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What is God Does Love You? --It's a GOD information site made for those who have no idea or only a slight idea of who or what God, the Lord, Jesus Christ, and/or the Holy Spirit is. --> Other parts in this website are designed to bring together Christians and provide access to more resources. But first and foremost it is a teaching tool for those interested for the first time in improving their life! And by the way, it's definitely a 'politically in-correct' site! Throughout this website, you will find some street speak, street references and possibly some unorthodox views (as far as mainstream Christian's will see it anyway). Our intent is to put things in plain English, at least English we can understand anyway. There will be some paraphrasing and translations no doubt. Not everyone will agree with this website's instruction that's for sure, but that doesn't matter to us one bit. What does matter is leading people who are searching for something or curious about life, to our Lord God. That is the Lord of the Holy Bible. Jesus. Things are taken straight from the bible and from our own experiences here. Christian is the only way to live. Hopefully people will visit this website, learn some things and will agree with it's message, which is basically --- Life is Awesome. Grab on with both hands. It's a wild ride. Enjoy it & Praise the Lord!!

So what's the deal with God or Jesus or whatever?
Glad you asked. Here's the deal. Everyone, we mean everyone, who is (or was) born is created by God (and when we say God in this website, we always mean the God of the Holy Bible, the God of Jacob, the God of Israel). God Loves you because He created you when you were born (He actually loved you before you were born). Unfortunately, you were born a sinner. Everyone is. You can't help it. Sinning is just breaking God's perfect law. He knows you'll break it. (He made up the system. lol) Some sins are really hard not too break anyway! So at some point you're supposed to go to Him and ask Him to lead your life. This is what the Bible teaches us. Y? well, only because without Him you wouldn't be alive is all. Within you heart, within everyone's heart, is the calling to go to Him and the truth of what's what, so to speak. It's buried in there believe us. A Buddhist has it there too. But they just choose to ignore it and live another way is all.

MORE... Now... everyone has free will. So let's say your a smart person and you realize that this whole big ball of wax didn't just happen. That sure, you believe in the big bang theory but you figure someone actually said "bang" to start it. So you say, ok since there is probably a God and the Bible seems to be extremely popular in this world and you figure it's for some reason, that you go for it and decide to say... "OK Lord. I know you're real. I've sinned many times, I'm sure of that at least. Will you please forgive me? And will you come into my heart and be with me? Will you be my personal Savior, that I may know you personally. I'm sorry for sinning. I do want to live forever. I do want loved forever. I really do and I'm sorry for being a jerk when it comes to being good. Please Lord love me and help me. Come into my Heart Jesus. I love You!"--- Guess what? If you meant that little prayer / request / or w/e... you're now saved! Meaning your name was just written in the "Book Of Life" 4 rizzle and you WILL go to heaven now. Unfortunately for so many, many people, they just won't do this and no matter how nice a person is, they just won't get in to Heaven. Sorry they really can't. The bible teaches us that Jesus Christ, beloved Jesus Christ, is the only way in. You can't get in with good deeds. You can't buy your way in. You can only ask the Lord to get into heaven and though His never-ending forgiveness and grace, He will let you in. Simple Right? BTW: Christianity is the only religion where you don't owe anything or have to pay anything to get into heaven and live a blissful so after life." Simply ask... and you get in!

He knows your heart believe us. Click Sinners Prayer for a more detailed prayer of salvation (or look to the very bottom of the website). This prayer is the most important thing you can ever do. EVERYONE will live forever. THIS IS REAL. But where you live is the questions that will be up to you. If you are "born-again", that is, you have prayed that prayer of salvation (the sinner's prayer. it's shown at the bottom, at the link above, or even the prayer above we just talked about) and asked Him into your heart, You will NOT go to Hell. Hell is what you (all of us disserve) because only perfect or sinless 'Jesus-like' people can enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. It's a perfect place, ya know? And you're no perfect r u? So now you actually will go to heaven because you are now in the Book Of Life and if you sin again... and you will, lol, you can now just ask for forgiveness for mistakes ("sins") and it's forgotten from now on!!! It's like water under a bridge to Him. He forgets it. This is really excellent. Real good one. Therefore you can become clean again and again and can enter into heaven. No tricks. --- BTW: This is only because God sent His only Son Jesus to the earth and He was crucified. This was the ultimate sacrifice for you. For all people really past and present! He took your place on the Cross for your sins. He didnt have to but He did,,, thank God. It's because He loves you so much. He made you and loves you. He really does. It's like... a person has a child and loves this child unconditionally. Even if they mess up. Well God is like this. Your His child for real. He made you and Loves you but His love is way, way, way, way, way more boundless then ours. Believe this one thing if anything. He realy loves you and WILL forgive you for ANYTHING. We promise. BTW: He also has a plan for your life. A perfect plan for you. Just ask Him.
What's next?... Everything good, believe us. It's awesome. But here are some of the biggest misconceptions:

