tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670807380759322907.post4248071359554330394..comments2023-06-16T05:19:12.371-07:00Comments on Thoughts From The Field...: My First Rant.....(show me some grace)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670807380759322907.post-13329583941617090052010-07-16T13:05:29.595-07:002010-07-16T13:05:29.595-07:00I hear what you are saying. I see the complacency ...I hear what you are saying. I see the complacency of christians and it makes me sad. We need to be active and we need to fight. Our best weapon is love. Thanks for sharing your heart and being bold.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399416380405504850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670807380759322907.post-91053324542464779042010-07-16T09:47:08.560-07:002010-07-16T09:47:08.560-07:00Love your style bro!! I too share in your disgust...Love your style bro!! I too share in your disgust at the apathy and frankly the sissyness that a lot of Christian men have towards lots of things. <br />God calls us all to live for Him and His glory and to die to our flesh daily. It's really hard and we all have unique sin we deal with every day. The apostle Paul expressed his frustration in Romans when he says ...."I do the very things I don't want to do, etc......". Paul fought his flesh all the time and I believe that Paul wanted us to know that we too will have to fight on a daily basis. The hard thing for most people to understand is the dichotomy of fighting and surrendering all at the same time. We have to do our part in the fight and cooperate with the Holy Spirit. But before the Holy Spirit can get involved, we have to surrender control to Him. Zech 4:6 says "Not by my might, nor by my power, but by His Spirit...". On our own, we'll fall for what our flesh wants. The surrender to our fleshly desires on a daily basis is the "battle" and the key to our heart is the "war". God wants our heart and through His grace, forgives our mistakes. <br />If you think about the Prodigal son story....the story doesn't make it into the Bible if the Prodigal son doesn't fight the voices in his head to rebel, surrender himself, humble himself, come home and repent. If he would have said screw it, I'll go do something else and never returned home, the father could have never shown him grace and mercy and the son could have never been restored. We have to teach each other to fight and surrender at the same time. We have to get them to drink the truth so they can fight the lies. What should break our hearts more, are the people who are lukewarm, know it and want to stay there. <br /><br />God shares your heart Scott as do I. With His help, we will get to as many men as we can. We must walk by faith knowing that He will empower us to fulfill His purposes if we'll listen and be obedient. <br /><br />Peace out,<br /><br />Mike RiddleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670807380759322907.post-72336558637314348132010-07-15T23:37:26.404-07:002010-07-15T23:37:26.404-07:00Incredible!!I agree and believe all that you have ...Incredible!!I agree and believe all that you have written. Affairs, addictions and abuse is widespread and very common in our churches, with family and friends. As a wife of a wonderful husband and the mother of a beautiful son, I definitely agree to pray for our churches to challenge men and boys in the areas you wrote. They are the head of the household and our sons are our future.<br /> Ron is currently reading Wild at Heart and is enjoying it as well. Guess you'll have something to talk about next time you cross paths. <br />Great post Scott!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286603511046151147noreply@blogger.com