Church Teachings - Feb. 21, 10. First Sunday of Lent

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit 2 for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone.'" 5 And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours." 8 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, `You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'" 9 And he took him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here; 10 for it is written, `He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you,' 11 and `On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" 12 And Jesus answered him, "It is said, `You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" 13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. - Luke 4:1-13


"Temptation is good.
It brings us closer to God."

God gives us freewill to choose rather to give in or to resist temptation.
No matter what we chose, God loves us.

When we chose to do the right, God recognize and get the glory, we are closer to God.
When we reconciled with Him to ask for forgiveness if we have done the wrong, we are closer to God.

No matter what we chose, God loves us. He gives us freedom, he gives us freewill. He loves us.

I want to be the righteous one from now on.

Last night, I got discouraged because I received three criticisms (not one, not two, but three) from my friends. All about different things I did not do good. I thought I tried soo hard these days to do these, but then people don't seems to see it. "Have I not done enough? Have I not tried hard enough?" I did give in to temptation last week which is true. I regret that and really want to repent my stupid sins which I could have avoid if I only tried harder.. but I just can't.. I fall back to the hole, I lost my power for the past week, I must be sick again???

I got abit upset, not really really sad, but I was discouraged for a bit and it hurt me. But in a way, I know they are telling me about myself, about things that I cam improve on. And I believe that is what God wanted to tell me: "There are these things you want to work on, go for it." I know God had spoken to me through these friends. I know that I got a sign, and I am going to change and improve.

One day, and I know this is very soon, I can truly become this person. This person with things corrected into a better way. I want to be better, I don't like how I was, I don't like what I did, like I said before in the last post, I want to throw away my old self. I don't want to throw away my confidence and willingness that I finally build up though, because I need that, and on top, I'm building up my faith, my trust, and my love. I know one day, and it might be very soon or later, people, especially God will recognized and agreed.

give me courage and strength please!