Archive for the ‘Spirituality’ Category
Francis Hosein asked:
A free psychic reading is intended to help you learn more about how to solve the problem you have if you are ready to follow through with the psychic’s advice.
Defining your problem
Throughout your daily life you may have some problems such as your mission in life, relationship, family, or financial problems that you may need clear and precise answers that would bring about a solution to this problem that has been their for some time.
Choosing the right psychic
Not all psychics are made equal and not all have the same talent.
When you go to see a psychic and you are clear about your problem a free psychic reading can help to put you on track to solving your problem.
Depending on the type of psychic you go to it can be helpful or not.
Some psychic specialize in clairvoyant, clairsentience, pass life regression, astrology, numerology, talking to the dead and there are those that has many other psychic gifts you may even ask them if they use tarot cards.
Some psychics do combine some of these techniques when doing a reading.
Writing your question
Writing down your question different ways may give you a chance to say it the right way, it may also help you to be clear what type of question you wish to share with the psychic.
First choice
Your objective would be to get all the questions that are important to be ask first, for example about your health, job or love relationship.
Right frame of thinking
When you get a free psychic reading it is in your best value for you to open to the vibration of spirit so they can help you get the most out of the reading.
Conclusion :Free psychic reading will always be around to help you gain greater insights into yourself and how to accept healing.
A free psychic reading is intended to help you learn more about how to solve the problem you have if you are ready to follow through with the psychic’s advice.
Defining your problem
Throughout your daily life you may have some problems such as your mission in life, relationship, family, or financial problems that you may need clear and precise answers that would bring about a solution to this problem that has been their for some time.
Choosing the right psychic
Not all psychics are made equal and not all have the same talent.
When you go to see a psychic and you are clear about your problem a free psychic reading can help to put you on track to solving your problem.
Depending on the type of psychic you go to it can be helpful or not.
Some psychic specialize in clairvoyant, clairsentience, pass life regression, astrology, numerology, talking to the dead and there are those that has many other psychic gifts you may even ask them if they use tarot cards.
Some psychics do combine some of these techniques when doing a reading.
Writing your question
Writing down your question different ways may give you a chance to say it the right way, it may also help you to be clear what type of question you wish to share with the psychic.
First choice
Your objective would be to get all the questions that are important to be ask first, for example about your health, job or love relationship.
Right frame of thinking
When you get a free psychic reading it is in your best value for you to open to the vibration of spirit so they can help you get the most out of the reading.
Conclusion :Free psychic reading will always be around to help you gain greater insights into yourself and how to accept healing.
Francis Hosein asked:
Free online psychic reading is given to you when you are ready to hear and make a change to getting what you want.
Knowing your questions
Having an idea of what you what to solve as questions and putting them in priority can help you stay on track and get the most out of the reading.
Taking your time
It is helpful for you to take your time and not rush through the questions for you may miss some opportunities to ask follow up questions to the answers that were already given.
Your emotions
If you are in a bad mood it is not helpful for you to have a reading because no matter what the psychic says and you have already judging the reading it will not help you.
Being open
It is important for you to be open once you have chosen the psychic for you.
This helps you have a better reading because spirit only purpose is to help you.
Taking what you need
You may take in only what you need and what you can processes at the moment of the reading and that is why it is good for you to have some form of recording so that you can go back and listen again and again to get more out of the reading.
Respect
Spirit will give to you what you nee and what is beneficial for you.
If you are not align to win the lottery, they cannot give you the numbers
until you change you.
Probable future
Events are probable future and not written in stone and spirit guides can help you to have the best outcome that is beneficial for you.
Opening yourself and trusting that is what you need to hear at the moment can be helpful in trusting in spirit.
Accepting change
It may take you days or weeks before you can process the information you receive so allow yourself time to make small changes that will reinforce the new you.
Conclusion: Free online psychic reading can be helpful to you in directing you to the place that will be most valuable for your life journey.
Free online psychic reading is given to you when you are ready to hear and make a change to getting what you want.
Knowing your questions
Having an idea of what you what to solve as questions and putting them in priority can help you stay on track and get the most out of the reading.
Taking your time
It is helpful for you to take your time and not rush through the questions for you may miss some opportunities to ask follow up questions to the answers that were already given.
Your emotions
If you are in a bad mood it is not helpful for you to have a reading because no matter what the psychic says and you have already judging the reading it will not help you.
Being open
It is important for you to be open once you have chosen the psychic for you.
