Bible Study.

I didn't just want to read the Bible tonight. I want to get something out of it. I want to study it. I decided to study things that pertained to my 'no more to hell' idea.

Matthew 18:14 - "In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost."

• I think is verse is a good base for 'no more to hell'
  

Luke 19:10 - "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

• Since we are to follow Jesus and Jesus didn't just save people, He seeked them first; So we should not just passively witness to people. We should seek to find people who need to be saved.
  
• After reading this, I realize that seek doesn't just mean look. It is a much stronger word. I like the means 1b(to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into) and 1c(to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after). To seek, you can't just casually look around. Seeking requires you to actively doing something. Also when you seek, you don't stop if you don't find what you are looking for, you just keep seeking until you find it.

Well, that is all the reading I'm doing for tonight. I am going to try to come up with some ideas on how to seek. Here are some of the ideas that I have come up with for seeking:

• Mission trips
• Going to places like hospitals, shelters, ect where people might need to be comforted
  
• Go to online chat rooms and after a while of talking, try to slowly bring up the topic of God
• Go talk with someone who you know is not saved and who you wouldn't see much if at all normally
  

Well, that is all I can think of. I'll add more if I think of them later. Also, if anyone gives me any good ideas I'll add it to the list.

No more to hell..

Since the shooting in Virgina, I'm been thinking a lot about all of those people who are not saved. It's really sad all of the people who die all the time that are not saved.

I've come up with two things that all Christians are to strive for. They are:

• To not sin (yes I know that covers a lot)
• To not let anyone to die and go to Hell

The first point is easy to know how. Actually doing it is the hard part. I myself have been depressed for a long time now. Because of that, it has made it very easy to be lazy in a lot of things. But when I'm spending time with God everyday, the feeling of depression doesn't matter because I know that I am doing what God wants me to do.

If there is anyone reading this who has a hard getting around to spending time with God, you should go to the place where you feel the most connected to God and just talk with Him. The first time doing something is usually hard, but it gets easyer to do the next time. For me, it's being outside alone.

The second point is a lot harder. Simply trying to be a good example and getting over fears of talking about Jesus with other people is hard for a lot of people (myself included). But thinking about not letting anyone die and go to Hell seems impossible. However, if you can get over the part of how impossible it seems, it will remind you the urgency of saving the lost. Does anyone reading this think that is is possible? To me, it seems impossible. However, the idea is not to think about whether it is possible or not, the idea is to strive for that goal. That is what I am going to work at. How am I going to do that? I don't know yet.

Well, if you are still reading this, I hope it wasn't too hard to read. I am now inside because my toes are cold.

Reason for this blog

I've needed a good place to put my notes about things I think about and talk with God about along with a place for recording my Bible reading along with my notes. I decieded that a blog would be a nice easy place to put all of my notes and thoughts. Also, this way, others can comment on it if they want to. That way there is a good chance that I will learn more.

ps. It is nice to be able to sit outside in the nice 50 degree weather at 2am :)