MISCONCEPTION 1: I won't have any fun now & I will have to go to church all the time / No more rock, metal, core or rap / I'll have to cut my hair, or grow back my hair from a Mohawk, goth look, w/e / I'll have to where boring clothes. No more black makeup, lip rings, nose rings, extreme clothing. No more drinking, no more anything fun. :(


THE ABOVE IS ALL WRONG.* --You can listen to metal music, where black or extreme clothing if you want to, have a funky hairdo, tatts-piecing(* c below), drink some alcohol, love life. In other words, you will have fun and the thing is, you will have more fun now. Your life will change for the better. For the much better!! Trust us. It's great. He cares about you and He will guide your life to go to it's fullest potential if you let him. Let's say you usually get drunk every Friday and sometimes have sex with people you met that night? OK, some things are out. But don't worry. It will be fine. Just have some drinks, socialize, have fun and try dating for a change :). [* some Christians say no drinking. Most will say though that Jesus drank wine and that He never sinned. Some say this and some say that. Look, if you feel you shouldn't, then don't. Paul the apostle seemed to know the heart of God more that almost anyone who ever lived and He said "know and am convinced (persuaded) as one in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is [forbidden as] essentially unclean (defiled and unholy in itself). But [none the less] it is unclean (defiled and unholy) to anyone who thinks it is unclean". thats in Rom 14: We could quote many more things but the bottom line is, love God with all your mind, heart and soul and love others as you love yourself. THIS is the new and superceding law above ALL other laws.
There are so many types of instances, that we can't possibly go over them all here, but try this one on for size.


EXAMPLE: Let's says there's this guy OK? He parties and changes jobs once in a while (actually compared to the norm...quite a lot). Relationships suck for him big time. They work for a while but, you know how it goes. Money is always tight and he's always trying to find happiness by longing after stuff like stereos, TVs, computers, vacations, cars, alot of sex, porn, the normal stuff. Plus gettin wasted when he can afford it. He got sick of it all eventually and knew there just had to be something bigger than all of that. There just had to be. He checked out a few things. It seemed cool but he always felt that God or Jesus or whatever was probably the realist of all those types of things. Just kind of knew it. you know? So...he says the Sinner's Prayer (basically he just made it up saying that he was sure he sinned and that he needed God to forgive hi and love hiom and most of all help him. He cried cuz it hurt to feel this way. He just wanted to be happy). He asks Jesus to forgive him for all that he did in his past. He said he did believe in Jesus. That he wanted Jesus to come into his heart. He meant it ... and Boom! He now became 'born-again'. Boy, this is a big one. Seriously. Well, first off he's now a new person and all the past (sins) he did. is just simply washed away. Really is. We mean all of it no matter how bad (murder, rape bad enough??) - it would all be forgotten to God now. He said so!!!!!! Now through praying and trying to do what he feels God (Jesus) is now telling and helping him to do, he ends up going a whole new direction in his life. Somthing he thought he would never do or know how to do. A new job and opportunity that he never even considered or thought he could do has now come up. Thank you God; a brand new girlfriend that's actually super-loving and beautiful inside and out has come into his life; the bad friends are now gone, but some of the good-hearted and caring old friends are still there and better than ever AND some new friends that are great are now in his life; he ends up getting married (and loves his wife big time), has kids, has some serious happiness; money is now not a big problem, love is just all around him! He still parities but just doesn't get super wasted anymore (he hated those hangovers anyway. lmao). More like, now he socializes and has a blast doin it! He also listens to metalcore music (his fav now) and sees some gr8 shows most every weekend. Man... life it sooooo GREAT! ~~ this could be you. Give it a try. It can't hurt that's for sure and no one has to know about it. Its just you and God. And he wants you to ask him for help. He wants you to Love him b/c He Loves You!!!!!
(* from above)- some people say no to peircings, crazy hair / clothes or tattoos, metal music, etc., but it's like decorating a Church on the outside. If you are the church now so to speak and it's your body after saying that prayer and your 'church' is fine on the inside, well there it is. Your body is a temple. Ok. gr8. what are you shooting heroine or eating 5 pounds of sugar every day or somthing? Maybe you are and that would defin be a problem but the point is, how in the, you know what, is puting a metal loop in your nose or letting your hair grow or not grow in some areas, hurting your Holy Temple??? Wow. Come on. But you can simply just ask Him about this issue if you're not sure. Here are some quick guides on this stuff.
Piercing: Ezekiel 16:12 (Amplified Bible) 12And I put a ring on your nostril and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown upon your head!

In our opinion: This is God talking to Ezekiel. He was pretty upset at how Israel ended up around 600 b.c. He said they acted way worse then Sodom (Sodom and Gomorra were judged for their horrible sins). He is saying how (in representational form) how He brought up Israel from a baby laying in natal blood, to a water-washed and oil anointed race and finally into a beautiful full adult (in Him) and how beautiful they were. "He" came up with the "earrings and nostril ring" as how beautiful they were. This is God himself saying nose rings and earrings.
Tattoos / drinking alcohol / or anything you're not totally sure about: Romans 14 (Amplified Bible) 14I know and am convinced (persuaded) as one in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is [forbidden as] essentially unclean (defiled and unholy in itself). But [none the less] it is unclean (defiled and unholy) to anyone who thinks it is unclean. In our opinion: Nothing is essentially "unclean" but if you feel bad about it (after you become a Christian, you can sense some of these things pretty easily) just ask Him. In our experience, you can do most things. You can defiantly have a lot of fun and feel good about you, your friends and just loving instead of hating. Love is a better way of life.

