A LETTER TO MY FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST

So this week I have some thoughts i have been thinking about , so i thought it would be good that i write a letter to my Brothers and Sisters in Christ .

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ ,

There are  THREE topics I  would like to discuss with you and topics I think are important.

1.   WE NEED TO STOP THE DIVISION IN THE CHURCH

We have for too long put theology before The Gospel and The Message Of Gods Grace.

Not saying doctrine and all that other jazz is not important but it should not take place of The True Message of Jesus.

We  need to stop tearing each other down because we don't agree on the same doctrines   

I just want to see us come together and be positive vessels for The Kingdom.

2.  LETS PRAY FOR THE PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF BASHING HIM

I don't agree with everything that our president has done , said , or believes but i refuse to bash him.

Romans 3:23-24New International Version (NIV)

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

The President is same as us , he is a sinner that God wants to love on and forgive !

We have all sin  but Because Of God sacrificing his Son Jesus , we can have freedom!

I do believe One day out President will give his heart to Jesus.

So lets pray for our President and instead of bashing him likes its out job to .

So i hope you consider my thoughts and ponder the them .

love,

Brian Leeman   

LET YOUR PAST DIE ! BY BRIAN LUKE LEEMAN

So we all probably have a past or things in our past we are not proud of , right ?

An we have all let our past one point  let the past control our present , right ?

Well guess what ?  IT IS TIME TO LET YOUR PAST DIE !!!!

Isaiah 43:18-19New International Version (NIV)

18 “Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness

    and streams in the wasteland.


The first  year of being sober and being Born Again , i struggled with letting go of my past and understanding that God no longer sees my past and has forgiven me  .

I use to sell drugs  and i did not care who i sold it to.

Those first  year i would constantly beat myself up because i felt like i needed to punished for selling drugs to people ,

But one day as i was spending time with God in Prayer , God spoke to my heart and said : LET IT GO!

I balled my eyes that day and  just let go of my past  .

I came to understanding that day that Jesus Died for sins, which means that my past is dead !!!!!

I choose to live in the freedom  and to live in the plans that God has for my life !


“Our past can control today and tomorrow only to the degree we allow it. The past should not be a place where we dwell but a place from which we learn all we can and then move on.” 
― Sue Augustine, When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present

BRIAN'S TOP FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY SKETCHES !

So if you don't know i like to laugh and i love sketch comedy.

So i thought it would be cool to share my top FIVE favorite comedy sketches, ENJOY!!!


5. Young Jimmy Fallon and Young Justin Timberlake at sleep away camp


Jimmy fallon has brought SNL swag to the Tonight Show and has become a viral sensation on  youTube.   This sketch is so one of the greatest sketches from a late night talk show .  Enjoy!

4. Stuart and the Tooth Fariy

MadTv  is one of my favorite sketch comedy shows and my favorite character's   from MadtV is Stuart.  This is my favorite stuart sketch . Enjoy!

3. Mike tyson on a dating show 

This one of my favorite Living in color Sketches .

Ivory Keean Waynes plays a great mike tyson  and jim Carey  plays a great dick clark

2.  Down by The Rivvvver!!!!!!

This has to Chris Farleys best Snl Sketch ever!!!!!

This is the Sketch that made me fall in love with SNL!

1. Drunk Uncle 

This is another great sketch From SNL.

this  is in my top ten favorite Snl Sketches 

IN PROCESS BY BRIAN LUKE LEEMAN

So i want to in the post share some breakthroughs i have had  recently and what is going on with me .

Last Sunday  i knew i had to go to church , something inside me was saying that i needed to be in church .

It started  during worship with Mark ( the leader of my church ) side hugging me an saying " you are not a orphan and you are loved ".  

That stirred my heart up and i  just let my worries go during worship an felt i was being held .

I knew it was  God holding me and letting me know that i am loved .

Then at the end of service they did this prayer tunnel thing ( basically the elders of church prayed for me and gave me words of knowledge), i felt so encouraged  and i have not been the same since .

I have had this unexplainable   joy in soul , i feel like things are going to get better sooner or later.

