- Do they regularly attend church to be in the presence of the Lord and the body of believers or do they just sit in the back pew of the church to earn feel good points for the week? Do they attend church at all?
- Do they thank God continually throughout the day for the unnoticed blessings is in their life?
- Do they offer prayer to the sick woman standing in line at the grocery store or do they just pray that she doesn't come close enough to catch what she has and quietly condemn her for going out in public like that?
- Do they teach their children about the Lord?
- Do they admit to their friends that they are a "Christian" with firm moral values or do they just pass forwarded emails around with the hope of receiving a blessing for sending it to 7 people while hoping that those 7 people don't get offended and take them off of their friends list?
- Do they organize ministry to reach out to those who are lost?
- Do they offer their time to others who are organizing ministry to those who are lost?
- Do they even know the price to claim to be a "Christian" in persecuted countries? Do they care?
- Do these people do anything other than claim that they are a "Christian?" Do they know the definition of "Christian?"
- Do they know what Christ taught?
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You go girl - except I must confess to the "please God keep the sick lady away from me" thoughts. I pray for her, but I also pray to be protected from her illness - for me, exposure to someone with a simple cold means pneumonia and 10 to 13 weeks struggling to breathe with a strong likelihood that I could end up hospitalized and on a ventilator... so yup, sick people freak me right out!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I usually explain to the sick person that, the courteous thing to do, if you are sick and absolutely have to go out in public is to protect everyone else from you - wear a respiratory mask. It's inexpensive and solves the problem when you absolutely have errands you have to take care of. Been there, done it.
In the winter, I am often forced to wear a respiratory mask out in public because so many people who are sick do not observe this common courtesy for everyone else. In the end, my responsibility is to protect myself. And yes, most of the people I share the above with look at me like I am completely bonkers!
On the election front, I'm praying at 9 p.m. every night with a group of people about this election - specifically asking that God's will be done for this country, that our leaders be the ones that God intends, and that our basis in judeochristian theology in our laws and governance be preserved. Join us -- 9 p.m. easter time
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