tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post8154182255561707217..comments2023-10-19T02:21:30.858-07:00Comments on Stacy from Louisville: For The Least Of TheseStacy from Louisvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073539622676635354noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-54013008467785835952009-01-19T08:59:00.000-08:002009-01-19T08:59:00.000-08:00Wow - what impacting statements he says... & h...Wow - what impacting statements he says... & how sad is it that he so strongly states he believes there is no God.... it made me hurt for him.Rebecca Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965781380511208862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-61629012994421037082009-01-17T21:35:00.000-08:002009-01-17T21:35:00.000-08:00This was an awesome post. I've actually been feel...This was an awesome post. I've actually been feeling God tugging at me to seek the lost too. The saddest part of that is that I work for a missions organization. I help missionaries all over the world to do what they do and still have struggle with this.<BR/><BR/>I saw that video a while back, and I have seen some other stuff by him where he talks about God and other things and this is powerful stuff.<BR/><BR/>This will be a welcomed edition to SFL. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498013188745943499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-50434940111784294332009-01-16T00:19:00.000-08:002009-01-16T00:19:00.000-08:00Stacy,If you ever get a chance to come 3 hours dow...Stacy,<BR/><BR/>If you ever get a chance to come 3 hours down south to Nashville, I am personally inviting you and your family to come be a part of a service with The Bridge Ministry. www.bridgeministry.org. Every Tuesday night for the past 4 years, churches working together have come under the Jefferson Street Bridge in downtown Nashville to feed, serve, clothe, and love on Nashville's "least of these". We also have a program that reaches kids at a couple of the local schools in the area. I'm totally with you on everything you said in your blog post, and though I have been a part of the ministry for over 2 years now, I am increasingly burdened for those outside the 4 walls of the church. <BR/><BR/>Take a look, and we'd love to have you down under the Bridge with us sometime. :)<BR/><BR/>Tara :)tarajacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774471755643690727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-89817263426724182262009-01-15T17:44:00.000-08:002009-01-15T17:44:00.000-08:00These are some thoughts from Mother Teresa regardi...These are some thoughts from Mother Teresa regarding Matthew 25:31-46. And who are we to argue with Mother Teresa?! Hunger is not only for bread; hunger is for love. Nakedness is not only for a piece of clothing; nakedness is lack of human dignity, purity, and respect for each other. Homelessness is not only being without a home; homelessness is also being rejected, unwanted, and unloved. <BR/><BR/>She also pointed out that these verses contain the standard for judgement. The poor are the hope for humanity, for we will be judged by how we have treated the poor. Our suffering neighbor is the image of God Himself. It is Christ whom we are serving in their disfigured faces. We must satisfy the needs of the body, so we can then bring Christ to the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-82400277269781573332009-01-13T21:16:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:16:00.000-08:00There's a great organization in Atlanta that minis...There's a great organization in Atlanta that ministers to the lost, it's called Church on the Street. They have made a huge impact among the homeless in that city. <BR/><BR/>I agree with your sentiments. It is so easy for us to get so caught up in our own daily comings and goings that we turn a blind eye to those around us who are in dire need of a Savior. It seems that we get comfortable with everything God has blessed us with and forget that there is a world full of lost people that are destined to an eternity in hell if they don't accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It is something we should lament over, it should be in our thoughts on a daily basis, and our actions should most certainly reflect this. Thank you for your boldness and for your insight!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-19130048786544773902009-01-13T15:29:00.000-08:002009-01-13T15:29:00.000-08:00Great post and I needed the reminder, but ouch. B...Great post and I needed the reminder, but ouch. Being confronted with my failings hurts. Necessary, but painful. