live like a disciple of Jesus.

This past week here in Ensenada, Mexico was great! (: We learned about how to be like disciples of Jesus.
There's two main things you need to do. Are you ready?

1. Love Jesus
2. Love Others

Plain and simple.  If we love Jesus we want to be in his word.  By being in the word we want to love others.  By loving Jesus we want to be in communication with him through prayer.  It's a circle that just keeps going.  Our speaker Art Collins was AMAZING! He told it like it was and didn't cut corners.  He gave us each the version of the bible called "The Message."  Well, we were supposed to pay him so i'll be sending him some money.  I really like this version.  It's not necessarily something I'll study from but it's worth reading.  It words things in a way that's easier to understand. We were given a guide to reading the bible and right now we are supposed to be reading through Matthew.  We underline, highlight and write what stood out to us.  It's a great way to go about learning from the bible.  In Matthew 5 it says this

[from the message]
"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are--no more, no less.  That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought."

How true is that?  Being content with who you are is SUCH a hard thing.  I can totally attest to that but the message puts it so well. Once we are content with who we are then we see the beauty in how God made us and we find ourselves totally lost in a beautiful world with Jesus.

Go buy yourself the message.  Just do it.  You might not agree with everything in it but it's something that will help you comprehend the bible.

Well, that's all for now! I'll write again soon!

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