A sad truth is that most christians go to church heavily burdened. Instead of thanking God first, they murmur towards God. In our church, many members go to service full of problems. They seldom give encouragements because all they think of and share are their struggles.
“Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.”
Luke 6:31 (NASB)
How do you want yourself to be treated? Have you ever imagined yourself being fooled, disrespected, not given mercy, not even a hand cares in times of your troubles? What if you need money or food but still no one offered?
The devil don’t intend to mingle with us or make friends. What he wanted is to destroy our life, our relationships, our businesses, our jobs; everything that is in our life. The devils plans are very opposite to God’s plan.
Here are some key points why we need to PRAY:
1.) Because God said Pray!
2.) Because prayer has power and authority.
3.) Because prayer is our way to communicate with God.
4.) Because prayer can make impossible, possible!
5.) Because prayer is one act of worship.
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”
Romans 12:15 (NASB)
Sympathizing is not only applicable on good times. Reality is that people need our attention and time once they are struggling.
I was greatly disappointed when I heard some christians say that they get tired talking to people about problems. They say that instead of being happy and blooming all day, heavy burdens fill their hearts whenever they hear problematic stories.
1 Peter 3:8-9 (NASB)
To sum up,all of you be harmonious, sympathetic,brotherly,kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.
Even if we call ourselves christians, there are so many times which we remain unfaithful to God. Some of us already changed our lives when we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. However, a lot of christian tries to go back to their old lifestyle which is sinning against God.
Perhaps you are also into this very same situation. Hoping to change your life but your body is longing for the old lifestyle you had before. You’ve probably been into problematic circumstances that instead of trusting God, you ask for your friends advice. This kind of situation is quite normal but is not pleasing to God.
When you are in a struggling situation, to whom do you ask for help? This morning, as soon as I wake up, I felt joy, peace and happiness in my heart. I am not really sure why so I take hold of the thought that it is the fruit of the Spirit according to the book of Galatians. Everything seems to be ok since I started the day praying and praising God.
For some reason, my mood changed this afternoon. I am not really sure why but what I know is that in an instant, I felt sad and depressed.
It is a trend nowadays that most christians support a church ministry. Even the youth gave their special time to help minister to unbelievers thus sharing the Word of God.
Talking about the Kings of Israel written in the book of Kings and Chronicles, there are so many who walked wickedly and a few who followed the ways of the Lord. Sad to say that on those few kings who followed God, some of them did not walk wholeheartedly with God. Unfortunately, there are some which the bible specifically emphasizes like “Amaziah King of Judah”. In 2 Chronicles 25:2, the bible says that “he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord but not wholeheartedly.” On the first few verses of chapter 25, Amaziah followed God but in the end he turned away from God. Verse 27 says that “From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, the people conspired against him in Jerusalem and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.“
Salvation is believe to be a very complicated issue. All religious groups claims different ways of being saved. How would you know which is true? If you are asked, do you truly know the answer? In this 2 minute video, Paul Washer will define the true meaning of Salvation.
