{"id":12935,"date":"2026-06-28T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/?p=12935"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:15:21","slug":"open-talk-service-croissant-and-chat-around-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/2026\/06\/28\/open-talk-service-croissant-and-chat-around-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Talk Service\u2014Croissant and Chat around the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">Open Talk Service \u2014 Croissant and Chat around the Cross<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The service began with a warm blessing, &#8220;May the Lord bless you! Amen,&#8221; followed by an invitation to adopt the spirit of the day, which the organizers call a &#8220;special Sunday.&#8221; The pastor introduced the concept of the 3 Cs\u2014Croissant and Chat around the Cross. The Croissant represents the time to feed on the Word (reading from a passage from 1 Thessalonians 17-20), the Cross reminds us that the truth of Christ dispels all confusion, and the Chat around is the space of exchange where the faithful ask their questions via Slido or the QR code. The stated goal was to bring clarity and light to hearts that are searching for answers.<\/p>\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <\/p>\r\n\n\n\r\n<p><strong>Questions and answers<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p> Answer : Never despise a prophecy, for it comes from the Holy Spirit, even if it comes through the mouth of a man.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\nMake sure that the person who prophesied is a true man of God, honest and without occult practices.\r\nPray without ceasing, give thanks to God for the word you have received, and be careful never to extinguish the spirit of God in you. (1 Th 5 : 17-20) \r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\nIf prophecy calls you to change your course (e.g., to live an apostolic life, to renounce debauchery, or to work on your sanctification), act immediately; otherwise, the prophecy will not be fulfilled.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\nRemember that &#8220;open&#8221; prophecies depend on our obedience, while &#8220;closed&#8221; prophecies will be fulfilled regardless of our attitude.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Answer: True humility is a voluntary decision to strip oneself and serve, like Jesus, who became a servant, whereas lack of self-esteem comes from an inner wound, fear, and rebellion.\r\n<\/p>\r\nHumility is accompanied by obedience, controlled power, and a search to serve others, while low self-esteem breeds shame, inability to act, and a tendency to rebel.\r\n<\/p>\r\nA humble heart retains the feelings of Jesus and chooses to place itself on the level of the servant, even when he possesses wealth or status.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Answer: God gives the dream to one person and sometimes the interpretation to another; it is not necessary to interpret oneself.\r\n<\/p>\r\nWrite the dream immediately, never interpret it personally, and take it to a pastor or someone who has the gift of interpretation.\r\n<\/p>\r\nLeaving the dream without personal interpretation avoids mistakes that can create family or spiritual problems.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Answer : The perfect will is clearly found in the Bible, produces a deep peace in the heart, and is confirmed by a concrete manifestation of God.\r\n<\/p>\r\nIf the direction sought is not written, does not give peace, or is not confirmed by a divine sign, it is probably permissive will, reserved for rebels.\r\n<\/p>\r\nWaiting for God&#8217;s confirmation, praying, reading the Scriptures, and checking inner peace are the keys to discerning the perfect will.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Answer : It is possible to work with the family as long as there are clear rules, responsibilities and professional boundaries.\r\n<\/p>\r\nThe family relationship should not influence business decisions; each person should be chosen for their skills and character, not simply for their blood relationship.\r\n<\/p>\r\nThe Christian must behave with integrity, honesty, and justice in his work, and he reserves the right to dismiss a family member who does not respect the established framework.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Answer : The first step is to anchor oneself firmly in God&#8217;s Word, for biblical truth destroys despair.\r\n<\/p>\r\nAn intensive prayer life, such as the two-hour night vigils, opens the eyes to the truth of God and frees us from the impression of dice.\r\n<\/p>\r\nAcknowledging that God does not &#8220;show favoritism\u00bb any person, but grants the samegrace to all believers, allows us to rebuild a healthy and trusting identity.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n<p>R\u00e9ponse : Non. Flirting implies light, fleeting, non-committal lovemaking, which is considered the sin of levity. Le chr\u00e9tien doit viser des relations s\u00e9rieuses, fond\u00e9es sur la foi et la fid\u00e9lit\u00e9<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The service concluded with a reminder of the three actions to remember (prayer, gratitude, and keeping the spirit of prophecy alive), a final blessing, and several calls for the Lord&#8217;s acclamation. Participants were encouraged to continue reading the Bible, pray continuously, and place their questions and dreams in God&#8217;s hands so that light and clarity would continue to illuminate their lives throughout the week.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,27,37,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-messages","category-teaching","category-testimonies","category-winners-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swanministries.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}