Apologist: Ravi Zacharias
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Let me pray for you!
Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all
ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light.
I love you, God Loves you BEST!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
THE TRUTH ABOUT PORN
Please, open your heart and view this video. I pray that you will see the devastation of this industry and inform others to see its harm as well.
Visit Shelly Lubben's website here:
http://www.shelleylubben.com/
Monday, January 2, 2012
Resolve Conflict! FORGIVE.
James 5:16
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
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Lately the Lord has been dealing with me concerning the area of how to properly forgive someone. He's shown me some principles of effective CONFLICT RESOLUTION. A lot of the relationships that I have had on a platonic level have been tested in this area as of late. Usually when I have to recurrently deal with an issue or area in my life, its a indicator that I have not allowed the Lord to deal with me concerning that specific issue.
The most important thing that I would like to communicate on this topic is that nobody really knows how to properly forgive anyone on a NATURAL level. We epically FAIL when we try to fix problems out of our own reasoning and out of red hot emotion. From my own experience, when I handled issues between family or friends without going to God in prayer 1st concerning the matter, the conversation usually ended badly. I've come to understand that when you have a relationship with God, He will TEACH YOU the fundamentals of building healthy relationships. Did you know that confilct isn't all that bad. You will ALWAYS have some conflict in one way or another-in fact, a little conflict is healthy, what matters is how you address the conflict.
The foundation of every healthy relationship starts with self-lessness and with humility. If you approach every disagreement going into the conversations stating your percentage of fault off the bat, you will more than likely be received well. Why is this? Well, the person you are talking too needs to see and feel your heart concerning the matter. When you state, I was wrong, and this is why immediately at the start of the conversation, you show the other person or parties involved that you are holding yourself responsible for your role in the affliction and you own your own percentage of fault.
My endeavor for life is to show the love of God in actions and in deed. As long we are on this earth, we are going to have to deal with conflict. Conflict is good even, but there is a way to properly confront. I'd like to share with you some of the things that the Lord has put on my heart concerning how to PROPERLY deal with conflict God's WAY.
(for a discussion between 2 people)
BEFORE THE CONVERSATION:
1. Pray and spend time with the Lord concerning the issue. Ask Him to search your heart concerning how you could have handled yourself better during the altercation. God will show you areas where you fell short.
Be prepared to hear some hard truths. The Lord loves you, and He will correct those He loves (Prov 3:12).
Trust that He will reveal to you your shortcomings only to perfect you into HIS image.
2. Write down a few notes concerning some of the issues you had with the other person. You will need to refer to those said issues during your conversation. This is necessary especially when a lot of time has lapsed after the altercation. Also, haveing your thoughts written down is helpful to you so that you can be clear and consie in your verbal delivery. Confrontation can be uncomfortable to some,and having your thoughts in written form will help you stay on target during the discussion.
3. Call the person to tell them that you would like to meet for lunch, or dinner, just to talk. Schedule time and location. Once a time and place has been espablished, that day, or the next day, follow up with a friendly reminder text of said plans. Your text, should read as follows:
DURING THE CONVERSATION:
1.Begin the conversation in prayer. Ask the Lord to be in the midst, and ask Him to reveal your truest heart sentiment, and pray that no word be received with offense.
2. Start the conversation off with the areas where you fell short. Show that person that they are not solely responsible for the wrong. Nobody likes a finger being pointed at them without the other person taking responsibility for their actions.
3.Keep your Emotions CALM. Meeting HEAT with HEAT or FIRE with FIRE is detrimental to the positive outcome of any discussion. Keep your tone and voice steady as to not incite anger. Emotions are already high when you yield yourself to be vulnerable with someone, so the more that you can keep your emotions in check the better. Be FIRM, but NOT HARSH.
AFTER THE CONVERSATION:
1.Realize that you may not agree on every point. Be able to agree to disagree in Love. After the conversations is over, you may not come to agreement on every point. You have to TRUST, that the Lord will quicken the heart of the person that you are talking to, because remember, before the conversation started, you have prayed that that person would receive every word spoken in love, and that Holy Spirit be in the center of the conversation.
2. Reassure that person, that you are SORRY for your behavior, and find a common ground between your faults. Let them be assured that you are for them, and not against them.Tell them, that you will be actively working on that personality flaw. As the person to help you in this area by giving them permission to call you out on bad behavior.
3. Pray at the end of the conversation, Ask the Lord to mend every broken emotion, and loose the agape love of God to flood their hearts in Jesus name
Finally, be true to yourself. Be able to bear fruit to the words that you have spoken. If you say that you will improve, be sure to do what's necessary to fix your personality flaws. Allow others to correct you. BE HUMBLE. Trust God to do a dynamic work in you concerning the areas where you falter.
In time, you will grow MATURE in the areas where you have fallen short in the areas of conflict resolution and true repentance. As you follow this model of conflict resolution, the Lord will release you from the hurt of that altercation and you will move from being offended to being released and true forgiveness can take root.
I pray that you get FREE from offense and YEARS of hurts today. The Lord is LOVE. He loves you better than any family or friend. He will show you the way. He will show you how to live in love. Pray for me as we GROW together in CHRIST.
