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Terry Ford has a passion to see reconciliation occurring in communities and churches between ethnic groups. Listen in to see how he works for this.Terry begins by sharing his experiences with God’s grace. Before Terry’s father passed, Terry had an abundance of comfort from the Holy Spirit, preparing him for that season of his life. Terry was then able to be with his family in a way that honored his father and also his relationship with God.
The burden of reconciliation was not something Terry chose to have. God chose it for him, placing him in relationships that have shaped his life. Terry opens up about how God prepared him for COVID-19, and how he got sick starting January 7, 2021. He tested positive for COVID-19 and was sent from Urgent Care to go home and monitor his oxygen and take OTC remedies for his symptoms. He tried to beat it through prayer but his oxygen was too low and he needed to be admitted. He felt God was telling him to go. When he got to the hospital they found three blood clots in his lungs. They were able to address the problem and prevent a stroke. Terry also had developed pneumonia. He was aware his family might not see him again; we are not promised tomorrow. Terry affirms the front-line hospital staff for putting their lives on the line every day.
Terry prayed that he was not ready to pass on and he felt that God was telling him he would survive to continue to serve. Terry felt the fear of God, combined with love and peace. Bible verses came to Terry’s mind. God also brought to Terry’s remembrance that he had had time to serve but he would have more. While Terry had some fear of the unknown, he felt that God would continue to use him in service. These feelings lasted for the first two days. Terry was in the hospital for eight days. He was in constant pain but not able to take any pain medication except acetaminophen. Terry says that during his weakness, God transformed him into his calling. Since being out of the hospital, Terry has not been able to let up following God and working for Him. When he was on what he thought was his deathbed Terry had a great reminder of what his purpose was before God. Terry attests that we learn God’s character when we surrender to Him in our struggle, pain, and trial.
Terry professes that God doesn’t need him; God chooses to use him and restore him. It’s not for Terry; it’s for the Kingdom of God and His glory. Terry cites the miracle of Lazarus. Jesus was told Lazarus was sick and dying and He chose to wait three days until Lazarus had died before going to him to raise him.
Terry expounds on the essential mission of reconciliation. First, the mission is to reconcile people to God through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Christians are also called to be reconciled to each other in the Church and to their neighbor. Terry recalls that before going to the Cross, Jesus prayed that the Church would be one as He and the Father are one. God does not operate in division, chaos, or disorder. Terry says God has given him the passion to pursue reconciliation the way the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King defined it. Terry sees there is a selfish division between people groups, even in churches. Terry is convinced that division is demonic. Satan tried to separate Adam and Eve from God.
Jim asks Terry to explain what it means to be reconciled to God. It starts with praying to God that we need to be saved from our sins and through accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. You come to a realization that you are a sinner and are in need of a Savior. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that convicts a person of their need of a Savior. Terry acts as a messenger of the Good News. As you continue to read scripture and obey God and Christ, you grow in the Church, engaging with the Word, and with other believers.
Jim witnesses that God, the Creator, is holy, perfect, and righteous. Human beings, because of sin, are not. We try to become perfect in our minds and behavior, but the only way we can become perfect is through the righteousness of Jesus, sent to save us, according to God’s plan. Jim talks about the birth, death, and resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, and that He will again return the same way as He departed.
Jim asks Terry how imperfect people can be reconciled to each other. Terry says the problem is sin. If we go forward as Jesus commanded, making disciples of every nation and people, coupled with Jesus’s prayer that his disciples may be one, will reconcile the people of the Church with each other. The disciples are to be examples to the world.
People find community and love in places other than the Church. Many people who are not believers do not see the believers as loving each other. One bad example in American Christian history is the past ownership of slaves. The Bible has been used to legitimize person-stealing, but that is not a correct understanding of the Law of the Old Testament. Terry talks about the history of Christianity in Africa and says it did not endorse slavery there.Terry quotes John 17:21, the great prayer of Jesus Christ that we would be sanctified and that He was sent into the world for our sake, and how He prayed that we would be one as Jesus is one with God. Then, “that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” Division by ethnicity is not Biblical. Terry asks, are you complicit in the division? People stay where they feel comfortable, and some feel it is too hard to engage with a different group.Jim and Terry discuss whether people today feel the passion to reach between ethnicities and bring all people to reconciliation. It requires intentionality among those whose eyes have been opened by the Lord to advocate and proclaim the Biblical meaning of reconciliation. A friend of Terry’s called him after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery and asked him how to process what was happening between ethnic people groups in America. Terry told his friend of the Undivided Curriculum that helps people to see each other as God’s people, made in His image, no matter what their background may be. Are we loving people where they are? Terry cites Jesus telling the woman caught in adultery that He did not condemn her, but commanded her to go and sin no more.Terry asks, if people don’t believe you care about them, how will you share the gospel with them to save them from their sins? Terry’s ministry is to work within the Church to equip people to pursue reconciliation through relationships. Relationships with people require work and transparency; serving and loving each other, including your enemy.Pride, fear, and discomfort stand as obstacles in the way and people stay within their community. Politics should not divide us. Terry shares his feelings about the elections, respectively, of Barack Obama and Donald Trump and the conversations that arose from those. Terry sees God’s grace in these conversations, as they deliver people to a different awareness of other ethnic cultures. Disciples are called to love each other and to love our enemies, including those not in our ethnic people group. Your first identity needs to be Christian. Ethnicity and other attributes come after that. We are not pursuing sameness but oneness.
