The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

[JREG19]

I think a lot of people don’t want to be accountable to the Truth. That goes for Christians as well, it’s not easy to deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow. It’s much simpler to gratify the flesh.

I totally agree, just seeing Scripture is a reminder that there is more to life than doing whatever feels good. It's a reminder that there is a Creator who has standards for His creation. Which can be a real gut punch sometimes.

 

[JREG19]

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12

Any time I encounter someone who can't handle the word or has a visceral reaction this verse shoots into my brain. They are in a spiritual war that they have no understanding of and no way to fight it.

Amen brother. It really is sad.

I always picture spiritual warfare as, my family and I inside our house doing life and somebody outside shooting up my house. I would never just keep doing what I was doing (watching TV, or eating dinner, or whatever). At the very least I would call for some one to help me ie law enforcement (God). Hopefully, I'm putting on my armor, strapping up, and fighting back. But, if you can't acknowledge you're getting shot up, you're dead already.

I think it's to easy to focus on what we have to change or give up, we lose sight of what we get in return.

 

[ethanbillingsley]

Just to pick up where we last left off, I came across this during my quiet time this a.m. @JREG19 @dylanvb
Thank you, Lord, I am not left to my own devices. So either the world doesn't judge you and God does or God doesn't judge you and the world does. Thank you Jesus for your forgiveness!

17For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.” John 3:17-21

 

[Big Sexy]

I like finding these threads. Its a reminder to me that there is more to life than just my hobbies and desires. I need all the help I can get to get on the right path.

 

[JREG19]

I like finding these threads. Its a reminder to me that there is more to life than just my hobbies and desires. I need all the help I can get to get on the right path.

Amen brother. You're not alone, life has so many distractions. It's easy to focus on the little things and miss the big picture. We all need help! We were not meant to do life alone.

I'll send you a pm

 

[ethanbillingsley]

We all need the help, brother. Trust me. The closer you get to Christ the more you realize how desperately you need Him. If you ever have questions please don’t hesitate to reach out and I’ll answer what I can and we can find someone smarter than me to answer the hard ones lol. More importantly, ask Him. He will meet you where you are.

 

[Yoder]

I like finding these threads. Its a reminder to me that there is more to life than just my hobbies and desires. I need all the help I can get to get on the right path.

One thing that helped me a lot is the Bible in a year podcast with Father Mike Schmitz. Each episode is about 30 min. He reads the Bible, then explains what he read at the end. It's the first time I actually have some kind of understanding of the Bible. He's younger, upbeat and seems like a really nice guy.