…spreading the fragrance of His knowledge…
As I grow older, I realise it’s ridiculous, foolish even, to criticize certain denominations or doctrines because we don’t need them yet, or we have outgrown them, or we feel – at the level we currently are – they are extreme.
Let me explain.
I grew up attending a well-known church whose major doctrine was holiness: righteousness, sanctification, abstinence from sin, living a holy life – down to our physical appearance…
It happened again recently. I got up to have my devotion as usual. I already had a pattern in mind, so I knew what I wanted to do. Prior to this time, certain “inconsequential” things had been bothering me on the surface. I’d prayed about them lightly, but they still lingered around the borders ofContinue reading “Led By The Spirit…”
Some years ago, I woke up one day hungry. Literally starving. I was so ravenous, I felt I could eat paint off the wall. That’s how hungry I was.
The only problem was that I was supposed to be fasting.
I was so hungry I didn’t think I could concentrate. However, I forced myself to open my Bible, then began to read hungrily…
A few weeks ago, I started to feel physically exhausted and sleepy. I knew I had been very busy, so I initially shrugged it off. I would lie down, then sleep off immediately. I am a very light sleeper, but these times, I would sleep deeply. I thought it was mental exhaustion from work and certain situations.
However, I started getting concerned when I started to feel sleepy during church service. That was really weird…
It’s strange how the enemy skews our perspective; how he makes the insignificant become our focus – instead of the bigger picture:
He makes us reluctant to openly profess Christ – in a world of eight billion people – because we are very conscious of twenty members of our family or inner circle. Or even ONE certain individual…
Debby Osa 