Because we are broken, sinful people, we concern ourselves with differences. Terry refers to Psalm 139:14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works.
God intended to make us in our various people groups. We are not all the same, and God has commanded us all to love each other. Paul had a passion to bring the gospel to the gentile. We need to see, value, and love others as God sees, values, and loves us.Terry explains how the Undivided Curriculum works to bring about reconciliation. The first step is to listen to the other person and hear their story without judgment or offense. It requires long suffering and your goal is to love them as Christ loves the Church. Jim sees this as a failure of men in the church fellowship assemblies.Jim presents his call to action (below). We need to follow the only perfect man, Jesus Christ. God made us in His image to be reconciled to Him. Selfishness, pride, and arrogance stand between us and God’s plan of reconciliation to God and other people. Jim watched some Medal of Honor presentations on YouTube. He invites you to sacrifice yourself for the benefit of others. The honorees Jim saw are selfless, people who choose not to be about the ministry or service, are not on the path of reconciliation.
Terry offers for you three principles to apply, starting today: 1) Pray for God to give you awareness and a heart to become reconciled to Christ followers who are not like you. 2) Educate yourself intentionally through scripture and other books that teach the Biblical foundation and the sin of racism and divisiveness in the Church, including how the history of the Church in America played into that. 3) Start intentional relationships within the gospel community.As you follow these steps, the Church will become more attractive to the world, because believers will be living the way they are supposed to live in following Christ.
Call to Action: Jim invites boys and men listening to behave in manners that represent God’s character. If you want to know about different appearances of skin, read about genetics. Jim challenges you to research domestic dogs and their genetic origin. They are all dogs despite different appearances. You’re welcome to email Jim or Terry your questions. Be intentional; don’t observe the problems, be resolved in participating in the fight to rectify where we stand. God does a work through his disciples. Be willing to be a disciple, even when it hurts.
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Terry Ford has a passion to see reconciliation occurring in communities and churches between ethnic groups. Listen in to see how he works for this.Terry begins by sharing his experiences with God’s grace. Before Terry’s father passed, Terry had an abundance of comfort from the Holy Spirit, preparing him for that season of his life. Terry was then able to be with his family in a way that honored his father and also his relationship with God.
The burden of reconciliation was not something Terry chose to have. God chose it for him, placing him in relationships that have shaped his life. Terry opens up about how God prepared him for COVID-19, and how he got sick starting January 7, 2021. He tested positive for COVID-19 and was sent from Urgent Care to go home and monitor his oxygen and take OTC remedies for his symptoms. He tried to beat it through prayer but his oxygen was too low and he needed to be admitted. He felt God was telling him to go. When he got to the hospital they found three blood clots in his lungs. They were able to address the problem and prevent a stroke. Terry also had developed pneumonia. He was aware his family might not see him again; we are not promised tomorrow. Terry affirms the front-line hospital staff for putting their lives on the line every day.
Terry prayed that he was not ready to pass on and he felt that God was telling him he would survive to continue to serve. Terry felt the fear of God, combined with love and peace. Bible verses came to Terry’s mind. God also brought to Terry’s remembrance that he had had time to serve but he would have more. While Terry had some fear of the unknown, he felt that God would continue to use him in service. These feelings lasted for the first two days. Terry was in the hospital for eight days. He was in constant pain but not able to take any pain medication except acetaminophen. Terry says that during his weakness, God transformed him into his calling. Since being out of the hospital, Terry has not been able to let up following God and working for Him. When he was on what he thought was his deathbed Terry had a great reminder of what his purpose was before God. Terry attests that we learn God’s character when we surrender to Him in our struggle, pain, and trial.
Terry professes that God doesn’t need him; God chooses to use him and restore him. It’s not for Terry; it’s for the Kingdom of God and His glory. Terry cites the miracle of Lazarus. Jesus was told Lazarus was sick and dying and He chose to wait three days until Lazarus had died before going to him to raise him.
Terry expounds on the essential mission of reconciliation. First, the mission is to reconcile people to God through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Christians are also called to be reconciled to each other in the Church and to their neighbor. Terry recalls that before going to the Cross, Jesus prayed that the Church would be one as He and the Father are one. God does not operate in division, chaos, or disorder. Terry says God has given him the passion to pursue reconciliation the way the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King defined it. Terry sees there is a selfish division between people groups, even in churches. Terry is convinced that division is demonic. Satan tried to separate Adam and Eve from God.
Jim asks Terry to explain what it means to be reconciled to God. It starts with praying to God that we need to be saved from our sins and through accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. You come to a realization that you are a sinner and are in need of a Savior. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that convicts a person of their need of a Savior. Terry acts as a messenger of the Good News. As you continue to read scripture and obey God and Christ, you grow in the Church, engaging with the Word, and with other believers.
