Stepping Out in Faith

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Comment by Rosemarie Vest on September 21, 2011 at 10:31pm

Hello community,

Realize my posting did not happen on the day promised.  One of those life quirks called a sprained right wrist came onto the scene, making it difficult to type.  Thanks for your patience.

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on September 3, 2011 at 11:08pm

Hello Members,

First, welcome to all who have recently joined Stepping Out in Faith.  We hope you'll join in with other members of the group and add your own discussions.  A new discussion will be posted Tuesday.  God Bless You all and talk to you on the MLC soon.

Rose

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on August 23, 2011 at 4:27pm

Mia,

Thanks for sharing your results with us all.  Your results bear out your faithful witness to our Lord and your willingness to share HIS Word  and care for all of us.  I will cintinue to keep you in prayer as you continue to faithfully serve our Lord and for the study you are involved with to be successful. 

God bless and protect you and your family,

Rose

Comment by mia smith on August 23, 2011 at 2:07pm

my Spiritual Gift is ; score( 21)-Showing Mercy.

                                         score(21)- Evangelism.

                                         score(19)-Exhortation.

                                         score(18)-Teaching.

                                         score(17)-Pastor/Shepherd.

                                         score(16)-Prophecy.

 Hello! Sister Rose, it has been long time by....... i has been busy my self in Participant of the Clinical Study Drug of Kidney Disease. my kind of Kidney Disease dose not have Medicine yet to discover. now, one of big Drug CO. try to make Drug for the Polycyst Kidney/Liver Disease. and visiting my grand son. the cps moved him with my Daughter`s best friend home, last week. on 8, Sep, we have to go to the Hospital for the Genetic testing. why my grand son was mistry way sickness like flu symptoms and don`t feel much pain, easily fracture bones, now the Dr. note about Passible Chronic myegenous Leukemia. i have been so many different diagnoses about genetic issue of sickness but Thank GOD, the Grace of the LORD GOD i live still.......my grand son have a genes of many different Country. he have a genes of the Ireland, Germany, France, Spanish, American Indian, Korean. some way down the genes became difect genes, so call Philadelphia Chromosome. please Sister Rose and Brothers and Sisters prayer for my grand son and my younger Daughter. we don`t know why the GOD let this kind of trouble through my Familys live but know that the GOD knows every little hiddin things. so many time through out the History of the peoples live has been the innocence people been through the hurdship. but soon, always the GOD, The Who Faithful to us always.......my Daughter tolded me about much learn about the Life it self. i can tell the diffrents of matureness of before and now...... so everyday is gain some thing good from the LORD GOD `S plan for us. thank you Sister Rose and GOD bless you&Familys&Church. <:>< mia

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on August 20, 2011 at 2:21am

Hello!!!

Have any of you taken the spiritual gifts inventory and have results to share?

My results showed pastor/shepherding and showing mercy as my strong areas again, but this time with a higher point value on each. The surprise is that prophesy was higher than before. 

Please share what you discovered if you are comfortable doing so.

Blessings,

Rose

 

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on July 20, 2011 at 9:38pm

Re you interested in learning what your spiritual gifts are? In addition to Donna Wilcher's group, you can take a free inventory at http://www.churchgrowth.org/ that will identify them and explain them in more detail. Will share mine in a future post and encourage everyone to take a few minutes and complete the survey. I am still surprised by the results and even more so looking at them a year later.

God's blessings,

Rose

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on July 8, 2011 at 11:15pm

Jim,

Thanks for sharing your comments on prayer and stepping out in faith. I have had pastors that wouldn't have moved out of their comfort zone and tackled the topic, and am extremely blessed now to have a pastor that challenges us to do so. For the skeptics who challenge my beliefs as fantasy, I asked them if they've ever experienced fear and/or love in their lives. They will admit they have, and I can take their logic and remind them they can't see or touch those yet they accept them as real, so why can't they do the same about God and his presence in our lives???
You are right that one answer is prayer. My prayer is that they will open their hearts to the presence of God in their lives and allow him to lead them and love them.
God's blessings,
Rose

Comment by Jim H. on July 7, 2011 at 9:01am

     I think that part of the problem that people have with being a christian and having a stronge faith is that God never said it was going to be easy to take up our cross and follow in his foot steps.

     I think typically most human beings like to be comfortable in thier everyday lives. People tend to feel safe when they are comfortable.

     You take a pastor and have him preach more often about stepping out of that comfort zone and you might as well ask someone to walk out on pond in the winter time that only has very thin layor of ice on it, it's not going to happen.

     People have been told all there lives that if you can't see it, you can't hear it or you can't touch it, it don't exist. So the question we need to figure out is how do you convience a nonbelieve and/or and person that is on the fence about their beliefs that God does infact exist and that we can safely step out of our their imaginary force fields and God will keep us safe.

     I think one solution is Prayer!!!!!

 

⁹ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”    (Luke 11:9-12  NIV)

 

and how do we ask to receive something from God? Pray and then pray again and don't stop praying.

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on July 4, 2011 at 6:02pm

Hello and God bless you all for the prayers and words of support. 

Would like to hear your thoughts about the best way to discern your spiritual gifts.  Have you taken an inventory?  Were you surprised by the results?  Have your gifts changed over time? 

Look forward to hearing your thoughts.

 

In Christ, Rose

Comment by Rosemarie Vest on June 24, 2011 at 12:38am

Thanks Jeri and welcome to the group.

Please feel free to add discussions and comment on ongoing ones.

Blessings,

Rose

 

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