Monday, 06 October 2008
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Are Christians Doing Anything Right?
by revelife crew
Lately, there have been comments saying that certain posts are making fun of other Christians, church, American Christianity, etc. While we don't feel that there's much intentional teasing going on, let's get positive.
What are some ways that your church, ministry, or Christians in general are doing God's work well?
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A few weeks ago, the fourth grade girls I work with went to the nursing home to sing for the residents (they go every three months). The girls made complicated crafts to pass out, and they practiced their singing enthusiastically. When they got to the nursing home, they gave a lot of effort and were very well-behaved. I was very proud. I am encouraged that these girls, the future of our church, are already beginning to understand servanthood and ministry. Not only did they do a good job, but they also took joy in it. It's like part of them grasped the importance of what they were doing, and it made them want to do their best. It was awesome, and I really appreciated them.
A campus ministry that I used to be heavily involved with goes every week to a local nursing home to just hang out with residents and talk with them and sometimes sing (depends on if anyone brings a guitar or not).
It's a little early for that, isn't it?
MCREST is something we do to house homeless people for 10 days... we turn our church into a shelter and a pickup/dropoff point... really just great people... and yea...
also a few to note...
www.bloodwatermission.org, www.shoahannahshope.org, www.wordmadeflesh.org, www.africarenewal.org, www.theseedcompany.org, www.cureinternational.org, www.watoto.com, www.megavoice.com
i encourage you all to go to www.onemillioncan.com and give a little bit here and there and one million dollars can be reached if we all give... and support these ministries that'll change the world for Jesus... talk about thumbs up for Christians...
Being a Christian, I honestly participate in our Church's activities like having outreach programs for the elderly & the kids.. We also have Bible study.. :)
There are so many things I have been involved in with our church I probably couldn't begin to share all of it. These are 2 high lights from my life.
We took our church worship band, choir, Children's ministry, and dance team several times to what was then called the "projects" in inner city Atlanta and brought free clothing and free groceries while we prayed for those who needed it. The Children's ministry folks from our church set up an area just for kids with games and face painting. During part of that time, some of us went to a local AIDS hospice and prayed with the people in there. Looking in the eyes of folks and letting them you know you care means so much.
During Katrina, our church became the hub for getting assistance in the Atlanta area. We completely turned our youth facility into a huge "store" where folks got free food, clothing, furniture, and help finding missing loved ones, jobs, housing, and medical assistance if we could.
Through out the years our church family has helped countless people both outside our church walls and those within during hard times in their lives. People don't want to just be preached at. People want you to show them how to cope with what is going on in thier every day lives. This is what I love about my church, we aren't just an "event" kind of church, this is how we are all of the time. Thanks for the opportunity to share
I will brag on our Father only to say that He led us innocuously to start inviting a few college kids over for dinner once a week and the few became a dozen to nearly 20. My wife and I asked Him the night before what He would have us do special the next day for them and more often than not it was "nothing."
However, when the kids came over and ate, they would bring up the questions we had no idea how to approach. On top of that, most of the time they had excellent answers for each other. Rarely did we have to interject.
The moral of the dinners is: offer everything you do up to Him, listen and obey, and He will accomplish His good will.
My hubby and I helped to start a midweek club for kids several years ago and trained/discipled younger Christians to take over the ministry. Hundreds of kids and their families have had the opportunity to hear the gospel and see it lived through the years. We still help out with the club and are still seeing kids who are otherwise unchurched, unreached coming to the club in their blue jeans to find out who Jesus is and what a Christian is and then go back out into their families and their community to share what they have learned.
Through the years too I have seen the men and women of our congregation reach out in many ways like helping to build several Habitat for Humanity homes, take meals in to the sick and to new mothers, help with wood cutting bees to provide heat for those who need it, and many other of these kinds of small acts of kindness which get the attention of nonChristians and Christians and help to build those who love Christ into stronger and deeper Christians and to point those who don't know Jesus towards Him. This past year a crew cut wood to provide heat for a family who is trying to manage without their father/husband who is currently serving in Iraq. The churches in the area are working together to build a Habitat for Humanity home currently.
"Let us love one another for love is of God and everyone who loves is born of God. He that does not love knows not God because God is love."1stJohn 4:7&8
As I have heard often said, "Your actions are speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you are saying." The right actions can make a difference little by little.
lol first of all.. FEAR NO ONE BUT THE HEAVENLY FATHER ABOVE
and.. lets get this.. even if we werent christians its pretty logical that the Christians just because were in that religion seem like we need some help we have problems but were just fooling our selves soo believe in your self and tell everyone to shut the hell up baby
... and damn it people were "HUMAN"!!! x o x o xxooo xo
It is encouraging to see people who go to church be polite in traffic situations, nice to cashiers and others who serve them during the week, and be loving toward people 24/7 when they are out and about with people. It is encouraging to see people practice what they talk about as they encourage others through actions everyday and not "special times". It is out there and being done!
Sometimes, when I see some one in an everyday situation being loving toward another in some way which appears to be a stranger to them, I like to ask them what church they go to. Usually they tell me or some don't even go at that time due to various reasons. There are so many ways to learn.
Yet, your everyday witness even when you are do look sick or tired as your appearance isn't polished, those times can witness more than we ever know. It is what comes from the heart when we are not our best, we can really encourage others. Even if it is just a smile! Our conduct waiting in a line with others is a witness during the week. It is about little things too!