NOTE: For a more complete Sinner's Prayer Click Sinners Prayer (or check the bottom of this website). Please note there is no actual official sinner's prayer to get into Heaven. And it's not that if you miss some word or didn't say one smaller part of some Sinner's Prayer, that you won't get saved and go to Heaven. Not true. He says that if you knock on the door, He will open it (but you have to knock, that's the deal). Just remember that you need to acknowledge that Jesus is the son of God and came down to Earth. That He died on the Cross for you (meaning he took your place for your sins even way back then before you were born, because you couldn't go to heaven being a sinner if He didn't do that)(took your place means He was a symbol, a living simbol of your sins-to-come, forever!!). That He died on the cross. That He rose 3 days later and that you have sinned and now you ask have Him for forgiveness. You really want Him to come into your heart. You want to live for Him even though you're a little afraid about this. These are the basic things to include in "your" Sinner's Prayer. The three most important things in our opinion are that you believe He's real, that you ask for forgiveness for your sins and that you invite Him into your heart). oh yea...and mean it!
Some big misconceptions about being a Christian and loving Jesus.


MISCONCEPTION 2: GOD AND THE DEVIL ARE EQUAL IN POWER. JUST
THAT ONE IS GOOD AND ONE IS BAD
Wrong. The bible teaches us that the devil is Lucifer. A high-ranking angel (kind of like the angel Michael is. in that Lucifer was a high-ranking angel). He got jealous of Jesus and wanted the same power as him. There was a war in the Heavenlies (this is the realm that exists but we can't see it right now being that were living human beings). Jesus and his angels won of course and cast down Lucifer out of heaven along with his group of his cronies that were following him (the angels that wwre on his side). This is where he is today. He runs a little place called, well you know it. Hell. He, the devil also runs this world. God's in charge but the devil has "his" dominion here on earth. This is a bit complicated but just realize that the world is full of sin... This world is not heaven that's for sure. Someday Jesus WILL return and eventually the earth will be "re-done" so to speak and the devil during that time (and forever) will be no more...!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE: Did you know that the Devil is pretty low down on the list of power? Yup. It goes God/Jesus/Holy Spirit, the angels and even us! (if you're born-again). ALL AHEAD OF THE DEVIL IN POWER!!! Pretty cool huh? You do the Sinner's Prayer... you get "born-again" and you are actually stronger than the devil himself. Man that's awsome. How? You have the power of the universe on your side. On your inside actually. You have Jesus Christ with you. Jesus taught that you can do even GREATER things than He did here on earth. That's how.

NOTE: Did you know Jesus went into hell to preach? Yes, he went there after being crucified on the cross during the 3 days before He rose. The Devil and his minions fall under Jesus' authority. Jesus rules all.

NOTE: Did you know that the devil talks to Jesus regularly? Yes. He petitions Jesus for certain things.

NOTE: Did you know that angels are not brainless vapors that float around somewhere? They are living beings (not humans that have died BTW).

BTW: We recommend reading the following bibles when just starting out. Amplified bible, NIV bible, Living bible, New American Standard bible. These are much easier to read the the King James bible (unless you like reading Shakespeare and can't what to say thouist, haveth and a bunch of other sayings that no one's used for 400 years! Besides when they transcribed this, certain "English" words were held to a diff meaning. For example the word charity back in 1500 meant one thing more and now means more of another, etc.


MISCONCEPTION 3: IF I FOLLOW GOD OR JESUS, I'LL TURN INTO A BORING WIMP
lol. Give us a break. You are who you are. Right? Let's say your a hard-ass sports type. You party hard, you're loud and fun at parties. You love sports. You go to the sports bar all the time. Great! Now, let's say that you decide to say the Sinner's Prayer and you are now born-again. Even better! What's it mean? It means you are now a.... hard-ass sports type, who parties hard (but you don't get totally wasted now), who's loud and fun at parties and loves sports to death. You go to the sports bar all the time and.... you just so happen to love God, love people alot more, repect woman (not just objects but still.... they are hott!) and will now live in heaven of all places when you die!!!


MISCONCEPTION 4: MY SINS ARE SO BAD, GOD WILL NEVER FORGIVE ME. IT'S TO LATE 4FOR ME
Not true at all! The bible teaches that it's never to late and that there is nothing you can do on your own to make Him not love you and care about you. He made you. He loves you already foo. You are His child! Don't ever think that!! Ask for forgiveness. Some people feel embarrassed to do this or think that it is hokey or dumb. That if there is a God, He'll just see right through this forgiveness request or think, well it's just to late for me. Well, some things you just have to do for the record. That's the system is all. Just ask for forgiveness. Do it right now if you want or can. Tell Him your really sorry and that you'll try not to do it again. What about murder, rape, adultery, stealing, Porn adiction? Just ask Him. He loves you!


