The Simple Christian
By Josue
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The Simple Christian Dec 01, 2022
We Must Be Honest In Our Walk With The Lord
We must be honest in our walk with the lord, and the contrary only leads to deception. To somehow make a god that suits our lifestyle would then be breaking the Commandment of "making a graven image". We would be rejecting the God of scripture and play The Potter and start to form a god that would accept your acts of sin as merely acts of pleasure.
Being Honest entails, we must Repent of things that God abhors.
things that God has said in His Word that we should avoid and take no part in.
True Repentance looks ugly and too often we make it look cute, but the end product doesn't sell.
in-fact, true repentance usually follows with someone who desires to pursue Christ.
while a false repentance would lead someone to no conviction and no change.
①. What Does it mean to repent?
Turn away from Sin
⦁ Acts 3:19, Mark 1:15
19 So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new.
" Chained by the habit of sin" Billy Grahams
Act 17:30 "God commands all to people everywhere to repent"
Christians should welcome honest rebukes if that would mean that you have brothers who would keep you accountable in your walk with Jesus.
Example: Galatians 2:11-21
Paul Rebukes Peter at Antioch
Citing from Greg Koukl's Book "Tactics"
20 Quotes from Gregory Koukl's Tactics - in X (newcreationinx.com)
Here is a link to Citiation from Greg Koukls Book "Tactics".
if you have read it, definitely let me know what you think about it and has it been helpful.
Are Christians Called to be "Nominal"?
Being Saved and walking with the Lord can feel mundane or monotonous if we don't challenge ourselves to live holy. So do we throw in the towel and live nominal, or do we live as Disciples?
Things To Consider Before Joining the Army
The Army has a great list of things to benefit from but often missed and overlooked because of the immense distractions that come with being surrounded daily by other soldiers. Don't miss out on this episode if the Army or the military is something you have considered joining.
Do You Have an Active Relationship With The Lord?
Question: How Has Your Faith Changed Your Day-to-day Life?
Am I alone in that I reflect on How God has brought me from death to life?
From a place where I focused on temporal and meaningless practices to having "Faith" lens and seeing things for what they are, God-intended.
From saving my soul from eternal death to changing my heart and progressively sanctifying me until His second coming (Phil 1:6).
The other side of the coin is, What if I haven't changed much? Thank God our walk with Jesus isn't performance based. We are not competing with anyone but we ought to be willing to allow the Holy Spirits Fruits be noticeable and allow it to bleed into all facets of our Social and Non-Social life. If we grieve the Spirit (Eph 4:29-32) or quench it (1 Thessa 5:19), we will be faced with a very questionable walk that that
James 1:23-24
(23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.)
“Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind” (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
When we become too careful in being careful with our words
Have you ever felt so careful about what you say as a Christian that you would rather be quiet and say nothing than say something and come off wrong?
Too many times are we boxed in for saying the right things that we feel rather "free" when not saying anything at all... but is that or should we be so concerned about what the opinions of others are?
People will not always love or consider the wisdom of God in scripture and yes, we should be wise about how we communicate the message of the bible but don't be so overwhelmed with the the delivery that satan robs you from an opportunity of doing Gods will.
Everyone is constantly being offended by various ideologies, it just happens that people prefer the comfort of lies than Truth.
Walking with Christ is a Process
Are We Being Honest With Ourselves and God?
1 Corinthians 10:31 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Teachers Encourages Transgenderism/ Talk about New Age Beliefs Idea
With Daniella and John, we talk about how frightening the school system can be if we are not vigilant about our kids.
Daniella shares a bit of how she use to practice and believe in New Age practices.
God has been doing a lot in the family lately!
It's been a while but there's been soo much going on and i'll fill you in on this episode. Here's a quick update on what God has been doing in my family! it's been wonderfully busy and almost exhausting lol
#TheMetaVerse is a Trap
JD, Braheem and myself chat about the Metaverse. The pros and cons about the virtual world and how its a trap for those who may invest so much time and energy, they learn to dislike the real world.
Love to hear your comments.
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Are we married to our wives and also the family?
Caring for our family is our God-given responsibility and growing with our extended family is important as well, but what do we do when they or anyone become a hinderance do our Family's faith walk? Do we separate or carelessly keep it going?
Should the New Years Be A Big Thing?
Discussing the New Years with some friends.
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Former WMSCOG Member From India
This episode was very encouraging, it was amazing to know that there are people tuning in from different parts of the world.
also amazing to know that the testimony from former members have been helpful with peoples current state in this cult.
praise God for what He has been doing. I Pray this episode will help you leave this destructive cult, inform you and please dont forge to subscribe to my podcast and share with other friends or at the very least on your social media outlets. the more this is shared, the more it becomes accessible for current members and curious people to listen in.
