One of my favorite chapters in the Bible is Psalm 73 (hence the name of this blog:) so I have posted at the bottom of this page if you want to skip ahead!
At the writing (2006) of this I am 24 years old and work in the computer industry. I was saved when I was 10 years old, but never really found myself truly following God. Sure I went to church and I prayed, but I still felt empty, I was more interested in my friends and doing what was fun for me. God was working on me though! I remember listening to a sermon several years later that pointed out a true Christian wants to follow God, wants to serve Him, and wants to be with Him. It hit me really fast that I wasn’t doing anything for God much less following Him. I have since become active in my church and God has given me a true passion for His word. I absolutely love reading scripture and studying so I can be closer to Him.
My goals are simple for this blog, I want to see Christians more passionate about God. I don’t want people to fall in the trap I did where you pray the prayer then you are done; you are saved, but you aren’t living for God. I want to see people living for God at work, at school, at church, and at home; doing all they can for Him.
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1A psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.
3 For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong. [a]
5 They are free from the burdens common to man;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.
7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity [b] ;
the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;
in their arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance. [c]
11 They say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High have knowledge?”
12 This is what the wicked are like—
always carefree, they increase in wealth.
13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure;
in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
14 All day long I have been plagued;
I have been punished every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it was oppressive to me
17 till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;
you cast them down to ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors!
20 As a dream when one awakes,
so when you arise, O Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
