Do you witness

[Boaz]

I work at Christian Psychotherapy Services but we do not limit our clients to Christians. When doing an intake I ask about their standing with God since they came to Christian Psychotherapy. Some say their MD or social worker or PO sent them and they did not know it was Christian. Some start telling me about their Church experience, I gently remind them I asked about their relationship with God, not the Church. I get varied responses to that - from being taken aback to quietly saying 'well, I pray' to an enthusiastic love of God response to a confused mishmash of spiritual rationalizations.

Note: PO = Probation Officer

Wayne a big trick question for a lot of people that have gone to church since childhood is ;

Who is GOD ?

[Wayne Smith]

Wayne a big trick question for a lot of people that have gone to church since childhood is ;

Who is GOD ?

Or, more specifically, who is their god?

[USMC87]

A lot of people want to serve a god like themselves, They shrug at the One and only true God because God will not accept them without Christ as their sacrifice.

[Boaz]

I agree with both of you .

[Blackwater]

Some great comments here! Keep them coming. I think that, whether it was their intent, or whether they even realize it or not, a great many believers tend to think of God a a big "sugar daddy" in the sky that they can go to when they're not getting what they want, and ask for whatever it is they think they're lacking.

He doesn't work that way! He's given us a big, wide, wonder-filled world, and all we need to take care of ourselves. Some have, often without noticing it, adopted the philosophy of "entitlement," and think that just because they believe, they''re entitled to some benefit above the "heathens." But it's just not so. It can't be.

If it were that way, the Lord couldn't know if we were doing things because of our love for Him, or because we wanted something FROM Him! So he lets bad things happen to good people sometimes, and when that happens, we get to show the profane and unbelieving what a REAL Christian looks like when under fire. If we're up to that, at least.

In our country, it seems even the best of us has been de-motivated by the things and people around us, and all the things we see and hear daily. But REAL and mature Christians are supposed to be better than that. Sure, we might falter momentarily. We're human. Even the best of us. But when we get our heads straight, we are a VERY powerful force, and the "gates of hell cannot prevail against us." That's one powerful promise. And He keeps it, too!