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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
Yes, the wrong culture is emphasized. Imagine if we knew everyone walking into the church doors was a Christian based on their sunny dispositions and overall friendliness rather then the clean shaven faces, skirts and poofs?
And since everyone has bad days, this IS truly hard! It is why it is not hammered day in and day out like other "standards" are -no automatic "amens!" when a preacher screams for "people to be long suffering toward your neighbor!". After all, they have Jezebel in the vocabulary when mentioning make-up. No such euphemism for long suffering, meekness and love.
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Folks can see the Joy of the Lord on those that are fruit producers even if they are not having a good day or week or month or perhaps even year. Happiness is predicated on external stimuli while true joy comes from the internal working of the Holy Ghost.
I had the Vice-president of a company I worked for tell me one day, that I was the most charismatic person he knew, but it was one of the worst weeks for me that week. I was not a happy camper. But thankful the joy of the Lord was my strength and he saw that instead of my grouchy ole self........
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