Dissed & Dismissed

Somebody posted some wise advice regarding the application of certain principles and in the course of the online conversation, comments revolved around removing the spiritual aspect.

I understand the reasoning for this... sometimes things get over-spiritualized, more than they should be or the spiritual aspect dominates so much of the conversation or point of view that it's hard to see the value or validity of the matter on it's own merit.

So, the advice someone posted, was quite a simple analogy and slightly profound, but it highlights the reality that not everyone will agree on everything. All to easily, people get offended over the parts they don't like rather than heeding these words...  "chew the meat and spit out whatever you think are bones."

I replied, that that was a good analogy, except for the bones keep the meat where it belongs!

#spiritualtruthsmatter
 
Ministry isn't easy. And it's not the ministry itself that makes it difficult... it's people! I know. I'm a person. But this is why. It's 2018. We don't like being told what to do. We don't like being told that change is necessary. We certainly don't like the thought of doing things differently from the world; God forbid the world considers anything unlike itself weird.

Who wants to give up their guilty pleasures for a season?
Who wants to live with the consequences of their immoral actions, behaviors and attitudes?
Who wants to respond the voice of God and the conviction of the Holy Spirit?

We are witnessing an ever-increasing time of  "that works for you, but it's not for me" mindset.

God. The most dissed and dismissed Father in the history of humanity. Yet He still stands on the porch of heaven, awaiting for the sight of His prodigal, still a long way off.

On this #missionsFriday, pray God would encourage those in missions, reaching the lost and spreading the Gospel of peace, love and hope; salvation and redemption. Pray God would break the mindset of one "not needing" relationship with Almighty God. Pray for breakthrough, in the attitudes and perception that hinder people from having a true understanding of who God is; what Christ did and why it matters today. Pray for revelation; that spiritual truth would be made known and applied to lives.

That we would live forever changed.
From glory to glory.
For God's glory alone.

- PNC