This helps you have a better reading because spirit only purpose is to help you.
Taking what you need
You may take in only what you need and what you can processes at the moment of the reading and that is why it is good for you to have some form of recording so that you can go back and listen again and again to get more out of the reading.
Respect
Spirit will give to you what you nee and what is beneficial for you.
If you are not align to win the lottery, they cannot give you the numbers
until you change you.
Probable future
Events are probable future and not written in stone and spirit guides can help you to have the best outcome that is beneficial for you.
Opening yourself and trusting that is what you need to hear at the moment can be helpful in trusting in spirit.
Accepting change
It may take you days or weeks before you can process the information you receive so allow yourself time to make small changes that will reinforce the new you.
Conclusion: Free online psychic reading can be helpful to you in directing you to the place that will be most valuable for your life journey.
David Seragih asked:
The word of God is like a piece of soap. The purpose of the soap is to wash away all dirts from your body. But it does not serve its function if it is not used or applied. Similarly, the word of God is useless if you do not apply it into your life. In this article, we will talk about the Holy Spirit and I hope in so doing, it will educate your mind, move your heart, and motivate your will to inspire you to represent Jesus in the marketplace in a new way with a renewed mind.
Acts 9 & Luke 4
In Acts 9, it provides a background to the conversion of the Apostle Paul. Paul, before he was converted, he has a passion of killing Christians. His mission was to source out the Christians and gets rid of them. On the road to Damascus with a mission to kill Christians, Jesus got hold of him. He had a personal encounter with Jesus and this turned his life around. In Acts 9:31, it stated that as a result of Paul’s conversion, he started to preach about Jesus being the Christ. The churches throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria were greatly edified by Paul’s teaching. The churches became united and multiplied. They became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit. Notice that there were two things at work here in the churches to give them strengths and increase. It was:
1. Fear of the Lord
2. Comfort or Encouragement of the Holy Spirit
What do you mean by the fear of the Lord? This fear is not talking about being frightened. It is about reverence, a reverential fear and respect of God. The believers were living in that mindset of reverential fear, honor and respect for God. It was this reverential fear, honor and respect for God that guided their daily lives, their choices, their relationships, their speech, and their thoughts. It means that their daily lives were lived in constant awareness of honor and respect for God. They lived in an awareness and consciousness of the presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
Because of these two things, the church multiplied and grew in the Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost, Peter said quoted the words of the Prophet Joel that in the last days, God would pour out His spirit upon all flesh. Through that very event, it introduced us to a new season in which the Holy Spirit will be the Administrator of the presence of God. Jesus called the Holy Spirit, the Lord of the Harvest – the saving of souls, the redemptive works of God, and the transformation of individual hearts. Without compromising your values and your conviction, the Holy Spirit is the one who seizes and arrests the hearts of individual. He is the One who cause the transformation of the hearts of the individuals.
Is this any different in the ministry works of Jesus? No. In Luke 4:18, Jesus announced that the Spirit of the Lord was upon Him and He has anointed Jesus to preach the gospel to the poor, to set the captives free, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the season of God’s grace. Before Jesus began His ministry, God announced him as His beloved Son and He was led by the Holy Spirit to the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Jesus was brought under specific tests that are critical to every leadership. The success and effectiveness of Jesus’ ministry in the next three years was because of the power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
What is true for the success of Jesus’ ministry is true of the success of any ministry today. The Holy Spirit comes to anoint the leadership and the ministry. God began to move us in the power and comfort of the Holy Spirit in order to give it the strength and the increase. You cannot do any ministry and be successful without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It is important that we give Him as many tools as possible to use us. Hence, education and training are important. Those these tools, the Holy Spirit show us the opportunity to move up in our career so we are in places of influence to cause change.
How does the Holy Spirit use these tools in us to cause change? Look at this in the part 2 in the Sermon Alive at http://www.sermonalive.com
The word of God is like a piece of soap. The purpose of the soap is to wash away all dirts from your body. But it does not serve its function if it is not used or applied. Similarly, the word of God is useless if you do not apply it into your life. In this article, we will talk about the Holy Spirit and I hope in so doing, it will educate your mind, move your heart, and motivate your will to inspire you to represent Jesus in the marketplace in a new way with a renewed mind.
