"Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, 'The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously'? James 4:1-5
Dear assistant,
Why have I written and have sent this message to you? For the simple fact of keeping you alert in regard your faith. To build a life with God Almighty hasn't been easy because we have to struggle and sacrifice every single day. We do this by denying our own desires and by resisting temptations every second of our lives. If we want to keep on carrying inside us the full assurance of salvation, this is what we all should do daily.
But what has been bothering me is that some of you haven't kept the same fire of the beginning when you were raised as assistant. As time went by, many of you have lost the excitement and pleasure of being in the house of God taking part of what the Holy Spirit has done. You don't participate in things such as night vigils, assistant's meetings, special event, campaigns and many other activities that bless the people, but also will bless our life even more because we are serving Him.
Faith only works when it's put into action, it's like a car that you we have to keep on filling up the tank, otherwise, it won't move even though it can be a brand new and comfortable car.
Friends, let's keep on feeding our faith and growing up our relationship with the Holy Spirit by persevering on doing what we have vowed to do when we were raised as assistant.
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." James 4:7
Share this message with a friend and be blessed.
Bishop Carlos
That's a reality Bishop. We can never forget where God took us out of. When we stand firm in His presence and are Always remembering our first day at Church, the first days we took part of the purposes of Faith, Night Vigils the first prayer, offerings, tithes, etc, all of these things make us even more Strong than any problem, trial, persecutions, weakness etc. The secret is Always to be in the FIRST LOVE.
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