How Do You Choose a Church?
Q: I just wanted to ask you for some guidance in how to choose a church and how to separate necessities (non-negotiables) from preference?
Q: If everything happens for a reason, and things are predestined to happen, then why do we pray? How does prayer change things? I struggle with this area in my Christian life, and I think partly because I don’t understand and don’t know if my prayer makes a difference.
Scripture is very clear about prayer. Prayer is not simply petitioning God, but having a relational conversation with the Creator. We are adoring Him, confessing to Him, thanking Him, and making our requests known to Him. We are asking God to move in a way that we can’t. Even when He doesn’t answer, He’s still moving and we must learn to trust Him in it.
Resources Mentioned:
The Handbook To Prayer By Ken Boa
Andrew Murray- With Christ in the School of Prayer
Arthur G. Bennett- The Valley of Vision
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Q: I just wanted to ask you for some guidance in how to choose a church and how to separate necessities (non-negotiables) from preference?
Q: I’ve got a good one that came up in a small group tonight! In Proverbs (and probably many other places) why is wisdom a woman? It’s obviously referring to Jesus in many ways. But regardless, why female?
Q: My Bible study leader told us that there are degrees of sin in God’s eyes? Is this true? Are there different levels of sin?