Lent

Lent. Time to switch it up and figure out what God’s purpose is for you/us. I know a lot of people are giving up things like TV, Fast Food, turning it down with the language, Social Media, trying to make it on time for Church, Chocolate, Smoking, Drinking, going out etc. These are all good things to help us realize that we’re intended for something far more greater and to help us realize that we shouldn't be mastered by anything that the world has to offer (Colossians 2:8). Temptation is war that I’m coming to realize is pretty intense. If it’s a habit that has been going on for years, it’s going to be a daily struggle. If you fail, don’t get discouraged and throw your goals in the trash. Start it up again. 40 days of making a genuine effort. Remember after Easter it doesn’t mean it’s cool to go back in doing the same stuff. This time is to help us commit and focus on a lifestyle change. (Read Matthew 16:24)

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Fighting Temptation:

I’ve been reading Matthew Kelly’s book “Rediscover Catholicism.” If I could I would get everyone a copy. Everyone needs to read this. This book was a total life changer and a complete eye opener. I really recommend it. What was really cool was that our church passed it out for free on Christmas Eve. He’s articulates how ‘God wants you to become “the-best-version-of-yourself” and in turn He sends you out into the world to help others do the same.’ Here are some other quotes from the book.

-“We confuse pleasure for happiness”

-“You may even taste happiness for a moment living a life contrary to the philosophy of Christ, but these are stolen moments”

-“Discipline is the key to freedom”

-“Living the gospel is difficult; it always has been and it always will be”

-“In the absence of discipline, man must be content himself with superficialities and mediocrity”

-“Leave the world a better place than you found it”

-“God had given us legitimate needs, dreams and desires, and talents and abilities to help us understand how we might best make a unique contribution”

-“Good habits create good character”

-“It is better to be alone than be with the wrong person”

-“You cannot journey to a new place and at the same time stay where you are”

-“In the silence things start to make sense”

-“It is equally impossible to experience God and not want others to experience him as a result”

-Win a war: 1.You need to know you are at war.

                   2. You need to know who or what your enemy is

                   3. You need to know what weapons and strategies can defeat your enemy “Virtue must be sought out and can be acquired only by continual practice”
"Freedom without discipline is impossible"

“Jesus didn’t promise an easy way. He promised that we would be ridicules, persecuted, unappreciated as himself was, but that we would nonetheless experience joy and fullness of life.”

Those are only a few quotes. Imagine what reading the book was like LOL.

God will never give you anything you can’t handle. Like the scripture verse on the back of the shirts, He’ll provide a way out. We/You got this!!! Let’s change from our old ways and not just for 40 days. Let’s switch up our lifestyles. God is good! (Jeremiah 29:11-13)