This past week’s discussion was once again, very challenging and very awesome. I am soooo excited for the next few weeks, as we will be talking more specifics about the biblical, 1st century church. So please read the next 2 chapters for next week (chapters 8 and 9). And I can sense that God is working on some amazing things to come… Praise Him for His generous nature and HIs grace filled love in our lives.
Again, attendance was down this week, so I’m praying for God to open schedules up even more than last week. I did hear from God quite a bit over the last week, and I shared my thoughts with everyone who was at Sunday’s meetings. So for those of you who weren’t there, this is what I’ve been hearing:
What if each of us actually gave up our comfortable lives and really decided to follow Christ? What would we be willing to give up? Our friends? Our finances? Our personal constraints we put on church and community? What would we give up that currently takes up our time and sell ourselves out completely to Christ and His church?
What if everyone involved in commonplace started meeting in groups of 2 or 3 and really started holding each other accountable? What would that look like for each of us? Who are the people in our lives that we currently know who could use this kind of relationship? Who are the people God is asking us to reach out to?
What if we decided that the MOST important thing in our lives was building God’s kingdom? What would that look like for each of us? What do we have to do/change/remove to make that happen?
Also, Matt suggested that maybe we should each be praying for the people in our lives that need Christ or that need more of Christ. So we made it a challenge to everyone to start a list of your friends and family that you can be praying for all day, every day. Be lifting these people up to God constantly… let’s join together in prayer and change our community! And then Vicki suggested that we start giving feedback to prayer requests (if things are changing for better or for worse) and celebrating the victories when they occur. Let’s start celebrating God’s work on earth together!
See you next Sunday! Keep reading!!!!
