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Re: Jesus and short term mission trips

Linda1 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:00:42 -0000

How bout the mission trip to the cross, the grave and hell for us?

Re: Jesus and fasting

Linda1 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:56:16 -0000

Please don't misunderstand my questions. I am a very strong and committed Christian. What I guess I was trying to do is find the pluse of other Believers. I count it a honor to serve my Lord and Savior. Thank you to both you and Will for responding.

Re: Jesus and fasting

Linda1 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:01:43 -0000

It is time to seek God and humble ourselves with prayer and fasting and find out what is His plan for this generation. In Matthew 16: 15-17 Jesus asked his disciples who do people say that I am. Some answered John the Baptist, others said Elijah or Jeremiah or one of the prophets. He then asked the disciples who do YOU say that I am? These were the men who spent all their time with Him witnessing miracles and they still weren't sure who Jesus was. The only one that had the revealtion was Peter when he answered "you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. " He was the only one that walked on the water with Jesus. The others stayed in the boat.
It seems that the question Jesus would ask us is who do You think I am.

Re: Jesus and fasting

Linda1 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:21:44 -0000

Arron I have been following your blog with great interest. The topics and titles have certainly caused me to think about my relationship with God and my place in the Church. I hope that my next comment won't be too far off topic.
I'm wondering how 21st century Believers, which hopefully includes the readers of this challenging blog, relates to the Bible and the example that our Lord, His disciples,the early church and the Bible in general set for us. Who and/or what is the Church? Does any of it relate to me and my life or is it just old stuff, Sunday School stories,myths, things that old people care about but don't relate to me. I see the life of obediance and love Jesus had to the Father God but am I really supposed to be doing the same things? I am even allowed to? Does it matter? Does what I think or do as a "Christian" make a difference in this world or to God? If I am not satisfied with "church" things how can I change it? Why should I fast, pray, give, love anyways. What is in it for me?
I would love to hear what your readers have to say.

Re: Jesus and prayer

Linda1 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:18:13 -0000

"But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open." Matthew 6: 6

Re: Jesus and prayer

Linda1 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:40:10 -0000

I agree with Anna Meadows. I would also like to add something that the Holy Spirit taught me about praying. He told me to never pray the problem but pray the answer. So where do I find the answer? I have to dig in the Word of God and find out what God has to say about it and then make it into a prayer to pray back to the Father in the name of Jesus. I have to come into agreement with what the Word of God says about me. Hebrews 4:1-16 teaches to come boldly to the throne of Grace to recieve mercy and find grace to help for every need . Then after praying, I give thanks to the Lord that I recieve the thing that I have prayed for. Mark 11:23-24 states that I am not to doubt but believe what I say will take place, that I have my answer even though I might not see it in the natural. My words matter. The Lord is looking for those who are willing to be intercessor and stand in the gap for others.

Re: Jesus and a worship service.

Linda1 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:46:03 -0000

Sorry for the length. Worship covers alot for me.

Re: Jesus and a worship service.

Linda1 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:18:08 -0000

I am challenged to live a life pleasing to my Lord, King, Savior and High Priest Who is seated at the right hand of His Father while I reside on this earth. How do I do that? I am committed to honoring my God by living a life of continual worship. I can’t be passive by mentally agreeing with what the Bible says. My marching orders are to love the Lord with all my heart, soul and mind and to love others as myself, which is what pleases Him. As a citizen of Heaven in order to comply with that order I have been issued the whole armor of God (Ephesians 6:12-18) having daily established that the Bible is God’s Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth for my life.

I’m in training and I make mistakes but I know that I am improving. My goal is to maintain my connection to the Throne room of God with every breath I take, day and night. This training covers three areas: I recognize that being a spirit that has been reborn I possess a soul and live in a body. My task is to train my reborn spirit to be in charge of my inner man- my soul (mind, will, and emotions) and to take responsibility for my body. I am responsible for everything that exalts itself (including food, friends, entertainment, music, emotions, good or bad memories, etc. ) against the knowledge of God and bringing “every thought captive to the obedience of Christ”- 2 Corinthians 10: 4-5. Strongholds are thoughts residing in my mind protected by my personal belief system. To bring those strongholds down I have to attack them with the Word of God. I have to rule over my eye and ear gates by limiting what I view as entertainment. That means having to die to some activities that I enjoy and renewing my mind by being transformed by the Word of God.

I’m talking about being Sanctified, Consecrated and set aside for service to the King. If every Believer would judge and cleanse themselves, what would our worship services would be like? Consider what the Lord told the spiritual leaders (the Pharisees) in Matthew 15:6-9. “So for the sake of your tradition (the rules handed down by your forefathers), you have set aside the Word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect]. You Pretenders (hypocrites)! Admirably and truly did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said: These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me. Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of Men.”

When I read those verses the Lord called me on it and I had to repent. I read and reread those verses. I was shocked and stunned. “Me? Lord, are you saying this is what I do? I honor you with my lips but not my heart?” It was a powerful moment and I had to accept the sin and repent. I can testify that my relationship with the Lord has changed from that time to now.

What a relief it is in being able to come boldly to the Throne of Grace through the precious Blood of the Lamb- Hebrews 14-16. To truly have confidence that as I humble myself and confess my sins, My High Priest forgives me and cleanses me from all unrighteousness and my fellowship with Him is sweet and unbroken (1 John 1:5-10) moment by moment. As soon as I perceive I have made a mistake I quickly confess it and ask forgiveness and practicing abiding with the Lord with every breath. Endeavoring that every word I speak is filled with faith as I rule over my thoughts. I think about what I am thinking. If those thoughts don’t bring glory to God then I put a stop to them.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 reminds me that my “body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within me, Whom I have received [as a Gift] from God. I am not my own, I was bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So then I honor God and bring glory to Him in my body.” With that in mind I endeavor to honor God and bring glory to Him in my body. According to Romans 12: 1- dedicating my body as a living, holy sacrifice is my reasonable service and spiritual worship.

None of this is easy because it means that I die daily to “me” in order to bring glory to the Great I AM.