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An Older Street Preacher Has A Few Words To Share
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
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Behold Our God/Because He Lives Worship Song
In our weekly Bible study, I decided to bring my recording equipment and bring to you guys some of what we sing to the Lord.
I hope this is a Blessing and would love to hear your feedback.
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It's About Time, But It Still hurts #MannyPacquiao
Manny retires from Boxing after losing to Ugas to a Unanimous Decision. It was 12 hard fought rounds but if you know Manny, you know Him for his speed and footwork. two things you didn't see as much in this last bout. Manny finally leaves us with an Announcement that leaves us boxing fans in sadness but also with joy.
Former WMSCOG Member: Amanda
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ToughMudder Experience
First time participating in a ToughMudder. What an experience!
My Top 3 Reasons People Stay In The Church
Seriously 5Below!?!?
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Social Media & Faith with Tony
Social Media without a doubt plays a huge role in most of our lives, how we go about engaging is at out discretion.
As Believers, we should be using these social media outlets to share the Gospel and be encouraging, the issue is, we allow social media to influence us and twist our beliefs.
Hope you enjoy the episode!
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Living Out The Faith
Here we go with another great discussion on "Living Out the Faith".
this single episode won't event scratch the surface of the various difficulties and challenges Christians face, but what we can learn is to Trust God and search Him and His Ways rather than our own.
Top 3 Reasons People Leave the Church/Faith
Not only are people leaving The Church but they're even being drawn away and discouraged from their intimate relationship with Jesus. Are their Valid reasons to leave the Church, if so, at what cost? Where are we then to go after we leave? Is it Gods plan for us to be alone and not strive for fellowship with the saints?
Nothing weighs heavier in my heart than the falling away of a believer or even "Possible Believer". With all of that being said, lets remind ourselves we will take account of our actions with God for what we do in this side of Heaven.
In todays episode I have a few people who will be joining the discussion, I hope you enjoy the episode and freely share it with your social media friends.
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Where Have I Been??
Recently I've been tasked with Army Training, So that's taken up a good of my most recent time and been confronted with an odd discovery of my self lol and been doing tons of Dads stuff. Tune in and Enjoy!
Ungratefulness Doesn’t Allow You To Grow
It's Easy To Quit, It's Harder To Press On!
Decision making can be difficult, especially when a person's character is at play. They either have a “Quitter” mentality or a “Go Getter” one. Decisions, if not well-thought out, do have the power of instilling a type of false-confidence that isn’t willing to achieve anything but to Quit or Give up on everything as long as its reward is a comfort that's equivalent to what they are used to.
-High School Track
-Army Basic Training (BCT)
There’s Only One Excuse In Life!
Choices Are Critical In Crafting Character
- What if you chose Loyalty rather than disloyalty? (Family, Sports team and Friendship)
Stick To Your Guns!
- Priority ought to always take precedence in personal Desires or Wants.
The only excuse in life is having no excuse!
- Only God is worth pleasing and He called you into an important role to fulfil
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Marriage isn’t Mathematical
It isn’t always the words that you say that will fix the issue but your presence that is enough to express your love. Assume there’s an argument and you had the correct formula to devastate your opponent, your wife or husband. Let's say, they did not see it coming. You await the opportunity to land the blow and you finally deliver the profound blow. You win the argument and put your significant other in a trance. So now what? You won the argument but are left still living with this person and feeling a long lasting awkwardness. You then come to the sense that winning didn’t always feel pleasure-full or nearly as satisfying.
- Avoid trying to be D.Phil.
*issues are not mathematical
* issues aren’t always best resolved logically
* allow the Holy Spirit to guide your next steps
Jordan Peterson video
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- Communication is Key
*Proverbs 15:1 -- “A soft word turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
* “Listen with the intent to understand and not with the intent to respond”
* Counter Lies with Truth and not opinions.
- Don’t be full of word and talk, devoid of deeds and truth.
*Words fall short where actions speak louder
*Being right isn’t always right (Arguments drag out because one is too stubborn to forgive and the other is too proud to apologize.
*Ephesians 5:25: "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her."
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How Does The Gospel Affect Social Media?
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How does The Gospel affect social media (How is the body of Christ affected ?)- Opportunities
Positive *Reaching people of all walks of life through S.M
*Having opportunities to engage in a public or private forum
*create God-centered content that can compete against “secular content” which can help point people to God [Positive]
- Affects Truth
*People have used Social Media to distort The Truth of God, His purpose for our lives.
*Truth when corrupted, creates lies that are adopted if not properly discerned (1 John 4:1)
*Distracted by Vainful ideologies and not Focused on Godly importance/purpose [Negative]
- Image
*Created in the Image of God, Not Instagram!
