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CHRISTIAN CONVERGENCE

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This group is to bring people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and glorify Him, and develop relationships that encourage us to become true disciples, ready to effectively minister to His church, and in our community.

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This group created to share things in which all of us will benefits... This group is to bring people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and glorify Him, and develop relationships that encourage us to become true disciples, ready to effectively minister to His church, and in our community. But please take note the membership agreement stated in the AAG... and let us not use this group fellowship for solicitations, personal agendas ... We are all gather here to glorify God alone... to give encouragements to all youth and other brethren in the site... Join the dialogue across the world as Christian youth share their faith, hopes and experiences with each other ... Image and video hosting by TinyPic

For Christian Youth in this group come and share what is good about your Christian Youth Ministry .Please respond to one, two or all three of the questions below?1. What do I like about our Christian youth group ? 2. What have I learned from our Christian youth activities in our church? 3. What can our youth group do better to help me grow as a Christian young man or woman? And for Christian youth group workers, please share your Christian youth group ideas and any Christian youth resources you may know of. What does working with Christian teens means to you? Perhaps the following questions will be of assistance in preparing your statement. What have we learned from our youth members? How has our Christian faith been transformed by our Christian youth retreats and programs? What do we enjoy most about the Christian youth events we have used to lead our Christian teens? ..... God bless their sharing

Jesus Christ exclaimed, "Not everyone who says to Me,"Lord,Lord"'shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven"(Matt.7:21) His warning should cause all of us to carefully consider our religions beliefs and assumptions.Why?Because many who claim to be His followers, who claim to have done great deeds in His name,will be rejected by Him.He will tell them,"I never knew you"(matt.7:23) Today we are faced w/ hundreds of religious groups,each claiming to be Christian and regarding itself as possessing that special something that gives it God's stamp of approval. Most groups that profess to be Christian represent themselves as having a "calling" as being the "chosen" of the Lord.Even many non-Christian religious groups regard themselves as divinely chosen.NO matter how we look at it,the religious scene is confusing..No wonder millions are suspicious of all religion.Is it possible to sort the truth from this puzzling religious hodgepodge?------ In deed,it is!If we are willing to take an honest look at the facts and accept the truth as revealed in the Scriptures! Jesus Christ is real.He was resurrected.He is alive.And His impact on the world has exceeded that of any other man who has ever lived.... Most people are familiar with the name Jesus Christ,but how many knows what He taught?What was His mission?What What makes His true followers different?Who truly represents Him?........ Christian Maturity: G-R-O-W-T-H
G – Go to God in prayer daily (Jn.15:7) R – Read God’s Word daily (Acts 17:11)
O – Obey God moment by moment ( Jn. 14:21 )
W – Witness for Christ by your life and words ( Matt.4:19 )
T – Trust God for every detail of your life ( 1 Peter 5:17 )
H – Holy Spirit: let God control and
give you power in your daily life ( Gal.5:16-17;Acts 1:8 )

Our Christian growth gives glory to god and lets Him bless us with His presence – and that presence brings power for living….

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Comment by kathleen aldea on March 11, 2010 at 1:01am

Comment by Jacqueline Harris on March 8, 2010 at 4:31pm: Wow, that is beautiful!

Comment by kathleen aldea on March 7, 2010 at 10:24pm: Love is everything...

Comment by Pastor Bob B on March 3, 2010 at 6:07pm

Comment by Andrea Haase on March 2, 2010 at 9:13pm: Thank you so much Brother Bob, these words are so soothing. they are so rewarding. Thank God for the Holy Ghost, the comforter the consoler

Comment by Pastor Bob B on March 1, 2010 at 4:28am: COMFORTED AND CONSOLED
by Robert Bushman

“Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.” ( Job 42:11 NAS )

COMFORTED AND CONSOLED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS

The first thing to note about this story is that the occasion that is described here is a family gathering. Job's brothers and sisters and all his friends who had known him before are getting together. By this time Job is a seventy-year-old man or even older, and though his own children had all perished, he could have had grandchildren and great-grandchildren by now.

Job's family and friends gathered to comfort him and to express sympathy and understanding for all the pain and suffering he had been going through.

My uncle had an accident recently, and he was paralyzed. His town got together with his family and had a community dinner and collected money to help do some work on their home( to widen front door, add a wheel chair ramp)so he would be able to return to his home. This was the same kind of compassionate help that Job's family was doing for him. This act of love must have blessed God's heart.

These friends and family members gave to Job gifts of silver and gold. In the Bible these two metals are used symbolically as a picture of redemption. Silver is the sign of redemption, and gold is the picture of Deity; God redeeming His people.

CALLED TO COMFORT AND CONSOLE

Let us beware of the mistakes that Job's three friends made and were rebuked of God. It is not our place to stand as judges over one another when some one is going through trials. They might, or might not be responsible. Our Job is to bring God redeeming love into the situation.

Our God is a God of restoration. Many of His plans, purposes, and great works deal with the process of restoring. The whole purpose of the life of Jesus Christ here on earth, and especially His death and resurrection, was one of restoration.

Jesus didn't just restore us to relationship with God, His work of restoration was much more profound than that; it reached every area of every life of those who have accepted Him as Lord. According to the dictionary, the word "restore" means "return to its original condition."

“So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.” (Job 42:12-13)

Job's restoration, began with God, then with the comfort and consolation from his family and friends. We are all part Gods plan of restoration in others lives. This is our greatest ministry, the ministry of reconciling others to God.

“Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” ( 2 Corinthians 5:18 )

THE COMFORTER AND Consoler

As part of God's plan of restoration, which He wrought through Jesus Christ, we now have the Holy Spirit( The comforter ) to be our teacher, comforter, and guide. We have the Holy Spirit available to us, it's part of the restoration work of Christ.

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:”(John 14:26 )

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 15:26 )

Conclusion
So in conclusion, we have a calling in our lives to be part of Gods comforting and consoling ministry for our family and friends, and to a lost and hurting world.. God is in the restoration business, and we can be a part of it if we will live our lives as restorers, instead of judges.

Comment by kathleen aldea on February 24, 2010 at 11:44pm

Comment by Pastor Bob B on February 24, 2010 at 4:11am

Comment by kathleen aldea on February 24, 2010 at 1:31am: I can't give solutions to all of
life's problems, doubts, or fears.
But I can listen to you and
together we will search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain,
nor the future with it's untold stories.
But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your
feet from stumbling.
I can only offer my hand
that you may grasp it
and not fall.

Your joys, triumps, success,
and happiness are not mine;
Yet I can share in your laughter

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;
I can only support you, encourage you,
and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from
falling away from friendship,
from your values, from me.
I can only pray for you,
talk to you, and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,
But I can give you the room to change, room to grow,
room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,
But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces
and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.
I can only love you and be your friend.