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Greetings fellow Steemians.
Welcome to Week 8 of Open Church
Open Church is an initiative by @majes, @nextgen622 and the Christian trail community on Steemit. It aims to be a place where Christians on Steemit can hang out, encourage and build up one another, and reflect the love of Christ. The church is not a building, but is made up of people who have been transformed by God's grace.
Steemit is not all about money, but it's also a community of real people with real needs. So let us be a community of brothers and sisters that can Truly support one another with our real lives. Hope we can put aside the money element of Steemit and enter into authentic fellowship with one another.
Each week we will be putting up a new post with a new topic or theme for discussion. But feel free to come here just to fellowship and be a blessing to one another. Whatever denominational background your from, or if you're just curious about the Christian faith, everyone is welcome.
So feel free to share a link to your favourite worship song, share a word of encouragement, a prayer request, or introduce yourself. But please do not promote any posts here, or get into any arguments here.
Today's theme is... Feel free to share as you feel led; a word of encouragement, a song of praise, a scripture or prayer request, a question, or topical discussion... whatever you like
You can also join us for some more fellowship in the channel on Christian-Chat
Be Blessed.
I think each of us have crosses in life that bring us closer to God. We will never know the pain that Jesus went though, however our crosses help us to understand sacrifice and selfless love. I believe they are also there to prevent us from growing too attached to this world. There is a incompleteness in our lives in this world that can only be filled by God. and so we look forward to the next world but realize we need to grow and be fashioned by the master carpenter Jesus to be ready for the next. If we are not we will not enjoy heaven nor be appropriate for it as we would have sin. Our sin needs to be chiseled out to make something more beautiful and pure. It is wonderful that he cares for a scrap like you or me. For that I am eternally grateful.
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What you said above is what we read here in: 1 Peter 1:6-9 "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not seen[a] you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls."
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I've been meditating on this text in 2 Peter 1:3-4 - feeling quite empowered to do all that is in front of me well...
"3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."
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Great passage. Thanks for sharing.
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its rocking my reality!
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In what way? Would love to hear your insights on the passage and what God has been showing you.
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So our experiences are real - and the things coming at us are real - however the perception we carry (I carry) is often contorted by fear, past experiences, others opinions etc...
Right now specifically with parenting my kids are experiencing some real challenges that I have minimal understanding in. This passage has been a baseline for me in declaring that I have everything I need to parent well in my relationship with Holy Spirit. As I declare that/believe that in increasing measure - I am able to engage these challenging situations not with fear/insecurity but in confidence that not only is God with me, but He will give me all that I need exactly when I need it.
It's gone in tandem with the Lord's Prayer - when Jesus tells us to pray on earth as it is in heaven. Really an incredible text if you think about what Jesus' expectations are in praying that. We actually are supposed to bring the reality of the joy/love/peace of heaven into everyone of our life experiences...
what do you think?
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Very deep verses this @breakthrough, much to learn from it.
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#AmazingGrace, The unsearchable richest of the Glory of His eternal Grace, Which is the depth of His Self Sacrificing Love at the Cross of Calvary is the visible evidence of His Amazing Grace pour upon us by the Holy Spirit who dwell within us in Christ Jesus Merciful and Gracious Name, amen.
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Love this by Twila Paris, oh for that Day..
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Very beautiful @wilx. Enjoyed it very much!
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Isn't it? God bless.
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