Comments on: Reaching 2 – Being an Example to Those we Reach http://marcestes.com/2006/07/14/reaching-2-being-an-example-to-those-we-reach/ Making Life Count Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marc Estes » The Challenge to Reach http://marcestes.com/2006/07/14/reaching-2-being-an-example-to-those-we-reach/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Marc Estes » The Challenge to Reach Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:16:58 +0000 http://www.marcestes.com/blog/?p=19#comment-715 [...] Day 2: Be an Example [...] [...] Day 2: Be an Example [...]

]]> By: Reformed Pope http://marcestes.com/2006/07/14/reaching-2-being-an-example-to-those-we-reach/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Reformed Pope Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:17:24 +0000 http://www.marcestes.com/blog/?p=19#comment-24 <blockquote>“The value you place on that which is lost will determine the sacrifice you are willing to pay to find it.” </blockquote> Excellent point Marc. Its sad how selfish we can be. Christ went through (and to) hell for the lost and I have a hard time giving up my Sunday afternoon nap. It really is pathetic.

“The value you place on that which is lost will determine the sacrifice you are willing to pay to find it.”

Excellent point Marc.

Its sad how selfish we can be. Christ went through (and to) hell for the lost and I have a hard time giving up my Sunday afternoon nap. It really is pathetic.

]]> By: Marc http://marcestes.com/2006/07/14/reaching-2-being-an-example-to-those-we-reach/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Marc Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:14:56 +0000 http://www.marcestes.com/blog/?p=19#comment-23 Tara: VERY well said. It is good to hear from you and that you are doing well. I do agree with you and believe that the greatest need for change is in the heart and mind of the believer. I made a statement in my book, Jesus Today that is pertinent to the point being discussed, "The value you place on that which is lost will determine the sacrifice you are willing to pay to find it." Too many Christians today value their own pleasures, needs and wants and are blinded to the needs that are right next to them. Until we renew our passion and heart for reaching out to those with needs consistently, they will continue to lay in wait for a helping hand, one that can lead them to the solution of their problems, Jesus Christ. Tara:

VERY well said. It is good to hear from you and that you are doing well. I do agree with you and believe that the greatest need for change is in the heart and mind of the believer. I made a statement in my book, Jesus Today that is pertinent to the point being discussed, “The value you place on that which is lost will determine the sacrifice you are willing to pay to find it.”

Too many Christians today value their own pleasures, needs and wants and are blinded to the needs that are right next to them. Until we renew our passion and heart for reaching out to those with needs consistently, they will continue to lay in wait for a helping hand, one that can lead them to the solution of their problems, Jesus Christ.

]]> By: Tarah Adams http://marcestes.com/2006/07/14/reaching-2-being-an-example-to-those-we-reach/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Tarah Adams Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:13:56 +0000 http://www.marcestes.com/blog/?p=19#comment-22 This is a thought-provoiking post, Marc. I hadn't known that about Ghandi and I cringed when I began to read, knowing where it was likely to end. This form of living "Christianity" as a mere philosophy is an epidemic in the churches. We are guilty of reducing the life-giving ways of God to a religion that so much of the world abhores. Now it is true, that there will always be people who will despise the truth. But I feel so sad for the people who are starving for the truth but continuously are running themselves up against a brickwall, looking for Love in all the wrong places. Why do they not walk into a church? Because something is missing in the church, power. And that power will only come through a new revelation of who Christ is and how we are to see his creation. I believe we as a body need a radical paradigm shift so that we know how we are to bring his Kingdom to earth; Christ's agenda not a fleshy one. I thought the scripture you posted above, about putting the flesh in subjection to the spirit nails it. I've really been convicted lately about the sumo size of my soul and the childish size of my spirit. I think that when we see individual children of God renewed in their spirits, we will begin to experience the power we are all so hungry for. I am fully convinced that this is what the lost want. In our very intellectual and soulish world, their spirits are emaciated and are crying for something to eat, the Bread of Life. But it all begins with the children of God; as our spirits grow into our maturity, our faith will rise, and we will really be able to live as God intended us to live. We will be able to minister in Spirit and the lost need their spirits awakened. I believe that it is only the Spirit of God connecting to the human spirit that will bring about the power that transcends the mind and soul. Then the lost will really come because the answer they were looking for was right in front of them the whole time. I'm so excited to experience this myself, and to see all God's people come into this kind of growth as well! Because I believe we, as God's children, are destined for so much more, and that people should be clamoring to get at God when they are around us. Now that's not happening in my life, YET, but God help us to know You more so that it starts happening! This is a thought-provoiking post, Marc. I hadn’t known that about Ghandi and I cringed when I began to read, knowing where it was likely to end. This form of living “Christianity” as a mere philosophy is an epidemic in the churches. We are guilty of reducing the life-giving ways of God to a religion that so much of the world abhores. Now it is true, that there will always be people who will despise the truth. But I feel so sad for the people who are starving for the truth but continuously are running themselves up against a brickwall, looking for Love in all the wrong places. Why do they not walk into a church? Because something is missing in the church, power. And that power will only come through a new revelation of who Christ is and how we are to see his creation. I believe we as a body need a radical paradigm shift so that we know how we are to bring his Kingdom to earth; Christ’s agenda not a fleshy one.

I thought the scripture you posted above, about putting the flesh in subjection to the spirit nails it. I’ve really been convicted lately about the sumo size of my soul and the childish size of my spirit. I think that when we see individual children of God renewed in their spirits, we will begin to experience the power we are all so hungry for. I am fully convinced that this is what the lost want. In our very intellectual and soulish world, their spirits are emaciated and are crying for something to eat, the Bread of Life. But it all begins with the children of God; as our spirits grow into our maturity, our faith will rise, and we will really be able to live as God intended us to live. We will be able to minister in Spirit and the lost need their spirits awakened. I believe that it is only the Spirit of God connecting to the human spirit that will bring about the power that transcends the mind and soul. Then the lost will really come because the answer they were looking for was right in front of them the whole time. I’m so excited to experience this myself, and to see all God’s people come into this kind of growth as well! Because I believe we, as God’s children, are destined for so much more, and that people should be clamoring to get at God when they are around us. Now that’s not happening in my life, YET, but God help us to know You more so that it starts happening!

]]> By: ashish http://marcestes.com/2006/07/14/reaching-2-being-an-example-to-those-we-reach/comment-page-1/#comment-21 ashish Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:10:58 +0000 http://www.marcestes.com/blog/?p=19#comment-21 I totally agree with that Marc...we need more Christians out there who will exemplify Christ to society. And Christ's not looking for us to be super-spiritual...just people who are available to respond when he asks us to. I think of Ananias in the Bible when he responded to God's call to help Saul. I totally agree with that Marc…we need more Christians out there who will exemplify Christ to society. And Christ’s not looking for us to be super-spiritual…just people who are available to respond when he asks us to. I think of Ananias in the Bible when he responded to God’s call to help Saul.

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