Monday, October 3, 2011
In Gods Service?
I am stealing this post mostly from the book we are going over in life group but i think its important in terms of missions so here goes. We don't serve god he serves us. Before we ever existed god was a complete being who had no need for us. He has no need for us now he created us because he desired to. I would say what we have to do before we can serve anyone we must allow god to completely fill is until we over flow. So that is our job in preparation for this trip to get full of god. We have to do this as individuals but also as a team so that when we go we serve the people in Africa and throughout our travels.
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Reflection - Chapter 1 - Workbook
Wow! Just a short note to encourage you to dive in. I am really looking forward to sharing our new discoveries together and hearing of the treasures you have seen that I can learn from. We are not meeting weekly, so this blog is a very important tool for us to grow in relationship and purpose.
One of my big wow moments (there were a few) in last week's chapter was right at the end when considering the statement: "The weakness of much current mission work and much current preaching is that they betray the sense that what is yet to be done is greater than what has already been done." Make no mistake - our contributions in 2 weeks in South Africa must be considered nothing compared with the work that has already been done in His people there. The roof on the building is not important and pales immeasurably compared to the meeting of God's people and His kingdom already being expressed!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
The Optic Nerve
In this morning's service when I introduced the South Africa team I mentioned the optic nerve. The optic nerve is a thick bundle of about 1.2 million individual nerve fibers. It travels from the retina to the brain, carrying electrical data that the brain will interpret as images. One of the (many many) miracles of our development in the womb is how all of these individual fibers get connected to the brain’s vision center. When they do, almost impossibly, our eyes - I think the most amazing "technologies" ever created - function as designed by bringing us sight.
I mentioned this because it described how I feel about the connections starting to form with the Cornerstone South Africa church and KwaMhlanga congregation. How they will develop and the output from them is still not known. But our hearts are stirring with the anticipation. This is the natural development of relationships within our communities as members of the body of Christ. And when the connections are finally established we will "see" the most amazing results.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
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