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Jason Walden
on 05/17/2022 at 07:55 AM
I am very thankful that I found this app. I appreciate the honesty of all of you on here. It comforts me to see that I am the only guy that has done some boneheaded things and made some not so brilliant choices in my life. The Lord has delivered me from a quite lengthy addiction to alcohol and I am so thankful that it is in the past. In July I will be sober for a year and I always told myself I would quit one of these days. Well that day came and it wasn't me that decided it. God put something in my mind to read up on something and poof, I put it down and haven't touched it again. You fellas that wander whether or not God can pull you out of anything, well I promise you He can and will if you seek his guidance and he will support you all the way through it. However you must be patient because he will work the whole problem to help you and not just the cliffs notes. The complete problem. I am very thankful for all of you guys. Thank You and may God Bless You All !!!
Doug Gardner
on 05/17/2022 at 02:15 AM
I need to do better at this. I made the big mistake of drinking a little bit too much last night while watching a hockey game and ended up getting sick. My family was mad at me and I haven’t forgiven myself as of yet. I always feel like I need to be error free and that is very hard to live by.
brian hollingworth
on 05/17/2022 at 01:49 AM
I need to do better at work. My home life work life and church life need to align.
brian hollingworth
on 05/17/2022 at 01:49 AM
I need to do better at work. My home life work life and church life need to align.
Joe Lizama
on 05/16/2022 at 04:23 PM
Good morning brothers, I missed yesterday’s devotional. Leo, Mr Ford and Rahfiki, as all the brothers are praying for you, I as well I’m praying for you guys. They have pointed out so many great points and gave great advise and I have to echo them all. Please seek help and know the Lord will NOT give up on you. Continue to seek him. Have a blessed day brothers. I Love You Jesus ❤️🙏.
Omar A.
on 05/16/2022 at 04:02 PM
Leo, Mr Ford, and Rahfiki you are all in my prayers. Leo, please don’t even consider ending it to relieve your pain. I once read that when someone commits suicide they don’t end the pain, they transfer it to their family. Whatever the situation decide your going to make it through. Continue seeking God, church, Bible study, mens group, anything that is Bible based. Also remember that God speaks through mature Christians so when you seek and speak to people we might be saying what God wants you to know. I’ll be praying for strength, faith, and for God to lead you. God bless you three.
Brandon Pembleton
on 05/16/2022 at 03:23 PM
People do indeed watch. Often times to validate their own actions. The old creature of me watched Christians throw wretched social media tantrums and scoffed at them. What a hypocritical faith I thought. Seeing them lash out at people gave me all the reason I needed to continue to live in darkness and shun God. I remember this so clearly that I do my best to keep this thought with me. There will be many who are looking for any sort of hypocrisy to pounce on. I must live each day in a way that is not hypocritical. I must be in all moments with God, not just the ones I think someone might be watching. Thank you for another day here God to do Your work.
Leo I read your post from yesterday. Brother I've been in the deep just like that. With nearly no hope left. Nothing but darkness enveloped me. I drank heavily to try and blot out the deep. I nearly took my life as well. God gave me a second chance and he can do the same for you. The beautiful part of being in that place is it can be as someone else said a rock of ages for a rock bottom. A start point in a journey with unlimited potential all you have to do is completely surrender to the will of God and realize everything especially the bad will have a use for you. That use will almost certainly be saving someone else. Rest in the moments and live in them one moment at a time only in the present. For the past is gone and the future is unwritten. Only the here and now exist for us mortals. May God bless you today and shine.
T
on 05/16/2022 at 03:05 PM
Ashley you are spot on. Our opinions or political views will not bring life to others like Leo and Rahfiki,but Jesus can and will. We needto point others to Christ, whose words truly matter.
Ashley Jarvis
on 05/16/2022 at 01:48 PM
Gossip, negativity, politics, complaining, and judgement of others was what had to go first for me in order to get in line with who I’m called to be and how I’m called to speak. I had to stop churning the waters around me to finally find peace and serenity. Anyone reading this who hasn’t read yesterday’s Kickstart comments should go back and read them. Leo is hurting, he’s lost and reaching out for God to guide him. I remember my first walking into treatment, someone shared with me to core of my disease was how I’d been living, not what I’d been ingesting. What I’d been putting into the lives around me, not so much what I’d been taking into my body. This new life is built on a foundation of spreading hope, positivity, love, grace, and kindness. My political opinion helps no one, and invites only turmoil into the lives of others, and therefore my own. Poking the buttons of others is the Devils game, regardless of who pokes first. I must ask myself before putting something out into the World, “Does this spread Love, or Hate?”. Amen 🙏🏻
Boyce Moses
on 05/16/2022 at 01:47 PM
We can’t have praise for God and crude language come out of the same mouth. Remember who you belong to. Someone is always watching to say you are a hypocrite. Don’t give them the chance. Love you Jesus! 🤍🧡💚💛
Leroy Isaiah Jones
on 05/16/2022 at 01:42 PM
I love today's devotion. This was our message topic in youth church yesterday for the teeenagers.
dustin shelton
on 05/16/2022 at 01:30 PM
I struggle with the way I have let words fall out of my mouth but the more I stay in the word and focus on God the easier it gets. Thank you Lord for silencing my mind to help me hear you.
Joe
on 05/16/2022 at 01:13 PM
Yep, I’m long overdue in praying and dealing with this.
Bill Rozema
on 05/16/2022 at 12:25 PM
I used to think it was difficult not to swear or curse. But, I’ve found that the more and more you walk with the Lord, it’s more difficult to find those mean and spiteful words! Live well everyone!
Paul Henning
on 05/16/2022 at 11:12 AM
Really love today’s verse and reading! Have an awesome one men!
136/365: Be Real and Speak Life
..Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. Ephesians 5: 4
You can live full throttle and still keep it clean.
Choose your words and behavior wisely. People are watching to see if you are authentic.
You can choose to be known as a man of God by the way you speak, behave, and attend to others. Show God's grace through the way you live.
GO DEEPER: Romans 12: 1-2
NEXT STEP: The words of our mouth come from the meditation of our heart. If your words aren't matching who God is calling you to be, pray about your heart's meditations... what is it's focus?