Comments on: this thing wasn’t done in a corner http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: -joshua- http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-47625 -joshua- Fri, 09 May 2008 16:29:18 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-47625 awesome discussion/edification/preachin'/teachin'/sharin' going on in here! i love it and it always keeps my perspective correct; CHRIST is everything! thx to all! awesome discussion/edification/preachin’/teachin’/sharin’ going on in here! i love it and it always keeps my perspective correct; CHRIST is everything! thx to all!

]]> By: Glen Galaxy http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46739 Glen Galaxy Thu, 08 May 2008 00:08:57 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46739 btw i've run into that same response. people have 2 choices - get over-the-top happy at what God is doing, or malfunction. ..."i've never seen anything like that" or "that's weird" or "i don't believe that's possible" etc. runs through their heads so loud they cannot process the simple beautiful amazing good news that God is at work right in the middle of us! i love reading the gospels & seeing how the people are constantly amazed at Jesus, while the religious elite keep finding religious ways to write him off. bottom line: if they believed Jesus' word/work, they'll believe yours. if they hated Jesus' word/work, they'll hate yours. 2 sides of the same coin. either way you get to be hid in Christ >> btw i’ve run into that same response. people have 2 choices - get over-the-top happy at what God is doing, or malfunction.

…”i’ve never seen anything like that” or “that’s weird” or “i don’t believe that’s possible” etc. runs through their heads so loud they cannot process the simple beautiful amazing good news that God is at work right in the middle of us! i love reading the gospels & seeing how the people are constantly amazed at Jesus, while the religious elite keep finding religious ways to write him off.

bottom line: if they believed Jesus’ word/work, they’ll believe yours. if they hated Jesus’ word/work, they’ll hate yours. 2 sides of the same coin. either way you get to be hid in Christ >>

]]> By: william.n http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46633 william.n Wed, 07 May 2008 22:51:21 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46633 Then with that. I praise God that a seed was planted. and I pray that it may bear fruit. Then with that. I praise God that a seed was planted. and I pray that it may bear fruit.

]]> By: Glen Galaxy http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46569 Glen Galaxy Wed, 07 May 2008 21:24:33 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46569 The sower sows the seed - that's your responsibility. It's just like when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you find yourself commanding someone paralyzed in a wheelchair to stand to their feet. You just be faithful in declaring what Father puts in your heart, in your mouth - then the results are Father's department. He performs the work. Don't let people's reactions affect your confidence one bit. As God told young Jeremiah over and over, "don't be afraid of their faces." Speak as the oracles of God. Proclaim the miracle of salvation that only God can work, and then stand back and let him work it. And don't take one ounce of the credit or the criticism. Look at the rest of the 2 Corinthians 4 passage: 3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord... Remember this, what you bind on earth is bound in heaven and what you loose on earth is loosed in heaven. You have authority in Christ to tell people their sins are forgiven, and you have authority to bind the mind-blinding spirits that try to veil the hearts of those who hear the Word you speak. You have authority to cast down every proud thing that exalts itself above the knowledge of God. You have received mercy, so you can appeal to God for mercy for those you speak the Word to. You've got an arsenal at your disposal you've barely tapped into! Above all, don't let anything rob you of your joy, or steal your confidence, or shatter your heart. You have know idea how proud of you your Father in heaven is when you brag on Jesus and all he's done >> The sower sows the seed - that’s your responsibility. It’s just like when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you find yourself commanding someone paralyzed in a wheelchair to stand to their feet. You just be faithful in declaring what Father puts in your heart, in your mouth - then the results are Father’s department. He performs the work.

Don’t let people’s reactions affect your confidence one bit. As God told young Jeremiah over and over, “don’t be afraid of their faces.” Speak as the oracles of God. Proclaim the miracle of salvation that only God can work, and then stand back and let him work it. And don’t take one ounce of the credit or the criticism.

Look at the rest of the 2 Corinthians 4 passage:
3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord…

Remember this, what you bind on earth is bound in heaven and what you loose on earth is loosed in heaven. You have authority in Christ to tell people their sins are forgiven, and you have authority to bind the mind-blinding spirits that try to veil the hearts of those who hear the Word you speak. You have authority to cast down every proud thing that exalts itself above the knowledge of God. You have received mercy, so you can appeal to God for mercy for those you speak the Word to. You’ve got an arsenal at your disposal you’ve barely tapped into!

Above all, don’t let anything rob you of your joy, or steal your confidence, or shatter your heart. You have know idea how proud of you your Father in heaven is when you brag on Jesus and all he’s done >>

]]> By: Ramon and Irma http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46540 Ramon and Irma Wed, 07 May 2008 17:39:21 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46540 Its All TRUE! Its All TRUE!

]]> By: william.n http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46392 william.n Wed, 07 May 2008 07:20:04 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2008/05/06/this-thing-wasnt-done-in-a-corner/#comment-46392 I've been growing in my boldness and it's awesome, but what's sad and disheartening is to tell an awesome story of a miracle and not even get a response...from the person that's sitting across from you. It's almost as if they can't even respond. I mean, even being angry would be something, but when they don't even respond? I’ve been growing in my boldness and it’s awesome, but what’s sad and disheartening is to tell an awesome story of a miracle and not even get a response…from the person that’s sitting across from you. It’s almost as if they can’t even respond. I mean, even being angry would be something, but when they don’t even respond?

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