I THIRST.

I was up late on a school night, not that it's unusual. So it was right in the middle of Thursday night going Friday dawn,  realized I was thirsty. No, not thirsty for water- not physical thirst. My soul was thirsty. I was thirsting for the Lord's words.

It has been a long while since I last attended a youth group or fellowship. The Sunday masses have been holding me out long enough, but I honestly am up for God's words- more of it. I was longing for His words more than the rituals man has made. Honestly, and to no offense meant at all (no really, no offense for real), I'd rather attend a church service than a mass. Their's just more depth in a church service, more meat than a mass. Yes, it is up to a person's intimacy with the Lord, but it really does help to digest God's words with fellow Christians.

So I was up, I turned the TV on and scanned for a preaching channel of some sort. I used to watch these before and take down notes, and I did just that.

My notes:

•  God has a plan for you - LIFE.
•  The devil has a plan for you too - misery, pain, death.
•  Adam and Eve wore "robes of light" and had no artificial clothing on
•  Adam and Eve bit the apple and went through spiritual death
•  1 Peter 5:8 warns us to "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
•  Job 1: 7 "The LORD said to Satan, "'Where have you come from?' Satan answered the LORD, 'From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.'"
•  Why is the devil bad? If you want to hurt somebody, you hurt someone they love. God loves us so much and it hurts Him each time we sin- this is why the devil is after us. He hates Jesus and he goes for us.
•  1 John 4:4 "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." - God is greater than anything else, greater than the one who is in the earth.
•  The devil wanted God's place.
•  The devils' punishment: Revelation 20:10 "And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
•  We are at war: Revelation 12:17 "Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring—those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus."
•  To the devils and his followers: Matthew 25:41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'"
•  Ezekiel 28:18 "By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching."
•  The devil is pure evil. God gave him many chances to repent but he never did.
•  How to protect ourselves from the devil: Ephesians 6:11 "Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes."
•  What Jesus used every time: Ephesians 6:17 "Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." -- Jesus would always say "It is written."
•  James 4:7-8 "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

I know my notes are quite a mess, fragments of thoughts- but I think you can put it all together. This is just an outline after all. I know in the future these verses will help me. Not the first time I heard of these verses, but it was nice to here them all again. And in Hebrews 13:5, God is faithful to His promise: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Even if I go off the course at times, God never leaves me and is always there willing to welcome me into His arms each time I want to run back to Him again. :D   

I am blessed.

I used: http://www.biblegateway.com and chose NIV (New International Version- as is my bible)

You can also visit: http://amazingfactskids.org  --The channel I was on had this program for kids which I was listening to, I think this was their website.

 Christian and daughter of the Lord, 

-pringles08