More and more people are searching out what it means to be the church. Our own network of simple/house churches will be reflecting on the following ideas and how to best practice them.
We will be looking at what it means to love God in our daily lives. Because this is a very personal action, we are going to encourage our groups to read a Psalm a day to grow in our devotion to God. Suggested approach will be to read through the Psalm once just to have the overall picture. Begin reading it a second time stopping on any words or phrases that stand out to meditate on them. If anything creative comes out of the meditation, act upon it: sing, write out your thoughts in verse, sketch, paint, create. The third element would be to begin finding questions that flow from the verses. The questions may not be able to be answered but our thoughts should generate lots of them. Once you have questions listed, identify what stands out to you or makes the light bulb turn on. Finally, is there anything you need to act on? The point of reading the Psalm is not for doctrinal purposes but to grow closer to God.
We are working on what it means to love one another and loving our neighbor. Those of us living in either a rural or suburban area have a much different lifestyle than in places where everyone in a village area or inner city where there is more frequent contact with their neighbors. We may only see our neighbors once in a while. How do you begin to encourage one another daily? How do we keep relationships within the Body of Christ at the top of our list when we spend 8-12 hours working, commuting, and then come home to take care of daily needs like meals and spending time with our own family? We have a number of resources that we all use on a regular basis that we need to find ways of using it to connect. Facebook may be an option, for example. We are open for suggestions on how this can be accomplished doing the things we are already doing.
These are the two big areas that we are working on to accomplish loving God and loving others.
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