I am easily distracted, knocked off course or sidelined, whatever you call it, I am sure it applies to me.
Right now I am in the middle of one of the most powerful 3 day events that Crossroads has ever hosted. Lives are being changed for eternity. Worldviews are being re-formed. Clear creation teaching is bringing clarity to areas of our thinking that have been sitting on the fence - precariously teetering between Truth and worldly misconceptions for years.
So many positive things this weekend.
And still...my head is turned by careless remarks made by a couple of people that didn't get their way.
HOW can I so easily look away from God's work toward the enemies' distractions? He gets my focus time after time. Shame on me. And yet...
Just as I got a bit discouraged, He reveled His provision once again in a most unexpected way, drawing me back into His request to, "Follow Me" ...
And so - re-focused yet again, I look forward to another blessing from tonight's services, where we will experience just a wee taste of heaven lifting our voices together and learning more about defending our faith.
Sometimes I wonder if God looks at me and thinks "Good grief, what do I have to do to keep her attention on me?" He is so patient with me and I love Him - waiting anxiously to see what precious truth He will reveal to us tonight!!
Showing posts with label defend your faith. Show all posts
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
what would you say
On the radio today I heard the following question asked, "Why do you believe in Jesus and not in another religion?"
So what would you say?
I heard things like, "He's the only one that rose from the dead" ...the problem is, they don't believe that He did, they think it's just a story.
Another caller, "I would just take them to the scripture and prove that God is real and Jesus is alive"...the problem is, they think your book is just a religious book like the book they follow.
An interesting answer was, "it's the only religion where God reached down to man giving the gift of Jesus freely, all other religions are religions of spending your whole life trying to be good enough, reaching up, following requirements and ultimately 'earning' your way in"...the problem with other religions is where is the magic line you finally cross that says you are good enough?
I remember a pastor teaching once that the only thing NO ONE can argue with is your personal testimony of how Christ has changed your life.
The religions that require 'works' work to reach good enough from the time they can walk until the day they die, never reaching a point of 'life change' like only Jesus offers us. That is why how we live our lives is so important, they truly are the only glimpse of the Lord that some people ever see.
So...what would you say - how do you defend your faith when challenged to explain or witness to someone who is far from being a believer in the one and only God?
So what would you say?
I heard things like, "He's the only one that rose from the dead" ...the problem is, they don't believe that He did, they think it's just a story.
Another caller, "I would just take them to the scripture and prove that God is real and Jesus is alive"...the problem is, they think your book is just a religious book like the book they follow.
An interesting answer was, "it's the only religion where God reached down to man giving the gift of Jesus freely, all other religions are religions of spending your whole life trying to be good enough, reaching up, following requirements and ultimately 'earning' your way in"...the problem with other religions is where is the magic line you finally cross that says you are good enough?
I remember a pastor teaching once that the only thing NO ONE can argue with is your personal testimony of how Christ has changed your life.
The religions that require 'works' work to reach good enough from the time they can walk until the day they die, never reaching a point of 'life change' like only Jesus offers us. That is why how we live our lives is so important, they truly are the only glimpse of the Lord that some people ever see.
So...what would you say - how do you defend your faith when challenged to explain or witness to someone who is far from being a believer in the one and only God?
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