Me talking in my group chat this morning.

“Good morning brothers in Christ, pray for me, I’m so tired and grumpy this morning that I feel like a spectator in my own body watching my bad behavior. Trying to redeem the day, but I’m cooked and I need God’s strength, and y’all’s prayers.” 7:58 AM

“Oddly enough, angrily praying and wrestling with God about what was going on in my heart, I realized what was actually making me so angry. I was angry with myself for submitting to my own flesh. I woke up late, I was snippy with my wife, and I just couldn’t get rid of my head fog. I really didn’t get much done at work yesterday, and there were a couple *simple* but boring tasks that I just decided not to do.

I was praying and saying how I’m sick of submitting to other people, but what I was actually mad about, was I was submitting to my flesh instead of the Holy Spirit. Absolutely astounding how subversive the flesh is. That is honestly not what I would have ever guessed if I hadn’t wrestled with God in my heart this morning. Just thought I’d share.” 8:13 AM

“Long story short, God is good, and I have reconciled my flesh with God and been given peace. Let’s get this bread.” 8:14 AM

#struggle #God #Christ #repent #HolySpirit #immutable

I appreciate the in site! A lot of what you’ve said is in my business model. I’m kind of a jack of all trades, but my specifically is business application architecture. How to configure softwares to maximize efficiency, get the most out of your software, and avoid overlapping software functionality. That’s actually my preferred kind of work. But I can do everything.

To start I want to do most of my work in regard to churches for free, and do free work for other entrepreneurs. While I want to have a business and work for myself, all that I have skill wise is a gift from God, and I don’t want to use it only for monetary gain. I want to use it to support others.

Figuring out what is the lowest I can charge for services, and how to make it sustainable for growth is the hardest part.

Want to start my own computer company that provides enterprise level services to churches and residential people. The only competition I’ve found is Geek Squad. Why do you think that is?

#computers #msp #microsoft #hardware #software #vm #azure

Your identity is God first and your attributes come second. I have wrestled at my job because I’ve made my abilities and skills my identity and my Christendom my modifier. “I’m a Sr. Applications Engineer who is a Christian” is essentially what I have been portraying. But rather I am a Christian who just so happens to be a Sr. Applications Engineer.

My identity with Christ comes first in all aspects of all things, and any modifiers are secondary. Praying to remember this during my stressful workdays.

#christ #identity #strength #weakness #work #peace

When you lose all perceived forms of control in your life, that is when your endurance will be tested. When there are no visible forms of security, the fragility of your faith will be exposed. In that moment, we must remember what the world would have us forget.

God is neither an emotion, nor is he a discipline. He is an all powerful, spiritual being. His presence inspires both.

We often see demons portrayed in cinema as spirits that inspire fear and darkness through their metaphysical presence. Can God not inspire the fruits of the spirit in the same way? People of evil use blood, symbols, and rituals to both request the presence of spirits (we know they are demons) and to even be filled by them. Do not forget God spilled His blood on a cross so you might be filled with the Holy Spirit. You called upon His name to accept this and He answered. He sealed it with your baptism.

They use the blood of image bears, we have been given the Blood of the Image. The use floors and tables to inscribe their symbols, God has inscribed the Righteousness of God in Christ’s blood on your soul.

If the wicked call out to demons with such cheap imitation and expect them to reply, how so much more should we expect the reply of God and His supernatural influence on our hearts?

Find rest this night brothers, for we are sealed and saved by nothing less than the Blood of Christ!

#God #Salvation #Freedom #Supernatural #Jesus #HolySpirit #Christ #GodtheFather #HolyTrinity

It is impossible to be a leader or a man of influence if you are not connected to God. Both are an extension of authority and no authority is given except by the author of it, God the Father.

I’m not orthodox, but I was a catechumen for a while. More ortho than prot, but not ortho either. Trying to build a Christian community on here to talk about beliefs and eg each other on to love and good works, so shoot an add.

My best friend is Orthodox and I was a catechumen for a while. I had a few reasons why I didn’t go through with it, but I’m more ortho than prot. To ortho for the prots, to prot for the orthos.

This might be over simplifying it but….. did you try a VPN? That’s how I got past registering my identification with the feds, just VPNed to Canada and BSed credentials.

Hi brother, I’m a Christian as well. I’m not super knowledgeable about it, but I work in the IT field so I can do some research and probably figure it out for you. Any information you could give me that might be helpful, or research you’ve already done you can fill me in on?