Will you be a Trader??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2mhsjoTmnY0

I Die Daily

       "I Die Daily" 1 Corinthians 15:31. What does that mean? Dying daily means to die from earth, and this materialistic world. To Die daily is to carry our cross daily and follow Jesus. Dying daily means taking the decision daily to follow Christ through the suffering for through this suffering that we shall inherit the kingdom of God. Why should we Die Daily? We should die daily as we should live for Christ. We often think of our journey with God as this smooth path, laid with flowers leading to heaven. God himself said "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it." Mark 8:34-35 (NIV) . Why the Cross? now to us the cross is a friendly symbol that symbolizes love and salvation. But in the first century the cross meant death, shame, humiliation and torture. And that is what we should go through in order to live joyfully forever in the presence of God. Yet lovingly, God is with us, through the whole way he will always be with us to support us and guide us, for he said "I will never leave you, nor forsake you" Hebrews 13:5

The Prayer of Love by Mother Teresa

My Prayer

Lord,
When I am hungry, send someone to feed me;
When I am sad, send someone to cheer me;
When I need to be looked after, send me someone to care for;
Amen 

Marco Botros

Mother Teresa's Prayer

Lord,
When I am hungry, send me someone to feed;
When I am thirsty, send me someone who needs a drink;
When I am cold, send me someone to warm;
When I am sad, send me someone to cheer;
When I need understanding, send me someone who needs mine;
When I need to be looked after, send me someone to care for;
When I think only of myself, draw my thoughts to another.
So let us pray as though everything depends on God,
and work as though God depends on us for everything.
Amen 
Mother Teresa 

Ever Sweet and Beautiful

How would I know what is sweet, if my God wasn't the ultimate sweetness? How would I feel beauty if my Lord wasn't the most beautiful? He created me to be drawn and attracted to sweetness and beauty that's why I am attracted to him and his beautiful creatures.

Busy me

"I am busy" I tell God of the universe everyday I don't spend time with him. "I need you" I tell the Lord almighty, when I am in trouble. Silly me that I have ever though that I am more busy that the ruler of the universe, either think in earthy measures or in heavenly ones.

Questions to Ponder on.

Are you a Christian? If yes, Do you act like Christ? Are a burden or a supporter for the people around you? Are you a reason for them to have hope or you blacken the world in front of their eyes? Do you think like Christ? Do love everyone like He does? Do you forgive the sins of others? Do you forget after forgiving? I don't, I do nothing, but I pray that God will transform you and me from the inside out, to be more like him.

To all ye Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve

This Post is in the Honor of the Martyr Fatima Mutari, may she pray for us in front of the Lord.  
 Did you ever image being tortured by your sibling for changing your believes!! If you didn't well....meet Fatima Mutari, Fatima the 26 years old Martyr was tortured and killed by her own brother! Fatima lived in Saudi Arabia. She heard about Jesus through the internet, and she gave her life to him. Yet later her family started doubting her faith after she was furious in a conversation about God and religions. The next day she found that her brother invaded her privacy and found out that she became christian. The next thing you know is him torturing her!! Yes he did. He....cut her tongue....burnt her face and back, and killed her at the end (source http://bit.ly/qYvmZJ, could be translated using Google) .

A poem written by Fatima Al-Mutairi before her martyrdom~
May the Lord Jesus guide you, Oh Muslims
رب يسوع يهديكم يا مسلمين
And enlighten your hearts that you might love others

