How willing am I to share my faith?

I was reading Mark Collier's blog this morning, he's the Associate Pastor at Destiny Church in Tulsa OK. I met him and his brother a couple of years ago when they made a visit to GCC to check out the weekend services. I've been checking his blog from time to time and he always has great stuff on there. When I first saw this link with Penn from Penn and Teller I didn't really think much of it, but something told me to watch it so I did.

Please watch this clip before reading on.

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Here's the thing, am I as willing to share my faith with a stranger as the guy he's talking about? I have to honestly say no. Why? If my mission is to help people find their potential and purpose in life then why am I so willing to keep the word to myself? Could it be because I'm afraid to come of as the guy standing on the street corner handing out tracks and yelling on a bull horn? If I'm holding the way to eternal life in my hands and don't share it, is that any better than scaring people with damnation? What do I need to do? I need to be as genuine and honest as the man he's talking about. Maybe handing out Bibles is a little much but the respectful way that he approached Penn speaks volumes.

Spammed

This blog was spammed a few days ago. I've had to change the way comments can be added to the posts. If you add a comment it may take a day or so for me to allow it to be shown. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I don't understand why some fanatics think they have the right to spread their propaganda anonymously on blogs that are posted to help people grow closer to Christ. I think it's cowardly to make these types of statements in the name of Christ and then hide behind the vastness of the Internet. This guy was apparently from Australia. I removed his comments right away, I'm sorry if you happened to see them before I could get them taken off.

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1 Peter 5:8-11 The Message

Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You're not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It's the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm grip on the faith. The suffering won't last forever. It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ—eternal and glorious plans they are!—will have you put together and on your feet for good. He gets the last word; yes, he does.

Another Reminder

I've been reading a few pages a day from Streams of Living Water for a couple of months now. Just about every time I pick up this book something gets my attention. There are times especially at work when I get all wrapped up in what I'm doing so I forget that everything I do in this life should be for the Glory of God. But I get frustrated or things don't go my way, I get upset and caught up in my own problems. I forget that God is with me all the time. So when I read this prayer it really hit home.

"Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not confined to the church, or closet, nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that everywhere I am in Thy presence. So may my every word and action have a moral content... May all the happenings of my life prove useful and beneficial to me. May all things instruct me and afford me an opportunity of exercising some virtue and daily learning and growing toward Thy likeness... Amen."

Susanna Wesley
Mother of John and Charles Wesley

Is everything I do for the Glory of God? Not always...but when I read something like this it reminds me that I'm human and I need His help in everything I do.

Sometimes I need to remember...

Proverbs 14:29

A patient man has great understanding,
but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

For the most part I'm pretty laid back and take things as they come but sometimes I just get ticked off, and when I do I need to remember this proverb.