I learned to recognize true repentance and character change as a lay counselor through the divorce support group and Celebrate Recovery ministries by sustained, lengthy patterns in behavior change. Repeated patterns can also flag problems. Comments during the April 8th meeting indicated repeated cycles of losing pastors, elders and families over the years since the…
Heavenly Father, you are love. You are the God of compassion. I come with reverence for who you are to ask that you make me a conduit of your love. Let something I do or say bring encouragement in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “And…
Today is a beautiful day, because blessed is the man who meditates on the law of the LORD, “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” (Psalms 1:3 ESV) Water #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
What do you call telling the crowd you aren’t pressuring or inserting influence against the outspoken while you allow your alliances with family and the elders to move against them? What is the term for filing lawsuits against the whistleblowers to stop them from talking to the church body? The elders announced the lawsuit filed…
There is no greater love but that a man would give his life for another. Lord Jesus, there is no greater love than what you have for mankind. Thank you for forgiving me when I fail you. Thank you for standing in the gap of my shortcomings. Thank you for being my righteousness in your…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable. For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.” (Job 36: 26-28 ESV) Water #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
I didn’t realize the solidifying alliances forming at the time of the meeting. This was a definite turning point that widened the chasm between the two factions in the church as both sides began gathering supporters. My reaction to the meeting, along with subsequent choices made by church leadership solidified my position. Is it true…
Heavenly Father, there is no one like you in all creation. You are above reproach. You are the adjudicator of our guilt, and you are righteous and just. Forgive me when I fail you, Father. I come humbly in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “If…
Today is a beautiful day, because “You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them…You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not…
The leaders who attended the April 8th meeting with church leadership came prepared with their concerns. Several of the leaders were from the Celebrate Recovery ministry within the church, and they were accustomed to winnowing out truth from participants. One of them asked about the relationship between the two prominent churches in this story. “‘The…
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