Monday Mentinings: Being Christ's Church

Praise Him for the rain! I don't know how much we received, but anything is great! I am glad that it didn't dampen (all pun intended) our picnic plans yesterday! After the clearing it turned out to be a great afternoon.

As a "between series" sermon, yesterday we looked at some of the things it actually means to be a "church" "of" "Christ". As we didn't deal with traditions or what excludes us from others. Here are applications to yesterday's lesson...

1. What is one thing you can do to become less worldly and at the same time, blend in to the world. In other words, taking a stand for something you believe in is not being worldly, but not making it a big ordeal and not making yourself look "fanatical" is blending in. Pray that God gives you a clear area that shows you an area to apply this.
2. Think about what you can do (individually) to make this church feel more connected. Maybe using your talents to organize, greet, host, encourage, or any number of things to help us grow closer together.
3. Daring, caring, unbiased, unprejudiced, sacrificial, unselfish - which of these are your weakest? Jesus was each one of these - as we strive to be more like Christ, we much humble ourselves to understand what areas we are weakest in and pray about them. Praise God for those you are strongest in and ask that you remain strong in them.

Are you ready to "build a wall"? Each one us is going to be needed to create a "stronghold"! We are going to be looking at Nehemiah in a couple of weeks!

God bless you as you continue on in your week! May you be given ample opportunities to connect people closer to Jesus!