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Monday, 09 February 2009
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The Fiery Preacher
When a man of God receives the call from God to preach the Gospel he is often struck with a mission, to preach that word in season and out of season with such a passion that his words are as fire. It doesn't matter if no one listens, the seeds are sown. Rightly so, such a man is called by God.
I have been such a man, and still am today. However, I believe that once God has drug someone through the "Spiritual" no mans land and have been hit repeatedly, there heart for this world begins to soften. They find themselves on their knees in the middle of that barren land, the callouses around there heart start to fall off, there bravery of going into no mans land is looking foolish. While your passion never decreases, it actually only increases, only this time your heart is looking more and more like the Lords-Jesus Christ. You start to see others as Jesus would, your preaching never loses the intensity, before the fire that came out of your mouth only burned others, now it consumes them and conviction draws them to their knees. Glory be to God!
Saturday, 06 December 2008
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Currently
The Love Dare
By Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
see relatedAm I more Radical than Jesus Christ?
As some of you know who are reading this I go to a liberal ELCA Lutheran college. Since day one I have noticed the darkness from this college, I have noticed in the students in what they do with their free time and with the faculty.
So since day once practically I have been spreading the Gospel on campus, I am a senior now and have not had one person come to the Lord, but I don't do it for converts but for the Glory of God on this campus. I have witnessed to people one 2 one, open air preached several times, sent out campus wide video preaching the gospel, handed thousands of tracts. People know who I am on campus and most don't like me. The most criticism comes from other Christians.
Every time I meet a new believer on campus they are like, ahh yes I heard of you, people say you are radical or something along those lines. It really puzzles me because the bar has been set so low in American that if you go out of your way just a little bit to preach Christ you are viewed as a nut.
So here is something I pose to myself and every Christian. Am I more radical than Paul? What about Timothy, maybe Peter? Jeremiah? Daniel? How about.......Jesus Christ Himself?
I have no right to be compared to those men, I am luke warm in their presence and yet Christians today are so afraid of what others think and what others will do to them. If people think I am radical they need to read their Bible, Christian means to be Christ-like, period.
Monday, 24 November 2008
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Currently
The Love Dare
By Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
see relatedI can't tell others about Jesus Christ at the Christian YMCA??
First before I get into this, let us understand a little bit about the YMCA.
The Young Men's Christian Association ("YMCA" or "the Y") was founded on June 6, 1844 in London, England, by George Williams. The original intention of the organization was to put Christian principles into practice, as taught by Jesus Christ. Young men who came to London for work were often living in squalid and unsafe conditions, and the YMCA was dedicated to replacing life on the streets with prayer and bible study. The YMCA idea, which began among evangelicals, was unusual because it crossed the rigid lines that separated all the different churches and social classes in England in those days. This openness was a trait that would lead eventually to including in YMCAs all men, women and children, regardless of race, religion or nationality. Also, its target of meeting social need in the community was dear from the start. Now the YMCA uses a holistic approach to individual and social development encompassing spiritual, intellectual and physical methods. This approach is symbolized by the inverse red triangle used by YMCAs around the world representing the YMCA mission of building a healthy spirit, mind, and body.
So being a Christian establishment and with John 17:21 plastered on their walls "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me."
So I would have never thought that telling someone about Jesus Christ would be a problem, well I was dead wrong. Last week after my early morning workout I gave two ladies who worked their a 10 commandments coin and proceeded to tell them about Jesus Christ. One old lady was very fast to tell me that she was going to Heaven because she does a lot of good things for her church and she doesn't need anyone telling her otherwise. After going through the Law (10 commandments) with them they were both pretty convicted and started to get a bit angry. I told them that this was conviction. I was pleading with one lady that she needs to put her faith in Jesus and Repent (Turn away from) her sins and turn to Jesus. She then told me that I was making her very scared and I said that is conviction and said she doesn't want to talk about it. I thanked her and left and recently got an email from the school telling me that they want to have a meeting about this. I then contacted the YMCA because they to want to meet with me saying that I made them very uncomfortable.
Go figure, when someone becomes that uncomfortable when they hear about Jesus Christ it means they are convicted and don't want to face the truth. The Bishop who works at the YMCA told me that it has nothing to do with the fact that the YMCA is a Christian place, but it is about making their employees uncomfortable. If they were born again Christians I don't see how they would have a problem. No one has come up to me and tried to witness to me, if that would happen I would be really excited. But please pray for these two YMCA employees. I meet with the Bishop tomorrow at 11.
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
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Currently Reading
God's Truth about Gender: Unraveling the Lies of Modern Human Sexuality, Behavior and Identity
By Dr. David E. James IV
see relatedWow! This is what God revealed to me
I am writing this because the Lord revealed something to me very important that I believe a lot of Saints can be edified in and blessed. So here it is...
I would pray and pray that God would remove all worldly desires from me, because it distracted me from pressing further into Christ. Now everyone has their own worldly desires that distract, for me it was TV, video games, movies etc. You know when I prayed this many times my faith was unshakable and I knew He would answer me without a doubt. However, as time passed it did not seem like God has answered my sincere prayers, I still went back to TV for comfort, back to video games, and back to movies to relax my troubled mind. I thought that God would just take these desires from me like that, POOF! But that is not always how God works, He is very mysterious and not slack in answering our prayers.
So what I have recently noticed that has been occurring over the last couple years is that I have become more and more restless, simply put; I CAN'T RELAX. I used to be able to sit on my couch on a lazy afternoon, watch TV and relax. But I can't anymore! Movies no longer give me any pleasure or satisfaction, nor do video games. All of it leaves me feeling empty. Now I have been a born again Christian for 6 years now, I long to grow closer to Christ. But I'm telling you, nothing anymore gave me relaxation! The enemy would feed me lies and I would buy them; It's late and I'm tired, so I'm gonna watch TV, but it gave me no rest and the emptiness lasted.
So what God recently revealed to me was that the feeling I had, of no relaxation, restlessness was only satisfied when I shut my door, got on my knees and talked with my Savior in a very personal way. THAT WAS IT! God did not answer my prayers by simply one day removing those desires from me. NO! My flesh still craved those things but Gods Holy Spirit that was given to me when I was born again longed to much for communion with Jesus Christ that I no longer found any pleasure in worldly pleasures, rather My soul was only truly satisfied when I drank of the water that only Christ can give.
God is so good! He doesn't always answer our prayers like we expect but he is Faithful and will do it in ways that we would have ever expected them.
mrcada
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I am 23years old going to A Lutheran College at moment majoring in Religion and going to become a missionary one day to share the gospel around the world.
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