The moment I mentioned that I was from a local church, Mrs Stark expressed immediate anger. Standing in her doorway she told me in no uncertain terms that she was not interested in God or, “any of you people who say you believe in Him!” Not only was this the voice of an angry woman but more importantly, I heard the voice of a hurting woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: anger, believe, blame, love, reality, relationship, tragedy
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17
August
2009
Time: 11:06
During my time of street ministry I observed there to be no other organization so rigorously committed to systematic door to door visitations than that of the Jehovah Witnesses. So organized and effective were they in their work in the three and a half years I was out there, they put the rest of us to shame. And, because of the spiritual vacuum that is so evident in people’s lives, their religion had/has great appeal for people. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: anger, Bible, confusion, difference, God, peace, reality
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17
July
2009
Time: 12:25
Many people I met with were more than aware of their lack of knowledge of God and as such were embarrassed. Others felt guilty. For a lot of them the embarrassment and guilt set in when their children and grandchildren began to ask them questions about where they (the children) came from, how they were born, the creation of animals, flowers and the stars etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: anger, embarrassment, guilt, meaning, reality, truth
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19
June
2009
Time: 12:13
As a messenger of the gospel of Jesus Christ working in one of Melbourne’s middle-class suburbs, I learned to discern very quickly the plight of so many individual people. Guilt, fear, confusion, worry, anger, anxiety, hurts, bitterness etc – if these were not verbally expressed, then they’d be written on their faces and if not on their faces it would show up in their eyes. I tried to make no judgements about this however, because many of these emotions are what motivated me for 39 years also. But when I met the Lord Jesus Christ He began to release me from them. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: anger, confusion, fear, guilt
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Biblical Christianity, Encouragement, Knowing God |
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17
June
2009
Time: 12:29