RNOxGGMGGY- What Rebellion Against The Lord Could Look Like!
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Watch Eric “Showtime” Shelton use his God given gifts applied to being the warrior he is in and outside of the cage. A disciplined man or woman is a dangerous man or woman. 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
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Michael Martinez has set out to accomplish anything he puts his mind to and gives glory for God using him to show whatâs possible!
His Favorite Bible Passage is John 9:1-12, it reads
âAs Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. âRabbi,â his disciples asked him, âwhy was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parentsâ sins?â âIt was not because of his sins or his parentsâ sins,â Jesus answered. âThis happened so the power of God could be seen in him. We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work. But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.â Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind manâs eyes. He told him, âGo wash yourself in the pool of Siloamâ (Siloam means âsentâ). So the man went and washed and came back seeing! His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, âIsnât this the man who used to sit and beg?â Some said he was, and others said, âNo, he just looks like him!â But the beggar kept saying, âYes, I am the same one!â They asked, âWho healed you? What happened?â He told them, âThe man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, âGo to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.â So I went and washed, and now I can see!â âWhere is he now?â they asked. âI donât know,â he replied.â
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Creatively sharing God’s blessings upon my life. From my testimony of God’s healing, to another testimony of being able to create and put together videos! With a lot more that we will eventually get to! I pray you enjoy this and Regret No Opportunities! God Got Me, God Got You!!
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The last thing I remember before being in a near life-ending accident with my teammate and his father, I remember two days before that. I drove back from Illinois to Des Moines with my teammate and previous U.S National team member Brandon Wright back on November, 29th 2013. We talked about what we wanted to do in our lives. He wanted to tell people to Regret No Opportunity through a movement he started, which highlighted truth in embracing opportunities given when ones own narrow ways has led them a direction not intended & I wanted to show everyone God is real, I know a big task right? Then the next thing I remember is leaving the hospital with my mother on December 24th, 2013. I was confused!
Instead of going to my college home, we went to my hometown of Galesburg, IL. Riding in the passenger seat because I had to, I knew inside this was far from over. I was up against a lot, I had professionals tell me itâs over. Good thing I knew those professionals didnât know my future. With huge dreams still possible, I had to refocus on small goals in light of still being able to chase my big dreams.
I never once accepted my reality as permanent. Â I was 23 years old at the time and barely scratching my potential. Within my mind the question God asked me was âHow bad do you want this?â
Looking back I wanted to just wake up and have only lived it in a dream, but this was real! Facing my reality head on, in less than a month I went from the best wrestler in the country to then being in a coma 14 days, waking up in a 4 year old vegetable state, learning how to walk and talk again with 10 more days, to living at home in my parentâs dining room recovering.
The motivation came from a lot of places, especially being 23 at the time, close to finishing school and capping off a great senior season. The hardest part wasnât the work I put in to make it possible, the hardest part was fighting enemy forces telling me it was over!
John 10:10 says, The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus has come so we may have life and have it to its fullness!
The enemy we all face tried to steal my joy, kill off my dreams and destroy my hope, but God stepped in as God does for us every-time. I just had to have faith in it!
I could of let the many doubts, worries, and fears stop my progress. I could have settled for the condition I was in but my Faith in God and me being able to do anything through Christ gave me the strength, which strengthened my courage. I had enough hope to not stop until what Iâm praying for has come into existence.
Instead of focusing on how long it will be (until), I just worked for a (chance to). I then looked up and after a few months of rehab, a re-broken and wired up jaw, lots of prayers I was heading into a doctors office to get cleared to go back to school and start wrestling again!
I heard ânoâ so many times that I got tired of hearing ânoâ.
I decided to listen to the (still small) voice of God in my head telling me âkeep goingâ, âdonât stopâ, âyouâre ableâ, âDo you believe in me?â âI am with you!â
God never promises us an easy life, and yes, bad things happen to good people in a broken world, but that is exactly why we are still able through Christ!
