by Catie Martin

Created on: August 02, 2008   Last Updated: October 27, 2008

Christians are still breathing. Those who love Jesus with all their "heart, soul, mind and strength" ( Matthew 22 verse 38, Deuteronomy Chapter 6 verse 5) live in places all around this world. They are praying for their enemies and loving those who persecute them. All are living by faith and thankful for the grace they have been given.

Because of God's love for all of us he sent his son Jesus and his son left us with a beautiful spirit and enables us to shine in dark places. That light will grow brighter as we recognize and appreciate one another. As Christians we show love to one another where ever we are and what ever we are doing because Christ's spirit is reaching out in compassion to all who want to experience peace that surpasses human understanding. Christ came to testify to all who would listen and so do we yet we don't say look at me and see perfection because not one of us is perfect. We say look at Jesus, read his words, examine his life and make your decision.

As messengers of our Father, whose name we've discovered, we want to be a blessing to others and we realize that God has put his faith is us. That is the teaching of Christ in three little words. He taught us the name of our creator. "God is love" is the message given in 1st John Chapter 4 and the testimony is in the life of Jesus. The desire to be obedient brings good actions yet often we stumble. Because we are learning and the journey is a rocky one we come to the conclusion when we see others falling that there by the grace of God go I. With compassion we lift them up as Jesus would in prayer or by doing something to show the love that God has shown us.

Christians often cry out like Jesus that their Fathers " will be done in them on earth as in heaven" (Matthew 6 verse 10) and followers of Jesus are very aware that they have a cross to carry. It's heavy and Christians can never carry that cross by themselves . We were not created to do so. We as human beings are fallible and weak without our faith and so we need to keep strong by nourishing ourselves with the living water of God's words and remembering why we were created.

We still live on earth and we are on a journey of faith. Christians are living in the Kingdom Of God. We are ambassadors who travel with maps that God has given us so that we can direct others about how to find eternal life. The words in the scriptures testify about the forgiveness road.

Christians are aware of the sacrifices that were made for their eternal salvation and for the salvation of those who they are asked to minister to and intercede for each day. There is very little chance that they could forget the teachings of Christ since the words are written on their very hearts. When they transgress there is mercy as they accept the forgiveness and strength of God so they can be more like their savior.

Christians could never leave the teachings of Christ any more than they could forget to breath or to pray. Christ's love is their life, their blood, their strength and not just a crutch to lean upon. Many Christians depend on Christ to make it through another day or another hour or another minute. The ones who appear to be more weak may be the ones who are really strong in their faith. As evidence of miraculous healing power Christ manifests himself in the lives of believers everywhere.

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