The kingdom of God captures both good and bad people. The message is given to both. They live together and are given a chance to change and grow. The kingdom does not operate according to human calculations. We do the work which God has entrusted to us, and then trust in God to bring about the result.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and Samaria and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8) As a church we recognize that we serve the Triune God, and we stress the importance of developing our relationship with God and with Jesus, yet it seems to me that there is a lack of talk about our relationship with the Spirit. What is the Holy Spirit? I believe many of us regard the Spirit as something of an essence or wind-like force that surrounds us and leads us to be like God.
Understanding the doctrine of Eschatology can help to provide believers with a source of joy when they are enduring struggles, because this doctrine emphasizes that believers have a future secured by God. True 23. Dr. Langberg stated that suffering people in crisis: often bring to a helper their histories which surface more during alarm moments of
The only way for a client to change is to truly accept God and allow Him to lead them in His direction and in His time. As stated in 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." God changes us all when we believe and follow in Him. He is the ultimate healer of all problems. The Human Personality It is important to understand how the human personality works in order to be able to counsel the client.
Whither I realize it or not people are always watching me. So how do I want them to remember me? So I’ve been trying to set a good example so that I wont have to tell people my beliefs, but that they can see it through my actions. His trust in God amazes me. It makes me want to get in the word and commit like him.
Modern Day Beatitudes During the “Sermon on the Mount” Jesus distributed among his followers little pearls of wisdom known as the Beatitudes. Once strung together, the Beatitudes become a magnificent exemplar on how to live a life in accordance to the teachings of Jesus. The attitudes that one may adopt from these teachings may change one’s character, and help foster their spiritual self, even as they are faced with the materialistic beliefs that cloud one’s true being. By following these guidelines of living, one may truly experience the harmony of Heaven on Earth. The first Beatitude is is the root from which all other Beatitudes grow.
I’m glad where able to come under banner one and man of God, because we have different demonstrations and teachings, but were serving one God. We live in a world where individualism is encouraged to the extinct, where we are sometimes forced to consider ourselves separate from one another. That’s why I’m glad I have Bishop James McNeal Jr. in my life. He knows how to bring the people of God together. N.C.F.C.
He knows that God’s call for him, before he was even born, was to lead in worship. Many times we take what God’s call for our lives is and use it for what we think is more valuable to us. This truth was confirmed with him also in admitting the result of this choice; it led to unrest, uncertainty, and instability. His words were, “Because I was a born-again child of God, in a sense my life was a life of hypocrisy; calling
Being able to give an answer to everyone who asks is known as apologetics, which means to “give an answer.” 1{Hindson, Caner, 28} Paul said in 1 Peter 3:15 “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” (NIV). Peter does not simply suggest that we be prepared, but he compels us to be prepared always. Christianity is under attack not only by those within Christianity, but also by those in cults and other faiths.
The existence of God, in most human lives, serves as a path or map guiding us toward moral perfection, a way of living, thinking or striving in order to earn wonderful gifts. The gifts that have been set aside for us if we reach or surpass predefined goals that have been set for lives. However, do we in fact have a moral set of directions for us to follow? Who developed these rules and are we able to change them? According to St. Anselm in his ontological argument, he describes God as an idea or concept of which nothing greater can be conceived (Living Issues in Philosophy, page 388).