How many times have you let another humanâs âNoâ stop your progress? In my mind those ânoâsâ are influences from enemy forces to do what he has come to do & the enemy doesnât sleep! Thatâs when you have to know angels of protection are encamped around us,
Faith is believing in what you canât see, so knowing that the enemy can do anything but kill me I faced this giant just as David stood up against Goliath and instead of taking everything lost as it being over I stood strong in God just as Job did! The Bible isnât there to just tell us what happened then, itâs alive and active to show us what we are to do now!
I forgot everything I learned about wrestling mechanic wise since 6th grade! Talk about a tough truth to take in! Before the accident I was one of the studs in the room that showed up everyday ready to battle and leave everyday knowing I got better! After months of wrestling, swimming, other conditioning my opportunity was approaching & what better place than Las Vegas? From April until December I went from a beginner to a now college wrestler ready to go and fight for a win! With my toe on the line, I knew God was with me through it all for me to be moments away from going to battle again for real now. A year prior I was relearning how to walk again! (Thank you God)! I had a chance to not just win but relive my entire last year in the moments of a 7-minute wrestling match! âTo God be the Gloryâ, the match ended I was the victor and instantly dropped to my knees Thanking God for everything! A few months later I danced across my College Graduation stage because the testimony wasnât over yet. I once heard I would never go to school again, I graduated! (Thank you God)
Over the next year I worked as a paraprofessional with students who the doctors told me Iâd once be! Powerful, I learned that these students are more than amazing! You just have to take the time to find out for yourself if you donât already know it, the gifts my students had were nothing but Godâs giving! These kids wowed me everyday and God placing me there reassured me of what my calling is. Thatâs to just be an example of knowing and believing God is still in control! Â Within 5 years I have learned how to re-walk, talk, function on my own, wrestle, cognitively function, graduated with a B.A. in Sports Management, Compete on the Senior Level in a new style of Greco wrestling, Start a business, develop as an artist, travel to another country, finish Grad school, received my M.A. in counseling from Colorado Christian University, and much more! The promise is even Greater, Iâm still doing more because I can and Iâm able to!!! I love you all, and be all that you can still be. No matter how broken you think you are God is Greater, trust his plan, your own faith and know God is for you!
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Have your own God Gap dream, meaning no matter how big it is trust that God will fill in the gaps you canât!
Make Big plans because you have one life to not sell yourself short and do less than God has raised you up to do!
We are not called to be successful before we remain faithful, yet in that oneâs own success is self-promoted and if you can remain faithful in times of struggle or where rebellion seems easier thatâs success where there is room for failure.
Pray always to see the truth, even when the truth appears more hurtful than deceit. When receiving truth the chains of being held to lies are broken!
Work hard because we have to meet Godâs approval!
Letâs Godâs âWell Done My Good and Faithful Servant!â Be the narrow road taken!
Love those who persecute you as God will eventually make your enemies into a foot stool for you to be lifted up by!
Forgive easily because holding grudges and anger take up space within oneâs person where Love is supposed to dwell!
Brilliance is knowing Godâs wisdom and Real Beauty looks like disciples all around the world???
Exodus 3:10-11
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âYou have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.â
ââJob⏠â14:5⏠âNLTâŹâŹ
We all have been given time in which have in common as a people!!
What you become is how you use your time!
Time is temporary, life is eternal
When you time time stops for you and you then live in eternity!
Within Time you have forgiveness but in eternity mistakes wonât be forgiven!!
We as people measure time in minutes, days, weeks, months and years but truth is time was given in seconds! We have to make them count as God knows when our time here will come to an end!!
Time given protects us from living in a permanent condition!
Imagine getting hurt in eternity? You will forever be hurt! But in Christ what we have in eternity is freedom from bondage! We have freedom from sin stains! We have freedom from the pain of emotion!! We have freedom from experience and excellence in everything!!!
I will praise Jehovah and Yeshua for eternity!!
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