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"'𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, "𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬: 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥." 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐎 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝."'"
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝-𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.
𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.
𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲."
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𝑨𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒎, 𝑰𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒃 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 (𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 3:3, 𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 5:2, 𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 18:35). 𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕. (𝑮𝒂𝒍. 6:17) 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023. (𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 91:3) 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚. (𝑬𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 3:16 -19, 𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 92:10) (𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 13: 11 - 13). 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 1𝒔𝒕 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄, 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔. (𝑬𝒛𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒍 12 :27). 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆! (𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 1: 4 - 5) 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023. (𝒁𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒉 4:7). 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒖𝒔. (𝑬𝒛𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒍 12 :27-28) 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖. (𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 97:3 - 5) 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝑰 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚, 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆! (1 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒍 2: 8 - 10) 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 1𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝑰 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. (𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘 5:13) 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚, 𝑰 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆. (𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒉 2:13) 𝑨𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. (𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒉 1: 9 - 10) 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉. 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023, 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒋𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓. (𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 40:3)𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙢 - 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚
(𝘾). 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙠𝙬𝙤 𝙆𝙪𝙨𝙞 𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙣
𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
THE IMAGE OF GOD, FRUITFULNESS, AND DOMINION.
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Genesis 1:26-28 NKJV.
Reading these words bring a freshness of hope and a greater sense of purpose to my Spirit.
First, the reminder that we are made in the image of God should arrest us in deep reflection and digestion. We are to reflect God in His attributes, character, and mindset. In essence, our thought patterns, behaviors and responses to situations should be stamped with the divine image. With God's image embedded in us, we should approach life asking: How would God handle this? How would I respond in a way that reflects God's image? Am I acting like God would expect? Am I reflecting the divine mindset?
The thought of the Divine Image becomes even weightier when we start reflecting over the fact that we live in Jesus, move in Him and have our being in Him. It is further enhanced by the fact that we are the temple of the living God. God's Holy Spirit dwells in us to empower us in all our undertakings. The Power of the Creator God resides in us.
Second: We are blessed and commanded by God to be fruitful, multiply and have dominion over the earth! So, with the image of God in us, divine authority upon our lives and the blessings and command to be fruitful, multiply and have dominion, we must see ourselves in a totally different light. We must never approach life with a defeatist attitude. We must always remember who we are and the authority we have in every situation we face on earth. Our realm of operation must be totally different because the authority of the Creator is fully behind us.
Would you determine from this point on to put on a fresh mindset and attitude of one functioning in the very image of God? One blessed and commanded to be fruitful and multiply in all you do? One given the authority to have dominion over every situation you encounter on earth? I believe this will renew our fighting spirit and remove fear and mediocrity from our spirits!
Live out the image of God in you; be fruitful and multiply; have dominion and walk in your divinely ordained blessings! You have divine authority behind you! Don't succumb; take dominion!
Prayer: Father, I thank you for the reminder that I am made in your very image and that You have blessed me to be fruitful, multiply and exercise dominion. Please help me to internalize and act upon this life-changing truth so that I can bear much fruit for your glory. Amen.
NEVER BELIEVE THE DEVIL
NEVER BELIEVE THE DEVIL
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat from the trees in the garden, but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
"You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Genesis 3:1-7
The Bible's recounting of the fall of man begins with a description of Satan, the instigator, as a crafty person. A crafty person is someone who is "sly, subtly deceitful and cunning." The effectiveness of Satan's craftiness is evident in the way he undermined the integrity of God by causing Eve to doubt the good intentions of God. Satan successfully convinced Eve that God was not interested in their ultimate well-being but was selfishly keeping them away from becoming as knowledgeable and powerful as God Himself. Eve swallowed the lie and the results were catastrophic.
The strategies of Satan have not changed, neither has his agenda. His sole goal is to steal, kill and destroy. His greatest strategy is subtle deception and craftiness. He talks about how tasty the fruit is but not the resultant loss of glory and the covering of leaves. He talks about the highs but not the consequent lows. Satan will do everything to convince us that God is not interested in our well-being so we should not listen to God. But that is a lie from the pit of hell. God so loves us that He sent His only Son to die for us. God so loves us that He has given us His Word and His Spirit to guide and empower us. Believing Satan's lie puts us on the path to destruction. Satan deceives and destroys.
The road of life is littered with many of Satan's victims who bought into His lie. Never believe the Devil. He is your adversary, not your advocate! The Spirit who lives in you is your help. Depend on Him and you will not fall prey to the Devil's deception. May the everlasting arms of our loving God sustain and protect you.
