John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIT)

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NASB)

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John 3:16 (AB)

This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him. John 3:16-18 (The Message)

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (ESV)

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. John 3:16 (CEV)

It has been written by so many people, in so many ways, but in every version and in every read I know that God gave the biggest sacrifice for us and our sins are paid for no matter who you are or which bible you pick up to learn so.

Free to Be Me in the Here and Now

After going through and reading some blogs I have sat down, although never thinking I would and started to type my first. I have been sitting here for 2 hours trying to do homework but in after that time has passed I am sitting here at the same spot as where I started. I just experienced a weekend that has really put a change in the way I think. I am a Christian and I am proud to say it. This past weekend I experience a church function called Dnow or more formally Disciple Now. The theme of the weekend was here and now. Why do we live in the future? Or dwell in the past? Where we are going to go college, where we are going to work, who we are going to date. And in this weekend of talking and reflecting I was touched by the words that if God were not here in each person’s life, whether Christian or not, we would cease to exist. Just in the shear fact that God not only is everywhere in the whole world but he is in the very microscope interworkings of your every person’s life. Without him in everything you can’t even draw your next breathe. Let alone take your next step.

Being a guy who is in the Youth Praise Band, Simply 463, I relate to music more than anything else. I heard the song Free to Be Me a few weeks ago and the first 30 times I listen to a song I just enjoy the sound of it without actually hearing what the words are saying and what they mean. Since I first heard that song I have listened to it consistently and I have learned from the words. This rock star, this singer, this girl, wrote this song and through it directly touched my life. Saying that in this crazy war that is commonly known and referred to as life is not going to be easy to get through. You’re going to struggle with addictions, lust, foul language, hatred, and many other things but none of that matters because the war is won. “But you‘ve already won the battle and you’ve got great plans for me.” Then going on to say that no one is perfect no matter if you look at them and just think of the most perfect person that seems to have no problems and just walks through life, they are just a better liar than you are. Every single person from the North to the South and the East to the West has problems. Some bigger than others but still problems. But with these problems we will fail and we will cave to the looks and the promises of this world if we are alone in them. “But on your shoulders, I can see. I’m free to be me.” But you have everything God every looks for in you because he knows what you are good at and what you’re not so good at.

So with your problems go to God and he will be with you and with him you can fight those problems and you can be who you want to be. People may look at you and judge you but who are they to tell you who you are and who you can. This life shouldn’t be lived in the past wishing for what you once had or lived in the future hoping for what could possibly come but instead you should find out what you should be doing and through Him and live in the Here and Now.