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Just how smart are you? How wise? How learned? How mature? How Spiritually Alive? Be honest. God says he wants us to be wise. He wants us to eat meat and not still live on milk. He calls us to be zealous, not lukewarm. He provides us with all the tools to achieve “A’s” in all of the above. But many who say they are Christ followers claim they don’t need the tools he lays out for us. “We’re doing just fine,” they say.
This is part of the 5th chapter in a book that has been created here on this blog. The book will be available on Amazon.com April 26 under the title God Called - He Needs Your Decision! This will be the Kindle edition. The print edition will follow approximately May 15, and the audio is slated for availability around June 1.
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The rest of this chapter was available free for almost a year, but has now been removed. It is my hope that you will truly enjoy the book and that it will bless you. Some have already reported their thoughts about the book. Early readers report below.
You’ve made the decision to trust God, follow
Jesus, and be indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
But
those are only the first decisions that God allows his followers to make. The Christian experience is a process of
making one decision after another. We
make choices about:
•
loving
God and others
•
participating
in Christian disciplines
•
seeking
God’s direction in our daily lives
•
being
on fire or lukewarm
•
desiring
to hear God’s specific calling on our life
•
opening
our heart to actually hear from God
•
surrendering
Where
are you in the decision process? Do you need a jump start? Here’s what others
said:
“I
started attending church again after reading God Called JS
“I
read the first few chapters of God Called but couldn’t go on. Too convicting” TB
“After
reading half of God Called, I started making big changes.” CC
Even
as a Pastor sometimes we can lose focus on what it really is to be a
true
disciple of Christ.
I
would recommend it to any Pastor or leader of a church
Great
Stuff!
Robert
Hill - Administrative Pastor
Core
Church Los Angeles
Author Randy
Kirk is a layman who makes his living as a marketing consultant. He has written this book in hopes of
motivating serious Christians to be open to hearing God’s call “Whom shall I
send. And who will go for us.” Then respond, as Isaiah did, “Here am I. Send me.
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2 comments:
This is something I've wondered about over the years. I have a relative who attended a famous church for years, and was deeply hurt by some of the practices. She left the church and only attended a local church that was led by her son for many years. When she and her son had theological differences, she stopped attending church altogether, but continues to "meet" with a friend over the phone on a regular basis, and have long discussions about the Bible, current events, and other relevant passages of Scripture.
This is a woman who loves studying her Bible more than anything. She is well into her 80's and doesn't let a day pass without digging deeply into her Bible.
Is she sinning by not being in fellowship at a local church? Is God unhappy with her for not going to a physical church even though she reads her Bible more than everyone I know?
Anything can be an idol, or a work. God clearly says he isn't interested in our rituals (Zech 7 among others).
In the Zechariah example, the Jews had been fasting twice per year for over 70 years. God asked, "Were you doing it for ME?" The test is whether fruit is the result. Plus, the person can make a sincere evaluation of their motives.
For instance, if I am isolating myself from others because I can't get along, there is something wrong. There is likely a pride issue.
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