Comments on: Preparing to leave… https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparing-to-leave Biblical perspectives from parenting to politics Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: SunriseMeadow https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-132 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:45:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-132 One of the best ways I have found to combat the “lukewarm syndrome” is the accountability of very close friends who are willing to point out areas in my heart that need to be changed.  It also helps if they see the good parts of my heart (Christ in me) and encourage that.  A few kind but firm words from a trusted friend do way more to help me live from the heart Jesus gave me than the thousands of self-condemning thoughts (I should, I ought to, I wish I had, etc.) I tend to have.  It requires being totally open and vulnerable, but is so totally worth it!  Friends like that are a treasure from the Lord.

]]> By: jared_katie https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-131 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:06:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-131 Well, now that it’s over, hope y’all had a great vacation. Guess I caught you at the beginning of vacation past. So now it’s back to the ol’ grind…whatever that happens to be these days. Ya know, it’s been way too long, man. We really should talk. How ’bout sometime after 3:30 tomorrow afternoon? I’ll call on my way home from work if at all possible.

Oh btw, that was a dead-on state of the church address. Great way to express that dilemmatic personal/corporate spiritual conundrum. I so wish God’s people would quit compartmentalizing and start Godmentalizing–including him in every aspect of their…er, our…lives. I think we’d see a pretty big jump on the mercury.

Ok, talk to ya tomorrow, bro…Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise. Wait, we’re not in Missouri. Scratch that. 🙂

Edly

]]> By: California_Crew https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-130 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:41:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-130 Very well said!

Hope you and your family have a wonderful vacation!

]]> By: Stephanie S https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-129 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:50:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-129 Jarod, I appreciate the humble way you address this issue.  I am right there with you… I wonder if I get frustrated with the ‘state of the church’ because it reflects so well the ‘state of my heart’.

I suspect the Lord knew all about this tendency we have and that is why he gave us the third commandment–that we shall not take the name of the Lord our God in vain.  I do not believe that was a command not to use His name as a curse word (though certainly we should not), but that we should not take on Christ’s name as His follower and then not follow Him.

I need some good ‘closet’ time… thanks for the encouragement.

May you have a time of precious memories with your family!

]]> By: Hannah https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-128 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:18:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-128 Thanks. So exited for your trip…to “Ol’ Virginny”…   ;o)  🙂 I appreciate your thoughts.  :o) 

😉

]]> By: Jason_Devine https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-127 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-127 Hey Jarod, thanks for the thoughts… I know it isn’t the easiest subject, but a necessary one; I totally agree with you.
One thing you said made me think: It’s one thing to have the world looking at the hypocritical church and make it’s assessment of it and be offended at it etc. and all the desecration to Christ’s name that goes along with all that… it’s a destructive cycle in itself; yet the world’s hypocrisy in churches has another devastating effect, that is, on true believers, many of which (myself included) look at the (c)hurch and get confused, and don’t know what a normal Christian even looks like. They wonder, How can the Bible be true and the church look the way it does? Shouldn’t people be changed?! Well, the Bible is true; “let God be true, and every man a liar.” Believers like me who have been misguided by compiling their perception of the (C)hurch by looking at the (c)hurch must step back and look objectively at what GOD says about His Church; read the Scripture and books like “The Normal Christan Life” which vividly describe what “normal” is! We have no reason to expect to be radically different from the lifeless, powerless, hypocritical church and radically similar to the supernatural Son of God unless we know and believe the radically-supernatural things that God HAS DONE in every Believer!

Enough rambling…. Have a great vacation!

]]> By: singinglynnie https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-126 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:33:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-126 I’m going to miss all of you…but I pray you have a wonderful trip and enjoy immensely the time you have together with your family!
Love always! me

Oh! Thanks for sharing from your heart…you are right on target and what you said is very convicting as it should be.

]]> By: Nasia https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-125 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:41:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-125 yay!!! I’m very excited for your coming Jarod!  Hope you trip goes well and that you get here so quick it amazes you.  hehe

 love ya & your little family SO much!!

             Nasia

]]> By: jonathangoff https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-124 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:20:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-124 Have a great trip man!!! If you feel the urge to go to the beach, you could always come down you Va Beach…..and while here, you can visit me!! Have fun!

]]> By: jimwilloughby https://jarodhinton.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-123 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/preparing-to-leave/#comment-123 May God bless you and your family.
Uncle Jim and Aunt Kay

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