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1 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | TheCurtMan | 98839 | ||
What is a Comfort Zone?? In my book a Comfort Zone is a place where Christians get where they are comfortable with the way that things are. Where they worship; How they worship; Who they associate with. Getting them away from this can be difficult at best.. They are just use to the way that things are. For example: A church sister of mine has a fifteen year old son. They were going to be evicted. They were making plans of going into a shelter. There are many Brothers and Sisters in our congregation with big house and large basements. Those who had the room to spare didn’t offer to put the Sister up because it was too much of an inconvience to them. They like living by themselves, and didn’t want to deal with the inconvience of having someone else living there with them, and with a teenager too? Funny thing is; it was the people who really didn’t have the room to spare who offered shelter. So for them it was REALLY an inconvience. And by the way, if you’re being ridiculed, belittled, battered and raped because of your convictions, be thankful, maybe you are flexing your spiritual muscles, and exercising. Some Christians have gotten to the point where it is too much of a effort to be ridiculed, belittled, battered and raped for their convictions. They are nolonger fighting the good fight with all their might. The CurtMan |
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2 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | VerticalRelationship | 98849 | ||
I am fighting. Some times I feel like a failure but I am fighting. I've changed over the years on what is most effective. And plugged into what patience is all about. I have learned Spiritual Armor is something you put on EVERY morning and leave on throughout the day. IF not the fire from the arrows gets real hot. But it is a fight. It is a race. It is difficult. There is no "comfort zone" about it except during refueling. And it takes strength. And courage. I read somewhere that true VALOR is asking God to show you where you need to change. I agree. I have not completed the Journey but am doing my best to stay on the Path. |
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3 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | Mommapbs | 98864 | ||
VerticalRelationship - I think the Curtman gave you an excellent illustration of what a "comfort zone" looks like but I'd also like to suggest One's "comfort zone" does NOT refer to the comfort we receive from the Lord. On the contrary, a comfort zone is most often that "place" where the Lord is NOT! As 21st century believers, self reliance creeps deceptively into our worship and our ministry. Anything that we do apart from the power and presence of Jesus Christ is in vain - it is the "wood, hay and stubble" that will not pass the refiner's fire. When we think that we can do anything for the Lord (the "you can do it mentality") we are in effect denying His power - for it is Christ who works in and through us for HIS purposes. This is a subtle trap . . . BUT, any time think we can't do something, this is a good indication that God wants to be at work in us! God uses the weak to work through - they are His strongest vessels (2 Cor 10:12; 1 Cor 1:27-31; Phil 4:13) On a persoanl note, I do not know your circumstances or what country you live in, but in America, we have a God-given system of laws to protect our citizens from beatings and rapes - regardless of their relgious convictions. Please do not ignore the "physical armor" that God has provided for you too! Blessings, mommapbs |
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4 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | VerticalRelationship | 98894 | ||
In answer to the comment about living in a God-given system of laws to protect our citizens from beatings and rapes, I am NOT being physically abused! The rape I feel is a rape of my soul and a battering of my conscience. My husband by the world's standards is a kindhearted, patient man. By the worlds's standards I am the one with the problem. Why because if you watch most T.V. shows or movies you are going to see what makes me feel raped. I am very very sensitive to crude comments and sexual talk. For example: This afternoon my husband, two of our sons and I had a talking time. We sat around and just talked. But when my husband makes a reference to sex in front of my boys I feel inside a hurt. I feel hurt when he made a comment with the sound of pride in his voice that "us (insert family name) are horney people". I cringed. I see this kind of comment and he makes them all the time as an evil influence and I see it as the reason our 3 oldest did not see a reason to be pure. To be ridiculed for my concerns concerning these type of comments is common. But the person making them is overall a good person. Which I feel makes things even worse. |
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5 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | Mommapbs | 98901 | ||
Greetings VerticalRelationship! From the sound of things, you need some professional Christian counselling - not advice from those on this Forum - to help YOU live in love and compassion with those around you without "feeling battered and raped!" God speed on this journey! Blessings, mommapbs |
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6 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | VerticalRelationship | 98940 | ||
Is it so wrong to have an awareness of being hurt when things are said or done that you know hurt the one you love? What hurts God? Conscience: The faculty of recognizing the distinction between right and wrong in regard to one's conduct coupled with a sense that one should act accordingly. Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct. In all truth and fairness. To know wrong. Perhaps you are right I need to have professional Christian help but perhaps I needed to realize that the hurt I feel may be I am sensitive to error. And when error shows up and is expressed I hurt. I get a twinge (a sharp, sudden physical pain, a mental or emotional pain). Perhaps having a twinge of conscience is not to be looked upon as a bad thing but as a gift given by the one I love the most. A gift I needed to understand. I do not want to lose my consciousness of error. Even if it hurts I still want to be able to see. Because I know that if I have the capacity to be hurt by sin then I have the capacity to confess and be forgiven for sin and to avoid it. Just as I would never want to give up being able to feel physical hurt because to do so would leave me unprotected to avoid situations of pain I do not want to give up being able to feel spiritual hurt for with it brings a protection to avoid situations of spiritual pain. And I do love and live in compassion with my family. All that is wrong is I cannot live in like 'thoughts and action' with them. I do not need counseling to realize that I am to follow, keep my mind and actions, on Jesus or to feel hurt when my loved ones do not seek this. I am a sinner saved by grace. The same grace that saved me is extended to them. I walk knowing my hope is in another, not in my flesh or in the world or in anything else but in the blood of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This walk means I will have feelings that get hurt because how can I not be hurt when people fail to see what a great gift we've been given? How easy it is to fall short of the plan and purpose of his salvation. And I am glad I opened up here because it gave me the opportunity to figure out why it is I grieve and how to live with this grief. |
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7 | Comfort Zone? | Num 28:11 | TheCurtMan | 98942 | ||
VerticalRelationship, I totally agree with much of what you have said. We Christians are so bombarded with sin on a daily basis, that a lot of times it nolonger have the effect on us that it should. I believe this is wrong. I live in a real bad section of town. About a couple of months ago, I was coming home from work. I commute on public transportation. I got off the bus and one of the first things I noticed was a dead body lying in the street. He had just been shot in the face. The authorities were just arriving, so I walked around the body and went home. I gave no thought of the individual. No thought of his family, and absolutely no thought of his spiritual relationship with God, if it was any. Later the Holy Spirit convicted me of all this. My excuse, as lame as it was, I’m surrounded by death. I turn on the News to find that someone died. I come home to find that someone has died. The same is true in the Newspaper. My conscience has become deaden to something that I should have concern over. If we’re not consciously concern about the plight of others, how are we supposed to act accordingly?? DO NOT BECOME INSENSITIVE TO ERROR!! That can and will evoke a Spiritual Lesson from your Spiritual Teacher, and I can testify to that one. The CurtMan |
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