God Bless you,
Angelia.
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
___________________________________________________________________________________
Lately the Lord has been dealing with me concerning the area of how to properly forgive someone. He's shown me some principles of effective CONFLICT RESOLUTION. A lot of the relationships that I have had on a platonic level have been tested in this area as of late. Usually when I have to recurrently deal with an issue or area in my life, its a indicator that I have not allowed the Lord to deal with me concerning that specific issue.
The most important thing that I would like to communicate on this topic is that nobody really knows how to properly forgive anyone on a NATURAL level. We epically FAIL when we try to fix problems out of our own reasoning and out of red hot emotion. From my own experience, when I handled issues between family or friends without going to God in prayer 1st concerning the matter, the conversation usually ended badly. I've come to understand that when you have a relationship with God, He will TEACH YOU the fundamentals of building healthy relationships. Did you know that confilct isn't all that bad. You will ALWAYS have some conflict in one way or another-in fact, a little conflict is healthy, what matters is how you address the conflict.
The foundation of every healthy relationship starts with self-lessness and with humility. If you approach every disagreement going into the conversations stating your percentage of fault off the bat, you will more than likely be received well. Why is this? Well, the person you are talking too needs to see and feel your heart concerning the matter. When you state, I was wrong, and this is why immediately at the start of the conversation, you show the other person or parties involved that you are holding yourself responsible for your role in the affliction and you own your own percentage of fault.
My endeavor for life is to show the love of God in actions and in deed. As long we are on this earth, we are going to have to deal with conflict. Conflict is good even, but there is a way to properly confront. I'd like to share with you some of the things that the Lord has put on my heart concerning how to PROPERLY deal with conflict God's WAY.
(for a discussion between 2 people)
BEFORE THE CONVERSATION:
1. Pray and spend time with the Lord concerning the issue. Ask Him to search your heart concerning how you could have handled yourself better during the altercation. God will show you areas where you fell short.
Be prepared to hear some hard truths. The Lord loves you, and He will correct those He loves (Prov 3:12).
Trust that He will reveal to you your shortcomings only to perfect you into HIS image.
2. Write down a few notes concerning some of the issues you had with the other person. You will need to refer to those said issues during your conversation. This is necessary especially when a lot of time has lapsed after the altercation. Also, haveing your thoughts written down is helpful to you so that you can be clear and consie in your verbal delivery. Confrontation can be uncomfortable to some,and having your thoughts in written form will help you stay on target during the discussion.
3. Call the person to tell them that you would like to meet for lunch, or dinner, just to talk. Schedule time and location. Once a time and place has been espablished, that day, or the next day, follow up with a friendly reminder text of said plans. Your text, should read as follows:
Hey, thanks for your kind consideration for meeting with me this (evening, morning, afternoon) at (this time),and (this location). I really look forward to seeing you and us talking. Please, let me know if there is anything that will hinder us meeting at this time. :D
DURING THE CONVERSATION:
1.Begin the conversation in prayer. Ask the Lord to be in the midst, and ask Him to reveal your truest heart sentiment, and pray that no word be received with offense.
2. Start the conversation off with the areas where you fell short. Show that person that they are not solely responsible for the wrong. Nobody likes a finger being pointed at them without the other person taking responsibility for their actions.
3.Keep your Emotions CALM. Meeting HEAT with HEAT or FIRE with FIRE is detrimental to the positive outcome of any discussion. Keep your tone and voice steady as to not incite anger. Emotions are already high when you yield yourself to be vulnerable with someone, so the more that you can keep your emotions in check the better. Be FIRM, but NOT HARSH.
AFTER THE CONVERSATION:
1.Realize that you may not agree on every point. Be able to agree to disagree in Love. After the conversations is over, you may not come to agreement on every point. You have to TRUST, that the Lord will quicken the heart of the person that you are talking to, because remember, before the conversation started, you have prayed that that person would receive every word spoken in love, and that Holy Spirit be in the center of the conversation.
2. Reassure that person, that you are SORRY for your behavior, and find a common ground between your faults. Let them be assured that you are for them, and not against them.Tell them, that you will be actively working on that personality flaw. As the person to help you in this area by giving them permission to call you out on bad behavior.
3. Pray at the end of the conversation, Ask the Lord to mend every broken emotion, and loose the agape love of God to flood their hearts in Jesus name
Finally, be true to yourself. Be able to bear fruit to the words that you have spoken. If you say that you will improve, be sure to do what's necessary to fix your personality flaws. Allow others to correct you. BE HUMBLE. Trust God to do a dynamic work in you concerning the areas where you falter.
In time, you will grow MATURE in the areas where you have fallen short in the areas of conflict resolution and true repentance. As you follow this model of conflict resolution, the Lord will release you from the hurt of that altercation and you will move from being offended to being released and true forgiveness can take root.
I pray that you get FREE from offense and YEARS of hurts today. The Lord is LOVE. He loves you better than any family or friend. He will show you the way. He will show you how to live in love. Pray for me as we GROW together in CHRIST.
God Bless you,
Angelia.
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