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Hey everyone! So happy to do this video today. If you haven’t heard already I was in Disneyland on vacation this past week. This is not typical vacation but was planned for a very special event. I asked my beautiful wonderful girlfriend if she would marry me and she said yes. Seeing as that is the biggest thing in my life right now, I thought that I should find a Bible verse dealing with how to treat someone in a relationship. Also Valentine’s Day just passed.  There are a few verses I would like to talk about. The first verse is below. This versus always stuck to me, and I think that sometimes people misinterpret this. 

“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?”
2 Corinthians 6:14

Although it is important to be equally yoked just because you and someone do not have the exact same level of faith does not mean you can be together. That being said, it is important as a Christian for the other person in the relationship with you to also be Christian. I’m not saying you can’t work without that being the case, but it definitely makes it much easier. Growing up I was given a piece of advice that I did not understand until very recently. My music leader at church told me that his wife come second. I thought that was really weird. I asked him if that’s the case who comes first. He told me that Jesus always comes first in their relationship and that goes for both people in the relationship. If that was not the case I believe it would be a big struggle inside the relationship. I also believe that as Christians we could not be more right. Too often we only go to God when we need him and we forget that Jesus should be our absolute center. He should be our focus every day and every night. We should constantly be thinking WWJD.

Again just because you’re not exactly at the same level of faith doesn’t mean you can’t be together. Personally when I first met my girlfriend, I know that I was not even half the man I am today. We both were lacking in our faith and together made a decision that we were going to become closer to the Lord. We put him first in every aspect of our lives. We even sacrificed a big part of our relationship because we believed it was what God would want. First off we are both waiting for marriage before we physically progress our relationship. This is something we decided a long time ago. We also made the decision to move out and not live with each other anymore in order to grow closer with the Lord. I believe that if we had not been so close to the Lord that could’ve been something that broke our relationship. However although it was very difficult we are both grown so much and God has continued to reward us for our faith. 

Back to my engagement. I am so happy to be with somebody who is so close with the Lord. She is my world and my joy. As the verse says she is my light in the darkness. We both are constantly pushing each other to go closer than our relationship with God daily. Having someone like that in your life is going to be so great for your faith. 

I also tried to live my life by the first below. I do realize at this verse is a very typical Christian verse. It is talked about a lot in weddings and when talking about how to treat someone. The versus speak for themselves. I ask you to read on them and pray on them. Are you displaying love the way that you should? Are you doing at the way that this verse tells you to? I’m going to read it slowly for you so that you can really process it. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

I pray that God speaks to you through these verses. May your week be blessed and may you draw yourself closer to the Lord and his love daily. God bless

Brian’s Blog January 4th 2016. 

Hey everybody. I hope that you are having a wonderful Monday. Also I would like to wish you a happy new year. I hope that you had a safe and productive New Year’s Eve. I want us to set goals to have a strong relationship with God in this new year. Make a big goal and then set small easy to obtain goals to help you get there. Make sure to celebrate every little victory on the way to eep you on track. 
This weeks verse comes from Isaiah. It will be talking about how God has selected us personally as his servant to do his will. It will also talk about the fact that he will always be there for us during this time, even though sometimes it May not feel like it.

“I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41:9-10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

It starts out saying I took you from the ends of the earth think about that for a moment. No matter where you are on this planet you are a child of God. That is so cool! This means we are all connected as God’s children. Next it says you are my servant I have chosen you and have not rejected you think about that. You have been chosen by God. He will never reject you but will always be there for you. Next he asked us not to fear for he will always be with us whatever he asked us not to be dismayed for he is our God he will strengthen us and help us. Final statement really spoke to me. As it says I will uphold you with my righteous hand. This means that he is righteous and good, all that we wish to be. As a child of God we have been given his qualities. Even though sometimes we make mistakes and we sin there is so much good in us that has given been given to us by our father in heaven. And times of trouble in times of turmoil we should seek God for as he says he will always be with us and will always protect us.