MISCONCEPTION 5: GOD, JESUS AND THE HOLY GHOST ARE THREE SEPARATE PEOPLE
Well kind of. This is difficult to understand but the Lord is one and three at the same time. It's a different system then anything we know as humans. Similar to the same way that He is omnipresent (that he can be everywhere at the same time all at once). On one hand, Jesus was always there in heaven even before the earth was formed and He was born on earth about 33 B.C. to show some light to the people, to teach them about the Father and how to live and He was there to die on the cross for them (and you) to save them (see bible for understanding on this). He prayed to God, his Father. Then when He rose from the dead and came back for a while to talk to the people he knew and instruct them, the Holy Spirit fell upon them and lived within them on their heart. Yes, the Lord Jesus is God and the Holy Spirit. Yes, they are three separate things. Don't worry about it. It's three and one also. That's all you need to know. Also, the devil and his imps will always think/say that Jesus was born of a woman (Mary -a human being not a God BTW) and that he was not immaculately conceived.


MISCONCEPTION 6: IF I'M A GOOD PERSON -- I'LL GO TO HEAVEN
Sorry. Not true. The bible teaches us the Jesus Christ is the only way into heaven. Hey, He owns the system. His rules. A nice person will go to hell. They will be separated from the Lord forever. This is where they belong because they were made to be with Him. But if they didn't become born-again (accept Jesus as their personal savior) then, they are not clean or sinless or acceptable so they can't enter into Heaven. A good thing in a way right? You don't won't to make it into heaven and have some jerk stalking you there for eternity do you? O, not this guy. lol. No seriously though, there is only one way into heaven, it's through Jesus. No one can go to the Father except through Jesus. This is what we're taught. These is the same for Muslim, Buddhist, Scientologist, Atheist. Absolutly no one, no matter they belive will go unless they go through Jesus Christ. Just they way it is.


MISCONCEPTION 7: HELL IS A LAKE OF FIRE &/or "HELL AIN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE" ... LETS PARTY!! (ac/dc)
wow. just no. The bible teaches us that Hell is "as painful as being in a lake of fire." That's pretty painful. It's similar to this pain because you will be separated from God forever. It's like when you die, you will realize this. you will be with a true monster. No love forever. You'll be really sorry but that will be it. the end of you. Very scary. Very true. Sorry about the scare but love is what we all need. Really and truly. You will be FULLY AWAKE & CONSCIOUS after human death. You'll realize how Jesus is where you belonged and how much you need and want Him. Unfortunately, it will be too late. And you will be in Hell forever. This is a very, very, very bad situation. Get save right now before it's to late. Please. If you ever do anything in your life, search your heart for Him. Ask him to come into your heart. He loves you. He really, really does. And He wants to be with you. He made you... Trust him. [for a Sinner's Prayer to get saved Click Here]

MISCONCEPTION 8: I'LL TURN INTO AN ANGEL WHEN I DIE
Sorry. You will be a Spirit. Your soul is what/who you are, your characteristics here on earth. You'll have some of those same endearing characteristics when you get your new body and go to heaven. Yes, you'll get a new body that similarly resembles you now. But you will NOT be an Angel. Angel's are angels.


MISCONCEPTION 9: WHEN I DIE I'LL SLEEP... FINALLY
Ahh... some down-time. I'll rest when I'm dead. Well, not really. You'll actually be WIDE AWAKE. More than you are now we speculate. Hopefully you will be wide awake in heaven, and not hell. If you accept Jesus Christ into your heart (Sinner's Prayer link above or end of this website), then you will be wide awake in heaven and doing a lot of stuff. Then later you will be back down here on the new earth doing things. Basically, you will be fully aware of everything and be FULLY ALIVE. For more info on the new earth, heaven and what will come, you'll need to read Revelations in the Holy Bible.


MISCONCEPTION 10: IF I TRY TO FOLLOW GOD OR JESUS, I'LL NEVER HAVE ANY FUN
Wow, is that wrong. Sooooooo wrong. You'll just have to trust us on that one.


MISCONCEPTION 11: IF I FOLLOW GOD / JESUS, I WONT BE ABLE TO HAVE DRINKS AND MY LOOK WILL JUST PLAIN SUCK
lol. ya right. Hey drink have long hair, purple hair, shaved, dreads... what does that matter? You know a funny story is told of this new Christian. He goes to church to check out the service. He has shoulder-length hair and is in a rock band but he happens to love Jesus and goes to church. A good thing... yes?. Well, there's this older lady seriously eye-ballin (evil ey'in him if u will) him through like the whole service. Finally after the service is over, she goes to him and says, "I can't believe you have hair like that... and in such a place as this!" -- and right behind him is a big-'ol picture of Jesus w/ hair halfway down His back and a full rockin beard! Would she ask Jesus to leave if He checked out the service that day too? Well, we'll never know, but we do know that it isn't up to us to judge other people. A lot of Christians like to say the Holy Temple is the body so don't do this, don't do that. Well, the classic reference is that Jesus drank wine. It says in the bible that He made it for man to enjoy himself - to have a glad heart. How is long hair, or blue hair, a pierced lip or a tattoo, hurtin your body / temple? And BTW, there's also a famous one from the Bible that says, don't look at your brother's splinter in hs eye before you pull the plank of wood out of your own eye! I mean come one. Don't you have any problems? Stop judging us! - ok, ok, a little rant there. I'm calm again. lol.


