God bless your ministry! Your short studies is currently helping my young adult ministry in my church. These group of individuals tend to get left out, and so the Bible study is really what they are feeding on! 📖🙏🏽👆🏽

"Do what makes you happy" or "pursue your happiness" is another one

@babscoker4178

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In my opinion, what makes us happy must be permissible.

@BranchTogether

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That is certainly not the opinion Jesus would have on it But even if you forget about the Scriptures, it should be obvious from observation that this is not true. Consider the way we eat...every scientist in the world knows that eating junk food (which I happen to be very happy eating) does not actually make me happier in the long run...in fact it is quite the opposite.

My husband and I are doing well in Jesus. I recently lost my job a few months ago and we need continued prayers in Jesus for another income. God Bless you all

One thing I have noticed that we see in life as a philosophy is the concept of individualism. If "I" try really hard I can accomplish anything. However, it leaves out God's strength and makes us Lord of our lives and not God. It also doesn't allow us to have a relationship with God or others to help us on our journey.

I’m getting closer to Jesus day by day but I’m not the smartest to I’m learning the bible through your channel God our father helped me find your channel

I am doing good in my heart and my spiritual walk with Christ but having some migraine issues that is sometimes debilitating and having pain even up to 3 days. Pls pray for me.... thank you saints! 🤍

There is no gain in works but only by submitting yourself to the will of God.

I'm struggling with s new job, working with teens with emotional problems. Everyday I want to quit. Everyday I cry. And still I go back there. There's got to be a purpose to my life, I don't see one, but I know God has one for me. Just pray that I can be strong emotionally and hold back my tears. I am strong un the Lord! I just want a job for a salary I'd like to make a difference in others' lives. One phrase that comes to mind is "just Do what makes you happy"

@BranchTogether

6 жыл бұрын

Praying for you right now, Maria.

@BranchTogether

6 жыл бұрын

Praying for you again today Maria.

@samaliia5531

4 жыл бұрын

Keeping you in prayers :) hope your doing well

@t.c.o.g.773

3 жыл бұрын

Blessings maria🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🙏🙏🙏

@anitanita5875

2 жыл бұрын

Bless you for helping those who need a strong role model for Christ! How are you doing these days? I see your comment was 3 years ago but I just found this video so replying today (2021). Again, Jesus bless you Maria. Abide in Jesus - stay faithful to Him and pursue Him with passion, in Jesus' Holy Name.

I am doing great.Doing this way after you guys are done but I am grateful that God has kept me going since I started in August.My Faith is being built up every single minute of every single day.All the way from Kenya I have seen the goodness of God,

"Follow your heart" is a common phrase I have heard that seems nice but is not biblical.

@rambo_4_christ7

3 жыл бұрын

Yet the Bible says the heart is deceitful

@t.c.o.g.773

3 жыл бұрын

@@rambo_4_christ7 indeed it is

@flyingknee23

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@@rambo_4_christ7 Yet we are not perfect so we can’t even trust ourselves?

@rambo_4_christ7

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@@flyingknee23 nope but we can trust God our Savior Jesus Christ

I typed in Colossians 2,there you are. I had to listen well read the caption ( I'm deaf). Sometimes we help ourselves but so is God. I am trying to understand this ( Colossians) Thanks

Iam doing great, seeking God each and every day. Having a hard time trying to find a job. But no matter what I will still praise God in any circumstance. I want a job thats going to help me grow physically, mentally and spiritually. I always like to help people get through the hard times. Cause God was there for me and now i want to do the same for other people.

Correction I DON'T want to just make a salary, but to make a difference in the lives of others

@landofmilkchillies5832

3 жыл бұрын

That's an amazing way to think. I'm actually looking for a job, it's kinda hard with pandemic. I need to earn money, but it's not the root of my happiness I understand that now. God has called us to serve and I honestly pray that God will lead me to job that will not only support me but help me to help others and make a difference. Please prepare me lord!

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6‭-‬7 NIV

Good Morning from China, thank you for these encouragements. I am struggling with my health, but am afraid to go for check up at hospital. Please pray for me. Thank you .

@MTV0208

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Johann, I pray you’re doing okay and that you’ve made it to the doctor 🙏🏻

I learn so much listening to your ministry. Today on Thanksgiving I am thankful for God's grace, love and mercy. A friend lost her father, another friend fell and had to get stiches and my sister has cancer. I feel so blessed. I am asking for prayers for them 🙏 Thank you.

We love all your Branch Together teaching. We use them in our small group Bible studies, in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. Thank you, and may the Lord bless you as you continue in this ministry.

Thanks man. I'm not a religious man, but I'm willing to submit myself to him especially at times of trouble. You earned my sub and you helped me.

We hear “just believe in yourself.” Where is God in this phrase? This phrase screams ME, ME, ME, as if there’s no need for GOD. There’s nothing wrong with feeling confident and positive about yourself, but I give God credit first in my life and then everything else follows.