God reminded of a proverb and a psalm : 

Proverbs 3:5-6New International Version (NIV)

5 Trust in the Lord with all your HEART
    and lean not on YOUR OWN understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,

    and he will MAKE YOUR paths straight.[a]

Psalm 121 New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

1 I lift up my eyes to THE MOUNTAINS—
    where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    the MAKER of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your FOOT slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 INDEED, he who watches over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
6 THE SUN will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—
    he will watch over your life;
8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.

One thing I struggle with is trusting in God with my life , every thing !

But i am start to realize that i can't not make it through this tough season with out God's strength and guidance ,  WHICH MEANS I AM NOT ALONE !!!!!!

So right  i am going thorough a   process of learning to put my full trust in God and that i am loved .

So i ask that you keep me in your prayers  while i am on this journey.


An lastly .....................................................................................................................................

DON'T GIVE UP !, IT WILL GET BETTER!  

WHEN IT RAIN'S , IT POUR'S BY BRIAN LUKE LEEMAN

I look out my bedroom window and i watch the rain drops come down heavily , how the hell did end in this crap hole  ?

I have been living in a men's shelter for almost six months and i have not been able to move forward as fast i should be.

I apply for jobs like crazy , call places like crazy, listen and act  on peoples advice on finding , an i am getting no were!!!!!!!!

Right i am going to see if  maddock family services can help me , not putting to much hope in that .

You might be asking why i have such a negative attitude about my situation,  BECAUSE THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS BS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And as a Christian i am suppose to put on a fake smile  and say the thank you God for this rough season because to make me a better person ? HOW THE HELL DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ?!?!

I am mentally tired and tired of putting on a  mask that says  i'm okay, when i am not .

I feel like i have a storm cloud over that sun can not break through  .

I just want to be successful but i am realizing that might just be a dream , which frightens me.

Its like i am in a pit an there is a rope but i can't reach it to get out .


So in closing i leave with this qoute , " My mind is a mess and my heart is a wreck " -

Backseat Goodbye – So Long, You Were Right

ENGAGING THE CULTURE !!! BY BRIAN LUKE LEEMAN

This Sunday at church i was inspired by message shared by a leader in our church.

He talked about engaging the different cultures and not staying in our christian bubble .

The message made ask myself i am reaching/engaging cultures other then my own?

Well i guess i am , with living in a  men's shelter   i have come in contact with different backgrounds i am been in before and ones i have not .

 I thank God for giving me the blessing of being able to understand were the guys are at in life, cause all theses guys need is somebody to listen to them.

So in this blog entry i want to talk about engaging the culture .

Mark 2:15-17New International Version (NIV)

15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus came for everybody  not just a certain group of people .

Jesus came for the broken , the poor, the rich,  the sick , he came for everybody!!!!!!!!!!!

WE as Christians need to get out of our comfort  zone and reach other cultures we are not use to.

For example, the Gay community, though  don't agree with there lifestyle choice or gay marriage , does not mean we should not try to reach them and show them God's love .

  I think we need to find a way to reach them without bashing and making them feel like dirt .

Another example, the homeless, there are a lot of stereotypes about the homeless , some true and some not .  they are broken people who need hope .

We to show them that there is light at the end of tunnel and that Jesus loves  them.

Ways you can help the homeless : 1. Volunteer at soup kitchen .    2.  donate blankets .  3.  give gift cards 4.  be kind 

My challenge for you this week is to engage someone from a different walk of life then yours and just listen to them .  

 

AN UPDATE FROM BRIAN

So it's been awhile since I have blogged, well life has thrown me a curve ball.
I won't go into details but I have ended up in a men's homeless shelter.
Sidenote:  I am only slightly responsible for being there.
I have been trying to figure out how I have become such  loser, I feel like I have failed my family,  friends,  and my girlfriend.
I been praying to God for answers but he doesn't hear me anymore.
I don't won't anyone's pity, in some way I deserve this punishment.
I just want to be successful and something that the people who love me can be proud of.
so this is my update,  hopefully. I will be able to blog more.