Random Reflections Of A Sound Mind.

Here are two things that you may find to be true in this life and probably helpful. First, as surely as you live on this planet, there are some natural human tendencies that you must consciously bridle. Some of them are not necessarily evil but watching out for them and exercising restraint over them will help you live a happier and more productive life. One good example, is moderating your feelings towards those who leave your church, fellowship or group—whatever it is. It's not uncommon to feel a pinch of hurt or betrayal when someone leaves—even if you are not the leader of the group they left—it can feel hurtful. These facts may help you: If someone left your group, it may not mean they've missed God's plan for their lives. Now, there are times when people are supposed to stay connected to certain other people and ministries in a lifelong sense; I'm not talking about that kind of case here. People who leave your church don't have to become your enemy overnight....

If you have a brother or sister, someone, who you FEEL is missing it; where 'missing it' can range from doing wrong stuff to simply omitting some better approach, what should you do?  ONE: Is the person someone whom you have some oversight on or a degree of relational proximity to that premises the attempted correction (e.g a member you're serving over, a mentee, a close friend)? Maybe you could reach out to them and talk about things and instruct them, if necessary.  TWO: Is the person a mere acquaintance or someone over whom you may not have such speaking access to or influence over?  Or is it such a situation that even when you do have some access to the person, you may not be the best person to discuss the matter with them?  What do you do?  Pray for them earnestly. They keep coming to your mind every now and then, ba? How they could be better or achieve more if they just did XYZ or stopped doing JKL, or just became a little MNO...? Yes, pray for them. ...

  Let me attempt to 'reconstruct' how I imagine things must have happened within Christendom from the little Church history I know. Let's jump back to just after all the actual 12 apostles of Jesus have been killed off and their disciples are running things, for lack of a better expression, at the middle to end parts of the first century. The writings of the apostles had begun to be collated and copies of the collection were available in several Christian communities. Even though the canon of what is now referred to as the New Testament, hadn't been finally decided on, copies of NT 'bible' must have been relatively available to the believers. Then, various heresies were already thriving in the church in various communities (gnosticism,  Arianism, Montanism, to mention but three). I've studied a few of these movements, some were offshoots of genuine men who misunderstood or had a different interpretation of the message of the apostles, others were outrightly ...

If your experience is anything like mine, you get two to three invitations to like pages and join groups, every other day. Again, if your tendency is anything like mine, you like to check notifications and clear out the red indicator on the app when you have time. So how do you respond to invitations to like pages from friends? Some you know both offline & online, others you don't. If you invite me to like a page. Here's what usually happens. 1. If I'm not interested in what the page is about, I won't like the page (put cosmetics & make up pages, sports betting, your version of akpos joke page, your house fellowship page, etc here). I won't LIKE what I don't like and probably won't need. *It may be useful to invite people who may share the value of the page, if it's not a general use item. That first base of genuine likers can help find the others. 2. If its a personal page about you different from your account, with maybe your nickname, I won...