Some Christians are often insecure about their own spiritual shortcomings. Why? For one thing, in too many of our biggest and most visible churches, we see role models who appear to have everything. These prosperity gospel preachers smile all the time and talk about how God wants to prosper us,” no matter what” Taking verses out of context, they spread the poisonous belief that God wants us to be happy, healthy, and wealthy, and there’s something wrong with us if we don’t have that sacred triune wrapped up. The sad result is that instead of talking about our problems openly and feeling as if church were the perfect place to share our brokenness, we’ve swallowed the lie that we have to get "gussied up" to interact with other Christians!
In Romans 8:35- 39 These verses contain one of the most comforting promises in all scripture. Believers have always had to face hardship in many forms; persecution, illness, imprisonment, even death. These could cause them to fear that they have been abandoned by Christ. Christian community should provide a place where broken people get healed, not where we feel wrong for expressing our humanness. The simple truth is, Jesus is perfect—not us. The work of our sanctification is ongoing, and we live on a fallen, messy planet. Isn’t it time to take off our masks and be real. Although we pray that God will supply all our needs materially, we must recognize the Bible's teaching that God may allow his children to experience time of need in order to be encouraged to trust Him more and to develop our faith, spiritual endurance and ministry.
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