From the Inside Out - Vol. 1 - s. 2021 (Foreword)

 

(Original Story from My Christian Identity )

To all the Christians out there who seeks the truth and seeks the heart of God

To my family

To my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who deserves all the glory and praise forever and ever. Amen!

Foreword

 

I am a Christian since 2013, but even before that, I used to be a regular Churchgoer in my hometown. In my seven years of Christian life, there are so many ups and downs along the way and during those moments, many times I am tempted to give up and surrender. However, knowing my identity, and remembering how good our God is to me, I never even dare to turn my back and go on that road of no return. Every time I fall short, God’s grace is extending even more and during those moments when I feel so alone, God’s word became my best companion.

If you are reading this today, I want to encourage you to cling on to God and dig deeper on His words that you may grow in faith and in your relationship with Him. If you are being corrected, then it is okay to humble down and repent to every wrongdoing that we had made and know that God loves you that is why He is always pruning us to the things that are harmful to us, and molding us into the best version of our own selves.

With that, I want to share to you this passage from the book of Hebrews 12:

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

 

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,

    and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,

    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a]

 

7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.