<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	
	>
<channel>
	<title>
	Comments on: Reckoning and Reality	</title>
	<atom:link href="https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality</link>
	<description>Preserving a Christ-Centered Faith</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 14:00:52 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	
	<item>
		<title>
		By: sherry		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2569</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sherry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2569</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2568&quot;&gt;Rich kelley&lt;/a&gt;.

This reminds me of scripture of obedience. When we are quickened by the Spirit, It&#039;s up to use to call upon the name of the Lord for salvation. When we are willing, God is able.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2568">Rich kelley</a>.</p>
<p>This reminds me of scripture of obedience. When we are quickened by the Spirit, It&#8217;s up to use to call upon the name of the Lord for salvation. When we are willing, God is able.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Rich kelley		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2568</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rich kelley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2568</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Gen 4:7 If you do what is right,  will you not be accepted?  But if you do not do what is right,  sin is crouching at the door,  it desires to have you,  but you must master it.


Make sure that the flesh does what you are supposed to do.  Sometimes we have to do something before He can do something.  He is an if then God.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gen 4:7 If you do what is right,  will you not be accepted?  But if you do not do what is right,  sin is crouching at the door,  it desires to have you,  but you must master it.</p>
<p>Make sure that the flesh does what you are supposed to do.  Sometimes we have to do something before He can do something.  He is an if then God.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Linda		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2567</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2567</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[What a timely message for me personally - an answer to a prayer I prayed just yesterday!  What more proof do I need that God heard me and since he heard and answered, I&#039;d say the best is yet to come.  I look forward to seeing some changes in my life - from the inside-out.  Thank you, Chip.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a timely message for me personally &#8211; an answer to a prayer I prayed just yesterday!  What more proof do I need that God heard me and since he heard and answered, I&#8217;d say the best is yet to come.  I look forward to seeing some changes in my life &#8211; from the inside-out.  Thank you, Chip.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: sherry		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2566</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sherry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 03:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2566</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2564&quot;&gt;lisa&lt;/a&gt;.

Bless you Lisa as you walk humbly before the Lord.
Submitting our will to the Fathers is what it takes to set us free.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2564">lisa</a>.</p>
<p>Bless you Lisa as you walk humbly before the Lord.<br />
Submitting our will to the Fathers is what it takes to set us free.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Lynne Clark		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2565</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynne Clark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 02:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2565</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[All I can say is WOW!!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All I can say is WOW!!!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: lisa		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2564</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lisa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2564</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Just a little testimony of mine.
The Spirit was pressing on me the need to purify my speech as written in James. So I tried to do it but as I tried it got worse and worse...not better until one morning I went outside and cried out in desperation: I will never be able to be the fresh source of water.&quot; And then I realized that this fight had been worth it because I got to the end of my rope and realized that I had to believe that , without any of my help, the Spirit could actually so this through me if I gave up my striving and simply believed. My intelligence was fighting to hold its ground....this just made no sense! Yet sense or not I had no more options left. So I cried out: O.K. I have no idea how this works....I can&#039;t figure it out but today I decide to crazily belueve. I walked back to the house knowing that my intelligence had just taken a beating and that faith ...crazy faith had been declared and had won this round. I walked into the house and immediately had the strong urge to say something useless to my husband yet almost directly after this urge I heard the Spirit whisper: This has nothing to do with him. It was truth and I no longer had the desire to say what I had wanted to say. That to me was a direct result of that crazy faith declaration I had justwent through. The Spirit had just gained place in me so that I could hear and be freed from my striving...free to hear the Spirit in me. The truth will set you free. I heard truth and I had no fight to do. I really think that each of us has to fight this out and finally realize that like Jacob we were actually fighting with the Lord when we were trying to find our own way out...He would not let us win of our own strength..... Because then we would be strengthening the flesh and not the Spirits capacity through a broken and humble spirit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a little testimony of mine.<br />
The Spirit was pressing on me the need to purify my speech as written in James. So I tried to do it but as I tried it got worse and worse&#8230;not better until one morning I went outside and cried out in desperation: I will never be able to be the fresh source of water.&#8221; And then I realized that this fight had been worth it because I got to the end of my rope and realized that I had to believe that , without any of my help, the Spirit could actually so this through me if I gave up my striving and simply believed. My intelligence was fighting to hold its ground&#8230;.this just made no sense! Yet sense or not I had no more options left. So I cried out: O.K. I have no idea how this works&#8230;.I can&#8217;t figure it out but today I decide to crazily belueve. I walked back to the house knowing that my intelligence had just taken a beating and that faith &#8230;crazy faith had been declared and had won this round. I walked into the house and immediately had the strong urge to say something useless to my husband yet almost directly after this urge I heard the Spirit whisper: This has nothing to do with him. It was truth and I no longer had the desire to say what I had wanted to say. That to me was a direct result of that crazy faith declaration I had justwent through. The Spirit had just gained place in me so that I could hear and be freed from my striving&#8230;free to hear the Spirit in me. The truth will set you free. I heard truth and I had no fight to do. I really think that each of us has to fight this out and finally realize that like Jacob we were actually fighting with the Lord when we were trying to find our own way out&#8230;He would not let us win of our own strength&#8230;.. Because then we would be strengthening the flesh and not the Spirits capacity through a broken and humble spirit.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: sherry		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2563</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sherry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2563</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2561&quot;&gt;sherry&lt;/a&gt;.

