Smile.Sit down.Fellowship.Meet needs.Bless.Pray for themNormally, Christians spread the gospel, spread the gospel AND spread the gospel.
However, when people do not understand God - how can they feel God through the gospel?
to them, they are just listening words.
i remembered when i first stepped into church, it wasn't God that kept me going back.
Because, i did not understand.
it was the people who had genuine smiles on their faces, the people who were willing to take time off their schedules and sit down with me to listen to what i have to say and the problems i have in my life. Although there isn't anything to do with them and they could just say it wasn't their business.
They hang out before/after services. we talk, we share, we crap.
we enjoyed the company of one another and it was just so relaxing, not like back in sch where everything was competitive and was in a high tension environment where it felt like it could snap everyone in the next second.
They helped me through the subjects i was poor in and knowing that i had early curfews than, they found solutions for me so that i could still attend services and activities. And as i grew in God, i started to understand even more, that behind all these, they were praying for me. studies, health, family and everything.
i could feel God's love overwhelming from their lives abundantly.
and it was only then that i wanted to live out my whole life solely for God, Him and Him alone.
there's no greater love tham that. None.
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a girl, she wasn't doing well in school
her boyfriend broke up with her
her bestfriend was moving out of town
she was absolutely in despair and upset.
She walked into the kitchen and her mother asked her
"would like a piece of chocolate cake?"
"yes mum, i would love a slice of the cake you've baked"
her mother hands out a bottle of cooking oil "here, have some"
"eew, that's disgusting"
her mother handed to her some dried flowers
"ew, no"
"how about some baking soda?"
"mum, those are all disgusting"
"yes daughter, all of these are yucky by itself but when they are put together, they become a delicious baked cake"
The problems that are happening is like all the ingredients by itself, but when they are put together - a nice result is produced.
when we meet with life problems, people usually retreat.
My old mindset was the same as well, when i meet with problems, i retreat.
i don't want to face it - facing it would hurt myself even more.
But it's wrong, it's a wrong way of thinking. When we meet in a problem, we should face it upfront - for God is facing this war together with us.
God is dying to give us a miracle, when our hearts are open; when we do His Word.
Remaining faithful through every single thing that happens.
I'm in the midst of changing - we have nothing to fear.
remember that we have nothing to fear.