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This Sunday, please join me - Kat of CatHouse Chat - for a study in Romans 5. I am currently endeavoring to memorize Romans, chapters 5 through 8, and my focus over the next several weeks will be the thoughts and discoveries God shows me in these chapters.
All week, I’ve been wrestling with chapter 5, verses 1 through 5:
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
and God has been seriously kicking my poor, sore rear end (um, can I say that? LOL) and showing me a lot of excellent applications for my life and my attitude. Here’s a taste of what I have so far:
One thing we can take away from this is that, whatever we **feeeeeeellll**, the FACT is that God says His children stand in His grace continually. So, we shouldn’t whine and moan about how we “don’t feeeeel the touch of His grace!” God’s Word says we are there already, and that we will remain there.
Therefore, the problem is not with God, it’s with us. We need to change our thoughts, change our attitudes, and eventually change our emotions to align with God’s Word. We STAND in His grace, so let’s start acting like it!
(for this snippit, go here)
See? He’s really working me over this week… Actually, at the moment, I’m not certain I’ll even get past verses 1 and 2, because He’s teaching me so much right here.
(UPDATE: Yep. I was right - I’m staying in verses 1 and 2 this week, but I HAVE been good and memorized vv. 1-5… and there’s a LOT of excellent goodness in these two verses.)
So join me this Sunday, 4:30 p.m. Eastern, 1:30 p.m. Pacific, and find out if what God is teaching me can help and encourage YOU, as well!
(Crossposted at CatHouse Chat)
“Sunday Thoughts” has its first airing today on Wide Awakes Radio at 4:30pm, ET (3:30 CT, and 1:30 PT).
Today, I’ll be talking a bit about my doctrine, using the Nicene Creed as an outline. This one is going to be a it heavy, but I believe that my listeners need to know where I stand. Future “Sunday Thoughts” will be a bit lighter in tone, generally speaking
So don’t forget to tune in for my first show!
I won’t be on live, so if you have any questions or comments, I encourage you to e-mail me at cathousechat -AT- gmail -DOT- com.
Next week, I’m planning to discuss the tiredness we often feel in the midst of our rat-race-crazy lives. Of course, God may have other ideas He wants me to talk about, so if He wants to change the schedule, I’m gonna listen to Him!
UPDATED! See the bottom of the post…
The past few days, the Wide Awakes Radio talent and staff has been testing out the live stream. I was on-line “helping” Kender and Real Teen tweak the system a bit yesterday, and was unexpectedly given the opportunity to go solo.
Yikes!
I blathered.
Note to the Powers That Be: Do NOT let Kat go solo without extensive preparation!
This is why my show, “Sunday Thoughts with Kat,” will not be “live.” I tend to go off on tangents, lose my train of thought, and meander all over the place while totally losing the point - when speaking solo and off the cuff. I’m going to be writing out my “Sunday Thoughts” programs, because that way I can gather my thoughts and make a coherent point.
Real Teen jumped in near the end (for which I am profoundly greatful!), and asked a specific question and got me back on track, so I suppose I’d do all right in an interview. (Which reminds me, he asked a very good question about, um, “expressiveness” in church services 
I think that may be a good topic for my second show!)
*sigh*
Well, I suppose I can only get better, LOL!
So, tomorrow’s the launch, Kender will fire this puppy up, and Wide Awakes Radio is gonna rock ‘n’ ROLL!!
This is a WAR you don’t want to miss!
Crossposted at CatHouse Chat
UPDATE: For those of you who would like to hear my voice, I’ve posted an mp3 file at CHC, linked above. And, thanks again for all the kind encouragement! Y’all are the best!