MISCONCEPTION 12: MONEY IS THE "ROOT" OF "ALL" EVIL
wrong. Wow. This truly is the biggest misconception of them all. It's the most misquoted verse ever. Seriously. It is for the record "THE LOVE" of money is the ROOT of "ALL KINDS OF EVIL." In other words. A person who loves money, has some seriously misguided priorities and it opens him up for all kinds of problems /evil. Jeez. Of course. I mean who doesn't need money. But if you love money, well...


MISCONCEPTION 12: THE MEEK, (most people think they 'WEAK'), WILL INHERIT THE EARTH
Ok, meek is not weak. Meek is one of the strongest things you can be or do. It means "Strength Under Control." In other words, let's say you want to punch someone in the face or tell them off, but you feel the Holy Spirit is telling you not to do that. That He'll defend you, so ok, you don't. That's being meek. Not weak. It was hard. Hard doesn't equal week! The inherit the earth part means that after all is done (Revelations) and the spirits (basically you in your new form, the new tireless body you'll get) will reign on earth for 1000 years, then.... well... read the bible for the rest. It's in Revelations at the end of the Bible. Just know that its a really good thing to be meek and being strong for God is way, and we mean waaaaay, harder then just doing what ever your body or you wants to do at the moment. eeample: Cheat on your spouse, get lit-up, lie, cheat, steal. Well... that's as easy as falling off a log nearly. Try being good. --- way harder.


MISCONCEPTION 13: MOTHER MARY SHOULD BE THE FOURTH TRINITY. WITHOUT HER, THERE WOULD BE NO JESUS
Not true my friends. Jesus could have been born from a rock if He wanted to. It mentions this in the bible. I mean come on. He's God. He could blink the whole world out of existence in a split sec if He wanted to. He even stopped time once to show people the power. Mary was a believer in God. An angel (a helper being from the Lord) came to her one night and said basically the whole deal about Him being born from her even though she never made love yet to her soon-to-be husband Joseph yet. This was tuff as the townies would defin think hard of her. I mean they're not going to belive that she dind't do it right? Well, she listened and they raised Him. Joseph died eventually. There was some brothers and sisters born also. Yes, Jesus had sibs. Well, Mary loved him and was there even in the end for Him. Jesus asked John His beloved disciple to take care of her, and watch over his Mary after he's gone (crucified). Mary was a beautiful, loving and God-fearing (a healthy fear for the Almighty is what that means) woman and human being. But she is not a God. She should never be prayed to. Ever. Ever. Ever. That's idol worship.


MISCONCEPTION 14: I HAVE TO CONFESS TO MY PRIEST AND PAY A PENALTY FOR MY SINS TO BE FORGIVEN THEM
wrong. A preist or dead saint is a human being. Go to Jesus. Period. What better person to take it to the Fathr then Jesus. Besides, He tells us to do this. Idol worship is a very big sin. It makes God mad. It's just all over the bible. Everywhere! (BTW: only HE can forgive you)


MISCONCEPTION 15 : JESUS IS JUST A MAN WHO WAS BORN ON EARTH WHO LOVED TEACHING AND LOVED PEOPLE
Jesus, is the son of God. He lived before the world was even formed, in heaven. HE always was, is and always will be in existance. God sent His only begotten son Jesus (learn about the Trinity to understand the 3-in-1 deal on this) to the earth to save the world and it's people, John 3:16... u know the baseball vs. lol. When Jesus died, He rose after 3 days fromthe tomb. When He was finished talking and teaching (yes, after he died but now in His new body) we went up to heaven. You could never find His bones on earth. You could find Budda's and other so-called God's but Jesus' aren't here. He ascended to Heaven. Jesus is God (he's part of the trinity - it's three in one and each separate - not for us to understand now) Enjoy your life!



