Think Different

የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የሰውን ልጅ ሊያድን፣ ሊያስታርቅ ለመስቀል ሞት አልፎ መሰጠቱ፣ ሞትን ድል መንሳቱ ዛሬም ምስራቻችን ነው። እንኳን ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ የትንሳኤ በአል መታሰቢያ በአል አደረሳችሁ።
ትንሳኤው ዕለት ዕለት የምናስበው እውነታችን ይሁንልን።

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Have you ever felt like just an "Amen" person?
That You would just be better off saying amen based on someone's prayer than praying yourself?
That other people know what to say compared to you?
When you just feel like God hears those who have all the words lined up;
When you feel like words have failed you;
When you feel like Hope is something you only read about;
Remember this,

Romans 8:26-27 (NIV)

²⁶In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. ²⁷And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

ሮሜ 8 (አዲሱ መ.ት)
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²⁶ እንዲሁም ደግሞ መንፈስ በድካማችን ያግዘናል፤ እንዴት መጸለይ እንደሚገባን አናውቅም፤ መንፈስ ግን በቃላት ሊገለጥ በማይችል መቃተት ለእኛ ይማልድልናል።
²⁷ ልባችንንም የሚመረምረው እርሱ የመንፈስን ሐሳብ ያውቃል፤ ምክንያቱም መንፈስ እንደ እግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ለቅዱሳን ይማልዳልና።

I heard someone say "አለመፀለይ እራስን መቻል ነው።" What better example than us to show we can't do anything without Him.
We can boldly say we are totally dependent on God.
So Keep Praying!

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Psalm 62:8 (NIV)

⁸Trust in him at all times, you people;
    pour out your hearts to him,
    for God is our refuge.


“ሰዎች ሆይ፤ ሁል ጊዜ በእርሱ ታመኑ፤ ልባችሁን በፊቱ አፍስሱ፤ እግዚአብሔር መጠጊያችን ነውና። ሴላ”
  — መዝሙር 62፥8 (አዲሱ መ.ት)

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Hello everyone how are you all doing?
We hope all is well and you are doing great
It is no news about false teachers circling around us and deviate believers in to the wrong path. These has been an issue for so long and is still continuing till now.
One of our members and a friend of a friend reached out about the short videos posted on this channel claiming that they are false teachers and differ from the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.
To name few: Steven Furtick, T.D.Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Mike Todd, Todd White
We tried to dig further more examining their words with the word of God and with Documentaries both in English and Amharic (American Gospel: Christ Alone and Baed respectively, we highly recommend you watch it)
We have come to the realization that these called out teachers were indeed not preaching the Gospel and their basis was not Christ centered. And once you miss Christ, it doesn't matter if you think you get all things right because it is not.
You know how in 1 Timothy 4:16 (NIV) it says,
¹⁶Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers."
What is being preached and thought also affects the hearers that's why Paul is telling Timothy to be careful.
Just as Paul called out Peter in Galatians for His wrong doings the people mentioned above are called out because of their teaching. And once a teaching is distorted it follows a chain. Like focusing on "I" and not Christ, believing and encouraging others to believe the word of faith which is "Call it and you will receive it", making miracles the center of Christianity, ignoring preaching about repentance and teaching that God loves all, explaining that man is Spirit and little gods, teaching that God doesn't want people to get sick and suffer and that it's our right to be healed, believing that Jesus was only fully man up until He was baptized and the Holy Spirit rested on Him then He became fully man and fully God and the like.
So it's up to us to examine what we hear according to the word of God.
Remember in the book of Revelation when a message was sent for Thiyatra and  when Jesus approved them because of their increasing faith, love and patience. But they were still accused because regardless of all this they had something they compromised. No amount of loving and sacrificial works can compensate for tolerance of evil. The church was permitting a false prophetess to influence the people and lead them into compromise. He said that "You tolerate that woman."
Tolerance means knowing what is being done but still staying silent and letting it be. And this deed is what made God angry.
So here in our channel we would sincerely like you apologize for not digging deep and for tolerating these teachings.
The videos posted here might not give a clue of their false ways but it is when you go deep and hear the sermons and the teachings that you will know they are not on the right path.
So for any of you who went searching for their teaching once you heard these short videos we kindly extend our apology.
We apologize for engaging and promoting what these people teach because as said earlier it's not only about us but you our hearers would also be affected. Above all it is about Christ, our forever song and unchanged topic.

