I was thinking a little bit about church.
I was thinking that if a church is a group of people, sent by God into the community around them, to bring peace, and joy, and love, and healing, and really good news about Jesus, and this group has a big meeting once a week to worship God (the God that sent them out) and to encourage each other, then I think I would expect that a part of that meeting would involve some really good stories. If the whole point of that meeting was to give people a little rest and get them ready to head back out, I would expect that people would want to share what happened while they were out.
Shouldn't they be hearing stories about how peoples lives have been changed, how the hurting were comforted, how the hungry were fed, etc? And then, wouldn't all these people praise God and celebrate, not just for the things he has done, but for the things he's doing, right now?
I want to hear some stories. I also want to have some stories to share.
If you are reading this, would you pray for me? Would you pray that my week would not be about getting ready for Sunday, but that Sunday would make me ready for my week? Would you pray that as I go through my week, that I would come back to Sunday with some stories?
Would you pray that I would find God where he is working, and have the courage to join him in that work? Yes, I think to some extent the nature of my job necessitates that I spend a decent chunk of time getting ready for a Sunday morning worship service, but would you also pray that God would use that service to meet people and prepare them to go out and work hard with God on the things that God is passionate about?
That would be great.
Thanks!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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