Passionately Standing For SOMETHING

Musicmaster

Musicmaster

I often encounter people from out in the church culture who are wishy-washy, and seemingly stand for nothing...wanting to present themselves as tolerant, accepting, and just not wanting ever to encounter any thing or any one who might challenge them to actually take a stand.

I love this man who they addressed as a "pastor," and who is willing to stand for what is good and right.

Do you ever find yourself tempted to try and play the middle of the road if/when confronted with something controversial by someone else? Which road to you choose? Is it based upon what it might cost you in popularity with the others around you, and therefore sell yourself out as one who has no side in the fight? Does that earn the respect our flesh desires, or do you look only to the Lord, and what will honor Him, which is truth, honesty and integrity?


MM
 
Musicmaster said:
I often encounter people from out in the church culture who are wishy-washy, and seemingly stand for nothing...wanting to present themselves as tolerant, accepting, and just not wanting ever to encounter any thing or any one who might challenge them to actually take a stand.

I love this man who they addressed as a "pastor," and who is willing to stand for what is good and right.

Do you ever find yourself tempted to try and play the middle of the road if/when confronted with something controversial by someone else? Which road to you choose? Is it based upon what it might cost you in popularity with the others around you, and therefore sell yourself out as one who has no side in the fight? Does that earn the respect our flesh desires, or do you look only to the Lord, and what will honor Him, which is truth, honesty and integrity?


MM
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NOW you know TWO people who stand for something! Me and him!

Some one in the church I retired from once said to me......."Some people like you and some do not, but there is not one who will say that you did not stand for the Word of God !"
 
Always stand for God and biblical truth.
No compromise - even if no one is looking. I find it's not just important how you live in front of others but how you conduct your life in away from the public eye.
 
It's not enough to just stand for something. Something can be anything. You need to know what to stand for, and that takes knowledge of yourself. You need to know what's important to you vs what other people tell you is important to you. This requires taking a long, hard look at yourself, which is often painful and scary, and that's why so relatively few people do it.
 
LearningToLetGo said:
You need to know what's important to you vs what other people tell you is important to you.
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Yes.
Turn on the TV, log on to the internet or talk to anyone on the street and you’ll hear people standing up for the darnedest things.

There is an old saying that sometimes it’s better to be silent and thought perhaps a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

Discrimination. Pray for discrimination, wisdom, to know and recognize Truth.

1 Kings 3:9
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad:”

Then we will know what to stand for and we may walk in His ways and keep His statutes and commandments.
 
blueskies said:
Yes.
Turn on the TV, log on to the internet or talk to anyone on the street and you’ll hear people standing up for the darnedest things.

There is an old saying that sometimes it’s better to be silent and thought perhaps a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

Discrimination. Pray for discrimination, wisdom, to know and recognize Truth.

1 Kings 3:9
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad:”

Then we will know what to stand for and we may walk in His ways and keep His statutes and commandments.
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I would like to add [study the Word of God] ❤️
 
LearningToLetGo said:
It's not enough to just stand for something. Something can be anything. You need to know what to stand for, and that takes knowledge of yourself. You need to know what's important to you vs what other people tell you is important to you. This requires taking a long, hard look at yourself, which is often painful and scary, and that's why so relatively few people do it.
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It has long been said by many preachers.....If you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything!
 
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