I found this video very interesting! To realize that even those who don't believe in God pay attention to those who believe enough to share their faith. I wonder if we believe enough to realize that others need to hear what we know to be the truth.
Like the man said, "if you saw a truck that was about to hit someone you would push them out of harms way." Real Love, Real Faith must witness!
We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation. (2 Cornithians 6:1-2).
We have received His Grace and part of our response is to care about others enough to offer them the same Grace! Somewhere along the way it appears as though sharing our faith has become "embarrassing." Or at the very least culturally and socially unacceptable.
If we truly believe in heaven and hell, we must share the "good news" with all people. I want to encourage you to share your faith with others. This is a great week to do it... !
We are remembering His death, burial and resurrection this very week. Please care enough to share His - Story with others.
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By loving us, God makes us lovable.
What do you call a soldier without an army? (Deserter)
What do you call a child without a family? (Orphan)
What do you call a fish without water? (Dead)
What do you call a Christian without a Church? [all the above]
The Church is the powerful forming or shaping of God's People to establish His kingdom on the earth. QDM
"Not all who wander are lost!" JRR Tolkien
True, whole prayer is nothing but love!
St. Augustine
To journey without being changed is to be a nomad,
To change without journeying is to be a chameleon,
To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.
(Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk)
Haiti 1
THE QUOTE OF THE DAY
(St. Augustine)
What do you call a soldier without an army? (Deserter)
What do you call a child without a family? (Orphan)
What do you call a fish without water? (Dead)
What do you call a Christian without a Church? [all the above]
The Church is the powerful forming or shaping of God's People to establish His kingdom on the earth. QDM
"Not all who wander are lost!" JRR Tolkien
True, whole prayer is nothing but love!
St. Augustine
To journey without being changed is to be a nomad,
To change without journeying is to be a chameleon,
To journey and be transformed by the journey is to be a pilgrim.
(Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk)
In every encounter, God asks "Adam, where are you? Where do you stand? How is it with you?" To answer this question, a person must be willing, lucid, transparent. Once someone has left behind the habitual prayers of childhood and has entered into the personal encounter, there is no way back. He must live in the light of God and expose and entrust himself to the light ever more unconditionally. (Adrienne Von Speyr)
4 comments:
Bishop, you are right that is a moving clip. I have always like Penn and Teller but he is so hard. I really was moved at his question about loving another human being enough to go out of your way if you know they are going to die. So few people in this society seem ready to do that. My prayer for myself is that I would care enough, that I would love enough, that I would be faithful enough.
I think we all must ask ourselves how deeply we love. Love that causes us to take a risk and go against the status quo... against the acceptable cultural standards. Do we love enough to at least attempt to reach those who don't yet believe????
THe words that poured out of his mouth, he was polite, honest, sane, and he cared. To be polite in a world that can be so rude,to since the honesty when there is so much deciet, to have insanity driven from the thought of who he might be, and to care in manner that touched his heart. Penn will call this man.
Sincerity seems to be an attribute that is difficult to fabricate. It seems to flow from the heart and not from the mouth. It also seems to be obvious from which source it comes. The cross is an event that opened access to mankind once again to the Father. It allowed God's life to fill our lives. It allowed us to be partakers of the intimacy that has been shared by the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit for all eternity. In my humble opinion, its the words that flow to a lost world based on that deep personal relationship with our Creator, that will not return void and have the impact such as displayed in Penn's comments. Our words will only become the Living Word when they are the fruit of our intimacy with the Father.
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