First of all, being submissive instead of defensive is not being a doormat. It is about being mature and choosing your fights. It is the devil that brings up words such as 'doormat' to stir up anger - as if husbands are the enemy. They are not the enemy. Satan is. Secondly, caring for ourselves is another word for self-centeredness which is also from the devil-- to put ourselves ahead of everyone else. That is very unchristian. Jesus always teaches us to put others first: Jesus, then others, then ourselves (J.O.Y stands for Jesus, Others, Yourself). So phrases like 'doormat' and 'looking after ourselves' are terms the world invented and they are trending. Christians pick them up because we are gullible. But we are not to be of the world. We are to go against the flow. The world does not understand terms like, 'self-sacrifice' or 'forgiveness' or 'putting God first' or 'putting others first'. Because they value themselves more. Wor...
Nothing wrong with the New Apostolic Reformation. People like to gossip, but there's nothing biblically wrong with anything they do. Haters will be haters. The greatest persecutor of the Church, is the Church. We need to be careful not to be an accuser of the brethren. Sometimes we think too highly of ourselves -- we become the Pharisees. We must be careful of the religious spirit -- the 'Holier than Thou' attitude -- the pointing of the finger, the blaming and the shaming within the body of Christ. I may not be a huge fan of Brandon Lake or Elevation Worship etc. but I am a huge fan of the Body of Christ and I will not entertain more division. John 17:21 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.