Another Adventure

If you are a dedicated blog reader you've seen my http://emmajean12.blogspot.com/2014/03/some-courage-in-social-studies.html post. Well, this is quite the adventure. I have no idea weather or not I will be showing this to my Social Studies class. Even if I have the courage to send the link to Mr. McKennon he doesn't have to let me show it. It's my beliefs. But it is the best Social Studies my class will ever learn. http://prezi.com/jr1zzbg81euh/a-plan-for-constantine/ is my beliefs but it's the TRUTH! But even though I might be rejected I'm gonna do anything to try to get my presentation shown to my Social Studies class.

Big C-Church and Little C-Church

At Celebrate Life the speaker mentioned Little C-Church and Big C-Church. Little C-Church is the Church you go to every Sunday, singing songs, giving tithes, reading the Bible, talking to your church friends, etc. but Big C-Church is SO much better. It's anytime, anywhere, anyone. You could be driving down the road jamming to TobyMac or something, praising God, and there's Big C-Church for ya. You could be in the middle of championships, playing your heart out for God, praising Him and there's Big C-Church for ya. Today, I had Big C-Church in my heart. I was telling everybody how happy I was that I could go to youth group tonight. I was psyched. I was in a good mood even when I wasn't so happy with what was going around me. And the following song is my prayer: 

So, how long has it been since you had Big C-Church in your job, your sport, your car or your room? I encourage you, live that Big C-Church. 

Our Tongues

JAMES SAYS: TAME YOUR TONGUE

James 3

The Message (MSG)

When You Open Your Mouth

3 1-2 Don’t be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you’d have a perfect person, in perfect control of life.

3-5 A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!
5-6 It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
7-10 This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can’t tame a tongue—it’s never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth!
10-12 My friends, this can’t go on. A spring doesn’t gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don’t bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don’t bear apples, do they? You’re not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?

Live Well, Live Wisely

13-16 Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn’t wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn’t wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn’t wisdom. It’s the furthest thing from wisdom—it’s animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you’re trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others’ throats.

17-18 Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.

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At Celebrate Life the speaker, I don't remember his name, but he spoke from James. He talked about how your tongues these days aren't just our tongues. It's also our thumbs with our texting, and our tweets, and our Facebook posts, and our social media comments, and our Instagram posts, etc. It's everything that we type or say. And that just one sentence can hurt, sometimes one word. He also gave us a challenge:
1.) Read the Bible at least 4 days out of a week
2.) Tame your tongue
3.) Find your strength in God, NOT YOURSELF!!!

Just thought I'd share this with you.

My First Adventure

Today in REACH class (Reading, ethnics, academics, culture and homework) it was a some what normal day. At least that's what it seemed like. Well, I should probably rewind. It was January 27th, 2014 -- the Monday after Celebrate Life (see below). And the speaker there had given us a challenge -- a 3-step challenge:
1.) Read the Bible at least 4 days of the week
2.) Tame your tongue!
3.) Find your strength in God.... NOT YOURSELF!!!

This challenge really spoke to me and I was like, "Okay, God, I'm ready for this. I know I can't handle this, but I know You can."

And unexpectedly in REACH class my friend Hamza asked me, "Are you religious?" It caught me off guard. I didn't know what to say. There I was reading my Bible in REACH class and all of a sudden I hear, "Are you religious?" Most people would say, "Yeah." I was reading my Bible. But, there is a big difference between Christianity and religion.

"Christianity is not a religion, and all those quotes come from Christianity.
Why is it not a religion?
Well, it mocks religion! The religious leaders were ashamed after Jesus died. Jesus himself, in his own words even mocked religion. Religion is based on rules, requirements, expectations, and mans own efforts to be loved by god. But Christianity is not based on rules. It's based on a relationship. God has no requirements or expectations of us, and he loves us so much that even if he is deserted he will still love that person. Jesus came to die for a price we couldn't pay - that's not religion, that's something I like to call Love. Christianity.

Christianity is a relationship with god, not a religion. Because of this, any sinner, any gay person, anyone and everyone can have this relationship, and they will be loved! God said 'do not judge' because in the end, he will judge us. And everyone of us, born into a Christian family or not, has flaws. So the only person we can judge is ourselves.

God is our justice. Unlike the world, he treats people equally. He has no favourites. He appoints great people to become leaders, but this is because it is the plan for these people. For people who are slightly less roles, they have such great roles in the eyes of god! God adores your righteousness.

Religion is against who you are and against love. But Christianity, God, is not. God is trying to change your ways of human nature, because it is that human nature that kept you and him apart for so long. That's the reason Jesus came - forgiveness, salvation, acceptance.

So this argument is one concerning religions. It doesn't concern Christianity."

~http://boardofwisdom.com/togo/Quotes/ShowQuote?msgid=372347#.UubqThAo4ps~

And that's pretty much what I told him. My first adventure, and I sure am ready for more!!! :)