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Faith column: Change the world like it really matters

Posted at 5:30 am September 23, 2013
By Myra Mansfield Leave a Comment

What an amazing sight! A middle-aged woman and a man sitting at a picnic table surrounded by fascinated young people all listening attentively to what she was saying. I wanted to go over there but didn’t. I waited to see what would be said afterward.

Revonna has had visions. You might ask, “Visions? Were they about the past? The present? The future?” The answer is yes. They are as ancient as the earth and as modern as tomorrow. These kids wanted to hear about it.

We don’t do church like everyone else. We didn’t even mean to start a church, and I’m not sure we should even call it a church. One night with seven people present, after three hours of nothing but prayer and scripture, suddenly the Holy Spirit broke in and spoke to us that we were to meet in our basement on Sunday morning, and have Rich Bean bring the message. We were shocked honestly because none of us had talked about it. Rich didn’t even answer whether he would do it or not. One woman said, “Yes, please.” I responded as any gracious hostess would, though tentatively, “Ok.” Everyone then left. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: change, church, faith, freedom, God, Holy Spirit, indoors, Jack Mansfield, Jesus, Living Water Fellowship, Myra Mansfield, Oak Ridge, outside, Revonna Bean, Rich Bean, worship

Faith column: It all starts here

Posted at 1:08 pm July 14, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Guest Columns 1 Comment

The message of humility is foundational to the advancement of the church in this day and age. God is calling His church to take on humility. Humble is the word that we as Christians should want Christ to write over us. As I looked up the meaning of the word humble, I found such definitions as modest, low in rank, not proud, modest opinion of one’s own importance or rank. As I look for a biblical definition, this is what I like, “When you are humble, you are free from pride and arrogance, you know that your flesh is inadequate, yet you also know that you are in Christ.”

2 Timothy 3 says that in the last days men will become proud, arrogant, and boastful. It goes on to say that they also lack the power of God. Could it be that the lack of power in today’s church is because it has lost humility? Could it be that the church has put more importance on education and intelligence and less importance on the infilling and power of the Holy Spirit? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: arrogance, Christ, God, grace, Holy Spirit, humble, humility, Living Water Fellowship, Oak Ridge, pride, Rich Bean

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