Learning to be the Remnant – 10 – Always, but always, trust in God

Being the remnant is not easy. We already saw that. It is a very difficult situation when you are on the side that is smaller, weaker, and powerless. It is also the experience that, with few exceptions, almost everybody goes through, in some area of their lives. Maybe in a family setting, in the school, […]

Learning to be the Remnant – 8 – Be optimistic

One of the realities of being a remnant is to see and experience the bad stuff. The remnants are the ones who will suffer, will lose, will ultimately be left behind with almost nothing. When this happens the normal reaction is pessimism. Pessimism is “a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe […]

Learning to be the Remnant – 7 – Do not be isolated

Isolation – This is one of the first reactions that we have when we become the remnant. When we see people going to the opposite side and doing things that we believe are wrong, the first attitude is to think that we are on our own. We have to take care of ourselves, and we […]

Learning to be the Remnant – 6 – Do not be discouraged

Have you ever participated in an important vote and lost? Did you have the clear vision that you were right and the majority was wrong? Been there, done that! Yes, I believe that all of us during our life time have gone through this kind of situation. We lost when we were sure we would […]

Learning to be the Remnant – 5 – Do not run

“Run for your life!” That is the first reaction when we see things going in the wrong direction. The survival instinct kicks in and we start to run, even when we are not sure where we are going. Running is a very common behavior among the remnants. They are the minority. They are the weak […]

Learning to be the Remnant – 4 – Be prophetic

Even though the remnant is a minority, that does not mean that it should be silent. During the times when the tides changed and we lost our preeminence, we still have a role to fulfill. The remnant does not have power, but it has something else. The people of the remnant have their voice, and […]

Learning to be the Remnant – 2 – Be prepared to suffer

Because we live in a country that is said to be built on a Judeo-Christian foundation, we never until now had to deal with very much persecution. That kind of stuff was done to those groups on the fringe of mainline Christianity, groups that most of us considered heretics or sort of loony. The mainstream […]