{"id":1675,"date":"2024-02-26T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:55:47","slug":"being-spiritually-healthy-and-spiritually-effective-kingdom-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"Being Spiritually Healthy and Spiritually Effective :: KINGDOM FOCUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 02\/25\/24 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Listen as Pastor Steve discusses walls around Jerusalem from Nehemiah 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walls allow people to thrive. <\/strong> They give you a place of shalom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walls allow faith to flourish.<\/strong> It’s hard for faith in God to flourish when dabbling in darkness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walls allow promises to stand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are doors and gates in the walls so we can be the light on the hill. <\/strong>These doors and gates allow us to love our enemies, be reconciled to those whom we’ve had quarrels, treat women and men with respect and dignity, be honest, forgive from the heart, give to those who are in need, let go of worry and trust your Father in heaven and build with an eye toward eternity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gates allow others to see the Kingdom. Ultimately, Jesus Himself is the gate to the kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at your own life at the walls and gates. <\/strong> Find a place of shalom. Discover the doors in your life and use them. Doors make it possible to live lives of light. Doors make it possible to understand the needs of others.<\/p>\n