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-18181240354369206682009-01-13T13:27:00.000-08:002009-01-13T13:27:00.000-08:00I saw this video clip a couple of weeks ago and it...I saw this video clip a couple of weeks ago and it was a real wakeup call. How do we think we can impact the world by acting "holier than thou" and condemning the others...that is not our job. We need to treat others with dignity and respect (maybe Christ-like?) in order to make an impression.K Stormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793402660367261672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-50619080000641022602009-01-13T12:11:00.000-08:002009-01-13T12:11:00.000-08:00Sam. I can really relate to you. A couple of years...Sam. I can really relate to you. A couple of years back I was in a similar situation with my family. Over time, however, things got better. I started dragging my parents to church but things weren't really changing much. I thought that when I left for college they would be done with that whole thing. However, when I came back for Thanksgiving break I learned that they had been going every week since I had left. God had really been working there. Now my mom is actually applying for a job at the church. It's pretty cool to see how everything has been working out.Ryan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271573611813499721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-23577737004864580362009-01-13T11:30:00.000-08:002009-01-13T11:30:00.000-08:00REALLY GOOD POST, Stacy! I know what you mean. I...REALLY GOOD POST, Stacy! I know what you mean. I was just thinking this morning about fasting, about what it says about the fast that breaks the yoke - and do I do that? Do I fast until yokes are broken? There's a hidden blessing in a fast, and a hidden power, to bring healing, to bring deliverance.<BR/><BR/>I too am burdened by my own need to go much further to bring Christ to lost people.<BR/><BR/>These are the kind of posts that I like Stacy - they give me meat. Thanks so much. <BR/><BR/>Oh, but I wonder if you should be using the word "Damn." Just kidding! Ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!imfreenow.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027918519497057203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-62776547189540738282009-01-13T11:02:00.000-08:002009-01-13T11:02:00.000-08:00Get off my feet, Stacy!Thanks for being honest eno...Get off my feet, Stacy!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for being honest enough to put into words what I'm afraid to find if I really examined myself...I think a little bit o' soul-searching is in my near future...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513700938525991334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-47485376614972389852009-01-13T10:51:00.000-08:002009-01-13T10:51:00.000-08:00I saw the Penn video clip last weekend at our Chur...I saw the Penn video clip last weekend at our Churches yearly youth conference. Jonathan McKee was the main speaker. He had some really convicting things to say along with showing us that video. And yes, I have also recently read "Crazy Love" and felt the Spirit nudging me.<BR/><BR/>After reading the comments that people had to share it seems like many of us are in the same boat...we are being called to action, called to move, called to do, called to pray.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for helping to spur us on Stacy! =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-53269659971361412402009-01-13T10:27:00.000-08:002009-01-13T10:27:00.000-08:00wow. this really hits home. my family isn't saved ...wow. this really hits home. my family isn't saved and everytime i used to think about it i would just cry my eyes out. i try to show them Christ's love but most of the time i fail and they just see me as a hypocrite. but something i think God has been trying to tell me lately is crying about it won't do anything. crying about it isn't going to save them.. nothing i can do will save them. only God's grace can do that. i admit i hurt for people i don't know at school who don't have him in their lives.. but i don't act on it. i feel for them but am always to scared to show them Christ's love. this is something i'm really workin on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-63480465460349959272009-01-13T08:57:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:57:00.000-08:00You're reading Crazy Love aren't you? God must be...You're reading <I>Crazy Love</I> aren't you? God must be using it to get up in your business like He's getting up in mine because I'm feeling what you are. And that's good for us. Conviction should spur us into action. Thank you God, for conviction.<BR/><BR/>There is an organization I work with through my job and as a volunteer that is doing a remarkable work in taking the Gospel to the people in our county. Ellis Christian Women's Job Corps seeks to give a hand up, not a hand out, to the undereducated, poverty stricken, beat down (literally and figuratively speaking) women in our rural county. Most of them come to us as family or criminal court requirements. It's either us or jail. So we take them, love on them and teach them job skills, help them get their GED, teach them parenting, money management, home ec, and give them a course on Boundaries so they can learn to break the cycle of whatever poor choices got them to where they may be now. But the MOST important thing we do is share the Gospel with them in daily Bible study. We introduce them to the Jesus who loves them where they're at and loves them despite their mistakes. <BR/><BR/>Please go to www.ellisbaptist.org/cwjc if you'd like to see the work that goes on there.Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917254303905983572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-30911633922304184642009-01-13T08:29:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:29:00.000-08:00I was just talking about this with some ladies in ...I was just talking about this with some ladies in a Bible study last night. We were talking about what our purpose is and how it seems like we are in this little bubble of our own life and not really doing anything for Christ (very brief synopsis of a brief part of the night). Thank you for the encouragement to get out there. We need to be aware of what God is doing and get busy helping Him. We also really need to put away the fear of rejection and have a true desire to be used to keep people from hell. People are dying and going to hell!! Wake up!!!<BR/><BR/>(I need this reminder - not trying to be preachy)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978586106035810804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-44152487618147510392009-01-13T07:52:00.000-08:002009-01-13T07:52:00.000-08:00I'm really aware of those people on a regular basi...I'm really aware of those people on a regular basis... especially since I've had so many people coming to my home every week for music lessons. It's very clear to me that it's less about being able to play an instrument than about God's heart for them. For all the bad press Christians get, there are lots of grass roots organizations that make a difference locally. There's some great groups online too like "To Write Love On Her Arms" that reaches out to hurting young people. I've been reading a book called "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan that's really been stirring up my heart lately. I also watched a video by him where he was speaking at catalyst Where he had some intense things to say about really loving our neighbor.Raw Faith Real Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741053549418881401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-64298674256064710772009-01-13T07:20:00.000-08:002009-01-13T07:20:00.000-08:00I have been feeling a similar conviction right her...I have been feeling a similar conviction right here in my own city. And been wondering how I can make a difference (especially since my main job is my "mom job" to my 3 little ones). I'll be following along on this journey with you. And it gives me fresh conviction for the new assignment God's given me (to do a as-much-daily-as-I-can blog meditations working through the Bible).<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your willingness to be real just as much as I do your sarcastic awesomeness.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316922759799635203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-63901772837697057702009-01-13T06:47:00.000-08:002009-01-13T06:47:00.000-08:00Griffith Family & Stacie,As far as I know this...Griffith Family & Stacie,<BR/><BR/>As far as I know this is the only video of Penn (from Penn and Teller) speaking on this subject. It's up on YouTube under "Penn talks about the gift of a Bible". Please use it. What he says needs repeating.<BR/><BR/>SFLStacy from Louisvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073539622676635354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-29912384668741607032009-01-13T06:21:00.000-08:002009-01-13T06:21:00.000-08:00Wow! What an indictment! "How much do you have to ...Wow! What an indictment! "How much do you have to hate someone to NOT tell them...?" That nailed me.<BR/><BR/>Where did you find this video? Is there more?<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Stacy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-90386819302519204842009-01-13T06:03:00.000-08:002009-01-13T06:03:00.000-08:00I've often wondered why I cry during every song at...I've often wondered why I cry during every song at church. I'm not sad, I don't think. Just emotional(?) I'm looking forward to following your journey and perhaps finding some answers of my own.Candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906584712170733253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-562845320022118512009-01-13T05:45:00.000-08:002009-01-13T05:45:00.000-08:00It just blows me away that someone could think tha...It just blows me away that someone could think that much about heaven and hell and actually think there is no God. And he's not alone. So many people, although they say they don't do this, see Christ in those that claim to be Believers. We are all sinners and there is pressure for those that Believe to be perfect, but I feel that we should be fruitful and reveal our flaws and our dependency on God's mercy and grace. Wow. Just may have to lift your video and share.Milk & Cookie Partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814692601237394939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840304789503373528.post-12909454562330486062009-01-13T05:34:00.000-08:002009-01-13T05:34:00.000-08:00ouch.ouch.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876937462356464816noreply@blogger.com