So waves of various sorts have been around. I'm starting one with this blog; not to imply it has never happened before for it surely and wonderfully has. I'm starting another wave of encouragement. I want you to join in. List the one or the ten or the twenty-one things you believe to be key as to why you see such hope for the present and future church. What causes you to have gigantic, irreversible hope? I'll start the list. You please add your thoughts.
- The resurrection power God has placed in His common children.
- The fact that God can breathe life into every dead congregation or individual.
- The growing tendency of members to live in the Holy Spirit.
- The increasing confidence the church finds in the Word of God.
- The deteriorating confidence the church finds in man-made, sacred-cow traditions.
- The continual effort to truly worship.
- The continual compassion of hearts interested in so many mission points.
- The erosion by darkness to make it clear the need for Light.
- The shrinking of the world more reachable by the immediate-connecting tech community.
- Everything is a "Yes" according to the promises of God.
Join the wave! You would agree or add?
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The increasing eagerness to help when people are in need.
A greater tendency to love the less lovable.
More evidences of reaching out to "touch" someone an let them know how really important they are to sosmeone.
Knowing that no matter how ordinary we are, we can do extraordinary things because we are filled w/His Spirit.
God offers love..He loves us so much...so very much.
Wonderful thoughts.
Keep up the great blogging.
Your blog has been such an encouragement and blessing to my life.
In Him,
Kinney Mabry
Aka,
Preacherman
elders who want to become shepherds
teens that crave spiritual food
people who find their identity in Christ instead of their career, country, or bank account
blogs like this
Caleb Courtney
Early, TX
-Finding God working even in the most desperate situations.
-More seekers than knowers, more love, less law
-God's people sharing of their means, especially when they hear of a need
-More hope in heaven than in earth
Churchgoers who become Christians and make Jesus Lord.
Christians who realize that it means we love, but not because anyone is good enough to us, pretty enough, rich enough, "cool" enough, etc. It means being Jesus....we have impact!
Elders being Shepherd's
Happy, Loving, Sheep
Lots of Terry Rush's
Less Judging, More Loving
Less of us, More of Him
Leaders...ministers, shepherds who are not afraid to speak out, speak up for what is needed in His family. Don't tickle our ears, be open...be frank.
Opening our eyes and seeing Jesus, understanding that God wants our love, our hearts...not our traditions...our rules.
church attenders continue their grace walk toward the clear understanding that: if I am saved, it is because God chose to rescue me and not because I learned to swim.
*That God loves us enough to keep revealing Himself to those of us who are virtually blind, but seeking.
*That His desire and ability to draw us closer to Him is limitless.
*That He can open eyes that have been only peeking for far too long.
List the one or the ten or the twenty-one things you believe to be key as to why you see such hope for the present and future church. What causes you to have gigantic, irreversible hope? I'll start the list. You please add your thoughts. Hoping to never lose contact with the Terry Rush blogspot I added my thoughts and hope you have fun!
These are Terry's, yours, mine, and ours - Acts 2:42 The Fellowship of the Believers
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
WE NEED TO HAVE A TERRY RUSH BLOGSPOT GET TOGETHER PARTY POTLUCK EVENT
- The weirdo who copies and pastes, so we can do the same, so we can cut what we don’t want and keep what we do want, so to share what we like, etc., etc., etc.,
• The resurrection power God has placed in His common children.
• The fact that God can breathe life into every dead congregation or individual.
• The growing tendency of members to live in the Holy Spirit.
• The increasing confidence the church finds in the Word of God.
• The deteriorating confidence the church finds in man-made, sacred-cow traditions.
• The continual effort to truly worship.
• The continual compassion of hearts interested in so many mission points.
• The erosion by darkness to make it clear the need for Light.
• The shrinking of the world more reachable by the immediate-connecting tech community.
• Everything is a "Yes" according to the promises of God.
• The increasing eagerness to help when people are in need.
• A greater tendency to love the less lovable.
• More evidences of reaching out to "touch" someone and let them know how really important they are to someone.
- Knowing that no matter how ordinary we are, we can do extraordinary things because we are filled w/His Spirit.
- God offers love. He loves us so much...so very much.
• elders who want to become shepherds
- teens that crave spiritual food
- people who find their identity in Christ instead of their career, country, or bank account
- blogs like this
• -Finding God working even in the most desperate situations.
-More seekers than knowers, more love, less law
-God's people sharing of their means, especially when they hear of a need
-More hope in heaven than in earth
• Churchgoers who become Christians and make Jesus Lord.
- Christians who realize that it means we love, but not because anyone is good enough to us, pretty enough, rich enough, "cool" enough, etc. It means being Jesus....we have impact!
• Elders being Shepherd's
- Happy, Loving, Sheep
- Lots of Terry Rush's
- Less Judging, More Loving
- Less of us, More of Him
• Leaders...ministers, shepherds who are not afraid to speak out, speak up for what is needed in His family. Don't tickle our ears, be open...be frank.
• Opening our eyes and seeing Jesus, understanding that God wants our love, our hearts...not our traditions...our rules.
• church attenders continue their grace walk toward the clear understanding that: if I am saved, it is because God chose to rescue me and not because I learned to swim.
• *That God loves us enough to keep revealing Himself to those of us who are virtually blind, but seeking.
- *That His desire and ability to draw us closer to Him is limitless.
- *That He can open eyes that have been only peeking for far too long.
Join the wave! You would agree or add?
- senses of humor, because too many of us can take life too seriously – Martha or Mary – do you have time for Jesus or time to do something else – what is more important
- a knack to wait on the other guy to do it or to do it ourselves OR READ THE FIRST CHAPTER OF A BOOK THAT WILL HAVE YOU BECOME THE GUY http://www.wayofthemaster.com/bestsellingbook.shtml
- WAKING UP EVERYDAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED, EVEN IF WE DON’T FEEL LIKE WE DID
- Our reliance on the most wonderful SAVIOR ever who Loves us because of who we are, not because of what we do
- Remembering those people, that are like Terry Rush, and like the ones who share their thoughts, b/c those are the difference makers
- Loving life now as if there were no tomorrow, b/c we never know . . . we have so many stories
- Not worrying really what the other guy thinks about what you say or do or what you like, or what you wear, or . . . because there is Only one opinion that really matters
- Enjoying exercises like this given by an inspirational man who encourages us to do likewise
- And last but not least . . . trying not to go overboard like I know I can do sometime, but if you do taking a fun plunge smiling knowing that someone is going to join you in your fun plunge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love you all and God bless, Jim Cooke
1. A group of moms in Pitman, NJ who want their lives to flesh out Christ's Sermon on the Mount.
2. Multiple groups of men in Pitman, NJ who are on their knees together praying, praying, praying...
3. A group of teens in Pitman, NJ who have their cell phones set for 3:16 to pray to their GOD who "so loves the world" that He will listen to their prayers for the lost.
4. A church family in Pitman, NJ who are the eyes, ears, feet, and heart of Jesus to their waitresses, store clerks, home repairmen...
5. A church family in Pitman, NJ who opens their arms to an amazingly diverse group of people...because they are followers of Jesus.
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