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Um me Carnal... NO WAY!!
- Oct 15, 2009 at 10:51 AM
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Last night, was the FIRST Wed service we have attended IN A VERY LONG TIME! I will OUTRIGHTLY admit, I have realised I was CARNAL... Its a hard pill to swallow. In fact it hurts just to see it on paper(so to speak) But what I learned last night, it made me realise MORE then just that! I always thought, you go to Church, You GO to Sunday School... You be active(Nursery teacher) You PRAY!! You Sing.. Ect Your doing the WILL of God. Well, somewhere in the mists of DOING all those things, well I lost my will to WANT to do them. I admit I was; Going through the motions....
I know all of you find this statement crazy...(um YEAH RT! U probably figured it out b4 me!!) And I sat there, feeling my face growing hot(from blushing) And I thought, Me carnal? NO WAY! But friends IT IS TRUE! I have my faults, many to many to count.. But I relied being CARNAL IS NOT ONE that I am ready to LIVE with! The Bible says in
I Cor 3:1 And I, Brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto Carnal, even as unto BABES in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet not are ye able.
Now when I heard this passage last night, it bothered me. I started thinking of how MANY times, MY loving Pastor Brown, had TRYED to speak to me with"Spiritual" things, & I would get all MAD! Why, because I was/am (trying NOT to BE) CARNAL! Oh MY GOODNESS!! Now of course Satan wanted to try & DENIY THAT enlightenment, however, Then God follows UP WITH THIS VERSE:
For ye are yet Carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? Hold the phones!! ME Stir up Strife??? Ok Just so you know, Satan LOST that BATTLE! Yes, I MONIQUE ANGELIA' WARD AM CARNAL! I tarted thinking of all the FIGHTS I, personally could of prevented IF I HAD NOT been Carnal! All the Stress & anxiety I placed on friends, my WONDERFUL HUSBAND, MY PASTOR, and WORSLEY MY SAVIOR!! WHAT HAVE I DONE??!!??
I was saved on Jan 07, 2001 I DID recive Christ as my SAVIOR... However what I FAILED to do was GROW!! I was as a NEW babe in Christ.... This is NOT a GOOD THING!!
Now LAST NIGHT changed something in ME, I decided I was NOT the MOST important thing in this WORLD! Christ is! Our Man of GOD, who is only trying to lead his flock in the CORRECT direction! Pastor Brown HAS ALWAYS TRYED to do what he felt God was leading him to DO! Who am I or ANYONE else, To SAY differently!!! Did you know, that a Pastor has MORE STRESS in his life then 50 ppl?? I imagine its because hes ALWAYS trying to keep his flock on the right rode! I have decided since last night, that I will be slow to ANSWER, & Quick to be QUIET! I am also going to try & raise my Lissa the way God would have me to do. So please pray for me, & My wonderful family! I thank the Lord EVERYDAY he isn't finished with me YET! So please have patients a little longer... I'm UNDER CONSTRUCTION, & GOD is my BUILDER!
May the peace of God pass all understanding...
Love In Christ,
Monique
I know all of you find this statement crazy...(um YEAH RT! U probably figured it out b4 me!!) And I sat there, feeling my face growing hot(from blushing) And I thought, Me carnal? NO WAY! But friends IT IS TRUE! I have my faults, many to many to count.. But I relied being CARNAL IS NOT ONE that I am ready to LIVE with! The Bible says in
I Cor 3:1 And I, Brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto Carnal, even as unto BABES in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet not are ye able.
Now when I heard this passage last night, it bothered me. I started thinking of how MANY times, MY loving Pastor Brown, had TRYED to speak to me with"Spiritual" things, & I would get all MAD! Why, because I was/am (trying NOT to BE) CARNAL! Oh MY GOODNESS!! Now of course Satan wanted to try & DENIY THAT enlightenment, however, Then God follows UP WITH THIS VERSE:
For ye are yet Carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? Hold the phones!! ME Stir up Strife??? Ok Just so you know, Satan LOST that BATTLE! Yes, I MONIQUE ANGELIA' WARD AM CARNAL! I tarted thinking of all the FIGHTS I, personally could of prevented IF I HAD NOT been Carnal! All the Stress & anxiety I placed on friends, my WONDERFUL HUSBAND, MY PASTOR, and WORSLEY MY SAVIOR!! WHAT HAVE I DONE??!!??
I was saved on Jan 07, 2001 I DID recive Christ as my SAVIOR... However what I FAILED to do was GROW!! I was as a NEW babe in Christ.... This is NOT a GOOD THING!!
Now LAST NIGHT changed something in ME, I decided I was NOT the MOST important thing in this WORLD! Christ is! Our Man of GOD, who is only trying to lead his flock in the CORRECT direction! Pastor Brown HAS ALWAYS TRYED to do what he felt God was leading him to DO! Who am I or ANYONE else, To SAY differently!!! Did you know, that a Pastor has MORE STRESS in his life then 50 ppl?? I imagine its because hes ALWAYS trying to keep his flock on the right rode! I have decided since last night, that I will be slow to ANSWER, & Quick to be QUIET! I am also going to try & raise my Lissa the way God would have me to do. So please pray for me, & My wonderful family! I thank the Lord EVERYDAY he isn't finished with me YET! So please have patients a little longer... I'm UNDER CONSTRUCTION, & GOD is my BUILDER!
May the peace of God pass all understanding...
Love In Christ,
Monique
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WOW! It's surprising, but I had a similar moment on Friday afternoon. D's mom is changing churches, and she had her new pastor over at her house, when we visited. He mentioned putting an ad in the paper for a pianoplayer, and that he was willing to pay for the pianist. I jumped all over that, then realized later, that it was just for the money, not so I could go to church. That is the wrong reason, to say the least. And, the church is a Nazarene church, who believe that you can lose your salvation. The pastor had good argumentsabout having to get re-born again, but I know that I cannot lose my salvation.
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