Looks like my generation has been convinced against parenting.
So anyone who makes the sacrifice to actively raise and nurse their children is tagged as "unambitious, irresponsible, lazy and idle"
The family system is not a glamorous one.
We certainly don't get awards for raising godly seeds,
But God certainly rewards our faithfulness and diligence in providing the presence and exemplary living that raises Christian disciples out of babes and sucklings.
Please, if you've chosen to be very deliberate about parenting in a way that makes you appear too homely and too careful, don't be intimidated by the voices of ridicule.
Your labours count,
Your work is relevant
Your seed will produce a great harvest.
Do not make the mistake to think that you cannot legitimately prosecute a 6-hour prayer session ONLY in tongues.
You can.
As long as you are not tonguing mindlessly, you can pray ALL of your prayers for that session in tongues. You can.
Don't get it twisted. You should carry your mind along in prayer. But that doesn't necessarily mean you'd be doing large swatches of the prayer with your understanding. It might. But not necessarily.
The model is still: Pray in the spirit, with your spirit and your understanding.
And if praying in the Spirit means ONLY praying with your spirit, then by all means pray in the Spirit.
If praying in the Spirit means ONLY praying with your understanding, please pray in the Spirit.
If praying in the Spirit means utilizing your spirit and your understanding in prayer, do it.
Just pray in the Spirit.
I know I’m still listening but you guys I have found my favourite already!
Track 5: Speechless!!!!!
Literally having goosebumps on my arms.
“My words are failing
Holy Spirit, sing through me
My words are failing
Help me worship
Where do I start from?
How do I say it?
What do I do?
Where do I start from?”
#NewWine #Speechless
SPEAKING SOLEMNLY
Anyone living in sexual sins (fornication, adultery, pornography, etc), has no place in Christian ministry. Immorality is a very big deal, scripturally. The believer's BODY is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Yes, the BODY. Therefore, what you do with God's dwelling place must be of colossal significance. Don't you see it?
And, because of the sacredness of Christian ministry, while you can legitimately be a struggling Believer for a season, you cannot be a struggling minister, if the struggle is that you have not overcome sexual immorality. In this regard, the category of a struggling minister does not exist, biblically considered.
This is not about being a "wounded soldier." But in any case, if a soldier takes a bullet during combat, we don't hand him over to the enemies, yes. And we also don't leave him in the frontline to continue fighting – with his wound. We take him out and away for treatment. Whether he can even return to active duty later on depends on the severity/impact of the 'wound' sustained and the assessment of the team managing his case. Taking him out of combat is a responsible act of love and not a case of "condemning our own."
Back from the digression. It is alien to the spirit of Christ, to say someone is a minister of the gospel, even though he commits immorality. The practice of immorality cannot coexist with legitimate practice of ministry. A fornicator or an adulterer is not a Minister. Cannot be.
A minister of the gospel MUST be above reproach. People MUST be safe under his care. Money, too, MUST be safe under his care. The bible insists that he sustains a high level of integrity – morally, ethically, socially.
This is why the Charismata, the gifts of the Spirit are never mentioned as qualification or eligibility for ministry. Check the texts.
So, the practice of equating giftedness with eligibility for ministry is unbiblical and should be discouraged. Being a gifted speaker, for instance, does not qualify anyone for Christian ministry. If you know all the Rhema in the book, and all the historic fine points of orthodoxy, but you're an intermittent fornicator/adulterer, you are ineligible for Christian Ministry. You need to be discipled, you should not be discipling anyone, at all.
Read the passage below carefully, to the very last verse, please: It says a Pastor:
"...must be a good man whose life cannot be spoken against. He must have only one wife, and he must be hard working and thoughtful, orderly, and full of good deeds. He must enjoy having guests in his home and must be a good Bible teacher. He must not be a drinker or quarrelsome, but he must be gentle and kind and not be one who loves money. He must have a well-behaved family, with children who obey quickly and quietly. For if a man can’t make his own little family behave, how can he help the whole church? The pastor must not be a new Christian because he might be proud of being chosen so soon, and pride comes before a fall. (Satan’s downfall is an example.) Also, he must be well spoken of by people outside the church—those who aren’t Christians—so that Satan can’t trap him with many accusations and leave him without freedom to lead his flock"
On the last point above, many people who work in Hotels don't take the church seriously because the see the behind-the-scenes lifestyle of Pastors. A minister must have one life, must be not be two-faced. And he must be an example to both insiders and outsiders.
If the church is weak, Satan is only a remote cause. If the church is weak anywhere, the church is the reason why.
And now, may the glorious Lord of the church step into this seeming perpetual desolation, and pour us the blessing that is Revival.
#CryForRevival
Ever been in love?
You see how you spend 4 hours over the phone discussing the nothings of life and repeating them sheepishly? Those days at NCCF family house, saints would be up through the night because of free call options at night.
Nobody ever said "it is not about how much time you spend talking with your lover, it is about the heart." Well, nobody says so until it comes talking to the God we profess to love. Then some saints will come up with hollow bangers lines like: "it is about quality time not the quantity of time spent in prayers."
We all know what we are doing o! Because...
Dump Update
Must be during one of those occasional CT campaigns against 'long prayers'
#2025Dump