{"id":258,"date":"2020-04-05T16:10:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winseattle.org\/?p=258"},"modified":"2020-04-05T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T16:10:37","slug":"march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pastor\u2019s Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WIN-Seattle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlessed are the\u00a0meek, for they\u00a0will inherit the earth.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 5:5 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was during one of the Sundays in November of 2016 that I shared a message entitled \u201cLove is not Rude\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. I felt, at that time, that we (the church) needed a strong reminder to be mindful of our Christian witness during a very divisive and vitriolic election period<\/span><\/em> \u2013 lest we contribute to our own decline and irrelevance! This year, 2020, we enter another round of the \u2018election brouhaha\u2019… maybe a reminder towards Christ-like meekness will be both appropriate and timely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word \u201cmeekness\u201d (\u201cmansuetus\u201d<\/em><\/span>\u00a0in Latin; \u201cprautes\u201d<\/span><\/em> in Greek) was associated with the process of taming wild beasts of burden and curbing the aggressiveness of a wild, bucking stallion. By training an instinctually aggressive force<\/em>, meekness actually describes a tamed aggressive horse. The opposite<\/span> of that is uncontrolled aggressiveness<\/span><\/em> that is rooted in an inflated ego that lashes out when hurt! The opposite of meekness is to weigh in on every controversy at every opportunity while provoking others in endless confrontation! Meekness wisely\u00a0cools the heat of passion\u00a0and\u00a0controls the untamable tongue! Meekness is strength under control!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s be the meek person \u2013 gentle, proper and measured in our actions and reactions <\/span><\/em><\/strong>(including, and especially, on our social media posts, reposts, \u2018likes\u2019 and comments!) Let\u2019s reclaim our place in the healthy, democratic and public discourse!<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>There is always room for free and healthy dialogue in our political spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question to constantly ask ourselves this election season: As Christ-following Americans, are we conducting ourselves with Christ-like meekness and winsomeness in a manner that exalts Jesus and advances the Gospel?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let Christ be exalted, His Gospel be proclaimed and His Kingdom be expanded as we engage with our culture with winsome meekness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blessings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Vino<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Pastor\u2019s Corner WIN-Seattle March 2020 \u201cBlessed are the\u00a0meek, for they\u00a0will inherit the earth.\u201d Matthew 5:5 NIV It was during one of the Sundays in November of 2016 that I shared a message entitled \u201cLove is not Rude\u201d. I felt, at that time, that we (the church) needed a strong reminder to be mindful of our Christian witness during a very divisive and vitriolic election period \u2013 lest we contribute to our own decline and irrelevance! This year, 2020, we enter another round of the \u2018election brouhaha\u2019… maybe a reminder towards Christ-like meekness will be both appropriate and timely. The word \u201cmeekness\u201d (\u201cmansuetus\u201d\u00a0in Latin; \u201cprautes\u201d inRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-winadmin","4":"post-258","6":"format-standard","7":"category-pastorscorner"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}