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Hey everyone. I hope that you have all had a very blessed week! This weeks Bible verse comes out of Romans. We will be talking about the power of God’s love. As Christians we are so blessed because we have a God who loves us so much. All he wants us to do a return is to love him! 

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39

Hello everyone. Today’s message is a little different and special. First off let me apologize for missing the past few weeks. I got a case of pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for a weekend and then was just healing up. I’m happy to be back doing well and officially doing my videos every Monday. This weeks verse is going to be from acts And is about the importance of baptism . I would also like to talk about the power of your testimony as a Christian. This past weekend my beautiful wonderful girlfriend was baptized at Scottsdale Bible Church. She gave a profession of her faith and she shared with the world her love for Jesus Christ. I believe that one of the strongest ways that we can reach out to non-Christians is through our testimony. That is why this week I have decided to share the video from her baptism with you. Please forgive the shakiness of the video, as it was done on a camera phone during the church service. Hopefully this message touches your heart and inspires you to share your message with other non-christians. Remember it is our responsibility as Christians to share the word of Christ with all of those around us. Have a blessed week

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.” Acts 22:16

Hey everyone. I’m excited to be back with the blog. Each Monday I will be posting a new blog post for you to check out. I would like to fill you in on all the things going on in my life. 
Im currently enrolled in my first college class at GCU that started last Monday. It is a relatively easy class aside from the fact that it is very time consuming. For those of you who don’t know, I have decided to pursue my education in ministry. My degree will be a bachelors in Christian studies with an emphasis on youth ministry.

Now for a health update. Every day presents a new challenge. My current battle that you can be praying for is for the return of my kidneys. My hands and my feet are healing up very well. At my most recent doctors office visit the doctor had me stop bandaging my feet and start wearing socks. I also was given a new pair of shoes that are more normal. This was a really exciting feeling because it allowed me to feel like I’m making real progress! As far as my hands go, I have been working with a hand therapist three days a week. My therapist has me doing all kinds of fun exercises and working on getting function back in my hands. 

For this weeks message its all about Jesus. I want us to be reminded this week of what an amazing sacrifice God made for us! We did not deserve it and yet God humbles himself to save us! The Bible verse I have listed below has a part in verse 10 about every knee bowing down in Heaven and on Earth, and that is what I would like you to do right now. Stop whatever you’re doing, get on your knees and just acknowledge that Jesus is Lord! Thank him for all that he’s given you! Praise him for all that he is! Too often we go through our days without giving praise to the one who gives us everything we have. So remember this week, Jesus is Lord Jesus is Lord Jesus is Lord!

“8 And being found in appearance as a man,he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Philippians 2:8-11

Hey everyone. This week we will be talking about the importance of hard work and earning the things that you have. The Bible says in ‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭3:10-13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat. And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.”

‭‭ As I was reading this it made me think about all of the times when I allowed myself to get lazy. For me this is when I only do the minimal amount of work when it comes to my blog and spreading my Messages to the world. I’ve had many opportunities placed in my lap and sometimes I just allow myself to get lazy and don’t do the work necessary to act on these opportunities. I need to spend more time writing sermons and spreading the word on social media and speaking at more events. This is what I use as my example right now because this is my main job, spreading the word of Christ and encouraging others through my blog and my personal story. For you this may be you working harder at the accounting firm you work at.

There are so many different jobs out there. It can be easy with any job to let yourself get lazy or just get by. That is not why we are here on this earth, to just get by. We were put on this earth to make a difference. To influence encourage the people we are surrounded by. One of the ways we can do that is by working our hardest. Giving 100% of the energy that we have, nothing less! If you allow yourself to do this I guarantee you that you will see a big difference in your life. I hope this message inspires you and reminds you that anything less than 100% is exactly that less then. 

May God bless you and strengthen you as you go through your week! Thank you for watching!