How damaging it can be if we pervert the word and will of God. He has recently sent me answered prayers in the form of Holly, Kyrk and Brad. And even further, Whitney, but with her I have perverted what it was that God gave to me and placed my heart above what he wanted. I can realize this and I pray that He can restore the relationship to what it was in the beginning, that passion and fire that is focused upon Him.
Last night I was broken before God. I showed my humility and bared my heart to Him. I want to love God so completely and I desire to be closer to Him everyday, not follow my heart. I followed my heart all my life, and have NOTHING to show for it, but the short time I have followed His heart, the blessings have been so great. And I praise Him with all my heart and soul!
I was recently asked who I was, and my answer was Eric Crowe. But there is more to that, I am a child of God, being Eric Crowe is a side issue. I was created by God and Christ is IN me. In a recent message from Louie Giglio, which hit me so hard was that we are not sinners, saved by the grace of God. We are His holy people. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, and with every letter began with, "Greetings Saints" and we are those people. When Christ died on that cross, our sins died with Him. I am not on a soapbox claiming that I am without sin, but I am saying by His words that we are saints that step away from out sainthood. God basically tells us, Saints, stop sinning! Not sinners be holy.
These words have layed heavy upon my heart and I felt it necessary to place them upon yours. I know that I am not perfect and as a christian I fail, but there has only been one man, in all of history, that lived the perfect christian lifestyle. So much in fact that the whole "religion" was named after Him. Christ.
Last night I was broken before God. I showed my humility and bared my heart to Him. I want to love God so completely and I desire to be closer to Him everyday, not follow my heart. I followed my heart all my life, and have NOTHING to show for it, but the short time I have followed His heart, the blessings have been so great. And I praise Him with all my heart and soul!
I was recently asked who I was, and my answer was Eric Crowe. But there is more to that, I am a child of God, being Eric Crowe is a side issue. I was created by God and Christ is IN me. In a recent message from Louie Giglio, which hit me so hard was that we are not sinners, saved by the grace of God. We are His holy people. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, and with every letter began with, "Greetings Saints" and we are those people. When Christ died on that cross, our sins died with Him. I am not on a soapbox claiming that I am without sin, but I am saying by His words that we are saints that step away from out sainthood. God basically tells us, Saints, stop sinning! Not sinners be holy.
These words have layed heavy upon my heart and I felt it necessary to place them upon yours. I know that I am not perfect and as a christian I fail, but there has only been one man, in all of history, that lived the perfect christian lifestyle. So much in fact that the whole "religion" was named after Him. Christ.