Great is the wisdom with which the Lord Jesus Christ builds His Church! All is done at the right time, and in the right way. Each stone in its turn is put in its right place. Sometimes He chooses great stones, and sometimes He chooses small stones. -@JCRyle
Why wait until the funeral before we start gushing about someone’s best attributes? What if we all started “eulogizing” people while they are still with us? What if we started offering ten praises for every one “concern?” Imagine how such encouragement could change things.
A good metric for worship songs is “can my church sing this from their homes?”
I hope one of the things that comes from this time is that worship songs start being written from the ground up again, designed for ordinary people to sing, rather than from the top down
@JonTyson "One of the critical questions we need to address to the contemporary church is not simply 'Is it bearing fruit?', rather we need to ask the pointed question 'Is the fruit the church is bearing the fruit of the spirit?'' - such a convicting question Thanks JT.
It may be weeks or months away, but the local church will gather again. Anticipate how good that is going to be, saints.
The Word sung, preached, and celebrated. Hugs, tears, and renewed vigor for discipleship.
The same Lord we will worship then is Lord now. He is good.
We all want real community but only on our own terms, only when it's convenient, and only when no one demands anything from us.
Real community takes real love. Real love means sacrifice.
Only those who truly grasp the sacrifice of Christ can grasp real love and real community.