One could work and work for God, and not accepted by God, by our Lord. So be watchful. I must be watchful. I must let God's will guide me. The power of the Holy Spirit must I ask for always from God.[@more@]
I'm so tired today, that I just tried to join a conversation with someone else in my memory occurring this morning.
Usually this occur in dreams. But I was fully awake.
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Any Christian books or speeches that allow the opportunity for anyone to replace God's eternal value with things of this temporal world is not of a God fearing author.
I have read through several pages of this book by Rick Warren. I will continue reading, in a fast pace. There isn't much worth noting.
This book is popular because first of all it's a self-help book with God's name in it while claiming other self-help books even christian ones are not of its match (Warren 19). Secondly, no one else has yet to claim his/her book this special. Thirdly, it's from a place where most christians reside.
This book is a Gospel & Christian service mix. Ergo, I see toleration here and there. After finish reading this, I would pound this book to pieces in my head with the book of Romans, by Apostle Paul.
If I am wrong, it could only mean that so many christians in this world are so lost that they need manna mixed with earthbound food.
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We use pride to cover our inferiority, our shame, our hateful character. When pride bears fruit, we feel our heart burning with self satisfying astonishment, which can only be temporary. Such, if misinterpreted, by many of the pentacostal church members, would be taken as filled by Holy Spirit, speaking in tongue. While it is actually not but self induced satisfaction of proud desire burning the heart. This great risk could lead to separation from the word of God, our Lord and even to destruction. If the pride is allowed to continue, one would only fool himself in the sense of pretending to be filled with the Holy Spirit, because one cannot be a servant to both sin and God.
I believe the Holy Spirit works great miracles, even speaking in tongues. But I also believe that many who have claimed to be with these gifts are actually just pretending to be, confused, fooling even themselves.
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Do not give dubious statements. Make sure your words are clear.
Jesus has never done so. The Bible has never done so. Those who thought otherwise thought so because they did not understand certain passages in the Bible. And therefore assuming that they are encouraged to say dubitable things.
Be honest.
2Peter 3:16 as also in all his(Paul) epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
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Everytime when this happens. Remember that I must not be seeking to identify with someone close to me. But to seek God for guidance and examples.[@more@]
The most democratic society is not the American Nation. It was Babel.[@more@]
Although having the right to religion is good, even a blessing. But unfortunately, many christians have failed to see through this stage.
Because of such freedom, many christians do not feel the need to suffer or even be persecuted in evangelism. Many have come to believe such places are like heavens. Or a "sub-heaven", as they believe they will enter a "super-heaven" one day.
They do not see that other religions are prevailing as well. They do not see the obstacles they have created for themselves in spreading the Gospel to others. Because of religious freedom, one cannot preach to certain holders of certain religions. Therefore, once when the message of God can be publicly preached, now has been restricted by law due to respect of freedom.
Christianity is really weak in comparison to Islam. It will not be surprising if one day, in places that excercise such freedom, christians will have to listen to islamic prayers everyday...due to respect for their religious freedom. How sad. Why do I weep?
The larger the body of such christians, the greater the shame.
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Author of "The World Is Flat", in response to post 9/11, Thomas Friedman once said: When you export fear, you'll import everyone else's fears.
I'm sure people like Osama attacked America not for the satisfaction of instant victory...There's much more to come.
However, Tom failed to see that the hope he's trying to export needs to be "reformed". The American Value today is failing.
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