Today we ate at Kenny Roger's! It's mother's day and for some unusual reason they decided to eat somewhere different. It's my third time in Kenny's!
We ate roasted chicken and I had potato and chives or something and it was really good! The chicken's flavor and aroma goes beyond the spices in the skin and into the soft yet chewy meat. The mild taste of the gravy doesn't overshadow the savory flavor but complements it as the meat melts in a mouth bursting with flavor. I also tried the other side dishes like corn and carrots and mashed potato and macaroni and cheese and they were also good. I am happy.
Also for dinner the fried squid dipped in sukang paombong is very delicious.
So I accompanied Hyae in Destiny's service. I wanted to see for myself whether the rumors are true seeing as ate Shiela doesn't exactly fit the stereotype.
So when she introduced me to mike the first thing I learned was he was from physics. And he's not really exactly good with small talk. Which is fine. Then the first thing he asked about our church was the attendance and in my head I was like, really? And when he introduced their small group the first thing he said was the credentials of the members.
Now firsts are very important because it shows what they emphasize.
And then the service was very pentecostal and sounded a lot like prosperity gospel. Very repetitive and hardly Scriptural. Although I'm okay with pentecostal formats (I'm slightly used to them) it's really sad how much they emphasize the blessing and prosperity. I mean the obedience part is well and good but the motivation for it is blessing. Material blessing.
They reminded me of the church in Sardis.
God really blesses people materially too. In fact there isn't any divide between the material and the spiritual for Jesus is the Lord of them both. There's also prosperity gospel in the old Hebrew culture. Jesus Christ overthrew that belief by healing the man born blind. And the apostles weren't exactly blessed that way, right? I think it is for God to bless while it is ours to be content, give and serve.
But I'm sure God honors their faith. One way or another. It's what's important. Provided faith is real, that is. There is a faith in Jesus that is selfish. I don't think that's saving faith.
I'm not looking for material blessing. I want to be holy ever since that vision. But my heart is easily distracted.
We ate roasted chicken and I had potato and chives or something and it was really good! The chicken's flavor and aroma goes beyond the spices in the skin and into the soft yet chewy meat. The mild taste of the gravy doesn't overshadow the savory flavor but complements it as the meat melts in a mouth bursting with flavor. I also tried the other side dishes like corn and carrots and mashed potato and macaroni and cheese and they were also good. I am happy.
Also for dinner the fried squid dipped in sukang paombong is very delicious.
So I accompanied Hyae in Destiny's service. I wanted to see for myself whether the rumors are true seeing as ate Shiela doesn't exactly fit the stereotype.
So when she introduced me to mike the first thing I learned was he was from physics. And he's not really exactly good with small talk. Which is fine. Then the first thing he asked about our church was the attendance and in my head I was like, really? And when he introduced their small group the first thing he said was the credentials of the members.
Now firsts are very important because it shows what they emphasize.
And then the service was very pentecostal and sounded a lot like prosperity gospel. Very repetitive and hardly Scriptural. Although I'm okay with pentecostal formats (I'm slightly used to them) it's really sad how much they emphasize the blessing and prosperity. I mean the obedience part is well and good but the motivation for it is blessing. Material blessing.
They reminded me of the church in Sardis.
God really blesses people materially too. In fact there isn't any divide between the material and the spiritual for Jesus is the Lord of them both. There's also prosperity gospel in the old Hebrew culture. Jesus Christ overthrew that belief by healing the man born blind. And the apostles weren't exactly blessed that way, right? I think it is for God to bless while it is ours to be content, give and serve.
But I'm sure God honors their faith. One way or another. It's what's important. Provided faith is real, that is. There is a faith in Jesus that is selfish. I don't think that's saving faith.
I'm not looking for material blessing. I want to be holy ever since that vision. But my heart is easily distracted.
No comments:
Post a Comment