StevenFowler

I didn't mean for this topic to be strictly about the homeless. I am sorry if it derailed from where I was going with this. My point... Christ taught us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, why can't we. I hear people say they do all the time, but do they truly? Some do have different ways of ministering, and have different gifts to spread the Gospel, but what is that Gospel? That only through Christ we have salvation. Well...if we want people to have that salvation....we want people to believe in Him.....why don't we start acting like it. If every Christian in the world showed the kind of love to one another that Jesus showed to us.... never mind. People will be the way they are...it's prophecy. Well i have thoroughly enjoyed posting on this site, but I am not going to be posting here anymore...or anywhere else. I have said what I felt needed to be said. Maybe I should do like a lot of the congregation and just keep my head down and mouth shut. I just know that there is something more we can all do....why don't we do it? God Bless everyone in this forum...may Christ be with you always. Love in Christ, Steven

We have the authority to judge that which God has judged. This is just ridiculous. Nowhere on this board has anyone made the recent election about race. That, is being "Judgmental" on your part. If someone opposed Obama, then you assume it is racially based. I am proud to say that on Worthy Boards EVERY expression of opposition to Obama stayed clear of racial slurs and bigotry. We NEVER made it about his skin color, and I for one am offended at being judged by you in such a manner. Which is a value you are assigning to the rest of us. You do not know us and do not know our hearts and have no right to assign motives to us. That is exactly what the NT teaches against, and that is how you preface your post. I mean no offense to anyone here, I don't mean to word anything to imply another person on this forum has not acted like or is not a Christian. I wish to spread the word....but also don't wish to be a stumbling block amongst others. Maybe what I am trying to get at is......We call ourselves Christians. We tell the message of God's love for humanity. How He sacrificed His only Son so that we could be saved from eternal suffering. We tell people how much Jesus loves us and that we should love everyone as He does, but do we?

That is a good story. I did not mean to focus on the homeless alone, but it is a good story. You are blessed for your compassion. It's just that maybe a lot of Christians should focus more on showing people how to be Christians as opposed to just telling them the Word. When I read my Bible, and I read about Jesus, not only did He speak the word of God, He walked in the foot steps of God. Maybe as Christians we could better minister if we not only spoke what we said, but walked in the Word as well. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, am I wrong for these feelings?

The Lord is truly the greatest.

Hello, thank you for the scripture. Yes some prefer to be homeless by choice, but does it matter if that is what they choose? Do we need to say o.k. we'll be Christians to those who we decide need compassion. No we are to show compassion and love to all...regardless of anything else. The question I want the answer to is, How hard is it for someone who says they walk with Christ to actually show it? I pass no judgments on anyone. Only God knows the heart of mankind. I believe the majority of Christians today though.....don't know what it truly means to be Christian. God's love is for everyone.....not just who we decide need God's love. Love in Christ, Steven From my earlier posts Something to think on. "God's message is for us as Christians to wake up and start doing and living like Christ told us too. I am as guilty as the next. Now the Tribulation is on it's way, we have potential famine upon the world, tainted food products, violence and murders more and more, wars and terrorist attacks, we spend time fighting each other when we should be caring for each other. Instead we have molded for ourselves idols of false gods (money), the time we should devote to family and God and each other, we devote to the labor of worship in our money....Churches take money that can feed families and they build for their church recreational centers, they have payroll, they tell us to give unto caesar what is caesar's and unto the Lord what is His.......I tell you now what is God's is in our heart, not our wallet. What about the mother who works 3 jobs to care for her 2 children, or the father who struggles to put food on the table, or the elderly couple who can't afford to have their roof fixed....or the child that may not live because her family couldn't afford medical bills? We pass them over because we don't know them.....Did Christ pass us over? Instead...he broke bread with sinners, thieves, rich, poor, healthy, sick.....whether He knew them or not...I think what I am trying to word is so simple God just laid on my heart, our hearts have grown cold......We would rather send 5 dollars to a charity or give an extra 25 dollars in the collection plate....when we could just take 1 hour a day to meet the family down the road and say.....Is there anything I can do to help you?"

I have surfed the forums here and read numerous posts. I have read everything from gay marriage rights, to posts on Obama and much more. But my question to everyone is, What does it mean to be Christian? Do we have the authority to judge? Are we mad at another Race? We have spent so much time as Christians trying to look for the negative in people to make ourselves feel righteous. I said I would never post again, but I ran across this today...once again if I have broken a forum rule...I apologize. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081118/ap_on_...fire_conviction To some it may not mean much, but to me it screams WAKE UP CHRISTIANS! Why was this man homeless? I met a man the other day, I have seen him before, I have never talked to him. In my town he walks the streets, a backpack tent and 5 gal. bucket with water and soap. He washes windows. I passed him on the way to the bank. At first I thought nothing of him, but as I left the bank I felt a sadness on my heart for him. I walked passed him again on my way back to my store. I asked him, "Are you hungry?" He replied, "Yes." I asked him to follow me across the street to the restaurant. I told him order what you like. I sat down to eat with him. As we ate we talked. Turns out his wife and children passed away some time back, he lost his job and everything he had. He then said to me. "God provides for me..I meet people and get to share his word with them. Do you know God and Jesus?", I told him I was saved. As we finished our meal, we walked out. I live in the south...this is suppose to be a Bible belt of Christians. The looks on some of those peoples faces as he and I left......well the looks were anything but Christian. Why do we find it so hard to put away our pride, selfishness, greed, arrogance....and why don't we start to find it easier to say as a Christian.....I am you neighbor..I love you as myself.... When I asked the man,"Do you need a place to stay?" This is what he said to me..... "I thank you for the meal and the offer....but I still have God's work to do." Christians, open your hearts. Let God's love for every man, woman and child fall on your hearts. God loves each and everyone of us, shouldn't we love back? Love in Christ, Steven

Thank you...I am new to this I will try and find the thread. God's message isn't just about pretrib rapture but rapture in whole. I don't know why He chose me...I don't go to church....I believe in Him and Christ....I am saved and born again....I am know I am not afraid of anyone but Him. I feel exhausted I can't keep my mind off of Him though and this message. Thank you with all the love of Christ, Steven

You should have made that a new string. Trust me, when GOD gives you the more specific message and direct understanding of what HIS heart and meaning is, most of HIS people will not listen to your words. There have been a couple of people here who have responded to things I have said with private messages telling me that GOD has told them the same things. Telling me that they do not understand why so many can not understand what that message is. It is not an easy calling and you will be maligned for telling them what they do not want to hear, or do not have the ears to hear. Trust the message. Put this in a new string. yes, when I try I can't post.I am very new to blogging. any assistance would be helpful. The message is clear, the hour is at hand. I am to speak God's words against this false teaching of a rapture. I don't want this burden and why was I chosen? Just some of the words God has showed me so far.... Matthew 24 Isaiah 8:11-8:19 Isaiah 9 Leviticus 19

Yesterday I fell flat on my face and cried out to the the Lord......Save me! Let your will be mine!. After a calming presence was laid over me.... I was brought to my knees...The word was laid before me and The voice of God was in my ears. I have been commanded by God to deliver a message to his people...to all nations...all congregations.....all people. I am scared because I want to dismiss this as a nervous breakdown, but God keeps talking to me. So I will start here. I asked God to forgive my sins I repent! please give me wisdom...My bible opened up to this page and this is what the Lord says.... Proverbs 10 A Wise Son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. As I read the rest of the Proverb I completely understood. I then asked God "Help me to do your will"...once again my Bible opened to what God wanted me to read and know..... Psalm 105 Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known his deeds among the peoples! As I read the rest of the Psalm I understood. I then asked God "what do I do now"....And again the word was laid before me. Leviticus 19 And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy. for I the Lord your God am holy. As I read the rest I understood. I then asked God what is you message to these people? Isaiah 8:11-8:18 Isaiah 9 Proverbs 23 This IS the Message of the Lord your God.... We have not obeyed God of God's law. We have called ourselves righteous, but we do so with wicked tongues. We have not observed the commandments of God. We have not fulfilled His will. We have not made ourselves a place in the bossom of the Lord. God has commanded me to tell all the people and nations. REPENT! Turn away from your labors and iniquities of evil, for all your labors and iniquities are in vain. This is the Lord your God's commandment. Matthew 15:7-9 Turn away from your trespasses for the hour is at hand! I asked God if this was Real? And this is what he has shown me... acts 26:12-20 I then asked God why me and this is what He said..... Matthew 13:1-24 i don't think I am losing my mind....but I don't want to disobey God either. I will trust in the Lord that He guides me.