I want to say a very sincere Thank You to all of you here on AFF for your patience, advice and prayers for me since I came aboard a couple of months ago.
When I first stumbled across this forum, it was by accident really. I'm an ex-UPCer and (I don't mean that in a derogatory sense by any means) when I first arrived here I honestly did not think of myself as being bitter or hostile toward the UPC organization. However, I found myself lashing out and just being downright rude and crude toward those of you who are and toward the organization in general. One person who really tried to talk to me and in a spirit of love, help me to see my bitterness, was Brother Rico. Anyway, I pushed the issue until I finally spent a week in Banland.
During that time, I really had time to meditate on where I was at and the Lord convicted me deeply of my issues with somethings that happened way back when and I surrendered all of that to Him.
My point in this note though is that I just want to thank you all for putting up with me and if you prayed for me, thank you. It has certainly helped me recognize how wrong I was and give it to the Lord and I want to sincerely say to each of you that I love you in Christ and regardless of any differences that we may have, if you are His, then I consider you my brothers and sisters in Him.
May God's abundant grace and blessings rest upon every aspect of each one of your lives and ministry.
Pastor Robbie
Thanks for your honesty and transparency. This is what this forum should be all about!
__________________ "Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
Brother, I am glad you have decided to stay with us and were able to let go of that bitterness. Now...............................about that one step thing.................................
Brother, I am glad you have decided to stay with us and were able to let go of that bitterness. Now...............................about that one step thing.................................
Hehehehehe! Actually, there are a lot of steps involved. First, ya gotta hear, then ya gotta believe, then ya gotta repent, followed with baptism, infilling of HG, and then ya gotta stick with it til ya die. So, let's see: there are 6 steps involved!
Hehehehehe! Actually, there are a lot of steps involved. First, ya gotta hear, then ya gotta believe, then ya gotta repent, followed with baptism, infilling of HG, and then ya gotta stick with it til ya die. So, let's see: there are 6 steps involved!
I'm in serious trouble then. Man, I was born and raised in southern Louisiana and I just can't count that high...
I'm in serious trouble then. Man, I was born and raised in southern Louisiana and I just can't count that high...
AbundantGreasyGrace,
I went to High School in Natchitoches, Louisisna. Not Southern La. but not too far away.
Thanks for this thread. I appreciate your initial post. Hopefully it will speak to others who might be harboring unaknowledged bitterness or resentment.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Re: Thank You My Friends At AFF...
J/k about that first part!
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