What is God room? When I first heard of God room I thought that it was referring to a chapel or a special prayer room. I later learned, however, that God room is something much more interesting. God room isn't a place. It's a way of life. In the words of Bob Pierce: "'God room' is when you see a need and it's bigger than your human abilities to meet it. But you accept the challenge. You trust God to bring in the finances and the materials to meet that need." The concept of God room is awesome. Many times, when we see a need, we feel like it's our responsibility to meet it, we become stressed and sometimes even discouraged. This is when we need to step back and allow God room to work. The best part of God room is, that when you allow God room to work, He does! God will work in ways that no one could ever dream of.
One time my family personally experienced God room. We had run into a problem that none of us knew how to solve. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't fix it, so we prayed. We prayed a lot. And, once we got out of the way, in classic God room fashion, God worked in an amazing way. Even now, my family still looks back to that time in our lives, and praises God for working in a way that leaves no doubt that He alone is in control of our lives.
It's great to finally be able to put a name to what my family experienced. God room is a lifestyle, and I hope that as I get older I will make it my own. Nothing is impossible as long as I have the faith to let the God work in my life.
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That's a great post Lauren! Good job!
ReplyDeleteGod Room is not so much about what God can do--because He can do anything--but it is about what we, by faith, let Him do.
ReplyDeleteGood post. God Room is an interesting concept.
ReplyDeleteGood post, I like the fact that God room gives us a title for the concept too.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, Christians in the world become hypocrites. They miss the mark and make life about church and rules. They try to become a regular church attendee or church leader, follow every rule to the nth degree, and make sure everyone else knows how bad they are. How can someone who supposedly knows the Lord become such a fake and evil person?
ReplyDeleteUm, Logan...did you get that question from my post or did you randomly just make it up? Just curious...Anyways, my answer is that no one is perfect. Wherever there is a church there will always be hypocrites. Our job isn't to figure out why or how people become such hypocrites, but to make sure we don't become hypocrites ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI ask my own questions lol. So if we don't know why or how people become hypocrites, how can we prevent ourselves from becoming hypocrites?
ReplyDeleteGood answer Lauren. I do think, however, that we need to be aware of how good Christians become fake so that we can guard against it in ourselves. The Bible also says to warn those who are idle and to bring back those who have gone astray, so I don't think we should be comfortable with hypocracy in the church. I like this conversation, let's keep it going. We don't have moderrated comments on the class blog so I think we should move it there though.
ReplyDeleteI think it's very bad for the church when it has hypocrites in it. Hypocrites are a major reason as to why the church in America isn't impacting many people, like the church is in China. Hypocrisy in the church is also a reason why people despise Jesus. Hypocrisy is one thing that really gets under my skin. It's so irritating! That's one of the things that I like about Madison First Baptist: There aren't a lot of hypocrites in our church. It's one of the problems I found in First Hendersonville's church. First Hendersonville had a lot of people who said all the right stuff but didn't walk the walk. That sickens me. Almost every one of my old friends there is a lukewarm Christian. But hey, it happens in megachurches. And David, the convos are supposed to be on our blogs, not the class blog. Just ask your mom.
ReplyDeleteSo, Logan, I go to First Baptist Hendersonville. What I understand from your comment is that either I am not your friend or I am a lukewarm Christian. Or both. You have such a way with words...
ReplyDeleteI never said that everyone there was, and I never said that you were. I was just saying that several people who went there when I was there weren't real. I was one of those kids. I was into girls, popularity, coolness, and looking Christian-y. I wasn't into being a Jesus Freak because I was comfortable. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like the majority of the youth was like that, too. At the time, I liked that, but looking back, I realize that isn't exactly good. Now I'm not saying that every person at First Hendersonville is a lukewarm Christian or hypocrite. I think a good description of what I mean is that most Christians there were comfortable in their faith. Sure, I knew of a few good Christians, but unfortunately, they were always quiet and were always with the same 10 or 15 friends. They didn't really reach out to other kids and minister to them. I know several kids at tutorials and Aaron Academy who go to First Hendersonville, and I'm not trying to offend anyone. I'm just giving you and everyone else my honest opinion about my experiences at First Hendersonville. The truth is: at First Hendersonville, I grew comfortable. Maybe some people think that is good, but I personally do not.
ReplyDeleteBut anyway, hypocrisy is bad. I think we all agree on that. So why do people become hypocrites, and how? Well, most people become hypocrites because they're either mean or insecure. They become hypocrites when they pick on others to make themselves look good. Matthew 7:1-5 says "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." That about explains what I mean. If you struggle with selfishness, don't tell someone else to be more selfless. If you struggle with lust, don't tell someone else to stop lusting. Know what I mean? It's like this: Say I shoot a half-court shot in basketball every time I got the ball. Every single time, I miss and thus, turn the ball over. Now say a teammate shoots a half-court shot and I complain to the coach about the selfishness of his shot. That would be hypocrisy. It's when you're doing something bad, and tell someone else to stop doing the same bad thing, even though you yourself are doing it. Several Christians struggle with this. A major reason as to why people don't become Christians is because they see a church filled with hypocrites.
We’ve stated that hypocrisy is one thing that keeps people from coming to God. What are some other stumbling blocks that keep people away from God?
I think a lack of love and patience with one another keeps us away from God.
ReplyDeleteI love the song, "Give Me Your Eyes" because for so long I was focused on myself, and it is only when we get our focus directed off ourselves and onto the Lord that we can truly love and serve other people. And that's how we love and serve Him.
We’ve obviously stated that hypocrisy keeps people from coming to God, and we've said that hypocrites are guaranteed to be found in big churches. Lauren, I want to know: What are some other things that you think are stumbling blocks that keep people away from God?
ReplyDeleteI think that sometimes just plain arrogance keeps us from God. People are arrogant enough to believe that they can live life without God, that they're good enough to get to Heaven on their own, that they're better than other Christians...The list goes on and on, but basically I think most of the problems in the Church come back to arrogance.
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