One Friday night around 10:30 my two youngest girls came into my room crying, asking me to homeschool them. Of course I said yes! And asked them what on earth was going on and who did I have to beat up!
They said they just didn’t want to be there (school) anymore. It wasn’t a a nice place to be anymore.
George Washington Carver one of my favorite people in all of history once asked God to show him the wonders of the universe, and God showed him a peanut. He said, “George let’s start with a peanut.” And it was amazing to see what George did with a peanut. What is in your hand that you can start with? What is your peanut? What small idea, or skill or talent do you have that God can use …..
Psalm 11:3 -If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?
Ephesians 5:16 -Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
God takes the natural and makes it supernatural
Jesus took the 2 fish and five loaves (natural things) and feed over 10,000 people.
He took the natural (food) that was given to Him and did something miraculous, supernatural with it.
So, He will do with whatever we give Him. Just look what He did with food. Any chefs around? Lol
Imagine what He can do with your art, music, writing, video, social media.
Social media people are called influencers, did you hear that INFLUENCERS!
Do you want to have influence in the world in which you live, do you want to have influence in our culture? Get on social media
In our culture we have lost “The Family”. Most new moms ask Google for parenting advice because they have no “Mom”to ask, to help and guide them. Because of the break down of the family unit there is no one left to ask for guidance so people are asking google.
Well if people are asking google maybe we should be on google giving godly advice.
First there was no fathers in the home, now there’s no mothers either and children are left to raise themselves. So lots of kids are being raised by social media.
So if kids are turning to social media, shouldn’t we be on social media.
If you ask me, “What music do you listen to?”, I will answer, “Whatever music my kids are listening too.” Why? Because I want to know what is getting inside my kids head, their heart and infiltrating their thinking and communicate with them about what they are hearing.
When my eldest was in high School he loved science, so he watched a lot science shows on tv. Most were filled with evolutionary theory, but as we watched, I just asked a simple question or made a simple statement that blew apart the very faulty message that they were saying. I didn’t stop my son from Watching the shows, I simply walked along side him and guided and educated him along the way so he never had a problem with God having created everything even though he went mostly to secular colleges.
My daughter who never cared for science went to stony brook college and though she knew about God and believed He created everything didn’t know how to deal with the faulty supposed scientific facts being thrown at her, and I would go in her room and would find my books like evidence that demands a verdict, and my creationist apologetics books. It was very important that I had those books. They helped her so much during a time when she was struggling with her faith in that area.
Sermons on Redeeming our culture:
Lecrea https://youtu.be/41eb1zXXKV8
Trip Lee https://youtu.be/v3sc_-iU63U
Ok Walk in Wisdom
15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.[c]
Psalm 127:4- like the arrow in the hand of a warrior is the children of one’s youth.
God is shooting His flaming arrows to the middle of darkness.
What is darkness?
The absence of light, it’s not a real thing, as soon as the light appears the darkness has to flee.
The Light dispels the darkness and God is shooting tons of flaming arrows straight into the darkest areas.
~ The Darkness Has To Flee ~
Romans 12:21- Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Ephesians 5:1-21 New King James Version (NKJV)
Walk in Love
5 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; 4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know,[a] that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Walk in Light
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit[b] is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says:
“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”
Films- fire proof, courageous -3 Christian movies in large multiplex ny theater at one time! Woodlawn
Music- Derrick Minor, Lecrae, 116, Tori Kelly, Lauren Daigel rappers
Writers
Tim Tibow
Duck Dynesty
Dr. Axe -health essential oils
Art – Kevin McEvoy
Game Church- Gamechurch exists to bridge the gap between the Gospel and the Gamer by bringing the message of Jesus’ love, hope, and acceptance into the culture of video games.
Business FaceBook Marketing Guy Joe Cochran & Franky
Photographer https://www.jeremycowart.com
Become an influencers!!!
A lot of new moms go to google for information on how to be a good mom instead of their own moms cause there is no one there. The family has broken down, and without support and godly guidance most families will not thrive.
So if moms are going to google, we should be there. We have to be where people are searching for answers because we know Who the Answer is!
Psalm 127:4 -Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
if we want to raise world changers,…..
-We have to recognize that God made our children, that God gave them to us to raise for Him. To love them as He would (with His help!) and to take time to pray and see what gifts and abilities that the Lord has given each one
Psalm 127 -Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early,To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep. 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
We have to give people the freedom to walk out their own calling before the Lord. Why are we putting Christian’s in a box? You know who would love Christians NoT to influence society? Satan
God wants us to bring Him, shine Him, reveal Him to a lost and dying world everywhere we go. In the supermarket, dr office, work, song book painting family everywhere and everything He permeates
But we don’t have to over Christianize every song. God made the sunrise, sunset, He created ❤️ love He created feelings. We can and should write sing paint film picture all of that. If we don’t we leave a big black hole in our culture that satan is only to happy to fill!
I want to sing to that fun happy song driving down the road with windows open sun shining wind blowing on the way to the beach with my family. I want to be singing along to great lyrics and beat that matches the joy in my heart or even raises my happiness in circumstances to joy in the Lord, not in a forced way but in a natural way.
In the beginning God “created”. That is a part of who God is a Creator.
And we are made in His image, a part of that is “creative”.