Comments on: Loving the city http://disciple.gracesask.org/loving-the-city/ A ministry of Grace Fellowship Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:48:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jan http://disciple.gracesask.org/loving-the-city/#comment-59 Jan Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:42:43 +0000 http://idscanada.org/disciple/?p=42#comment-59 Hey K.Manz- this was a really good read! Thanks for the link. Jan Hey K.Manz- this was a really good read! Thanks for the link.
Jan

]]> By: K.Manz http://disciple.gracesask.org/loving-the-city/#comment-57 K.Manz Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:06:05 +0000 http://idscanada.org/disciple/?p=42#comment-57 Here is another article by Tim Keller regarding Christianity and culture I thought you might like to check out: http://www.christianvisionproject.com/2006/06/a_new_kind_of_urban_christian.html#comments Here is another article by Tim Keller regarding Christianity and culture I thought you might like to check out:
http://www.christianvisionproject.com/2006/06/a_new_kind_of_urban_christian.html#comments

]]> By: Jan http://disciple.gracesask.org/loving-the-city/#comment-56 Jan Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:05:01 +0000 http://idscanada.org/disciple/?p=42#comment-56 snip "Lord, work in my heart such that the cry would be a resounding, “Yes.”"snip And so...your house is sold; go therefore and make disciples.... Blessings as God directs you and Cheryl to be used for God's good pleasure in Saskatoon. Our prayers are going up for you every day. Jan and Larry snip “Lord, work in my heart such that the cry would be a resounding, “Yes.””snip

And so…your house is sold;
go therefore and make disciples….

Blessings as God directs you and Cheryl to be used for God’s good pleasure in Saskatoon.

Our prayers are going up for you every day.

Jan and Larry

]]> By: Michael http://disciple.gracesask.org/loving-the-city/#comment-55 Michael Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:19:54 +0000 http://idscanada.org/disciple/?p=42#comment-55 Some of us know that news in a small town travels fast. And knowing this, I feel, as my beloved and I prepare to move to Wilkie, I almost need to put on a poker face and act like I'm one of them. One of them being a devout, drunken Catholic, not some Bible thumper. But I have not learned so in Christ! I cannot cower beneath the blankets and watch this world backslide deeper and deeper into it's perversity and sin! Amy and I must make stands for Christ at every opportune moment in Wilkie, fully knowing that it may cause us but a "light affliction, which is but for a moment" (2 Corinthians 4:17). I know that Wilkie is a very strong Catholic town, and according to the Pope as of Monday, "There is no salvation outside the Roman-Catholic church" (seriously, those were his exact words). I pray Amy and I will stick out as sore thumbs because we will not submit to a man in a bath robe and a false god whose love is bought for a small fee. I have found two great things written by Paul in Phillipians. First, in Philippians 1:29, he states, "For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake...". What a privilege it will be to move to Wilkie and shine as ambassadors of Christ knowing of our greater reward in Heaven! Secondly, in Philippians 4:4 Paul states, "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!". Naturally, we are to rejoice because it has all been taken care of! Just looking to Revelation 20:11-15 and I see a reason to rejoice in Christ (keep reading into Chapter 21 for more tingly sensations). God knows what He is doing, I don't. So I guess what I am trying to say is this, I want to live my life for my King and I want to proclaim His glorious name. I want the folks in Wilkie Town to see something different about me, and I want to relate to them in all manners of life. I hope Amy and I will be able to share our faith out there, and I just pray that the Lord God would strengthen us with His might to make us so bold as to proclaim the Gospel. To the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ, Mikey Some of us know that news in a small town travels fast. And knowing this, I feel, as my beloved and I prepare to move to Wilkie, I almost need to put on a poker face and act like I’m one of them. One of them being a devout, drunken Catholic, not some Bible thumper.

But I have not learned so in Christ! I cannot cower beneath the blankets and watch this world backslide deeper and deeper into it’s perversity and sin! Amy and I must make stands for Christ at every opportune moment in Wilkie, fully knowing that it may cause us but a “light affliction, which is but for a moment” (2 Corinthians 4:17).

I know that Wilkie is a very strong Catholic town, and according to the Pope as of Monday, “There is no salvation outside the Roman-Catholic church” (seriously, those were his exact words). I pray Amy and I will stick out as sore thumbs because we will not submit to a man in a bath robe and a false god whose love is bought for a small fee.

I have found two great things written by Paul in Phillipians. First, in Philippians 1:29, he states, “For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake…”. What a privilege it will be to move to Wilkie and shine as ambassadors of Christ knowing of our greater reward in Heaven!

Secondly, in Philippians 4:4 Paul states, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!”. Naturally, we are to rejoice because it has all been taken care of! Just looking to Revelation 20:11-15 and I see a reason to rejoice in Christ (keep reading into Chapter 21 for more tingly sensations). God knows what He is doing, I don’t.

So I guess what I am trying to say is this, I want to live my life for my King and I want to proclaim His glorious name. I want the folks in Wilkie Town to see something different about me, and I want to relate to them in all manners of life. I hope Amy and I will be able to share our faith out there, and I just pray that the Lord God would strengthen us with His might to make us so bold as to proclaim the Gospel.

To the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ,
Mikey

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