"After three days we made it to land, and then for twenty eight days we travelled through a wilderness. Food ran out, and great hunger came over them. The captain turned to me and said: “What about this, Christian? You tell us that your God is great and all-powerful – why can’t you pray for us, since we’re in a bad state with hunger? There’s no sign of us finding a human being anywhere!” Then I said to them with some confidence: “Turn in faith with all your hearts to the Lord my God[Nota], because nothing is impossible for him[Nota], so that he may put food in your way – even enough to make you fully satisfied! He has an abundance everywhere.” With the help of God, this is actually what happened! A herd of pigs appeared in the way before our eyes!" -St. Patrick's confession
From St Patrick's confession: "After I arrived in Ireland, I tended sheep every day, and I prayed frequently during the day. More and more the love of God increased, and my sense of awe before God. Faith grew, and my spirit was moved, so that in one day I would pray up to one hundred times, and at night perhaps the same. I even remained in the woods and on the mountain, and I would rise to pray before dawn in snow and ice and rain. I never felt the worse for it, and I never felt lazy – as I realise now, the spirit was burning in me at that time."
In St. Patrick's words "This is my confession before I die" https://www.confessio.ie/etexts/confessio_english#
Guys I can't give any details and I will not be posting this information on any other forum, but this week is really important to us at BTJ. we have Chinese pastors that have traveled to be together for the first time since the pandemic started last year. It is amazing to be with them and in prayer with them, but we need to plan the best way to support the church in China for this year. We do not want our own ideas, agendas, and thoughts to pollute what God has for us. Please pray for the leading and the guiding of the Holy Spirit during this time.
@KarlGessler I think God has given us all a desire to see things made right. The question perhaps is what is our role in this? What part are we to play as the church? What does God expect each of us to do? Or are we to wait more on God to do something that we then join?
@sinbach How do you think your military training and experience has shaped your Christian and ministry life and understanding, if you don’t mind saying?
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/isa.26.3-4.esv
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/zep.3.17.esv
@KarlGessler I think they lead hard lives and should be loved like Jesus loved people. Our love should make them think there's something special about the church, people that follow Jesus.
"Our gathering here today shows that terrorism and death never have the last word” Pope Francis, https://www.christianpost.com/news/pope-francis-visits-iraqi-christian-town-overrun-by-isis.html?uid=bf45503a25
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.”
Psalms 100:4-5 KJV
https://www.bible.com/1/psa.100.4-5.kjv
@sinbach did you happen see the Pope?
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
Romans 8:11 KJV
https://www.bible.com/1/rom.8.11.kjv
“If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.”
Romans 8:11 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/rom.8.11.esv
"Just hold up Jesus... Let Jesus have the pre-eminence. The more he is held up; the deeper people will get in love with him and the quicker they will drop everything else... Let us hold up Jesus, and if we do that, these antagonistic spirits will get ashamed. They will find themselves lacking." -MWE
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