The most common barrier to new ideas is fear. Afraid to unsafe go to ground, or fear refused to be. Packed it in sentences like: "! Could even come as any"! "That we have never done so" "I've always done it" "There is now too late"
These classic defense and protective reactions are easy to explain: Every new idea is an aggression. It is easy to feel personally attacked: Was it bad, as I have done so far?
This response pattern makes us difficult to deal with each other. It inhibits the confidential conversation, because resonate unspoken suspicion. It blocks internal maturation processes. It prevents a flexible action when open up new challenges.
For example, in the parish of St. Paul in Ephesus. Nearly 2000 years ago that this had to grapple with questions about its future: Who should be responsible for what? Who sets what priorities? How should church leadership look like in future? Instead, the courageous thing to address, a "spirit of fear" had made wide.
Because we think it right to our church and our communities today. Whether we as a Church of Jesus Christ on the right track - in a future in which we are taking less money and fewer members?
against the "spirit of fear," recalls The apostle Paul tells us - as his church at that time - of what is given us, God's spirit - and with it power, love and sound mind (2 Timothy 1, 7-10). This removes the fear of not, but it can not cripple us, because we believe God is always more.
So we must not be paralyzed by fear is not as if spellbound, our eventual deficits rigid, but we can do much good. Let's make the most of the opportunities offered by the situation. And we make each other courage, the courage to trust in the way of God with us and with his church.
In what area of life and always saved you a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind.
This post is as a radio devotional for SR2 and SR3 "pause" and published in summary form for Rockland Radio "Feels Like Heaven" and can be heard on the podcast offerings.
These classic defense and protective reactions are easy to explain: Every new idea is an aggression. It is easy to feel personally attacked: Was it bad, as I have done so far?
This response pattern makes us difficult to deal with each other. It inhibits the confidential conversation, because resonate unspoken suspicion. It blocks internal maturation processes. It prevents a flexible action when open up new challenges.
For example, in the parish of St. Paul in Ephesus. Nearly 2000 years ago that this had to grapple with questions about its future: Who should be responsible for what? Who sets what priorities? How should church leadership look like in future? Instead, the courageous thing to address, a "spirit of fear" had made wide.
Because we think it right to our church and our communities today. Whether we as a Church of Jesus Christ on the right track - in a future in which we are taking less money and fewer members?
against the "spirit of fear," recalls The apostle Paul tells us - as his church at that time - of what is given us, God's spirit - and with it power, love and sound mind (2 Timothy 1, 7-10). This removes the fear of not, but it can not cripple us, because we believe God is always more.
So we must not be paralyzed by fear is not as if spellbound, our eventual deficits rigid, but we can do much good. Let's make the most of the opportunities offered by the situation. And we make each other courage, the courage to trust in the way of God with us and with his church.
In what area of life and always saved you a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind.
This post is as a radio devotional for SR2 and SR3 "pause" and published in summary form for Rockland Radio "Feels Like Heaven" and can be heard on the podcast offerings.
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