Comments on: Beware the Trap http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/ Michael Pink Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:05:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: janice jerg http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-17084 janice jerg Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:59:23 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-17084 God is even interested in the details of what we wear some days and it would be wise to ask if He has anything to say. Many people have had the Lord give them a vision with people wearing specific clothing and that is how He signals them out to others. Sometimes he really does care about little things. Let's keep an opening for the Spirit to reveal such things. I understand what you are saying but let young readers also understand the need to be sensitive to His leading in all areas of their life. God is even interested in the details of what we wear some days and it would be wise to ask if He has anything to say. Many people have had the Lord give them a vision with people wearing specific clothing and that is how He signals them out to others. Sometimes he really does care about little things. Let’s keep an opening for the Spirit to reveal such things. I understand what you are saying but let young readers also understand the need to be sensitive to His leading in all areas of their life.

]]> By: N.K http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-17020 N.K Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:09:20 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-17020 To Percy L Ealy, I have reconsidered my response to you!Please do forgive me for my response was not appropriate!May the Lord bless you and your family!! To Percy L Ealy,
I have reconsidered my response to you!Please do forgive me for my response was not appropriate!May the Lord bless you and your family!!

]]> By: N.K http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16698 N.K Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:53 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16698 I suppose it all boils down to this: If a leather skirt can save a life(Nick's post).Clothes can change a course of one's life (Michael's post) then what about the color of popsicles! The author in his post says "The key is to truly love God,and then your desires will be in line" Is he saying that one can reach a level of maturity where one can have only Godly desires or is he saying when one truly loves God then all desires equal Godly desires! Somewhere in his post he says:"Do like what Augustine suggested Love God and do as you please"....wow! Is there a difference between truly loving God and loving God? Are there Godly desires and Self desires Luke 22:42 saying,"Father if it is your will,take this cup away from me:nevertheless not my will,but yours be done" Is there not two desires here? to do God's will and take the cup away! Did Christ love God?Yes!Yes! and Yes! But what about:Love God and do as you please! What would have happened if Christ called in His angels and said"take away the cup from me my desires are Godly desire as I have spent a lot of time with the Father.I delight in Him and He delights in me!" I would be heading for hell! Oh!What about my dreams and doing as I pleased! Is it possible to reach the level of maturity where one can INSTANTLY tell what is a self desire and a Godly desire.I believe the answer is yes! Finally,I have enjoyed the communication!I trust it was taken in the spirit in which it was meant!Bless you all!! I suppose it all boils down to this:
If a leather skirt can save a life(Nick’s post).Clothes can change a course of one’s life (Michael’s post) then what about the color of popsicles!
The author in his post says “The key is to truly love God,and then your desires will be in line”
Is he saying that one can reach a level of maturity where one can have only Godly desires or is he saying when one truly loves God then all desires equal Godly desires!
Somewhere in his post he says:”Do like what Augustine suggested Love God and do as you please”….wow!
Is there a difference between truly loving God and loving God?
Are there Godly desires and Self desires

Luke 22:42 saying,”Father if it is your will,take this cup away from me:nevertheless not my will,but yours be done”
Is there not two desires here? to do God’s will and take the cup away!

Did Christ love God?Yes!Yes! and Yes!
But what about:Love God and do as you please!
What would have happened if Christ called in His angels and said”take away the cup from me my desires are Godly desire as I have spent a lot of time with the Father.I delight in Him and He delights in me!”
I would be heading for hell!

Oh!What about my dreams and doing as I pleased!

Is it possible to reach the level of maturity where one can INSTANTLY tell what is a self desire and a Godly desire.I believe the answer is yes!

Finally,I have enjoyed the communication!I trust it was taken in the spirit in which it was meant!Bless you all!!

]]> By: N.K http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16643 N.K Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16643 A plan is defined as a scheme or method of doing. Proverbs 16.9 "The human mind plans the way,but the Lord directs the step. Who's steps the Lord will direct? Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways acknowledge Him. AND He shall direct your path. What is leaning on one understanding? Nicks post tells us of a lady who was asked to wear a leather skirt.She heard the word from the Lord,and acted on it by faith even though it may not have made sense to her she wore it anyway,and the result it probably saved her life. How were her steps directed? "Wear a leather skirt" When was faith exercised? When she was putting on the skirt. The Lord guides and directs those who's motives are pure.Those who are willing to live an obedient life. How can one's steps be directed if one does not hear His voice? A plan is defined as a scheme or method of doing.
Proverbs 16.9 “The human mind plans the way,but the Lord directs the step.
Who’s steps the Lord will direct?
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways acknowledge Him.
AND He shall direct your path.

What is leaning on one understanding?
Nicks post tells us of a lady who was asked to wear a leather skirt.She heard the word from the Lord,and acted on it by faith even though it may not have made sense to her she wore it anyway,and the result it probably saved her life.
How were her steps directed?
“Wear a leather skirt”
When was faith exercised?
When she was putting on the skirt.
The Lord guides and directs those who’s motives are pure.Those who are willing to live an obedient life.
How can one’s steps be directed if one does not hear His voice?

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16639 Elizabeth Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:42:45 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16639 THe NRSV Bible says in Proverbs 16:9 "The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps." THe NRSV Bible says in Proverbs 16:9 “The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.”

