Q & A
Continued from pg 5 the springs under your tongue , guess what ? You weren ’ t saved .
Salvation starts by the word of God impacting the very core of us , our hearts . “ if you ... believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead …” This is brought out in the Acts 2 account when God moved in power and after Peter stood up and preached Jesus . It says , “ Now when they heard this , they were cut to the heart , and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles , ‘ Men and brethren , what shall we do ?’” The cutting of their hearts initiated a spontaneous response , they began to ask questions . Something must happen
You have questions we ’ ve got answers
to the mouth that is connected to an overflowing heart . What comes out the mouth may be different for different people . Some may start to ask questions , others may begin to pray to a God who they now believe can hear and answer them while again others may go tell their friends of their newly found faith etc .
A genuine , organic and spontaneous process has been replaced by a pre fabricated and false tool that was engineered for the mass production of ‘ Christians ’, In the book of Acts Scripture says God was adding daily to the Church ( Acts 2:47 ), today we see man doing the adding through cleverly conceived methods like ‘ the sinners prayer ’. Even worse , they
give people false hope by telling them they are saved because they repeated those words . They offer a salvation that has been reduced to the likes of joining the boys scout . Put your hand up , repeat the creed and you are in .
Disclaimer Kindly note that I am not saying that all those who have said ‘ the sinner ’ s prayer ’ are not saved . Some who have said this prayer are saved but not because they said the prayer . A great many others have said this prayer and are not saved . May God help them because it is much harder for a person who believes they are already saved to receive the salvation message . p
Continued from pg 19 Finally , she is of the earth , not of the Spirit . 1 Cor . 15:45-47 . “ The first man is of the earth , but the second man is the lord from heaven .” Vs 47
The true Bride is yoked to heaven , the spiritual realm . Her position is being currently seated in heavenly places not trying to allure earthly men and systems to herself . She is not trying to enrich herself because she is Christ ’ s , she is not her own . She waits on Him and serves Christ in her season of preparation .
The enemy has come to deceive the world . He has blurred the lines between truth and counterfeit but if we trust our lives to Christ , fully , we will not be deceived . The true Church is not popular but she is visible . I pray that our eyes will be opened to her reality and truth will fill our hearts . When truth fills our hearts then Jesus is indeed centre of our desire . The lines are now clear . We can stand in victory in this season , as the Bride in the name of Jesus . p
By Dino Nicholas A Maranatha Ministries International Pastor , Author , Leadership Counsellor and Church planter
Continued from pg 13 our minds to focus on the circumstances in a way that causes a stress response in our physical body . Practicing mindful meditation and gratitude for the positive in our lives brings us back to our true , spiritual selves and into a state of calm and peace .
We have the ability to choose gratitude and therefore calm , in any moment . Whenever we feel stressed or nervous or overwhelmed by anything , we can decide to practice thankfulness and release our fears .
Nurturing relationships
This can be a source of comfort . As a matter of fact , the state of your relationships can positively or negatively affect your choice of food . Toxic relationships will bring toxic thoughts and the toxic thoughts will cause the body to emit stress hormones that desire sugar and fat for temporary appeasement . Taking time to creatively nurture our relationships , tending to them as we do a garden , removing the weeds , planting new flowers will cause our relationships to flourish and be a source of strength comfort and peace . Practicing active listening and recognizing that we are individuals and are fallible , should encourage forgiveness and tolerance . Loving others as we are encouraged to in 1st Corinthians 13 will put us in good stead in our relationships . p
By Lorraine Rainford : Women ’ s Pastor and Integrative Nutrition Health and Lifestyle Coach .
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