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The Church

The Church is not a building, but a group of people, who are followers of Jesus Christ. They look to Him as their Savior and Lord.

The Church has as its foundation, the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Christ. He gave the Church a commission and that is to reach and teach people, all that He had taught His disciples.

After His ascension, He said that we would have the Holy Spirit’s presence to help the Believers to live for Him and to serve others. We have been sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise until the day of redemption.

Some people see Believers, who fail to live up to a certain standard, as hypocrites. They think they should live one way and yet they are doing otherwise. However, they are blinded by the truth, because the truth of God is spiritually discerned.

Without a doubt, Born again Believers will fall short of God’s goodness. But, what others cannot see is the heart’s desire of a person and how hard they may be trying to live a Christian life.

Growing as a Believer is a lifelong process and we will fail ourselves and others. To be sure, Satan is always ready to pull us down to his level.

More often than not, Believers will see their sin quickly and wi ll ask God in Jesus name to forgive them and help them not sin in that way again. Most likely, no one will know when this prayer takes place. But God is faithful to forgive our sins, when we sincerely ask Him.

All Believers are a work in progress and is in no way perfect. But, sincere love for God and for others is a way to live life and show God’s love to the world.

“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV).

“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s Children” (Romans 8:16 NIV).



Quite often I have heard people say that they enjoy keeping a prayer journal and I do too.

There are many reasons for keeping a prayer journal. For me, the first one is that when I write my prayers, it keeps me more focused and my mind doesn’t wonder.

Another reason is that I can look back through my prayer journal and see that my prayers have been answered. Some are not as I might have wanted, but still God did answer. We forget that sometimes God says no and that is an answer.

A prayer journal can also be a diary, or a record of a very specific prayer request that included names, places and dates. This information can be helpful at times should we like to know the date of the passing of a friend, birth records of grandchildren, marriages of friends and family and changing of jobs or children off to college.

All these things we are praying about have been to ask God to put His loving, protective, merciful, comforting, and healing hands upon20each one prayed for.

It amazes me some times when I go back and read part of my prayer journal and I can see God’s hand in it and too it sounds much more mature than I think I am, when I wrote it. The Holy Spirit is our teacher and in these instances it shows.

Start your prayer journal today; however I don’t write in it every day. But there are times when I write in it for weeks at a time. Some days are a quick prayer before I get up, praying while I am driving my car and a quick prayer before I go to sleep at night. However, our whole day should be an attitude of prayer. Talking to God off and on all day when we hear or think of a prayer need.

Celia Milam