Prayer: Lord, may the power of your Spirit undergird and uphold me. May my heart be so full of your word that there will be no room for the Enemy's deception to take root in me. Amen.
WHAT IS AN ALTAR CALL AND IS IT NECESSARY?
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙨 𝙄𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮?
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Some people have mixed feelings about altar calls. They believe altar calls are traditions rather than scriptural.
Those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come forward publicly during an altar call. Some people respond to the altar call every week. If they renewed their allegiance to Jesus Christ last week, what happened during the week to make it necessary for them to go back this week and next week, and the weeks to follow?
A person who does that probably doesn't understand what an altar call is. Leaders in the church should notice this behavior and enlighten people about the purpose of the altar call. Perhaps people who continually go to altar calls Sunday after Sunday need spiritual guidance in other areas.
While a new spiritual commitment is made during an altar call, other needs are also addressed. Some people might go to the altar for other specific purposes. Reasons might include a rededication after a spiritual relapse, to repent for a sin, to pray for healing, to surrender a new part of their lives to God, or to request a particular blessing.
𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 "𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍" 𝒐𝒓 "𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓"
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The event is called an "altar call" or "altar prayer" because people are gathered at the altar that is located at the front of the church building.
In the Old Testament, sacrifices were made on the altar. It was where animals were offered and literally killed. The altar is where believers offer themselves to God. According to Romans 12:1, "𝕴 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖍 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊, 𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖓, 𝖇𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕲𝖔𝖉, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖊 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖇𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖆 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖆𝖈𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊, 𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖞, 𝖆𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖕𝖙𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝕲𝖔𝖉, 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖎𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖈𝖊."This type of offering is a spiritual one. Believers aren't physically killed at the altar.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞
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𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓. 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓. 𝑰𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍.
Unfortunately, many altar calls occur before the preached word. Altar calls are most effective when they are held at the end of a sermon after parishioners have been given something to think about.
𝙄𝙣 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨
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Altar calls began in some churches in the 1830s in the United States. Even though "altar calls" cannot be found in the Bible, many well-known pastors have helped to modernize them. They include the late Billy Graham, his son Franklin Graham, Benny Hinn, David Wilkerson, Reinhard Bonnke, Billy Sunday, and D. L. Moody and in recent days Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng, Pastor E.A Adeboye, Bishop David Oyedepo, Apostle Emmanuel Akwasi Atta Adade, just to mention a few, no matter what they will never finish a sermon without an altar call.
Many churches believe that one must make a public proclamation of faith based on what Jesus said in Matthew 10:32-33.
"𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏."
Another reason given in support of altar calls is that they are public acts that provide evidence of the Holy Spirit working in a person's life and changes are expected to take place. This evidence is good for the leaders of the church and the congregation to see.
𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙢'𝙨 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
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𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 "𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧." 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬.
𝑶𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔
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𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗇𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗇𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾. 𝖠𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗆𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇.
𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏. 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏.
In summary, the main objections against altar calls include the following:
𝟏)- 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬.
𝟐)- 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝟑)- 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓢𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓐𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷 𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓪𝓻 𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓵?
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𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣. 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙧.
𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚.
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𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔:
1. 𝑺𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓: 𝑰𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒔 3:1, 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 (𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 3𝒑𝒎). 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 6:10, 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕.
2. 𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅'𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍: 𝑰𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒘 6:9-13, 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅'𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕'𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.
3. 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓: 𝑰𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 3:16, 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔, 𝒉𝒚𝒎𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔.
4. 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓: 𝑰𝒏 1 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒚 2:1-4, 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.
5. 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕: 𝑰𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 8:26-27, 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓.
2）－ ＮＥＷ ＣＯＮＶＥＲＴ ＢＩＢＬＥ ＣＬＡＳＳＥＳ
𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒇𝒖𝒍:
1. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔: 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.
2. 𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒖𝒎: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒔.
3. 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔. 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆.
4. 𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑨𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉, 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.
5. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚. 𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉. 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔.
３）－ ＦＯＬＬＯＷ ＵＰ ＦＯＲ ＮＥＷ ＣＯＮＶＥＲＴＳ
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐮𝐩𝐬:
𝟏. 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧: 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭.
𝟐. 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐮𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬.
𝟑. 𝐁𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡'𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤-𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝟒. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞.
𝟓. 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐀𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡.
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲.
In conclusion Altar Call 𝙄𝙨 𝙄𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦.
1. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩: 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘴 2:38, 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 10:9, 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩.
2. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 10:32-33, 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵.
3. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘴 2:42-47, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵.
4. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 2 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 6:2, 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦; 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩.
𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵.
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Friday, May 5, 2023
THE VALUE OF SPIRITUALITY
TOPIC: THE VALUE OF SPIRITUALITY
NOTE: Spirituality without responsibility is insincerity.
Spirituality is an indispensable necessity for life and destiny. The greatest need of anyone is the need for true spirituality. The most essential needs of man are spiritual needs. When the spiritual is handled, the natural follows. Therefore, a person must give crucial attention to his/her spirituality more than all other things in life.
Now, let me give three things that spirituality would produce in the life of a person:
I) SPIRITUALITY IS DOORWAY TO RESPONSIBILITY
Every true spiritual person is a responsible person. A spiritual husband, father, employee, or employer is a responsible person. To know God well is to do things well. Nothing refines character like spirituality. The closer we get to God, the more like Him we become (2 Corinthians 3:18). Spirituality without responsibility is insincerity.
II) SPIRITUALITY SHARPENS MENTALITY
The closer to God we are, the more like Him we think. No one can be closely related to the Almighty God and behave like a fool. Distance from God is distance from sense; disconnection from God is impartation of stupidity.
III) SPIRITUALITY IS DOORWAY TO RELIABILITY
The closer people get to God, the more reliable they become in their character (Daniel 6:3). So, the limit of spirituality is the limit of reliability, and reliability is foundation for authority. Your spirituality will provoke your reliability and your reliability will establish your blessing.
THE VALUE OF SPIRITUALITY
1. Love: Love is a central value of spirituality in the Bible. Jesus himself said that the two greatest commandments are to love God and love your neighbour as yourself (Matthew 22:37-40).
2. Compassion : Compassion is another important value in the Bible. Jesus was known for his compassion towards those who were suffering, and he taught his followers to show compassion to others as well (Matthew 9:36, Matthew 25 :35-40).
3. Humility: The Bible teaches that humility is an important virtue for spiritual growth. Jesus himself demonstrated humility by washing his disciples' feet and ultimately sacrificing himself for the sake of others (John 13 :1-17, Philippians 2:3-8).
4. Forgiveness: Forgiveness is a key value in the Bible, and Jesus taught his followers to forgive others as they have been forgiven by God (Matthew 6 :14-15, Colossians 3:13).
5. Gratitude : The Bible teaches that gratitude is an important aspect of spirituality. Christians are called to give thanks in all circumstances, recognizing that everything comes from God (1 Thessalonians 5:18, James 1:17).
6. Generosity: Generosity is another important value in the Bible. Jesus taught his followers to give to those in need and to use their resources for the greater good (Matthew 25 :34-40, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7).
7. Faith : Faith is a central component of spirituality in the Bible. Christians are called to trust in God and believe in his promises, even when circumstances seem difficult (Hebrews 11:1, Romans 8:28).
8.Communion : In the Christian faith, the blood of Jesus is a symbol of redemption and salvation and has spiritual significance for believers. The Bible teaches that through the shedding of his blood, Jesus made a way for believers to have their sins forgiven and to be reconciled with God.
The concept of spirituality through the blood of Jesus is rooted in the idea of atonement, which is the reconciliation of humanity with God. According to Romans 3:23, all humans have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and the penalty for sin is death Romans 6:23. However, because of his great love for humanity, God sent his son Jesus to die on the cross and pay the penalty for our sins, so that through faith in him, we can be forgiven and be made righteous.(Matthew 26:26-28)
When believers accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, they are said to be redeemed by his blood. This means that they are forgiven of their sins and are given new life in Christ. The Bible says, "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace" (Ephesians 1:7).
Spirituality through the blood of Jesus is also about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in believers. The Holy Spirit is seen as the presence of God in the lives of believers and is given to us as a gift when we accept Jesus as our Savior.
The Holy Spirit helps believers to grow in faith and to live a life that is pleasing to God.
These are just a few of the values of spirituality emphasized in the Bible. There are many more that could be explored as well.
Beloved, my counsel is, develop your spiritual roots in God and let it reflect in the way you live.
Remember this: Spirituality without responsibility is insincerity.
HOW DO I BENEFIT FROM THESES VALUES:
1. Decide to maintain a life of high spirituality.
2. Endeavour to always accept responsibility.
3. Be reliable in everything you do.
4. Approach life with a solid mentality.
PRAYER: O Lord, I ask for the grace for quality spirituality. Help me, to be responsible and reliable in everything I do, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
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