Aug 23

  • joelouthan
    joelouthan added a text contribution What Is Christ Doing With His Bride, Part 2
    What if God was taking the American and Australian churches through a "wilderness". What does that mean exactly? Man, I wish I knew. Just know that the wilderness is different for me and you. For some, it is this supposed place of "refuge" that is away from God where people sought out their own will. Others, it is placing things, thoughts and ideas between them and God and putting all of their might and trust into these things, thoughts and ideas rather than God. For some, th… Read more »
  • joelouthan
    joelouthan added a text contribution What Is Christ Doing With His Bride, Part 1
    When I hear of fallen leaders within our faith, God reminded me of His promises and His covenant. I was chatting with my friend this morning and asked her, “What should we pray for now?”. She said, “Protection for the hearts of the sheep and dependence upon the Lord’s leadership alone.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. First and foremost, God always takes care of His sheep. He is truly the Good Shepherd. He is our Father, Shield, Rescuer and Portion. I know that most or at least som… Read more »

Aug 15

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    joelouthan added a text contribution Pride and Lust, Part 4
    God, I just wanted healing for these infections upon my heart. I didn’t want to be in pain any longer. I didn’t want to collapse because my heart failed me. But what if this is my thorn? But what if this is my broken hip? But what if this is my firstborn who died after a week? Then let me stumble over and over again if that means I always looking to You. Let me constantly collapse if that means I long after You. Let me fail a million times over if that means I stay desperate after You.… Read more »
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    joelouthan added a text contribution Pride and Lust, Part 5
    Freely give us all things? God, I just want Your peace and joy. Hope. Love. These are good things. I want every single good thing ever. Who doesn’t want those things? But You can bring anything and everything even if I think they are bad things. If that draws me closer to you, keeps me desperate for your love and keeps You first above all then there is nothing I want more. Read more »

Aug 14

Aug 13

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    joelouthan added a text contribution Pride and Lust, Part 3
    My son likes to say, “God provides for the sparrows in the air and the flowers in the air. He will provide for me. I trust in Him.” If God will help out the worms, surely He will help me? Read more »
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    joelouthan added a text contribution Pride and Lust, Part 2
    I don’t feel worthy to even call upon His name to save me. I took a prayer request and I don’t think I can even go to Him. But I will try. Read more »
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    joelouthan added a text contribution Pride and Lust, Part 1
    I have prayed for months for God to uncover anything left in my heart that was not like His heart. I looked over and over again and kept coming up with nothing. Last night, God did just that. Now I am a simplified idiot because of it. I am going to go forward relying on two things for right now. One, that my God so achingly beautiful in his continuous love and forgiveness of piece of crap like me. Secondly, I have to trust that the word of God is good and that He will do what He says He wi… Read more »

Aug 3

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    joelouthan added a text contribution Wanting Cain’s Relationship With God
    In the past two months, the Holy Spirit has been leading my mind to search out and look at relationships. What started out as studying relationships between people and between husband and wife eventually led to the relationship between Christ Jesus and the Church and then, of course, the relationship between God and his children. The one relationship that keeps me wanting to be closer and closer to God would have to be Cain. Yes, the same selfish, thankless, merciless individual who murdered h… Read more »

Aug 1

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    joelouthan added a text contribution Few Is A Few
    My pastor has mention this passage a least a couple of times since I have been going: Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV) “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Notice Jesus says, “there are few who find it“. Not many, few. Listening to a lecture on Revelation chapters 1 through 3 and one particular p… Read more »

Dec 31

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    joelouthan added a text contribution This is not about swearing
    This is about going half-cocked (for lack of a better word) in the name of the Almighty God. You don't teach, preach or speak about something not scripturally solid but then claim in the name of the Lord. Big example: Crusades. Bigger example: Prosperity Gospel Read more »