I am wondering what idols of American Culture are preventing or hindering you or someone you know from becoming a more passionate and compassionate follower of Jesus Christ.

Love to hear your thoughts. 
  Pastor Randy


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Date From Comments
Nov. 28, 2008 # 1 - Expectations from others and myself.  # 2 - Fatigue due to # 1.
     
Nov. 28, 2008 Because of busyness and health problems with pain.
     
Nov. 21, 2008 Juscinda The idol in American culture that is preventing me from being a more passionate and compassionate follower of Jesus Christ is being a working mom.  I would give anything for the opportunity to just be a MOM!  I feel that my children are being cheated and short changed because I am stuck working.  Our culture has us believing that we need to give our kids and ourselves everything and the best of it so we tend to spend more than we earn.  Also society tells us that we need to have our kids in an over abundant amount of activities which causes us to rush from work to activity after activity and eat out constantly.  I believe that between working full time, running kids to activities and hardly ever sitting down as a family, then rushing the kids to bed we have lost the art of reading the Bible as a family and talking.  I long a lot of times for the days of ole when God and family came first instead of stuff and activities!  
     
Nov. 15, 2008 Kim & Dave Everyone seems to be working more and earning less.  Companies would rather pay overtime than hire additional employees.  Many employees are also asked to pay for a percentage of their health care costs and the age when someone can actually retire is rising.  By working longer hours, many people grow weary and tired.  This definitely could hinder them from having more time to devote to being a compassionate follower of Christ.  r
     
Nov. 13, 2008 Ken & Becky I think hurry is keeping us from being passionate and compassionate. We are teaching our kids to hurry by rushing them from activity to activity. I can't remember a time in the Bible where Jesus rushed here or hurried there. He was always willing to be interrupted.
     

 

 

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