The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 1 by Francis Chan

Happy Monday !



Today is the day that the Lord has given us, .... I pray that the inspirational video below will aid you

in rejoicing in the ever present Jesus Christ today.



I read a  verse taken from this video ( 2 Peter 1 v.5 ), after watching it. VERY POWERFUL !

As a matter of fact, it seems to have etched itself onto my soul. I pray it provides the same to you.



Time has certainly become quite the commodity these days. That said, if you presently don't have the 45 minutes to view this video by Francis Chan presently, I implore you to come back to it.



Great Stuff  !



Warm Blessings in the name of Christ Jesus,

bill

Ministers of Christ

" Bretheren, if any among you wanders from the TRUTH of God, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death cover a great multitude of sins. " ......(James 5:19-20)

     At times, a Christian's greatest deterrent of sin can quite simply be the life of another Christian or brother/sister in Christ. However, many Christians believe it to be ' none of their business ' if another Christian should choose to sin. Perhaps this perception stems from being perceived as judgmental if they were to respond to anothers sin ( God KNOWS. we've each got plenty of our own ! ).  The modern world and the ever expansive clamor for self-righteous ways is a persuasion for people ' NOT, to get involved '. 

But does watching another person fall prevent us from being a loving Intercessor for Christ and our Christian responsibilities ?       hmmmm!

     As Christians we are all well aware that sin brings death ( Romans 6:23 ).

Sin kills relationships, tears apart marriages, dulls life's joys, and as we see happening at an alarming rate, is destroying PEACE around the world.

SO,......... when we see a brother or sister ' wander ' from the truth into error,

how should we respond ?

Most of us know,.... but ALL of us need to be consistently reminded that the answer to this ( and most all ) of life's sensitive questions such as the aforementioned is readily found in The Walk of Jesus, as outlined in The Gospel.

Quite simply friends, ..

" What Would Jesus Do ? "

When our Savior saw sin it broke His ever-caring, ever-loving heart as outlined in ( Matt. 23:37-39 ), He wept over entire cities when He saw them rejecting the TRUTH . This is how deeply He cares,... that we may experience the insurmountable blessings that are righteous to us simply by living With, In, and Through Jesus Christ !!

Jesus prayed vigorously for His disciples to be strong when temptation came near. He warned those who were headed toward a ' spiritual stumble '. And as was shown at Calvary, .... He was even willing to die to save us from our own sins. He was aware of the spreading devastation caused by sin.

Our Savior was and is so full of grace and mercy, in His unfailing love for us,

that He NEVER simply ' watched '  or stood without warning while His children were led from the ' narrow path ' to the ever widening ' highway of sin '.

He ALWAYS took a pro active role in re-directing us back to the Father !

' Minding our own P's & Q's ', may save us some awkward times and discomfort, but it will in no way help a Brother or Sister who may need help

returning to the Lord. Please, pray ever fervently for ALL of our Brothers and Sisters. This my friends will ensure our Christian motives, and better prepare us to appropriately minister to them appropriately if the need should present itself.

A portion of the TRUTH of Christianity is that we are all accountable to one another to be Ministers of Christ. Let us pray that we are ever alert in the event that God asks us to minister to our friends in Christ.

In The Mighty and Loving name of He Who is Most High !............AMEN !