Day 3

With each day I can sense that God is continuing his work. I feel like I am falling in love with living for him daily and trying to do things the right way. I will not be perfect but I can strive for perfection with every passing day. Seriously, it is a battle everyday and we have to come out prepared for the grind. You cannot just talk about a good life, you have to live it. When you get the opportunity to show what God has done in you, you have to be able to put it out there. Do not let hindrances overshadow the power of God and the greatness that he has prepared for your life. When it comes to God, you have to respect his greatness and just understand that when he takes control it will all be okay. Satan is a matchup nightmare when we try to do it on our own but we cannot back down with God on our side. We need to stop worrying about being attacked and we need to go on the attack. I feel like when we get defensive we leave ourselves vulnerable in certain areas because we get worn down. When we are on the attack, we are pursuing God and we are growing as well as pushing Satan away from us as well as those whom we are helping around us. When the Spirit is with you, it is very surreal, it supersedes the physical, the world kind of goes away. You know that something special is going on inside you and you cannot ignore it. You can dismiss it for a little while but in the end you are going to know that the Spirit is still tapping into your heart and soul.

I am not going to be content anymore, I am going to chase after the things that I need in my life because I need help. I cannot continue to just be sick of the way I feel, I need to do something about it and allow God to transform my mind. I was baptized at a young age and I do not know if that means anything at this point because I feel like if I meant it when it happened, I would not be struggling the way I am now. I know it is possible to dismiss the Spirit from your life or that demons can take over but I also know that you can do things just because you think it is right and you might not feel the way you should. I hate to break God's heart but I want him to know that I am serious about doing great things for him. Acts 2:38-41 states, "Peter replied, 'repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call.' With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, 'Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.' Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day." I feel like this is exactly where I am at right now. I needed to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. The Spirit needed to be invited back in to stay for good. I have done things that my generation is notorious for and I am not proud of it. All I can say is that I will not allow myself to just become another statistic. I will be greater and I will allow God's work be finished in me.

Here is a video that kinda goes with the first paragraph. I tried to take some of the quotes and put a Christian twist on them. Think about the things you love and try to apply the concepts from the video to those things. Also, think about how it relates to Christ and your walk and how you should feel about him and the things that go on in your every day life. Big fan of the NBA or not, the video is awesome!

Thanks again for reading, it really means a lot to me. Please continue to pray for me and I will pray for all of those reading!

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson