tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344424071192264900.post5667046513350850350..comments2023-03-25T05:42:56.513-05:00Comments on Sharing Ministry and Faith: Consider It Pure JoySteve Thorsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17378015932917535496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344424071192264900.post-52196011408821330832011-03-16T16:25:03.218-05:002011-03-16T16:25:03.218-05:00"Prayer Conference Call" - I clicked on ..."Prayer Conference Call" - I clicked on your link and found it interesting.Steve Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378015932917535496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344424071192264900.post-4465934908158679192011-03-16T04:15:11.301-05:002011-03-16T04:15:11.301-05:00blog is too gud... nice article i agree with your ...blog is too gud... nice article i agree with your post and thanks for giving information.....prayer conference callhttp://www.pulpitcalls.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344424071192264900.post-15476449763199615332011-03-14T11:22:24.974-05:002011-03-14T11:22:24.974-05:00Thank you, Gene. Many of the thoughts here I glea...Thank you, Gene. Many of the thoughts here I gleaned from notes I took at the Lutheran Renewal event mentioned at the beginning of this post - see http://equalsharing.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-is-test.html. Even so, it's deeply true that there has been deep suffering during the past year and a half or more and this time of suffering has taught me and others so much as we have sought God's wisdom in it and have not trusted in our own personal feelings.Steve Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378015932917535496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344424071192264900.post-33712124148640129462011-03-12T22:41:18.376-06:002011-03-12T22:41:18.376-06:00Wow! This is different! A different perspective ...Wow! This is different! A different perspective on the letter of James that was staring me in the face, and yet slipped past me in both lanes. I can honestly say I had not thought in depth about trouble and suffering in this way.<br /><br />I liked how you kept bringing trials and sufferings back to the admonition in James' letter. Somehow, you were able to raise the instruction above the level of "Oh, no! Here we go again with the need to suffer!" Instead, you pointed out with great and positive effect that there is not a need to suffer, but when problems do arise, those who have entered into a relationship with Christ have, indeed, someone to walk with, someone who has been through more trouble in a week than most of us see in a lifetime. Someone who knows just what physical pain is, what the feelings of abandonment are like, what betrayal is, and finally what it is like to die despised and alone, or as alone as humanity could devise at the time. And someone whose love of and faith in God carried him beyond death to resurrection. Your message is powerful ... and most positive ... for Christians. You managed to capture the essence of why everyone should embrace Christ, and by extension, why those of us who have chosen The Way have an obligation to share ourselves and our faith with those who have not met Christ.<br /><br />Thank you. And may God bless you in all you think, say and do.<br /><br />Gene.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872168184744595383noreply@blogger.com