I was just remembering when the Lord says we have to come to Him like little children. What do children know and expect there parents to do? When they cry and need comfort, they are picked up and cuddled. When they are sick, they know they will get help so they will get better. When they are hungry, they will be fed. When there clothes are dirty, they will be changed. when they are wanting to play with a toy, we get it for them. When they are sleepy and need rest, they get rocked to sleep. Children that are cared for properly know that those who love them will tend to there needs and a lot of there reasonable wants. This is a picture of what Our Father in heaven wants. He wants us as little children so we will trust Him to meet our needs and to take care of us. He wants to be our Abba Father.And He will if we ask. Most of the time He does for us and we don&#039;t even know it, because He knows ahead of time what we need. He lets some things come to the surface to see if we will come to Him and trust Him to take care of us. This was my grandmothers motto, &quot;Tell the Lord, he will take care it for you.&quot; I remember her words to this day.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2561">sherry</a>.</p>
<p>I was just remembering when the Lord says we have to come to Him like little children. What do children know and expect there parents to do? When they cry and need comfort, they are picked up and cuddled. When they are sick, they know they will get help so they will get better. When they are hungry, they will be fed. When there clothes are dirty, they will be changed. when they are wanting to play with a toy, we get it for them. When they are sleepy and need rest, they get rocked to sleep. Children that are cared for properly know that those who love them will tend to there needs and a lot of there reasonable wants. This is a picture of what Our Father in heaven wants. He wants us as little children so we will trust Him to meet our needs and to take care of us. He wants to be our Abba Father.And He will if we ask. Most of the time He does for us and we don&#8217;t even know it, because He knows ahead of time what we need. He lets some things come to the surface to see if we will come to Him and trust Him to take care of us. This was my grandmothers motto, &#8220;Tell the Lord, he will take care it for you.&#8221; I remember her words to this day.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: kenneth dawson		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2562</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kenneth dawson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2562</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[wow I like sherrys testimony--and yes your article is right on--and I have the book and am reading it for the third time.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow I like sherrys testimony&#8211;and yes your article is right on&#8211;and I have the book and am reading it for the third time.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: sherry		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2561</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sherry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2561</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Chip,