Acts 9 & Luke 4
In Acts 9, it provides a background to the conversion of the Apostle Paul. Paul, before he was converted, he has a passion of killing Christians. His mission was to source out the Christians and gets rid of them. On the road to Damascus with a mission to kill Christians, Jesus got hold of him. He had a personal encounter with Jesus and this turned his life around. In Acts 9:31, it stated that as a result of Paul’s conversion, he started to preach about Jesus being the Christ. The churches throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria were greatly edified by Paul’s teaching. The churches became united and multiplied. They became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit. Notice that there were two things at work here in the churches to give them strengths and increase. It was:
1. Fear of the Lord
2. Comfort or Encouragement of the Holy Spirit
What do you mean by the fear of the Lord? This fear is not talking about being frightened. It is about reverence, a reverential fear and respect of God. The believers were living in that mindset of reverential fear, honor and respect for God. It was this reverential fear, honor and respect for God that guided their daily lives, their choices, their relationships, their speech, and their thoughts. It means that their daily lives were lived in constant awareness of honor and respect for God. They lived in an awareness and consciousness of the presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
Because of these two things, the church multiplied and grew in the Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost, Peter said quoted the words of the Prophet Joel that in the last days, God would pour out His spirit upon all flesh. Through that very event, it introduced us to a new season in which the Holy Spirit will be the Administrator of the presence of God. Jesus called the Holy Spirit, the Lord of the Harvest – the saving of souls, the redemptive works of God, and the transformation of individual hearts. Without compromising your values and your conviction, the Holy Spirit is the one who seizes and arrests the hearts of individual. He is the One who cause the transformation of the hearts of the individuals.
Is this any different in the ministry works of Jesus? No. In Luke 4:18, Jesus announced that the Spirit of the Lord was upon Him and He has anointed Jesus to preach the gospel to the poor, to set the captives free, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the season of God’s grace. Before Jesus began His ministry, God announced him as His beloved Son and He was led by the Holy Spirit to the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Jesus was brought under specific tests that are critical to every leadership. The success and effectiveness of Jesus’ ministry in the next three years was because of the power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
What is true for the success of Jesus’ ministry is true of the success of any ministry today. The Holy Spirit comes to anoint the leadership and the ministry. God began to move us in the power and comfort of the Holy Spirit in order to give it the strength and the increase. You cannot do any ministry and be successful without the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It is important that we give Him as many tools as possible to use us. Hence, education and training are important. Those these tools, the Holy Spirit show us the opportunity to move up in our career so we are in places of influence to cause change.
How does the Holy Spirit use these tools in us to cause change? Look at this in the part 2 in the Sermon Alive at http://www.sermonalive.com
Francis Hosein asked:
Psychics can see what you have done as far as cleansing or where you are spiritually and with this they can suggest ways to heal this or to get some help in improving yourself.
Choosing the right reader
It is important for you to choose the right psychic reader for that will make the difference for you in getting all your questions answered.
Clear goals
Having clear goals can help you when you to achieve them easier and faster with the help of free psychic answers.
Joint venture
When you venture into getting a psychic reading know that it is not just a one person show it is a joint adventure to give to you all of the necessary tools to help you achieve your success.
Write your questions down
When you write your questions down it help you to put it into reality and to redefine what you want to heal or accomplish.
Learning
As you get a reading it is also a learning experience for you in getting more information about yourself that someone else may know and can help you.
Reflection
When you have the reading it is difficult to see the big picture that is why it is in your best interest to take some time to reflect on what happen and how to live with the answers you receive.
Recording
If you can take the time to record what is being said from spirit, it may be useful after the session for integrating into your life.
Conclusion: Free psychic answers can be a motivating enough step for you to have those unanswered question that was bothering you and to make that change in your life.
Psychics can see what you have done as far as cleansing or where you are spiritually and with this they can suggest ways to heal this or to get some help in improving yourself.
Choosing the right reader
It is important for you to choose the right psychic reader for that will make the difference for you in getting all your questions answered.
Clear goals
Having clear goals can help you when you to achieve them easier and faster with the help of free psychic answers.
Joint venture
When you venture into getting a psychic reading know that it is not just a one person show it is a joint adventure to give to you all of the necessary tools to help you achieve your success.
Write your questions down
When you write your questions down it help you to put it into reality and to redefine what you want to heal or accomplish.
Learning
As you get a reading it is also a learning experience for you in getting more information about yourself that someone else may know and can help you.
Reflection
When you have the reading it is difficult to see the big picture that is why it is in your best interest to take some time to reflect on what happen and how to live with the answers you receive.
Recording
If you can take the time to record what is being said from spirit, it may be useful after the session for integrating into your life.
