● In Jesus Christ God gives us our identity, our purpose and our meaning in this life and in the life to come.1 Peter1:1-12
"For in him we live and move and have our being..." Acts 17:28
Just a few of my thoughts, reflections and questions:
What does it mean to be a "New Community"?
What does it mean to be a Christian, live out our lives in complete commitment of everything to Jesus and His Kingdom and live a life of love to our sisters and brothers?
What does it mean to be a gathered and dispersed community?
We are committed to the Gospel and each other. Is that the Church and the "New Community"?
We are a gathered people on Sunday morning...called out of the world...dispersed to minister to the world. Is that what a "New Community" is?
The Church as "community"
The Faithful "community"
The Sharing "community"
Also our Eastbrook Church as "Community".
We should also be
Discerning
Discipling
Also, we are all or most of us
Volunteers in ministry
Should be organized
Worshiping
Also, nonconforming to the world
Witnessing to the world
1st Peter 2:9
New Living Translation
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God's very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
So maybe we need a rebirth?
Bottom line:
What is God calling us to and for what purpose?
A word from The Call by Os Guinness
"Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion, dynamism, and direction lived out as a response to his summons and service" P. 29
So...what is God calling us to do?
More commentary on this later...
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A good book on "Community" Found this picture on my phone...can't find where I put the book!
Check it out on Amazon
Picked up a new book at the library today...I always check out the "New Books" rack. Called for Life How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic.
Life story of Kent and Amber Brantly. The doctor who served in Liberia with World Medical Missions during the Ebola Epidemic.
The Last chapter in the book. "The Call Continues".
"Our calling is to be faithful wherever we are, to be good stewards of opportunities, to be responsible with what we have been given, to try to do good, and to serve those whose paths we cross."
"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."
Our belief is the same.
Check out the book here.
See my posts on Twitter
Richard Dassow @RichardDassow
"For in him we live and move and have our being..." Acts 17:28
Just a few of my thoughts, reflections and questions:
What does it mean to be a "New Community"?
What does it mean to be a Christian, live out our lives in complete commitment of everything to Jesus and His Kingdom and live a life of love to our sisters and brothers?
What does it mean to be a gathered and dispersed community?
We are committed to the Gospel and each other. Is that the Church and the "New Community"?
We are a gathered people on Sunday morning...called out of the world...dispersed to minister to the world. Is that what a "New Community" is?
The Church as "community"
The Faithful "community"
The Sharing "community"
Also our Eastbrook Church as "Community".
We should also be
Discerning
Discipling
Also, we are all or most of us
Volunteers in ministry
Should be organized
Worshiping
Also, nonconforming to the world
Witnessing to the world
1st Peter 2:9
New Living Translation
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God's very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
So maybe we need a rebirth?
Bottom line:
What is God calling us to and for what purpose?
A word from The Call by Os Guinness
"Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion, dynamism, and direction lived out as a response to his summons and service" P. 29
So...what is God calling us to do?
More commentary on this later...
________________________________
A good book on "Community" Found this picture on my phone...can't find where I put the book!
Check it out on Amazon
Which leads us to:
What do we do?
Why?
Where?
How?
__________________________________
Picked up a new book at the library today...I always check out the "New Books" rack. Called for Life How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic.
Life story of Kent and Amber Brantly. The doctor who served in Liberia with World Medical Missions during the Ebola Epidemic.
The Last chapter in the book. "The Call Continues".
"Our calling is to be faithful wherever we are, to be good stewards of opportunities, to be responsible with what we have been given, to try to do good, and to serve those whose paths we cross."
"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."
Our belief is the same.
Check out the book here.
See my posts on Twitter
Richard Dassow
● In Jesus Christ God gives us our identity, our purpose and our meaning in this life and in the life to come
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