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countmeworthy · 03-08-2010, 02:07 PM

Meetings, fellowship, reading/meditating on the Word of God are for the sole purpose imho to help us walk in spirit at all times. They are teaching tools. They are supposed to help us express Christ in us the Hope of Glory when we are raising our families, working at our jobs, attending to the practical chores of every day living.

They are supposed to help us be the 'LIGHTS of the WORLD' so when people see us they see 2 Corinthians 3:18 (Amplified Version) 'oozing' out of us.

... with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

If our kids, our co-workers, our neighbors, our unsaved friends and even our saved friends do not see us reflect the Word of GOD--JESUS Himself as in a mirror, HIS GLORY, what hope do THEY HAVE then to look forward to be transformed by the renewing of their minds and to be transfigured into His very own Image in ever increasing splendor from one degree of glory to too the next degree of GLORY !

I KNOWWWWWWWWWW that most of us who are in our 40s, 50s & 60s and beyond have not had happy go lucky lives. The apostle Paul knew exactly what he was saying when he said we were going to have trials, tribulations and tests not to mention ATTACKS on our spirits, souls and physical bodies !

But our foundation in the early days of the LC prepared us for times as these. Lots of marriages have been broken and the spiritual journey for most of us have not been easy ones. Yet I think we were soo excited in the 70s because we 'touched' the Glorious Church Life that we all felt were going to get us through when we walked through the valley of the shadow of death, when we would be thrown into a den of lions. We had the CHURCH LIFE to get us through it all but sadly it was only that a "TOUCH".

May the LORD restore in us the JOY of our SALVATION and uphold us with a Willing and Free Spirit to obey Him. (Psalm 51:12)

03-08-2010, 02:07 PM	#16
countmeworthy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: in Spirit & in Truth Posts: 1,377	Re: There is a Solution2 Meetings, fellowship, reading/meditating on the Word of God are for the sole purpose imho to help us walk in spirit at all times. They are teaching tools. They are supposed to help us express Christ in us the Hope of Glory when we are raising our families, working at our jobs, attending to the practical chores of every day living. They are supposed to help us be the 'LIGHTS of the WORLD' so when people see us they see 2 Corinthians 3:18 (Amplified Version) 'oozing' out of us. ... with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit. If our kids, our co-workers, our neighbors, our unsaved friends and even our saved friends do not see us reflect the Word of GOD--JESUS Himself as in a mirror, HIS GLORY, what hope do THEY HAVE then to look forward to be transformed by the renewing of their minds and to be transfigured into His very own Image in ever increasing splendor from one degree of glory to too the next degree of GLORY ! I KNOWWWWWWWWWW that most of us who are in our 40s, 50s & 60s and beyond have not had happy go lucky lives. The apostle Paul knew exactly what he was saying when he said we were going to have trials, tribulations and tests not to mention ATTACKS on our spirits, souls and physical bodies ! But our foundation in the early days of the LC prepared us for times as these. Lots of marriages have been broken and the spiritual journey for most of us have not been easy ones. Yet I think we were soo excited in the 70s because we 'touched' the Glorious Church Life that we all felt were going to get us through when we walked through the valley of the shadow of death, when we would be thrown into a den of lions. We had the CHURCH LIFE to get us through it all but sadly it was only that a "TOUCH". May the LORD restore in us the JOY of our SALVATION and uphold us with a Willing and Free Spirit to obey Him. (Psalm 51:12) __________________ Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be *accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass,* and to stand before the Son of man. (Luke 21:36)