Comments on: How to Get the Most Out of Life http://www.cityfellowship.com/2008/07/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-life/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:20:56 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.cityfellowship.com/2008/07/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22 admin Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:44:13 +0000 http://cityfellowship.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-life/#comment-22 Hey A - sorry for not replying sooner! Question 1 - ever have a lock on a door that gets stuck? What happens when you push or pull on the door while trying to turn the key - it makes it harder to turn. But if you let go of the door, take the pressure off the lock, and then turn it, it has a better chance of turning... In the same way when you're actively being proud (for instance), you won't be able to deal with a lesson from God on pride... Why? Because it takes humility to realize you're proud. Or if you're really obsessed with money - you won't be in a great place to really learn anything majorly-new about how you relate to money... It's when money is not an issue (and not when they're repossessing your car) that you'd be able to make radical changes in attitude toward how you spend money. Question two - this is the beauty of the Cross. God brings good things out of evil things... If we had to wait to be perfectly good before God could use us for good, we'd be waiting a long time. Let's talk more about this sometime!! -- Leo Hey A – sorry for not replying sooner!

Question 1 – ever have a lock on a door that gets stuck? What happens when you push or pull on the door while trying to turn the key – it makes it harder to turn. But if you let go of the door, take the pressure off the lock, and then turn it, it has a better chance of turning…
In the same way when you’re actively being proud (for instance), you won’t be able to deal with a lesson from God on pride… Why? Because it takes humility to realize you’re proud. Or if you’re really obsessed with money – you won’t be in a great place to really learn anything majorly-new about how you relate to money… It’s when money is not an issue (and not when they’re repossessing your car) that you’d be able to make radical changes in attitude toward how you spend money.

Question two – this is the beauty of the Cross. God brings good things out of evil things… If we had to wait to be perfectly good before God could use us for good, we’d be waiting a long time. Let’s talk more about this sometime!! — Leo

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cityfellowship.com/2008/07/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Anonymous Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:52:00 +0000 http://cityfellowship.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-life/#comment-20 "it's in the in-between times that God can get a hold of me best"<br/><br/>Can you help me understand this?<br/><br/>I thought that doing what God wants such as working on one of the many flaws in our lives would allow him to get hold of us best.<br/><br/>also a kinda offtopic one.<br/><br/>How can we do what God wants of us if we are sinful and broken? Even if we are righteous through Jesus Christ, the sins we commit still hurt our lives. There seems to be a cycle of realizing we are sinful, then trying to work on it, messing up and repeating. Is there any way out of it? <br/><br/>sorry for the long post :D “it’s in the in-between times that God can get a hold of me best”

Can you help me understand this?

I thought that doing what God wants such as working on one of the many flaws in our lives would allow him to get hold of us best.

also a kinda offtopic one.

How can we do what God wants of us if we are sinful and broken? Even if we are righteous through Jesus Christ, the sins we commit still hurt our lives. There seems to be a cycle of realizing we are sinful, then trying to work on it, messing up and repeating. Is there any way out of it?

sorry for the long post :D

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