Courage

Gayle Erwin

Posted on by Kath Walden

Dec 14, 2019

The body of Christ, especially in well-functioning, small, intimate groups, is the most healing body in the world; yet we do not treat it as such. We wouldn’t think of relating to a medical doctor with the same reserve as we have in the healing body of Christ. Would we say to a doctor, “I have this unspoken illness?” Of course not! But we often use this term, unspoken request, in sharing our needs with the body. Would we try to deceive a doctor into thinking our hurt is nonexistent or in a different place than it actually is? Of course not! Would we say, “I am here for a friend – examine me and diagnose him?” Of course not! Yet we treat the church with such distrust and fear. We choose to hide.

Catherine Marshall

Posted on by Kath Walden

Evil is real – and powerful. It has to be fought, not explained away, not fled. And God is against evil all the way. So each of us has to decide where we stand, how we’re going to live our lives. We can try to persuade ourselves that evil doesn’t exist; live for ourselves and wink at evil. We can say that it isn’t so bad after all, maybe even try to call it fun by clothing it in silks and velvets. We can compromise with it, keep quiet about it and say it’s none of our business. Or we can work on God’s side, listen for His orders on strategy against the evil, no matter how horrible it is, and know that He can transform it.

Ed Stetzer

Posted on by Kath Walden

We are… presented with a door that leads into a country that is not our own, a foreign land hostile to our message, our mission, and our King. Yet it also longs for the very thing Jesus provides. So we walk out the door and into the world, armed with the gospel of grace and strengthened through fervent prayer to God’s Spirit, who gives us compassion, and through God’s church, which gives us community.

Bill Johnson

Posted on by Kath Walden

I don’t know that there has ever been a time when courage and faith were more needed. Not because of the darkness, but because of the realm of God’s promises that lingers over the Church, waiting for someone to see it, believe it, and say yes to what could be.

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