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Results from: Notes On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Jman Ordered by Date |
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1 | Knowing God's will under short notice | Bible general Archive 1 | Jman | 88232 | ||
Scribe, Thank you so much for your response. I read and worked through What Color is Your Parachute before I found my current job. It was a very rewarding and thought provoking experience. After doing all of the exercises, I concluded that God wanted me to be in some sort of music ministry. However, no opportunites were available in the small Southern Utah town where we had recently moved. Thanks to an old friend of mine, who set me up with an interview, I currently work in a residential home for people with mental illness. It is a terrific job, but I am finding it difficult to support my family on the wage I am earning. The opportunity I was mentioning in my question was about returning to a job I previously had working with incarcerated youth, where the pay is much better. However, the deadline for the applications to the current opening was today. I view both jobs as ministries, and seem to have a gift for working with severely troubled people. Anyway, my wife and I and our four children moved to our current place of residence so that my wife could finish school to become a special education teacher. At the time we felt that God was leading us in that direction, and currently she only has one year of college left. So I was just wondering if God was showing me this short notice opportunity in order to get me to take a leap of faith and not lean on my own understanding, or if He was using it to show me my eventual destination, or if He was just using it wake me up and stop being so complacent in leading my family. Notwithstanding, as I write this note to you, I sense God helping me work through the fog of my own trigger-happy, all or nothing, anxious thinking. I am confident that he will guide my path. Thanks for your input. Yours in Christ, Jman |
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2 | Knowing God's will under short notice | Bible general Archive 1 | Jman | 88230 | ||
Hello EdB, Thanks for your response. It was like a soothing balm to my troubled spirit. I am often guilty of not seeking God first in my decisions and it is good to be reminded of that. Pray for me, that I would remain steadfast and stop being such a yo yo Christian. I desperately need to abide in Christ. Yours in Christ, Jman |
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3 | Divisions in the church | NT general Archive 1 | Jman | 87077 | ||
Hank, What are the core Christian beliefs that must be maintained, and what beliefs are negotiable? I have been struggling with this issue for some time. I know that God will work it all out for good, but I am concerned about my beliefs lining up with truth. It kind of scares me to see denominations argue over an issue, when each seems to be able to back up their point of view from the bible. I really get confused sometimes. Sincerely, Jman |
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4 | Preaching from envy and strife? | Phil 1:15 | Jman | 86585 | ||
mommapbs, thanks so much for your answer. So, is it accurate to say that the people who preached Christ of contention assumed that Paul would be disturbed by their success, in other words, they felt he would be envious of them, and that was their primary motivation for preaching? Also, does the context of verse 14 indicate that even the envious preachers were brethren in the Lord? Just want to get my facts straight. Thanks again for your help. |
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