I like the fact that the idea of "God helps those who help themselves" is unbiblical. It is sad that we receive this idea as true. We then walk around like we have no God because we try and do everything on our own instead of submitting to God and acknowledging his sovereignty and presence in our lives. Another thing we receive that is false is the law of attraction, the very idea that by thinking positively, we will then attract positive things in our lives. This is unfortunately false teaching in our modern world. It has nothing to do with Christ and it actually draws us further away from Christ by thinking that it is up to us to always have a positive mindset lest we have negative things enter our lives.

@BranchTogether

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment, thanks Julia

@t.c.o.g.773

3 жыл бұрын

This is the most truest thing I’ve heard this year 🎁🎁🎁💎💎💎💎💎💎💎

Doing a video reading for the 3 things I learned when reading Colossians 2:6-15, thanks for sharing this video as well really inspirational. #Godspeed

God helps those who help themselves

It’s funny that the same false teaching that my pastor mentioned last week, you highlighted today. “God helps those who help themselves.” Having children, I see how this becomes the sticky info that gets passed and repeated often. I want my children to work hard and achieve. I want them to tackle work and doing their part instead of waiting or expecting something. So I see how from a spirit of trying to teach work ethic that one can grab this statement and use it today. Another that is used by well-meaning parents and others is,”nothing in life is free.” The truth is that the most valuable thing in life is free. Salvation through Christ Jesus is ours to accept, but again, through trying to combat laziness and push work ethic these sticky statements continue to have legs. Thank you for the homework. I enjoy the channel.

@BranchTogether

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Eddie! I really appreciate your mentioning the phrase "nothing in life is free" - I hadn't thought about that one! Great input. - Darren

Very helpful in my daily devotion

I wanted to do a bible reading channel, but you obviously do a way better job than I ever would and I'm happy to see someone did it

"If it feels good, do it" was a catch cry of the 60s. It has led to a feelings centered lifestyle that sneers at self restraint.

I've heard people say "do unto others as others do unto you" I think that's often used in situations of "getting even" or revenge and that's not what God teaches us. I think the bible does say though to treat others like you would like to be treated, this is better because it's reminding us to be kind to one other because we too would like to receive that same kindness from others

I have one. I got fired from my job as a Teacher Aide last week by an administrator of a private Christian elementary school for reporting what a student told me. The student told me that her dad is growing cannabis in the attic and that she helps. She is 7 yrs old. He is not a licensed cannabis cultivator. That administrator - who is a "Christian" by family heritage so who knows if she is truly born again and Holy Spirit filled - furiously used excuses that I had been an hour late to work, even though she knew I called in late due to coming in while still sick with RSV Bronchiolitis, then a cold virus on top of that. She furiously told me that I didn't ask the Teacher if I could ask the student questions about the students' announcement in class one day that, "My daddy smokes cannabis." The administrator hurriedly ended her tirade with "I'm sorry but I have to protect the school so I can't use your help for now." Her vain statement that she has to protect the school seems more like an expression rooted in human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world. Did she really mean that she had to protect large donations to the school from that family; or 4 enrollment fees for all 4 siblings attending the school; or her reputation with the school board; the schools reputation; or perhaps even her own cannabis use for hip pain perhaps purchased from that dad? A lot of these are guesses (some wild) however all I am left with are guesses because she didn't reply to my email to her asking for her forgiveness (even though I probably didn't have to apologize). Please pray for her (I am trying), for God to bring help and justice for the children and for God to defend and rectify this on my behalf.

Such a powerful chapter

Statements 👉🏽 Things Happen for a reason.../ We have been oppressed !!! / I don't need to vote... / I'm not a racist !!! / I dont pre-judge !! / Lets open church even the law says we can't.... How do handle these as Christians? What would Jesus Do....???? ☝🏼☝🏽☝🏿 Pastor D 👉🏽These are worth discussing openly- Thanks Branch Together

Thank you for this channel!!

@BranchTogether

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

In a Colossians study and this helps thanks !

Luck and karma aren’t real. Repentance and restoration is.

Thank you!

I think people are so captivated these days with a desire for well-being and inner-peace. I totally get that. They desperately want inner-peace but with no sacrifice. Think yoga, mindfulness apps, etc. I think it's really not a bad thing in some ways. We all need to slow down in our crazy fast culture...but....ultimately, if that is your spirituality, it is empty. Literally, the goal is emptiness. I am an Orthodox Christian and it makes me sad to see Western Christians even hunger for something true that the East has to offer but to not delve deep into the spiritual practices of desert fathers and mothers, of Christian meditation, written prayers, treasure troves of our faith. These are not the traditions of man but of God and man (such as the Bible/the church councils that codified the Bible) through the Church His Body. May God bless youall! What a beautiful chapter!~

@flyingknee23

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If you think it is empty, then your mind is also empty. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I am being blessed by my friend Leblanc

One philosophy I fell for was practicing ^Christian Yoga^. I did this at a church and one day I quit. Then I started reading about what yoga really is... worship of Hindu gods.