Conclusion: Free psychic answers can be a motivating enough step for you to have those unanswered question that was bothering you and to make that change in your life.
Patrick Roberts asked:
The Spirit and the flesh do not go together easily. To the person whose heart is affected by this world, God’s heavenly answers seem too inconvenient to accept without at least a little tweaking.
But this is the height of unreasonableness, that anyone might scoff at any answer God gives them directly. God demonstrates His blameless grace by answering men’s prayers, even if His answers aren’t what men were hoping for.
If we humans, as a whole race, have passed down and improved on anything throughout the generations, it has been an aptitude for rejecting God’s straightforward answers. So we should seek the Spirit’s help for praying, not only to petition effectively, but also to accept His answers unconditionally.
God’s answers will always reflect the fact that He knows better. This is a good thing because our minds and hearts are naturally saturated with the insanity of sin.
God is already telling those of us who dare to listen how to approach Him, dwell in Him and how to live in general. All the inconvenient answers that we need to hear are already close at hand. For example, right when I start getting interested in praying about this terrible, fallen world around me is the time that God’s grace bursts every self-righteous bubble I’m using to keep myself comfortable. Around the time when I get my religious diplomas framed and ready to hang on my church wall is the same time that God comes in to crash my party by informing me that neither diplomas nor walls have much to do with the kingdom of heaven.
However, in Christ we church professionals have the opportunity to press past ourselves and onward toward maturity. Because He is the Lord over this reality, we can embrace our true spiritual conditions, surrender ourselves to Him and let Him move us on from here.
Christ is commanding more truthful introspection, not because we need more attention for ourselves, but because we ought to be realistically humble in our dealings with the Almighty. If we’re sure beyond a doubt that we’re full and complete and content with ourselves as a western church, then our first order of business is to embrace God’s unmistakably devastating brand of self-emptying and self-death. When our old selves are completely annihilated in Christ, then we will be free to move on from our distracted crawls, toward a more mature, Christ-centered walk.
In light of God’s nature and my experience thus far, I am convinced that we western churchgoers possess barely enough spiritual motor skills to put one spiritual stone on top of another. But, as for now, let’s be encouraged that even the most rudimentary motor skills can be developed over time, through active practice.
I don’t mean that we westerners don’t have all the right answers. On the contrary, we pride ourselves in having all the right answers. But have we tried these right answers?
Truly, we are a well-educated bunch. But have we ever put our education to work?
We may have read all about the mechanics of putting one spiritual stone on top of another, to the point that even conducting a church service sounds simple enough. Most churchgoers are content to know the right answers so they can… what? Why, of course, go back to church again. And next Sunday? Go back to church again.
We westerners are a people who prefer ask our peers about “how we are doing” rather than ask Christ. We would rather crowd around each other for mutual encouragement, regardless of God’s opinion of us. That Christ is literally available to field every one of our questions might even seem silly to many churchgoers.
When we need confirmation for our work, we look inward at ourselves. And, when we want something tangible, we manufacture something to fit the bill. But this is contrary to sincere, Christ-seeking experimentation. And these things also point toward this general truth, that we are a spiritually underdeveloped people.
Mind you, if the lines of communication between you and the Lord are wide open, then you need not panic in any case. In fact, if you are on the same page as Christ, then you don’t even need me to tell you not to panic because He is already your direct Source of encouragement.
A simple truth is that God is no fool. He is not mocked by us little people. If wise men cannot be easily duped by people who claim to be something they aren’t, how much less can any mortal person deceive the Lord Omniscient!
But He will endorse a church that is on the same page as He, so that the world’s attention will be drawn to the people who draw attention to Christ. He approves of either all or none of a person’s life so that those who are His are thoroughly His, whether they work or play, eat or drink, speak or sit quiet.
No matter how many right answers we have accumulated for ourselves, the truth is that we western churchgoers cling to religious distraction before we cling to Christ. We would clutch our predictable shiny things rather than inherit heavenly treasure in Christ, even if this treasure applies to our lives right now. But blessed is anyone out of whose hands the Lord pries these things.
by Patrick Roberts. Find his book and additional material at www.BooksByPatrick.com
The Spirit and the flesh do not go together easily. To the person whose heart is affected by this world, God’s heavenly answers seem too inconvenient to accept without at least a little tweaking.
But this is the height of unreasonableness, that anyone might scoff at any answer God gives them directly. God demonstrates His blameless grace by answering men’s prayers, even if His answers aren’t what men were hoping for.
