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The Common Misconception of Christian Authority

03 Wednesday Mar 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Deception, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, False Spirits, False Teachers, God's guidance, God's Love, God's Voice, God's Word, Obedience, Seeking the Truth, Spiritual Guidance, Submission to God, Temptation, Testimony, The Bible, the devil, The Word of God, Walking in the Spirit

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Have you ever heard about Christians having been given a special kind of authority on the grounds of calling themselves a Christian? You know this kind of supernatural ‘power’ that is to enable us to share our testimony wherever and whenever or to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey everything” (Mt 28:19-20 NIV) that Jesus has said? Others might have been taught that as soon as the devil attacks us, we should put on the whole armor of God (Eph 6:11-18) so that we can resist him. Hmm…  🙄 If you ever tried this and that and you failed, I am afraid you were not the only one. Me too!  🙂 In fact, I thank God for letting us know that simply following the written word is not necessarily walking in the Spirit of truth also.

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“Redeeming Love.” by Patrick Maina

20 Saturday Feb 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in adultery, Family and Friends, Following Jesus, Forgiveness, God's Grace, God's guidance, God's Love, good works, Reblog

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I really enjoyed reading Patrick Maina’s compassionate blog on how a friend of him became a tool to extend God’s love and grace to his wife. It is always encouraging for me to read about Christians who truly listen to Jesus’ voice!  🙂

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Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. (John 15:13)

The moment I saw Josh walk through the gate, I knew there was something terribly wrong. It did not take him more than five steps before breaking down in tears , proving my suspicion right. I had to run to support him from his staggering walk. As awkward as it felt at first, I found myself providing a shoulder for him to cry on.

African men are not supposed to cry, but Josh was no typical man. He had his stack of stories for his atypical life. Even then, it was the first time to see him cry and I could only try and fill up for myself what could have happened – he just kept mumbling words in the line of, “ndugu yangu, kwa nini haya? (my brother, why these?)”

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Misconceptions of God

03 Thursday Dec 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Church, Cults, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, God's Grace, God's Love, God's Word, Holiness, Obedience, Prayer, Righteousness, Seeking God, Seeking the Truth, sin, The Bible, The Fear of God

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More than 20 years ago after having left the Christian cult we were in, I felt that God was not half as judgmental as it had been suggested there in that missionary congregation. My own experiences with God and Jesus made me think that HE was quite the opposite of what I had heard back then. It would seem to me that God’s grace revealed in Christ did not judge anyone at all. From hence, for quite some time I was convinced that God was love, and only love. However, what about all this evil in the world and what about evil people? No judgment? No condemnation? Only forgiveness for everyone without any consequences? So many questions which I, sooner or later, could not ignore any longer…

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Coronavirus – A Call For Repentance

12 Sunday Apr 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, coronavirus, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, God's Love, God's Voice, God's wrath, Life and Death, Repentance, Submission to God, wilderness, Wisdom

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This won’t be a long article as I just wanted to offer you a longer part from Scripture in which we see that God, though He is loving, never ignores ongoing sin in our lives. Whether we call it discipline or chastening, at times God’s hand might feel like punishing us. In such a case it is good to surrender all our negative feelings, our anger, our fears and our doubts to Him. There is no need to try to hide anything before God since He who knows everything knows our hearts also. Below you can read God’s call for repentance.

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The Coronavirus Causing Chaos or… You Keep Him in Perfect Peace Whose Mind is Stayed on YOU

17 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, confusion, coronavirus, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Endurance, Entering His Rest, God our Father, God's Love, God's Provision, Hope, Jesus Christ, Pandemia, Prayer, Repentance

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As I was just reading the whole chapter 26 from the prophet Isaiah, I began to wonder whether there might be a connection, a similarity to what the whole world is going through due to this pandemic coronavirus right now. Here in Bavaria after the case of disaster has been announced, everything has become chaotic. People have begun to act crazily, even insane at times. Dear brothers and sisters, even if we have to stay at home due to a ban on going out, I believe that God can help us out in everything. We won’t die of famine if we trust in Him, we won’t be ‘contaminated’ due to a lack of toilet paper or hand soap, and we will be able to experience joy and peace as the apostle Paul and Silas did when they were in prison (see Acts 16:25).