SINNER's PRAYER A Sinner's Prayer is a confession of sins and acceptance of Jesus into your heart as your personal Savior. NOTE: This is not some religious / legalistic ritual to do. That if you don't say a certain word or forget something, that you won't be forgivin and accept by Christ. He says that you only need to believe in Him and "Knock on the Door" and He will answer. Believe my friend believe! HERE'S ONE: >> Lord. I know you're real. I've sinned many times, i'm sure of that. Will you please forgive me for those sins of the past? Will you come into my heart and be with me? Will you be my personal Savior, that I may know you personally. I'm sorry for sinning. Please Lord, love me and help me. Come into my Heart Jesus. I love You and believe what the bible says about You dying on the cross* for my sins. Amen * means He took my place, by sacrificing His life for my sins. That I am not worthy to go to Heaven because I sin and aren't clean enough in my heart to be there with God Himself! But He took my place for sin by dying on the coross so NOW I only have to ask for forgiveness and I can be cleansed of those sins. HERE'S AN OTHER SINNER's PRAYER (a more standard prayer) I am a sinner. I can not make it on my own. I need you. I believe in my heart that You are Lord. I believe that You died for me And that God Raised You from the dead, and that you are here for me. I ask You to come into my heart and forgive me of my sins. Help me to live my life for you I ask you to fill the empty hole in me and give me the peace that surpasses all understanding. Guide me and teach me the truth and show me the way. Thank you Lord Jesus for giving me eternal life. You are now in me and I am in You. I repent now of my sins and ask you to help me in my repentance. Show me what true repentance is Lord. In Jesus Mighty and Wonderful Name I pray. Amen

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Our Featured Christian and/or Positive Artist this Month

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CHRISTIAN / POSITIVE BAND LIST

Want some Christian or positive music? Here's a band list 2 get u started. There r of course many, many more bandz. We've also posted an additional group below, but don't stop there. Support your local scene, search the Internet, get involved. This is important! Help 2 launch your local band(z).
2 bandz outta Erie PA:
WAR OF AGES and JESUS WEPT

HERE'S SOME BANDZ (no particular order)
PILLAR / UNDEROATH / NORMA JEAN / DEMON HUNTER / HASTE THE DAY / AS I LAY DYING / SWITCHFOOT / KUTLESS / PROJECT 86 / STILL REMAINS / 10 YEARS / MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER / EMERY / FALLING UP / FLYLEAF / DISCIPLE / DEAD POETICS / ANBERLIN / RELIENT K / CANDLEFUSE / RED / P.O.D.

HERE'S EVEN MORE BANDZ...
[hardcore] - A LOVE FOR ENIMIES / EVERSFIELD / FOREKNOWN / MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE / LIVING SACRIFICE / SEVENTH STAR / SYMPHONY IN PERIL / NOETIC / BURDEN OF A DAY / JESUS WEPT / IN FAIR VERONA / BRINGING DOWN BROADWAY / NEW DAY AWAKENING / THE CHARIOT / BLOODY SUNDAY / TO CHERISH / REMOVE THE VEIL / WITH BLOOD COMES CLEANSING / WAR OF AGES / KINGSTON FALLS! / CHASING VICTORY [heavy] -> BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART / OFFERED NO ESCAPE / SEVEN SYSTEM / BESIEGED / SINCE OCTOBER / 12 STONES / THE SHOWDOWN [rock] -> STAPLE / ISTRA / AS CITIES BURN / INDIE VISION MUSIC / TOUCH / GRAND PRIZE / MAINSTAY / SHOWBREAD / ACCEPTANCE / HELLO KELLEY / LAST YEAR PORTRAIT / STRYPER / 7-MILES / SANCTUS REAL / ERAPHYM / DAY OF FIRE / TREE 63 / FM-Static / AKISSFORJERSEY / GAZER / CALLS FROM HOME / EVERLIFE / FIVESHADESRED / AUDIO AGRENALINE JONAH 33 / DC TALK / AARON SHUST / DETOUR180 / TENTH AVENUE NORTH / THE SILENT / GO DEEP / JARS OF CLAY / MIDNIGHT HOUR / DELIRIOUS? / FOR FEAR OF FALLING / CASTING CROWNS [emo] -> NEVERTHELESS / JERMEY CAMP / RICH FYHR / THE KATINAS / SHAWN MCDONALD / STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN [rb / hiphop] -> PASSION / GEORGE HUFF / KIERRA "KIKI" SHEARD / JUSTICE

SECTION 4
VIDEOS

Proof God Exist! - Real Evidence of God & Jesus.

CHRISTIANITY: Atheists or Christian Views. U Choose.

Truth About God & Jesus! - Facts About Christianity

SECTION 5
EXTREME TESTIMONIES (if u hav 1, send it to us! this section is new)