و ينور قلوبكم و تحبّون الاخـريـن
The forum does not revile the Master of the prophets *1
الملتقى ما يشتم بسيد المرسلين
It is for the display of truth, and for you it was revealed
هو لإضهار الحقيقة و عشانكم تبين
This is the truth which you do not know
هذى الحقيقة اللي أنتم عنها غايبين
What we profess are the words of the Master of the prophets
و ما نقوله هو من كلام سيد المرسلين
We do not worship the cross, and we are not possessed
و احنا ما نعبد الصـليب و لانا ابمجانين
We worship the Lord Jesus, the Light of the worlds
احنا نعبد الرب يسوع نور العالمين
We left Mohammed, and we do not follow in his path
محمد تركناه و بدربه محنا سالكين
We followed Jesus Christ, the Clear Truth *2
و اتبعنا يسوع المسيح الحق المبين
Truly, we love our homeland, and we are not traitors
و بصـراحه حنا نحب ديرتنا و محنا خاينينsour
We take pride that we are Saudi citizens
و نفتخر انّّّّ حنا مواطنين سعوديين
How could we betray our homeland, our dear people?
كيف نخون وطنّا و أهلنا الغالين؟؟
How could we, when for death---for Saudi Arabia--- we stand ready?
كيف و احنا للموت للسعودية مستعدين؟؟
The homeland of my grandfathers, their glories, and odes---for it I am writing
ديرة أجدادي و أمجادي و للقصيد لها كاتبين
And we say, “We are proud, proud, proud to be Saudis”
و نقول فخر فخر فخر احنا سعوديين
We chose our way, the way of the rightly guided
احنا اخترنا طريقنا طريق المهتدين
And every man is free to choose any religion
و كل إنسان حر لإختار أي دين
Be to leave us to ourselves to be believers in Jesus
تكفون اتركونا بحالنا و بيسوع مؤمنين
Let us live in grace before our time comes
خلونا نتهنى في حياتنا قبل ساعتنا تحين
There are tears on my cheek, and Oh! the heart is sad
دمعتي فوق خدي اااه و القلب حزين
To those who become Christians, how you are so cruel!
على حال المتنصـرين يا كيف أنتم قاسين
And the Messiah says, “Blessed are the Persecuted”
و المسيح يقول طوبى لكم المضطهدين
And we for the sake of Christ all things bear
و حنا عشان المسيح لكل شي متحملين
What is it to you that we are infidels?
وش لك وش عليكم إحنا كافرين
You do not enter our graves, as if with us buried
منتم ابداخلين قبورنا و معنا مدفونين
Enough---your swords do not concern me, not evil nor disgrace
خلاص ما تهمني سيوفكم و لا شين
Your threats do not trouble me, and we are not afraid *3
و لا يهمني تهديدكم و ما حنا خايفين
And by God, I am unto death a Christian---Verily
والله انا للموت مسيحية و يا عين
I cry for what passed by, of a sad life
أبكي على ما فات من عمر حزين
I was far from the Lord Jesus for many years
كنت بعيده عن الرب يسوع عدة سنين
Oh History record! and bear witness, Oh Witnesses!
و سجل يا تأريخ و اشهدوا يا شاهدين
We are Christians--- in the path of Christ we tread
احنا مسيحيين بدرب المسيح ماشين
Take from me this word, and note it well
و خذها مني معلومه و احفظها زين
You see, Jesus is my Lord, and He is the Best of protectors
ترى يسوع ربي هو احفظ الحافظين
I advise you to pity yourself, to clap your hands in mourning
أنصحك ترثي حالك و تصفق بكفين
See your look of ugly hatred
و تشوف شكلك من الحقد كيف هو يشين
Man is brother to man, Oh learned ones
الإنسان أخو إنسان يا متعلمين!!!
Where is the humanity, the love, and where are you?
وين الإنسانيه و المحبه و أنتم وين
As to my last words, I pray to the Lord of the worlds *4
و اخر كلامي أصلي لرب العالمين
Jesus the Messiah, the Light of Clear Guidance
يسوع المسيح نور الهدايه المبين
That He change notions, and set the scales of justice aright
يغير المفاهيم و يعدل الموازين

And that He spread Love among you, Oh Muslims
و ينــــشرالمحبه بينكم يا مسلميــــــــــــــــــــــــن

Sources:
1- http://bit.ly/qPEbUA, could be translated using Google translate.
2- http://bit.ly/obKYnx .

Don't Give Up

     

    Thomas Edison, probably the greatest inventor in history, only had three months of formal schooling. Yet his 1,093 inventions transformed the world, including motion pictures, mimeograph machines, the phonograph, and the electric light.
    His secret? He defined genius as "'one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration," and he proved his definition by working for days at a time, obsessed with his projects, stopping only for short catnaps.
    Failure never discouraged him. When about 10,000 experiments with a storage battery failed to produce results, a friend tried to console him. "Why, I have not failed' Edison said. "I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
     We need to have the right attitude towards failures in Christian life, as failures can become stepping stones for success. Don't give up!
                                                                                                                 -Selected

Would you sell to me 5 min?

When he started, Father Bishoy, the manager of Coptic youth channel, narrated a story about the welcoming monk in a coptic monastery. The Monks as anyone work to live, they work as carpenters, farmers, bakers...etc in the monastery, so usually monasteries, keep a polite monk as the gate keeper to welcome the visitors, and right above him works another monk who takes the visitors in tours in the few centuries old monastery. Back to Father Bishoy.... he narrated by saying," Once a poor man came to visit the monastery, standing by the gate, he asked to see the old monk who takes the visitors in tours, just for 5 minutes. Accordingly the gate keeper -monk- told the old monk about the poor man and that he wants to meet him for 5 minutes, in response the old monk told the gate keeper that he was busy now, so let the man wait for a while. Hours past.... and the young monk told the old monk few times about the same inquiry, yet he gets the same response every time, " Can't you see I am busy?!", and the poor man is still waiting at the gate. Soon Dr. Samer's family came to visit the monastery, so the old monk hastily welcomed them and took them for a 3 hours tour and had lunch with them, and they left, during that he was very happy. But the poor man was still waiting by the gate, begging just for 5 minutes, but met only the same reply "I am busy". At the end when the night arrived...the poor man disappeared, but left a message for the old monk at the gate, he said " You will receive all the earthly glory and honor you want, but my Kingdom you will not enter". Fr. Bishoy paused for a deadly second, looking at the stunt faces, he said "don't worry about that monk, as he cried and prayed for 13 years and God accepted him in heaven, but you should rather worry about yourselves!!". How can you go to the beach house in LA in the summer, if its owner wasn't someone you know and he recognizes you well enough to let you stay in his home. In Conclusion, God is welling to buy every second you would sell it to him, so that he would spend time with you.....how much would you sell?

New Blog title

I changed the title of the blog...from Jesus 4 life to More like Falling in Love. The main reason was the idea....that we are all like falling in love with God, we love him, this is the only thing that will love forever...our relationship with him. And this was the trigger of the title, More like Falling in Love, by Jason Gray.