You don’t have to be a great orator, have a PHD or hail from a well known theological seminary, you simply need to know what it is that you believe(why would help also). According to 1 Peter 3:15, we should be ready to give every man an answer that’s will ask you the reason of the hope that you have. What is it you can answer? I believe that anyone can answer intelligently as to why they believe, what they believe; if by reading this you find that you can not give an answer, call this your first assignment. Read more on How to: Defend your faith…
Originally posted 2010-08-06 11:22:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Light is what God is. God is also life. God is also love. These are not just attributes of God, but who He is. This may be difficult for us to understand but the Word of God says this is so. When God reveals Himself, its always in light, life, and love. When you experience God’s presence, its always uplifting, always edifying always full of light, it’s never the opposite. If your experience with God is not edifying, or uplifting, or is not full of light and comfort, then you haven’t experienced true fellowship with the Father. Mark E. Baker
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Originally posted 2010-03-04 22:40:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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In a quiet place,sound can carry great distances, especially at night. What’s unusual is how a sound such as the one a loud click makes in the church; this click is unusual, not the one that two pieces of metal or plastic make when they suddenly strike each other, but like when two on more people in the church function well together or really hit it off; they set them selves apart from the saints, share information among them selves about others that damage relationships; they disrupt harmony in the body of Christ and tear friends and families apart with poison words.
If we are going to win people, hurting people, and discouraged believers back unto Christ, we must first begin showing Love, patience, long suffering, kindness to those who are members of the body of Christ!
Rom 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Originally posted 2006-04-30 04:43:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Its common to feel the hurt and disappointment that comes when you try and express yourself to a love one and family member about something that is on your mind and they don’t seem to understand. What about the time when you went to the pastor in counsel and you poured out your heart and they just did not get it? It can be a frustrating matter when your back is against the wall and you have to deal with a real life situation and the people that are close to you don’t seem to understand.
With all of the prayer, fasting and preaching that the people of God take in, it would seem that if anything they could empathize with, understand or remotely relate to what a person is feeling or experiencing and once the listener understands, they could administer appropriate counsel or comforting words. Sometimes we leave from the presence of these counselors in a worse state that when we first approached them; everything can not be spiritualized.
Church folk seem to have a real expertise in trivializing a matter or distancing themselves from helping by introducing a spiritual application that has nothing to do with an answer or solution. For instance, if someone is hungry, feed them, if they are in need and your empowered to provide it, do it! If they need an encouraging word, give it; don’t invite them to a Sunday service, meet the need if its in your power to do it. Something is definitely wrong when we can not feel or respond to the needs of others, especially in the church.
Before we became people of God, we were just ordinary people with extraordinary problems. When God saved us, we became people with a God who could address the extraordinary problems. God uses people as His instrument, to address the problems that we face everyday. What happens when people fail? What happens when they (family, church, friends) fail to understand? We still have a God that understands and that can Identify with what you are feeling!
Even when they don’t understand; pastor, church folk, mother , father, wife, sister, brother! God knows all about it! David was just simply overwhelmed that God took the time to know so much about him (Psalm 139:6). Even when they do not understand nor do they respond with care to what you are dealing with, God sees and understands! When He sent His Son Jesus Christ, He was sent as a remedy to your condition! Sin Killed us, But God through His Son revived us and gave us victory and eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ.
So, Even If they Don’t Understand, God Had already worked out a marvelous plan to redeem us back unto Himself! Although it is true “How Shall they hear without as preacher” He (God) will not let you fall! You are being Preached to right now! Outside of a building, outside of the organization that we call the local church, you are hearing the word now, all it takes is for you to believe that Jesus Christ is Gods Son who came and died for your sin, that you might have life eternal. All is takes is faith!
So, Even if they (the church, your family, your friends) don’t understand you or your problems! God understands, and he has provided a remedy for your condition! His Son!
Originally posted 2009-11-30 15:41:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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