Here is the mental illness part of it. When I was a kid I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar disorder, Schizo-Effective with severe psychosis and neurosis...meaning I was paranoid, manic, depressed, heard voices and hallucinated. I was also violent and full of rage. They had me on a high dose of Lithium and also Zoloft...well through the years my meds changed, I was on and off lithium, zoloft, paxil, prozac, and the real hardcore anti Psychotic resperdal. If i missed even 1 dose I became twitchy, like a crack head. By the time I was 15 I had been institutionalized 3 times and was placed in a group home. I was terrorized for years with horrific nightmares and being haunted from my street life, and allof the sexual abuse I endured as a small child and later as a teenager and again as a young adult. Frankly my life was a waking nightmare. None of the pills really helped. Infact at 21, I was ready to throw in the towel and take my life, I spent 8 months in a deepening depression to get up the courage to do it...and I was getting close. Very close. One dark night the demons( I didn't believe in demons then, but there really was no other word to describe this) The Demons were there and they were clutching me, I was sleeping between my boyfriend, and my best friend,(no this wasnt kinky we just happened to be in the same bed) the safest place in the world at the time, surrounded by love, and they still got at me. I got up and I spent several hours in a corner crying because I was being assaulted by thoughts, thoughts of death and failure, of pain and only one way to relieve it...Everyone in the house was passed out drunk from the night before and I was all alone. Finally the attack subsided and I was better, if thats the right word for it. It was soon after this that I found myself in a church...Well I responded to the love God had for me and I gave my heart to Jesus.(Which is amazing becausae I had spit on people who witnessed to me prior to this and I hated Jesus up to this point. Hated.) I would like to tell you that all of this mental illness went away on the spot but they didnt. It took a prayer warrior from my church to come to my house and Anoint me with oil, and pray over me....I recieved my first vision that day(it was amazing and I'll share it if you want to know) and a deliverance. From that day on, I have not heard voices nor have I seen any thing. That day I was also baptized with the Holy Spirit. The night mares siezed and after a life of destruction, and filth, I had and have peace and safety. That was nearly 6 years ago. Today, I am med free, the madness has stopped and I, by the Grace of God I have kept a job for over a year and half, I can pay my bills and Im not a head case anymore. I face life on life's terms because of my extreme intimate relationship with Jesus. He is my sanity, my stability, and my only hope in this world. I beg you to surrender your life to him, and let his blood wash your pain away. I was a throwaway...damaged goods, and my best chances in the worlds eyes was suicide...I would never amout to be anything but a head cased max'd out on her pills and a recipient of a monthly check. But Jesus had other plans for me, as he does for you. The first time the bible ever "spoke" to me was when I read Matthew 11:28.. ."Come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest for your souls." man, did I need rest, my fears had worn me out. Then when I read Jeremiah 2911...Jesus just washed my fears away when he promised me...."For I know the plans I have for you, plans to give you a HOPE and a FUTURE, plans to PROSPER and NOT TO HARM YOU." Suddenly, I realized my fate was not wrapped up in pills and institutions...but resting in the hands of a loving, tender, faithful Jesus...well, I have been in love since. Jamie. You can use this one if you like. Bless you Chris.

Every year, my family and I take a trip from our home of Ocala, Florida to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to visit my dad's parents and his side of the family. My dad's side of the family is very religious and before about 2 years ago, I wasn't. About two years ago, I was into the whole dressing in black (never went as far as the make-up) and listening to heavy metal/nu-metal crap bands that sang about death and blacky black black darkness and Satan and crap. I went to South Carolina with all my CD's in hand, a walkman, my awesome look, and some headphones. One night, my cousin Ryan and I were sitting in the room that we happened to be sharing that year, and as he flipped through my CDs, he asked me if I honestly enjoyed listening to the music that I did. Of course, I had heard all this before, so I built up a response to everybody who talked to me about this stuff. I told him "I don't listen to the lyrics, I listen to the music.". Of course, this proved that I looked even more like an idiot when I would sing along with the lyrics of the song. Now, I cannot remember a SINGLE he talked to me about. I can't remember one single thing he said, but I DO remember being so filled with the spirit of Jesus Christ that I gave my life over to Him that night. Well, as the Bible says "Clear your tent with evil, so that you are not tempted to return to them." That night, my cousin and I, went out onto Myrtle Beach and broke over 60 of my CD's that I had that were displeasing to God. Let me tell you, I play guitar, I go to shows constantly...music is my life. I broke over 60 CDs on the beach that night, dug a hole, put them in, (peed on them for good measure :-D) and then buried them. Since then, I have become infatuated with the Christian Hardcore/Emocore scene with such giants as Norma Jean, Seventhstar, War Of Ages, Symphony In Peril, Alove For Enemies, As Cities Burn, Emery, etc. I still listen to the music I like, but it's with a better message and a more fulfilling feeling to know that no matter how I sing the words, it will not displease God. Since that day, I have not bought a single secular CD. I'm not saying that all secular music is bad. I like the occasional Jack Johnson, Spill Canvas, James Taylor, etc., but if I were to buy a secular hardcore CD, I would be tempted to return to the days of old. Music is a big part of my life. It's one major way I worship the God I love. And nothing could some it up better than this: "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Ephesians 5:19&20 xJONNY FATXMOSHx

