We Hold These Truths...

Hey guys,

Alot has been happening since I last blogged. New school, new friends, new music, new classes, new adventures, and new opporotunities for ministry. I'm totally loving UWG campus ministries and all they hold. I'm also loving the music department here as well...

..which brings me to here...

...I started on an idea that pretty much outlines what I believe. It started in my American Government class. I used Thomas Jefferson's famous line from the Declaration of Independence and created what has become my purpose statement for life, for the Kingdom, and most importantly for God. I hope it blesses you in reading it as much as it blessed me to write it. It's still in the birthing stages but i wanted to share a portion of it with you.



-We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created equal,

-We hold to the truth that ALL were dead and lost in Adam and that ALL are alive and found in Christ,

-We hold to the truth that all men were, are, and will ultimately be reconciled to God through the blood of Christ,

-We hold to the fact that our God is sovereign over ALL, is ALL, and in ALL,

-We also hold to the fact that not all have awakened to this realization,

-We hold to our faith that by choosing Christ in the here and now we have already tapped into Kingdom principles,

-We hold to the fact that we are a chosen people, who must spread the love of Christ and Paul’s message of reconciliation,

-We hold to the truth that the Christ is the ONLY way to the father, but there are many ways to the Christ, obviously some much easier than others,

-We hold to Isaiah’s prophecy “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and ALL flesh shall see it TOGETHER”

-We hold to the Day of Pentecost when the disciples were gathered in the upper room and they were filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke with tongues of fire and began declaring the WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD so that people from ALL nations and ALL walks of life can hear and understand in their own native tongue,

-We hold to the Full Gospel beliefs of the ultimate baptismal of the convert not only by full immersion in water but also and subsequently following the full indwelling of the Holy Ghost and some or all the gifts that He holds,

-We hold to the importance of the Body of Christ and the connection with other believers, for Christ not only reconciled man to God but he also reconciles us one to another; he is the common body and bloodline that we ALL share,

-We hold to the ALL saving, ALL reconciling power of Jesus Christ not only for those sins that would come after his resurrection but also for those sins that came before him, even until the first days of creation,

-We hold to the unfailing Word of God that not only is found in scripture but also proceeds out of His mouth on a daily basis for our everyday lives,

-We hold to the importance of crucifying our flesh on a daily basis so that our inner spirit man/woman can carry out the Gospel of Christ,

-We hold to the fact that every curse that has ever or will ever be spoken over our lives has already been absorbed and trumped by the power of what Christ did on the cross and ultimately his resurrection,

-We hold fast to the fact that God is the creator of creators and he gives us power and choice with our words, for life and death rely on our own tongue,

-We also realize that whatever we speak into the atmosphere, be it positive or negative, has to come to pass because we are filled with and empowered by the Holy Ghost. This is what has become known as the ultimate sin of blasphemy. Because the Holy Ghost gives us power we need to know how to use that power for the Kingdom. Whatever we speak can’t be taken back which makes the sin unforgivable.