 You have spoken Truth! Many don&#039;t believe what you have just taught because they don&#039;t want to be a name it claim it people. People says if its God will it will happen, and they just sit and wait wondering if God will or will not come through for them. This is not faith. Gods will is that we believe and have faith that He will do what He says according to His word, and His word says, &quot;Believe on things you have not seen as though they were.&quot; God says if our faith is as small as a mustard seed we can move mountains. Mountains are things that get in our way and is almost impossible to climb or go around. I have many wonderful testimonies of people that have lived their life based on what you just taught. I have grown spiritually myself by watching them walk out their salvation before me that I have seen the good works of our Father in heaven in their life. I want to testify of 2 people that I have seen miracles. I have a sister in law that was diagnosed with a rare aggressive breast cancer that spreads through out the body quickly. She had stage 3+ RH negative where her tumor when found was 2ml. in size and by the time she had a double mastectomy and lymph node removal, a month later, it had grown to 5ml. The doctor just said lets just see how she does with treatment and hope for the best. Her treatments alone would have killed her without anti rejection meds and steroids. There was never any concrete hope for her. After she was at home a few days, she refused to believe she had cancer in the late stages and after two weeks, drainage tubes and all,she went back to work. She always said that the Lord is healing me and then after a while she would say the Lord healed me and she was always positive with her future. It&#039;s been four years and she is still cancer free. She stood on scripture and hope that she was healed, and she is!! She has a twin sister that was diagnosed a year after her, with stage 4 cancer that has spread through her body. Her attitude is the same as my sister in laws. She stands on Gods word and believes without wavering, and a new chemo treatment is shrinking the main tumor.
According to the doctors she should have already died by now, but she is hanging on hope and trusting God at His word. The two sister&#039;s names are Mary and Martha&quot;go figure?&quot; Mary is my sister in law and Martha is her twin sister and they are 45 years old with a lot of life to live. I have more stories I could testify but these are the most recent. The God we serve wants us to believe Him at His word. He wants us strong and vibrant, not weak and powerless. I just need to Praise our Glorious Lord for all He has done and is doing in these two sisters lives.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chip,</p>
<p> You have spoken Truth! Many don&#8217;t believe what you have just taught because they don&#8217;t want to be a name it claim it people. People says if its God will it will happen, and they just sit and wait wondering if God will or will not come through for them. This is not faith. Gods will is that we believe and have faith that He will do what He says according to His word, and His word says, &#8220;Believe on things you have not seen as though they were.&#8221; God says if our faith is as small as a mustard seed we can move mountains. Mountains are things that get in our way and is almost impossible to climb or go around. I have many wonderful testimonies of people that have lived their life based on what you just taught. I have grown spiritually myself by watching them walk out their salvation before me that I have seen the good works of our Father in heaven in their life. I want to testify of 2 people that I have seen miracles. I have a sister in law that was diagnosed with a rare aggressive breast cancer that spreads through out the body quickly. She had stage 3+ RH negative where her tumor when found was 2ml. in size and by the time she had a double mastectomy and lymph node removal, a month later, it had grown to 5ml. The doctor just said lets just see how she does with treatment and hope for the best. Her treatments alone would have killed her without anti rejection meds and steroids. There was never any concrete hope for her. After she was at home a few days, she refused to believe she had cancer in the late stages and after two weeks, drainage tubes and all,she went back to work. She always said that the Lord is healing me and then after a while she would say the Lord healed me and she was always positive with her future. It&#8217;s been four years and she is still cancer free. She stood on scripture and hope that she was healed, and she is!! She has a twin sister that was diagnosed a year after her, with stage 4 cancer that has spread through her body. Her attitude is the same as my sister in laws. She stands on Gods word and believes without wavering, and a new chemo treatment is shrinking the main tumor.<br />
According to the doctors she should have already died by now, but she is hanging on hope and trusting God at His word. The two sister&#8217;s names are Mary and Martha&#8221;go figure?&#8221; Mary is my sister in law and Martha is her twin sister and they are 45 years old with a lot of life to live. I have more stories I could testify but these are the most recent. The God we serve wants us to believe Him at His word. He wants us strong and vibrant, not weak and powerless. I just need to Praise our Glorious Lord for all He has done and is doing in these two sisters lives.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Wilma Korthuis		</title>
		<link>https://theschoolofchrist.org/reckoning-and-reality#comment-2560</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilma Korthuis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theschoolofchrist.org/?p=15025#comment-2560</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I am so grateful that God is who He says He is and does what He says He will do.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so grateful that God is who He says He is and does what He says He will do.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
