"Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." I John 2:6
Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Greatest Commandment, Matthew 22:37-38
If you summed it all up, pressed it all down, simplified it at best, and put it into the tightest package possible....there are 2 Great things to get right...
Hi, my name is Alex Fons. I went to Denver K-Life for the first time last week to hear the message about the two greatest commandments. I felt like I should let you know, this message changed my life… I’ve been a Christian my entire life…there was no really “revelation” for me, Jesus was just always there. Over the past couple of months I had begun questioning what I believed. Not so much as what do I believe, but Why do I believe in God and Jesus. I knew that this feeling wasn’t right, so on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 I decided to really, really pray to God to ask what I should do. I couldn’t continue feeling this way and I knew that it wasn’t right. I couldn’t live like this, so something HAD to change. On Monday, February 11th, 2008 I decided to text my friend to ask if she was going to a youth group. I figured this would help me out with my dilemma and at least get me through the week. She actually didn’t want to go, but figured that because I asked, she would go with me to show me around. The leader began by talking about how God had spoken to her last night and how she got this really strong feeling that everyone was here for a reason. After hearing the message about the two greatest commandments and hearing about how one should love God with all her heart, soul, and mind, something began stirring in me. I felt like I had loved God with all my soul, but not so much with my mind or my heart. I wasn’t really talking about Jesus like the bible says you should if you really love God with all your heart, and I wasn’t really thinking about Jesus like the bible also says you should. This greatly disturbed me and I knew that this also had to change…but as for the how, I had no clue. After the lesson on the two greatest commandments, the leader that was speaking began talking about her life. She said that Jesus really showed up in her life when she was 16. She also said that she knew that some of us had just been Christians our entire life and had never gotten that “spark.” I felt as if the leader was speaking right to me! As we began to pray I started asking, and I mean really asking Jesus to come into my life and help me live for him. The rest of the night I couldn’t stop praying for that. After K-Life was over I felt like a completely new person… As soon as my friend and I got up, she began telling me how that message was just for her. She told me what had been going on and how her life had been changed forever. Amazed, I also told her my story! As I got home, I told my Dad what had happened, and of course, he had been thinking that same exact thing! He felt like he wasn’t really connected to God, but didn’t know what to do. After listening what had happened to me, he was now inspired to find somewhere or something that would also spark the connection between him and God. Today is Wednesday night, just two days after my Savior entered my life, and I can’t stop thinking about him. I feel like I should tell the world what has happened to me! I am bursting with the joy of his light! Thank you for reading my story. Thank you for introducing me to my Savior.
K-Life is a discipleship ministry in south Denver that helps 6-12th graders follow Jesus. We offer depth in content and relationships through weekly clubs and small groups.
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Hi, my name is Alex Fons. I went to Denver K-Life for the first time last week to hear the message about the two greatest commandments. I felt like I should let you know, this message changed my life…
I’ve been a Christian my entire life…there was no really “revelation” for me, Jesus was just always there. Over the past couple of months I had begun questioning what I believed. Not so much as what do I believe, but Why do I believe in God and Jesus. I knew that this feeling wasn’t right, so on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 I decided to really, really pray to God to ask what I should do. I couldn’t continue feeling this way and I knew that it wasn’t right. I couldn’t live like this, so something HAD to change.
On Monday, February 11th, 2008 I decided to text my friend to ask if she was going to a youth group. I figured this would help me out with my dilemma and at least get me through the week. She actually didn’t want to go, but figured that because I asked, she would go with me to show me around.
The leader began by talking about how God had spoken to her last night and how she got this really strong feeling that everyone was here for a reason. After hearing the message about the two greatest commandments and hearing about how one should love God with all her heart, soul, and mind, something began stirring in me. I felt like I had loved God with all my soul, but not so much with my mind or my heart. I wasn’t really talking about Jesus like the bible says you should if you really love God with all your heart, and I wasn’t really thinking about Jesus like the bible also says you should. This greatly disturbed me and I knew that this also had to change…but as for the how, I had no clue.
After the lesson on the two greatest commandments, the leader that was speaking began talking about her life. She said that Jesus really showed up in her life when she was 16. She also said that she knew that some of us had just been Christians our entire life and had never gotten that “spark.” I felt as if the leader was speaking right to me!
As we began to pray I started asking, and I mean really asking Jesus to come into my life and help me live for him. The rest of the night I couldn’t stop praying for that. After K-Life was over I felt like a completely new person…
As soon as my friend and I got up, she began telling me how that message was just for her. She told me what had been going on and how her life had been changed forever. Amazed, I also told her my story!
As I got home, I told my Dad what had happened, and of course, he had been thinking that same exact thing! He felt like he wasn’t really connected to God, but didn’t know what to do. After listening what had happened to me, he was now inspired to find somewhere or something that would also spark the connection between him and God.
Today is Wednesday night, just two days after my Savior entered my life, and I can’t stop thinking about him. I feel like I should tell the world what has happened to me! I am bursting with the joy of his light!
Thank you for reading my story. Thank you for introducing me to my Savior.
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