tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post3564533406686698620..comments2024-01-11T10:58:30.769-05:00Comments on Jesus community: walking by faithTed M. Gossardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-26640750492181570442009-05-13T03:55:00.000-04:002009-05-13T03:55:00.000-04:00Nancy,
Am and will be praying for you, sister. Han...Nancy,<br />Am and will be praying for you, sister. Hang in there. Meditate on Scripture, on a passage, and on the Lord. Blessings on you, dear sister.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-60469585955058817922009-05-12T20:47:00.000-04:002009-05-12T20:47:00.000-04:00God is allowing me to see Him even in suffering. ...God is allowing me to see Him even in suffering. even this can work to His glory.<br /><br />however, i have a glimpse of understanding for those who are ready to go.<br /><br />the more the struggle it seems the closer one can get to being ready to go.<br /><br />peace to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-50028698938231415062009-05-12T20:43:00.000-04:002009-05-12T20:43:00.000-04:00i mean...not to be taken down by the bad thoughts....i mean...not to be taken down by the bad thoughts.<br /><br />God will take me where He will and i will praise Him as long as i can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-79092556384354797982009-05-12T20:38:00.000-04:002009-05-12T20:38:00.000-04:00i am struggling now.
it is hard to me, it is hard...i am struggling now.<br /><br />it is hard to me, it is hard on my family.<br /><br />i am down to doing more simple tasks and forcing myself to do things. continually looking at my blessings instead of what i have lost or can not do or how awful i feel. i feel like God is taking me down to the basics.<br /><br />it is a fight for the good. not to be taken down. i am trying to write uplifting words in my blog every day.<br /><br />my hope is in Jesus.<br /><br />i will pray for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-78684612342609802642009-05-11T03:19:00.000-04:002009-05-11T03:19:00.000-04:00Bill, Thanks, and yes! I find myself hating my str...Bill, Thanks, and yes! I find myself hating my struggles, but in that is the opportunity to learn anew and afresh a deeper walk by faith, I'm sure.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-57762162822260077482009-05-11T03:17:00.000-04:002009-05-11T03:17:00.000-04:00Andrew,
Well put. I agree. A new orientation for m...Andrew,<br />Well put. I agree. A new orientation for many, but in keeping with Scripture and the dynamic we live in here and now in Jesus. Thanks!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-76658077008545681852009-05-09T22:22:00.000-04:002009-05-09T22:22:00.000-04:00In my estimation, it is the "already-but-not-yet-n...In my estimation, it is the "already-but-not-yet-ness" of the kingdom and kingdom living that makes faith not only necessary but the only means by which we can live!Billhttp://spiritualoasis.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-15514217595397883422009-05-09T12:58:00.000-04:002009-05-09T12:58:00.000-04:00Ted,
I too have been thinking that the most impor...Ted,<br /><br />I too have been thinking that the most important--yet so often neglected--part of Christian preaching and discipleship is learning to live in the "presence of the future" (G. E. Ladd). With our futures secured by the accomplished, justifying work of Christ at Calvary, we're to long for that day when all our hopes become reality, and faith becomes sight, and Christ is King. Yet by the Spirit we are even now a "new creation."<br /><br />The thought I often come back to is, We've been given a glimpse of the end even now--the end which is really a new beginning, God reigning again with his saints, and all the liars and evildoers cast into the lake of fire (Rev. 21). Will we let that story rule our lives? We already know God will be Victor; will we still foolishly side with Satan and this world and go on in sin and unbelief? Or will we live by faith in this Story and follow Jesus?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215174193221101678noreply@blogger.com