Thank you.

Thank you, modesto California valley

I get sight track by worldly music that is about love and unity but then I question myself are trying to lead people to God keep them in world? And how much do I love God to faithful and not alow myself into the world by music that has nothing to do God just because it sound good to my ear.

God bless

I have to follow my heart & be independent. I can take care of myself. You do you. I am enough.” All false sayings. What’s true? 2 Timothy 1:9 for example: “He (Jesus Christ) has saved us & called us to a holy life - not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose & grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,” you can exhaust yourself to do it all on your own, but that was never the purpose God had for your life. Surrender, repent, obey, & see the purpose God has for you is infinitely better than what you could imagine for yourself.

Here to support other Christian video content creators :) My goal is to use my video skills and story telling skill for his kingdom.

Always listen to your heart and follow it.

I hope Im zeroing into the home work, but I see sport figures and others putting Philippians 4:13 on everything. I hope these folks understand that the "prize" is salvation thru Christ and not a mere game. 3:14 goes on to explain that it is the crown of life that we're running the race...

There are SO many. I think the main thing for me though is "love your neighbor" and "only God can judge me" both kind of go hand in hand. Yes, you can love your neighbor and not agree with their way of life, and not parade around up and down the street screaming about it at the same time. Also, as a Christian, if I am doing something that isn't in line with the way that christ wants me to live I WANT someone else to judge me. Please, please tell me so I can grow and change. Sometimes people from the outside have a better point of view than we do when we are in the thick of it.

"Follow your heart" is one of the popular mantras of our modern society, yet it certainly goes against the Biblical wisdom that warns us that "the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9). Don't follow your heart - follow JESUS.

Good afternoon I am doing good thank God you know thank God for keeping me thus far I am giving him thanks for health and strength mother more than a more more not because you know he gave mail can you give me strength you know I am satisfied with the Lord I don't want to go more and if I just want to go more in the Lord right now we are doing a study I studious and collision the whole book of Colossians so today I just choose for the set for you and second you know I am doing a study the prayer group is not study at least and coalition you know and the team of that studies on his countability you know so that's the reason why I requested it and anyway thank you for your good day by a good night and I just needed to continue to pray pray for me today my name is Darrell thank you very much and blessed up yourself my brother

Iv heard God dosnt give us anything we can handle! I’ve never read this in 14 year of being a believe.

@BranchTogether

2 жыл бұрын

God does give us more than we can handle. That's what relying on Him is all about. In our weakness, He is strong!

@lisataylor7069

2 жыл бұрын

I meant iv never seen this in the Bible .

Self-help is definitely pushed in our culture as a good thing. But, It is most definitely in complete opposition to many of God's basic biblical principles. God clearly states in Hebrews 4:16, Psalm 55:22, Psalm 37:3-5, and more that we need a savior. We cannot "self-help" our way to heaven. Clearly, our wretched sinful nature is beyond any form of human help. Therefore we must depend on God, and God alone for our help.

What does it mean to submit to God?

@sheiekal.1696

3 жыл бұрын

It means that you seek and do His will, versus doing your own will. For example if your will goes against God's will, you forsake your will and submit to His. Hope this makes sense.

@FaceOfTheCity.StPete

3 жыл бұрын

@@sheiekal.1696 it would make more sense if there was a tangible example.

@fundamentalbeats6069

3 жыл бұрын

@@FaceOfTheCity.StPete u need an example?

Find their interests use to draw to truths

Many in the world are being attacked, imprisoned, having properties stolen or killed for their faith. Philosophies of the world are dangerous and strong. I find myself asking God why? I know someone in Northern Haiti who is in constant danger, but whose faith is strong. Sometimes it feels like we are on the losing side, although God is all powerful and faithful. Tricky to reconcile.

Looking for all who sigh and weep my assignment

I have come to the conclusion that birthdays are a man made tradition that make us all idols to be worshipped. Job 1:4-5 says it all.

Live your best life now contradicts pick up your cross daily....

Easter, celebrating Halloween in a cristian "way"

Beware Remember Jesus not man or woman's heart or ideas...truth through Jesus alone pray to jehovah

Another one is you only live once as young people we gravitate yo this talk and its not true

Sober 10 days

@BranchTogether

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Yes!! God can help you stay strong!

Don't Judge

Sin

You make one step, God will make two. This is not biblical.

@BranchTogether

3 жыл бұрын

God has made multiple steps towards and he continues to do that regardless of what we do. But when we turn and make a step toward Him, he waits with open arms.