If we humans, as a whole race, have passed down and improved on anything throughout the generations, it has been an aptitude for rejecting God’s straightforward answers. So we should seek the Spirit’s help for praying, not only to petition effectively, but also to accept His answers unconditionally.
God’s answers will always reflect the fact that He knows better. This is a good thing because our minds and hearts are naturally saturated with the insanity of sin.
God is already telling those of us who dare to listen how to approach Him, dwell in Him and how to live in general. All the inconvenient answers that we need to hear are already close at hand. For example, right when I start getting interested in praying about this terrible, fallen world around me is the time that God’s grace bursts every self-righteous bubble I’m using to keep myself comfortable. Around the time when I get my religious diplomas framed and ready to hang on my church wall is the same time that God comes in to crash my party by informing me that neither diplomas nor walls have much to do with the kingdom of heaven.
However, in Christ we church professionals have the opportunity to press past ourselves and onward toward maturity. Because He is the Lord over this reality, we can embrace our true spiritual conditions, surrender ourselves to Him and let Him move us on from here.
Christ is commanding more truthful introspection, not because we need more attention for ourselves, but because we ought to be realistically humble in our dealings with the Almighty. If we’re sure beyond a doubt that we’re full and complete and content with ourselves as a western church, then our first order of business is to embrace God’s unmistakably devastating brand of self-emptying and self-death. When our old selves are completely annihilated in Christ, then we will be free to move on from our distracted crawls, toward a more mature, Christ-centered walk.
In light of God’s nature and my experience thus far, I am convinced that we western churchgoers possess barely enough spiritual motor skills to put one spiritual stone on top of another. But, as for now, let’s be encouraged that even the most rudimentary motor skills can be developed over time, through active practice.
I don’t mean that we westerners don’t have all the right answers. On the contrary, we pride ourselves in having all the right answers. But have we tried these right answers?
Truly, we are a well-educated bunch. But have we ever put our education to work?
We may have read all about the mechanics of putting one spiritual stone on top of another, to the point that even conducting a church service sounds simple enough. Most churchgoers are content to know the right answers so they can… what? Why, of course, go back to church again. And next Sunday? Go back to church again.
We westerners are a people who prefer ask our peers about “how we are doing” rather than ask Christ. We would rather crowd around each other for mutual encouragement, regardless of God’s opinion of us. That Christ is literally available to field every one of our questions might even seem silly to many churchgoers.
When we need confirmation for our work, we look inward at ourselves. And, when we want something tangible, we manufacture something to fit the bill. But this is contrary to sincere, Christ-seeking experimentation. And these things also point toward this general truth, that we are a spiritually underdeveloped people.
Mind you, if the lines of communication between you and the Lord are wide open, then you need not panic in any case. In fact, if you are on the same page as Christ, then you don’t even need me to tell you not to panic because He is already your direct Source of encouragement.
A simple truth is that God is no fool. He is not mocked by us little people. If wise men cannot be easily duped by people who claim to be something they aren’t, how much less can any mortal person deceive the Lord Omniscient!
But He will endorse a church that is on the same page as He, so that the world’s attention will be drawn to the people who draw attention to Christ. He approves of either all or none of a person’s life so that those who are His are thoroughly His, whether they work or play, eat or drink, speak or sit quiet.
No matter how many right answers we have accumulated for ourselves, the truth is that we western churchgoers cling to religious distraction before we cling to Christ. We would clutch our predictable shiny things rather than inherit heavenly treasure in Christ, even if this treasure applies to our lives right now. But blessed is anyone out of whose hands the Lord pries these things.
by Patrick Roberts. Find his book and additional material at www.BooksByPatrick.com
Patrick Roberts asked:
Ambitious churchgoers tend to assume too much about their own spirituality as they plan for their far off, unknown destinations. At the same time, they assume too little about the far-reaching effect of Spirit-led obedience right where they already are.
I myself cannot go abroad in good faith, because I would be wandering (maybe fleeing) away from an unreconciled home base. If all I know is this religious culture, then I’m in no condition to go elsewhere and tell other, far-off cultures about the kingdom of heaven. I say this not according to any fleshly unit of measurement, but from experience and God speaking to my conscience.
I’ve never planted a church in the United States, where I would assume that it should be easy! How can I go to another, hostile land under the label “church-planter” if the Spirit of God has never taught me how to plant a church in my own country? Again, this is not a discouraging new law, but rather an encouraging mindset that might lead us toward reconciled living and true, Spirit-led service.
