Comments on: Hot Pursuit or Cool Passivity? http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/ West Salem Baptist Church Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Pastor Marshall http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-3 Pastor Marshall Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:32:26 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-3 Great first blog! Hebrews 11:6 reminds us that "without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him." To grow closer we must draw near! God will reward those who faithfully "Pursue" Him! Great first blog!

Hebrews 11:6 reminds us that “without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”

To grow closer we must draw near!
God will reward those who faithfully “Pursue” Him!

]]> By: Eddie Strickland http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-4 Eddie Strickland Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:54:26 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-4 Wow, I never thought of maintaining our relationship with God instead of pursuing it a sin. Father, please forgive me for maintaining at times. I choose to pursue! Thanks for the insight Pastor Nick. Wow, I never thought of maintaining our relationship with God instead of pursuing it a sin. Father, please forgive me for maintaining at times. I choose to pursue! Thanks for the insight Pastor Nick.

]]> By: DALE WOODS http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-5 DALE WOODS Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:28:04 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-5 Excellent point. It seems that we all get to a time in our life were we become comfortable with the maintenance of our faith and families. Its easy to fall into a trap of not wanting more, but as you show we need to be a little uncomfortable and commit to deepen our relationship with God. The choice is ours, Thank You for the perspective. Excellent point. It seems that we all get to a time in our life were we become comfortable with the maintenance of our faith and families. Its easy to fall into a trap of not wanting more, but as you show we need to be a little uncomfortable and commit to deepen our relationship with God. The choice is ours, Thank You for the perspective.

]]> By: Cody Harrison http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-6 Cody Harrison Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:22:19 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-6 wow...so true...and to quote eddie, if i may, "in order to walk on water, you must get out of the boat" we need to be like peter when he walked on the water...we can't expect christ to come to us all the time, he does come to us, but we still must pursue him...how are we to walk on the water and walk toward christ unless we get out of the boat. and along those lines, once we get out and start going toward god, how do we keep from sinking?...we need to continually focus on god and all of his glory i'm glad you put this out there nick, it's good to hear that we need to pursue god...it's a two way relationship, we can't expect god to do all of the work...we need to go toward him wow…so true…and to quote eddie, if i may, “in order to walk on water, you must get out of the boat”

we need to be like peter when he walked on the water…we can’t expect christ to come to us all the time, he does come to us, but we still must pursue him…how are we to walk on the water and walk toward christ unless we get out of the boat.

and along those lines, once we get out and start going toward god, how do we keep from sinking?…we need to continually focus on god and all of his glory

i’m glad you put this out there nick, it’s good to hear that we need to pursue god…it’s a two way relationship, we can’t expect god to do all of the work…we need to go toward him

]]> By: Scott Maxey http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-9 Scott Maxey Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:53:50 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-9 We are told to deny ourself, take up our cross and follow him. If we are not at that point in our walk is that not being disobedient? Disobedience to God's commands IS sin. We must be living sacrifices. God does not seek us out to be his close friend, we have to seek him. "seek and you will find.","knock and the door will be opened.", it seems so easy huh? This simple act I believe is one of the toughest leaps of faith that a young christian can make. It is like you said last Wednesday Nick, our sanctification is an on-going process. We were free from our sin at the moment of Christ's sacrifice. That does not mean that sin has disappeared from our lives. As you said also "We are fighting a Civil war inside of us." We are all forgiven but if we do not abide in Christ, I believe we are commiting a sin. Untill we take up our cross we will never be free from that sin. We are told to deny ourself, take up our cross and follow him. If we are not at that point in our walk is that not being disobedient? Disobedience to God’s commands IS sin. We must be living sacrifices. God does not seek us out to be his close friend, we have to seek him. “seek and you will find.”,”knock and the door will be opened.”, it seems so easy huh? This simple act I believe is one of the toughest leaps of faith that a young christian can make. It is like you said last Wednesday Nick, our sanctification is an on-going process. We were free from our sin at the moment of Christ’s sacrifice. That does not mean that sin has disappeared from our lives. As you said also “We are fighting a Civil war inside of us.” We are all forgiven but if we do not abide in Christ, I believe we are commiting a sin. Untill we take up our cross we will never be free from that sin.

]]> By: Wes Myers http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-688 Wes Myers Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:12:27 +0000 http://blog.wsbaptist.org/general/5/#comment-688 Today I was reading "Our Daily Bread". It describes what an Awesome God we have and a true meaning of the word "awesome". As I read Psalm 47, I saw "Awesome God" and thanked Him for our Praise and Worship services - our way of praising a truly Awesome God! God Bless, Wes Today I was reading “Our Daily Bread”. It describes what an Awesome God we have and a true meaning of the word “awesome”.

As I read Psalm 47, I saw “Awesome God” and thanked Him for our Praise and Worship services - our way of praising a truly Awesome God!

God Bless,
Wes

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