What's your faith about?

[psalms 91]

and i could never get let this one go by,,, lol.

the quote is attributed to Francis of Assisi - it is most commonly used to encourage people to live a good life and to appease people who feel bad that they dont actually preach the gospel to any one.

hence- "preach the gospel use words if necessary -
HOW EVER .. Francis of Assist never said it !
. it is a paraphrase of a small PART of what he said , quoted out of context .
for he was a man known to stand on stairs ,boxes and any platform he could find and from which to loudly preach the Gospel and every opportunity .
all he was saying is that he expected those who also did so,, to make sure the lives they lived matched the words they preached .. he never intended it to be used as a means by which to excuse any one from the preaching of the Gospel .

as that would be to directly oppose the great commission.

-not opposing you bill , -just saying ,so you know

Thanks, always liked it nevr knew who said it

 

[visionary]

Worshipping God is not singing songs, listening to songs, waving banners etc. Those can be used as expressions of praising HaShem but are certainly not Worship. Worshipping God is obeying Him daily and sacrificing our own fleshy desires and placing the commandments of God as our Number 1 priority.

Romans 12:1-2 I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you. In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.

John 14:10-17 Don’t you believe that I am united with the Father, and the Father united with me? What I am telling you, I am not saying on my own initiative; the Father living in me is doing his own works. Trust me, that I am united with the Father, and the Father united with me. But if you can’t, then trust because of the works themselves. Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever trusts in me will also do the works I do! Indeed, he will do greater ones, because I am going to the Father. In fact, whatever you ask for in my character, I will do; so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me for something in my character, I will do it. “If you love me, you will keep my commands/Mitzvot; and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another comforting Counselor like me, the Spirit of Truth, to be with you forever. The world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him. You know him, because he is staying with you and will be united with you.