Tell them all!!!

Man if this doesn't make us want to them all then I sure don't know what will. I was reading in 1 Peter this morning and came to 1 Peter 4:18 it says:
"If the righteous are scarcely saved, Where the ungodly and the sinner appear?"

I didn't quite understand it at first so praise the Lord for footnotes; this is what the footnotes said:

Scarcely saved: No one deserves to be saved, and no one is able to be saved his or her good works. Since everyone deserves condemnation, the fact that anyone is saved is solely the result of God's grace.

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

Appear: If God does not hold back judgment from His own people, imagine the end of the enemies of God who have no one to justify them before Him.
"The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish." Psalm 1:4-6

"Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:11-15

If reading this doesn't make us want to tell the world that Jesus lives and is real then I don't know what will!

Endure Temptation but don't cave!!!!

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
~James 1:12- 15

Endure temptation but don't cave to the desire and sin!

These were my thoughts after reading James.

Sometimes things aren't black and white even though we want them to be because that would be easier; but actually I think more times than not the black and white mix together and create serious gray areas. The gray areas seem to be so easy to get caught up in but what we don't realize is that the gray area can easily destroy us when we least expect it. Not because the gray area is necessarily bad but because sometimes well a lot of time gray area can lead to the black area. Something big that I'm learning is just because something isn't necessarily bad it doesn't make it good by default! Not bad does not always equal good! And just because it isn't bad doesn't make it beneficial to our hearts and souls. And if it isn't going to benefit us than more than likely after a while it is going to hurt us. So why on earth would we choose to destroy ourselves?!?!?!?

This seems to be one of the many songs of my life right now. I want this song to define who I am!