Dear Ron,
I found myself weeping as an intercessor over the Body of Christ this past Saturday..Feeling like we don't know what it means to "leave all and follow HIM", much less "deny self and take up our cross"..or, heavens, "lose our own life.". Is this so called Kingdom Mentality a different Gospel? There seems to be so much mixture..It's taught as though we're to "want Jesus" But "Get all you can out of the world too, money, fame, recognition, success, ~ Because We're the ones that are supposed to have it all!" And, if you don't have it all or are not "going after it", you're left feeling like you must be doing something wrong! Because it's up to you and your "arm of the flesh"to make it happen! After all ,Jesus did all He is going to do when He said it is finished!
So this is what I was feeling on Saturday.. then Sunday I went to the local Morningstar Fellowship where they had a speaker, who used to be a Missionary but is now a motivational speaker & business consultant & this is exactly what he talked about. How we're Kingdom People and we're supposed to "go after it." He even had everyone jump to their feet on the count of 3 and they did! Everyone except me.. Help! If I sound confused, it's because I am.
------------- of-the-vine
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