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Post by justinadams on Feb 14, 2019 7:17:36 GMT -5
God uses me best for intercessory prayer, one-on-one exhortation, and donating funds/goods from a distance. I get exhausted when I talk to a lot of different people. Noisy/chaotic environments make me nervous. If I can stay home and be a blessing through the internet, I’d rather do that. There are things written in scripture that apply to the church as a whole, but not to every individual in the church. Each one needs to wait upon the Lord for his/her own part and be led by Him......and not be pressured and guilt-tripped by religious folks into doing what God is not individually leading us to do. We can do nothing without Him....if He is not in something either because He hasn't led us there, or we haven't been prepared for it yet, then we just won't have the proper unction to do the task. I think women especially often feel pressured nowadays to be involved in ways that woman are not generally called by God to be. And the need to remain under the protective covering and authority of our husbands also gets forgotten. We have not been designed generally to be "out there" and exposed to the fray, but mostly for behind the scenes kinds of works. (There are exceptions, as Deborah is an example, but I'm talking generally. And even Deborah got pressured to go to a battle that she didn't really need to be at.) Other factors may involve the need for healing or removal of other hindrances, and we need to seek the Lord whenever He brings to our awareness things that are in the way of our moving freely as the Spirit leads. We are winning this war, one battle at a time, little by little, going from victory to victory. Praise the Lord, He knows the way that we take. I think you are right on here. At the risk of being labeled a male chauvinist, I will suggest that women in general have been pressured into many roles they are ill equipped to handle. They are the nurturers of our human race, yet I think they are led into many roles they are unsuited for. Take the psyche 'sciences'. It is only recently that males have been outnumbered by females in this fake science. The natural nurturing ability has been well engulfed in this so-called science so that now most shrinks are female. This with other 'adaptations' has become part of the failings of our society as a whole. Yes, Deborah is a good example of the Lord using a woman where there were no men of courage to do a job that needed doing. The exception rather than the rule though. The Lord God has the role of women well defined in scripture, yet the 'modern' assemblies seem oblivious to this. Nuff said.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 9:43:55 GMT -5
There are things written in scripture that apply to the church as a whole, but not to every individual in the church. Each one needs to wait upon the Lord for his/her own part and be led by Him......and not be pressured and guilt-tripped by religious folks into doing what God is not individually leading us to do. We can do nothing without Him....if He is not in something either because He hasn't led us there, or we haven't been prepared for it yet, then we just won't have the proper unction to do the task. I think women especially often feel pressured nowadays to be involved in ways that woman are not generally called by God to be. And the need to remain under the protective covering and authority of our husbands also gets forgotten. We have not been designed generally to be "out there" and exposed to the fray, but mostly for behind the scenes kinds of works. (There are exceptions, as Deborah is an example, but I'm talking generally. And even Deborah got pressured to go to a battle that she didn't really need to be at.) Other factors may involve the need for healing or removal of other hindrances, and we need to seek the Lord whenever He brings to our awareness things that are in the way of our moving freely as the Spirit leads. We are winning this war, one battle at a time, little by little, going from victory to victory. Praise the Lord, He knows the way that we take. I think you are right on here. At the risk of being labeled a male chauvinist, I will suggest that women in general have been pressured into many roles they are ill equipped to handle. They are the nurturers of our human race, yet I think they are led into many roles they are unsuited for. Take the psyche 'sciences'. It is only recently that males have been outnumbered by females in this fake science. The natural nurturing ability has been well engulfed in this so-called science so that now most shrinks are female. This with other 'adaptations' has become part of the failings of our society as a whole. Yes, Deborah is a good example of the Lord using a woman where there were no men of courage to do a job that needed doing. The exception rather than the rule though. The Lord God has the role of women well defined in scripture, yet the 'modern' assemblies seem oblivious to this. Nuff said. The right ways of God are being turned upside down......society is sick and needs healing. And the result is that children are not receiving either the nurturing or discipline that they need, which only contributes to more problems. And churches and believers are being infected by society rather than the other way around. What seems to be happening now is that the professionals tell their "customers" what they want to hear, rather than the truth...they support the patient's point of view rather than helping them to see their situation from a balanced and fair perspective grounded in the truth.....and that reflects the change in the overall philosophy, since the bible is no longer the foundation of people's thinking. Healing can only come when whatever went crooked and askew in the person gets straightened to agree with the plumbline, with God's help...only the plumbline of truth can set us free. This is all adding up to a huge train wreck happening in slow motion. Lord, won't you please rise up and help! I think the only hope for mercy now is if our generation starts to really examine ourselves and own up to our failures and our part in why things have gone this way, both personally and corporately. If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray..... Prayer time for me often involves tears of Godly sorrow for my own personal failures, and I don't consider it a "negative" thing but necessary. And it's strange, but I never come away depressed, but unburdened and hopeful. I am only sometimes a little worried and disappointed if I DON'T end up in a puddle of tears, then I feel like, Lord, I didnt' go deep enough this morning. I need reviving.....and the church needs reviving, even His remnant is flagging in the wilderness, and it needs to start with each one of us personally. A humble and contrite heart He does not despise, so it can never be a bad thing to really search ourselves honestly and ask the Lord to search our hearts, and ask Him to pour out water from the Rock because we NEED it.
