Thank you for all the messages of support. One thing I am struggling with 2 Timothy 3:5 that talks about people who have a form of godliness but deny its power. I worried that's what I'm becoming,
The basis for this is as a member of a pentecostal church, the Cwmbran revival is big in the circles I mix in and I'm sceptical of these kind of meetings where people are filled with the spirit but for no apparent reason. That's the 'power' that I'm used to hearing about in the evangelical churches I've attended for over 40 years. Does that make me a person having a form of godliness but denying its power?
Or is the power that Paul (or whoever) writes about the power to not just appear godly, but to strive to be godly in trying to live a life of love for others that Jesus lived.That takes the power of God to live up to. I don't consider myself to be someone who loves pleasure more than I love God so I'm trying to see this passage in a different light.
A progressive opinion on this would be interesting.