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Mind Pollution vs. A Sound Mind

01 Sunday Mar 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Following Jesus, God's Love, the mind of Christ

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I might be wrong but I imagine that the mind of Christ must be, and must have been as Jesus walked on the earth, like a deep, clear water that could not be moved by anything else but by the voice of His Father. We know that we as believers should be like-minded as we share the mind of Christ. Yet how often do we experience the opposite of clarity in our minds? Are we continually filled with good thoughts toward life, toward our neighbors (even our enemies!) and toward ourselves? 🙄

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Getting Old Ain’t for Sissies…. BUT GOD

06 Sunday Oct 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Charity, Christian Living, Dying to Self, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Faith, family, Family and Friends, Following Jesus, God's guidance, God's Love, Growing in Christ, Hope, my parents, My Spiritual Diary, My Testimony

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My parents in the 1970s

I know it’s been a while since I published the last blog article (five months, oh well). Even just yesterday I was wondering whether I would be done with writing publicly as I have felt NO inclination to jot down my experiences with God for a rather long time. No time and no interest in blogging at all! Furthermore, I have experienced a very dry spiritual “blah time”. You know, these times when everything seems to be so “normal”, so arduous and boring that you might wonder whether you had known God at all.  🙄

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Drawn toward the Light

06 Wednesday Feb 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, Fellowship, Fellowship with God, Following Jesus, God calls, God's Love, illumination, Inspiration, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, Prayer, Spiritual Life, Walking in the Light

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After many gray days lately, last week the sun came out for a short time again. Swimming under an almost clear blue sky in my favorite outdoor pool, I suddenly got aware of the fact that all human beings, even most animals and plants are drawn toward the visible light. These few sunrays made the water sparkle and glitter both on the surface and underneath. Due to the warm temperature inside (30° C, i.e., 86° F) the pool soon turned into a vapor bath. As the cold Eastern winds blew stronger, playing a funny game with these continually shaping clouds of steam, my heart was rejoicing over the ingenuity of our Creator. It was really an amazing spectacle!  🙂

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Who really has an impact on this world?

06 Tuesday Nov 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Death, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, False Spirits, Following Jesus, God's guidance, God's Love, Holiness, Holy Spirit, New Self, Old Self, Power of His Resurrection, Satan, Spirit vs. Flesh, Walking in the Spirit

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I think many of you might know the temptation to give in to people who do not know God, people by whom you want to be appreciated, though, even despite their sometimes profane remarks. We may not always be able to really like what they say, but we do not want to offend other people, either, or do we? Granted, there is a species of human beings who love to offend others continually; it is like a sport to them. But I do not speak of such personalities. Instead, I refer to those believers who try to live a Christian life and know about the difficulties to obey God when our old nature rather wants to cave in to ‘other spirits’, esp. when such human beings habitually impose their (strong self-) will on others. Our constant struggle to decide between flesh and spirit, as you know, was perfectly described by Paul here.

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The importance of Oneness with Christ for fellowshipping with one another

28 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Agape, blogging, Building up the Body of Christ, Christ in us, Church, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Fellowship, Fellowship with God, Following Jesus, God's Love, Mind of Christ, My Spiritual Diary, Oneness, Satan, Submission to God

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My favorite public pool currently (Bibert Bad, Zirndorf)
– Picture taken from http://www.romantisches-franken.de

Strange… during the last two or three weeks I thought about writing another blog, but I was either too busy with visiting our family members who live scattered in Bavaria or I felt no inclination to start writing on the computer because of summer time. Many plants (about 130) on our two balconies and inside our flat need to be cared for, too. Honestly, I like gardening more than being on the internet and swimming in the outdoor public pool (s. picture above) was more attractive to me as well. It is only in water when several body pains disappear and therefore I swam more than I walked lately. 😉 In Germany we experienced a first heat wave in April, which was VERY unusual, and it seemed hot summer did not want to take a break in May, either. Eventually, today it began to rain a bit which has been much needed by nature and so I sat down in front of the computer, wondering what I was doing here. 🙄 Again, no inclination to write. As I checked the latest file on my thumb drive which is called “New Post”, I saw that I had written this very thing beneath on May 25th already. Forgetful Susanne! 😊 So, now here you are… the rest of it at least… which means I deleted some details that did not speak to me today any more.

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