http://www.enjoyingfamily.com Just another WordPress site Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.enjoyingfamily.com/?p=776#comment-150 mauvaise haleine causes Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:10:03 +0000 http://www.enjoyingfamily.com/?p=776#comment-150 I went over this internet site and I believe you have a lot of great info, saved to fav (:. I went over this internet site and I believe you have a lot of great info, saved to fav (:.

]]> http://www.enjoyingfamily.com/?p=585#comment-148 Vakas Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:37:57 +0000 http://www.enjoyingfamily.com/?p=585#comment-148 I love this post! I've been thinking leatly of that very same principle, the daughter of the house mentality . I went to (and was on staff with) the church you are discussing. I was born into that house, matured in that house, and was a daughter in that house . I was so spiritually young when I left, that when looking for a new church, without realizing it, I ended up finding one with a very similar mentality. (Even now I'm hesitant to write this stuff down out of fear. How ridiculous is that?) After many years, I've come full circle. I'm now in the same position I was when the scales fell from my eyes, and have similar decisions to make. For years, I tried to convince myself that I was a daughter in the house, and wanted to be loyal no matter the cost. I'm only now realizing how extensive that cost really is. My relationship with the Holy Spirit. Because for years, instead of listening to Him when He gently told me that things were not right, and certain teaching was not biblically sound, I brought my concerns to leadership, and essentially I stifled His voice. I listed to their interpretations of scripture instead of standing firm to what I knew to be true. After listening to a sermon on spiritual authority, I remember discussing how unscriptural it was with leadership. I was told that if I wanted the blessing of God on my life, that I had to completely leave everything that I thought to be true at the cross, and adopt their way of thinking. I needed to be a daughter of the house. How bogus! I’m beginning to ramble, I just wanted to say that I completely agree with this post, and have been pondering how ludicrous it is for a church to ask the people to serve the pastor’s vision, to lay down their lives for the pastor’s vision, even to the point of spending every night of the week for the pastor’s vision. Because when you work to make the pastor’s dreams come true, you are making God’s dreams come true, because God gave those dreams to the pastor. One word… ridiculous! I love this post! I’ve been thinking leatly of that very same principle, the daughter of the house mentality . I went to (and was on staff with) the church you are discussing. I was born into that house, matured in that house, and was a daughter in that house . I was so spiritually young when I left, that when looking for a new church, without realizing it, I ended up finding one with a very similar mentality. (Even now I’m hesitant to write this stuff down out of fear. How ridiculous is that?) After many years, I’ve come full circle. I’m now in the same position I was when the scales fell from my eyes, and have similar decisions to make. For years, I tried to convince myself that I was a daughter in the house, and wanted to be loyal no matter the cost. I’m only now realizing how extensive that cost really is. My relationship with the Holy Spirit. Because for years, instead of listening to Him when He gently told me that things were not right, and certain teaching was not biblically sound, I brought my concerns to leadership, and essentially I stifled His voice. I listed to their interpretations of scripture instead of standing firm to what I knew to be true. After listening to a sermon on spiritual authority, I remember discussing how unscriptural it was with leadership. I was told that if I wanted the blessing of God on my life, that I had to completely leave everything that I thought to be true at the cross, and adopt their way of thinking. I needed to be a daughter of the house. How bogus! I’m beginning to ramble, I just wanted to say that I completely agree with this post, and have been pondering how ludicrous it is for a church to ask the people to serve the pastor’s vision, to lay down their lives for the pastor’s vision, even to the point of spending every night of the week for the pastor’s vision. Because when you work to make the pastor’s dreams come true, you are making God’s dreams come true, because God gave those dreams to the pastor. One word… ridiculous!

]]>