]]> By: N.K http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16626 N.K Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:55:51 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16626 How does one remain sensitive to His leading at all times?Is it when ones spirit man is dominant over the soul and the flesh! How does one remain sensitive to His leading at all times?Is it when ones spirit man is dominant over the soul and the flesh!

]]> By: Michael Pink http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16623 Michael Pink Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:00:48 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16623 Ahhh... Nick... You jumped the gun on me... As you will see next week. I have had the Lord tell me what to wear one day and it changed the course of my life too. He has also directed me to a specific restaurant to eat. That had life chaning effects, but that is different than asking God everyday where to eat, what to wear, etc. He does want us to grow up. Having said that, when necessary, He will redirect as with the woman you cited and certainly in my own case. It's a matter of remaining sensitive to His leading at all times, but not feeling the need to ask Him what color popsicle to eat. I walk in faith knowing He will lead me and intervene at times. Ahhh… Nick… You jumped the gun on me… As you will see next week. I have had the Lord tell me what to wear one day and it changed the course of my life too. He has also directed me to a specific restaurant to eat. That had life chaning effects, but that is different than asking God everyday where to eat, what to wear, etc. He does want us to grow up.

Having said that, when necessary, He will redirect as with the woman you cited and certainly in my own case. It’s a matter of remaining sensitive to His leading at all times, but not feeling the need to ask Him what color popsicle to eat. I walk in faith knowing He will lead me and intervene at times.

]]> By: nick wahrer http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16615 nick wahrer Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:07:48 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16615 Some of us like to include the Father (Holy Spirit) in all of our decisions. We know of a Christian woman who asks the Father what to wear and she felt strongly the Holy Spirit was telling her to wear a leather skirt one mornning and when she got to work at her church office (Lakewood Church, Houston) there was a piple bomb in the mail and it expoded in her lap. She survived the explosion without a scratch. The room was destroyed and the emergency and bomb experts that arrived on the site told her it was because of her leather skirt that she did not recieve any shrapnel wounds. Thanks, but I think I will stay in the "rut" with the Lord. Some of us like to include the Father (Holy Spirit) in all of our decisions.
We know of a Christian woman who asks the Father what to wear and she felt strongly the Holy Spirit was telling her to wear a leather skirt one mornning and when she got to work at her church office (Lakewood Church, Houston) there was a piple bomb in the mail and it expoded in her lap. She survived the explosion without a scratch. The room was destroyed and the emergency and bomb experts that arrived on the site told her it was because of her leather skirt that she did not recieve any shrapnel wounds. Thanks, but I think I will stay in the “rut” with the Lord.

]]> By: Michael Pink http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16555 Michael Pink Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:23:22 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16555 To all of you who have posted... The discussion has been lively and clearly many have been helped. For this I am grateful. As you can imagine, I cannot fully stake out any position in the short email that I send out so it is natural and even frequent that I am misunderstood. That's OK. I will be posting more on this next week. In the meantime, pursue Him. And remember, the reason I don't beat my wife and kids isn't because it's against the law. There are plenty of laws telling me what I cannot do to my wife and children. None of which I have read, nor do I need to because I love my wife and children and the law has no effect on me. Because I love them, they are treated with love, respect and great dignity. Be blessed and sleep tight... (o-: To all of you who have posted… The discussion has been lively and clearly many have been helped. For this I am grateful. As you can imagine, I cannot fully stake out any position in the short email that I send out so it is natural and even frequent that I am misunderstood. That’s OK. I will be posting more on this next week. In the meantime, pursue Him. And remember, the reason I don’t beat my wife and kids isn’t because it’s against the law. There are plenty of laws telling me what I cannot do to my wife and children. None of which I have read, nor do I need to because I love my wife and children and the law has no effect on me. Because I love them, they are treated with love, respect and great dignity. Be blessed and sleep tight… (o-:

]]> By: Tara http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16552 Tara Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:32:33 +0000 http://www.sellingamongwolves.com/blog/2008/01/24/beware-the-trap/#comment-16552 A brief comment on Abraham/Ishmael. I'm no scholar, but I was reading these passages in Genesis the other day, and a couple of things stuck with me. First, God never abandoned Abraham because of Ishmael. I read how Hagar and Ishmael's presence made Sara uncomfortable. I can only image the "character building" that was going on! I read how God also made Ishmael the father of many nations. Of course, the chosen people came from the line of Abraham and Sara. God didn't abandon His plan just because Abraham misread the signals! And the biggest "I love You" that Abraham could demonstrate to God was his willingness to sacrifice Isaac even after all of that! Incidently, I feel that is God's plan for giving us all free will...otherwise telling the Lord you love Him would have no meaning. A brief comment on Abraham/Ishmael. I’m no scholar, but I was reading these passages in Genesis the other day, and a couple of things stuck with me. First, God never abandoned Abraham because of Ishmael. I read how Hagar and Ishmael’s presence made Sara uncomfortable. I can only image the “character building” that was going on! I read how God also made Ishmael the father of many nations. Of course, the chosen people came from the line of Abraham and Sara. God didn’t abandon His plan just because Abraham misread the signals! And the biggest “I love You” that Abraham could demonstrate to God was his willingness to sacrifice Isaac even after all of that! Incidently, I feel that is God’s plan for giving us all free will…otherwise telling the Lord you love Him would have no meaning.

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