خمسة سياحة

خمسة سياحة

مارس 17, 2016

whitenoten:

Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, England by icypics

Elevador da bica, Lisbon | Portugal (by MadMats22765)

regardintemporel:

Robert Longo - Mars, 2005

faithful-in-christ:

What makes a person a good role model?
Every now and then I see posts about altruistic people that work to make this a better world. I see people making great sacrifices to improve the lives of others. But will those great and generous people make for good role models?
Works without faith mean NOTHING. The Devil isn’t opposed to people being kind and gentle, he is opposed to people believing and obeying JESUS! Don’t fool yourselves, all those people that work hard to make a world a “better place” are only deceiving themselves if they don’t believe in Christ. Works without faith mean nothing for true works are the byproduct of faith.
So many rich people, famous people and others that seem like good people are not suitable to be anyone’s role models. The role model of a Christian should be someone who is willing to accept God’s Word as the only true constant in life. A Christian role model shouldn’t care whether they would not be popular for their stand against abortion, their support for Israel or expressing how homosexuality is wrong and so on. A Christian’s role model should be One who speaks of their relationship with God and not about how much money they have. Don’t be deceived, there’s no true human role models out there.
I see people looking up to Lana Del Rey, a woman who publicly acknowledges having sex with lots of people to try to get ahead in her career, or Demi Lovato a woman who even encourages homosexuality, or Katy Perry/Kardashians with their occult worship, Selena Gomez/Rihanna with their Pro-Palestinian support, or Beyoncé a woman who claims she has a demon called Sasha inside of her, and so many other “celebrities” that could care less about the Lord and His Word. Even the demons believe in God, as we know from James 2:19, so don’t be surprised to see people that aren’t followers of Christ talking about God. Only because someone says they believe in God doesn’t mean they obey God. We are called to obey Him and His Word and to repent of our sins, that’s what sets us apart from demons.
Don’t people realize that the ONLY thing those famous people care for is money? You are just cash cows to these artists and famous people, nothing else. They could care less if they mislead millions as long as they say the “right” things to fool people into giving them money, because money is their god. Matthew 6:24 tells us we cannot serve both God and money. The word money was translated from mammon which technically means material possessions. That’s why Matthew 6:20 tells us to store our treasure up in Heaven, because these material possessions we have here on Earth will only last while we are alive, while Heaven and the treasures within will last forever.
Don’t ever praise a human, because we are all sinners, so instead aim to be like Jesus. If you have a sinner as your role model and you stumble and fall to temptation, what would be your first thought? “Oh that’s okay, even my role model messes up too” and you’ll end up being okay with sinning and eventually you might even stop repenting of your sins. Your role model should be Jesus, so when you stumble and fall you can think to yourself “the Lord experienced the same temptations and have gone through the same problems as me but He did not fall prey to them, so I will strive to do better next time!” Don’t settle for thinking sin is okay because it’s not and it will never be. Remember what Hebrews 4:15 tells us, the Lord was tempted in every way yet He did not sin. He understands what’s it like to live in this fallen world. Pray for forgiveness and repent of your sins. You should never be ashamed to reach out to Him.
Think about the New Testament for a second. Out of the Twelve, we barely even have enough information on 4-5 of them. The Bible values fame, but fame in heaven. This group was not “famous” in the sense that we think of fame in our modern world. They were hated, persecuted and killed. We must learn to value and respect heaven’s fame, not modern fame.
Think twice before picking a role model, or allowing your child have a role model who will only lead them away from the Lord rather than closer. Jesus should be the only One you should ever look up to and worship. Let us try to be holy, for He is holy (1 Peter 1:16).

بعد منتصف الليل؛ هنالك كذبة شهيرة نكذبها على أنفسناً تكون حين نقرر أن ننام. في الحقيقة نحن لسنا مستعدين للنوم، ولا نود أن نخسر تلك اللحظة الفريدة من الهدوء والوحدة، لكننا نختار الوسادة كحل سريع وعاجل لأي وجع يمكن أن يطرق باب ليلتنا بعد منتصف الليل!

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