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living 4ever -- alright im a little nervous about writin this. i just want 2 let sum1 kno wut God has done 4 me. everything. i mean everything. u kno that really old song, bla, bla, bla i was a "wretch". well, i can relate. man, i was not a very good person. i mean my friendz thought i was funny maybe. i could always out drink them and do more "other" things than them, but i was ultimately a lousy friend. couldn't trust me, couldn't depend on me, the list goes on and on. i was pretty miserable too. itz like half the time i wuz really enjoying life, and half the time id wish id die 4 rizz. life kinda sucked. i could believe that by the time i reach about 19, that i wuz looking at wutz / wut 4 livin. job, party'in, cheatin on my gurl. start over again. repeat. idk. i wuz pissed. i felt i got ripped. well, i wuz stoned one day and this presence came over me. itz really, really, really, really, really haaaard to describe. but it was powerful and it was the essence of love. i mean if love were a person or a force or a thing, then it IS the most POWERFUL thing ever on earth or beyond because i knew my rentz luved me even though 'gun-to-hed' i wuznt totally 4sure, but this wuz like ,, real love. i wuz scared at first. i didn't know wut it meant. sum1 cared for me guess. -- ok so later on when i sobered up, i figured it was God. i just couldn't figure wut else. i wuznt the type of guy to get loaded and trip or go out of my mind so i fig it had 2b. a few years go by. i keep thinking about it and realizin that God just has 2b real. i kinda believed in the devil. but i knew the devil cam outta the bible and that was God's in a way as far as knew. so, i keep checking it out, more and more and went to a pretty kool church. -- then one evening at church, the pastor guy said close your eyes, if u really, really believe and want saved RITE NOW, and want to be written in God's book and go to heaven, then raise your hand. crazy but God or somthing told me do it, "raise your hand". I did it. i really kinda had to. I was stunned after, like during it this force, that warm flow or power was there again. it lays you out brutha like nuthin on earth! scary but yet good. power that's for sure. so time goes by and i realized i was different. first i actually liked people and cared about them, i cried every day (just kidding) i didn't but i had luv in my heart and that wuz totally weird. i actually wanted to do good and hav fun. i wanted 2b alive again! like when i was 7 or 10 or 12 again. that feeling of being alive and livin 4 every minute of it. -- i experienced that overwhelming feeling of God's presence a couple more times. it always scared me and made me feel so small and dirty. no matter how good i was tryin 2b that HUGE power, so strong and pure was like being plugged into somthing so huge it was incomprehensible. 4 rizzle. y exactly this presence of God took the time out to show up a couple of times briefly iz beyond me. but i can tell u i luv him. He iz real-r-than-real and itz all good. btw: sum really gr8 kinda miracles hav happened 2 me off and on since then. stuff that any betting man could never lay odds on. it is stuff that is literally impossible to happen in that order, or at that time or that way and yet... it duz. so there's my testimony. nothing earth shattering but hey i hav power im not wasted all the time anymore, i have friends i have a wife and family now. and i finally got my music back again... the gr8'st gift of all. thank you God.

UPDATE: hey i hav a 2nd 1 2. this just happend so im addin it. so i wuz truck driving 4 jbhunt. im drivin in chicago which iz not the best place 2 drive let me tell u. well, as the cars r merging sumwhere, a little gurl, like 12, no really prob about 17, smacks rite into me. ok, that sucked. a construct guys takes a snapshot and yells 2 get the *&% out the there. soooooooo much traffic. i do it. ok long story short on the crash. every1 iz fine. me, chris who wuz w/ me and the gurl who smacked me. so like the cop iz like, ya 16 years exp. i kno 4 sure "U" hit her by changin lanes. w/e. rite, im the truck driver, they warned me about this,,, im gunna get nailed no matr wut. ok, fine, so i go home cuz the compnay is tryin 2 fire me over it. i quit to save me job record. now the testimony part. God tells me (yes He actually will talk 2 ur heart in a small, still voice). dont repond in anyway to this. oooooo k. so i get the whole court letters, i get the gurls insurance co, tryin to sue me, and the court paperz say u betr come to court or else or u can just say "guilty" and snd $75. ok, so im "not" spose 2 repond... rite? ok i dont. the dedline cums and goes and i panic and im weak so at the last minute (2 days late tho) i snd in the $75 sayin ok my fault. cuz i dont wanna go to jail or get sued or w/e. ya i wuz not doin wut He said. so the lettr cumz back, the money too. it says, no and now u MUST cum to court in Chicago (i live 450 miles away and im broke). ok, i dont understand, but i fig, the letr cumin back putz me back in His will for this whole thing. i mean... it wuznt accept ansd all. ok, i actually go to chicago. i show up early. im in court and the judge asks who i am, i tell him, he says well, wait till exactly 1030 cuz, itz an accident and we hav to wait for all to show up. ok, the cop... the expert who suposidly KNEW i hit her, shows up. hes goin over all his EXPERT notes. rehersin it for my doom. lol. ok, 1030 arrives, the judge calls my name, i go to the podium. the prosicutr says jusdge, the girl (w/e her name wuz) was notified of this court date and is not here. the judge says, mr... drive more careful... case dismissed!!!! i got totally off the hook and was vindicated. should of seen the cops face. priceless. i shuoold call visa and have that in the pricelss commercial. lol. they way i c it. God wants to defend U. just do wut He says and watch his awsum pwr. He loves me. i know it.. im His kid. u c, He said dont do anythign. the gurl prob showed on the forst court date. i didint (do nuthing and that would happen), then the second one, she prob fig, he wont show. i show up and boom, all gone. i just Luv the Lord.... dont u????

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