Answering God – Day 19
Jessie J’s song ‘Price Tag’ was all about the money, money, money.’ Money may not be the sum of our faith but how we use it gives a good indicator of spiritual health
Jessie J’s song ‘Price Tag’ was all about the money, money, money.’ Money may not be the sum of our faith but how we use it gives a good indicator of spiritual health
Children are made in the image of God from before their birth and should be cherished. listened to, and encouraged to grow in church without fear of neglect or abuse
We cannot build a community of love and forgiveness wherein we tend each others wounds and carry each others frailties and carry grudges at the same time.
As churches deny their congregations communion wine to help restrict the spread of Corona Virus we may leave worship feeling a little empty. However it is the empty hungry thirsty Christians who can most easily bring the Good News to others
Sometimes, because we have a truth to tell, we become over eager to share it and so cannot receive the truth others bring to us. At all times in all situations it is wise to ‘Always Listen First’
To worship God in our home language and with familiar traditions and rituals is something that has not always been possible for everyone should be a given. To be able to reach beyond the confines of our own language, culture and race and find the joy of the Gospel in someones else’s worship is a privilege.
Some Church meetings require us to listen more deeply (and for longer) than others. Not everyone will find themselves called to sit on Synods and Assemblies but all of use have a responsibility to understand their business and pray for their work
It may seem that the work of the Gospel may only go forward with the presence of a plethora of meetings.
Just because they are necessary it doesn’t mean that they have to be evil
Words are at the same time beautiful and ugly, creative and destructive and we must be careful how we use them. But how do we decided when to speak and when to be silent?
All of us desire our times of worship to be deep and intimate times of fellowship with God and each other yet we easily allow ourselves to get in the way of our own prayer.