It seems to me that when Jesus looked out over a crowd He never once asked, "Why aren't there more people here?" He just saw who was there and reached out to them with compassion and care.
That kind of Jesus routinely makes our grasp for more and for ambition and for popularity and for numbers so much garbage.
When you go to your church, what do you see? What do you ask? "Why aren't more people here?" or, "How can I help get more here? or, "How can we disciple who IS here?"
You can, of course, ask all three questions with integrity, but we must not neglect to ask that third one.
T. Moore said: 'We've attracted people on the basis of mere self-interest, so that what we have are congregations ecstatic to belong to some place that ... takes their self-interest as seriously as they do.'
Ouch ... and amen.
And be blessed.
That kind of Jesus routinely makes our grasp for more and for ambition and for popularity and for numbers so much garbage.
When you go to your church, what do you see? What do you ask? "Why aren't more people here?" or, "How can I help get more here? or, "How can we disciple who IS here?"
You can, of course, ask all three questions with integrity, but we must not neglect to ask that third one.
T. Moore said: 'We've attracted people on the basis of mere self-interest, so that what we have are congregations ecstatic to belong to some place that ... takes their self-interest as seriously as they do.'
Ouch ... and amen.
And be blessed.
3 comments:
PK, We had 2 couples over for a small group last night. It was really great to have intimate quality prayer time and sharing. We were prepared if no one showed, but God always delivers the right amount at the right time.
Love it.
3 guys having fellowship at home can inspire all of us to see how great Jesus as a man is and was can what we can do to make a difference
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