*self worth issues
*lack of validation [Negative]
How Has Social Media affected Our Mental Health?
Protect Your Relationship From Social Media Ft. Moses
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This is part 1 of 3
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Preach the Gospel but don't compromise
Everyone is different and you must respect peoples diverse personalities, so don't approach everyone the same. Not everyone will accept the Gospel Message but that doesn't mean we ought to sell ourselves short and forfeit The Great Commission by compromising our faithful walk with Jesus. Ask God for Wisdom and allow Him to speak to you through His word and then to the lost.
Boundaries Needs To Be Respected!
You Can't act like your single when your married, that's a recipe for disaster.
DMX Passes away and left us a powerful message
Avoid Spreading Information
Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 21:23
Unfortunately gossiping has been the cornerstone to many of the new friendships. Let us reframe from sharing personal in formation at the cost of meeting new people and practice confidentiality at the gain of Godly Living.
The Vent Session: The Outward appearance of Christians and Clothing
Is wearing revealing clothing an issue for Christians?
Melissa Joins me today to Vent about this slightly sensitive issue.
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Resurrection Sunday is Around the Corner!
Lets not forget that though Resurrection Sunday is around the corner, that we use this opportunity to bring the Truth of Christ to the Lost.
Ungodly Friends Can Make Friendships Complicated
Staying Quiet Doesn't Help
Politics, Religion or your favorite Football team. Discussions can be productive or unfruitful. it's so much about the topic as it is about your attitude before engaging.
1 Peter 3:15-17
New American Standard Bible
15 but [a]sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a [b]defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect; 16 [c]and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who disparage your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 17 For it is better, if [d]God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
Did I just Rejoined??
Hard decisions are hard decisions for a reason, they're even much more difficult in nature when you understand the outcomes.
Jazmine's Testimony: " It was hard to even take a deep breath and not feel alone!"
She was willing to share her testimony and I was more than willing to record it.
I hope you are blessed by this and be more than willing to share it in your social media.
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The Vent Session: W/ Josh (Capitol Hill)
How are we as Christians ought to respond to such an event? Josh and I take a few minutes to share our thoughts on this unprecedented time.
Evangelism Friday ft. Pstr Jordan
I hope this episode is encouraging and edifying to you in your walk with Christ.
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RZIM/ 2021
Here with Josh, discussing Ravi Zacharias sexual allegations. In the mean time, we share some hopeful thoughts for 2021 that's only a few hours away!
RU Program: Venting about Evangelism/Leadership
On todays episode, a few Brothers of Chris and I discuss a wide range of topics that revolve around Evangelism, Leadership and Recovery!
This is something new, I hope you guys are highly edified by this recording and that you'll leave a comment or leave me a Direct Message on Instagram. You're feedback is so important to me so don't hesitant to communicate your feelings on this recording. Hope your blessed by this and that God continues to use this ministry to help everyone who listens to grow closer.
Certain Things are only for a Season!
Self-reflection is part of the developmental aspect human growth (at least I would believe so). We reflect in our earlier years and by the Grace of Jesus, we acknowledge our current state. Maybe, we no longer fit because we are no longer the same size of a puzzle 🧩 piece we use to be. Only when we try to force ourselves to fit in (friends,family or work clicks), we hinder ourselves from the growth that Christ is doing in our life (sanctification, obedience and loving Jesus). We suddenly wage war with attempting to stay consistent with our past “persona” and wrestle with the new “creation” God is calling us to be.
We like to live a new life in Christ yet while holding onto the very thing that Christ died for, our sin.
The Vent Session: W/ Josh
- COVID shots are going to be a thing now, how should we approach it?
should we take the medicine in hope of prevention or do we abstain from taking the Covid shot and maybe saving ourselves from future biological secondary complications.
- We'll Pray About IT
Too often the church responds very quickly when people ask for prayer, yet not so much when it's a call to "action" in topics of "Mental Help". Somehow we believe that's a result of lack of faith, lack of prayer and we excuse ourselves from furthering a possible commitment in helping a brother in Christ by stating "we'll pray about it". We use this statement a little too often and not only in personal issues but in Biblical duties. This statement, like a magician, has become somewhat of a Slight of hand for Christians, like a scapegoat.
Facebook Philosophers Need to stop!
Facebook is a journal for peoples thoughts but, man some of these thoughts needs to stay in they own head most times lol
Teen Challenge Testimonies
The Vent Session: W/ Urfi Agolli
Healthy Fitness, Longevity and Transformation of the Mind.
Are there things in our diet that we should consider removing? how do we move forward from where we are to our goals?
Guest Instagram: Beatmodeurfi and GetFitStayFit (Youtube Channel).
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