Slice of life christian comic strip
It’s not about your feeling close with God, it’s not about how many times you go to church or how many souls you convert, our sin has been paid by Christ he has drawn us near.
The joy of the amazing grace, is that God is always faithful and his love is steadfast :)
After all it’s a free lemon :)
from the quote of E. Stanley Jones
If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will of God.
Praying is not about making God adheres to our will, God is still God, the ruler of the universe. He’s not a genie who will grant your wish, instead it’s a form of communications between Him and us. Even Jesus when he prayed before he was crucified his prayer was “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” (Luke 22)
Not my will, but yours Lord :)
It’s not about a quick dash of spiritual boost, it’s not about a sprint of church activity, it’s not about a rush of good deeds. It’s about faithfulness.
Can you still put your faith in Jesus in dark times, will you still go back to Him when you walk away?
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
disclaimer: may not applicable in all kinds of works :p
Who says that christian will have a successful and rich life? Who says that christian will live in abundance of money?
Who says that christian will never suffer?
If even our God suffered, and asked us to carry our own cross, how can we expect for no suffering?
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
(Matthew 16:24-25 ESV)
But of course all things are lawful but not everything are building,
and from 1 Timothy 4 “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.”
But there are things that’s okay because it’s just observing culture, and there are things that plainly idolatry, the one that I draw are the conditions that I face as Indonesian who has Chinese descent and but foremostly a Christian. My parents would sometimes told me to eat food offered to their deities or light some incense or candles. But of course I reject it because I don’t want them to think that I’ll make any compromise for God :)
How about you guys? Any culture that clash with your faith?
