Paying the Price

So for the last couple of weeks i had this on my mind...I'm getting tired of the routine that most churches are in... where it becomes all the about the events and programs instead of serving and worshiping the Lord... I am a huge advocate of letting your deeds do the talking but i also realize that at times we need to speak...The more i read the new testament the more i realize that the most successful church is a small house church... that the early believers focused on serving the Lord and doing His work then they did at pleasing people or making them feel comfortable or at ease... I think today's church decided that it is better to get people in church then to actually seek God and let them see for themselves... we try to tell them about God's power but when he decides to show up we try to see if He will make the visitors uncomfortable... I know in the New Testament the word of God was followed by the power of God... and i think now we want the word but not the power to make that word legit... personally i think that if you let God do his thing people would wanna come and watch and if they feel uncomfortable well they can leave its not that big of a deal... I know Jesus used this and it worked for him maybe we should learn from it...I dont know maybe this is wrong but i think we might try something else since our church as a whole is really dead and doesnt seem to see that we are missing the power of God... anyways i am out till the next time...

Community

so tonight at church i talked to one of my friends about church today...and how it looks as far as community of people... the more i read the new testament and compare it to our church in America the more i realize how far off we are the idea behind the church...in today's society we think that the church is a building and i know we all know that its more then that but how come we don't live that way? how come we treat a church like some sort of a club that we get together for couple times a week and do our thing and go home... I know in Acts 2:42 says "They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." so why do we put all of those things in one hour and a half meeting? it seems like we just hear the word taught to us by the pastor and that is all that we are supposed to do... i realize that we all have our "lives" that we try to live and not spend all of our time "in church" but shouldn't being a church of Christ be a life style? shouldn't there be no difference between our meeting on Sunday and Wednesday and our every day life...Chinese church is one of the largest and successful churches in the world and they meet at houses and spend a lot of time together and fellowship with each other and study the word and pray together as a body of believers... and they give up their lives for each other... i think its meant to be a tight group of friends that love the Lord together and spend time together eat together and study the word together... one word that i like in this verse is the word devoting... that means that it took work to do this ha.. i am sure some people didn't get along but they devoted or committed themselves to to work together...i know this sounds like i am angry and all haha but i am not just a bit frustrated and really want the body of Christ to live as a body and not a social club... and truly love one another and spend time with them... maybe then more people would want to join our body of believers instead of our clubs... so i am out for now and grace and peace :)

The Beginning

Well here it is.. haha i am officially part of the blogging world... The idea behind this blog is to throw up sometimes when i feel like getting something off my chest and also keep people updated on what is going on in my missionary life and where God is leading me :D I am not sure how often this will be kept up at this point but i am sure it will be weekly once i am on the field.. and this will definitely help my friends out that way they don't have to listen when i decide to "throw up" on them with what God is teaching me.. so for now peace and i will be back ;)