Verses with Kristin - 1 Samuel 12:24

So I am starting this new thing like where I share my thoughts on Bible verses.  Hopefully, I will put one up here every other day or so.
Today's verse: 1 Samuel 12:24   "Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you."
This verse tells us to fear and trust the Lord.  We need to fear him and serve Him with all our heart.  If we trust Him we will have no problem serving Him.  Why should we serve him?  You may ask.  it tells us in the verse.  God says because He has done so much for you.  How do you think gravity was formed?  God done it.  You may say, "Well God did not build my house."  He may not have built your house ,but He gave man the ability to do it.  If God had not given you arms, you could eat or throw a ball or anything like that.  If God did not give you legs, you would not be able to walk.  If God hadn't given you a soul, we would not get to walk and talk with Him.  You see, it is because of God that you can do what you can do.    But to serve him, you have to fear him and trust him!  And to trust him means giving your all to him no matter what the problem.  No matter what the task may be we should trust him.  God can help us through any situation we may be in.  God wants to help his children in any way, shape, or form.  He starts by saving the sinner.  Then as his children grow he shows them what they need through His Word.
Thanks for reading my little blog post!  Hope you enjoyed it!  If you have a favorite verse you would like me to use, just post it in the comments!

Thoughts with Kristin - Where do your thoughts go? A Christian's Job

Ok, so I was asked to do a post on where my thoughts lead or go, and where they should lead or go.  So here is this little post with my thoughts on the matter.

I actually had to think before answering this question: Where do your thoughts turn to first?  God or material things?  In a way, this is very difficult to answer.  I guess it all depends on like what I am thinking about.  Or what I see around me.  Let's take people for example.  Through the world's eyes, they're all just people.  But in God's eyes, they are souls that HE loves.  Before I was saved, I could care less about everyone else around me.  They were all just people.  But now, I see them as people, and I see them as souls on their way to hell, and needing someone to tell them about Jesus.  The main thing a Christian should see is souls on their way to hell that need to be told of Jesus' love.  Some people think that this job is only for people like missionaries and pastors to do.  They think it is not their job to tell others of Jesus' love for them.  But it is not just the job of a pastor, deacon, missionary, or evangelist- it's every born again believer's job to spread their joy in Salvation.  Christians are like walking books.  Though they shouldn't, most people judge a book by it's cover.  SO, with that being said, people will judge you by the way you act.  If you act like the world, but you tell them you're a Christian, then they'll just say that you're no better than they are, and they'll just go right back to the world, and doing what they did before.  This is not what a Christian should want.  That is an example of a ruined testimony for the LORD.  What you need to do is act different than the world does.  Don't do the things they do.  Don't listen to the things they listen to.  Do say the things they say.  Why?  Because really and truly, you're not like them.  You have something on the inside that changed you completely.  This is a good testimony for the LORD.  

Hope you enjoyed this little blog post.  Keep an eye out for more, and once again, if you have any suggestions that I should write about, tell me in the comments.  Until next time, TTYL!

Thought's with Kristin - What Life's About

Okay so here is another one of my 'thoughtful' posts.  It might seem a bit scrambled, so very sorry if it is.  Anyway, down to business.
I was doing my devotions a little while ago and ran across this verse.
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.  -Luke 12:15

This verse basically tells us a very important truth.  Life is not about what we have in this world.  It's not about money.  It's not about our new big house.  It's not about buying new cars or new clothes.  It's not about how much we can possess in this world.  But what it is about is God.  Jesus Christ is what life's about.  For a Christian, life is living for the LORD.  

Matthew 6: 19-21

(19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: (20)But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: (21)For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

This is telling us that we should not invest ourselves in material things on earth.  We should lay up our treasures in Heaven.  Because one day, this earth will end.  This earth doesn't last forever.  But the soul of every living being will go to live in either Heaven or hell one day.  Now how do you lay up treasures in Heaven?  By working for the LORD while you're on earth.  While you're here, and if you're saved, you should go tell others about what has happened to you.  Encourage fellow believers.  Do what God says.  And your treasures will be the reward you get when you get to Heaven.  So in other words, you work for your reward which is in Heaven.  This is what life is really and truly about.

Thanks for reading my thoughts.  Hope you enjoyed it!  Let me know what you think in the comments.  If there is something specific that you would like to hear my thoughts on, just tell me in the comments.  Until next time, TTYL!