The Strength to Forgive
After 18 hours of flight on three airplanes, 9 hours waiting in airport terminals,and a 1-1/2 hour train ride, we finally arrived in downtown Melbourne, Australia. Jumping quickly off the tram, each of us with two bulgingly full suitcases in hand, Gene and I began the mile-long trudge back to the gym.
God tells us, His kids, to pray always. But in my early years as a believer, busy with family, job, school, friends, fellowship, traveling, and all those things that seem to keep us busy, I neglected my prayer time with God. Troubles would come up and I’d get serious about it for a while until I received God’s deliverance, then back to busy.
Last October, Gene and I moved away from a small, rural community where we had been living for eleven years.
In Branded by God, Part 1, we established that keeping the unity of the spirit, “…starts with recognizing that each and every born again believer is a member of the body of Christ,” and “no individual believer is any ‘better’ than another, and none is of less value.” That is the essence of the lowliness and meekness toward God and one another that we need to keep the unity of the spirit.
How Are We Supposed to “Keep the Unity of the Spirit” in This Dark World?
You may have been a member of the boy scouts, coach of a soccer team, teacher in a high school, or part of an army battalion. All of these organizations require that the members work together to accomplish a common goal. Even the coaches of opposing soccer teams must be unified to make the soccer season a success.
What Brand of Christian Are You?
What brand of cereal did you have for breakfast this morning, Kellogg’s or Post?