Here in the United States, lots of people have already heard about Jesus and yet a single Christ-follower is extremely difficult to find. Are God’s people here at all, or are there only cold buildings with pointy towers and stained glass? This country offers freedom of speech for all people, supported by the Constitution and even defended by the U.S. government, yet there is between little and zero sincere proclamation of God’s groundbreaking gospel, to either individuals or publicly to the multitudes.
Missionaries desire far-off locations while they still feel that speaking to their next-door neighbor about Jesus Christ is a terrifying prospect. Granted, many churchgoers are sincere, but many only force themselves to speak to their neighbors about Christ out of religious duty or because they might feel bad if they didn’t. Even on the home front, when outreach-minded churchgoers “share their faith,” this often springs from sanctified guilt-tripping or because “their pastor told them to do it.”
Constitutional law frees our mouths to speak out loud if we should so choose, but the Spirit of God has not made us free to speak spiritual truth with our daily lives.
Excuse my childish thinking, but why not try preaching the gospel here for starters? Call it a warm up for the “big game” across seas if you’re still are stuck on thinking that God is impressed with man-made, political boundaries.
What, I wonder, is so intriguing about other countries? And why do we suppose that our stale American faith will work so much better in another country, where the culture and government and language are openly opposed to the gospel?
Mind you, I don’t want to ask myself these questions. All this talk about being faithful right where I am is unwelcome news for me and my impressive plans for God. I do not want to hear that God’s kingdom also applies to the United States and I don’t want to come to grips with the fact that Christ is fully God in my own hometown. I don’t want to hear that I should sincerely seek God’s kingdom in the U.S. as a matter of first priority simply because I am American. And I really don’t want to hear that God’s kingdom is bigger than me or anything I can figure out on my own.
by Patrick Roberts. Find his book and additional resources at www.BooksByPatrick.com
Ambitious churchgoers tend to assume too much about their own spirituality as they plan for their far off, unknown destinations. At the same time, they assume too little about the far-reaching effect of Spirit-led obedience right where they already are.
I myself cannot go abroad in good faith, because I would be wandering (maybe fleeing) away from an unreconciled home base. If all I know is this religious culture, then I’m in no condition to go elsewhere and tell other, far-off cultures about the kingdom of heaven. I say this not according to any fleshly unit of measurement, but from experience and God speaking to my conscience.
I’ve never planted a church in the United States, where I would assume that it should be easy! How can I go to another, hostile land under the label “church-planter” if the Spirit of God has never taught me how to plant a church in my own country? Again, this is not a discouraging new law, but rather an encouraging mindset that might lead us toward reconciled living and true, Spirit-led service.
Here in the United States, lots of people have already heard about Jesus and yet a single Christ-follower is extremely difficult to find. Are God’s people here at all, or are there only cold buildings with pointy towers and stained glass? This country offers freedom of speech for all people, supported by the Constitution and even defended by the U.S. government, yet there is between little and zero sincere proclamation of God’s groundbreaking gospel, to either individuals or publicly to the multitudes.
Missionaries desire far-off locations while they still feel that speaking to their next-door neighbor about Jesus Christ is a terrifying prospect. Granted, many churchgoers are sincere, but many only force themselves to speak to their neighbors about Christ out of religious duty or because they might feel bad if they didn’t. Even on the home front, when outreach-minded churchgoers “share their faith,” this often springs from sanctified guilt-tripping or because “their pastor told them to do it.”
Constitutional law frees our mouths to speak out loud if we should so choose, but the Spirit of God has not made us free to speak spiritual truth with our daily lives.
Excuse my childish thinking, but why not try preaching the gospel here for starters? Call it a warm up for the “big game” across seas if you’re still are stuck on thinking that God is impressed with man-made, political boundaries.
What, I wonder, is so intriguing about other countries? And why do we suppose that our stale American faith will work so much better in another country, where the culture and government and language are openly opposed to the gospel?
Mind you, I don’t want to ask myself these questions. All this talk about being faithful right where I am is unwelcome news for me and my impressive plans for God. I do not want to hear that God’s kingdom also applies to the United States and I don’t want to come to grips with the fact that Christ is fully God in my own hometown. I don’t want to hear that I should sincerely seek God’s kingdom in the U.S. as a matter of first priority simply because I am American. And I really don’t want to hear that God’s kingdom is bigger than me or anything I can figure out on my own.
by Patrick Roberts. Find his book and additional resources at www.BooksByPatrick.com