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Post by PG4Him on Feb 14, 2019 10:00:12 GMT -5
Modern Western society is systematically set up in such a way that a Biblical lifestyle is impossible. We are actively being prevented from living out NT ideals. No need to “outlaw” Christianity when social and cultural pressures will do the trick. That way we have a “praying nation” with “God’s blessing” over our economy, while we live like pagans in our daily affairs. Enemy forces have learned much since their early failures.
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Post by John on Feb 14, 2019 14:18:01 GMT -5
Modern Western society is systematically set up in such a way that a Biblical lifestyle is impossible. We are actively being prevented from living out NT ideals. No need to “outlaw” Christianity when social and cultural pressures will do the trick. That way we have a “praying nation” with “God’s blessing” over our economy, while we live like pagans in our daily affairs. Enemy forces have learned much since their early failures. I don't know if western society has made it impossible, but it has made it very difficult to live a Biblical lifestyle. You will be constantly swimming against the current.
Many years ago, I was at a meeting with the late Richard Hall, and he told everyone to get up and start walking. Everyone did, but in the same direction. He said not to just follow the crowd, and me and my wife turned around and walked the other way. We were the only ones, and had trouble getting through with everyone else going the other direction. I have been going against the tide ever since.
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Post by PG4Him on Feb 14, 2019 14:46:22 GMT -5
Many years ago, I was at a meeting with the late Richard Hall, and he told everyone to get up and start walking. Everyone did, but in the same direction. He said not to just follow the crowd, and me and my wife turned around and walked the other way. We were the only ones, and had trouble getting through with everyone else going the other direction. I have been going against the tide ever since. This reminds me of one of the last things I ever saw on Facebook. Someone posted this photo and asked what it meant. Thousands of people responded with identical answers to be unique and go against the crowd. The irony was painfully lost. To this day I wonder if it was a sociology experiment for a college student. goo.gl/images/YHYCX7
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Post by John on Feb 14, 2019 14:50:01 GMT -5
Many years ago, I was at a meeting with the late Richard Hall, and he told everyone to get up and start walking. Everyone did, but in the same direction. He said not to just follow the crowd, and me and my wife turned around and walked the other way. We were the only ones, and had trouble getting through with everyone else going the other direction. I have been going against the tide ever since. This reminds me of one of the last things I ever saw on Facebook. Someone posted this photo and asked what it meant. Thousands of people responded with identical answers to be unique and go against the crowd. The irony was painfully lost. To this day I wonder if it was a sociology experiment for a college student. What exactly was the picture of?
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Post by PG4Him on Feb 14, 2019 14:55:51 GMT -5
This reminds me of one of the last things I ever saw on Facebook. Someone posted this photo and asked what it meant. Thousands of people responded with identical answers to be unique and go against the crowd. The irony was painfully lost. To this day I wonder if it was a sociology experiment for a college student. What exactly was the picture of?
The photo wouldn’t attach, so I had to link.
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Post by John on Feb 14, 2019 15:06:06 GMT -5
What exactly was the picture of?
The photo wouldn’t attach, so I had to link. If it was a picture of a man walking the opposite direction of everyone else, you could choose to say it means something bazaar to be different, like it means he forgot to turn the stove off and had to go back, but you would have to know the reason for the question to think to go against the obvious right answer.
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Post by John on Feb 14, 2019 15:12:27 GMT -5
Richard Hall was a prophet, and founder of United Christian Church. I was Pastoring a church that was set up under his charter at the time of the meeting. This was in the mid 90s. I think it was around 1993.
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Post by PG4Him on Feb 14, 2019 15:19:38 GMT -5
The photo wouldn’t attach, so I had to link. If it was a picture of a man walking the opposite direction of everyone else, you could choose to say it means something bazaar to be different, like it means he forgot to turn the stove off and had to go back, but you would have to know the reason for the question to think to go against the obvious right answer.
Ah but therein lies the trap. The crowd tends to go in the obvious direction. Take a glance, make a snap decision, and follow the path of least resistance. Only those who questioned the question got the right answer.
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Post by John on Feb 14, 2019 15:28:52 GMT -5
If it was a picture of a man walking the opposite direction of everyone else, you could choose to say it means something bazaar to be different, like it means he forgot to turn the stove off and had to go back, but you would have to know the reason for the question to think to go against the obvious right answer.
Ah but therein lies the trap. The crowd tends to go in the obvious direction. Take a glance, make a snap decision, and follow the path of least resistance. Only those who questioned the question got the right answer. I understand, but what made this situation worse was we did all begin following the crowd, till he said not to. Me and my wife turned and began bumping into people, but nobody else listened to him. They continued to march in the same direction, and he never repeated his call not to do that, and never gave any explanation for it.
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Post by PG4Him on Feb 14, 2019 16:16:44 GMT -5
Ah but therein lies the trap. The crowd tends to go in the obvious direction. Take a glance, make a snap decision, and follow the path of least resistance. Only those who questioned the question got the right answer. I understand, but what made this situation worse was we did all begin following the crowd, till he said not to. Me and my wife turned and began bumping into people, but nobody else listened to him. They continued to march in the same direction, and he never repeated his call not to do that, and never gave any explanation for it.
It would have been interesting if he’d done follow-up questions to discover why. Did they stop listening? Could they not hear him? Were they afraid to turn around? Were they confused by unexpected instructions? Maybe he did it for his own purposes to size up the crowd.
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