Ashamed
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16 HCSB
What makes us ashamed? Well, we have an author of shame-Satan. When we step out in God and don't see the results we.expect, we experience shame. Add a lot of these types of experiences together over a lifetime and we have shame towards our faith.
How then can I be unashamed? By daily laying down my failures and trusting God to use them and teach me His ways.
Shame is poured out in the media. Those that stand for Christ suffer vilification at every opportunity. One person may say or do something shameful and all of us suffer. Alternatively, we may have been assumed to do something and be blamed anyway.
If I suffer shame for wrong-doing then a good dose of heartfelt repentance can rectify the situation.
In all causes staying close to Christ, keeping an open heart and having short accounts keep me alive in my faith. I go one step further and feast on messages of faith by men and women I trust to build up my faith. Amen!
Today we head off trekking to Annapurna Base Camp. Already I have had a glimpse of the snow-covered mountains from my accommodation at Pokrah, beautiful.
Romans 1:16 HCSB
What makes us ashamed? Well, we have an author of shame-Satan. When we step out in God and don't see the results we.expect, we experience shame. Add a lot of these types of experiences together over a lifetime and we have shame towards our faith.
How then can I be unashamed? By daily laying down my failures and trusting God to use them and teach me His ways.
Shame is poured out in the media. Those that stand for Christ suffer vilification at every opportunity. One person may say or do something shameful and all of us suffer. Alternatively, we may have been assumed to do something and be blamed anyway.
If I suffer shame for wrong-doing then a good dose of heartfelt repentance can rectify the situation.
In all causes staying close to Christ, keeping an open heart and having short accounts keep me alive in my faith. I go one step further and feast on messages of faith by men and women I trust to build up my faith. Amen!
Today we head off trekking to Annapurna Base Camp. Already I have had a glimpse of the snow-covered mountains from my accommodation at Pokrah, beautiful.
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