My testimony aka. why the wretch

Sometime in late 2005, when my son was 2 years old, I started noticing that he was picking up things that I was doing. This really got me thinking about the things that I was doing. Not just everything that he could see, but stuff that I was doing when nobody could see. Did I want my son to turn out like me? Did I want him doing the things that I was doing when people weren't around. This realization of who I was and what I was doing drove me back to God. I knew who God was, I had been sitting in church for 10 years, but until this point in my life I thought that I was a pretty good person. God was pretty lucky to have me on His team. But I realized, I wasn't really on His team. I was just pretending, and all my efforts at being good were just another big lie heaped up on tons of other lies. I found out shortly after this realization what true repentance is. It is not just feeling sorry for what you did and trying to do better on your own, but it is turning completely from your whole way of life and moving in a different direction. Then by placing your faith and trust in Jesus for the forgiveness of you sin, He will give you the Holy Spirit that allows you to continue on this new path.

I skipped something, right? Why would you even need to repent or place your trust in Jesus. An easy way to get to the point where you see yourself as I did is to look at God's standards or His law.

How many lies do you think that you have told in your life? If you are like me, you probably cannot count them. What do you call someone who tells uncountable lies? A Liar

Have you ever stolen anything, no matter how small the value? Been late for work, or cheated on a test? What do you call someone who steals things? A Thief

Have you ever taken God's name in vain, or used it in place of a 4 letter filth word? You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)

Have you ever been angry with some one unjustly? Ever got torqued at someone on the rode?

Jesus said,"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca, ' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. (Matt 5:21,22)

Also Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:27,28)

So are you a liar, a thief, a blasphemer, a murder, and an adulterer at heart? Don't think about it according to your standards or the worlds, but think about it according to Gods standard.

9.Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God ? Do not be deceived ; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,10.nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6:9-10)


I mentioned early that I repented and placed my faith in Jesus. Ray Comfort explained placing your faith in Jesus in a really good way. He described it as a parachute. You wouldn't hold your parachute out at arms length, but your would put it on. You would also leave it on no matter how uncomfortable it made you feel, or if other people thought you were strange for wearing it. If you know that at any minute, you will be jumping out of an airplane, then you would make sure that you keep it on.


Jesus called this whole process of repentance and faith being "born again." Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."(John 3:3)


That is how I got to the point in my life where I saw myself not as a good person, but as a bad person, aka. a wretch. This drove me to the point where I knew that I needed a savior. The Bible clearly states that Jesus is this one and only savior. "And there is salvation in no one else ; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

The new addition - to the family

With all my talk about the new addition to the house, I forgot to mention the new addition to the family that will be here in September. Bre has all of the fun symptoms, morning sickness and crazy food craving. As soon as we find out more information, I will post it ASAP. We are planning to take a trip this summer to a place that specializes in 4D ultrasounds. I will definitely have those pictures posted. God has blessed us with two beautiful and healthy children so far, and we are praying that this new one will be healthy as well.

Update on the back porch

The porch is coming along pretty good. Here are a few pictures of our future classroom. Breanna can't wait to actually get it painted and start going to work on the inside of it. We are even getting a 10x35 pad poured to replace our porch.

These are exciting times at the Davis family.

Uterly Amazing

I am utterly amazed at how God can take a situation that seems so bleak and hopeless, and use it in the life of a Christian family to bring Glory to himself and purpose to our situations.

A family in our church has a 6 year old daughter who has cancer on her heart. Things did not look good at first, and they are a constant roller coaster now, but their faith. . . . . . . . . .oh what faith in God to know that all of this is happening under His control and for His purpose and glory. Through this little girls cancer, so many people are coming before the throne of God daily to intercede for her. If this is the only result, that more people come to God in prayer daily, than her suffering has brought glory to Him and purpose to her cancer.

If you would like to find out more about what is going on with little Lexi, you can visit this site http://caringbridge.org/visit/leximoore , where her mother posts updates almost daily on what is happening.

New Back Porch

Don't mind the date stamp. My camera needed technical support. It was taken today.

God has blessed us with the opportunity to refinance our house for an outrageously good rate. This is allowing us to get a little bit of money out to close in our back porch. The plan for this extra room is to turn it into a classroom. My wife home schools my son, in Kindergarten, and she will start pre-school our daughter next year. This classroom will get us off of the dining room table so that we can have a place set aside for just learning. My plan at first was to try and tackle this project on my own, because really, how hard could it be? In God's providence, He led me to a gentleman at church who has been doing this for many years and who I would be able to hire. As soon as I did, it felt like a weight had been lifted off of me. I really don't know what I'm doing when it comes to construction, code, how to hang a door, how to hang sheet-rock, so it is really great to know that this important project is in the hand of someone who is more than capable to finish it a timely manner and do it right the first time. I have done those projects before where I tought that I would try to save a few dollars, but ended up wishing I just would have paid the right person to do the job for me.

What I am writing a paper on now

My paper this week is on why European Christianity (both Protestant and Catholic) has declined. The hardest part that I have had on these papers is finding good sources for peer reviewed articles on the topics. There are a lot of good articles out there for me to choose from on this one, so this paper shouldn't be that hard. Here are a few good links to some articles that I found.
http://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_read.php?cdate=2005-08-18
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/news/2003/jul18.html

What I am listening to now

Ligonier Ministries - Tough Questions Christians Face.
Good CD's. You can get the MP3's here for only $16.00. https://store.ligonier.org/product.asp?idDept=M&idCategory=TH&idProduct=FAL08MC Pretty good price for all of the great topics
-Brian

WHAT I AM DOING NOW

School work!! I am current taking classes from Liberty University https://www.liberty.edu/.

I love it. It allows me to continue my education while being able to work and stay at home. While looking for seminaries to go to, this was the best option for me. I couldn't really take a whole day to go to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans.

The class that I am taking right now is History of Christianity 2. The book for the course is Zondervon's History of Christianity. it is really good. The first class, History of Christianity 1, covered from the early church to the middle ages. This class is covering from the reformation until now. It is so interesting to see how much influence the past has on current trends in evangelicalism. I have been taking quiz's and writing papers every week now for almost 12 weeks straight. The latest papers have been on how the thinking of the 17th and 18th centuries has had influence on the church. Some of these topics make for some very interesting conversations. I will try and post some of the material that I have researched on the topics that I am currently studying. Like anybody would really be interested in that. :-)

-Brian