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  Ultimately the Body of Christ will be victorious over the world, the flesh and the devil at the resurrection on the last day. So why do Christian communities fail on earth when the bible says “The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church?” (Matthew     16:18). Fist, because we are still sinful. Even though we are saved we still have a sin nature, which we will have until the resurrection of the dead. Because the church is made up of redeemed sinners or saints, there is still room for our humanity to be expressed and this is why the church still fails, even though Christ promised us we would ultimately be victorious over hell and the grave! However, this is no excuse for our sins, even in the church. At the end of our lives we will be judged for our life on the earth, and although we will be forgiven if we are saved, we won’t be rewarded for the sins that went unaccounted for. The deception that Satan deceives us with is that just because we are saved, our sins...

  Have you ever felt left behind, maybe when you were a kid and they were picking teams, and you were the last to be chosen. Feeling left behind can make you feel forgotten, we desire that we would be seen and recognized, but what happens when we feel overlooked? I would say try looking at your own life, and how God is using you now. If you have a desire to serve God, God can work with that. Stepping out from what feels comfortable provides an opportunity for growth, and why do we feel we have to be established in order to walk in God’s will?   Living out of weakness can make us feel vulnerable, but we learn things when we are weak, we learn what true strength is. We want our lives to have purpose, and if we follow our own will, we can feel like our lives lack purpose, but when you are serving the Lord, we still might want to be seen. This can leave us feeling vulnerable because even though we are serving the Lord, we want to feel appreciated.  I don’t think it’s selfishn...