Authentic Christianity....

Here is a picture of our house. I painted the shutters, they use to be "pukey green"... isn't it lovely? Kind of simple but very homey!!! What can I tell you but that God is good.
And with that said I wanted to share something with you about what I'm learning. Today is Sunday and we joined a church, Seminole Baptist Temple. It's a great church that preaches the word "no hold bars" kind of style. It is growing by leaps and bounds.. and I think it is because God is sought at this church. The message this morning was one on a series on Daniel, chapter 6, the Lions Den. Two things struck me. One: Daniel had an extroadinary spirit, he was so great that the king appointed him over the entire Kingdom. Well, that only brought him problems. His peers hated him and wanted him out! Daniel remained faithful to God and as he always did... he prayed to God. He was faithful to God daily, routinely. Not just in the nick of time but the bible makes special mention in vs10, that he did this as he had always done. This challenged me because in order to be the real deal, the Authentic Christian the world wants to see... I need to be in daily prayer and scripture reading. Nothing else will help me to possess an extroadinary spirit.
Two: Daniel was still thrown to the lions!! Humph? What? As christians we sometimes expect our lives to be hunky dory, but the bible is filled with examples of lives that were never hunky dory. And the lives that were full of suffering and persecution are the ones that God spiritually blessed the most, those are the ones who knew Him best.
This is what I'm learning how about you? If you read this mention my name in prayer... that our family will continue to seek the Lord, that we don't take our eyes away not even for a moment. By the way wasn't Daniel just awesome!! Imagine that!