still once more

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ - Romans 5:1

in light of the previous post, things are definitely changing. almost as soon as i had published that post, i brought up the issue with two of my roommates whom i am very close with and they prayed for me on the spot. didn't feel much different after that nor did my conscious change so i took one last step before i feel asleep.

Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. - 1 Peter 3:21,22

i took this verse for real, a verse that came up in teaching prep the other day, and rebuked any spirits of satan in my room out loud in the name of Christ. when i woke up the next morning, i felt so refreshed and encouraged and excited about the Lord it was amazing! later on that day, in my youth development class, we began a discussion on moral acquisition and the classic "there is no absolute truth" statements came out and no one was making any stance for absolute truth, i had to say something!

plus i was wearing a christian t-shirt.

i spoke up, told it how it is, how the Law is written on each of our hearts (should have brought up Romans 1:18, arg!) and said what needed to be said. of course everyone, about forty or so, was against me, verbally, but i did get a pat on the back as we were walking out from a girl that sits behind me. that was encouraging.



i dove into some more richard dawkins today, watched the whole series. it makes me so sad that this man has completely, utterly hardened his heart. as my brother chris has said, "science is his god, he just can't see it" which i completely agree with. but i want to be more and more prepared to defend the faith and i've found a good article on the Resurrection of my good Friend. sometimes i honestly wonder if this is all a deluge, if spirituality is all something humans have contrived in their heads. but i always remember what my mum has said:

i rather live my life as if there was a god and find out there isn't than to live my life as if there wasn't a god and find out there is.