Marilyn and I are at the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference today. Many matters of importance might come before the Conference. The entire event and process will require patience, grace and some good country logic.
Pray for us to be smart and shrewd. Pray for us to be Christlike. Pray for us to be wise in a Christlike wisdom that Paul describes in 1 Corinthians 1. Pray for us to be available to God for His good purposes. Pray for us!
I will choose to follow Christ and the Scripture where Peter wrote about such matters. "But in your hearts, revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks to give a reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15)." We must be where God has called us. But we must not resort to being religious colonialists, seeking to acquire control over another culture, occupying that culture with the intent to make little replicas of ourselves. Missionaries learned that stripping others of their culture doesn't work. It doesn't work inside the Church either. 1) We must, revere Christ as Lord ... 2) we must to share our hope in Christ, but 3) we must do this with gentleness and respect. Thank you for your prayers! AMEN
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