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Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/23/2012 by carolie

carolie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:58:59 +0000

as a female i have a tendency to over-react especially in familial decisions, so today’s devotion is a great self-examination tool for me. thanks again for the challenge! we as Christians need to always remember that “we are living epistles, known and read of all men”. ll Corinthians 3:2

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/21/2012 by kelley

kelley — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:26:18 +0000

I’m working on less judgment and more release to the one who judges. I remind myself that each of us is a daughter or son of God. We are all God’s project; not each others.

“Therefore, anyone of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things. We know that God’s judgment on those who do such thinks is based on the truth. Romans 2:1-2

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/21/2012 by carolie

carolie — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:12:03 +0000

pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you. Matthew 5:44

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/20/2012 by holly

holly — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:26:13 +0000

Those that are toughest to love need it the most.

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/20/2012 by carolie

carolie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:09:18 +0000

thank God He brings this scripture before me at just the right times to humble me and remind me that He in His great love sent His only begotten Son to die for my sin and the sin of the whole world while I/we were yet sinners. God bless you, Chip and Nicole for your faithfulness in this ministry!

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/20/2012 by Geoffrey Carrigan

Geoffrey Carrigan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:09 +0000

I’m involved in student ministry, and there is a kid who comes, “Carl”, who is very disruptive and rude. He’s always trying to cause havoc, won’t participate in any of the group activities, picks on others and is mean to them, and says awful things to the leaders as he’s rebelling. I have never enjoyed spending time anywhere near Carl, but I’ve had to do it on a few occasions. Once, after a really frustrating day with Carl, I complained to my friend about it and talked about just how awful Carl was and how I wished he could just be good like the other kids. My friend proceeded to make a great point by asking me a question. “Why did you start doing student ministry, to hang out with kids who already know Jesus or to try and share Jesus with kids like Carl, who have no idea?” That really helped to change my perspective and work a little harder to love Carl, realizing who I’m doing it for. Thanks for the post!

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/20/2012 by kelley

kelley — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:15:59 +0000

I just completed a conversation with a trusting friend about the difficult time I’m having with loving a difficult person. My confidant had good advice but “prayer for” is even better. Thank you for the post today.

Comment on Spiritual WOD – 2/20/2012 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:28 +0000

This passage is interesting to me in that sometimes those people who are hard to love are those who I love most. And so I feel that it carries with it the idea of unconditional love. We are not to love someone because they fulfill our expectations. We are to love because God first loved us. This is the reason and the power by which we CAN love. My family is involved in our local Out of the Cold program and sometimes I find it hard to love someone who needs that and yet is also acting very ungratefully. These verses tell me to love someone simply because God loves, not because I want to. I have also seen the restorative power of God’s love when His Spirit gave me the ability to love someone who had very deeply hurt me. God’s love brings healing and peace and restoration.

Comment on Spiritual Weekend WOD – 2/17/2012 to 2/19/2012 by carolie

carolie — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:34:55 +0000

i’ve learned(usually the hard way) to ask for wisdom every day and sometimes every hour as i have a tendency to try to escape before attaining mature perseverencein a circumstance. therefore causing another circumstance to arise to further teach me the art of persevering to maturity. thank God for His loving kindness and longsuffering!!

Comment on Spiritual Weekend WOD – 2/17/2012 to 2/19/2012 by Snofaith

Snofaith — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:24:37 +0000

Big verse and big meaning! Why is it easy to persevere physically, but not so easy spiritually? My WOD: ask and believe.