Let us also remember to keep these people in our prayers!
Special thanks to our member for confronting us boldly and leading us to the right path.
We hope you accept this apology and wish to stay!

"God is the great I am, and we are the  great I am not." -David W. Jones

Blessings!

@standard_life_love
@standard_life_love

There is a difference between doing something and trying to do something.
The former shows commitment, the latter shows hesitancy.
If it's from the heart, you don't try, you just be.

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@standard_life_love

It is hard not to notice the word " ወዲያው" when you read through the gospel of Mark and it is no different in this chapter also where it talks about የዘሪው ምሳሌ

ማርቆስ 4 (አዲሱ መ.ት)
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¹⁶ እንዲሁም ሌሎች በጭንጫ ቦታ ላይ የተዘራውን ዘር ይመስላሉ፤ ቃሉን በሚሰሙበት ጊዜ ወዲያው በደስታ ይቀበሉታል፤
¹⁷ ነገር ግን ሥር የሌላቸው ስለሆኑ የሚቈዩት ለጥቂት ጊዜ ብቻ ነው፤ በቃሉ ምክንያት መከራ ወይም ስደት በመጣ ጊዜ ወዲያውኑ ይሰናከላሉ።
Lets take በጭንጫ መሬት ላይ የወደቁትን፤ ቃሉን ሲቀበሉም ወዲያው ነው፣ የሚሰናከሉትም ወዲያው ነው።
You know how in reflex action the body reacts within a tiny microsecond?
Let our reflex action be running straight to God.
To stand for what He stands for; to say as He says it is.
የፈጠኑት ወዲያዎቻችን ወደ እግዚአብሔር የሚያስጠጉን፣ ከእርሱ የሚያጣብቁን እንጂ ከእርሱ የሚያርቁን እንዳይሆኑ ጌታ ይርዳን።

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When you read through the book of Leviticus its inevitable to not notice "I am the Lord your God" it is the most repeated phrase in this book.
The do's and the dont's are wrapped with 'I am the Lord your God"

Out of the many verses let's take these as an example
Leviticus 19:31 (NIV)
³¹“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32 (NIV)
³²“‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.

As our motive should also be this.
Whatever we do or don't do it should be because He is the Lord our God.
Our why should point at Him being the Lord our God.

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When You give us a chance, it is to declare Your praises not to show off ourselves.

እድልን ስትሰጠን እራሳችንን እንድናሳይ ሳይሆን፣ ታላቁ ስራህን እንድናውጅ ነው።

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It is fascinating how change is an inevitable thing.
You wont be found what you were doing last year at this time. Whatever the way, there would be change.
The days, the seasons, the weather, our age changes, we also change too.
If i were to try and remember what i was doing last year at this time i cant but i know i wasnt doing what i am doing now.
So if we agree that about change the main question lies on "what kind of change is it?"
Its not enough for change to be present, it should be the right one. The change where growth is seen, where God sees and delights. The kind of change that makes a difference between yesterday and today.
But here is the amazing thing through all this there is a God who doesnt change.
ይቀየር ይሆን ተብሎ የማያሰጋ፣ የሚያስተማምን፣ ትላንት እንደሆነ ዛሬም እንደዚያው የሆነ።
So God let our heart rest knowing this truth.

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@standard_life_love

የነፍሴ ደጋፊዋ፣ ኢየሱስ።
You are who i go to when things turn sideways;
You are who i turn to when all trust is lost;
You are who i lean to when all shoulders decline;
You are who i talk to even when you know it all;
You are who i run to when there is exciting news.
You are a who in my life! Not which but a who.
You are not just my vending machine who i go to whenever i need snacks and get things done but your existence sustains my life.
ብደክም የምሄድበት አለኝ፣ ብደሰት የምሄድበት አለኝ፣ ብከፋ የምሄድበት አለኝ፣ ብዝል የምሄድበት አለኝ።
የምሄድብህ ነህ።
አንተ የምትደግፈኝ ነህ፣ እኔ ደግሞ ተደጋፊህ።
እራሴን ችያለሁ አልልም፣ ማለትም ደግሞ አልፈልግም
እራሴን ከቻልኩ አንተን መፈለጌ ምኑ ጋር ይሆናል፣ እራሴን ከቻልኩ አንተን አንተን ማለቴ ምኑ ጋር ይቀጥላል፣ እራሴን ከቻልኩ ያንተን ትልቅነት ይሸፍንብኛል።
ይህ ሁሉ እንዲነሳ ኩራት ለሚሆነኝ ነፍስ ደጋፊዋ ሆንክ፣ ሁሉን አቅራቢዋ፣ አስተማማኟ፣ መበርቻዋ።
So i still say today
"አልደግ አንተ ላይ እራሴን አልቻል፣
አጓጉል ነው ሁሉም ያላንተ መች ያምራል፣
መጠበቂያ አጥሬ መሰንበቻዬ ነህ፣
ልኑር እንደ ፈዘዝኩ አይኔ አንተን እያለ።"

ደጋፊዬ ሁነህ ጉዳዬ እንዴት አላርግህ?

