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HE SURE QUALIFIES THE CALLED

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How to dress to church, who is accepted in church and how to behave in church has always been a matter of controversy in the christian community. Many have spoken about it, may chose to ignore it, others just say its complicated and if you are reading this right now, you probably belong to one of these categories. For me, I am just going to let your know what I feel is right!  First of all Jesus was speaking here in Mark 2:17 ; I am just going to put it out in different versions so you get a better understanding: "On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." NIV "And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." ESV "When Jesus heard it , he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that ...

Must I Fast & Pray?

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It's almost like a tradition now, almost every church and Christian organization in the world today go on fasting and prayer at the beginning of every year! But then again, results becomes limited when you work without understanding! So in this post I bring you a simple explanation on why you should fast and pray and not just do because everyone is doing it! Where did it come from. Fasting is known as a voluntary going without food in order to focus on prayer and fellowshiping with God. You see fasting and prayer goes hand in hand! Though we are not specifically commanded in the Bible to spend time in fasting and prayers but going through the bible carefully, we get to understand that it's certainly what every believer after an encounter and lifting should engage in. Like in Exo.34:28; Moses fasted 40 days/nights on Mount sinai receiving the Law from God. In 2Chro.20:3; king Jehoshapt called the people of Judah to fast and pray when war was waged against them by th...