Rhythm of Faith

Confront Lovingly! As Christians, we will always encounter situations where we need to guide someone or correct someone who is doing wrong. Paul says we should do this GENTLY and HUMBLY. Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived. (Galatians 6:1-3 MSG) My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself. (Galatians 6:1 CEVUK00) A lot of Christians sometimes aim to correct but do it so wrongly that the person even becomes more hardened or vexed.We need to correct gently both in character, speech and approach. The reason why we don't correct the right way most times is b...

Francis Chan says imagine you told your child - "Go clean your room." Then your child walked away and returned and said: "I memorized what you said...I can say it in Greek! In fact, some of my friends are going to come over tonight and do a little study on what it would look like for me to clean my room!" As parents we would not be pleased. Right? In the same way, we can read God's word, study it, memorize it, look up the Greek meaning and even apply it to hypothetical situations. But all of this is a worthless ritual if we do not apply what we read in God's word to our daily lives. As we study God's Word, may we remember to live it out every minute, every hour and every day. James 1:22 says, "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." Keep walking with the King.  Written by Women Luving Well Posted by Kachi

What does the birth of Christ mean to you? Do you know that long before Christ was born, the Israelites had sinned and sinned against God that God was silent for 400 years just before Jesus. There were no prophets, no miracles, no visions, just complete silence. With the birth of Jesus. God broke that 400 year silence . Despite the many crimes the people of Israel had committed against God, he had gotten angry over and over again and he became silent but he had not forgotten them. He had a bigger plan to redeem his disobedient, sinful, disrespectful children and not with oil or water of 1000 cows or 5000 lambs but with himself , his son Jesus. Can that be your response as a parent to a child that constantly vexes you, annoys you, disrespects you, disobeys you? Would we not have given up, disowned and abandoned the child to his/ her fate? But God chose to overwhelm us with his mercy and that breakthrough began with the birth of Jesus. It teaches us to be patient and wait on God, he neve...

I think this is a question that we should not take for granted. If you are reading this means that you made it into 2015. That's awesome and congrats while thanking God who deserves all the glory. That we have made it into a new year is just by Gods grace and mercy. Nothing more, nothing less . We are not better, prettier, more righteous than the people who did not make it into this new year. A new year is a new opportunity, a new beginning,a new chance that God has given us all to get it right, to change, to become who he wants us to be, to repent, to redirect our steps, to correct our ways. The people who have passed have no more opportunities,no more chances, no more anything. All they were and ever could be is in the grave. Their story is finished. How many of them would reject a few seconds, few minutes to change their ways and correct their mistakes ? We still have that opportunity. A new year is an awesome  chance to become a more dedicated child of God, to improve on your r...