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In most charismatic churches on a given Sunday morning you will hear mighty warring praise songs. Christians will be storming the gates of hell and binding the strogman. The phrase "Our God is a mighty God" is bellowed loudly and clearly. God is an awesome God. But of course that is Sunday morning. Monday is of course, a different matter.
On Monday morning when the rumor goes around that there will be cut backs in the office, fear grabs ahold of the Sunday mighty warrior. Monday afternoon when the car breaks down on the way home, worry takes over the Sunday mighty warrior: how will the bills get paid? Monday evening when Jehovah Witness students knock on the door, the Sunday mighty warrior doesn't answer the door because there's the chance of being led astray. Fear doesn't increase converts.
How does one transfer the Sunday morning "mighty warrior" mentality to Monday through Friday?
The answer is you don't and you should not. Sunday morning or whenever one goes to church should be for lifting one's spirit to touch the Spirit, to experience love, and to submit to the inner Spirit of God. Above all the message should be how can one love more: both God and our neighbors (Matthew 22:37-39).
Worse yet is to become intolerant of diverse and differing ideas, cultures, and religious persuasions that one encounters throughout the week. We are to be the salt, leave, and light. That means we must blend in and not stand out. That doesn't mean condoning what one should not, but neither does it mean judging all who see life differently than we.
We are mammals which means we're curious. We are spirits which mean we're one with all. We are servants which means we don't lord it over others. And finally, we are the object of God's love which means we need to share that love with others. Many need a new image, view, vista, paradigm of who God really is.
Being fearful and intolerant is the antithesis of the abba Father that Jesus described.
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