kindness of one person, Jesus Christ, have been showered on humanity." (Romans 5:15)

See? God sent Jesus Christ to save us all from death which was caused by Adams failure which brought death into the world. God had so much kindness for us to send his only son onto the the earth to die on the cross to save us from all of our sins.

"God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life." (John 3:16)

1st Adam=death                                      

2nd Adam=Eternal Life (Jesus Chirst)