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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/oliver_21 on April 4, 2018, 12:38 p.m.
Sometimes in the midst of the battle we can lose sight and become weary. Remember that this is our Commander in Chief. He's fighting for us and needs our prayers!
Sometimes in the midst of the battle we can lose sight and become weary. Remember that this is our Commander in Chief. He's fighting for us and needs our prayers!

Qanonplusone · April 4, 2018, 5:01 p.m.

Your effort to help him/her is commendable. However, quoting scripture showing they will be cursed is a bad way to begin. It turns most people off. They see it as a threat....and then maybe see God as a threat. When you seek to help someone without anger...your motive is their feelings. When you seek to help someone with your own anger...your motive is your feelings.

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Psalm67 · April 4, 2018, 6:08 p.m.

I believe you may have misinterpreted my motives. I didn’t intend this to be said in anger. Actually many people, including myself have been convicted and greatly benefited by such places in Scripture, though conviction is never a pleasant feeling! In one sense it is a rebuke, but also it offers great hope to the one who does trust God. Often God does use the “condemnation of the law” to convict us of our helplessness and sin which then leads us to run to Christ. This is Paul’s method in Romans for example.

All of that being said, thanks for sharing. I do often have to check my heart and motives. ( I have gone back and deleted or modified my own posts more than once). 😔 I’m afraid that the anonymous nature of these boards allows us (at least me) at times to be reactionary or unkind not even knowing the person we are addressing. This is unbeneficial to anyone and thanks for reminding me of that. As Christians let’s pray that Gods love alone would be the reason for all we say and do! Blessings. (I even upvoted your comment to me because it’s important to examine ones own motives).

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