Throughout the chater it was just seaking about the events that haenned following Jesus's crucifixion. It soke of those things he had done after he had rose again to rove to his disciles and followers that it was alright but it was as i can across verse four that was such an encouragement to something i have been struggling with for a long time.
verse FOUR says,
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father romised, which you have heard me seak about.
One way or another i feel like the message Jesus was giving was to fight, resevere, and to realize that even though there will be troubles down the road, the gift is never and will never be on this earth which is eternal life with the Father. So as i seak about my own exeriences i hoe you think about your own. Serving at Cornerstone Christian Fellowshi is definitely a toughy, in every asect i get discouraged by so many things and is definitely not weight that i should not carry on my shoulders ... right? NO! wrong, i struggle with these things because i care, sometimes i just feel like not caring, no really, i love Jesus but sometimes i want to throw in the towel and just leave, but in this assage and through this assage Jesus is egging me on to definitely stay at Cornerstone and wait for His romise, that if we stay faithful and kee on ressing on His glory will definitely fall. I struggle a lot because i feel like we arent doing enough, each and every single one of us. Me as a raise leader, sometimes icking songs selfishly, or wanting everything done my way or not meeting with eole just frustrate my heart so much. Becuase through my exeriences as a Christian i know that whatever stage or season you are in with you walk with Christ you always have that desire to learn and grow, but if we as the leaders do not do our best to do that we cannot fulfill what God asks of us, to tend to His shee. I want all of His eole to feel the love that i eel at the same time when i realized the awesome ower and holiness, love, goodness, faithfulness of God haha i mean it was awesome right =). But there is so much more that i could do to bring that to our church congregation. For waht i know, from my beliefs i know that friday and sunday is NOT enough, its the bare minimum. We as leaders need to take u our cross and give u what we love, whether it be societal sins as in ornograhy, or swearing, or even just giving someone the cold shoulder and giving them a bad attitude. We need to grow u, lain and simle, we cannot act as babies because "lives" are deeding on us to do Gods work, if we dont, then we've failed it all.
God hel us.
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Your passage really strikes a chord with me also. I know how easy it can be to become complacent and delude myself into thinking I'm doing enough. We need to wait upon the Lord knowing he will supply us with the breath of fresh air we need. I can only look back on this semester with my small group and think, yeah there was some great times, but how much of a connection have you really established? The sad truth is not much of one. We all need God's help in overcoming our insecurities and showing that we love because he loved us first. Thanks again for your encouragement.
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