How many times have I heard "we left that church because we were not being fed". Give me a major break. Leave because God leads you away for another purpose. Leave because you hate the pastor. Leave because you want pink carpet instead of lime green. Don't leave because you cannot open the word of God and feed yourself.
There, I feel better now.
It is my job to develop my faith. It is the job of my pastor to equip me for ministry and give direction and a path for ministry and fellowship in the locality I live. We live in a time in North America when the availability for discipleship material is unbelievable. Whole bookstores devoted to discipleship. Websites, radio, television networks all devoted to discipling people to Christ.
Oh, AND ANOTHER THING, the bible itself is available in every translation imaginable on the internet. Well I don't have access...can you say public library. There is no excuse available to, well I will say almost anyone for not developing your faith.
If you want to talk about the shepherds we can do that another day. But today let me state it clearly. You and only you are responsible for your spiritual development.
I certainly hope everyone has a great day. By the way, I am on vacation and that is why there may be multiple day spaces between post. I love you guys. You have to keep loving me. And you have to develop YOUR faith.
Peace out.
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I really love lime green carpet but as you know my tastes were developed from the 1970's (G). I used to love my lime green leasure suit!
You are so right about developing one's own faith. I have a tendency to look to others to do the "work" of building faith. But, I agree that they can only serve as "coaches." The "work" of faith requires daily exercise....sometimes that is difficult and it is easy to blame things on others such as the pastor.
I hope that you are enjoying your vacation!
Hello Pastor, back in the day I used to love the idea of pink carpet! (I was a huge Gidget fan & watched the rerun shows with my mom and sis) However that was when I was 10 years old if you know what I am saying! I understand that I "have" to love you but I much rather enjoy the fact that I "want" to love you and Ruth!
Well said...I love my church, I love my pastor...it would take GOD telling me to leave First Ag, and even then, I might put up a fight! Ha ha!
No excuses!We are responsible for ourselves and I am blessed to have this church and staff to help me and give me tools and opportunities to grow closer to God.
Enjoy your vacation! Love to you and Ms. Ruth!
You are right on target. We have to "feed" ourselves and there is an enormous amount of ways at our fingertips to do that. I agree with Traci, I love our pastor, and I love my church and really don't care what color the carpet is. You afford us opportunities and information to help us develop spiritually, but again you are so right that we alone are responsible for our own spiritual development. Enjoy your vacation!!!
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