Is it possible for people to be saved in the modern day Salvation Army. ?

I recently heard that there are people around who simply don't believe its possible for TSA to get people saved. Now I know this will cause some angst amongst readers of this blog and it should.

It rattled me.

However if we haven't seen any salvations recently, then we need to take stock and ask ourselves why that is.

We need to think about that...

Have we lost our passion ? For the lost, the last and the least ?

Our intention ?

Our purpose ?

Our motivation ?

Have we become too comfortable, too self reliant upon our own traditions and ideals ?

I seriously believe that anyone who states that it is impossible for people to be saved in the modern salvo church in Australia these days,is actually making a statement of faith and belief in a God who can do impossible things. Its more a statement of the persons opinion and lack of faith than it is about us or our God. ( in my opinion )

But it is a challenge that needs to be addressed and thought through.

I was saved in the Salvation Army.

My wife was.

My friends were.

And I choose to believe that others will be too and I make it my concern of my life that it will be an outcome of my life and ministry.

Do you believe that God can still do what He used to do with and through us ?

Do you still believe its possible to see radical salvations and Holy Spirit power flowing through our ranks and into our world ?

I still believe in my God who can do that in us.

And to those critics who think it can't ..... Our God is not limited by human tradition, or by limited mindset that says He can't .

All things are possible for Him.

I hope something within you ( and me) wrestles with this until we are once again motivated out of our comfort and inward looking safety zones, and are raised back up to our rightful place in the body of Christ as The Army of Salvation.

And not by name alone.

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The biggest storm in the earth.

I sit here in the local Ford dealership, waiting for them to look at the brakes on my car. Just pondering the world as it goes on around me.

A huge storm is hitting the Phillipines as I sit here, and our Melbourne weather is playing its games again! hot one day freezing the next.

Our world is changing .... And dramatic things happen all the time don't they ?

You have to feel for the people of the Phillipines.... Wind gusts up to 380km/hour. They say its the biggest storm on the earth.

Climatic Storms come and go, and sometimes other kinds of storms come into our emotions and family life and relationships, our work.... And people struggle their way through them.

Looking for the calm, and peace in our life storms, is often hard to find.

I don't know how you feel in these kinds of storms, but when they happen to me, I just want to curl up under a rock and hide and hope it all will just go away.

This morning I got the blessing of my life when a storm I had prayed about, was dealt with, supernaturally, before the wind started to blow.

I love it when God does that.

Seriously .... I just love it when you pray and stuff happens.

Two such prayers this week.... Two supernatural outcomes.

One was the storm I mention, being calmed before it started... The second involved a friends eyesight being sorted by our miracle working God.

 

Pretty cool stuff really.

 

The storms are not cool though are they. ?

 

So what a great idea to talk to the one who can calm the storm, and instead of telling God how big our storms are, how about telling the storm, how big Our God is. ????

 

Its a faith thing.

 

Bless you today.

 

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