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Do you think of tension only in a negative sense? Kites fly, but not in the same sense as birds and airplanes. Paradoxically kites can only fly when they are tethered to the ground. There is tension in the kite string and if the string is released the kite will fall and blow away. You can fly like a kite with the wind of the spirit providing lift and holding you aloft. Yet you are human rather than a disembodied spirit and you need the attachment to the present material reality of your life to keep you grounded in this world. These two concepts are in tension but like the kite string this tension is necessary for you to fly. 

Today my daughter, Charity Kayembe, will share the next segment in her blog series with us.

Be blessed!

Have you criticized others or received criticism yourself for a weak attachment to a local church? Yet church involvement is not a guarantee of a strong spiritual life. There should be a strong correlation between these things but haven’t you observed examples of one without the other in both ways? Those who make such a criticism should examine themselves as to whether they correctly discern my body which includes all believers. A body isn’t just a collection of parts. The parts must be connected and interact for there to be life. I want you to discern my whole body as a single living entity. 

Do you love to tell people about your church? You may think that your church does things correctly where others do not, but those in other churches or unaffiliated with any church are not easily impressed. I want you to practice your faith in good conscience in the light revealed to you, but yours is not the only way I will accept. Do not judge another man’s servant, for he answers to his own master and I am pleased to accept a wide variety of forms and practices. The Great Commission I have given you is not to advance your own church but to preach the good news of the Kingdom to every creature. 

There’s no question that, as a society, we are becoming increasingly desensitized to all things sex.  There are studies that suggest only 3% of people wait until marriage to have sex.  Others have suggested that only 20 percent of Christians wait until marriage to have sex.  This study suggests that 61% of Christians say they would have sex before marriage.

Have you encountered people who are full of themselves? Did you find them to be wearisome? The need to dominate a conversation and prove worth are not attractive qualities. You do not know what gave rise to their insecurity and neediness and even if you do you are not to judge them any more than you would someone else. Yet they can serve as a lesson to you of a road you do not want to take. What type of people are you attracted to? Isn’t it those who carry themselves lightly, with no apparent need to prove their worth to you? You do well to emulate this attitude but it doesn’t happen automatically. Find your identity in me and it will be secure. 

Today we're going to have my daughter, Charity Kayembe, share the next segment of her exciting blog series with us.
 

Do you find that people talk about topics of interest to them? I said that the gentiles seek after the things that they eat, drink, and wear. Do you find yourself less and less interested in these conversation topics of your friends who are not seeking my Kingdom? Do you find that your conversations with those walking the same path you are to be refreshing and full of life? I said that those who feared the Lord spoke often one to another and I hearkened and heard it, and wrote a book of remembrance for those who feared me and thought upon my name, and they shall be mine when I make up my special treasure. You want to be in this book. 

What would you like to know?

God speak to me this morning.

What would you like to know?

Wow crazy. That’s you?

It’s me.

You, God? You’re asking what I want to know?

Yes.

You sure?? In the bible it’s only when someone’s been really good that you ask them stuff like that – almost acting as though you were their servant.

My word teaches you that some men’s sins go beforehand and some follow after. Some sins have visible effects and others are easier to keep secret. Are you more concerned about sins that everyone can see? Yet according to the verse the other sins will follow you even though they are invisible, and they will eventually become obvious. Could these be more dangerous and destructive than the first type? For there is an immediate incentive to deal with visible sin, but invisible sin can grow large undetected and be more difficult to deal with. Search and try your ways and judge yourself that you may be pure within and without and not be judged.