Jim witnesses that God, the Creator, is holy, perfect, and righteous. Human beings, because of sin, are not. We try to become perfect in our minds and behavior, but the only way we can become perfect is through the righteousness of Jesus, sent to save us, according to God’s plan. Jim talks about the birth, death, and resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, and that He will again return the same way as He departed.
Jim asks Terry how imperfect people can be reconciled to each other. Terry says the problem is sin. If we go forward as Jesus commanded, making disciples of every nation and people, coupled with Jesus’s prayer that his disciples may be one, will reconcile the people of the Church with each other. The disciples are to be examples to the world.
People find community and love in places other than the Church. Many people who are not believers do not see the believers as loving each other. One bad example in American Christian history is the past ownership of slaves. The Bible has been used to legitimize person-stealing, but that is not a correct understanding of the Law of the Old Testament. Terry talks about the history of Christianity in Africa and says it did not endorse slavery there.Terry quotes John 17:21, the great prayer of Jesus Christ that we would be sanctified and that He was sent into the world for our sake, and how He prayed that we would be one as Jesus is one with God. Then, “that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” Division by ethnicity is not Biblical. Terry asks, are you complicit in the division? People stay where they feel comfortable, and some feel it is too hard to engage with a different group.Jim and Terry discuss whether people today feel the passion to reach between ethnicities and bring all people to reconciliation. It requires intentionality among those whose eyes have been opened by the Lord to advocate and proclaim the Biblical meaning of reconciliation. A friend of Terry’s called him after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery and asked him how to process what was happening between ethnic people groups in America. Terry told his friend of the Undivided Curriculum that helps people to see each other as God’s people, made in His image, no matter what their background may be. Are we loving people where they are? Terry cites Jesus telling the woman caught in adultery that He did not condemn her, but commanded her to go and sin no more.Terry asks, if people don’t believe you care about them, how will you share the gospel with them to save them from their sins? Terry’s ministry is to work within the Church to equip people to pursue reconciliation through relationships. Relationships with people require work and transparency; serving and loving each other, including your enemy.Pride, fear, and discomfort stand as obstacles in the way and people stay within their community. Politics should not divide us. Terry shares his feelings about the elections, respectively, of Barack Obama and Donald Trump and the conversations that arose from those. Terry sees God’s grace in these conversations, as they deliver people to a different awareness of other ethnic cultures. Disciples are called to love each other and to love our enemies, including those not in our ethnic people group. Your first identity needs to be Christian. Ethnicity and other attributes come after that. We are not pursuing sameness but oneness.
Because we are broken, sinful people, we concern ourselves with differences. Terry refers to Psalm 139:14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works.
God intended to make us in our various people groups. We are not all the same, and God has commanded us all to love each other. Paul had a passion to bring the gospel to the gentile. We need to see, value, and love others as God sees, values, and loves us.Terry explains how the Undivided Curriculum works to bring about reconciliation. The first step is to listen to the other person and hear their story without judgment or offense. It requires long suffering and your goal is to love them as Christ loves the Church. Jim sees this as a failure of men in the church fellowship assemblies.Jim presents his call to action (below). We need to follow the only perfect man, Jesus Christ. God made us in His image to be reconciled to Him. Selfishness, pride, and arrogance stand between us and God’s plan of reconciliation to God and other people. Jim watched some Medal of Honor presentations on YouTube. He invites you to sacrifice yourself for the benefit of others. The honorees Jim saw are selfless, people who choose not to be about the ministry or service, are not on the path of reconciliation.
Terry offers for you three principles to apply, starting today: 1) Pray for God to give you awareness and a heart to become reconciled to Christ followers who are not like you. 2) Educate yourself intentionally through scripture and other books that teach the Biblical foundation and the sin of racism and divisiveness in the Church, including how the history of the Church in America played into that. 3) Start intentional relationships within the gospel community.As you follow these steps, the Church will become more attractive to the world, because believers will be living the way they are supposed to live in following Christ.
Call to Action: Jim invites boys and men listening to behave in manners that represent God’s character. If you want to know about different appearances of skin, read about genetics. Jim challenges you to research domestic dogs and their genetic origin. They are all dogs despite different appearances. You’re welcome to email Jim or Terry your questions. Be intentional; don’t observe the problems, be resolved in participating in the fight to rectify where we stand. God does a work through his disciples. Be willing to be a disciple, even when it hurts.
Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and all major platforms, hit that five-star review, subscribe, share it, and help get this word out and look for the next episode.
See our Website: MenBuildMen.comEmail: [email protected]
Marks of a Man on Facebook
Jim Nicklas on Instagram
Terry Ford on Facebook: Terry L Ford
Website: WeAre1Ministries.com
We Are 1 Ministries on Facebook: We Are 1 Ministries, LLC
We Are 1 Ministries on Twitter: @WeAre1Minstry
We Are 1 Ministries on Instagram: @WeAre1Ministries
Email: [email protected]
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