Posts Tagged ‘Care

19
Aug
22

Understanding!

Listening and Hearing?

To be a true pastor of the sheep, we need to listen, hear clearly and understand what people are trying to say and where they are coming from!

Many Christians in leadership today many preach well, may attend many conferences or are invited to many meetings, but fail to care for their own flock in a right way?

People wither believing or unbelieving need help, situations occur in families, work and school if not other places where crime is high parents worry about their kids, even adults, mental health and housing along with benefit issues, that others coming from the middle-classes do not have to deal with so much!

Deuteronomy 1:13, Psalm 49:3, 20, Proverbs 2;2, Isaiah 11:2, Colossians 2:2, James 3:13, 1 Peter 3:7.

22
Jul
22

Pastoring!

The role of the Minister and all believers?

In the daily life of Ekklesia much is placed on those at the head to lead the members of the congregation, but we forget that ministering is a shared role and as believers we have much to offer in the comforting of friends within and outsiders too!

Organization and denomination must not be a block to encouragement, to comfort in pain, death and illness, since we are all of one family who have faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus our Lord while also knowing that we have ben forgiven our past failings and are free to Eternity, if we remain faithful and right with God?

Colossians 3:1-6, Matthew 16:23, John 11:25-26, Romans 6:2, Colossians 4:2-6.

13
Sep
21

apathy?

Surely not in Ekklesia!

Mean is a fact of sin today that plagues Churches, we may be free to love, to dance and celebrate, but to help, most will run for the doors, proving their claims of love is nothing more than a sham?

We have the social welfare system to cover for those people in need, but you have to be there to know that the processes could leave you hungry and sleeping on the street and no address is a bigger problem than meets the eyes of the self-righteous?

It is easy to say, ‘I don’t care, when you have plenty, but the reality of being evicted, marital breakdown, violence in the home and causes, leave one homeless and abandoned by your so called brothers and sisters!

Matthew 8:20, 25:36-44, Luke 9:58.

20
Aug
21

Kindness?

Lacking even in Ekklesia?

We may tend to think this is an old fashioned term, but it is not and it is something more of we need today amongst all believers and in the world too!

Sometime we will meet nice people who will help us and there are still a few out there and not all are Christians, but they do the right thing, help pay at the till when we are short of money, give us a bit of petrol for the car when we have not enough and even help us with a breakdown at the side of the road?

We too may show the same kindness and be richly returned as mentioned above, this is what God wants for us to do, to do what His son did to live like Him and stop being selfish, indifferent and hating from hurts!

Romans 2:4, 12:8, 2 Corinthians 6:6, 9:9, Galatians 5:22, Colossians 3:12, 1 John 2:5-6.

16
Jul
21

Destiny of the Evil!

What the leadership of ministry is hiding Today?

The doctrine of love has covered up and is the attempt to mislead people on love covers a multitude of sins, without recognizing the fulness of the words of God in the Holy Bible!

One believes that many in the ministry are desperate to cover up sins and fool the rest of us into thinking that these new times are acceptable to God and we will all be alright?

But the Holy Bible does not always say pleasing things to us but warns that the dishonest and liars will loose their salvation, if they continue to sin after they were called out to the promised Salvation of their souls, when Jesus returns!

Revelation 21:8, 22:15, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:5, 1 Timothy 1:9-10, Hebrews 12:14-16.

24
Jul
20

Medicine and Politics!

Do not bode well together?

We are seeing it in the United States and Europe, but it is now a world problem as governments do not know how to handle this pandemic that is not going away!

Doctors have been ignored for some time and now they are no longer being seen, as incumbent leadership struggles to find answers with confusing messaging and much more lies?

God will be the final authority on the moral breakdown of society, the filth and greed of corrupt and dishonest leaders, who ignored compassion and love for others who thought more of themselves that the office they were responsible for!

Daniel 4:33, Acts 12:23, Ephesians 4:22, James 5:2.

24
Apr
20

Double Standards & the Quarantine?

Very little is making Sense!

A few weeks ago a couple out walking their dog on some moorland were harassed by the Police that they were breaking the quarantine guidelines, yet last night police and public on Westminster Bridge in London were breaking those same rules and the general public were crowding the area while the police did nothing?

Then we have the situation with Mr. Johnson and his private medical care plan while at the nearby St. Thomas’ hospital! Some people have suggested he was suffering problems with his liver in relation to his alcoholism issues, rather than having COVID-19?

We are living in a hypocritical age laughing at the blunders of the U.S. President each evening on his live broadcasts and yet we do it in the U.K. in a different yet it is the same thing?

As yet only Russia has had some success with this new bug, that been knocking about for some time and killing nearly everyone who is in a dirty underpaid staff nursing home, while the owners enjoy the Spanish sunshine on the extortionate costs!

Isaiah 24:5-6,   Matthew 23:28,   Titus 1:15-16,   James 3:17,   1 Peter 2:1.

02
Mar
20

Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey!

Crisis Looming?

Unwanted Syrian refugees released by Turkey to closed European borders and now mass rioting and illegal actions by desperate nations that feel abandoned by Brussels?

We can sit comfortably in our Christian home and not care or pray perhaps things like homelessness on our own streets will by magic be eradicated so we don’t have to dirty our hands with the misfortunate?

A new war is looming in the Middle-East as the west justifies using Islamic state, but will not take our own back and the pressure on Turkey is tremendous for Ataturk-II to send these unwanted people to Mummy Merkle and Europe!

What will be our response, perhaps now the fear of Coronavirus has replaced another terror attack or caring for others, nothing new under the sun of modern Christianity then???

Deuteronomy 7:23,   Psalm 40:2,   Jeremiah 3:23,   Matthew 13:16,   Acts 21:34.   James 1:2.

05
Oct
18

Fire, fruit and Pruning! Two.

Our accountability and Responsibility?

Our relationship with God, through Jesus is part of the New Life that we have entered into, but this is a two way friendship and not a material or spiritual reliance! We ask and God will just keep giving more and more, we too have a role to play in serving, worshipping, praying and witnessing our faith to others?

The worlds ways today have invaded the Church in many ways, that has allowed believers to be excused of many areas? These areas cover the practical side of concern, activity and friendship without bias, and one has to wonder why the numbers are going down!

Fellowship or mixing in some more traditional congregations is failing because of racism, class, respectability and even dress, we have become self appointed judges? Instead of looking out for peoples problems and trying to help each other at cost!

Genesis 39:6,  1 Chronicles 13:14,   Psalm 65:9,   95:7,   Luke 4:18,   Acts 20:7,   1 Timothy 3:5,  Hebrews 10:34.

09
Feb
18

Red roses and my Valentine!

‘Love is in the Air?’

Its that time of the year again when couples express their love for each other, cards, red roses, and the special romantic meal?

This has become the love of the world, it is based on emotions, lust and selfishness and dressed up to mean something it is not!

But the Love of God for us sent Jesus to give His life so that we would be set free from the curse of the Law! Jesus love in our hearts makes us take responsibility to care and be concerned for others, over that of advantage or even thanks from them!

John 3:3,  14-21,  Ephesians 5:2,  2 Thessalonians 2:16,  1 John 3:4,   4:10-11,  19.

 




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