Friday, December 30, 2011

Good News!

I got a 4.0 again this semester! I'm so stoked right now. Academic success isn't that important to me but it sure leaves me feeling accomplished and like I really gave God all I had for the semester academically! Academic success is possible kids. Study hard and get good grades.

Ok bye.

That is all.

The Year is Almost Over!




Today I played ultimate Frisbee at this park. It’s December in southern California and it’s almost 80 degrees. Love it.
I'm missing Point Loma though! Soon enough we will be reunited :D

Hope you're having a wonderful Christmas vacation!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Aha!

I think I just realized why no one looks at my blog (other than the fact that I'm boring and don't say things that are interesting.) I'm terrible, sorry :P

Anyway, I just noticed that on Point Loma's site where it links to Loma Bloggers, if you were click my name, there would be an error because the link takes you to a profile for "Orin Mozen" who DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE MY LAST NAME IS MOZON NOT MOZEN... Haha, but really though, it brings you to a page that lets you know it can't be found. Sooooo I let my lovely boss/supervisor know of this error so maybe the comments and pageviews will skyrocket soon!

This makes me wonder... Why am I even writing this? If no one can find my blog on that page, why would they be reading this? Hmm. Guess I'm just talking to myself. Again. Oh well.

Christmas is in 2 days. Sweet. I guess. It's just another day. Although I'm sure many disagree. Decemeber 25th is only a day. Nothing magical happens on the day. People just give it significance based on tradition. I'm not saying it's not special though. We should live in a constant thankfulness of Jesus being born and being Emmanuel - God with us.

Well that was way more than I was planning on writing.

Welp! See ya!

That is all.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Merry Christmas (Almost)

Wooo! Here's some picture of me and Santa to bring you some holiday cheer. I went directly to the North Pole for these shots.


Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Do You Know How To Pray?

Amidst my busy schedule this week with finals next week and huge projects due all over the place, I've been trying to find more and more time to pray. And as I've been praying for strength and peace and for God to truly be my Sustainer, I was reminded of the realization I came to once a while back that not everyone who calls themselves a Christian, whether they really are or not, doesn’t pray. I think we assume that people pray but they really don't. I can't say why that is, only God and they know why that is, but what if, just what if, it’s because they don’t know how to pray? Can you teach prayer? Is it learned? Is it born in you? I don't know.

Are you the kind of person who doesn’t know how to pray? In fact, the Bible says that we don’t know how to pray and that’s where the Holy Spirit intercedes and helps us.

Maybe you don’t get prayer, why we do it, or how it helps. I understand how you feel. Sometimes I wonder if I know how to pray the right way. I wonder, “does God really hear this prayer? How do I know when or if He answers?” But then I go to Scripture and and encouraged by what the Bible says about prayer.

In Matthew 6, during the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shows His disciples how to pray and says this which people now call The Lord’s Prayer:

9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come, your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’

Here, Jesus gives us an outline of how we can pray. If we analyze it we see that He prays with a pattern like this:

1) Praise God for who He is
2) Ask for His will to be done in our lives
3) Ask for the things we need Him to provide for us
4) Ask for forgiveness for things we have done wrong
5) Ask for help to forgive others
6) Ask for protection and deliverence

Also, I’m reminded of this verse in 1 John that speaks on prayer as well:

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask
anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears
us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

Be encouraged and give prayer a chance!

You can pray out loud, in your head silently, or by writing out/journaling your
prayers. They all work and they all have their advantages.

That is all.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Father's Love Letter

Friends,


I hope you're doing well. I found this the other day and I felt it would be appropriate to post it here (as I continue to put off homework and studying for finas :)


Anyway, here you go! Be blessed.


My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.

Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.

Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.

John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.

1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.

1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.

Psalms 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.

Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.

Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.

Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.

Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.

Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.

Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.

Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.

John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.

Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.

1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.

Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.

1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.

Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.

Luke 15:7
I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.

Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…
Will you be my child?

John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad:
Almighty God