If you are not where you should be, get there quickly. Go home. Go to church or worship. If you are where you should not be, leave.
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If you are not where you should be, get there quickly. Go home. Go to church or worship. If you are where you should not be, leave.
Prayer is our way of asking God to lead us not into temptation but to deliver us from evil through His grace and power! This is the only way we can be victorious.
Christ is alive and present among His church. He knows us well and has the power to help us overcome our spiritual challenges but will not tolerate persistent disobedience.
Using two passages from the New Testament—Matthew 4:1-11 and John 21:15-19—Henri Nouwen offers us a profound reflection about the type of leadership Christ wants for his church.