Enduring Christianity
Discussing the joys AND challenges of sincerely following Jesus. Salvation in Jesus is a gift, but Jesus warns us of the temptations that can lure us away. Jesus said "Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my word endures forever." and "Only those who endure until the end will be saved." If your goal is ONLY to get to heaven then maybe despite your good intentions you're heading in the wrong direction? Maybe the direction is faithfully FOLLOWING Jesus and the result is Him? No, this is not a works based podcast! No, this is not an, "I go to Heaven because I earned it." This is a conversation about loving Jesus because he deserves my all.
Enduring Christianity
Grateful for Problems
If it were not for our problems, how would we know Christ in the way we testify of Him today? It is in our weakness we are taught gratefulness for His strength. It is in our foolishness that we become grateful for His wisdom. It is through our problems, not in the absence of our problems that the Holy Spirit reveals to us our need for Him. Without an awareness of our problems how could we ever be molded with humility, how would we ever come to know Jesus in the way He desires to be known? Which is with genuine adoration, praise, and gratefulness.
No one wants problems, but the fact remains that God uses problems in our life as life's continual greatest lesson, I NEED Jesus! A life without problems is not my concern. My concern is a life without knowing I need Jesus everyday! Therefore I am grateful for my problems, because they dictate to me my need for Him.
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:6)
In this episode we speak with Richie Reese, the directory of counseling at Crossway Ministries in Anderson, SC. He shares with us how the vision of christian counseling is not to fix , but to heal and how he challenges people to appreciate their problems, because your problems are meant to lead you to Jesus.