Psalm 54:4 (NIV)

⁴Surely God is my help;
    the Lord is the one who sustains me.

“እነሆ፥ እግዚአብሔር ይረዳኛል፥ ጌታዬም ለነፍሴ ደጋፊዋ ነው።”
  — መዝሙር 54፥4

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My walking miracle, Jesus
I know በምድር ቆይታህ ብዙ ተአምራቶችን ሰርተሀል፣ ብዙ እጅን በአፍ ላይ የሚያስጭን ነገሮችን አድርገሀል ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ ሁሉ ይልቅ ለእኔ ተአምር ከዘመናት እና ፍጥረት በፊት የነበርከው አንተ ታዘህ የአባትህን ፈቃድ ልትፈፅም which is ለመሞት፣ እኔን ለማዳን፣ እኔን ለማስታረቅ ከሰማይ ሰማያት ሰው ሆነህ መውረድህ ነው። አምላክ-ሰው ሆንክ፣ How amazing is that? ከዚህ የባሰ ተአምር አለ? ከድንቅ ሁሉ የሚበልጥ ድንቅ፣ ከተአምራቶች ሁሉ የሚበልጥ ተአምር።
የህይወት እንጀራ ነኝ ብለህ የለ፣ እኔ እንድበላህ በአፌ ልክ አነስክ።
More than the miracles you did, You yourself are a miracle, Jesus!

@standard_life_love
@standard_life_love

It is so like me to give up even when the due date is known;
It is so like me to lose heart whenever things go sideways;
It is so like me to get angry easily;
It is so like me to shut it all down;
It is so like me to go against Your will;
But You give grace.
You humble those who spend their time at Your feet;
You love the broken hearted who come to You with their true identity;
You are You.
There isnt anyone who we can call that resembles you let alone look like You;
Who is and who was and who is to come, You alone!
Jesus, You alone!

@standard_life_love
@standard_life_love

That hug,
Not the ordinary greeting one but that makes you take a step back because the other person came forcefully with so much energy that you take a little swing.
One that shows how much they have missed you;
One that kids run to give their parents a hug whenever they see them;
One that can not be explained but be felt;
One that the father on Luke 15 gave His son;
That little swing, that little bump.
How do we greet Him when we come face to face with the one who was pierced for us?
I really hope it would give Him more than just a little swing.

@standard_life_love
@standard_life_love

ነገሮች ከመደጋገማቸው የተነሳ የለመድኳቸው መስሎኝ፣ ትላንት ያነሳኝ ምህረትህን እንዳልረሳ።

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Psalm 84:12 (NIV)

¹²Lord Almighty,
    blessed is the one who trusts in You.

“የሠራዊት አምላክ ሆይ፥ በአንተ የታመነ ሰው ምስጉን ነው።”
  — መዝሙር 84፥12

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@standard_life_love

Would it count as a score if i were to be asked, "why would you trust God?" With my answer "Because I have no choice?"
Would i be counted as selfish if i admit that out loud?
Would i be blamed if i dont find my answer elsewhere?
Of course i wont be, where is living hope found apart from Him?
All other so called "Hopes" last for a limited amount of time.
O but Yours God, it is the one that does not perish, nor spoil nor fade.
It is dependable.
You are trustable. You know what You are doing.

@standard_life_love
@standard_life_love

Bring back the innocence;
Bring back the love;
Bring back the care i used to have;
Bring back the trust i fully had;
Bring back my dependability;
Bring back the time when worry was the word i knew on dictionary;
Bring back the time when loving was so easy;
Bring back what used to drag me to Your presence;
Bring back the time when running to You was easy;
Bring back the tears whenever i did something against Your will;
Bring back all of it.
If growing up means being apart from You, hold my growth in Your hand and lead me to the right path.
Show me the ways of eternal life and let my home be Your feet.

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