[SIGN] Power for 2017 "Closing the Divide" - Morris Ruddick

[SIGN] Power for 2017 Closing the Divide  By Morris Ruddick on Sep 29, 2017  Self-sufficiency is the strategy necessary for the community of God’s people to survive as a culture within a culture. The temptation over the years has been to “be like everyone else” and to assimilate. Self-sufficiency within the household of faith is what protects us from being like everyone else and as a people of God, losing our identity by being absorbed and assimilated. To accomplish this goal requires big thinking and unity and maturity within the community of believers. It calls for the full biblical practice of righteousness, of tz’dakah, which is operational community generosity and responsibility. It goes back to the practice of not just feeding the poor but giving a helping hand to the poor -- teaching them to fish so to speak rather than just feeding them and making them dependent on you. That is why independent businesses among God’s people is so important. Click to read full article »     Recent Articles: Beyond Ourselves Materialism Antidote Entanglements Guard the Gates Appointed Authority

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[SIGN] Power for 2017 - Beyond Ourselves - Morris Ruddick

[SIGN] Power for 2017 Beyond Ourselves By Morris Ruddick on Jul 12, 2017 01:46 am The Body has been through an intense preparation for what is now on the horizon. In the last generation, the Church that began with a largely disjointed, localized, in-bred, myopic influence is in the struggle to emerge as far more mature, connected and mobilized. For those staying the course and paying the cost and not without serious challenges, it is now closing the gap to a time of making a transforming impact on society. The Messianic passage in Isaiah 61 describes a dimension that operates beyond self. It encompasses a focus uniquely capturing God’s heart, with components that pierce the darkness with His Light. They combine to actuate this dimension and catalyst of “something more,” that ignites the power needed for societal change. Driven by the Spirit and operating within the spiritual veil, again beyond ourselves, this dynamic employs the authority and anointing of dominion to bring restoration and transformation. It is where the turning begins. Click to read full article »   Recent Articles: Materialism Antidote Entanglements Guard the Gates Appointed Authority The Swirls

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